Chapter Summaries

Chu Ci watched Wu Zhou search for a way to resurrect him and seek help from the emperor, who refused. Wu Zhou then accused the emperor of betraying Chu Ci to a foreign enemy, revealing who had caused Chu Ci’s death.

• Chu Ci realized Wu Zhou had loved him and heard him promise to save his dead master.
• Wu Zhou searched the treasure pavilion’s ancient texts for a way to resurrect Chu Ci, then wept when he found nothing.
• Wu Zhou begged the emperor for help, but the emperor refused and offered him the crown prince position instead.
• Wu Zhou rejected the offer and accused the emperor of conspiring with an enemy nation to kill Chu Ci.
• Chu Ci realized the emperor had leaked his military plans and was responsible for his death.

Wu Zhou found an ancient forbidden book that promised a way to resurrect Chu Ci, then weakened himself mastering its Resurrection Array. After learning the array required imperial blood, he lured the emperor into a hall and used Soul-Severing Incense to strip away his spiritual power.

• After Wu Zhou threatened the emperor with blood debts, the emperor sealed off Wu Zhou's palace and cut off his food supply.
• Wu Zhou discovered an ancient forbidden book beside Chu Ci's coffin, and it revealed the Resurrection Array.
• Wu Zhou practiced the array relentlessly, harming his health, until he mastered it and gathered the required ingredients.
• Wu Zhou presented the emperor with a thousand-year-old lingzhi, while Soul-Severing Incense secretly burned in the hall.
• Wu Zhou dismissed the attendants as the incense weakened the emperor, then taunted him while holding a dagger.

Wu Zhou nearly spared the emperor after hearing Chu Ci’s name, but ultimately killed him and instructed the palace servants to explain his death as an illness. The chapter left Wu Zhou poised to take the throne while the servants prepared to support his account.

• Wu Zhou confronted the emperor over his failures and threatened to kill him, but paused when the emperor mentioned Chu Ci.
• The emperor warned that regicide could damage Wu Zhou’s relationship with Chu Ci, and Wu Zhou dropped his dagger.
• Chu Ci believed the emperor deserved death but did not want Wu Zhou burdened with charges of disloyalty and unfilial conduct.
• When the emperor offered to abdicate and posthumously honor Chu Ci, Wu Zhou slit his throat.
• Wu Zhou called the palace servants and prompted the senior servant to say the emperor had died from an incurable illness.

Wu Zhou killed the emperor to obtain imperial blood for the Resurrection Array, then returned to Chu Ci’s palace to prepare the ritual. As he mourned over Chu Ci’s preserved body, Chu Ci realized that Wu Zhou’s devotion had become romantic.

• After the emperor’s death, palace servants urged Wu Zhou to ascend the throne, and Wu Zhou dismissed them before telling the dead emperor that he had avenged Chu Ci.
• Wu Zhou’s preparations revealed that he had used the Soul-Severing Incense Chu Ci gave him and had won palace support while secretly planning to sacrifice the emperor for the resurrection ritual.
• Wu Zhou filled five porcelain bottles marked with Chu’s name with the emperor’s blood and rejected the emperor’s posthumous offer to honor Chu Ci.
• Wu Zhou returned to Chu Ci’s palace, brought the blood to Chu Ci’s ice coffin, and explained that he had gathered the ingredients and learned to draw the Resurrection Array.
• Instead of beginning the array, Wu Zhou lifted Chu Ci’s body, kissed him tenderly, and begged him to come back to life.
• Watching Wu Zhou, Chu Ci recalled the monk’s words about their previous lives and realized Wu Zhou’s feelings for him had become romantic.

Chu Ci realized that Wu Zhou was Ye Qingzhou as Wu Zhou began a Resurrection Array to bring him back. The array required the willing sacrifice of imperial blood, and Wu Zhou bled himself to activate it while revealing the misery and self-hatred he had endured in the palace.

• Chu Ci recognized Wu Zhou as Ye Qingzhou from his familiar features and affectionate gaze, and understood the meaning behind Ye Qingzhou’s past actions and company name.
• Wu Zhou placed Chu Ci’s corpse in the Resurrection Array and poured in the emperor’s blood, but the array did not respond.
• Wu Zhou reread the forbidden book and learned that the array required blood from an imperial family member who willingly sacrificed himself for Chu Ci.
• Wu Zhou cut both arms and then stabbed himself again, causing his blood to activate the array as Chu Ci watched helplessly.
• As his blood loss weakened him, Wu Zhou told Chu Ci that he hated the imperial palace, had repeatedly tried to kill himself, and believed himself to be a monster.

