Recaps

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai married beneath the Tree of Fate, binding their names in the Marriage Register and renewing the tree’s faded red threads. After the ceremony, Pei Yubai used his primordial spirit to safeguard their marriage bond, and the main story ended with them together.

• Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan exchanged vows and bowed to heaven and earth, their elders, and each other beneath the Tree of Fate.
• Qiguan Yuan wrote his name in the Marriage Register, and Pei Yubai added his; Qiguan Yuan tied the Dust-Settling Red Cord around their ring fingers, joining their names with a crimson thread.
• The old, faded threads in the Tree of Fate turned red again, and Pei Yubai promised Qiguan Yuan that he would stay with him and keep his word.
• Shen Lingyi excused the newlyweds from making the rounds to offer toasts, and they returned to the rear courtyard.
• Pei Yubai, in the form Qiguan Yuan knew as Xiu Yun Yin, kissed Qiguan Yuan’s ring finger and used his primordial spirit to protect their marriage bond.

Xiu Yun Yin managed the Hall of Fate alone while Qiguan Yuan avoided his duties beneath the Tree of Fate. After the Heavenly Emperor summoned every god to a banquet, Xiu Yun Yin found Qiguan Yuan, and they agreed to attend together.

• Female immortals visited the Hall of Fate and discovered that Yue Lao was the handsome young Xiu Yun Yin, not an old immortal.
• Xiu Yun Yin recalled that Qiguan Yuan had left him to handle the Hall of Fate for ten years, and he warded off curious visitors with a barrier.
• Xiu Yun Yin received the Heavenly Emperor's invitation and contacted Qiguan Yuan, who initially did not recognize him.
• Xiu Yun Yin walked to the Tree of Fate and delivered the invitation to Qiguan Yuan, who was eating candy in the branches.
• Qiguan Yuan asked whether Xiu Yun Yin resented him for neglecting the hall, then suggested they go to the banquet together with Xiu Yun Yin leading the way.

At the Jade Pool banquet, a female immortal mistook Qiguan Yuan for an attendant and asked him to arrange a match, only to learn he was Yue Lao. Qiguan Yuan called Xiu Yun Yin his, and the chapter ended with Xiu Yun Yin accepting the Heavenly Emperor’s description of the Moon Official as one who guards fate—by guarding Qiguan Yuan.

• Xiu Yun Yin and Qiguan Yuan arrived at the Jade Pool banquet, where the immortals assumed Qiguan Yuan was Xiu Yun Yin’s attendant.
• A female immortal offered Xiu Yun Yin a merfolk tear pearl and asked him to tie a Thread of Fate between her and Qiguan Yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan revealed that he was Yue Lao, and the female immortal redirected her request toward Xiu Yun Yin.
• Qiguan Yuan refused the match, telling the female immortal that Xiu Yun Yin was his; Xiu Yun Yin did not correct him.
• Qiguan Yuan explained that he and Xiu Yun Yin had both emerged from the Tree of Fate, and the Heavenly Emperor described the Moon Official as guarding fate.
• Xiu Yun Yin silently accepted that his role was to guard Qiguan Yuan.

At the Heavenly Emperor’s banquet, Ling Xiao challenged Qiguan Yuan and Xiu Yun Yin, but Xiu Yun Yin defeated him with the Plain Radiance Punishment Scythe. When Ling Xiao launched a sneak attack, Qiguan Yuan used the Dust-Settling Red Cord to destroy his arm.

• The immortals watched Qiguan Yuan and Xiu Yun Yin as Ling Xiao grew resentful of their status and approached their table.
• Ling Xiao insulted the two Primordial Gods and challenged Qiguan Yuan to a fight, so Xiu Yun Yin stood to face him instead.
• Xiu Yun Yin summoned the Plain Radiance Punishment Scythe and defeated Ling Xiao in two strikes, shattering his saber and sending him crashing to the ground.
• Ling Xiao drew a concealed short blade and attacked Xiu Yun Yin, but Qiguan Yuan wrapped the Dust-Settling Red Cord around his wrist and turned his left arm to ash.

After the immortal banquet, Xiu Yun Yin began visiting Qiguan Yuan more often, and Qiguan Yuan invited him to live beneath the Tree of Fate. They settled into a shared routine, with Qiguan Yuan claiming Xiu Yun Yin’s bonded scythe as his own to inspect while Xiu Yun Yin began practicing with an ordinary sword.

• Xiu Yun Yin repeatedly visited Qiguan Yuan with errands and treats, and Qiguan Yuan grew accustomed to seeing him.
• Xiu Yun Yin told Qiguan Yuan that female immortals kept bothering him, so Qiguan Yuan invited him to move beneath the Tree of Fate.
• Xiu Yun Yin moved into a house beneath the tree, and Qiguan Yuan hung a bell at its door so they could announce their returns.
• Qiguan Yuan asked Xiu Yun Yin to keep his Plain Radiance Punishment Scythe from everyone else, and Xiu Yun Yin agreed.
• After Qiguan Yuan made the scythe his personal toy, Xiu Yun Yin bought an ordinary iron sword and began practicing with it before dawn.

Qiguan Yuan struggled to undo an ill-fated bond, and Xiu Yun Yin helped him before quietly increasing his efforts to become part of Qiguan Yuan’s daily life. Xiu Yun Yin recognized that Qiguan Yuan was growing attached to him, though Qiguan Yuan still did not understand his romantic feelings.

