Chapter Summaries

Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng reunited after Wen defeated Succubus, and their renewed closeness deepened despite Yan Yunhe’s fatal illness. Yan Yunhe prepared to leave Wen behind, asking him to visit his grave after his future wedding.

• Wen Changgeng tricked Succubus into revealing himself and destroyed him, then confronted Yan Yunhe about his shameless behavior and failing health.
• Yan Yunhe collapsed from the aftereffects of Succubus’s possession, and Wen Changgeng caught him and carried him to an inn, where Yan Yunhe drew him into an intimate encounter.
• Wen Changgeng stayed near Yan Yunhe and sparred with him, while Yan Yunhe treasured his tenderness and concealed that their intimacy was worsening his terminal illness.
• Wen Changgeng tied a red cord around Yan Yunhe’s finger, claiming it would stop him from harming anyone else, and Yan Yunhe teased him about caring.
• Yan Yunhe asked Wen Changgeng to visit his grave and burn incense after his wedding, intending to stop waiting for him and let them both move on.

Yan Yunhe learned that Wen Changgeng had secretly saved him twice and still loved him, then set out for the Demon Realm to break their life-binding cord and spare Wen Changgeng. Wen Changgeng caught up with him and refused to let him face death alone, but the two were interrupted by a Demon-Subduing Formation targeting the Red Merfolk.

• Mo Yan and Yan Yunhe's master revealed that Wen Changgeng had preserved Yan Yunhe's body after his death and brought back the Demon Lingzhi that saved his life ten years earlier.
• Yan Yunhe learned that the Heartstring Rope would take Wen Changgeng's life when he died, so he hid his whereabouts with a Blood Dragonfly and left for the Demon Realm to undo the bond.
• Yan Yunhe asked his master to give Wen Changgeng a talisman that would erase his memories of their past if Yan Yunhe died, then departed for the Demon Realm.
• Wen Changgeng caught up with Yan Yunhe carrying the wooden box and confronted him for planning to make him forget their love and die alone.
• Wen Changgeng embraced Yan Yunhe and insisted they would share life and death, then a Demon-Subduing Formation erupted and began attacking the Red Merfolk.

Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng rescued the Red Merfolk from Long Aotian and the Unscrupulous Sect, while Bai Yulou saved Luo Li by returning his spirit pill. Luo Li survived but lost his memories and became a child; years later, Yan Yunhe and Wen Changgeng's wedding drew near.

• Long Aotian and his accomplices tortured the Red Merfolk for their scales, and Luo Li exhausted himself fighting back to protect them.
• Wen Changgeng arrived and attacked the villains while Yan Yunhe's companion broke the Demon-Subduing Formation, freeing the Red Merfolk.
• Bai Yulou killed Long Aotian with his own sword and returned his spirit pill to the gravely wounded Luo Li.
• Luo Li healed but took a child's form and was likely to lose his memories, so Bai Yulou chose to stay with him.
• The Red Merfolk elder gave Yan Yunhe a life-preserving reverse scale, and the Red Merfolk returned to the lake.
• Years later, a grown Luo Li chased after Bai Yulou, while the Azure Cloud Sect's eldest disciple rode toward Yan Yunhe and declared that he had come to marry him.