Recaps

Lou Yunxiao fought Nan Shier, who recognized him as someone connected to events ten thousand years ago, and forced the demon to reveal fragments of a past betrayal before Nan Lou rescued him. After the battle, Ning Xiaoxiao asked Lou Yunxiao about the two people who had entered the Secret Realm with him.

• Lou Yunxiao attacked Nan Shier with Pale Silver and Red Cloud, and Nan Shier panicked at his swords and ability to absorb demonic aura.
• Cui Xuecheng led the demon-slaying squad to safety while Lou Yunxiao used his domain to immobilize Nan Shier and cut off his limbs.
• Lou Yunxiao questioned Nan Shier about ten thousand years ago, but Nan Shier cursed Nan Lou for using him as a pawn.
• Nan Lou reached through a spatial rift and took Nan Shier's head away, and Lou Yunxiao managed to sever two of Nan Lou's fingers.
• Lou Yunxiao told Zhuang Yusheng that he had reached the Mahayana Stage, then confirmed to Ning Xiaoxiao that he had learned the truth about the Flowing Cloud Sect massacre.
• Ning Xiaoxiao asked Lou Yunxiao where Mingxin and Wugou were.

Lou Yunxiao revealed that Mingxin was A Ke, and Ning Xiaoxiao rejoiced to learn her brother was alive, while Lou Yunxiao grieved that A Ke had left him. In the Demon World, Nan Lou devoured Nan Shier, recovered his strength, and traveled to the Qianyuan Continent disguised as Ning Ke.

• Lou Yunxiao told Ning Xiaoxiao that Mingxin was A Ke, and she rejoiced that her brother was alive.
• Lou Yunxiao said A Ke had left him alone in the Secret Realm, and he admitted to Zhuang Yusheng that he had confessed his love and been rejected.
• Zhuang Yusheng advised Lou Yunxiao to let A Ke go, but Lou Yunxiao refused.
• Nan Lou punished Nan Shier for betraying him, then devoured him and recovered to the Tribulation Stage.
• Nan Lou decided to avoid Lou Yunxiao until his lord awakened and opened a spatial passage to the Qianyuan Continent in Ning Ke's likeness.

Ning Ke trained against a simulated Sun God on Voidyear Mountain while Yin Feng and Yueya went to the Sword Sect seeking clues to his whereabouts. There, the sect leaders debated the accusations against Ning Ke, and Yin Feng asked Lou Yunxiao to recount his recent experiences to help find their missing lord.

• Ning Ke used Voidyear Mountain to test a method for fighting the Sun God, whose simulated domain could freeze time.
• Yin Feng and Yueya traveled to the Sword Sect because Ning Ke had been missing for half a year and the Great Demons' sealed sites were becoming unsettled.
• Lou Yunxiao told Hong Yao, Wei Qinghai, and Abbot Wujue that a powerful Deity backed the demons and sought to destroy life on the Qianyuan Continent.
• Lou Yunxiao proposed that a Great Demon had impersonated Ning Ke at Jiuhe Village, while Abbot Wujue accused Ning Ke of secretly allying with the Great Demons.
• Yueya and Yin Feng defended Ning Ke against Abbot Wujue, and Yin Feng asked Lou Yunxiao about his recent experiences to find clues to Ning Ke's whereabouts.

Yin Feng learned that Mingxin was one of Ning Ke’s identities and grew jealous after hearing how much Ning Ke had sacrificed for Lou Yunxiao. The Human Clan feared Ning Ke might ally with the Great Demon, while Lou Yunxiao remained uncertain about Ning Ke’s motives and confessed that he loved him.

• Lou Yunxiao recounted his experiences to Yin Feng, who suspected that Mingxin was Ning Ke because of his power and his connection to Lou Yunxiao.
• Yin Feng declared that the Demon Clan would follow only Ning Ke and would help the Human Clan against the Great Demon only if Ning Ke ordered it.
• Abbot Wujue argued that Ning Ke might ally with the Great Demon to obtain a divine godhead, leaving Lou Yunxiao troubled by doubts about Ning Ke’s intentions.
• Yin Feng waited for Lou Yunxiao at his residence and asked about Mingxin, so Lou Yunxiao revealed that Mingxin, A Ke, and his benefactor were the same person.
• Yin Feng realized how much Ning Ke had sacrificed for Lou Yunxiao and felt jealous before asking whether Lou Yunxiao had feelings for Mingxin.
• Lou Yunxiao admitted that he was in love with Ning Ke but believed Ning Ke did not return his feelings.

