Recaps

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai explored Dunhuang's archery range, where Qiguan Yuan showed off his skill and won prizes. They left with Pei Yubai keeping close and Qiguan Yuan teasing him about his jealousy.

• Meng Xu announced the afternoon activities and prizes before the guests split up to explore.
• Qiguan Yuan hit the archery bull's-eye three times and won suoyang cakes and a flying-apsara clay panel, which Pei Yubai carried for him.
• Qiguan Yuan tried arrow tossing at a fan's request and landed one of his three throws in the pot.
• Qiguan Yuan helped a little boy improve his chuiwan swing, and the boy gave him a suoyang cake as thanks.
• Pei Yubai kept Qiguan Yuan's robe from slipping, and Qiguan Yuan told him he liked his possessiveness.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai shared a quiet visit to the learning center, where they wrote matching lines on bamboo slips and made inscription rubbings. As they rode camels along the Beacon Tower Ancient Road, Qiguan Yuan decided to strengthen his marriage power in the northwest, while Pei Yubai secretly commissioned rings.

• Qiguan Yuan wrote a line on bamboo slips, and Pei Yubai carved a matching verse that recalled their first meeting.
• Qiguan Yuan made an inscription rubbing as Pei Yubai watched his hands and privately planned a proposal, a home, and a large bride price.
• Qiguan Yuan rolled up their bamboo slips and his rubbing, then left the learning center with Pei Yubai as sunset approached.
• Qiguan Yuan recognized the camel he had helped Wang Shoumo find and calmly stroked it before they rode along the Beacon Tower Ancient Road.
• Qiguan Yuan decided to act the next day to strengthen his marriage power in the northwest, while Pei Yubai quietly contacted people to commission rings.

Qiguan Yuan and the other guests crossed the desert to visit Fallen Fate Chan Monastery, where he found little power of marriage in its Tree of Fate. A wandering monk tried to scam the guests with fake marriage divinations, but Qiguan Yuan exposed the contradictions in his claims and challenged him to justify them.

• Meng Xu led the guests on a desert walk to Fallen Fate Chan Monastery, where Qiguan Yuan found that its Tree of Fate held almost no power of marriage.
• After the guests rested, the wandering monk Huiyuan introduced himself as a marriage diviner and offered to read their romantic fortunes.
• Huiyuan told Shen Yuzhou that his destined partner was beside him, then demanded payment to explain a supposed romantic tribulation.
• Qiguan Yuan paid Huiyuan two hundred and listened as he claimed that Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai were an incompatible match destined for trouble unless they paid for a ritual.
• Qiguan Yuan challenged Huiyuan's claims about their destinies, romantic timing, and ritual, leaving the monk unable to answer.

Qiguan Yuan summoned Lu Zhao to the Fallen Fate Chan Monastery and guided him to restore its Tree of Fate as an anchor for the northwest’s Power of Marriage. As Lu Zhao began the work, Pei Yubai brewed Qiguan Yuan Longtuan Shengxue, while the livestream camera was turned away from the supernatural process.

• Qiguan Yuan frightened the wandering monk into leaving, and Shen Yuzhou accepted that he had lost two hundred yuan before heading to tour the temple with Cheng Yanqiu.
• Qiguan Yuan rested in the Tree of Fate, and its damaged leaves began to recover as its faded red threads regained their color.
• Qiguan Yuan contacted Lu Zhao through the Tree of Fate and told him to descend to Dunhuang and come to the monastery.
• Lu Zhao arrived, and Qiguan Yuan directed him to use the Tree of Fate as an anchor for the Power of Marriage in the northwest.
• Pei Yubai brought Qiguan Yuan tea brewed from Longtuan Shengxue, while Lu Zhao pressed his palm to the tree and prepared to restore it.
• Qiguan Yuan blocked the livestream camera from filming as Lu Zhao sent golden power and countless red threads around the Tree of Fate.

Lu Zhao explained that weak faith in Yue Lao and the lack of names in the Marriage Register had left marriages in the northwestern region beyond his influence, so Qiguan Yuan planned to test whether people would entrust their marriages to Lu Zhao that night. After Lu Zhao discovered Pei Yubai’s red thread tied to Qiguan Yuan, he gave Qiguan Yuan two erotic illustrated books intended to help strengthen their relationship.

