Episode Summary
Ling Miaomiao and Mu Sheng confront the ghost queen Resentful Lady, who hijacks Mu Yao’s body. After a brutal battle, Mu Sheng sacrifices himself to destroy Resentful Lady, but Ling revives him (and others) using divine powers—only to vanish into alternate timelines. Mu Sheng vows to find her across infinite realities, while the surviving crew escapes the collapsing Demon-Subduing Pagoda.
Spoiler Alert
Buckle up, fantasy fam—this episode is a screaming into a pillow kind of ride. Ling Miaomiao and Mu Sheng finally reach the cursed tower's top layer... only to find Mu Yao chained up like a villain's Pinterest project. But plot twist: It’s not actually Mu Yao. That creepy smile? Yeah, that’s Resentful Lady—the OG soul-sucking ghost queen—possessing her body like a demonic Airbnb guest.
Mu Sheng nearly loses his cool (understandable—family drama hits harder when your sister’s a meat suit for a millennia-old grudge monster). But Ling, our resident chaos detective, clocks the fakeout: "She’s not your mom, dude!" Resentful Lady, now free after draining Mu Yao’s magic, flexes her new god-tier powers. Every monster in the tower immediately kneels—even our semi-demon boy Mu Sheng gets forced into a grudging bow. Oof.
Meanwhile, in the "Everyone’s Dying" Subplot:
- Liu Fuyi’s out there fighting possessed monsters on 1% HP.
- Qingqing (the tragic plant king) merges his roots with the magic barrier, sacrificing himself to buy time. His death leaves only a bamboo forest and Wenxin Lao screaming into the void: "KILL YUAN NU OR WE’RE ALL TOAST!"
Back upstairs, Ling and Mu Sheng try merging the Glass Heart and his demon core to resurrect Mu Sheng’s mom, the legendary Seductive Lady. But Resentful Lady’s too OP now. She mind-controls Mu Sheng into attacking Ling, because nothing says "family bonding" like magical puppet warfare. Just as he’s about to stab his girlfriend, Mu Sheng pulls a full "NOT TODAY, SATAN" move, tanking Resentful Lady’s kill shot. His demon core + Ling’s divine energy fuse into a glittery supernova that obliterates the ghost queen.
Victory? Nope. Mu Sheng collapses in Ling’s arms, disintegrating into golden dust like a tragic TikTok filter. The system dings: "Congrats! 100%好感度 unlocked. Now leave this world." But Ling’s memory reboot reveals the cruel truth—she sacrificed her modern-day identity to gain god powers. Worse, the system claims Mu Sheng, Mu Yao, and Liu Fuyi are dead.
Cue our girl rage-quitting destiny: "I reject your bad fanfiction, universe!" She burns her last divine sparks to revive the squad. But when Mu Sheng wakes up… he sees Lin Yu instead of Ling. Record scratch. Turns out, Ling’s soul is now scattered across infinite timelines, and Mu Sheng’s gotta Groundhog Day his way through eternity to find her.
Final Boss Epilogue:
- The crew escapes the collapsing tower.
- Everyone lives (except Qingqing, who blooms into death like a poetic bamboo Shakespeare).
- In a post-credits-level twist, Mu Sheng meets Mu Qingshi—a god who looks exactly like Ling. She reveals they’ve been stuck in a "reincarnation rom-com" for millennia. Cue Mu Sheng resetting time again because love > logic.
Verdict: This episode weaponizes emotions like a shonen anime on espresso. Bring tissues—and maybe a flowchart.
