Legend of Fu Yao Episode 57 Recap, Plot

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As a continuation of their plan to uncover the truth of Xuanji Palace, Changsun Wuji explained to Fu Yao the detailed reasons behind Yu Heng's long-standing loyalty to Feng Xuan. He revealed that he had investigated some matters and could now vaguely see the truth behind the Xuanji Palace, believing Fu Yao's origins were closely related to the palace's secrets.

To uncover the full truth, they needed help from Yu Heng, a veteran of the palace who, as Feng Xuan's "shadow," knew more about the palace's inner workings than anyone. Fu Yao questioned why Yu Heng would help them, and Changsun Wuji reminded her of their agreement: if he helped Yu Heng find his wife and daughter, Yu Heng would assist them in Xuanji Palace and try to restrain Feng Xuan.

Changsun Wuji added that his quest for truth and Yu Heng's desire for answers were ultimately intertwined, suggesting they were "in the same boat." Yu Heng, who later joined them, lamented being manipulated by Feng Xuan for years, not for wealth, but because Feng Xuan was the only one who knew the whereabouts of his wife, Feng Qi, and daughter, Feng Wuming.

He admitted that for almost twenty years, he had been hiding behind Feng Xuan, acting as her executioner, because she kept promising that Feng Qi and Feng Wuming were still alive. He dared not disobey her, clinging to the slim hope they might still be living. Changsun Wuji then elaborated on Yu Heng's past. As the leader of the Purple Cape of Xuanji Kingdom, Yu Heng was responsible for defending the country.

When Feng Qi was eight months pregnant, he led an army south to the Foggy Sea of Fufeng, which was being ravaged by sea creatures, causing him to miss his child's birth. Upon his return five or six months later, both Feng Qi and their child were missing. By then, Feng Xuan had become the new Queen of Xuanji. Yu Heng suspected Feng Xuan was responsible for Feng Qi's death, as it would benefit her claim to the throne.

Changsun Wuji explained that Feng Xuan, besides her obsession with the throne, was also obsessed with Yu Heng. She used the lives and whereabouts of his wife and daughter to threaten him, forcing him to stay by her side. Although Yu Heng was one of the Ten Saints, he had already made a contract with Xuanji Kingdom and was bound to obey the queen as long as she remained on the throne.

Fu Yao found it hard to believe Yu Heng would trust Feng Xuan so blindly. Yu Heng clarified that it wasn't about trust, but about holding onto that last sliver of hope. After almost two decades, he no longer fantasized they were truly alive, but he couldn't abandon the thought entirely, as it was his only reason to live. Fu Yao promised to help him find them, asking for his cooperation at the critical moment.

Changsun Wuji noted that Yu Heng was a pitiful man. Changsun Wuji then told Fu Yao they needed to leave quickly, breaking out of prison, to meet Yu Heng at Ruichen Palace in an hour. Meanwhile, in the palace, Feng Xuan paid tribute to Feng Jingzhi, her eldest daughter. She acknowledged that Feng Jingzhi’s death was a tragic necessity for anyone born into the Xuanji royal family, a cutthroat world where only one could survive.

She confessed that Feng Jingzhi had heard things she shouldn't have, and while she grieved her own flesh and blood, she couldn't risk the stability of her throne, which she called a "bait" leading to ruthless self-slaughter. Feng Xuan then discovered she had been poisoned and was furious, demanding to know the details of her illness, which a servant confirmed as "symptoms of being poisoned."

She dismissed the idea, claiming her Xuanji Molten Phoenix Pill protected her, but Changsun Wuji, who had entered Ruichen Palace alone, quickly disabused her of that notion. He admitted he was responsible for the poison, stating that it was mild and wouldn't kill her, only make her look "a little ugly."

Changsun Wuji accused Feng Xuan of staging her own poisoning to manipulate the court, but she retorted that as the Crown Prince of the Imperial City, he shouldn't collude with "villains" to harm the Queen of Xuanji. Changsun Wuji countered that the Xuanji throne uniquely belonged to the destined person, unlike other kingdoms where it could be fought for.

He warned that if the Imperial City learned of the current instability in Xuanji, the Lava Gold River drying up, and that she wasn't the rightful ruler, she would be the one punished. He declared that Fu Yao was more precious to him than his own life, and he would not stand by while she was framed. He then demanded to know the truth of what happened in Xuanji Palace nineteen years ago.

At this moment, Yu Heng arrived by Changsun Wuji's side. Feng Xuan, seeing him, desperately called for Yu Heng to kill Changsun Wuji. To her shock, Yu Heng turned his sword on her, demanding the whereabouts of Feng Qi and his daughter. Feng Xuan was stunned by Yu Heng's betrayal, reminding him of her long-standing affection and accusing Changsun Wuji and Fu Yao of using him. She promised to reveal everything if Yu Heng killed Changsun Wuji.

At that moment, Fu Yao arrived. Upon seeing her, Yu Heng was struck by her resemblance to Feng Qi. Changsun Wuji seized the opportunity, stating that Fu Yao was indeed Feng Wuming, Yu Heng's long-lost daughter. Feng Xuan, recalling what Fo Lian had told her, immediately tried to mislead Yu Heng, insisting that Feng Wuming had died years ago and that Fu Yao was merely helping Changsun Wuji manipulate him.

