Guardian Episode 39 Recap
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Heartbroken by his brother’s unwavering opposition, the Night King consumed Shen Wei, telling him to witness his grand plan from within his stomach. As a final act of fury, the Night King impaled Shen Wei’s heart with an ice pillar. Zhao Yunlan could only watch in agony, devastated by Shen Wei's sacrifice. Later, inside the Night King, the gravely injured Shen Wei was discovered by Lin Jing.
Shen Wei instructed him that at the critical moment, Lin Jing must drive the ice pillar fully into his chest to unleash his complete power for one last stand, to which a tearful Lin Jing agreed. Meanwhile, as Subterraneans continued to surge onto the surface, Dragon City fell eerily quiet.
Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing, and Zhu Hong were busy with rescue efforts when Tan Xiao and Zheng Yi arrived, offering to help out of gratitude for past aid from the SID. Elsewhere, Zhao Xinchi organized the Sub-beasts for a counterattack. Yaqing, a Werecrow, was initially shocked to be fighting alongside humans, but under Zhao Xinchi’s command—with the Serpents for containment, the Flowers and Werecrows for flanking, and Zhao Xinchi leading the frontal assault—they united.
Zhao Xinchi recalled a young Yunlan’s wish for peace, a dream his father had encouraged. Through the combined efforts of humans and Sub-beasts, the invading Subterraneans were driven back. In the battle, the Werecat Da Ji sacrificed the last of her nine lives. Dying in Da Qing’s arms, she remarked on her newfound reluctance to let go of life and urged him, now the last Werecat, to live well.
With the surface temporarily secured, Zhao Xinchi initiated "Plan B: Subterrane Rescue." Determined not to be left behind by Yunlan again, Chu Shuzhi, alongside Da Qing and Zhu Hong, resolved to venture into the Subterrane. Before their departure, Zhao Xinchi gave Da Qing a potent, refined serum developed by Li Qian, warning that while it could amplify strength a hundredfold, its severe side effects made it a weapon of last resort.
In the Subterrane, the Night King, frustrated by his inability to bewitch Zhao Yunlan, attempted to negotiate. He asked what Yunlan desired, but Yunlan, staring at the face identical to Shen Wei's, stated coldly, "I want you to die." Enraged, the Night King stormed off. The Regent then released Zhao Yunlan, claiming it was a deliberate ploy to ensure the Night King would ultimately triumph. Free, Zhao Yunlan retrieved the Guardian Lantern he had hidden in a bar.
The Night King, having tracked him, appeared and, believing victory was at hand, gloated about his plan to annihilate all species. However, Yunlan recorded the entire confession with a high-tech device and broadcast it across the Subterrane. Hearing the Night King's true intentions, the manipulated Subterraneans turned on him, marching on the Palace of Lord Earth. As the rebellion began, Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing, and Zhu Hong arrived and joined the advancing crowd.
Undeterred, the Night King consumed both the Regent and the newly-awakened Lord Earth, who had just tried to exact revenge, before dragging an injured Yunlan back to the palace. There, the Night King brutally beat Yunlan, who taunted him for lacking a wick for the Guardian Lantern. The Night King revealed his true plan: to use Guo Changcheng, whose pure spiritual energy was the perfect "nourishment" to serve as the wick.
Yunlan screamed desperately, trying to rouse Guo from his trance. Fueled by the rebels’ cries for justice and Yunlan’s pleas, Guo's memories of the SID—his found family—and his resolve to protect others awakened. At the last second, just as the Night King began to merge the hallows' energy, Guo awoke, manifesting a strange dual-colored power that blocked the process. Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing, and Zhu Hong burst in to defend Guo. As Da Qing tended to the battered Yunlan, Yunlan snatched the serum and injected it into himself, declaring he had perhaps been waiting for this very moment his whole life.
