Chapter Summaries

Pei Yubai told Qiguan Yuan that fragments of unexplained memories made him suspect they had been lovers in a past life, and Qiguan Yuan encouraged him to wear the clothes he truly liked. After filming and sharing a meal with the group, Pei Yubai carried a sleepy Qiguan Yuan to their tent.

• Pei Yubai told Qiguan Yuan about his sleepless nights, jumbled memories, and instinct to wear black to hide something that might sadden someone.
• Pei Yubai guessed that he and Qiguan Yuan had been lovers in a past life, and Qiguan Yuan told him black did not suit him and hoped he would wear his preferred color.
• After Meng Xu called the shoot finished, Qiguan Yuan remembered Xiu Yun Yin's bloodied final moments and the fear they had left in both of them.
• Qiguan Yuan used a spell to shield the camp from windblown sand while the guests prepared and ate dinner.
• Meng Xu announced that the group would film the sunset and stars the next day, and Pei Yubai later carried the sleeping Qiguan Yuan into their tent.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai found a tearful boy who had lost his family’s camel, and Qiguan Yuan used magic to locate it. After the boy reunited with the camel, Qiguan Yuan agreed to accompany him home for naan.

• Qiguan Yuan promised his livestream viewers he would draw red strings for them after returning.
• Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai met a boy searching for his family’s missing camel, and Qiguan Yuan offered to help.
• Qiguan Yuan spotted the camel to the north and used a spell to keep it in place while he led the boy to it.
• The boy found the camel, hugged it, and thanked Qiguan Yuan.
• Qiguan Yuan lifted the boy onto the camel and walked with him and Pei Yubai toward the boy’s home.

Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai returned Wang Shoumo and his camel to his struggling family, where they learned his mother had ALS. After Wang Shoumo confessed he feared losing her, Qiguan Yuan helped him write a wish for his parents’ health and place it on the roof, leaving the boy hopeful that a god would see it.

• Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai brought Wang Shoumo and the recovered camel to his home, where Wang Shoumo introduced them to his grandfather and mother.
• Wang Shoumo’s father returned, thanked the visitors, and explained that his wife had ALS and the family depended on their camel’s income.
• Wang Shoumo gave his mother her medicine and tucked a blanket around her legs while his family hosted Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai.
• Qiguan Yuan comforted Wang Shoumo, who cried because he feared his mother would leave him and felt he was not allowed to show sadness.
• Qiguan Yuan gave Wang Shoumo a bamboo slip and brush, and Wang Shoumo wrote a wish for his parents’ health.
• Qiguan Yuan carried Wang Shoumo onto the roof and tucked the wish between the tiles, telling him a god would be able to see it.

Qiguan Yuan’s seemingly impossible jump from a roof sparked speculation among viewers, and he calmed his fans by calling it an ordinary, scientific movement. At Wang Shoumo’s home, an old man told him a local legend about the Moon Official and Yue Lao, prompting Qiguan Yuan to remember Yun Yin; as he and Pei Yubai left, Pei asked whether the old acquaintance Qiguan Yuan had mentioned was Yun Yin.

• Qiguan Yuan jumped from the roof while holding Wang Shoumo, and viewers flooded the livestream chat with speculation that he was a cultivator.
• After Meng Xu briefly turned off the camera, Qiguan Yuan asked for the livestream to resume and told his Xiao Yuan Grains not to make a fuss because his movements were ordinary and scientific.
• At Wang Shoumo’s home, the old man explained that local elders worshipped the Moon Official, who had once saved the area from drought while traveling to oversee a marriage for Yue Lao.
• Qiguan Yuan realized the legend preserved traces of Yun Yin, while Pei Yubai noticed his reaction; the group then ate with Wang Shoumo and his family.
• As Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai walked back, Pei Yubai asked whether Qiguan Yuan’s old acquaintance was named Yun Yin.

Pei Yubai confronted Qiguan Yuan about Yun Yin, revealing his jealousy and fear that he was only a substitute in Qiguan Yuan’s long life. Qiguan Yuan comforted him and promised to explain everything that night, leaving them together beneath the desert stars.

• Pei Yubai admitted that Yun Yin’s presence troubled him and asked Qiguan Yuan whether Yun Yin was gone.
• Qiguan Yuan confirmed Pei Yubai was not a substitute, apologized for overlooking his feelings, and promised to tell him everything that night.
• Pei Yubai cried, and Qiguan Yuan embraced him and reassured him that he loved him.
• Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai watched the sunset, and Qiguan Yuan teased him by promising a reward after telling him the truth.
• Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai admired the desert’s starry sky while Pei Yubai privately considered acting pitiful to get what he wanted.

