Recaps

Shen Yangge and Chu Xuanzhen grew closer as the struggle over the throne exposed the princes’ hidden forces and Ruthis’s failed invasion plot. Chu Xuanzhen held most of the Imperial Secret Guards, but the Second and Fourth Princes escaped, while Shen Yangge began to suspect that Chu Xuanzhen was concealing why he had not claimed the throne.

• Chu Xuanzhen returned with Shen Yangge to the Eastern Palace, while Xue Pingyuan arrested supporters of the Crown Prince’s faction and the Empress was sent to Nanli Temple.
• Shen Yangge found Xiao Zhi in the palace gardens, and Chu Xuanzhen and Xue Pingyuan interrogated Jin Xian, who revealed the Daoist had gone to the Western Regions Kingdom before dying in custody.
• System 615 abducted Shen Yangge to a walled courtyard and warned that he had two days to escape, but Chu Xuanzhen found him and brought him back to the Eastern Palace.
• Xue Pingyuan brought Xue Qian to Shen Yangge because his gu poison eased near him, and Chu Xuanzhen allowed Xue Qian to stay in the Eastern Palace.
• Chu Xuanzhen’s memories revealed how the emperor and Empress had taken Prince Anping’s son, implanted Gu Worms in him, and how Shen Zhuanxie’s presence later calmed his madness and drew his affection.
• Shen Yangge and Chu Xuanzhen discussed the missing Second and Fourth Princes, and a pearl hidden in the old emperor’s mouth led them to a secret passage and the Second Prince’s records.
• Shen Yangge learned that Chu Xuanzhen commanded nine thousand Imperial Secret Guards, but the Second and Fourth Princes escaped arrest after a Death Soldier leaked their location.
• Chu Tianyin tortured Chu Xuanzhi for a token while Ruthis’s allies rescued him and Nan Jiaxi, and Ruthis vowed the Western Regions would conquer Great Chu.
• Shen Yangge questioned Chu Xuanzhen about ascending the throne, then returned to the Eastern Palace to retrieve a hidden box, suspecting Chu Xuanzhen was concealing his reasons for waiting.

Shen Yangge and Chu Xuanzhen grew closer as Shen Yangge discovered that his world was real and System 615 had been corrupted. As Chu Xuanzhen prepared to ascend the throne, Shen Yangge resolved to hunt the other bug and left for the Shen Residence, where he began plotting a secret trip to Ruthis.

• Shen Yangge returned to the Shen Residence, reunited with Shen Mother, and later confessed to Chu Xuanzhen that he loved him.
• Chu Xuanzhen grew jealous over Su Huaihuan, while Shen Yangge reassured Shen Mother and refused to marry anyone else.
• Shen Yangge discovered that his blood eased Xue Qian’s headaches, then found Chu Xuanzhen transformed into a child and cared for him through a dangerous fever.
• System 615 revealed that Shen Yangge was in a real world and that a virus had tampered with the story, leaving Shen Yangge to question whether he could return home or stay with Chu Xuanzhen.
• Chu Xuanzhen arranged for Liang Wenjin to impersonate him, and officials petitioned him to ascend the throne.
• Shen Yangge decided to hunt the prince from the Western Regions and Chu Xuanzhi, concealed his plan from Chu Xuanzhen, and took four days of leave.
• After an intimate farewell, Shen Yangge reached the Shen Residence, told his Younger Sister about his relationship with Chu Xuanzhen, and prepared to slip away toward Ruthis.

Shen Yangge fled Capital City and reached an island while a system punishment transformed him into a mermaid. Chu Xuanzhen pursued him across the sea, reunited with him, and learned that Shen Yangge was allergic to seawater as System 615 faced a pod of orcas.

• Shen Yangge escaped Capital City with System 615, but soldiers recognized him at a Northern States dock and drove him into the river.
• Chu Xuanzhen learned Shen Yangge had fled, stopped the Death Soldiers from pursuing him, and later decided to capture him himself.
• After Shen Yangge and System 615 violated their contract, the system turned Shen Yangge into a mermaid for fifteen days.
• Shen Yangge convinced a patrol that he was a River God, while Chu Xuanzhen left the capital and followed reports of him to the island.
• Shen Yangge escaped the city hidden in a water barrel as Miss Cao discovered signs of his presence, and Chu Xuanzhen questioned people about the missing Lord Shen.
• Shen Yangge fled an orca at sea, but Chu Xuanzhen arrived on the island and pursued him across the water.
• Shen Yangge rescued Chu Xuanzhen after he fell from the orca, and Chu Xuanzhen kissed him and confronted him about leaving.
• Chu Xuanzhen pulled Shen Yangge ashore and accused him of always trying to escape, while Shen Yangge discovered he was allergic to seawater and System 615 warned that a pod of orcas had arrived.

Shen Yangge was repeatedly captured and transformed while Chu Xuanzhen tried to protect him and uncover the island lord’s conspiracy. After an earthquake devastated the island and Chu Xuanzhen seized the lord’s weapons, Shen Yangge heard an assassination plot and hid with a baby as the attackers closed in.

• Chu Xuanzhen rescued Shen Yangge from a man who had carried him off, then secured a residence with a pond by cutting off the City Lord’s adopted son’s fingers.
• Masked attackers ambushed Chu Xuanzhen at the pond, and Shen Yangge helped him fight them off before the two reunited in the bath.
• Shen Yangge was abducted and turned into a fish, but Yue Hanshan rescued him from being cooked and Chu Xuanzhen found him at Yue’s residence.
• Ruthis confronted Yue Hanshan over the switched fish, then fled when Chu Xuanzhen arrived and took Shen Yangge back.
• Shen Yangge transformed into a mermaid after biting Chu Xuanzhen and swallowing his blood, just as hostile forces approached the island.
• An earthquake devastated the island, and Chu Xuanzhen rescued Shen Yangge, sent forces to aid civilians, and seized the City Lord’s hidden weapons.
• Shen Yangge found System 615 beneath the rubble, helped displaced commoners and a crying baby, and discovered his legs had returned.
• While Chu Xuanzhen was away, Shen Yangge overheard men plotting to assassinate him and hid in an emptied water vat with the baby and Little Stutterer.