Recaps

Yu Zhi rescued Zhang Qiling, built a life with him, and helped him recover his strength and memories while they gathered allies and prepared to enter the tombs tied to Zhang Qiling’s past. The arc left Yu Zhi, Zhang Qiling, and Hei Xiazi arriving at an expedition where Wu Sansheng’s group was considering sacrificing someone to escape a Corpse Charm.

• Yu Zhi escaped Golmud Sanatorium with the injured, amnesiac Zhang Qiling and used his private space to protect and treat him.
• Yu Zhi and Zhang Qiling settled in Beijing, where Yu Zhi revealed Zhang Qiling’s history and the schemes surrounding the Bronze Door, and the two formed a One Heart Contract.
• Yu Zhi and Zhang Qiling traveled to Guangxi, defeated a Corpse-Scented Konjac, and Zhang Qiling entered the submerged Zhang Family Ancient Tower to retrieve his Black Gold Ancient Saber.
• Zhang Qiling returned badly injured and suffering another memory loss, while Yu Zhi rescued him and Hei Xiazi and brought them back to his courtyard.
• Yu Zhi shared knowledge of Hei Xiazi’s future and treated his damaged eyes, then accompanied Zhang Qiling to the Zhang ancestral home, where a black ring trapped him with Daoist Green Jade.
• Zhang Qiling used his Qilin Blood to disrupt Daoist Green Jade’s attack, allowing Yu Zhi to destroy the ghost and uncover memories of Chen Qingyu’s betrayal of the Zhang Family.
• Yu Zhi and Zhang Qiling confessed their feelings, discovered Zhang Qiling’s ice-and-fire spiritual roots and lost inheritance, and cultivated together for a year before returning to Hei Xiazi.
• Yu Zhi helped Hei Xiazi devour the possessing ghost, and the three traveled to Shandong, where they joined the events around Wu Sansheng’s expedition while hiding Zhang Qiling’s identity.
• Zhang Qiling restrained the Corpse Bug King for Hei Xiazi to devour, and Yu Zhi’s group reached Wu Sansheng’s party as they debated who to sacrifice to escape the Corpse Charm.

Yu Zhi and Zhang Qiling entered the Bronze Door, fought through its hellish levels, and were separated when the False Queen Mother of the West sent Yu Zhi’s soul into a new life as Wu Xie. With Yu Zhi hidden in the Jade Cocoon, Zhang Qiling kept him safe, uncovered threats gathering around them, and married him while they waited for his return.

• Yu Zhi and Zhang Qiling entered the Bronze Door and began clearing its monster-filled levels, learning that the Zhang Family had long sacrificed Nine Gates members to maintain the seal.
• After reaching the seventeenth level, Yu Zhi exposed an imitation of Zhang Qiling, but the False Queen Mother of the West captured Zhang Qiling and sent Yu Zhi’s soul into a womb as Wu Xie.
• Zhang Qiling carried Yu Zhi’s body from the tomb, then recovered his memories when Yu Zhi revealed he was alive in Zhang Qiling’s sea of consciousness and that Qi Yu’s soul had reincarnated as Wu Xie.
• Zhang Qiling preserved Yu Zhi’s body in a Jade Cocoon and pretended to have lost his memories, while Yu Zhi remained too weak to return to his body.
• Zhang Qishan transformed into a Forbidden Woman, and Zhang Qiling set him ablaze after he attacked Zhang Rishan, and Hei Xiazi reported that the Nine Gates and Wang Family were investigating Zhang Qiling and searching for Yu Zhi.
• Zhang Qiling asked Yu Zhi to marry him while Yu Zhi remained in the Jade Cocoon, and Yu Zhi agreed to make their union official before holding a grand ceremony after he recovered.
• Hei Xiazi arranged the wedding, where Zhang Qiling and Yu Zhi exchanged vows before the Nine Gates, as a Wang Family spy reported the ceremony and the patriarch ordered continued surveillance.