Qiguan Yuan showed Pei Yubai memories of his past as Xiu Yun Yin, revealing how he sacrificed himself to protect Qiguan Yuan and left him waiting alone for many years. Pei Yubai remembered who he was and apologized, while Qiguan Yuan comforted him and said it was enough that they had found each other.

• After returning to their tent, Qiguan Yuan asked Pei Yubai if he was ready to see Xiu Yun Yin's memories, and Pei Yubai agreed.
• Qiguan Yuan touched foreheads with Pei Yubai and showed him memories of Xiu Yun Yin's birth, his time with Qiguan Yuan, and the love he had quietly shown him.
• Pei Yubai watched Xiu Yun Yin sacrifice himself to protect Qiguan Yuan, then saw Qiguan Yuan grieve and spend many years alone waiting for him.
• Pei Yubai opened his eyes and realized he was Xiu Yun Yin, the one who had made Qiguan Yuan wait and suffer.
• Pei Yubai held Qiguan Yuan and apologized for forgetting him and returning so late, while Qiguan Yuan comforted him and said he was glad they had found each other.

After learning the truth about Qiguan Yuan’s long absence, Pei Yubai comforted him and asked to see the scar on his lower back. Their intimate reunion left Qiguan Yuan flushed and flustered, and he remembered that they were due to meet Pei Yubai’s fan the next day.

• Pei Yubai held Qiguan Yuan and remained upset despite Qiguan Yuan reassuring him that he did not need to apologize.
• Qiguan Yuan reminded Pei Yubai of the promised reward, and Pei Yubai asked to see the scar on Qiguan Yuan’s lower back.
• Pei Yubai gently traced and kissed the scar, causing Qiguan Yuan’s fox ears and nine tails to appear.
• Pei Yubai asked to touch Qiguan Yuan’s ears and tails, and Qiguan Yuan reluctantly agreed.
• Afterward, Qiguan Yuan teased Pei Yubai for getting spoiled now that he knew he was Yun Yin.
• Qiguan Yuan remembered their planned meeting with Pei Yubai’s fan the next day and decided Pei Yubai should tell Meng Xu.

Pei Yubai cared for the exhausted Qiguan Yuan overnight, then became jealous when Meng Xu’s young son Chenchen asked to see him. The next day, Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan visited a fan’s clothing shop in Dunhuang, where she presented the custom outfits she had made for them.

• Pei Yubai tucked the sleeping Qiguan Yuan in, cleaned him up, changed his clothes, and held him through the night.
• Pei Yubai visited Meng Xu and told Chenchen he could not see Qiguan Yuan, then promised him toys and vehicles instead.
• Pei Yubai told Meng Xu about the fan’s invitation, and Meng Xu decided to bring the other guests along to film a clothing-shop visit.
• After Qiguan Yuan woke and got ready, Pei Yubai took him to the fan’s shop in downtown Dunhuang.
• The fan showed them the outfits she had made: “Long Wind Night” for Pei Yubai and “Great Desert Moon” for Qiguan Yuan.

Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan modeled Dunhuang outfits, with Qiguan Yuan’s red ensemble captivating the designer and onlookers. Meng Xu invited the designer to join the group as they headed into the desert to take photos before sunset.

• Pei Yubai emerged in a fitted black Dunhuang robe, and the young designer was thrilled to see him wearing her creation.
• Qiguan Yuan appeared in a red-and-gold outfit with silver hair and chiming ornaments, stunning the designer, guests, and viewers.
• Cheng Yanqiu admired Qiguan Yuan and asked Meng Xu if she could join his team, while Pei Yubai arranged Qiguan Yuan’s scarf.
• Qiguan Yuan praised the young woman’s design, and Pei Yubai thanked her for her work.
• Meng Xu invited the designer to accompany the group and announced that the production team would cover the costs and buy the outfits.
• The guests set off for the desert to take photos at sunset, with Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan walking together at the back.

The group visited the dunes behind Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang costumes, drawing crowds and sending their photos trending online. Pei Yubai repeatedly blocked people from photographing Qiguan Yuan, who teased him by taking off his robe and admiring his physique before they left together.

• The guests walked across the dunes as tourists recognized Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai and gathered to take photos.
• Tourists posted pictures online, and the show's official account released portraits that helped make Dunhuang costumes a trending topic.
• Pei Yubai kept shifting to block the photographer's view of Qiguan Yuan, even after the photographer asked him to move.
• Qiguan Yuan called Pei Yubai over, then pulled off his outer robe and draped it around himself.
• Qiguan Yuan traced Pei Yubai's abs as Pei Yubai held his hand in place and told him he could touch all he liked.
• Qiguan Yuan wrapped the robe tightly around himself, winked at Pei Yubai, and said they should go.

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.