• The cameraman witnessed Lu Zhao’s red threads cover a tree and edged behind Pei Yubai in fright.
• Lu Zhao reported that most wish power flowed to Buddhist temples and that few people in the region had entered their names in the Marriage Register.
• Qiguan Yuan told Lu Zhao to test that night whether people were willing to entrust their marriages to him.
• Lu Zhao noticed that Pei Yubai’s red thread was tied to Qiguan Yuan’s finger, and Qiguan Yuan called Pei Yubai his partner.
• Lu Zhao gave Qiguan Yuan two erotic illustrated books collected by his young attendant, and Qiguan Yuan put them away.

Lu Zhao worried that the cameraman had witnessed forbidden magic, but Qiguan Yuan offered the man wealth in exchange for silence and assured Lu Zhao he would handle any heavenly repercussions. As Qiguan Yuan fell asleep in Pei Yubai’s arms, Lu Zhao began his matchmaking paperwork, and Pei Yubai offered to help.

• Qiguan Yuan warned Lu Zhao that using magic in front of the cameraman could get him punished, prompting the cameraman to panic and beg for his life.
• Qiguan Yuan offered the cameraman a contract: he could choose a thread to lengthen in exchange for keeping quiet, and the cameraman chose wealth.
• Lu Zhao lengthened the cameraman’s thread of wealth and cast a silencing spell after Qiguan Yuan promised to deal with the God of Wealth.
• The cameraman resumed filming while Qiguan Yuan fell asleep against Pei Yubai, and Lu Zhao began checking and recording the day’s matchmaking threads.
• Pei Yubai noticed Lu Zhao struggling through the paperwork and offered to help.

Pei Yubai impressed Lu Zhao by quickly untangling the red threads that had defeated him, earning his admiration and lavish praise. Qiguan Yuan woke and playfully distracted Pei Yubai, who kissed him before resuming his help while Lu Zhao pretended not to notice.

• Lu Zhao assumed Pei Yubai was a mortal companion who had replaced Senior Moon Official, and warned him not to touch the red threads.
• After Lu Zhao failed to untangle several knots, Pei Yubai carefully studied them and freed the threads with ease.
• Lu Zhao asked Pei Yubai to untangle more threads, then praised him and offered him tea as Pei Yubai helped with the Marriage Register.
• Qiguan Yuan woke, saw Pei Yubai working, and teased him by winding a red thread around their fingers and wrists.
• Pei Yubai kissed Qiguan Yuan to stop his distractions, held his hand, and continued untangling threads while Lu Zhao kept working and pretended not to watch.

At the Fallen Fate Chan Monastery, Lu Zhao prepared to ask the guests in their dreams whether they would entrust their romantic fate to Yue Lao. While Lu Zhao worked, Pei Yubai entered Qiguan Yuan’s sea of consciousness and found his complete true form: a little nine-tailed fox.

• The guests explored the monastery, where Shen Yuzhou mistook Lu Zhao for a romance novice and rejected his offer to help find a partner.
• That night, Qiguan Yuan told Lu Zhao to enter the guests’ dreams and ask whether they would entrust their romantic fate to Yue Lao.
• As Lu Zhao began the spell beneath the Tree of Fate, Pei Yubai asked Qiguan Yuan to let him enter his sea of consciousness, and Qiguan Yuan agreed.
• Pei Yubai found a small, snow-white nine-tailed fox beneath a vast Tree of Fate and realized it was Qiguan Yuan’s unguarded true form.
• The little fox showed affection by sniffing and rubbing against Pei Yubai, climbing into his arms, and wrapping him in his tails while Pei Yubai nuzzled his soft belly.

Qiguan Yuan discovered that touching his fox form inside his sea of consciousness made him feel the sensations in his human form, and he caught Pei Yubai nuzzling the little fox. The two teased each other over Pei Yubai’s curiosity and Qiguan Yuan’s reactions, ending with Qiguan Yuan warning that future visits would depend on his mood.

