The monk tells the emperor that he has found no remnant of the royal family in the inner courtyard. The emperor tells the monk to bring everyone in the palace to the dungeon and cast them in the dungeon. The monk asks the emperor why he wants him to bring him to the dungeons alone, and the emperor replies that the monk is just a "minister" and that the emperor wants the monk "to do something" for him. He then asks the monk how long he can live, and when the monk replies that he can only live for a short time, the monk says that his brother, the emperor's brother, is planning to use three people to "sacrifice the furnace" and master the "evil cultivation method." The monk then asks for the whereabouts of his brother. When the monk tells him that he is safe, he says that he and the monk are planning to rebel against the emperor