After the fox demon wounds him badly, he becomes the god of the North Star. He asks if it is possible that he is connected to the north star. He wonders if it would be too risky for him to make the elixir, but he assures him that it is not his business. He tells him that the Grand Chancellor wants him and another monk to find the pill recipe and stolen sheng-huang. The monk says that he has come to pass on the message from the chancellor to him and the monk. He says that the chancellor has punished him for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He warns the monk not to get into anything he will regret.