• Qiguan Yuan felt his true form being touched while Pei Yubai’s consciousness was inside his sea of consciousness and realized their sensations were shared.
• Qiguan Yuan entered his sea of consciousness and found Pei Yubai holding the little fox and nuzzling its belly.
• The little fox climbed onto Qiguan Yuan and merged back into his body, and Qiguan Yuan teased Pei Yubai about wanting to see his true form.
• Pei Yubai stroked Qiguan Yuan’s tail until it trembled, and Qiguan Yuan climbed onto his lap and teased him in return.
• Pei Yubai admitted he wanted to touch Qiguan Yuan’s tail, and Qiguan Yuan warned that he would decide whether Pei Yubai could visit the sea of consciousness again.

Pei Yubai worried that his mortal body and lifespan would separate him from Qiguan Yuan, while Qiguan Yuan promised that restoring Pei Yubai’s divine status would not hurt him. After Lu Zhao completed his work in the northwest, the chapter left the marriage network ready to expand toward restoring that divine status.

• Pei Yubai asked Qiguan Yuan if he was still an ordinary mortal and proposed that Qiguan Yuan forget him after his death, but Qiguan Yuan refused and told him not to speak of forgetting again.
• Qiguan Yuan assured Pei Yubai that restoring the divine status that should have belonged to him would not harm him and that their lifespans would no longer separate them.
• Qiguan Yuan sensed Lu Zhao withdrawing the power of marriage, then brought Pei Yubai out of his sea of consciousness.
• Lu Zhao told Qiguan Yuan that he had entered the dreams of more than thirteen thousand seven hundred people and that thirty percent had entrusted their marriages to Yue Lao.
• Lu Zhao explained that the marriage network still needed to spread from the Tree of Fate across the region before the divine status could be restored, while he privately wondered what Pei Yubai would think of being mistaken for a substitute Moon Official.

Qiguan Yuan watched a folk troupe perform “Farewell My Concubine” and gave its leader treasured gifts, including a unique Qing-dynasty manuscript containing long-lost Kunqu scores. The Chinese Xiqu Society learned of the manuscript through the livestream and urgently sought to contact the troupe, while Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai left the cultural street.

• Meng Xu agreed to let Lu Zhao stay with the production team, and the guests visited a cultural street in Dunhuang.
• Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai stayed to watch a folk troupe perform “Farewell My Concubine,” and Qiguan Yuan discussed opera with the troupe leader.
• Qiguan Yuan rewarded the troupe with jade pendants and gold bracelets, then gave the leader a rare manuscript containing long-lost Kunqu scores.
• Livestream viewers recognized the manuscript’s significance, and the Chinese Xiqu Society’s president urged the society to contact the production team and the troupe leader.
• Qiguan Yuan returned to Pei Yubai’s side, and the two walked toward the street entrance.

Qiguan Yuan, Pei Yubai, and Lu Zhao watched a shadow play about Yue Lao blessing an ill-fated couple, then discussed love and fate with its young performer. After hearing about the boy’s family struggles, Qiguan Yuan reassured him that he was not responsible for his parents’ unhappy marriage and urged him to find his own path.

• Qiguan Yuan, Pei Yubai, and Lu Zhao sat through a shadow play in which Yue Lao bound a wealthy woman and a poor scholar together for life.
• Lu Zhao and Qiguan Yuan identified the couple as an ill-fated match because the man siphoned away the woman’s fortune, and Qiguan Yuan sent the young performer 800 yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan questioned the boy about the story, and the boy explained that he wrote melodramatic romances to attract audiences and earn money.
• The boy described his parents’ frequent arguments, his guilt about their struggles, and the jobs he had taken to help pay his tuition.
• Qiguan Yuan told the boy that his parents’ marriage was not his fault and encouraged him to pursue other opportunities and build his own future.

At Cidu Temple, Qiguan Yuan discovered a violent, trapped surge of the power of marriage like the eruptions that had led to Yun Yin’s death. As Pei Yubai held his hand, Qiguan Yuan’s anger tightened the Dust-Settling Red Cord, and the group halted at the temple entrance.

