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Its aftermath is just as devastating... TTJ going over everything LSS said in the dungeon, and matching it with every single thing she said to him before, trying to figure out if they were truths or lies, but accepting to himself that he doesn't deserve anything good😭

Oh, God, the dungeon scene. Still a masterclass in drama and delivering heartwrenching emotion. 😭💔

PR and YQY discussing why YXW would try to assassinate TTJ. "Is it for Xiao Lin?" Poor souls. They couldn't know about LSS's real purpose and reasons because she really is different from everybody else. She'd even go to the lengths of cutting herself off from the family records.

YQY giving the family a heads up as YXW's actions might have a backlash on them all. General Ye stands firm on protecting YXW and their family no matter the consequence. Even Zeyu looks noble as he accepts the task of protecting the family. Only Bitchang is different.

LSS dreams of her sect brothers and father once again.💔 She despairs that she failed in her mission to rid the world of the evil bone.

Just as LSS sends the last three nails into TTJ's heart, Ming Ye's Heart Guarding Scale protects him.

Why? Because at that moment, TTJ accepted his fate to die by LSS's hand. But Ming Ye's essence decides it's not the right time for him to die (just like how MY saved TTJ later when he tries to kill himself and every demon in the Abyss). TTJ's survival really is the key point that changes his fate as the evil DG.

The wedding commences....

It could have been a happy ceremony. Despite the sudden snow (foreshadowing much?), the wedding happens as it should --the bride approaches the smiling groom, they walk side by side towards the altar, they bow three times-- but their hearts couldn't be more different. TTJ thinks this is their beginning; LSS decides it's their end.

The appearance of the last Soul-Slaying Nail happens as TTJ lifts LSS's veil and sees his beloved joyfully, the first heartfelt joy he had ever felt in his miserable life. With the last nail, LSS starts piercing TTJ's heart (with the evil bone) with 3 nails each, in between allowing for one last conversation with him (she thinks).

"Ye Xiwu, why?" "Tantai Jin, my purpose in the first place was to kill you." 💔
"So, all the words you said to me, were lies?" 💔
"But I still .... love you."💔

LSS looks at the formed nails and is thinking "Will I really use this on him?" or something. (in my head anyway🤣This episode is so painful to watch)

Zeyu, of all people, barges in loudly and reminds LSS of Grandma's kindness to her, everything she had done for her, but LSS just sends him away coldly. She does the same to YQY when he confronts her too.

Watching LSS's moves now, and knowing what comes after.... she really does present classic signs of having sui**dal tendencies --throwing away/giving away everything she loved, trying to please people around her (well, only TTJ anyway and for a certain purpose), and changing personalities 180 degrees... This drama could easily be used as teaching material for psychology students😅

Happy weekend Pytheos!!❤️

TTJ picks an ominous date for his wedding. Why? Why not 5 days after or something??

TTJ accepts LSS's offer of marriage (why it took this long, and why it had to happen today, I can't--- plot purposes, of course).

YQY remarks that LSS couldn't be persuaded to go to Grandma's funeral, very unlike herself. TTJ chalks it up to extreme grief, for her and for XL, "who YXW had loved for a long time" as he says. He couldn't also bear to say LSS killed XL coz that was HIS fault, so he only said "She watched him die".

YQY hit it right on the head when he asked, "You know it was you she tried to murder. Yet you still want to make her queen? Don't you have ill feelings?" TTJ's answer clearly reflects how desperate he is to have LSS by his side, as she's the only one who he believes truly loves him. Is it self-delusion? or is it just desperation?😭

He is quick to forgive her even without talking everything over with her.... which is just sad as communication clearly is needed between them to clear every misunderstanding and y'know, figure out that YBC is to blame for porridgegate???

Hey hey Moonies! Time for our 2nd anniversary rewatch!😄 Tune in to Episode 27 and relive the trauma all over again.😭

Sorry I'm late!!!!

Hey hey Moonies! Time for our 2nd anniversary rewatch!😅😅😆 Tune in to Episode 26 and witness the second wedding of the century...and have our hearts break all over again😭

yeah, I think so too.

His deep depression could be noted by the way ADG's voice came back to him as he thought about YXW not coming back.

Darn it. "Boundaries" still tug at my heartstrings every time I hear it.🥺

Poor NBY, at the receiving end of TTJ's despair. Had YXW been labeled as traitor and had XL cast her out because of her attempted assassination, she really wouldn't have had any choice but to hide in TTJ's kingdom. But since she wasn't, TTJ must have thought she wanted to follow XL in death or something.

XL was even kind enough to understand why TTJ had to do what he had to do, and to make plans for the people he'd leave behind, those who are still loyal to Sheng, and those who want to make a new beginning. An especial note was even left for that traitorous and malicious wife of his... As a character XL was too good for that world.

In this part, TTJ feels as selfish as YBC. TTJ set LSS up so that she'd have nowhere to go but to him, while YBC set LSS up so that she loses everybody...... LSS is simply stuck between two hard rocks with nowhere to go.

I don't really know who to blame in this tragic mess. I just feel sad for the collateral damage -- Grandma Ye and Xiao Lin, two kind and noble souls who didn't deserve their fates.😭😭💔

The joy of reunion between Xiao Lin and his Martial Uncle cut short by TTJ's puppetry spell.😭😭Xiao Lin deserved a better fate💔but he knew it was inevitable. Through the battlefield or by deception, he would have eventually met his end. (Why does he have to be such a noble one?)

To think that in the novel, Grandma lived a long life, yes, still believing her darling YXW was still alive in the palace....... her death in the drama is ---😭😭😭