DING catches up with AI YEE but doesn't have the heart to kill her and let her escape instead. To forestall any pursuit, he informs the other searchers that AI YEE had been killed. WEI finds out that DING has lied and together with the other heads of the Martial Arts Community, manages to find AI YEE. Just about when AI YEE is to be killed, DING intervenes and helps her to escape. Unable to remain in the Martial Arts Community anymore, DING returns home. WEI maligns him and turns public opinion against DING and his family.
