This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by a famous poet named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who was a member of the House of Prayer. In this poem, Longfellow describes the "eating spirit" as a fierce creature living "in the void" with "many tentacles" . In other words, it's a creature that's living in the "unified space" of the universe. This is the same creature that the heavenly sect has been attacking since the beginning of time. The sisters of the house of prayer have left their rings to the young master, and they've been using them to trap the creatures. The young master has told them to wear the rings around their fingers to make the trap work. The ring is a symbol of justice, and it means you're the "guardian of justice" , which means you should stay with the master. This seems like a pretty good idea, but the sisters don't really understand what he's talking about. They're not sure what the ring is supposed to mean. He says it means "justice in the unirse," meaning you are "the guardian of justice," and that means you have to stay with him. He doesn't explain what that means, but he does say that it means that you are the "Guardian of justice." The sisters are confused. They don' t understand what the young man is talking about, but they're sure that the ring has some romantic meaning. The narrator chimes in, saying that the young men's ring