he challenges xia tian in a duel to reclaim the melodies, but then he hears from his dying minion that the young master has captured his family and destroyed his army. ye si ren gives him the melodies in hopes that he would be able to use them as trade for his family. however, his attempt turns to a disappointment when he finds out that his family has already been eliminated. when he tries to claim revenge on the young master, he has his powers drained by a "gui ling yan huo qiu" (鬼靈焰火球 / "ghostly fireball") and becomes a ma gua (麻瓜) for a time throughout the series, until the master of the ye he na la family executes his plan to dominate the world, and lan ling wang learns a spell from his ancestor to ruin his plan, and as result displaces the ye ha na la family's power and has his powers restored, as well as making xia yu come into his own power. however, the side effect is xia xiong getting trapped in "shi kong jia feng" (時空夾縫 / "separate-dimensional wall").