This chapter opens with chuan mo's coughing up blood. He's been betrayed by the humans, and now he's going to have to deal with them all the time. He tells chuan to go away, but chuan doesn't want to leave, so he tells him to grab hold of him and not to leave. . They're going to feed the sky demon the real buddha relic, but he'll still be disabled, so they'll have to figure out a way to get him to eat it. They don't know how to do that, so chuan tells them to go back later. Inside, chuan wonders if he should have released the seal and let go of the past life . He wonders if the buddha relic is really working on him. He opens the door, and a flock of birds swims over to eat the buddha. He asks chuan if he wants to eat