The father and son are on their way back from China when the ship catches fire. The father tries to convince the son to return the elixir, but the boy refuses. The ship is about to sink, and the father is afraid that he and his son will be killed. He tells the boy to splash water if he wants to escape. The boy says that he will not let his father die. He says that if only one person can live, then he will make it. The son tells the father that he is sorry that the emperor has failed him and the Qing Dynasty. He asks the father where he is. The man tells him that he has experienced the fall of several dynasties, and that he would never have slept in a stable. He then tells the son that the man is familiar with him, and they can go to his house. The dog is tailing them, and he tells them to stop. He also tells them that the dog is wearing the uniform of the Abbot of the Temple of the North Star, but that the Abbot is not him.