Wu Zhou sacrificed his blood to revive Chu Ci, and the elk fulfilled its promise by taking them to another world. Wu Zhou became celebrity Ye Qingzhou to gather faith and restore Chu Ci’s soul, and the chapter ended with their reunion and eventual life together.

• Wu Zhou drained his blood into the Resurrection Magic Array, telling Chu Ci he loved him before collapsing.
• The elk revealed that Wu Zhou’s willing sacrifice had awakened it and that his pure blood had revived its soul.
• The elk brought Wu Zhou, now in a new body, and Chu Ci’s soul to another world, where it placed Chu Ci’s soul in a spiritual artifact.
• Wu Zhou discovered that power of faith could nourish Chu Ci’s soul, debuted as Ye Qingzhou, and shared the faith he gained with Chu Ci.
• After Chu Ci’s soul recovered and fused with this world’s Chu Ci, he and Wu Zhou reunited, fell in love, and built a life together.

After awakening in the hospital, Chu Ci confronted Ye Qingzhou about his schemes to get close to him and revealed that he knew Ye Qingzhou was Wu Zhou from a previous life. Ye Qingzhou admitted he had hidden the truth because he feared it would leave them with no future.

• Chu Ci woke in the hospital, and Ye Qingzhou brought him water and asked how he felt.
• Chu Ci questioned Ye Qingzhou about founding CH and arranging to join Let's Fall in Love to get close to him, and Ye Qingzhou admitted it.
• Chu Ci asked whether Ye Qingzhou had planned their later encounters and the livestream misunderstanding, and Ye Qingzhou acknowledged that he had.
• Chu Ci asked whether the dagger had hurt and revealed that he knew Ye Qingzhou was Wu Zhou and remembered his past life and sacrifices.
• Ye Qingzhou apologized for hiding the truth and explained that he feared Chu Ci would reject him and they would have no future.

Ye Qingzhou confessed that he had hidden his identity as Wu Zhou, and Chu Ci tested whether he would accept a breakup before reassuring him that he only wanted to take their relationship further. The chapter ended with Chu Ci asking Ye Qingzhou if he wanted to marry him.

• Ye Qingzhou apologized to Chu Ci for concealing that he was Wu Zhou and said he would accept Chu Ci's decision.
• Chu Ci asked whether Ye Qingzhou would agree to a breakup, and Ye Qingzhou silently resisted before grabbing Chu Ci's sleeve and begging him not to leave.
• Chu Ci clarified that he did not intend to break up and said he wanted them to try a different relationship.
• Ye Qingzhou misunderstood and protested when Chu Ci called him Little Wu Zhou, then listened as Chu Ci explained they already deeply understood and trusted each other.
• Chu Ci directly asked Ye Qingzhou whether he wanted to marry him.

Chu Ci proposed marriage to Ye Qingzhou, who eagerly accepted and rushed to arrange their marriage registration. When Ye Qingzhou’s manager learned he was marrying Chu Ci, he abandoned his plan to intervene and began recalling how Ye Qingzhou had first chosen him as his manager.

• Chu Ci asked Ye Qingzhou to marry him, and Ye Qingzhou happily accepted, eager to register their marriage right away.
• Ye Qingzhou called his assistant to bring his household registration booklet, then agreed to go with Chu Ci to get Chu Ci’s booklet too.
• The assistant told the manager that Ye Qingzhou was getting married, and the manager set out to speak with him before learning he was marrying Chu Ci.
• The manager handed the household registration booklet back to the assistant and told him to go instead, then asked whether he knew what “CH” meant.
• The manager recalled how Ye Qingzhou had chosen him early in their careers and said their work together had gone unusually smoothly.

Ye Qingzhou’s manager realized that CH had been named for Chu Ci and accepted that Ye Qingzhou was serious about him. After Chu Ci learned that Ye Qingzhou’s blood had given him Mind Reading, the two married in secret.

