In this chapter, Ming and hongdou discuss the fate of the purple vines. Ming says that he was almost killed by sea beasts when he was on his way to save his godfather, but he was rescued by the pirates. He tells Ming that he will be able to free himself from his demon heart by going to the Shen-kai family and finding a way to escape. Ming tells him that he has heard from slave traders in tianzhou that there is a woman named Dongfang who has been promoted to the third rank of the human emperor. If she is truly from the heilin clan, she was abducted to the city because of her "yin" spirit body, Ming says. .