In this chapter, we learn that the alchemist who finished his elixir first was tricked by the poison king. The poison king tricked the alchemist into making the elixir before he finished it, and the alchemist was tricked into making it before he had finished it. The alchemist tells us that he was tricked because he took a seat at the top of the food chain and tried to make the highest-ranking elixir first. He lost three times to this poison king, and now he knows that he cannot make the elixir because he is in the bone- forging realm, which is impossible to make an elixir at a level 7. To ensure fairness, the alchemist has prepared lots of high-quality herbs and potions in case the alchemist needs them.