This scene opens with a soliloquy by the immortal, who tells his bastard son that he wishes he had been more brave with him. He says that he would have killed him and married him if only he had stayed with him instead of going against the family that wanted him dead. He tells his son to send a message to the northern border and tell the commander that he wants to go there. The old man tells the young man to stay at the residence of the qingyi family for now. When the commander arrives, they will get the two young men and they will leave together