• Meng Xu arranged for the guests to visit Cidu Temple after Qiguan Yuan asked to go to a large temple.
• Qiguan Yuan stepped through Cidu Temple’s gate and sensed dense, volatile power of marriage trapped within the temple.
• Qiguan Yuan recognized the surge as the source of the eruptions that had cost Yun Yin much of his cultivation and ultimately contributed to his death.
• The Dust-Settling Red Cord tightened around Qiguan Yuan’s wrist as his anger rose, while Pei Yubai clasped his hand.
• Lu Zhao, the guests, and the livestream viewers sensed Qiguan Yuan’s change in mood, and the group stopped moving toward the temple hall.

Qiguan Yuan and the others investigated Cidu Temple’s suspicious side halls and found monks manipulating worshippers through marriage rituals, threats, and coercion. After Qiguan Yuan intervened to stop a monk from pressuring a young man to fast, the livestream viewers began suspecting the temple was a cult.

• Qiguan Yuan warned Shen Yuzhou and the others not to trust or touch anything related to marriage fate inside Cidu Temple.
• Qiguan Yuan and Lu Zhao watched a monk bind a young couple with a harmful red-cord ritual and demand that the man drip blood onto the knot for forty-nine days.
• Qiguan Yuan and Lu Zhao saw another monk frighten a middle-aged woman with a fake fortune and urge her to become a nun.
• Qiguan Yuan used his Dust-Settling Red Cord to yank a monk away from a young man who had agreed to begin fasting, then helped the man recover.
• Pei Yubai blocked the cameraman’s lens as Qiguan Yuan examined the hideous statue, while livestream viewers reacted with shock and called the temple cult-like.

Qiguan Yuan exposed Cidu Temple’s fraudulent practices and revealed that he was the former Yue Lao, while Lu Zhao was the current one. He bound the corrupt monks and destroyed the temple’s counterfeit divine statues on livestream, leaving viewers stunned.

• Qiguan Yuan questioned the gray-robed monk about the temple’s fabricated guardian Buddha, then shattered its statue with a touch.
• Pei Yubai told Meng Xu to call the police and bring the crew back to filming, while the guests gathered in the courtyard.
• Lu Zhao read from the Marriage Register, exposing how Cidu Temple’s halls had deceived and harmed hundreds of people.
• Qiguan Yuan introduced himself as Yue Lao and identified Lu Zhao as the current Yue Lao, causing the livestream to surge and crash.
• Qiguan Yuan used the Dust-Settling Red Cord to bind the monks and destroy the counterfeit statues and other items throughout Cidu Temple.
• Pei Yubai massaged Qiguan Yuan’s aching wrist as the livestream viewers reacted to what they had witnessed.

Police secured Cidu Temple after exposing its cult, while authorities and fans suppressed reports that Qiguan Yuan was Yue Lao. Qiguan Yuan found evidence linking the temple’s marriage-fate practices to the Tree of Fate’s upheaval and Yun Yin’s destruction.

• Police arrived at Cidu Temple, questioned the worshippers, and took evidence from the victims.
• Meng Xu saw the livestream and trending topics cut off, then posted that Qiguan Yuan’s appearance as Yue Lao had been staged for the show.
• Fans helped control discussion of Qiguan Yuan’s identity, while people on obscure forums sought to buy his red strings.
• Qiguan Yuan found a dated scrap of yellow paper and realized the temple had been gathering the Power of Marriage through its deceptive rituals.
• Qiguan Yuan connected the cult’s actions to the turmoil in the Tree of Fate and the scattering of Yun Yin’s soul as Pei Yubai placed a hand on his shoulder.

After the temple’s false marriage ties were exposed, Lu Zhao coordinated with the police to help identify and correct the victims’ Threads of Fate. Qiguan Yuan rested with Pei Yubai and the others as the investigation concluded, and once the livestream ended, everyone eagerly turned to him.

