Recaps

Xia Wanwan and her family uncovered Xie Jinqian’s evil-spirit schemes while confronting violence and injustice in the Vice Minister’s household. The arc ended with Li Kengqiang transformed into an evil ghost and Xia Wanwan chasing him down.

• Xie Jinqian’s obsession with Liu Wan resurfaced when he presented her with shoes, and Xia Siheng declared that Liu Wan was his fiancée.
• Liu Wan recalled saving Xie Jinqian as a child, but years later he had turned to evil, and an evil spirit attacked Xia Siheng before Xia Wanwan destroyed it with her beggar’s chicken.
• Yuanbao transformed into a human after swallowing the evil spirit, then helped Jing Wu investigate Xie Jinqian, whose burned mark and evasive answers made him a suspect.
• Xia Wanwan exposed Li Kengqiang’s violence, and Madam Li punished him after Imperial Physician Huang confirmed that he had slapped himself and falsely blamed the Liu family.
• Xia Wanwan and Liu Wan honored the young woman Li Kengqiang had driven to suicide by burning paper clothes and a cherished ball for her.
• A powerful cultivator injured Yuanbao and Jing Wu, but Xia Wanwan healed them with her pills and then went to the Vice Minister’s Residence to confront Li Kengqiang.
• Li Qian revealed that she had dug a secret passage beneath Li Kengqiang’s bed, and Xia Wanwan broke its seal to rescue him from the ghosts inside.
• Li Kengqiang attacked Li Qian after being pulled from the passage, became an evil ghost, and Xia Wanwan fought him with her hammer.

Xia Wanwan helped expose the crimes against Li Qian and bring the Tian Family to justice, then confronted a powerful spirit threat tied to Li Shuqi. The stretch ended with Xia Wanwan preparing to push a law to protect girls, with Xia Siheng and the emperor offering support.

• Xia Wanwan and Li Qian exposed Li Kengqiang as a vengeful ghost occupying the Li family’s son, and the children’s ghosts destroyed his remaining soul fragment.
• Xie Jinqian questioned Xia Wanwan about her birth father, and she identified Xia Qianhui as her father before later pointing out Xie Jin'an as another possible father.
• Yuanbao disrupted Liu Shi and Li Qian’s marriage meeting, revealing Li Qian’s reluctance to marry and Tian’s efforts to conceal the abuse she had suffered.
• Li Qian accused Tian Peng of abusing her as a child and arranged for Ning'er to attack him, while the Tian Family tried to force Li Qian into marriage with him.
• Lord Qin heard Li Qian’s case, and Tian Peng confessed under a truth-telling talisman before being executed for his crimes.
• Evil spirits from the Abandoned Infant Pagoda attacked the Li residence, but Xia Wanwan crushed their combined assault on Li Shuqi and discovered a mysterious seal in his consciousness.
• Master Yuantong preserved the soul of Li Kengqiang’s original son and ordered Madam Li to atone for three years, while Xia Wanwan left before being pressured to help further.
• Xia Siheng rallied officials to support Xia Wanwan’s proposed law protecting girls, and the emperor agreed to back it despite warning that it might fail.

Xia Wanwan and Xia Siheng exposed Noble Lady Snow’s Gu plot and stopped Li Siqin from forcing the emperor to cede Qingli City. Xia Siheng then left to find Daoist Qianyun and Uncle-Master Shunfeng, only to walk into an ambush connected to Xie Jinqian.

• Xia Wanwan discovered a sealed golden sword in Xia Qianlin’s sea of consciousness, then Xia Qianlin and Xia Wanwan watched the Empress Dowager confront the emperor over Noble Lady Snow and Xia Qianxian.
• Xia Siheng suspected the emperor had been afflicted with a Gu Worm, and he and Liu Wan arranged to investigate it while pursuing support for their proposed law.
• Xie Jinqian offered to take Liu Wan away from Xia Siheng, but Liu Wan told him she had loved Xia Siheng since childhood and accepted Xie Jinqian’s bet that Xia Siheng would break her heart before their wedding.
• Xia Wanwan used a Spirit Needle to seal the Female Gu in the emperor’s heart, and the court discovered that Noble Lady Snow was the Male Gu before she and Xia Qianxian attacked.
• Xia Wanwan and Yuanbao defeated Noble Lady Snow, while the Empress Dowager and Xia Siheng exposed Li Siqin, disguised as Noble Lady Snow, as she tried to make the emperor cede Qingli City.
• Yuanbao sealed Li Siqin’s spiritual power, but Master Yuantong reported that Daoist Qianyun and Uncle-Master Shunfeng had been intercepted, so Xia Siheng left with Yuanbao to find them.
• Xie Jinqian revealed that he had intercepted Daoist Qianyun, and Xia Siheng joined the battle at the inn, where Daoist Qianyun gave him a black elixir after the black-robed man repeatedly overpowered him.

Xie Jinqian’s schemes ended in his death, while Liu Wan and Xia Siheng survived the fall and married. The arc left their new family together, with Xia Wanwan’s fears and Xie Jin'an’s impending death still hanging over them.

• Xia Siheng, Liu Wan, and Xie Jinqian fell from the cliff, and Xia Wanwan foresaw that one of them would die.
• In the cave, Xie Jinqian shielded Liu Wan from an evil spirit, gave her his thumb ring, and died after asking her to find him in another life.
• Lie Ming discovered that A Qi had killed Xie Jinqian, severed their master-disciple ties, and gathered both disciples’ souls before leaving with Xie Jin'an.
• The Eldest Princess killed Commandery Princess Yan'er, while Li Siqin killed herself after rejecting the princess’s offer to save her.
• Xie Jin'an watched Xia Siheng and Liu Wan prepare to marry, and Xia Wanwan told him his unborn child would be a healthy girl.
• Xia Siheng overcame the wedding challenges, carried Liu Wan into the bridal sedan, and married her at the Ninth Prince's Residence.
• After the wedding feast, Xia Siheng and Liu Wan reassured Xia Wanwan that they were a family, and Xia Wanwan asked Xia Siheng to protect her mother.
• At dawn, Xia Siheng sent Jing Wu and Yuanbao to take Xia Wanwan to the palace, then resumed his wedding night with Liu Wan.