In this chapter, we learn that the father and son are in the middle of a lightning storm. The father is afraid of the thunder and the thunder itself, but he is also afraid of his son because he is so powerful. He asks the father why he is afraid, and the father tells him that he does not have a teacher. He also tells the father that he has found medical supplies on his own, and that it is strange that he is able to transcend the realm 300 years before him. He tells his father to use his nose to find the way out of the formation. The smell of blood reminds the father of pre-Christian times, when there were five "sacred beasts" that were so powerful that even the strongest kings could not compare to them. The pillar of the lightning does not stand up, however, because it is struck by the highest level of lightning. This is because the pillar is one of the "five sacred beasts" , the "towering qilin." The father tells his son that he wants him to grow up so that he can find a way to escape from the lightning. He reminds him that before he dies, someone is crying for him.