Episode Summary
The Ten Thousand Withered Array is activated, trapping Wangquan Fugui and turning Fan Yunfei into its power source. Qingtong confronts her brother Qingcheng, whose possessive love leads him to a dark path. She ultimately sacrifices herself to stop him, and he chooses to die with her. In the Western Regions, Quan Rumu gets a sudden power-up and defeats Gulizan, breaking the array and saving everyone from a magical storm.
Spoiler Alert
The Trap Is Sprung
The Ten Thousand Withered Array is finally active. You can practically feel the power surge. Both Black Fox and Quan Jingting get a massive boost from it.
Wangquan Fugui walks right into a trap. He goes to Qianji City to find Qingtong. He finds her unconscious instead. It turns out Qingcheng and Black Fox were waiting for him. They immediately banish him to the Snow Demon's world. It's a bad place for him. His powers start to drain away the longer he's there.
But Wangquan Fugui isn't an idiot. He quickly figures out the Snow Demon is just a puppet. Black Fox is pulling the strings. He plays along, tricks the demon into giving up key information, and finds a way to escape.
A Family Torn Apart
Qingtong vs. Qingcheng
The drama between Qingtong and her brother Qingcheng just hit a new low. His love for her is not healthy. It's dark and possessive. He just wants to lock her away from the world.
His plan is twisted. He wants to surgically remove the "love seed" from her body. This would essentially erase her ability to love another. It would force her back under his protection. Qingtong stops him just in time. She reveals a horrible truth he didn't know. If he removes the love seed, she will die.
Qingcheng is completely broken. He admits he hates everyone. He says even if he had a million chances, he would still let Black Fox possess him. His logic is simple and terrifying. If he can't have Qingtong, he will destroy her.
The Tragic End
Qingtong makes a devastating choice. She decides to use her own love seed as a weapon. She plans to detonate it to take Qingcheng down with her. She feels responsible for the darkness inside him. She believes she failed to protect him. She just wants them to be siblings again in the next life.
Black Fox keeps whispering in Qingcheng's ear. He pushes him to kill his sister. But in the end, Qingcheng can't do it. He chooses to let her plan succeed and willingly dies. His last words are a gut punch. He tells her he never wants to be her brother again.
The Battle for the Western Regions
A Desperate Stand
Li Xueyang and Long Weiyun rush to the Qianxia Kingdom ruins. They find Fan Yunfei, but he's being controlled by the array. He doesn't want Li Xueyang to sacrifice herself for him. But she and Long Weiyun refuse to leave him behind.
Wangquan Fugui finally makes it back to the Western Regions. He finds a nasty surprise. Fan Yunfei is the new power source for the entire array. A massive magical storm is heading straight for the Sand Fox Kingdom. Wangquan Fugui has to stop it. If he fails, the entire Western Regions will be wiped off the map. He unleashes his Pure Yang Flame to fight back.
The Array Is Broken
While that's happening, Quan Rumu is in a losing fight against Gulizan. Things look bad. Then, out of nowhere, Quan Rumu gets a massive power boost. She completely destroys Gulizan in one powerful strike.
With Gulizan gone, the Ten Thousand Withered Array shatters. Fan Yunfei is finally free from its control. The group immediately rushes over to help the exhausted Quan Rumu.
