- Gui Chen meets with Lei Bi Cheng. They talk about death. Bi Cheng tells him to open the message that Gui Chen previously burned.
- Gui Chen explains himself to the Yin King and why he didn’t want Ying Wu Yi to die. They argue and the king doesn’t want Gui Chen interfering.
The Love Triangle
- Yu Ran and Ji Ye go shopping. She gets angry he still wears the Li armour.
- Ying Yu arrives and they both fight over Ji Ye. They compete on drinking and whoever wins can take Ji Ye.
- The princesses drink and Ji Ye watches. Ji Ye tells Yu Ran to stop drinking. Yu Ran drunkenly tells Ji Ye to stop leaving her. She tells him she likes him.
The Yin King’s Secret
- Gui Chen meets Xiao Zhou. He discovers the message from Bi Cheng. They open it and discover a map.
- The two head into thee city towards a building. The discover the private funds of the king. They discover orphans that guard the funds.
- Xiao Zhou knows the Yin King purposefully moved the funds and have been training the orphans to be killers. She’s angry at her brother. The king explains himself and she’s disappointed in him,
- Gui Chen receives a letter from Yu Ran to come out to look at lanterns.
- Xiao Zhou arrives and explains her brother’s actions. She trusts her brother. When he was young he saved her life. She tells Gui Chen she also cares for him.
- The Yin King asks his teacher if Tian Zhan or Gui Chen has the true power to Tian Qu.
- Gui Chen runs into Tian Zhan. They chat about the purpose of Tian Qu.
- Gui Chen goes find Yu Ran and Ji Ye. The orphans and the king stab Gui Chen one by one. At the same time the imperial teacher is killed.