Yin Feng questioned Lou Yunxiao’s trust in Ning Ke and left to find him before the Human Clan did. Meanwhile, Abbot Wujue was tempted by Nan Lou’s promise of a divine godhead and agreed to meet Deity.

• Lou Yunxiao asked Yin Feng what had happened when the Flowing Cloud Sect was destroyed, and Yin Feng said his group had arrived after the sect was already burning.
• Yin Feng asked whether Lou Yunxiao trusted Ning Ke or Abbot Wujue, then left with Yueya to find Ning Ke before the Human Clan did.
• The Four Great Sects’ leaders arranged for civilians to relocate near the sects and organized mixed teams of disciples to fight demons.
• Abbot Wujue decided that joining Deity might let him obtain a divine godhead, and Nan Lou appeared after killing the Buddhist Order elder accompanying him.
• Nan Lou offered to ask Deity for a divine godhead in exchange for Abbot Wujue joining them, and Abbot Wujue agreed to meet Deity for a personal promise.

Ning Ke refined his Time Domain in Voidyear Mountain and realized it might one day restore the dead, while Lou Yunxiao grew more powerful but remained troubled by A Ke's disappearance and the secrets surrounding his past. As Nan Lou secretly gathered demons and framed Ning Ke for attacks across the continent, the Human Realm descended into fear and chaos.

• Lou Yunxiao finished memorizing the Clear Mind Heart Sutra, completing the third-stage mission and bringing plot completion to 70%.
• Ning Ke asked what transition event would end Time Reversal, then continued training against the Sun God as Xiao Yuan said the event was near.
• Ning Ke used his Time Domain to wither and restore a blade of grass, realizing that further cultivation might let him bring the dead back to life.
• Nan Lou hid with the Great Demons in the Buddhist Order, using demon attacks to distract the demon-slaying teams while waiting for the Sun God to awaken.
• Nan Lou secretly slaughtered commoners and Demon Clan cities while impersonating Ning Ke, and Abbot Wujue helped spread the accusations, turning the Human Realm against the Demon Venerable.
• Lou Yunxiao became an elder of the Sword Sect but could find neither A Ke nor the elusive Demon Venerable, and he used the Clear Mind Heart Sutra to steady himself amid his unanswered questions.

After completing the trials inside Voidyear Mountain, Ning Ke left to learn what had happened on the Qianyuan Continent and how Lou Yunxiao was faring. On New Year’s Eve, Ning Xiaoxiao persuaded Lou Yunxiao to share dumplings with her, but a deafening crash at the foot of the mountain interrupted them.

• Ning Ke completed the trials in Voidyear Mountain and learned from a sparrow that Feng Yu had gone away on other business.
• Ning Ke told the sparrow to tell Feng Yu to find him at the Demon Palace, then tried to tear through space and leave.
• On New Year’s Eve, Ning Xiaoxiao brought dumplings to Lou Yunxiao and recalled the New Year they had spent together in Ning Family Village.
• Ning Xiaoxiao told Lou Yunxiao they should keep looking ahead and said she wanted to spend the holiday with him until her brother returned.
• Lou Yunxiao put away his sutra and reached for a dumpling, but a deafening crash erupted at the foot of the mountain.

Ning Ke returned to the Qianyuan Continent and found a city massacred by Nan Lou, who framed him before escaping. Surrounded by grieving survivors and the Sword Sect, Ning Ke asked Lou Yunxiao whether he would believe that he had not committed the massacre.

• A wounded disciple warned Lou Yunxiao that Demon Venerable Ning Ke was attacking the city, and Lou Yunxiao rushed away.
• Ning Ke arrived in the bloodstained city and confronted Nan Lou, who claimed he had created a world where everyone hated Ning Ke.
• Ning Ke froze time and caught up to Nan Lou, but Nan Lou's pendant broke the time domain; Ning Ke severed his arm before Nan Lou escaped through a rift.
• Lou Yunxiao and the Sword Sect disciples confronted Ning Ke amid the victims and demanded to know whether he had killed them.
• The bereaved survivors accused Ning Ke of murdering their families, and he asked Lou Yunxiao, "If I said I didn't do it. Would you believe me?"

