In the hall, a bet is made between a person with a broken dantian and a person who has been admitted into the qingyuan martial arts sect. The lin clan announces that it has formed an alliance with the lingbao clan. The two clans will hold a banquet when they return from the year-long trip to the mountains. The young master of the elixir-house asks the old man why he is staring at nangong ue. The old man replies that he does not care about the martial arts anymore. The elixir-master tells the young man that he has been invited to the banquet by the "alchemy master" of the sect because he wants to know if the legend of the mysterious fire is true. The legend is said to have been broken by a third prince of the spiritual realm, but the rumors are somewhat ridiculous.