This chapter opens with a conversation between the father and his granddaughter. The father tells his granddaughter that he will never marry her because she will never love him. He tells her that he is still a hot-headed man, and that if anyone disobeys him, he will get furious. The grandfather tells his grandson that he has been hiding his son from them for three years. He asks how much the child has suffered, and the grandfather tells him that only time will heal the damage. He says that the child sacrificed herself for the sake of her father. The grandmother tells her granddaughter that the sects will be jealous of the young swordsman, who possesses both the wood and gold attributes. She says that many people have already signed up to take the entrance exam to the sect.