Feud Episode 30 Recap
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To avoid the villagers, Li Qingyue led the group into a secluded courtyard where they were temporarily safe. However, Fan Ling Er remained hesitant and revealed to Li Qingyue that she had already spotted the formation’s core out on the street. Destroying the core would allow the souls trapped in the illusion to return to their bodies. Li Qingyue was puzzled by Fan Ling Er’s hesitation.
Fan Ling Er explained that she hadn’t spoken up earlier because the core seemed far too easy to locate, raising her suspicions of a trap. However, if the souls didn’t return to their bodies within a day, the bodies would begin to decay and everyone would die completely. So even if there was danger, they had to make the attempt. Fan Ling Er asked Zhang Suan to pass some of his spiritual power to her.
She wanted to go herself since she understood the mechanism, though she didn’t mention the danger involved in breaking the formation. After they had discussed everything, Bai Jiusi had Zhang Suan and Fan Ling Er go into the room together, leaving him with a rare chance to be alone with Li Qingyue. Bai Jiusi deeply cherished the moment and tried to make Li Qingyue happy. Li Qingyue, too, felt nostalgic and wished this moment with Bai Jiusi could last forever.
While Zhang Suan and Fan Ling Er were alone in the room, Fan Ling Er looked at Zhang Suan with admiration. She earnestly asked if Zhang Suan could like her, even just for a moment, because she had never been loved by anyone and wanted to experience it. Zhang Suan didn’t know how to respond. He couldn’t lie to Fan Ling Er—his heart was already filled with Li Qingyue and had no room for anyone else—so he apologized.
Though a bit disappointed, Fan Ling Er did not appear overly saddened. A Ke’s mother took her own life in advance to save Meng Chu’s master. A Ke was heartbroken, cradling her mother in her arms, while Meng Chu comforted her nearby. Seeing Meng Chu and A Ke still emotionally close, Lv Suguan grew jealous and raised her voice in anger. This was exactly what Xiao Jingshan had intended to exploit.
He offered to help Lv Suguan win Meng Chu’s heart and even suggested she kill A Ke. Driven by jealousy, Lv Suguan ultimately chose to cooperate with Xiao Jingshan. The next day, Zhang Suan passed some of his spiritual power to Fan Ling Er, who prepared to break the formation. Just as she was about to begin, the villagers’ souls began arriving, mistaking Li Qingyue and the others for intruders trying to destroy their peaceful world.
Li Qingyue stepped forward to explain. Taking advantage of the moment, Fan Ling Er began to dismantle the formation. At that moment, Xiao Jingshan appeared and admitted that everything around them was an illusion. Yet the villagers, having longed for this beautiful life for so long, refused to return to their suffering in the real world. They preferred to stay in the illusion, even knowing it wasn’t real.
Xiao Jingshan told Li Qingyue that destroying the formation required a life to be sacrificed. It turned out Fan Ling Er had been hiding her true intention from everyone—she had always planned to sacrifice herself to destroy the formation. Lv Suguan pretended to offer Meng Chu and A Ke protective medicine, but she had actually laced it with poison.
Meng Chu didn’t think much of it and took the medicine, but A Ke was wary of Lv Suguan and didn’t want to take it. It was only after Meng Chu persuaded her that she reluctantly did so. Li Qingyue blamed Fan Ling Er for making such a unilateral decision to sacrifice herself and tried to save her, but it was already too late. Fan Ling Er’s willingness to give her life moved everyone deeply.
The villagers were also touched and finally agreed to return to the real world, letting go of the illusion Xiao Jingshan had built. A Ke succumbed to the poison. No matter what Meng Chu did, he couldn’t save her. Watching the one he loved die in front of him, Meng Chu was devastated. He wanted to avenge A Ke, but Lv Suguan used the soul-controlling spell to subdue him.
Meanwhile, Xiao Jingshan arrived at the Jingyun Sect seeking Li Qingyue’s paired sword. The disciples tried to stop him, but none were a match for him. At the crucial moment, Lv Suguan returned to the sect and tried to use the soul-controlling spell on Xiao Jingshan to kill him, but it had no effect.
