Tianming swears to avenge Yan Dan and Black Hero, but he is greatly weakened by the mystifying Fearsome Curse of the Six Souls in him. Yan Fei states that he must improve his inner strength to the highest 10th level, Universal Love, in order to defeat the Curse. This feat was not achieved by either Dan or Black Hero. Suppressing the pain from the curse, Tianming manages to pull Momei free of the ice. At this, Yan Fei, who is also the former Princess Consort of Yan Dan, begins to understand why Dan chose Tianming. The Mohists discuss how Lord Changping's father was a prince of Chu held hostage in Qin and his mother was a Qin princess. Lord Changping earned Ying Zheng's utmost trust and was made prime minister. During the war between Qin and Chu, Xiang Liang and his father had a secret meeting with Lord Changping, where all the schemes and plans started. When the Chu fought 600,000 Qin soldiers they lost because they were outnumbered. Xiang Liang's father killed himself, refusing to surrender and Lord Changping committed suicide on the city wall, shedding his blood on his homeland. The Mohists helped Shaoyu to escape. Because Fu Su's mother and Ying Zheng's queen was Chu, the Net Trap Organization used Ying Zheng's hatred of Chu and Lord Changping to turn him against Fu Su. However the attempted assassination was obvious to Ying Zheng who is not blind. Fu Su tells Meng Tian his Chu descent is a shackle, but Meng Tian tells Fu Su to look at things from the Emperor's viewpoint. Sending Fu Su North to Meng Tian was to protect him. Fu Su realizes the truth of this and swears not to disappoint his father again. He then collapses from being poisoned. In a flashback to years earlier, the former Xia Kui is discussing with a young Yan Dan a possible way to get an assassin within 10 steps of Ying Zheng.