• Lu Zhao reported that more than forty-six thousand people had been affected by false marriage ties, and Qiguan Yuan told him to prioritize correcting the Threads of Fate of those still alive.
• Qiguan Yuan burned the scrap of yellow paper in the incense burner, then rested in the eastern pavilion while Pei Yubai massaged his strained wrist and held his hand.
• Shen Yuzhou and the others brought Qiguan Yuan water and fans, then cautiously talked with him after seeing him destroy the false statue.
• The police escorted the abbot and the monks involved into police cars, while Lu Zhao gave the officers a USB drive containing information about missing people.
• Meng Xu ended the livestream after a worshipper bowed to Qiguan Yuan, and everyone turned to look eagerly at him.

After Cidu Temple fell quiet, Qiguan Yuan gave red cords to the guests and told Meng Xu that he had no Thread of Fate. Outside the temple, Pei Yubai proposed to Qiguan Yuan, who accepted and joined their rings with their Thread of Fate.

• Lin Yanru asked Qiguan Yuan for red cords, and he tied one around her and Su He'an as a symbol of their relationship.
• The crowd rushed forward for red cords, and Qiguan Yuan let everyone take one for themselves.
• Qiguan Yuan told Meng Xu he had no Thread of Fate and that a romantic red cord would not help him, then asked him to have Chenchen request his own cord when he grew up.
• Qiguan Yuan asked Pei Yubai what marriage certificates looked like, then teased him about proposing.
• Pei Yubai knelt and proposed to Qiguan Yuan, who accepted and asked him to put the ring on his finger.
• Qiguan Yuan wound their Thread of Fate around their rings, and the two declared their love before kissing.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai made their relationship public, and Pei Yubai asked Qiguan Yuan to marry him when they returned to Jing City. Shen Lingyi sent helicopters to collect them and the production crew, bringing Qiguan Yuan to the Pei Family estate.

• Lin Yanru, Su He'an, Jiang Wantang, and other guests posted photos of their red threads, while Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai shared matching ring photos and handed out red packets on Weibo.
• Pei Yubai held Qiguan Yuan in the tent and asked him to get a marriage certificate after they returned to Jing City, and Qiguan Yuan agreed.
• Shen Lingyi sent a man and three helicopters to pick up Pei Yubai, Qiguan Yuan, and the production crew from the Gobi camp.
• Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan flew with the guests and crew to Jing City, holding hands during the flight.
• The helicopters landed at the Pei Family's private estate, where Shen Lingyi greeted Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan.

Pei Yubai brought Qiguan Yuan to the Pei estate, where Shen Lingyi warmly fussed over him and learned his preferences. After Pei Yubai said they had returned to Jing City to register their marriage, Shen Lingyi began planning their wedding gifts, and Pei Zhongkang welcomed Qiguan Yuan and invited him to play Go.

• Shen Lingyi greeted Qiguan Yuan, worried that he had lost weight and that the desert had dried his face, then teased Pei Yubai for not taking better care of him.
• Shen Lingyi welcomed Shen Yuzhou and Meng Xu, then led the guests through the estate to the main residence.
• Shen Lingyi seated Qiguan Yuan beside Pei Yubai, poured his tea, and asked about his preferences and comfort.
• Pei Yubai told Shen Lingyi that he and Qiguan Yuan had returned to Jing City to register their marriage, prompting her to plan wedding gifts, a new residence, and a honeymoon.
• Pei Zhongkang returned, greeted Qiguan Yuan, invited him to stay longer, and asked to play Go with him.

After exploring the estate, Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai shared an intimate evening in the estate's hot spring and bedroom. Pei Yubai tenderly dried Qiguan Yuan's feet, then stopped himself from going further and adjusted his bathrobe.

• Shen Lingyi arranged for the guests to explore the estate, where Jiang Wantang and Ji Shiyu visited the stables, Lin Yanru and Su He'an took photos in the conservatory, and Shen Yuzhou brought Cheng Yanqiu to the golf course.
• Shen Lingyi told Qiguan Yuan he could sleep in Pei Yubai's room and send Pei Yubai to a guest room if he wished.
• Pei Yubai took Qiguan Yuan to the estate's hot spring, where Qiguan Yuan traced his body and told him that it belonged to him; Pei Yubai agreed.
• Qiguan Yuan asked Pei Yubai to dry his feet, and Pei Yubai knelt to kiss and carefully towel them.
• Qiguan Yuan teased Pei Yubai with his feet, and Pei Yubai said he liked every part of him before finishing drying both feet.
• Pei Yubai kissed Qiguan Yuan between the brows, straightened his bathrobe, and drew back to keep himself from losing control.

