Resumen del episodio 8 de Love Beyond the Grave
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Duan Xu allowed himself to be captured and taken to the North Chong camp by Fifteen, who was still masquerading as Lin Jun. Even in the damp prison cell, Duan Xu remained composed, treating the situation as a strategic move. He Simu watched him from the shadows, and the two began to deconstruct the situation. Duan Xu revealed he had suspected the fake Lin Jun from the start, sensing a "familiar scent" of someone like himself.
He Simu noted that anyone who spent their life behind a human skin mask was bound to be dangerous. Duan Xu explained the origins of "Tian Zhixiao" (the All-Knowing), a secret organization under the North Chong royal family that trained loyal assassins. He described the "Mingshi" (Blindfolded Trial), a brutal graduation rite where disciples fought to the death while sightless to earn their names. Fifteen was merely a code name, and members from different generations rarely met.
He Simu, sensing the danger of the heavily guarded camp, offered to grant Duan Xu a wish to help him escape, but Duan Xu declined, insisting the real show was just beginning and he would break free on his own. Fifteen soon arrived to interrogate his prisoner, but Duan Xu turned the tables by exposing Fifteen’s true motives.
He deduced that Fifteen had infiltrated Shuozhou to investigate the "Red Bird Descending Calamity" for the High Priest, who was sensitive to anything that blasphemed the sacred texts of the "Cang Yan Lu." Duan Xu mocked Fifteen for a life spent playing roles, suggesting that the man had never lived a day as a warm or honest person. He even questioned if Fifteen felt any remorse watching the real Lin Jun’s family die.
Despite the threats, Duan Xu remained unfazed, reminding Fifteen that his captors would eventually regret not pinning him down more securely. As night fell, Duan Xu freed himself from his shackles. He had previously asked He Simu when the east wind would blow, and upon hearing it was due in three days, he used the weather to his advantage. He set fire to the North Chong armory, causing mass chaos as the flames spread rapidly.
Amidst the stampede of panicked horses and cries of "fire," Duan Xu infiltrated General Awo'erqi's tent. He executed the general and took his head as a trophy. While the Chong soldiers scrambled to put out the fires, Duan Xu fought his way out of the camp. Fifteen realized the deception and pursued Duan Xu into the snowy wilderness. During their desperate struggle, Duan Xu finally revealed the truth: he was the real "Seventeen."
He reminded Fifteen of a brief moment years ago when Fifteen had steadied him after he won his Blindfolded Trial. He revealed that Han Lingqiu was not Seventeen but rather his defeated opponent from that trial who should have died. Duan Xu declared that he had never betrayed anyone because he had never believed in the organization to begin with. The two fought with equal ferocity, but Duan Xu was severely weakened by his previous injuries.
He finally killed Fifteen by exploiting a momentary lapse in the man’s conviction—a flicker of doubt that Duan Xu called a "low-level mistake." Meanwhile, back at the city, Meng Wan received Duan Xu's signal. Rather than launching a rescue mission, she led the Liang forces to raid the now leaderless Chong camp, catching the enemy off guard exactly as Duan Xu had planned. Exhausted and bleeding out in the snow, Duan Xu could no longer walk.
He finally turned to He Simu to accept the deal for her to borrow his five senses. He Simu warned him of the consequences, explaining that once he experienced the vibrancy of color, taste, and the sting of cold through her power, he might never want to lose them again. She feared that his desire to keep those senses might one day turn him into a "living corpse" maintained by her.
Duan Xu, however, gambled that she would eventually find herself unable to let him go. They performed the ritual, bonding their senses through blood and a pearl. As they moved through the snow, Duan Xu shared his true history. He was indeed the real Duan Xu, born into a family of scholars. At twelve, he was kidnapped by Chong soldiers who tried to ransom him for intelligence.
His father, unwilling to compromise, publicly disowned him by claiming he was an impostor and that the "real" son was safe elsewhere. Abandoned, Duan Xu eventually escaped and was recruited by the leader of Tian Zhixiao. Duan Xu recounted his final mission where he was ordered to kill a family. Unable to bring himself to kill their infant, he blinded his own master and fled, placing the child with a kind family before living as a wanderer.
Having shared his deepest secrets, he asked He Simu for her name. Under the winter sky, she introduced herself. As they celebrated the arrival of the New Year, Duan Xu wished her peace, while she wished him a long life, hoping he would continue to survive every crisis.
