Now that he's alone again, Skydream is happy to be alone. He's sorry that he didn't ask for help from the Shreek Academy, but he knows that he needs to get the herbs ASAP. According to his uncle's letter, Dong'er will have a serious disease when she's 20 years old. If he asks the Academy for help, they'll definitely help him. He wants to blast the poison mist, and wang-qiu'er doesn't want him to do so. He says he'll follow him through the poisonous mist. He tries the seven-step ice-blast technique on the snow-mache, and it doesn' t hurt the plant at all. The mist is filled with poisonous fog, but it's slowly disappearing. He asks why the mist is disappearing, and he realizes that the poison is coming from the ultimate ice. He also realizes that Uncle Niu isn't listening to him, and that he should be doing the work alone. They finally enter the valley, and the fog is thick enough that they can't see where they're going. They're lucky that there are only soul-beasts in the valley.