WAI wakes up and finds herself in the wilderness. Suspecting the black-garbed assassin to be LUI, she travels to the capital to seek confirmation, but to no avail. An exhausted WAI loses consciousness on the hilltop, aided in time by YIU who takes her back to the academy. When YIU drops by at the academy later, CHO tells a dejected YIU that WAI, having relinquished any hopes she might have in LUI, has already gone. Back WAI notices the burning incenses at MANG’s grave and deduces that LUI is still alive. She returns to the academy to break the good news to CHO and YIU as the Brocade Guards charge in. LUI brings WAI to safety clandestinely. When WAI asks him why he has faked death, he simply replies he has relinquished his identity as MANG LUI. WAI tells a disbelieving LUI that SHING is the real culprit behind his clan tragedy. TING invites WAI to stay in a small hut and asks YIU to see her……