The contest between Xiaomeng and Fu Nian commences. She uses the Thousand Autumn Rivers technique to create characters on the water’s surface. He uses the Inner Sageliness and Outer Kingliness techniques to do likewise but his effort is more impressive. Elsewhere in the gardens Xun Zi sees a figure bypassing the guards and entering the library building, Xun Zi follows him in. The figure searches the scrolls, but is interrupted by Xun Zi’s presence and leaves. Xiaomeng and Fu Nian then demonstrate more impressive manipulations of water. Eventually Prince Fusu decides the outcome of the competition is no longer important. At the prison the Six Swords Slaves attack Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang, who fend off the first attack. Then General Zhang Han and the Shadow Division enter.
