White Phoenix releases Crimson Snake although there is now strong mistrust between them and he continues the search for Wei Zhuang. Crimson Snake encounters Shengqi and she asks about his battle at the bridge with Wei Zhuang. Shengqi says Wei Zhuang was not strong enough and lost and is past history. She demands more information from him but he dismisses her, saying that it's a fighting man's world, that she's an unworthy opponent, and that she can only await failure and shame. She says she will provide the whereabouts of Ge Nie if he will tell her what happened at the bridge. He agrees and he tells her that as they fell from the shattered bridge, Wei Zhuang used the force of a blow to somersault out of the ravine and did not fall. After telling him that Ge Nie is in Shanghai, which he already knows, she goads him into attacking her. They have a fierce battle but Shengqi is too fast and strong for her, and he leaves her badly wounded. She thinks back to the destruction of the Han Kingdom when Wei Zhuang killed her royal father, and she decided to join him.
