Resumen del episodio 15 de Love Beyond the Grave
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Luda confronted his father, Yili'er, after discovering that the older man had been making dark bargains with evil spirits for years. He realized that the tragic, early deaths of his siblings were not accidents, but the cost of his father’s desperate desire to maintain their family’s status within the Royal Court. Yili'er attempted to justify his actions, claiming he only sought to restore their honor and secure Luda’s position as the Young Priest.
However, Duan Xu interjected, pointing out that Song Xingyu had likely recognized Yili'er’s greed long ago and used him to further his own ends. Devastated by the realization that he had effectively sacrificed his own children for a lie, Yili'er collapsed in grief. By the next morning, the once-grand House of Yili'er had crumbled. The family’s treasures vanished overnight, and the servants and concubines fled the estate.
The tragedy was compounded by the news that the youngest master had drowned during the night. Left with nothing but each other, Luda decided to take his father back to the capital, Shangjing, to atone for their sins, vowing never to return to Youzhou. Before parting, Luda spoke to Duan Xu about his enduring faith in Cangshen, though Duan Xu remained skeptical.
Duan Xu pointed out how that same faith had been used as a justification for the Chong people to seize Great Liang’s land and slaughter its people. Despite their past, Duan Xu acknowledged that they were no longer friends and might one day meet as enemies on the battlefield. Meanwhile, a crisis emerged within Guixu. The ongoing wars in the mortal world had caused a massive influx of wandering spirits, placing an unbearable strain on the Fusang Tree.
The Right Hand, Yan Ke, and the Left Hand, Jiang Ai, struggled to maintain the tree as its trunk began to wither and crack under the weight of the restless souls. Sensing the disturbance from the mortal realm, He Simu prepared to return to the Spirit World to address the damage, as only the Spirit Lord possessed the power to truly stabilize the tree. Before her departure, He Simu spent a final quiet moment with Duan Xu.
She presented him with a specially crafted sachet, and they once again exchanged their five senses. As He Simu experienced the fragrance of rare wildflowers through Duan Xu, he urged her to take him with her. He feared that if she returned to Guixu now, he would be long dead by the time her next official leave arrived.
Invoking the wish she still owed him from their bargain, Duan Xu insisted on following her into the Spirit World, despite He Simu’s warnings that entering Guixu as a mortal was a fate more terrifying than death. They traveled to the depths of the Cyan Sea, where the massive Fusang Tree stood. He Simu used her powers to temporarily mend the surface cracks on the trunk, though she noted it would take more time to heal it completely.
To enter Guixu, Duan Xu had to jump into a violent vortex at the base of the tree. He Simu warned him that the powerful upward force of the spirits could easily tear his mortal flesh apart, but Duan Xu did not hesitate. Relying on his Powang Sword and his own sheer will, he successfully descended through the perilous passage and arrived in the Spirit World.
He Simu’s return to the Xuling Temple was met with a grand welcome from her subordinates, but she immediately turned her attention to the chaos at hand. During a formal assembly, she addressed the overcrowding of Guixu and the escape of evil spirits. Jiang Ai, who managed the treasury, complained about the high cost of spirit stones, but He Simu prioritized stability. She ordered the expansion of housing and the opening of the North Abyss.
To encourage spirits to pass on, she set a high incentive: any official who could persuade a spirit to enter the Ascension Pool would be rewarded with 30,000 spirit stones, with no upper limit on the bounty. The Spirit Lord then moved to the sentencing of those who had failed her. Fang Chang, who had colluded with Song Xingyu and murdered his lover for the sake of his career, was sentenced to be annihilated.
Before his execution, he was handed over to Yan Zhang, the Vice Lord of Xuling Temple, who promised to make his final three days a living nightmare. Guan Huai was punished for his lack of oversight; He Simu ordered half of his hair to be shorn—a devastating blow, as a spirit’s hair represents their very life and does not grow back. Finally, she addressed Duan Xu.
As punishment for his previous boldness in "offending" her while she was powerless in the mortal world, she ordered him to be bound and hung outside the temple gates for three days. As he hung there, the local spirits gathered around, eyeing the mortal as a "tender and delicious" curiosity.
