Recaps

moon captured task point one for the red team by passing a difficult plant-memory challenge and chose a Skill Card that gave his teammates ten energy bars. Chu Ci and Wen Ziyi saw blue smoke rise soon afterward, leaving Wen Ziyi baffled by how quickly the blue team had captured a point.

• moon found task point one and memorized the uses of twenty plants in five minutes, answering three questions correctly.
• moon planted the red flag, claimed task point one, and chose to add ten energy bars to his team's members.
• The red team's members received messages confirming their energy had increased by ten bars.
• Chu Ci and Wen Ziyi saw blue smoke rise and received messages that they had gained ten energy bars.
• Chu Ci said they should secure the even-numbered points and led Wen Ziyi toward task point three, while Wen Ziyi wondered how the blue team had acted so quickly.

Ye Qingzhou completed the ring-toss task at Task Point 2 before Task Point 1 released its smoke, then claimed the point in sequence and chose to add energy to his team. After meeting Xiao Li and He Sui, he headed for Task Point 4 instead of Task Point 3.

• Ye Qingzhou persuaded the staff member at Task Point 2 to let him attempt the ring toss early, then landed enough rings to pass.
• Ye Qingzhou waited until red smoke appeared at Task Point 1, inserted the blue flag at Task Point 2, and chose to add ten energy points to his team.
• Xiao Li and He Sui arrived at Task Point 2, and He Sui explained that he supported Xiao Li despite being on the red team.
• Ye Qingzhou found Task Points 3 and 4 near each other, then walked toward Task Point 4.

Chu Ci received He Sui’s message that the blue team had split up to find task point three, while Ye Qingzhou secretly headed for point four. After moon found point three, Chu Ci arrived with Wen Ziyi, who had secretly overheard the washing task, and Chu Ci left Wen Ziyi waiting while he went to the restroom.

• Chu Ci read He Sui’s message and inferred that Ye Qingzhou might be searching for task point three while teasing Wen Ziyi about a supposed porn ad.
• Moon found task point three, which required washing a pile of dirty dishes and chopsticks, and sent Chu Ci his location.
• Chu Ci arrived with Wen Ziyi and told moon that Wen Ziyi had defected to their side, then secretly signaled moon to keep quiet.
• Chu Ci and moon discussed the dishwashing task while Wen Ziyi secretly eavesdropped and learned how the task point could be claimed.
• Chu Ci said he wanted to use the restroom, and Wen Ziyi chose to wait for him.

Wen Ziyi was tricked into washing dishes for the red team and was left nearly out of energy. Chu Ci reached Task Point Four, but Ye Qingzhou was nowhere to be seen.

• Chu Ci left Wen Ziyi and moon alone at Task Point Three, where moon agreed to let Wen Ziyi wash the dishes.
• Wen Ziyi quickly washed the dishes, unaware that moon had already completed the task and taken the red flag.
• A staff member explained the task rules, and Wen Ziyi realized Chu Ci had used him to help the red team.
• The red team used a Skill Card, reducing Wen Ziyi to three bars of energy and leaving him only three minutes to avoid dormancy.
• Chu Ci arrived at Task Point Four expecting to find Ye Qingzhou, but found the room empty.

Chu Ci challenged Ye Qingzhou for the red team's flag at task point four and won it by rolling three sixes. The rivals then agreed to settle who would claim the point with a bet, leaving Ye Qingzhou to close his eyes for one minute.

• Ye Qingzhou appeared with the blue flag after completing the task at point four, while Chu Ci learned that no flag had yet been planted there.
• Chu Ci challenged the staff member to roll dice and won the red team's flag by rolling three sixes twice.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou faced off over who would claim task point four as viewers commented on their affectionate looks.
• Chu Ci proposed a bet: Ye Qingzhou would win if he kept his eyes closed for one minute, otherwise Chu Ci would win.

Ye Qingzhou lost a game to Chu Ci when he opened his eyes after Chu Ci kissed him, and the red team took task points one, three, and four. The blue team then occupied points five and six, tying the teams, as the chapter revealed Xiao Li’s plan to outwit the red team’s spy.

