In this chapter, we learn that Shu'an's master, Sun Si'ao, has been visiting Shu-an almost every month for the past nine months. He wants to know why Shu-An is still so lonely. He says that the forest is full of a thousand-year-old tree demon and that normal people can't get close to the demon. He also tells Shu that his master has asked him to learn how to control the water in a week. Shu'An says that he'll finish the task, but that he still has to work hard in the next week to master's satisfaction. He thanks God that he is home, and then asks if he can ask him a question. He tells us that he heard that the demon who killed his father was also killed in the battle with the tree demon, and that if the demon were still alive, he would have been the leader of the sect instead of his father. Shu says that his father does not like anyone to mention the name of the taoist who killed him, so he doesn't want to ask him about it. Shu asks if his master gave him another task, and he says he found it hard to master the water-control fire. Shu also tells him that he thinks that Yuqian has changed a lot in the past year. He thinks that he was too strict on his master, because he was afraid that the man would be complacent. He wonders if he will be friends with sheng, who is also a good swordsman.