Recaps

Xia Wanwan became the Qilin’s master as Shen Chuanlian’s past and the imperial coup came to light. After the Phoenix Feather Plume pierced Liu Wan during Shen’s adoption ceremony, Shen fled with its power, and Liu Wan’s survival remained uncertain as Lady Liu suffered a sudden illness.

• The Qilin chose Xia Wanwan, and the Ruler of Eastern Lin sent assassins after her before Shen Chuanlian killed the State Preceptor and the Death Warriors.
• As Xia Wanwan lay unconscious, the emperor exposed the Ruler of Eastern Lin’s schemes, and Xia Siheng imprisoned him before Duke Yan seized the Empress Dowager and fled with him.
• Shen Chuanlian used the Phoenix Feather Plume to try to wake Xia Wanwan, who met the Patriarch of the Mystic Sect in a dream and learned Shen was the demon embryo born from Yue Xuanji’s discarded desires.
• Xia Siheng prepared to march against East Lin after Yuan Can’s rebellion, while Xia Wanwan’s divination could not reveal why Yuan Can had betrayed Great Xia.
• During Shen Chuanlian’s adoption ceremony, the Phoenix Feather Plume broke free and pierced Liu Wan’s chest, and Xia Wanwan could not heal the wound while Phoenix’s power burned it.
• Shen Chuanlian fused with the Phoenix Feather Plume and flew away after Xia Wanwan attacked him, while Yuanbao pointed out that Liu Wan’s Stabby Sword had protected her heart.
• Xia Wanwan treated Liu Wan before collapsing, and Imperial Physician Huang warned that Liu Wan might not wake until her wounds healed as Lady Liu suddenly clutched her belly and turned pale.

Xia Wanwan cared for her mother while Xia Siheng’s campaign against East Lin was shaped by Yuan Can’s death and the Empress Dowager’s plea for peace. After learning the Heavenly Dao had manipulated both their families’ fates, Xia Wanwan and Shen Chuanlian set out to find a way to change Liu Wan’s destiny.

• Xia Wanwan returned from Phoenix Mountain with its spine, egg, and feathers, then learned Liuli had the Wood Spirit Pearl and asked Daoist Qianyun to find the Fire Spirit Pearl child.
• Xia Siheng arrested Yuan Can for treason, but Yuan Can insisted he had been compelled to serve East Lin before killing himself and asking Xia Siheng to protect his family.
• Xia Wanwan secretly fed Liu Wan her heart blood, and Liu Wan awoke after thirty days as Minister Liu and the household rejoiced.
• Shen Chuanlian confronted Siming and learned the Heavenly Dao had changed his mother’s fate to make him become a Demon God, then Yue Xuanji endangered Liu Wan to draw Xia Wanwan after him.
• Xie Jin'an died protecting Yan and their infant daughter from a Southern Yue loyalist, while Great Xia prepared campaigns against East Lin and Southern Yue.
• The Empress Dowager reached Xia Siheng’s camp after enduring years of abuse and blindness, asked him not to kill his uncle, and died after entrusting him with her final request.
• Yuanbao brought Xia Wanwan to Wushuang’s grave, where she learned the Ruler of Eastern Lin had abused him, and she hurried toward the battlefield fearing her father’s death.
• Shen Chuanlian explained that the Heavenly Dao had altered both their families’ fates, and he resolved to use its power to rewrite Liu Wan’s destiny before Xia Wanwan fell asleep beside him.