• Chu Ci kissed Ye Qingzhou during the countdown, making Ye Qingzhou open his eyes and concede the game.
• Chu Ci planted the red team’s flag at task point four, giving the red team points one, three, and four.
• Blue smoke appeared twice as the blue team occupied task points five and six, bringing both teams to three points each.
• Xiao Li had recognized He Sui as a red team spy and secretly observed the venue while pretending to wander with him.
• Xiao Li sent Ye Qingzhou his observations, and Ye Qingzhou went to points three and four to stall the red team while the blue team targeted points five and six.

The blue team secured task points five and six while Ye Qingzhou confronted Chu Ci at point four, leaving the teams tied with three points each. Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou headed toward point eight hand in hand after red smoke appeared over point seven.

• Xiao Li took He Sui's phone, completed the tasks at points five and six, and secured both blue flags.
• Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci admitted they had each distrusted the other team's supposed mole, while the teams ended up holding three task points apiece.
• Ye Qingzhou followed Chu Ci toward the remaining task points and interlaced their fingers, despite Chu Ci's protests that they were filming a competition rather than a dating show.
• When red smoke rose above point seven, Chu Ci chose to head for point eight and explained how he had guessed the blue team might target points five and six.

Chu Ci and moon helped the red team capture Task Point Seven, leaving the team competition at Task Point Eight to decide the game. At the final point, moon transferred energy to Wen Ziyi, and the director announced three events for the teams to contest.

• moon completed the memory task at Task Point Seven and captured it for the red team.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou hurried to Task Point Eight, where they joined moon, He Sui, Wen Ziyi, and Xiao Li.
• Wen Ziyi interrupted the director because his energy bracelet was nearly depleted, and moon transferred twenty energy points to him.
• The director revealed that Task Point Eight required a best-of-three team competition featuring a three-person four-legged race, tug-of-war, and arm wrestling.

The red and blue teams competed in the final teamwork games, with their arm-wrestling matches deciding the episode’s winner. Ye Qingzhou beat Chu Ci, giving the blue team victory as filming for the first episode of Challenge ended.

• The red team won the three-person, four-legged race, while the blue team won the tug-of-war after three rounds.
• moon easily defeated Wen Ziyi in arm wrestling, and Xiao Li beat He Sui to tie the score at one to one.
• Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci faced off in the deciding match, and Ye Qingzhou won after nearly three minutes.
• Chu Ci praised Ye Qingzhou as Little Wu Zhou, blue smoke announced the blue team’s victory, and filming for the first episode of Challenge ended.

After gaining attention for Reign, Chu Ci received a Starlight Awards invitation and agreed to star in a film that Ye Qingzhou wanted to direct. Chu Ci won Best Newcomer and declared his love for Ye Qingzhou during his acceptance speech.

• After Challenge's first episode aired, its topics trended online and Chu Ci gained more followers.
• Chu Ci learned that he had been invited to the Starlight Awards, while Ye Qingzhou explained he was ineligible because he had already won the same awards before.
• Ye Qingzhou asked Chu Ci to star in a film based on their story, and Chu Ci agreed.
• Ye Qingzhou accompanied Chu Ci to the Starlight Awards ceremony, where Chu Ci won Best Newcomer for playing Xiao Ziheng.
• During his acceptance speech, Chu Ci thanked Ye Qingzhou and said that he loved him.

After Chu Ci signed with CH, he joined Ye Qingzhou to make The Promise, a film based on their past and the soldiers they had fought alongside. The film became a box-office hit, and Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou won Best Actor and Best Director at the Starlight Awards.

• A year and a half after the Starlight Awards ceremony, Chu Ci signed with CH through his own ability and joined Ye Qingzhou on set.
• Ye Qingzhou made The Promise, adapting their past into a fictional dynasty and telling the soldiers' story as a promise to clear their names.
• Ye Qingzhou and Chu Ci filmed the couple's memories with the soldiers, ending the film with Wu Zhou waking beside photographs of Chu Ci and the soldiers.
• The Promise became a box-office hit, passing one billion at the box office after fifteen days.
• Chu Ci won Best Actor and Ye Qingzhou won Best Director at the Starlight Awards for The Promise.