Two story-lines run concurrently within the episode. Chief Tou Man accepts Meng Tian's challenge. Using only 10 men at a time, Meng Tian sets the fortress wall on fire with oil and fire arrows, then sprays it with cold water. The stress causes the fortress wall to crack. It then breaks after Meng Tian shoots a final arrow at it. Tou Man falls as the wall collapses and his Xiongnu soldiers flee in fear. Meng Tian cuts off the chief's right ear, to partly collect on the wager, but a warrior woman attacks Meng Tian with twin chakrams. She unseats a Qin warrior and rides off with Tou Man. Meng Tian and the Qin soldiers charge in pursuit. Back on the Mirage, Shaoyu awakens to find he and Shi Lan are chained. Yunzhong Jun recognizes Shi Lan as a Yu Yuan Guardian of Mount Shu and plans to make her subservient like her older brother Yu Zi Qi. He orders Yu Zi Qi to feed Shaoyu five Ghost Manipulation Pills, not just one, because of his superhuman strength. Shaoyu is forced to take the pills and faints. Meanwhile, Tianming has fallen to the bottom of the hole (Season 5, Episode 18). He sees the three legged crow and follows it into a cavern devoid of warmth. He sees a woman is standing within a blue central podium and he asks who she is.
