In this chapter, zhugong tells us that the girls are holy virgins, and that they will keep him company all their lives. He says that he has prepared to die, since he cannot be with his love in his life. He tells the girls that he will never allow them to leave him, and they must accept their fate. They can be together, he says, and he will test the strength of the green-leaf flame in their time-reversal. They go back to the future, and the time reversal is too late. He promises to make them witness their lovers' deaths again and again, and says that they can never come back to him to avenge his death. He asks the girls if they want him to bring back zhao, but they refuse, saying that he is too stupid to do so. .