Back on the mountain, ling says that he and the grandmaster will stay to protect the two of them. He says that there is an end to the "pledged of eternal love," but that enemies continue to run in and out of each other's lives. ling thinks that the fourth suffering is resentment meeting an enemy, the sixth suffering is resentful meeting a master, and the seventh suffering is the unfulfilled wishes trial. He thinks that ling has no enemies, but that lijingyao did not have any. He tells ling that the jade troll is trying to possess their bodies, and that they should protect themselves with the jade. Meanwhile, bai quuran says that a man has six passions, and seven desires. He wonders if he might find the "mysterious method of foundation-building" in the unfilled wishes.