Pei Yubai learned to cook for Qiguan Yuan while his parents welcomed and bonded with their future son-in-law. The next morning, Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan received their marriage certificates, and Pei Yubai proudly showed them off as they left the civil affairs bureau.

• Shen Lingyi supervised Pei Yubai as he learned to cook, and Qiguan Yuan praised the meal he prepared.
• Shen Yuzhou showed Cheng Yanqiu, Jiang Wantang, Ji Shiyu, Lin Yanru, and Su He'an around the renovated estate.
• Pei Zhongkang played Go and drank tea with Qiguan Yuan, then received a peace knot Qiguan Yuan braided for him and Shen Lingyi.
• Pei Yubai drove Qiguan Yuan to the civil affairs bureau, where they took their registration photo and received their marriage certificates.
• Pei Yubai held Qiguan Yuan's hand and raised their marriage certificates as they left the bureau.

After registering their marriage, Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai joined the family’s lively wedding-planning preparations before hosting their final livestream. Qiguan Yuan said goodbye to his fans, and the chapter ended with him asleep in the estate while Pei Yubai watched over him.

• Pei Yubai treasured their marriage certificates, and Shen Lingyi gathered the family to plan a seaside wedding, where Qiguan Yuan chose handmade invitations and a moon-white peony bouquet.
• Meng Xu announced that Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai would leave the show after that night and asked the guests to livestream separately for their viewers.
• Qiguan Yuan answered viewers’ questions about love and marriage, urging them to approach relationships with sincerity.
• Zhen Wei called to thank Qiguan Yuan for encouraging her during her cancer treatment, then said goodbye on behalf of the Xiao Yuan Grains; Qiguan Yuan promised their bond would endure until they met again.
• After the livestream, Qiguan Yuan fell asleep, and Pei Yubai covered him with a blanket and messaged Meng Xu about bringing Chenchen to visit another day.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai returned to Cloud-Hidden Town to restore Pei Yubai’s divinity as Xiu Yun Yin. After regaining his memories, Pei Yubai embraced Qiguan Yuan, and Qiguan Yuan welcomed him home.

• Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai returned to Cloud-Hidden Town, where Qiguan Yuan summoned Lu Zhao to help restore the Moon Official’s divinity.
• Qiguan Yuan revealed that Pei Yubai was Xiu Yun Yin and used their marriage power to draw the divinity fragments from the Tree of Fate.
• Lu Zhao gathered the scattered fragments, and Pei Yubai’s divinity merged with his soul, restoring his memories.
• Pei Yubai remembered hearing Qiguan Yuan’s words from within the tree during the centuries they were apart and apologized for his suffering.
• Pei Yubai held Qiguan Yuan, who told Xiu Yun Yin, “Welcome home.”

On the eve of their wedding, Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan prepared for the ceremony at Qiguan Yuan’s newly decorated home and admitted their nerves to each other. At dawn, the wedding procession arrived, and Pei Yubai took Qiguan Yuan’s hand as the ceremony began.

• Pei Yubai prepared Qiguan Yuan’s residence for the wedding, laying a path through the woods and decorating the courtyard with new rooms, lanterns, and wedding details.
• Pei Yubai joined Qiguan Yuan beneath the covered walkway, and they held hands as Pei Yubai confessed he was nervous about the long-awaited wedding.
• Before dawn, Pei Yubai dressed Qiguan Yuan in his chosen scarlet wedding robes, and Lu Zhao added a red-thread tassel to his jade crown.
• The wedding procession arrived, led by Shen Yuzhou, Ji Shiyu, Su He'an, Cheng Yanqiu, Meng Xu, and Chenchen, who scattered osmanthus petals over Pei Yubai.
• Pei Yubai rode to the courtyard, dismounted before Qiguan Yuan, and held out his hand; Qiguan Yuan placed his hand in Pei Yubai’s palm.