It is revealed that Manta left the place to search for a better sword for Yoh to use. He eventually stumbles upon a gang of vandals whose leader carries a wooden sword. He asks them for the weapon, and they respond by beating him up. However, Ryu rescues Manta and takes him to Yoh, who borrows Ryu's sword and is now able to fight toe-to-toe with Pai-Long. Eventually freed from his enslavement, Pai-Long goes berserk and aimlessly attacks Jun and Yoh. To fight him, Anna summons the spirit of Pai-Long's late master, Shamon, who embodies Yoh and brings his pupil back to his senses. Pai-Long's spirit is removed from his corpse and freed to go by Jun, but he asks to be her jiangshi again, now willingly, which she accepts.