This chapter opens with a flashback to the events of the previous chapter. The flashback shows that Shu Mingyu has been captured by the imperial army and is being held in the underground ice cellar of the sentry house. He has been unable to free himself from the clutches of the guards, and he has been forced to stay in the ice cellar. He is grateful for the opportunity to use his powers to open the cauldron, but he does not want to waste the opportunity. He tells the guards that he will repay them for their kindness, and they promise to take him as their disciple. The rumble of the cellar reveals that Shu is still in the cellar, and the two of them discuss the possibility of using the cauldron's power to open it. Shu says that he cannot lift the cauldron with his current powers, so he will use the fusion spell to do so. He also mentions that the cauldron is a "psychic treasure," which means that it can read the minds of the owners and exert its power at the owners wills. The odds are slim, but once it is opened, it will be a supreme "treasure." Shu says he has never thought of the cauldron as a psychic treasure, and wonders if the ashes on the bottom are from the cauldron. He wonders if this is the ashes of the particle ring that Chen Moyun left behind, and throws the ashes into the cauldron to keep them safe. The time has passed, and Shu has been in the cold cellar for a month. One month has passed since Shu's capture, and it is now time for him to return to the sent