Ancient Love Poetry Episode 29 Recap
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Houchi and Qingmu watched the stars filling the sky together, leaning against each other. Houchi mentioned Wu Huan's birthday banquet. She decided to attend the banquet with Qingmu. Once the matter was resolved, she would return to Qingchi Palace. Qingmu cherished Houchi and agreed to what she said.
On the other side, Wu Huan instructed Feng Nv to intentionally knock out Jing Zhao, creating the illusion that Jing Zhao's spiritual power was dissipating too quickly and she would soon be unable to retain her immortal body. Mu Guang wanted to transfer his Dragon Core to Jing Zhao, but Wu Huan disagreed. She wanted Qingmu to ascend the Qinglong Platform, endure forty-nine strikes of heavenly lightning, and return Jing Zhao's Dragon Core.
Jing Jian was in a dilemma between Qingmu and Jing Zhao; he remained constantly worried. Feng Ran was no better off in her heart. Although she didn't say it out loud, she felt differently towards Jing Jian deep down. She specifically accompanied Jing Jian to drink and drown his sorrows. Seeing Feng Ran drunk and fallen asleep, Jing Jian couldn't help but recall how he first met her. Feng Ran didn't remember that they had met when they were children.
Back then, Feng Ran saved him in Yuanling Marsh and even gave him the instruction feather of Chief God. However, after many years of separation, Feng Ran no longer recognized him. The next day, Houchi came to see Qingmu. Looking at Houchi, Qingmu couldn't help but recall the figure of Shanggu. Houchi now increasingly preferred God Realm attire. Qingmu gifted her a hairpin he had personally carved and carefully placed it in her hair.
The two of them held hands and attended the birthday banquet together. At the birthday banquet, Wu Huan twisted the truth, claiming that Jing Zhao and Qingmu were deeply in love and that Jing Zhao had given up her Dragon Core to save Qingmu. Now that Qingmu had changed his mind and fallen for Houchi, he ought to return the Dragon Core.
Houchi laughed at Wu Huan for twisting the truth, but stated that since Qingmu had accepted Jing Zhao's favor, she would return it using her own core. Houchi attempted to take out her core on the spot, but she couldn't. Wu Huan immediately exposed Houchi's true identity, revealing she was not Gujun's daughter. Qingmu couldn't bear to see Houchi suffer injustice. He believed in Houchi.
To repay the Heavenly Palace's favor, Qingmu immediately volunteered to ascend the Qinglong Platform, draw forty-nine strikes of heavenly lightning into his body, and return the Dragon Core. Qingmu entered the Qinglong Platform to draw the heavenly lightning into his body. Houchi couldn't bear to see Qingmu suffer and accompanied him into the Qinglong Platform to endure the heavenly lightning together. The descent of heavenly lightning was no ordinary matter.
This event alerted Gujun, and Tianqi also arrived at the border between the Immortal and Demon Realms, watching everything that was happening on the Qinglong Platform. Qingmu and Houchi endured the heavenly lightning. Jing Zhao arrived at the Qinglong Platform, crying. She watched, crying, as the two faced life and death together, all the while worrying about Qingmu. The heavenly lightning of a High God was not something a mere immortal lord could withstand.
Seeing Houchi's weakened state, Qingmu single-handedly raised a barrier for her and faced the heavenly lightning alone. Only the last strike of the forty-nine heavenly lightning strikes remained. Houchi had already prepared to die here with Qingmu. She would never regret meeting Qingmu and experiencing love with him. Qingmu shielded Houchi beneath him. He stepped forward to meet the heavenly lightning but severely damaged his spiritual veins. To save Qingmu, Houchi wanted to transfer her divine power to him.
Feng Ran couldn't bear to see the two die there; she cried and begged Mu Guang to intervene and save them. With Jing Jian also pleading, Mu Guang intended to help, but the heavenly lightning had finished descending, yet the barrier still wouldn't open, so he was unable to assist. Although the heavenly lightning had finished descending, lightning fire still flickered in the air. Qingmu woke up. Even Wu Huan exclaimed that it was impossible.
Qingmu only embraced Houchi deeply, once again protecting her beneath him. He stepped forward to confront the heavenly lightning. Today, he would tell everyone that if he wanted to live, not even heaven could claim him.
