Two months ago, Tianming was very hostile to Ge Nie because he thought it was Ge Nie's fought that he was chased by killers. After Ge Nie's betrayal, Ying Zheng and his minister Li Si decided to unleash a fearful prisoner named Shengqi to kill Ge Nie. Shengqi attacked Ge Nie and Tianming. Their carriage was stuck between cliffs and about to fall, but Tianming did not trust Ge Nie and refused to get out. Shengqi chopped the carriage into pieces, Ge Nie held Tianming in his arms and jumped off the cliff. After landing safely, he protected Tianming from the falling carriage with his body and got hurt. Tianming realized he was wrong and begged for Ge Nie's forgiveness in tears. Ge Nie was deeply comforted with Tianming's trust.
端木蓉的回忆里，师父向还是少女的她说起盖聂这个孤独的剑客，师父告诫她不要爱上一个以剑为生的男人，然而端木蓉的心早已隐隐偏向这个以剑为生的男人了。多年后，秦皇为了抓捕带着天明逃亡的盖聂，不惜放出了死牢深处的危险囚犯前往追捕。逃亡中的天明，自从遇见盖聂后就不停地被追杀，因此对盖聂很不信任，并处处与他作对。
