Good And Evil Episode 26 Recap
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Seeking to regain Chun Yao’s favor, Han Sheng delivered a homemade lily and lotus seed soup to Kong Lan for Wushang (Chun Yao), using the opportunity to ask Kong Lan for advice. Kong Lan suggested that a sincere apology combined with catering to Chun Yao’s preferences would surely win him over. Inspired, Han Sheng rushed off to prepare a gift.
Chun Yao later found a small apology note from Han Sheng, acknowledging her mistake regarding Si Tong, which helped improve his mood. He then picked up a small bag of "tea" from a box next to the note and brewed it. After drinking two cups, Han Sheng burst in, alarmed to see him consuming the "tea." She revealed that what he had drunk were expensive orchid seeds, all her savings.
Chun Yao was initially furious that she hadn't made it clear, but Han Sheng pointed out she had drawn a small flower on the note and explained that the seeds were meant to attract thousands of butterflies once they bloomed. Miraculously, orchids began to grow on Chun Yao's head, indeed attracting many beautiful butterflies. Han Sheng complimented him, saying he looked as beautiful as the butterflies when he wasn't angry.
Chun Yao asked her to remove the flowers, claiming he couldn't use his spiritual power, but then removed them himself, asserting that she should fix her own mistakes. Han Sheng continued to apologize, and Chun Yao admitted his anger was mainly directed at himself for sending her to investigate Yueji's death, fearing he might never see her again if Si Tong had discovered her.
Han Sheng promised to always listen to him, and Chun Yao, in turn, demanded that she love him wholeheartedly. Meanwhile, Si Tong, unable to escape the sealed exits of Hundred Spirits Lake, wandered, tired and hungry. He snatched some steamed buns from a vendor, prompting a chase. The villagers recognized him as Yueji's killer and blamed him for Master Wu Yin's house arrest, intent on eliminating him.
Before they could harm him, Si Mao appeared, striking the villagers down with a burst of demonic energy before taking Si Tong away. Si Tong awoke in a mountain cave and angrily refused to associate with Si Mao, whom he recognized as a demon. Si Mao retorted that Wu Yin had brainwashed him and then forcefully extracted the Five-colored Lotus from Si Tong’s body.
Si Mao revealed that the story of Si Tong's late parents was a lie fabricated by Wu Yin to manipulate him. He explained that Si Tong was symbiotically bound to the Five-colored Lotus, an ancient demonic item Chun Yao intended to use to recast the Kunlun Mirror and suppress the demonic Qi from the Monsters and Demons Pool. When the lotus bloomed and the mirror was cast, Si Tong would die.
Si Tong refused to believe his master would betray him. Si Mao then projected an image onto the cave wall, showing Wu Yin despairingly questioning the Hantan Goddess's portrait about his predicament. Wu Yin lamented that she had only told him the lotus was for suppressing demonic Qi, not that it would transform into a human, and now he was forced to sacrifice the very person he had nurtured. Si Tong watched in horror, finally realizing his master's deception.
Feeling utterly abandoned and betrayed, Si Tong vowed to embrace his demonic side and make them regret their actions. Si Mao then unleashed a vast amount of demonic energy, seemingly from the Monsters and Demons Pool, causing widespread chaos and harm to the living beings of Hundred Spirits Lake. The distressed villagers cried out for Master Wu Yin's help.
Si Mao mockingly asked Wu Yin if he still believed letting Si Tong go was the right decision, given the lake had become a living hell. Overwhelmed by remorse and the suffering he had inadvertently caused, Wu Yin knelt before Chun Yao, admitting he had nothing to say and asked to be executed. Chun Yao, seeing the devastation, granted his wish.
Later, Si Tong walked through the streets, observing a father teaching his son to write, which brought back fond memories of his own lessons with Wu Yin, where his master had shown him kindness and patience. He pondered the authenticity of their past together. Suddenly, he overheard villagers discussing Wu Yin's impending public execution for freeing Si Tong and refusing to reveal his whereabouts, which had enraged Chun Yao. Si Tong resolved to save him.
Si Mao appeared, questioning Si Tong's resolve to save Wu Yin despite the betrayal. Si Tong maintained that Wu Yin had always protected him, and there must have been a reason for his secrecy. Si Mao warned that it was a trap set by Chun Yao, but Si Tong was undeterred, stating that if it was a trap, it gave him even more reason to rescue his master.
Si Mao watched Si Tong leave, believing that the deeper his obsession, the greater his eventual pain, and that Si Tong would eventually turn to him. At the execution ground, Kong Lan read out Wu Yin's crimes: conniving in murder, covering up for his disciple, and keeping the truth to himself. As punishment, Wu Yin's spiritual bone would be shattered, and he would be publicly executed. Kong Lan shattered Wu Yin's spiritual bone, stripping him of his spiritual power.
Chun Yao offered Wu Yin a chance to live if he revealed Si Tong's location, but Wu Yin staunchly refused, stating he regretted nothing about setting his apprentice free. As the executioner prepared to strike, Si Tong intervened, deflecting the blade with a stone and rushing to save Wu Yin. Chun Yao quickly captured Si Tong with chains, and the "Wu Yin" on the platform vanished, revealing it to be an illusion. The real Wu Yin then emerged.
Si Tong was devastated, realizing that Wu Yin and Chun Yao had conspired against him. He tearfully questioned Wu Yin's sincerity, asking if he was nothing more than a tool. Before being taken away, Si Tong requested one last hug. Wu Yin embraced him, but Si Tong used the opportunity to shatter the chains and seize Wu Yin as a hostage.
As Chun Yao moved to recapture Si Tong, Si Mao appeared, deflecting Chun Yao's attack and escaping with Si Tong. This incident was deliberately designed by Si Mao, whose purpose was to make Si Tong hate Chun Yao and Wu Yin. Back at the Spirit Realm Pavilion, Chun Yao realized Si Mao's presence in Hundred Spirits Lake indicated a significant plan, especially with the Monsters and Demons Pool being a crucial stronghold for demons.
He ordered Kong Lan to station special forces there and guard it closely. Chun Yao then admitted to Han Sheng that he had misjudged the situation, revealing that the demonic Qi that had harmed the villagers was released by Si Mao, not Si Tong. He concluded that Si Mao was hiding within the lake.
