This chapter opens with a conversation between a young man named Song Yu from a third-rate family and the patriarch of the sword mansion, Long Ju. Song Yu asks Long Ju to sit over at the banquet table so that he can marry a girl from the flower tower. Long Ju refuses, saying that he has already promised Song Yu that he will not remove the table from the banquet hall. The young man thinks that Long Ju is trying to insult the swords mansion by asking Song Yu to sit there. He thinks that the monarch sect wants to unite the seven imperial families so that it will be easier for the royal family to shake the families. He says that if the families are unified, it will not be easy for even the king to shake them. He then says that he must find a suitable candidate to be the patriarch from the Luo family so that the family can be unified. The patriarch sits down and bows to Song Yu, who recognizes him as the son of Long Ju, the ninth patriarch. He goes on to say that he is surprised that the patriarch has recognized Song Yu and that he dares to speak arrogantly to him. He also says that the look on Long Ju's face is strange and that it feels like they have some kind of secret relationship.