Ever Night Episode 14 Recap, Plot

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At dawn, Ning Que, with his falchion strapped to his back, set out to meet Yan Suqing. Sangsang, worried for his safety, gave him her protective umbrella for defense. Ning Que arrived at the Short Building Next to the Lake to find it empty, though a teapot of water was steaming hot. Just then, Yan Suqing returned.

Ning Que confronted him, demanding to know why he, along with Zhang Yiqi and Chen Zixian, had framed General Lin, leading to the massacre of the General's household and innocent border villagers. Yan Suqing coldly replied that this was Haotian's world and they were merely following Haotian's command.

When pressed by Ning Que to name other conspirators besides them and Xia Hou, Yan Suqing, believing Ning Que was about to die, revealed that the case was primarily handled by Li Peiyan, the Emperor's royal brother and a Prince. Revealing himself as a Great Master of Psychokinesis, Yan Suqing launched sword-like beams of light at Ning Que, who managed to dodge them with his agility.

As Yan Suqing continued his assault, shooting a sword from his sleeve, Ning Que found himself outmatched. Yan Suqing mocked his weakness and inability to cultivate, reminding him that even minor wounds would eventually prove fatal. Ning Que, however, vowed not to die until he had all the answers. He fought back with his falchion, retreating upstairs and evading fourteen of Yan Suqing's sword strikes, but was severely injured.

Still, he struggled to his feet and persisted in asking who else was involved. Convinced of Ning Que's imminent death, Yan Suqing finally named the true mastermind: Wei Guangming. As Yan Suqing unleashed a final, deadly attack, Ning Que opened Sangsang's umbrella, which miraculously blocked three incoming swords. Seizing the moment, Ning Que threw his own sword, fatally striking Yan Suqing in the chest.

Meanwhile, Long Qing bid farewell to Cheng Lixue as he prepared to journey to the Tang State. Cheng Lixue encouraged him to become a disciple of the Sage, assuring him that upon his return, he would become the High Priest of the Hall of Light. Long Qing expressed doubts about Wei Guangming's approval, but Cheng Lixue promised the Hierarch would ensure Wei Guangming's silence.

He also offered to escort Long Qing personally, confident that within the State of Knowing Destiny, no one was his opponent. Severely wounded, Ning Que stumbled back towards the Academy. Upon reaching Zhuque Street, the Vermilion Bird statue atop the divine street suddenly came to life, swirling around him like a fiery orb. Terrified, Ning Que fled, but the bird pursued him, lifting him into the air before slamming him to the ground. He lay bleeding profusely.

Simultaneously, Wei Guangming, imprisoned in a secluded pavilion, sensed the Vermilion Bird's revival and knew the Son of the King of Underworld had grown stronger. In a flashback, it is shown that fifteen years prior, he was confined for "spreading fallacies to deceive people." In her room, Sangsang was startled awake from a nightmare, sensing Ning Que was in danger, and rushed out to find him.

One of Wei Guangming's disciples volunteered to go to Tang to eliminate the Son of the King of Underworld and restore justice to the Hall of Light. As a torrential rain began to fall, Sangsang ventured out to find Ning Que. Sometime later, Ning Que awoke to find the rain had stopped and his bloodstains had vanished, though he remained extremely weak. He staggered away. Shangguan Yangyu, the capital's magistrate, arrived with Detective Tie Ying to investigate Yan Suqing's death.

They found a Confucian uniform of an Academy disciple, stained with metal shavings, in a nearby lane. Shangguan Yangyu deduced that the killer was connected to the Academy and that Chen Zixian's recent death had not been a suicide. Ning Que stumbled back into the Academy, where Yu Lian confronted him, asking if he or his black umbrella had angered the Vermilion Bird. Bound by a promise, she could not save him but hoped Haotian would bless him.

Ning Que then collapsed. Elsewhere, Li Qingshan reported the Vermilion Bird's awakening and Yan Suqing's death to Yan Se. Yan Se theorized that the bird had incinerated the culprit and warned Li Qingshan against prying into heavenly matters, but Li Qingshan remained determined to find the murderer. Observing Ning Que, Yu Lian wondered about the secrets held by a boy with no cultivation, musing that she could not intervene only because he had appeared a year or two "too early".

Yan Se had a premonition that Ning Que was dying. In the Old Library, Pippi Chen found a near-dead Ning Que, and the two long-standing pen pals recognized each other. Pippi Chen quipped that with such injuries, Ning Que should just wait quietly to die. However, when Ning Que collapsed, Pippi, despite his words, couldn't bear to let him perish and sealed his acupuncture points.

Sangsang rushed in calling for Ning Que, and Pippi called her over, stating that even imperial physicians would be helpless. His examination left him baffled: a scorching energy had destroyed Ning Que's Qihai and Xueshan Apertures, but an intensely cold energy had simultaneously forged new ones in their place. He was astounded, likening the means to Haotian's divine radiance. When Sangsang begged him for a cure, Pippi said only a mythical herb from the "Unknowable Land" could work.

Moved by her sincerity, he reluctantly produced his treasured Cultivation Pill—one of only three his father had given him. While he hesitated, Sangsang snatched the pill and forced it into Ning Que's mouth. In a dream-like state, Ning Que felt he was surrounded by flowers and warm sunlight. Meanwhile, Yan Se sensed that Ning Que had miraculously survived. Ning Que slowly opened his eyes to find Pippi Chen and Sangsang by his side.

Pippi grumbled that his Cultivation Pill was the only reason Ning Que was alive. Ning Que's first question was about his umbrella, and Sangsang assured him that both he and the umbrella were safe.

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