Event Year: 2023

Maomao is taken to a mountain stronghold, where many of the secrets of the Shi clan are revealed to her.

The royal guard, led by Jinshi, arrives, sealing the Shi clan's fate. Maomao wants to save her friend, Shisui.

The village holds a festival. Maomao attends, and Shisui introduces some of the village's history to her.

Maomao is accused of attempting to escape, and is tossed into an ancient method of torture and execution.