The Mohists leaders group reach the ocean in disguise and meet Pao Ding and his Mohist allies at the Youjian Inn in Shanghai. They learn of increased military activity in the area and closed shipping in and out of the port. Pao Ding suggests that they stay out of sight in a secluded village in the hills where Duanmu Rong lays in a coma. He presents them with a three clues left by Zhang Liang, leader of the Confucian school. Later, while walking through the city with Pao Ding and Xiang Shaoyu, Tianming disappears.