After understanding that his true conflict came from his grief over Lou Yunxiao and the people he had killed, Ning Ke resolved to defeat the Great Demon and Sun God and give Lou Yunxiao peace. When Abbot Wujue demanded that Ning Ke take a Demon-Detecting Stone test, Lou Yunxiao asked him to cooperate, leaving Ning Ke facing a test that could expose the demon poison in his blood.

• Ning Ke concluded that the Sun God had caused the calamities and recognized that his guilt came from Lou Yunxiao’s suffering and the blood on his own hands.
• Ning Ke vowed to lead the Demon Clan against the Great Demon and Sun God, even at the cost of his life, so he could restore peace and return home without regret.
• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao that the Great Demon had used his appearance to commit the atrocities and pointed to the demonic aura in Nan Lou’s severed arm as proof.
• Lou Yunxiao used the Demon-Detecting Stone on the bloody pus, which turned black, while a Sword Sect elder and Abbot Wujue accused Ning Ke of colluding with the Demon.
• Abbot Wujue urged Lou Yunxiao to test Ning Ke’s blood, and Lou Yunxiao asked Ning Ke to cooperate so he could clear his name.

Lou Yunxiao confronted Ning Ke over the massacre and chose to fight him one-on-one while questioning him about demons. Ning Ke confirmed several of Lou Yunxiao’s suspicions, and Lou Yunxiao pressed him to reveal whether he had helped seal the Great Demons ten thousand years ago.

• Lou Yunxiao dismissed Abbot Wujue’s accusations and said he would not let Ning Ke leave until the Demon Venerable cleared himself of suspicion.
• Hong Yao and Wei Qinghai arrived with experts, but Lou Yunxiao refused their help and insisted on fighting Ning Ke alone.
• Ning Ke led Lou Yunxiao away from the city, where they began their duel; Lou Yunxiao noticed Ning Ke had kept fights away from civilians.
• Lou Yunxiao asked whether Ning Ke had killed the Flowing Cloud Sect members because they had become demonic, and Ning Ke answered yes.
• Lou Yunxiao asked whether Ning Ke knew the Great Demon that devoured his father, and Ning Ke admitted he did.
• Lou Yunxiao asked whether Ning Ke had helped seal the Great Demons ten thousand years earlier, leaving Ning Ke to answer.

Ning Ke admitted that he had helped seal the Great Demon alongside a past Lou Yunxiao, but told the current Lou Yunxiao to live as himself. The two fought at full strength, and Lou Yunxiao became determined to defeat Ning Ke and uncover the rest of his suspicions.

• Ning Ke admitted that he had helped seal the Great Demon and had considered the Lou Yunxiao from ten thousand years ago a friend.
• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao that the man from the past was dead and that Lou Yunxiao should live as himself.
• Ning Ke attacked Lou Yunxiao with time-wielding threads, shattered his ice armor, and struck him into the ground.
• Lou Yunxiao countered with chaotic power and sword intent while Ning Ke revealed his nine-tailed demon form and fought back with foxfire and claw force.
• Lou Yunxiao decided he had to defeat Ning Ke to confirm his suspicions, and Ning Ke taunted him as their battle continued.

Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao fought fiercely while Hong Yao and Wei Qinghai refused to help Abbot Wujue ambush the Demon Venerable. Lou Yunxiao deliberately took Ning Ke’s attack and caught him, recognizing him as A Ke.

• Hong Yao refused to attack Ning Ke, while Wei Qinghai claimed he was unsuited to fighting and offered to treat Abbot Wujue if he was injured.
• Abbot Wujue pretended to leave in anger, then concealed himself in the woods and watched the battle, determined to eliminate Ning Ke for the deity’s promise of godhood.
• Lou Yunxiao used fire, mist, and ice doubles to pressure Ning Ke, who suspected Lou Yunxiao had realized he was A Ke.
• Ning Ke dispersed the mist and ice doubles with an array, then pierced Lou Yunxiao with his demon claw, expecting to seize him by the throat.
• Lou Yunxiao held Ning Ke in place despite his wound and declared that he had finally caught A Ke.

