The next morning, the two patriarchs wake up and realize that they are in control of their lives. The old man tells the patriarchs that he has some medicine for them. The patriarchs are overjoyed, and the old man jokes that he was blind before, but now he is no longer. He tells them that he will be the patriarch of either the Luo family or the monarch sect, and that they can decide whether to befriend him or not. He says that he is a tough man, but that he does not completely depend on the bloodworms. He adds that the only person who can make him follow willingly is "no ordinary man" . The two men discuss the future of the family