Hua Cheng loses his composure and begins to violently assault Qi Rong. Qi Rong gives in and reveals the truth about the massacre at the Golden Feast... The truth is revealed about what happened in Yong An, which was supposed to have been heading towards peace, just before Lang Qianqiu was about to have his 17th Birthday...

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng enter the lair of the Night-Touring Green Lantern, Qi Rong. After a brief, violent confrontation, Qi Rong reveals the truth about the Yong'an massacre but other surprising truths are also told.

Hua Cheng leads Xie Lian away from the Heavenly Realm. Meanwhile, Feng Xin and Mu Qing encounter many obstacles while attempting to rescue him, and Lang Qianqiu has a plan of his own.

Acknowledging his position as the State Preceptor, Xie Lian is apprehended and put under house arrest. He reflects on his haunted past before the doors of the Palace of Xianle are kicked open and silver butterflies swarm in.

Back in the Heavenly Realm, Lang Qianqiu confronts Xie Lian about the true identity of the State Preceptor of Yong'an kingdom, Fang Xin, who massacred Yong'an's nobility and killed Lang Qianqiu's father, the king.

After infiltrating Paradise Manor and using a mysterious door granting access to various spaces depending on dice rolls, Xie Lian and Shi Qingxuan eventually reach the underground dungeon, where they discover the missing Heavenly Official.

A masked ghost leads Xie Lian to the Paradise Manor, where Hua Cheng is waiting for him. Later on, Xie Lian meets the bandaged boy from Yu Jun Mountain again and recalls a similar boy he met eight hundred years ago.

The Martial God of the East, Lang Qianqiu, causes a commotion in the ghost king's gambling hall, forcing Xie Lian to play a dice game against the king himself, Hua Cheng, to save his comrade.

Xie Lian returns to the Heavenly Capital and tells Junwu the truth about the banquet massacre. The events have made Xie Lian trust Hua Cheng even more, but Junwu feels even more suspicious of him. Xie Lian leaves heaven and heads to the ruins of Xian Le. As he goes to see his parents' coffin, someone is waiting for him...

Xie Lian gets angry with Hua Cheng for revealing the truth about the Golden Feast Massacre to Lang Qianqiu. But Hua Cheng tells him plainly that Xie Lian did nothing wrong. When he realizes that Hua Cheng trusts him absolutely, and is the one person to see through to the truth of the matter, he says aloud that he wonders if they've met somewhere before...

An Le, a descendant of the imperial house of the fallen kingdom of Xian Le, was left in charge of preparations for the Golden Feast by the ruler of Yong An. While on the surface, An Le was a good friend to the Yong An Imperial Family, there was a darkness in his heart that Qi Rong took advantage of. When Fangxin (Xie Lian) arrives late to the banquet, he encounters something shocking, and is forced to make a choice...

Xie Lian is summoned by Jun Wu to the Heavenly Realm where he's informed that a Heavenly Official needs to be rescued, so he goes to the Ghost Realm, the territory of the dead.

A woman in black suddenly appears and pushes all of Millstone’s soldiers into the Sinners’ Pit. Xie Lian and Millstone fall into the pit, sending Millstone into a fit of rage. Xie Lian realizes that Millstone’s Half-Moon Daoist enemy is the woman who just pushed the soldiers into the pit. Xie Lian still feels suspicious of the general’s story when the woman in black jumps down herself.

Xie Lian and the men from the caravan search for the antidote. They hear a scream from the brush nearby and find a half-buried human face that summons the Half-Moon soldiers and General Millstone. They capture Xie Lian and his men and take them to the Sinners’ Pit. The General asks Xie Lian to choose two people to throw down. Xie Lian distracts him by speaking Half-Moon, while preparing to jump.

Xie Lian saves his group, and they enter a cave where the trade caravan had taken refuge. After the caravan recounts their story, San Lang spots carvings on the stone Xie Lian is sitting on. They tell the story of a general who rescued both his people and his enemies until he died on the battlefield. A poisonous scorpion-tailed snake bites Xie Lian, and his band must leave to find the antidote.

Xie Lian finds the story of Half-Moon Pass strange and asks the heavenly officials about what transpired there. It becomes clear that a senior heavenly official is behind the disappearances, and no one dares look into it. Xie Lian decides to go investigate, and San Lang joins him. They pursue two Daoists before getting caught in a sandstorm.

Xie Lian asks the young man about Hua Cheng, and he is suspiciously forthcoming. Despite his apprehensions, Xie Lian’s kindness prevails, and he takes San Lang to the Chestnut Temple. San Lang’s sincerity and talent raise more questions, especially when it is revealed he knew what Xie Lian looked like when he was crown prince. Later, a bewitched survivor arrives at the temple after an attack.

Xie Lian continues to search for the bandaged boy to no avail. He returns to heaven and finds out the mysterious young man in red is Hua Cheng, who defeated 33 heavenly officials, and whose name is accompanied by fear in that realm. Xie Lian decides to descend to the mortal realm and busies himself collecting junk in town. There, he meets another young man in red and decides to test him.

Xie Lian discovers Xuan Ji is the Ghost Groom just as she appears and goes on a killing spree. Xie Lian overpowers her before learning the truth: When General Pei was in the earthly realm, he courted Xuan Ji, an enemy general. When their relationship fell apart, Xuan Ji broke her own legs in her grief and despised the many smiling brides on their way to Mt. Yujun.

After Xie Lian’s mysterious guide disappears, he realizes he is near a Ming Guang Temple, where General Pei is worshiped by mortals. Xie Lian enters the temple to see 17 corpses. Stunned, he sees a bandaged boy fleeing the scene. In his pursuit, Xie Lian runs into Xiao Pengtou and his bandits. Fu Yao returns to the heavenly realm for reinforcements as the ghost brides attack.