Ning Ke was gravely wounded when Abbot Wujue ambushed him, and Lou Yunxiao defended him from the cultivators who gathered to attack. As Lou Yunxiao carried the unconscious Ning Ke toward the Sword Sect, the System announced that Time Reversal had begun and gave Ning Ke a new task.

• Ning Ke refused to let Lou Yunxiao go, but Abbot Wujue appeared behind him and stabbed him with the Pale Silver Sword.
• Lou Yunxiao blocked Wujue’s follow-up attack and rejected his claim that Ning Ke was a demon’s accomplice.
• Wujue used Ning Ke’s blood to turn the Demon-Detecting Stone black and urged the gathered cultivators to kill him.
• Lou Yunxiao sheltered the badly wounded Ning Ke, threatened the surrounding cultivators, and carried him toward the Sword Sect.
• The System began Time Reversal, reported Ning Ke’s updated life points, and tasked him with helping Lou Yunxiao save the Qianyuan Continent.

Lou Yunxiao brought the unconscious Ning Ke to the Sword Sect dungeon and kept others from harming him while he investigated the claim that Ning Ke had been framed. There, Lou Yunxiao was overwhelmed by memories of another version of himself who had tortured Ning Ke, leaving him horrified by what he might have done.

• Thousands gathered outside the Sword Sect, but Lou Yunxiao's frozen domain forced them to retreat while Wujue, Hong Yao, and Wei Qinghai followed him inside.
• Lou Yunxiao agreed to imprison Ning Ke and stay with him, then accused Wujue of serving the deity and questioned whether the Sun God would really give him a divine godhead.
• Lou Yunxiao told the elders that Ning Ke had been framed and ordered them to help civilians, keep watch on the Buddhist Order, and avoid alerting its members.
• Hong Yao and Wei Qinghai grew suspicious of Wujue, who left with the Buddhist Order's disciples and began worrying that the Sun God might deny him a divine godhead.
• Lou Yunxiao carried Ning Ke into a dungeon cell, silenced a disciple who called Ning Ke a monster, and dismissed everyone.
• Lou Yunxiao experienced memories of another life in which he tortured Ning Ke, who had saved him, and feared he might have done the same without discovering the truth.

Ning Ke dreamed of Ning Xiao mourning beside his unconscious body in the real world, then was dragged back into despair by memories of the bloodshed on Qianyuan Continent. In the Dungeon, Lou Yunxiao tried to treat Ning Ke, but Ning Ke awoke and seized his wrist with bloodstained Demon Claws.

• Ning Ke visited his hospital room in a dream and heard Ning Xiao say he had been unconscious for a month since the explosion.
• Ning Xiao told Ning Ke that her novel, Ask the Heavenly Dao, had changed and continued updating on its own, and she hoped the Demon Venerable would find a good ending.
• Ning Ke's hospital monitor alarmed, and doctors rushed him into the Emergency Room as Ning Xiao waited outside in terror.
• Charred hands dragged Ning Ke back toward Qianyuan Continent, where memories of Lou Yunxiao, Aunt Bai, and the disciples' deaths overwhelmed him.
• A pitch-black figure appeared in Ning Ke's despair and offered to take over his body and handle everything.
• In the Dungeon, Lou Yunxiao removed the sword intent from Ning Ke's wound, but black Demon Marks spread across Ning Ke's skin; Ning Ke awoke and clamped his Demon Claws around Lou Yunxiao's wrist.

Lou Yunxiao recognized that Ning Ke was the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Venerable who had helped him because of their past-life bond, and he tried to ease Ning Ke’s demon-poison agony. Ning Ke returned to fox form and fell unconscious, while Lou Yunxiao discovered he could remove only part of the poison.

• Lou Yunxiao realized that Ning Ke was the Demon Venerable and had treated him kindly because of his bond with Lou Yunxiao from ten thousand years ago.
• Ning Ke, overcome by demon poison, attacked Lou Yunxiao, who lowered his defenses and let Ning Ke bite and drink his blood while he used the Buddha Lotus Lamp to soothe him.
• Ning Ke gradually calmed, shrank into a nine-tailed fox, and fell unconscious in Lou Yunxiao’s arms.
• Lou Yunxiao tried to absorb the demon poison from Ning Ke but could remove only a portion, and he suspected the Deity had inflicted it.

