In this chapter, we learn the story of the night pearls and how they are used to control the flow of water in the island. The night pearls were offered as a tribute to Emperor Qin, who was the ruler of the largest territory in the world at the time. Makara tried to offer night pearls as a way of paying tribute to the emperor, but the emperor discovered that the demon god was sleeping in a black hole. The emperor pretended to offer wine to Makara and sealed the body of the dead man in order to protect himself. The eggs on the tails of night pearls help the island's inhabitants to remain conscious. The narrator tells us that the island has not seen any mer since the time of the emperor. The young master of the island is still there, and the narrator tells him that he needs to expand his territory to fulfill his mo's ambition