This chapter opens with the narrator lamenting the fact that the protagonist is bound to fail in his mission to convert the people of the Nine States and the Ten Regions. He then turns his attention to the protagonist's sister, who is also a disciple of the protagonist. He tells her that she is rebelling against her teacher, and that he is also helping the protagonist in his efforts to convert people. The narrator then turns to his uncle and asks him if he thinks the protagonist will succeed. The uncle replies that he does not think so, but that he will try to convince the protagonist to believe in something called the " celestial venerable restaurant of foundation building" .
This chapter opens with the narrator lamenting the fact that the protagonist is bound to fail in his mission to convert the people of the Nine States and the Ten Regions. He then turns his attention to the protagonist's sister, who is also a disciple of the protagonist. He tells her that she is rebelling against her teacher, and that he is also helping the protagonist in his efforts to convert people. The narrator then turns to his uncle and asks him if he thinks the protagonist will succeed. The uncle replies that he does not think so, but that he will try to convince the protagonist to believe in something called the " celestial venerable restaurant of foundation building" .