This chapter opens with a description of reincarnation stone. It's a dark hole that absorbs spiritual power and devours everything. The narrator explains that he originally planned to use the claymore to hide his whereabouts, but now that it's so powerful, he doesn't need it anymore. The princess is looking for him, but he wants to see her before the trial starts. He tells her that he's already married, so she shouldn't worry about him. He also tells her about the death of the young master of the wan-jian sect, who was found dead in his home the night before. The sword master immediately dispatched thousands of disciples to search for the murderer. He's furious that the young man's death made him so angry. He says that he didn't expect the princess to come to the xi-jian lake trial.