The chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the novel, in which the narrator explains that he has been awakened by a dream in which he is transformed into a disembodied voice. The voice is the voice of a young woman named tao-zi, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious man. The young woman has been sent to China by the mysterious man, who claims to be the father of the young woman. The narrator tells the young man that he is the son of a rich man, and that his father is a famous scientist. He tells the man that his mother is the most beautiful woman he has ever known. The man, however, is none other than the mysterious qi-tian, a man who has sacrificed himself to bring his daughter back to China.