In the middle of the night, Shumiao wakes up. He's been having a dream that he doesn't want to wake up anymore. He says that he's had his sea insects dredge up sheng's body and that he can't stop the fight between the monster and the humans. He asks the ghost if he can start the ritual. The ghost responds that he has swallowed many souls, and his energy is almost depleted. He wants to serve the monster, but the island worships him more than any other creature. He tells the ghost to pull out the sun and pull out Yuqian, and to devote himself to him. He admires the courage of the ghost. He wonders if the monster is even human, and he wonders if he has the power to beat his shikigami. Shuten, he says, is giving him a serious beating. The gourd is tiny, and the contract between the two men has been broken. If it keeps going like this, he'll die.