• Ye Qingzhou’s manager connected CH to Chu Ci and sent Ye Qingzhou’s household registration booklet to him.
• Chu Ci asked whether Ye Qingzhou was certain he wanted to spend his life with him, and Ye Qingzhou affirmed that he was.
• Chu Ci realized Ye Qingzhou’s blood had affected him in the Resurrection Array and given him Mind Reading, and Ye Qingzhou confirmed it.
• Chu Ci told Ye Qingzhou they should marry immediately, and they gathered their household registration booklets.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou registered their marriage in secret, then wished each other a happy wedding day.

After marrying Ye Qingzhou, Chu Ci spent a month honeymooning with him before accepting an invitation to appear on the variety show Challenge. He learned the director had invited him for his own talent, and the director cautiously floated the idea of inviting Ye Qingzhou as well.

• Ye Qingzhou persuaded Chu Ci to move in with him by pretending to be afraid of the dark, then gave him the wooden carving he had made years earlier.
• Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou traveled together for about a month before Chu Ci decided to return to work.
• Chu Ci accepted an invitation to appear on Challenge, a popular show focused on logic and deduction.
• Chu Ci asked the director whether Ye Qingzhou had arranged his invitation, but the director said he had chosen Chu Ci after watching him on Let's Fall in Love.
• The director invited Ye Qingzhou to join Challenge if he was available, though he doubted Ye Qingzhou would accept.

Chu Ci agreed to join Challenge with Ye Qingzhou, then watched the premiere of Reign and saw viewers praise their performances. The drama became a hit online, with several explosive Weibo trends celebrating its leads.

• Chu Ci asked Ye Qingzhou whether he would join Challenge, and Ye Qingzhou agreed to go with him.
• Chu Ci tucked Ye Qingzhou back into bed after giving him a goodbye kiss, then went to the living room.
• Chu Ci noticed that Reign had premiered and watched its first two episodes instead of livestreaming.
• Viewers praised Chu Ci as Xiao Ziheng and Ye Qingzhou as Xiao Zisu in the bullet comments.
• Reign drew several explosive Weibo trending topics, including ones declaring Chu Ci and Ye Qingzhou perfectly cast.

After “Reign” premiered, viewers praised Chu Ci’s portrayal of Xiao Ziheng and discussed the chemistry between him and Ye Qingzhou’s Xiao Zisu. The drama’s popularity kept rising, and it broke ten thousand in popularity on its fifth day, becoming the fastest television drama to reach that mark.

• Viewers who had doubted Chu Ci praised how he brought Xiao Ziheng to life, while fans discussed the character’s scenes and chemistry with Xiao Zisu.
• “Reign” continued trending online, and Chu Ci gained over a hundred thousand followers overnight.
• The hashtag #Chu Ci acting# reached Weibo’s trending searches, marking Chu Ci’s first breakthrough through his acting.
• As more viewers discovered “Reign,” the drama’s popularity grew despite its late-autumn broadcast during busy school and work schedules.
• On its fifth day of broadcast, “Reign” broke ten thousand in popularity and became the fastest television drama to reach that mark.

Chu Ci’s performance as Xiao Ziheng in Reign brought him a surge of new followers, and he watched the show with Ye Qingzhou. After they kissed, Ye Qingzhou asked Chu Ci to give him an official place in his life.

• Chu Ci gained six million followers after Reign aired, largely thanks to his portrayal of Xiao Ziheng.
• Ye Qingzhou agreed that an artist needed good work to make a comeback and fed Chu Ci a piece of apple while Reign played.
• Distracted by the hot spring scene, Chu Ci accidentally bit Ye Qingzhou’s finger and noticed his heated gaze.
• Ye Qingzhou kissed Chu Ci, stopped when Chu Ci protested, then kissed him again after hearing that Chu Ci wanted to kiss him.
• After they pulled apart, Ye Qingzhou pointed out Chu Ci’s success and asked whether it was time for him to have an official place in Chu Ci’s life.

Chu Ci agreed to announce his relationship with Ye Qingzhou after Reign’s finale screening, then reassured him that he would not keep him a secret forever. The two reconciled through kisses and began an intimate encounter in the living room.