Lou Yunxiao realized how badly Ning Ke had been hurt and decided to risk using the Blood-Merging Technique to cure his demon poison, while hiding Ning Ke away and promising to defend his name. As Ning Ke slept, Bai Wanru appeared in his dream and comforted him, leaving him in tears before her eccentric attempt to cheer him up.

• Lou Yunxiao recognized that Ning Ke's weakened tail and impaired vision were injuries tied to A Ke's death, and regretted having misunderstood and provoked him.
• Lou Yunxiao decided to use the Blood-Merging Technique to make Ning Ke immune to demon poison, despite the severe risk to himself, and planned to deceive Ning Ke if necessary.
• Lou Yunxiao chained the sleeping Ning Ke to a Soul-Locking Ring and reinforced the room with barriers before going out to defend Ning Ke against public accusations.
• Bai Wanru appeared in Ning Ke's dream, embraced him, and comforted him as he wept over his guilt and suffering.
• Bai Wanru began singing an energetic song to cheer Ning Ke, who stopped her and insisted that he was no longer sad.

Ning Ke reunited with Bai Wanru’s preserved soul in his dreams and told her what he had endured. Meanwhile, Lou Yunxiao questioned witnesses in the damaged district and found a child who claimed to have seen two Demon Venerables.

• Bai Wanru comforted Ning Ke, explained that the Buddha Lotus Lamp had preserved half her soul, and asked him to tell her about the years they had been apart.
• Ning Ke recalled his happy days with Bai Wanru and Lou Yunxiao, then began sharing his experiences with Bai Wanru.
• Lou Yunxiao arrived in the devastated district, where the townspeople resented and watched him warily.
• Lou Yunxiao asked the crowd whether anyone had seen two Demon Venerables, and the townspeople insisted they had seen only one Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Lou Yunxiao calmed a timid child, who told him he had seen two Demon Venerables.

Lou Yunxiao learned the truth about Ning Ke’s past through the joined jade pendant and realized the burden Ning Ke had carried for him. Ning Ke woke in the dungeon planning to flee, only to discover he was chained up.

• A young beggar testified that the first Demon Venerable had attacked the townspeople and the later one had not, and Lou Yunxiao persuaded the crowd to stop blaming Ning Ke.
• Lou Yunxiao sent Ning Xiaoxiao and Senior Qing Ru to investigate Abbot Wujue, then discovered Ning Ke’s half of the jade pendant in the dungeon.
• The fused jade pendant showed Lou Yunxiao memories of Ning Ke watching over him and of Ning Ke killing the demonized Bai Wanru and bearing the blame for the Flowing Cloud Sect’s destruction.
• Lou Yunxiao understood why Ning Ke had pushed him away, held the sleeping fox, and wept as he asked how he could save him.
• Ning Ke woke five days later, learned he could return to his world in a little over three months, and decided he should say goodbye to Lou Yunxiao.
• Ning Ke changed back into human form and tried to escape the dungeon, but realized he was chained up.

Jiu Yuan awoke after ten thousand years and asked about the Holy Son, while Ning Ke struggled to escape Lou Yunxiao’s restraints. Lou Yunxiao agreed to ally with Ning Ke against the Great Demons but kept him confined to treat his demon poison, pretending not to recognize him as A Ke.

• Jiu Yuan awoke in Fox Mountain, learned A You and A Li had grown up during his ten-thousand-year sleep, and asked where the Holy Son was.
• Ning Ke tried to break the demon-power-absorbing chain and Soul-Locking Ring in the Sword Sect dungeon but failed.
• Ning Ke admitted to Xiao Yuan that he loved Lou Yunxiao but feared deepening their relationship because he would eventually leave.
• Ning Ke pretended to sleep when Lou Yunxiao entered, then pinned him down and demanded to be released so they could fight the Great Demons together.
• Lou Yunxiao said he would join forces with Ning Ke but would keep him confined to treat his demon poison, while agreeing to pretend he did not recognize him as A Ke.

Ning Ke's demon poison flared again, forcing Lou Yunxiao to treat him and keep him in the Sword Sect dungeon. Meanwhile, Qing Ru, Ning Xiaoxiao, and Zhuang Yusheng investigated Abbot Wujue at the Buddhist Order and fled after a horrifying creature emerged from his head.

