Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang enter the Qin Gnawing Teeth Prison from a sea cave. They use a secret Mohist knotted string code made by Dao Zhi as a map to find his location. Prince Fu Su visits the Confucians village and is taken into their library. Looking at recent bamboo scrolls the Prince reminds Fu Nian that the writing scripts of the six kingdoms has been abolished and only the singular script of the Qin Kingdom should be used. He mandates that all new writing must be in the Qin script. He also proposes that the debate today be conducted by swords rather than words. Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang rescue Dao Zhi who suspects that the power to drive the prison’s mechanisms is well hidden. In the search for Yue-er on the Mirage, Tianming, Shaoyu and Shi Lan find themselves lost in a maze of corridors, rooms and gardens. The Moon Goddess continues her search for information about the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon (Eastern Constellation) using Yue-er, but Star Wraith is suspicious of her methods and motives.