Yu Heng, torn between conflicting claims, was then presented with a solution by Feng Xuan: the ancient Xuanji method of verifying kinship, "opening the censer and burning phoenix gall." She explained that by taking hair from two closely related individuals and burning it in a Yin Gu that contained a burnt phoenix gallbladder, their true relationship could be determined. If they were blood relatives of the Xuanji royal family, the Yin Gu would glow red upon the gallbladder's consumption.

If unrelated, or if their connection was false, black mist would envelop the Yin Gu and refuse to dissipate. Yu Heng agreed to this method, believing its ancient origins made it infallible. However, as the test was performed, Feng Xuan secretly tampered with it, causing the expected black smoke to billow from the Yin Gu. Seeing this, Yu Heng was convinced that Fu Yao was not his daughter, believing himself deceived by Changsun Wuji.

Enraged by what he perceived as a cruel manipulation of his hope, he attacked both Changsun Wuji and Fu Yao with his sword, intent on taking their lives. Meanwhile, Fo Lian, following Feng Xuan's orders, arrived at the prison to kill Fu Yao, only to find that Fu Yao had escaped. Enraged, Fo Lian berated the guards and ordered a thorough search. Suddenly, Fei Yan appeared and halted her, forbidding any harm to Fu Yao.

Fei Yan then took Fo Lian to the Yuezhuo Deep Pool. Fo Lian, consumed by hatred for Fu Yao, pleaded with Fei Yan to kill her. However, Fei Yan firmly stated that while she could kill anyone else in the world, she would never harm Fu Yao. Fei Yan then spoke of the auspicious Fire Phoenix residing beneath the Yuezhuo Deep Pool, revealing that only a royal heir of Xuanji possessing the Telepathy of Phoenix could summon it.

Convinced that she was the one, having been born with a lotus in her mouth and believing herself to be the sole heir with Phoenix Telepathy, Fo Lian offered to summon the Fire Phoenix for Fei Yan, provided Fei Yan would then kill Fu Yao.

Despite her fervent attempts and desperate cries, Fo Lian failed to summon the Fire Phoenix, as she lacked the true Telepathy of Phoenix and was not the legitimate heir of Xuanji Kingdom, which Fei Yan pointed out, calling her a "useless counterfeit." Changsun Wuji protected Fu Yao, engaging Yu Heng in a fierce battle that led them to the palace's altar. Yu Heng continued to accuse Changsun Wuji of lying and manipulating him with false hope about his family.

Changsun Wuji tried to persuade him, explaining that if the Xuanji throne's occupant lacked the Telepathy of Phoenix and couldn't suppress the Yuezhuo Deep Pool, a great calamity would befall not only Xuanji but also other kingdoms. He insisted that Fu Yao was truly Yu Heng's daughter, but Yu Heng, still clinging to his belief that he had been deceived, continued his relentless attacks.

During the struggle, Fu Yao sustained an injury, and her blood dripped onto the phoenix totem etched into the altar. Instantly, Fu Yao floated into the air. The altar, revealed by Fei Yan to be the place where spiritual forces gathered in Xuanji Palace, activated the third tier of Fu Yao's seal. As her third seal broke, Fu Yao's complete past flooded her mind.

In a surge of pain and revelation, she let out a cry, and the auspicious Fire Phoenix from the Yuezhuo Deep Pool, now summoned, burst forth from the flames and soared towards her, circling majestically above her head. Fei Yan watched with satisfaction as Fu Yao unsealed the third tier, confirming that the "blood" for the Phoenix's rebirth was indeed the blood of the true Queen of Xuanji.

It was at this moment that Fo Lian, witnessing the Fire Phoenix's appearance, finally realized that Fu Yao was the true legitimate heir of Xuanji Kingdom. Witnessing the Fire Phoenix, Yu Heng finally believed that Fu Yao was indeed his and Feng Qi's biological daughter. As Fu Yao descended, Changsun Wuji rushed to catch her. Lying in his arms, tears streaming down her face, Fu Yao recounted her traumatic childhood.

She recalled being born in Xuanji Palace, heralded as the "princess born with a lotus in her mouth" because lotuses bloomed in winter on the day of her birth. Fu Yao then remembered her mother, Feng Qi, confronting Feng Xuan, who cruelly told Feng Qi that she was destined for tragedy because she was born into the royal family, that the throne and Yu Heng belonged to Feng Xuan, and that Feng Qi could not wait to name her daughter.

Before Feng Qi could even name her, Fu Yao witnessed Feng Xuan brutally murder her mother. Feng Qi’s personal maid, Xu Wan, bravely protected the infant Fu Yao, hiding her for seven days and nights in a secret room within the palace walls.

From that day on, Xu Wan raised Fu Yao anonymously, renaming her Wuming, and endured unimaginable humiliation, including being sent to the Cold Palace and subjected to harsh chores and coercion, to keep her safe within the palace. Fu Yao grew up secretly under Xu Wan’s vigilant protection. Her only sanctuary was the abandoned lotus pond behind the cold palace, where she later met Changsun Wuji.

He appeared more beautiful and pure than anyone or anything she had ever seen, a true "gift from the gods." Changsun Wuji had given her his Xuanling True Leaf as a token of their friendship and promised to take her and Xu Wan away from Xuanji Palace at dawn the next day. Fu Yao had believed her dark days were finally over. However, the night before their planned departure, Fo Lian suddenly confronted Fu Yao, demanding she hand over the Xuanling True Leaf.

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