As Shūrei and Ensei place the fake Dōshu and his men under arrest, he tries to buy time to make Shūrei step on the trap, but is surprised when he discovers that all the villagers are gone, and his men are replaced with men from the Sashu army, with Serian leading them. As Shūrei takes a step forward towards Senya, activating the trap, and is set immobile. But before the trap fully activates she is rescued by Riō, who tells fake Dōshu who is actually a boy called Ren that he was betrayed by his own people and doesn't have a body to go back to. It seems like Ren is actually Riō's relative. Eigetsu asks Kōrin and Ryūren to bring him near Kashin's body, before collapsing and to be replaced by Yōgetsu.
在靜蘭與燕青等人的協助下，秀麗順利地救出被邪仙教抓走的村民們，最後並見到自稱是千夜的教祖。但是這名男子的長相，卻不是浮現在秀麗腦海裡的那個人。被龍蓮救出的影月，看到他最敬愛的堂主華真的身體被這名教祖冒用，感到相當憤怒。當秀麗正想要逮捕教祖時，沒想到眼前卻有個陷阱正等待著她…