• Lou Yunxiao pinned Ning Ke down and fed him medicine that restored his control, then persuaded him to remain in the dungeon until his condition was stable.
• Ning Ke warned Lou Yunxiao to recover so he would not hold back the Demon Clan in their fight against the Demon.
• At Mount Qiandu, Qing Ru, Ning Xiaoxiao, and Zhuang Yusheng watched Abbot Wujue emerge from the worship hall with a third eye on his forehead.
• The eye split open along with Abbot Wujue's head, and a small hand emerged as Qing Ru grabbed his companions and fled.

Qing Ru concluded that Abbot Wujue might be a corrupted Heaven's Way from a greater world, putting the Qianyuan Continent in danger. In the Sword Sect dungeon, Lou Yunxiao kept Ning Ke confined while treating his demon poison and tried to grow closer to him over grilled fish.

• Qing Ru escaped Qiandu Mountain with Zhuang Yusheng and Ning Xiaoxiao and explained that Abbot Wujue's purple forehead eye marked him as a Heaven's Way from a greater world.
• Qing Ru speculated that Abbot Wujue was a corrupted Heaven's Way whose former world had been destroyed and feared that he would bring catastrophe to the Qianyuan Continent.
• Lou Yunxiao told Ning Ke that curing his demon poison would take seven days and planned to keep him from leaving before he recovered.
• Ning Ke told Lou Yunxiao about his journey with Senior Jun Mo, Wugou, and Sect Master Gao, including their fight against the Sun God and their time on Voidyear Mountain.
• Lou Yunxiao offered Ning Ke grilled fish, and Ning Ke accepted it and quickly asked for another.

Lou Yunxiao thanked Ning Ke, gave him an Osmanthus Hairpin, and kissed his forehead before their teasing turned intimate. Just as Lou Yunxiao leaned closer, someone blasted open the dungeon wall and accused him of doing something to Ning Ke.

• Lou Yunxiao spent several days feeding Ning Ke elaborate meals and secretly read books about raising foxes and fattening pigs.
• Ning Ke confronted Lou Yunxiao about his promise to release him, but Lou Yunxiao wiped grease from his mouth and assured him he would keep his word.
• Lou Yunxiao thanked Ning Ke for saving him and helping the Flowing Cloud Sect's disciples find release, then silently confessed his love.
• Lou Yunxiao gave Ning Ke an Osmanthus Hairpin and kissed his forehead, and Ning Ke rubbed Lou Yunxiao's face in retaliation.
• Lou Yunxiao grabbed Ning Ke's wrist and leaned toward him, but an explosion tore open the dungeon wall and a newcomer shouted at him.

Jiu Yuan awakened and reunited with Ning Ke in the Dungeon as their allies gathered to support the Demon Venerable. Jiu Yuan then offered to take Ning Ke home with him.

• Jiu Yuan kicked Lou Yunxiao into the Dungeon wall and checked that Ning Ke was unharmed.
• Jiu Yuan apologized for leaving Ning Ke waiting, and Ning Ke embraced him and said he had nothing to apologize for.
• A You and A Li greeted Ning Ke as the Holy Son while the other allies arrived at the Dungeon.
• Gao Ze vowed to clear Ning Ke’s name, and Feng Yu, Jun Mo, Yin Feng, and Yueya also showed their loyalty and concern.
• Ning Ke recognized the gathered demons as his family, and Jiu Yuan offered to take him home.

Jiu Yuan told Lou Yunxiao that his repeated choices had broken Ning Ke’s heart and that he was no longer suited to be with him. As Lou Yunxiao recovered memories of his past life, he accepted Jiu Yuan’s judgment and stopped reaching for Ning Ke.

• Lou Yunxiao reminded Ning Ke that one day’s worth of red pills remained, drawing Jiu Yuan’s attention.
• Jiu Yuan told Lou Yunxiao that he had lost the right to be with Ning Ke because he had repeatedly failed to protect him and had ignored his feelings.
• Jiu Yuan pulled Lou Yunxiao’s hand away from Ning Ke and asked him to stop disturbing Ning Ke’s life.
• Lou Yunxiao recalled his past life, including promising to protect Ning Ke and detonating himself before him without considering the pain it would cause.
• Lou Yunxiao let go of Ning Ke’s robe and accepted that he and Ning Ke had never been suited to each other.