• Chu Ci realized he had never made his relationship with Ye Qingzhou public and suggested waiting until Reign’s finale screening in two days.
• Ye Qingzhou agreed but pretended to be aggrieved, saying he would accept remaining Chu Ci’s secret lover for life.
• Chu Ci teased Ye Qingzhou that they could simply stay private, and Ye Qingzhou cut him off with a forceful kiss.
• Ye Qingzhou flirted with Chu Ci and suggested they try being intimate in the living room, while Chu Ci blushed and tried to change the subject.
• Chu Ci told Ye Qingzhou he had only been teasing and praised him as the best partner in the world.
• Chu Ci agreed to Ye Qingzhou’s suggestion, and Ye Qingzhou began unbuttoning his shirt as the room filled with passion.

Chu Ci woke beside Ye Qingzhou and decided to prepare a gardenia surprise before they went public with their relationship. After hearing Ye Qingzhou dreamily call him “Master” and say he loved him, Chu Ci left home to buy flowers, while reflecting on their shared past and their many matching couple items.

• Chu Ci woke at nine p.m. and realized he had little more than twenty hours to decide how to announce his relationship with Ye Qingzhou.
• Chu Ci chose gardenias as a surprise for Ye Qingzhou, thinking of their meaning and the first flowers he had given him.
• Chu Ci heard Ye Qingzhou call him “Master” and say “I love you” in his sleep, and recalled Wu Zhou’s old feelings for him as a disciple.
• Chu Ci kissed Ye Qingzhou’s forehead, told him he loved him, and quietly left their home to buy flowers.
• As he walked through the cold night, Chu Ci thought about the matching couple items Ye Qingzhou had bought and remembered Ye Qingzhou regretting that he had not added more people on WeChat.

Chu Ci decided that he would not be upset if his relationship with Ye Qingzhou became public, then planned a special proposal to make up for their rushed marriage. After decorating the second bedroom overnight, Chu Ci started a livestream at dawn, leaving his surprise ready for Ye Qingzhou.

• Chu Ci watched fans discuss Ye Qingzhou and Reign, then approached them and asked for their help with a surprise.
• Chu Ci bought fireworks, gardenias, balloons, lights, and a ring to prepare a proposal for Ye Qingzhou.
• Chu Ci decorated the unused second bedroom with pink balloons, lights, and gardenias while Ye Qingzhou slept.
• Chu Ci started a livestream at 6:15 in the morning, and the viewer count quickly passed ten thousand.

Chu Ci livestreamed and discussed his role in the hit drama Reign, clarifying the brothers’ feelings in the story while avoiding questions that could reveal the finale. He then invited viewers to ask about celebrities and began answering their questions.

• Chu Ci greeted his viewers and explained that he had been too busy lately to livestream.
• Viewers spotted pink balloons behind Chu Ci, but he brushed off their guesses to protect the surprise he had prepared for Ye Qingzhou.
• Chu Ci discussed Reign’s popularity and confirmed that Xiao Ziheng loved Xiao Zisu romantically, while Xiao Zisu saw Xiao Ziheng only as an older brother.
• Chu Ci avoided revealing Reign’s finale and invited viewers to ask for entertainment-industry gossip.
• Chu Ci answered viewers’ questions about celebrities, including Qin Wan and Gu Nan.

Chu Ci’s planned private confession to Ye Qingzhou was interrupted when Ye Qingzhou called to him during a livestream, revealing their closeness to viewers. Chu Ci showed Ye Qingzhou the confession setup on camera, leaving their relationship and Ye Qingzhou’s answer exposed to the audience.

• Chu Ci read a viewer’s question about whether Ye Qingzhou liked someone and tried to avoid answering.
• Ye Qingzhou woke up, searched for Chu Ci, and called him “Cici” from the spare bedroom while Chu Ci was livestreaming.
• Viewers recognized Ye Qingzhou’s voice and speculated that he and Chu Ci were living together.
• Ye Qingzhou saw Chu Ci’s balloons, lights, and gardenias and realized Chu Ci had prepared a surprise confession.
• Chu Ci turned the camera toward Ye Qingzhou and the romantic decorations, and viewers recognized the setup as a confession.

Chu Ci publicly confessed his love to Ye Qingzhou during a livestream and proposed with a ring. Ye Qingzhou had not yet answered when the chapter ended.

• Chu Ci reassured Ye Qingzhou and continued the livestream as viewers approached one million.
• Chu Ci told Ye Qingzhou he had planned to confess, then called him “hubby,” prompting viewers to speculate that they were already married.
• Chu Ci knelt before Ye Qingzhou and told him he loved him.
• Chu Ci presented Ye Qingzhou with a ring and asked him to be with him forever.