Recaps

Wei Xun rescued Princess Wanshou, who took the name Baozhu and set out with him and Thirteenth Son to uncover the truth behind her burial. In Xiagui, the theft of a treasured pearl and a murder drew Baozhu into conflict with Bao Lang while Wei Xun hid his illness, and he left to settle his feud with Liu Mao.

• Wei Xun tunneled into Princess Wanshou’s tomb, found her buried alive, and carried her to Green Micro Temple, where she recovered and learned that her attendants had been killed.
• Baozhu chose to travel to Youzhou rather than return to the palace, and she, Wei Xun, and Thirteenth Son left Chang'an to investigate what had happened to her.
• At Fang Family Mansion, Baozhu and Wei Xun exposed a staged haunting and followed the trail of a wounded thief, while Wei Xun’s blue-green lynx mark revealed his childhood name to Baozhu.
• In Xiagui, Bao Lang placed the Luminous Pearl in the Many-Treasures Pagoda, but the pearl disappeared and Luo Chengye was found murdered as the county was sealed.
• Baozhu met Yang Xingjian, who gave her a false household identity and revealed that Prince Shao had sent him to investigate her death, while officials searched for Wei Xun.
• Bao Lang confronted Yang Xingjian and Baozhu over the theft, displaying Luo Chengye’s fried head, while Baozhu later learned Wei Xun was gravely ill and hiding from the authorities.
• Baozhu exposed a man’s false report about his missing wife and suspected that the woman was buried beneath his stone mill, then returned to Wei Xun with pepper porridge.
• Wei Xun recovered enough to visit Baozhu, who forgave his disappearance and agreed to teach him to write in exchange for learning Spring Code Cant, before he slipped away to settle his feud with Liu Mao.

Baozhu and Wei Xun solved the Luminous Pearl case and continued east, where Wei Xun reunited with old martial-world associates and helped Pang Liangji prepare for his wedding. The wedding procession came under repeated attacks, and Wei Xun faced a sudden volley of hidden weapons as the ceremony began.

• Wei Xun killed Bao Lang, while Chen Yu and the Changzhou craftsmen revealed how they had switched the lacquer boxes and used a counterfeit pearl to expose Bao Lang.
• Baozhu’s party left Xiagui with the lacquer box, and Wei Xun crushed the false pearl to reveal its glass core.
• Wei Xun ended his apprenticeship with Chen Shigu and crossed Tong Pass with Baozhu’s party, later joining Pang Liangji’s wedding preparations.
• Baozhu helped Pang Liangji replace his insulting wedding poems, then visited Crown Prince Li’s Tomb and recalled her own family’s troubles.
• Baozhu and her companions encountered Tuoba Sanniang, who attacked Baozhu before Wei Xun drove her off and Thirteenth Son identified her as their senior sister.
• Pang Liangji began his wedding procession despite poisoned horses and a hostile welcome, while Wei Xun drank drugged wine and protected him from attacks.
• Wei Xun revealed himself as the Green-Robed Wanderer and fought off wedding blockers, then ordered Pang Liangji to charge through after a Command Banner pole nearly crushed the carriage.
• As the newlyweds began their ceremony, hidden arrows, darts, and knives flew into the Blue Tent, leaving Wei Xun to choose whom to save.

Baozhu uncovered the plot around Xiao Ran’s wedding, rescued her from Lu Dan’s tomb, and helped defeat the Rakshasa Birds before Pang Liangji and Xiao Ran remarried. The party then traveled to Chan'guang Temple, where Wei Xun grew suspicious of its corpse rituals and quietly checked Baozhu’s room for hidden dangers.

• Wei Xun shielded Baozhu during the attack at Pang Liangji’s wedding, and the wounded pair regrouped at Lingbao Inn with the disciples of the Setting Sun Courtyard.
• Baozhu investigated the false bride, discovered that Xiao Ran had escaped her wedding herself, and found evidence that the Lu Family had hidden her beneath Lu Dan’s tomb.
• Pang Liangji rescued the unconscious Xiao Ran from the tomb, and Baozhu rode with the Setting Sun Courtyard to confront the martial artists gathered at the Pang Residence.
• Baozhu shot down the Rakshasa Birds who attacked the gathering, after which Pang Liangji and Xiao Ran repeated their wedding rites.
• Baozhu and Wei Xun grew closer at the inn as they investigated her apparent death and arranged for Huo Qilang to protect her brother in Youzhou.
• The party left Jade City amid famine and traveled to Chan'guang Temple, where Baozhu questioned the monks about exchanging rice for corpses.
• At the temple, Wei Xun challenged Tanlin about the corpse practices and later deduced that Guancheng had studied bodies for his paintings.
• After Baozhu asked him to cover a nude mural, Wei Xun searched her assigned room for hidden passages and mechanisms and told her to secure its doors and windows.

Baozhu and Wei Xun investigated the deaths at Chan'guang Temple as Wei Xun confronted his past and his inner demon. After the temple’s corrupt abbot was exposed and the famine-stricken were aided, Huo Qilang reached Youzhou with Baozhu’s letter and restored Li Yuanying’s hope that she was alive.

• Wei Xun told Baozhu about Chen Shigu and his illness, while Baozhu questioned the promised elixir and suggested tomb poison might be the cause.
• During the Ullambana Festival, a corpse and a hell painting caused a deadly stampede, and Baozhu secured Tanlin’s promise to use the offerings to aid disaster victims.
• Wei Xun and Baozhu investigated Wu Guancheng’s death, and Tanlin recounted how Chen Shigu’s search for Yuan Xu’s coffin turned him into a grave robber and killer.
• Wei Xun discovered that Baozhu’s face had become his inner demon, then broke free of hallucinations caused by poisoned incense and identified Wu Guier among the dead.
• Wei Xun confronted and killed Tanlin, who had poisoned the incense and framed Wu Guancheng, then burned the hall and searched the temple for Baozhu.
• Baozhu and Wei Xun used Tanlin’s preserved body to attract donations for disaster victims, and Wei Xun gave Baozhu an osmanthus blossom as they traveled toward Luoyang.
• Huo Qilang reached Youzhou and delivered Baozhu’s letter to Li Yuanying, who learned that Princess Wanshou was alive and headed there.
• Huo Qilang stayed at Prince Shao’s residence as a guard and maid while Li Yuanying faced household rivalries and asked Lady Jing to wait as he tried to hold on for a few more days.