Recaps

Wen Qiushui moved through Yi Wenjun’s and Yueqing’s lives before awakening as Qiao Wanmian and confronting the betrayals around Li Xiangyi. She later settled as a pearl diver, crossed paths with Li Lianhua, and remained in Wang Family Village as he began teaching nearby.

• Wen Qiushui used the Chaos Pearl to enter Yi Wenjun’s body, took control of her fate, and built power while shaping the Shadow Sect’s place in Heavenly Revelations.
• Yi Wenjun helped Xiao Ruofeng rise, but refused to save him when he was imprisoned, then rejected Xiao Chuhe and Xiao Lingchen’s pleas before Xiao Ruofeng died.
• Yi Wenjun became a powerful figure, thwarted Xiao Yu’s schemes, and agreed to take Ye Anshi to Master Wangyou.
• Wen Qiushui awakened in Yueqing’s body, seized control of Beyond the Heavens, united the Outer Realm, and used the Dragon Seal Scroll to secure trade agreements.
• As Qiao Wanmian, Wen Qiushui stopped the Sigu Sect followers from attacking the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, killed Xiao Zijin and Shan Gudao, and left the sect.
• Qiao Wanmian told Li Xiangyi that she was not the original Qiao Wanmian, cultivated on Mount Yun Yin, and later stopped Di Feisheng from dying before Li Xiangyi shattered the void.
• Wen Qiushui chose a quiet life as a pearl diver, but killed Yu Lou Chun’s abusers and later intervened when Yu Hongzhu threatened the guests at Xiaomian Inn.
• Wen Qiushui killed Yu Mulan, Yun Jiao, and Zongzheng Mingzhu, then gave medicine to the dying Li Lianhua and carried him away, and a year later, she remained in Wang Family Village while Li Lianpeng opened a school nearby.

Wen Qiushui’s lives as Jiao Liqiao and Princess Zhaoling reshaped the Nanyin Cult and the imperial court, while Li Lianhua confronted his past and recovered from Bicha poison. Zhaoling became emperor, and her daughter Situ Baye accepted the imperial seal surrounded by family and allies.

• Jiao Liqiao built the Nanyin Cult, confronted Di Feisheng, and brought Li Lianhua to Shan Gudao’s preserved corpse in exchange for his promise to lead the cult.
• He Xiaolan killed Shan Gudao and later helped Li Xiangyi investigate the He Household massacre, then entrusted young He Duobing to him.
• Zhaoling discovered the truth about Li Xiangyi’s ancestry and seized control of the Inspection Bureau, then confronted the Hundred Rivers Courtyard and exposed its crimes.
• Zhaoling pursued Guanyin’s Tear at the First-Rank Tomb, poisoned Di Feisheng, and offered Li Lianhua a cure for Bicha poison if he married her.
• Li Lianhua and Fang Duobing obtained the Mother Worm from the Tower of Ultimate Bliss, but the emperor’s men seized it before Zhaoling’s allies helped them escape.
• Li Xiangyi returned to rally the martial world as Zhaoling destroyed the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, and Qin Po used Li Lianhua’s blood to destroy Shan Gudao’s Mother Worm.
• Zhaoling became crown princess, cured the emperor with the Lethe Flower, forced Li Lianhua into marriage, and later gave birth to twin sons before ascending the throne.
• Years later, Situ Baye accepted the imperial jade seal from her mother and saw that her family and allies stood with her.