Hei Ye continues telling Liang Wan about the side effects of the snake bites and why Wu Xie cannot enter Gutong Jing himself anymore. The clans continue fighting over the right to explore Gutong Jing and the Baosheng company and confront Huo Xiu Xiu. Su Nan makes her reappearance and Li Cu is taken by the Wang clan and gets a secret message from Wu San Sheng, Wu Xie's third uncle, and Wu Xie himself. The story behind the tenth clan is finally revealed.