In this chapter, we learn that the human emperor is offering his life as a sacrifice for the life of a fellow human being. This is a sin against the gods, and the sacrifice is forbidden by heaven. The human emperor tells his wife that she is not worthy of the title of "wife." He tells her that without her, he would still be a "civilian." He says that he wishes that she could be him, even if for a second, and that he must stop her from doing this. He says he will live forever, but that once she becomes a monster, he will have more causalities.