This chapter opens with a description of the monster-hunting party, which has just returned to the assassin camp. The group is led by the master, who explains that he has refined a potion that will help the party advance to the higher levels. The potion is called "the huntian pill," and it is a powerful healing substance that can be used to increase one's cultivation. After refining the potion, the group disperses, and the master exclaims that everyone is his brothers and sisters.