This chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter, in which Cai Ming-liang explains that he is in the middle of a river battle. He feels his bloodline energy surging throughout his body, much like the river itself. He sees a golden light in the sky, and he throws a punch at it as soon as he sees Gu yue hug him. He cannot remember what happened after that, but he does know that the golden light is the "essence" of the "golden dragon king" within him, and eighteen seals. He throws the punch when he sees the elder tang, who is lying on his bed. The elder tang tells him that they have been unconscious for three days, and that he has won the day's battle. When he asks if she is okay, she says that she is. He tells her that she acted so quickly that