This chapter opens with a discussion between the two young men. The young men are discussing whether they should fight each other in a tournament. The men agree that they should, but the young men do not want to participate in the tournament because they feel that they are too old and tired to fight. They are afraid that they will be defeated by the most powerful man in the world, ayanluo, who is also a member of the Ten Lords of the Netherworld. The two men decide to go to the tournament, but they are interrupted by the arrival of the envoy from the southern sect. The envoy tells them that he has good news: doctors from the northern sect have agreed to meet with them