Resumen del episodio 21 de Generation to Generation
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Song Yuzhi remains firm in his decision to end his engagement with Qi Lingbo, informing Cai Zhao that he has already spoken to her and will formally break the betrothal once they return to their sect. Although he attempts to find a private moment to speak more deeply with Cai Zhao, they are interrupted by their fifth senior brother, who is busy preparing offerings for an upcoming ritual.
Later, as Song Yuzhi visits the Chang family gravesite, he is struck by a wave of jealousy when he witnesses the obvious closeness between Cai Zhao and Mu Qingyan. Mu Qingyan explains his suspicion that the Jade Sunflower is hidden within the cemetery, as Nie Zhe’s men have already scoured every corner of the Chang Fort without finding it.
Song Yuzhi arrives and immediately begins to bicker with Mu Qingyan, acting protectively toward his junior sister, but Cai Zhao stops their argument to focus on the task at hand. Recalling a time from her childhood when she was sunburned while visiting the site with her father, she discovers a bronze mirror mounted on a stone pillar. She realizes the mirror was designed to concentrate sunlight, but since the pillar has sunk into the ground, its alignment has shifted.
Cai Zhao deduces that the ground must have been hollowed out. Relying on her knowledge of the Shi brothers—expert tomb builders and friends of her aunt, Cai Pingshu—she identifies the location of a hidden entrance. The group finds a concealed subterranean passage guarded by a "Turnback Wall," a specialty of the Shi brothers. Mu Qingyan produces a key given to him by the late Hero Chang, which fits the lock perfectly.
Inside the tomb, they find the coffin of Lu Chengnan. A memorial tablet stands nearby featuring an inscription in Cai Pingshu’s handwriting that praises him as a noble hero. Upon examining the remains, Mu Qingyan discovers that the body’s chest and ribs were shattered by the Flying Cloud Heart-Crushing Palm, a signature technique of Nie Hengcheng. This confirms that the former sect leader had indeed murdered his own disciple.
However, the Jade Sunflower is nowhere to be found, and the group is forced to leave without the artifact. As they emerge from the tomb, they find their companions captured by Nie Zhe and Yu Huiyin. Nie Zhe demands the Jade Sunflower in exchange for the hostages’ lives. Thinking quickly, Cai Zhao tosses a landmine disguised as the treasure toward them.
The resulting explosion severely injures Yu Huiyin, giving the group a chance to escape while Nie Zhe and his men flee in the chaos. In the aftermath, Qi Lingbo’s resentment boils over. She accuses Cai Zhao of being manipulative and leading on both Mu Qingyan and Song Yuzhi. Song Yuzhi defends Cai Zhao, explaining that the alliance with the Li Sect was his own strategic choice to capture the culprit behind the Chang family massacre.
Later, the captured Elder Hu Fengge reveals that the true mastermind behind the recent tragedies is actually someone from the Six Sects. Song Yuzhi refuses to believe that his peers could be traitors, but Cai Zhao is more skeptical. She reminds him that even respected leaders can be swayed by a single moment of malice, noting the past case where Hero Wu was harmed by Leader Qiu Yuanfeng. She resolves to find the treasure and uncover the full truth.
Meanwhile, the eldest senior brother watches Qi Lingbo’s heartbreak with a heavy heart, unable to voice his own feelings for her. That evening, Zhou Yuqi and Min Xinrou visit Cai Zhao to thank her for providing medicine. Seeing the deep affection between them, Cai Zhao begins to think of a way to cancel her own wedding with Zhou Yuqi so the two can be together. Mu Qingyan soon summons Cai Zhao with a secret signal.
He tells her that her master, Qi Yunke, has not shared the whole truth about the past. He suggests that since Cai Pingshu did not love Lu Chengnan, her heart belonged to someone else in the Li Sect—the real "Skin-painted Demon." Cai Zhao recalls her aunt mentioning a friend who sent her persimmon cakes and then went to a far-off place, a memory that now feels heavy with hidden meaning.
The following day, Mu Qingyan instructs his subordinate to lure Cai Zhao away using clues about the persimmon cakes. During their meeting, Mu Qingyan expresses his refusal to let her marry another, eventually pulling her into a passionate kiss that leaves her blushing and flustered. Simultaneously, Mu Qingyan orchestrates a scene in town involving a couple trapped in a miserable marriage because they were forced to abandon their true loves years ago.
Watching the woman suffer, Min Xinrou is deeply affected and decides to distance herself from Zhou Yuqi for his sake. As Mu Qingyan’s plan unfolds, a fortune teller approaches Zhou Yuqi, warning him that his future marriage is cursed.
