In this chapter, we learn that the new recruit, named "xiao yan," has not yet returned to the academy. He has entered three days ago, and has not left. He tells the gang that he has refined his dou qi, which has been trapped by the fallen flame, into a dense energy, which he believes will soon erupt. He then tells them that he is back at the academy, and that the boulder sect leader has won a half-year's worth of time. He also reveals that the clan soul has been secretly communicating with the yun-lan sect, which means that the disappearance of the clan's leader must be connected to this.