• Qiguan Yuan became irritated while trying to undo a tangled ill-fated bond, exposing his nine tails and fox ears as Xiu Yun Yin watched.
• Xiu Yun Yin patiently untangled the red threads, and Qiguan Yuan used them to undo the bond.
• After overhearing advice about making a loved one depend on him, Xiu Yun Yin began caring for Qiguan Yuan’s daily needs and accompanying him on outings.
• Qiguan Yuan grew accustomed to Xiu Yun Yin’s care, asked him to return earlier after an unusually long absence, and admitted he watched his sword practice.
• Xiu Yun Yin realized Qiguan Yuan was beginning to care about him and continued silently loving him, knowing Qiguan Yuan did not understand romantic love.

After months away from public view, Qiguan Yuan appeared with Pei Yubai at a filming kickoff ceremony, sending his fans rushing to see him. He reassured the tearful Xiao Yuan Grains that he had been there all along before leaving with Pei Yubai.

• Pei Yubai announced that filming was beginning after months without updates, easing his fans’ fears that he might retire.
• Pei Yubai arrived at the kickoff ceremony with Qiguan Yuan, whose appearance with silver hair and red clothes sparked excitement among the fans.
• Fans traveled to the film studio complex, but they could only watch the ceremony from outside the cordon.
• After the ceremony, Pei Yubai came out holding Qiguan Yuan’s hand, and the Xiao Yuan Grains cried as they saw him again.
• Qiguan Yuan smiled at the fans, asked if they had been well, and reassured them that he had been there all along.
• Qiguan Yuan waved goodbye and left with Pei Yubai as topics about him and his fans trended online.

Qiguan Yuan accompanied Pei Yubai on set, where the crew mistook him for Pei Yubai’s assistant and watched Pei Yubai tend to him instead. After Qiguan Yuan used an ancient booklet from Lu Zhao to cast an array, a strand of golden light entered the bedroom, and Qiguan Yuan began shrinking in his sleep.

• Qiguan Yuan spent his days sleeping on set while Pei Yubai looked after him, and the crew noticed Pei Yubai seemed unusually otherworldly.
• A package from Lu Zhao brought Qiguan Yuan a three-hundred-year-old booklet containing an array that caught his interest.
• Qiguan Yuan cast the array at midnight, but when it faded without any apparent effect, he went to bed believing it had failed.
• An hour later, moonlight activated the array’s remnants, sending a strand of golden light into the bedroom.
• While Pei Yubai slept with Qiguan Yuan in his arms, Qiguan Yuan began to shrink without either of them noticing.

Qiguan Yuan accidentally shrank himself to palm size after miscasting a spell, and Pei Yubai cared for him while they waited to return to the Heavenly Realm for Lu Zhao to undo it. At the film set, Pei Yubai passed Qiguan Yuan off as a lifelike robot, while the crew began to suspect he was real.

• Pei Yubai found palm-sized Qiguan Yuan asleep beside him and learned that Qiguan Yuan had mispronounced a shrinking spell, shrinking its caster instead of Pei Yubai.
• Qiguan Yuan explained that they needed to return to the Heavenly Realm and find Lu Zhao to undo the curse, while Pei Yubai fed and watched over him.
• Pei Yubai brought Qiguan Yuan to the set and told the crew he was a lifelike robot, showing him off while refusing to let anyone touch him.
• Pei Yubai measured Qiguan Yuan and arranged custom miniature furniture, clothes, and accessories, then photographed him relaxing beneath a parasol.
• After Pei Yubai left for his scenes, the makeup artist and costume designer noticed that the supposed robot breathed, drank juice, and looked unmistakably real.

Pei Yubai kept Qiguan Yuan close while filming a xianxia movie, and the director decided to add the tiny fox as his character’s spirit pet. After a day of filming with Qiguan Yuan tucked into a hidden pocket in his costume, Pei Yubai carried the sleeping fox back to their lodgings.

• Pei Yubai rescued Qiguan Yuan from the curious crew and kept him tucked close over the following days.
• The director spotted Qiguan Yuan peeking from Pei Yubai’s collar and decided to add him as the immortal lord’s spirit pet.
• The costume designer made a soft hidden pocket in Pei Yubai’s costume so Qiguan Yuan could watch or sleep during filming.
• Qiguan Yuan ate pastries and watched Pei Yubai act, while the director captured his reactions and Pei Yubai shielding him during a fight scene.
• Qiguan Yuan’s appearance delighted the female lead during a night scene, and the director kept filming after she smiled at him.
• After filming wrapped, Pei Yubai took the sleeping Qiguan Yuan out of the costume and carried him back to their lodgings.

Qiguan Yuan spent time as a tiny robot in Pei Yubai’s hidden pocket while Pei Yubai filmed, then returned to the set at normal size. A behind-the-scenes clip revealed the little robot was real, and fans embraced him as Little Xiao Yuan.

• Qiguan Yuan bored himself in Pei Yubai’s pocket during filming, bit his chest through his robe, and then ate a pastry after the director called cut.
• On the eleventh day, Pei Yubai told the crew the little robot had been put away, and Qiguan Yuan arrived on set at normal size.
• When Qiguan Yuan went back to their lodgings, the little robot sometimes returned to Pei Yubai’s pocket to sleep with a piece of pastry.
• Fans found that Pei Yubai’s Weibo mostly featured Qiguan Yuan, and they mistook a photo of the tiny figure in his palm for a lifelike commissioned figurine.
• At the film premiere, audiences saw Qiguan Yuan peeking from Pei Yubai’s collar, and a behind-the-scenes clip later showed the little robot eating pastry and biting Pei Yubai’s finger.
• Fans named the robot Little Xiao Yuan, and Pei Yubai posted a picture of him in his pocket captioned, “My Yuanyuan.”