Disciples confront Yara for leaving the mountain as the Echosong Sect quietly suffers spiritual-energy depletion. Some insist Master ordered her taken back; others mock her as talentless and warn she'll be punished or refined into an elixir. Yara refuses—rejecting Ruby's false sisterliness and declaring she will not return. Suddenly someone admits, "I can no longer hide," and says they won't let Byran or Jayden take the blame. Byran urges a rescue mission to the Star Abyss Forest for Cass, but elders say small sects cannot enter. The episode ends with the confession unresolved, Yara stranded, and the rescue barred.