Love and Destiny Episode 31 Recap, Plot

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With a heavy heart, Lin Shaohai pushed his drugged daughter Lin Mo on a cart towards a river. He placed her carefully on a prepared bamboo raft, severed the rope tethering it, and pushed it into the water. As the raft was carried away by the current, it quickly broke apart, and Lin Mo plunged into the river. Overcome with grief, Lin Shaohai broke down in tears. Jiuchen and Siming observed the scene from above.

Siming reminded Jiuchen that this was a necessary trial for Lingxi, just as every member of the Heavenly Race must face their destined hardships. Jiuchen, though pained, comforted himself with the hope that Lingxi's intelligence would allow her to survive this tribulation. As Lin Mo sank deeper, the demonic mark behind her ear glowed red, forming a thin, red halo that brought her back to the surface.

She awoke with a gasp, realizing she was underwater, and quickly held her breath, swimming to safety. The following morning, the Lin family anxiously awaited the return of Lin Zhan. Old Madam Lin prayed for her granddaughter's safe return. Finally, an official arrived with two constables, escorting Lin Zhan. The Old Madam and Second Madam rushed to embrace her, overjoyed to see her safe.

Lin Shaohai remained seated, only rising to greet the official as he inquired about his older daughter's corpse. The official, however, brought surprising news: an imperial edict had arrived, announcing the Crown Prince's recovery by a miracle doctor. His Majesty, in his fury, had punished Her Highness the Noble Consort and executed the man from the Imperial Astronomy Bureau who spread misleading lies.

As for Lin Mo's body, it had not been found, but all the other women who had been arrested were released. The official explained that due to their remote location, the news was slow to arrive; adjacent towns had received the imperial decree the previous night, and no one would come to capture Lin Mo again. Upon hearing this, Lin Shaohai was struck with disbelief, regret, and profound shame.

He gasped and spat out a mouthful of blood, alarming the women of the family who rushed to his side. Ignoring their pleas and his own failing health, Lin Shaohai pushed past them, stumbling out of the house, determined to find his daughter’s body. His wife, overcome with remorse, quickly followed, vowing to go with him. As they reached the doorway, Lin Mo, disheveled but alive, walked in.

Seeing blood on her father's mouth, Lin Mo immediately rushed to him, asking if he was hurt. Lin Shaohai, overwhelmed with emotions, embraced his daughter and wept. Lin Mo, still confused, asked her father why she had been in the lake. Lin Shaohai, trembling and speechless, could only fall to his knees before her, repeatedly apologizing for having wronged her.

While others in the family showed varying degrees of guilt, Lin Zhan showed no sympathy, attempting to pull Lin Shaohai away and complaining loudly about almost dying in Lin Mo's place, declaring that Lin Mo was lucky to have survived since the court had wanted to kill her. Lin Mo stared in disbelief, then her eyes welled up as she turned to Lin Shaohai and asked, "Was it Father. . . you. . . pushed me into the water?"

When her father remained sobbing, she turned to her mother, who also struggled to speak. The Second Madam, attempting to diffuse the situation, hastily explained that Lin Shaohai had no choice and that the matter was over, urging Lin Mo to stop asking questions. Lin Zhan, indignant that the family was apologizing to Lin Mo, especially since she hadn't died, continued to grumble. Lin Shaohai, unable to bear it any longer, rose and slapped Lin Zhan across the face.

The Second Madam immediately shielded her daughter, revealing to everyone that Lin Mo was merely an abandoned infant Lin Shaohai had picked up. Overwhelmed by these successive blows, Lin Mo finally collapsed. Jiuchen, observing from the celestial realm, noted to Siming that Lingxi had passed her first trial, and from this point forward, she would have to rely on herself to overcome future hardships. Siming asserted that with her inherently kind heart, Lingxi would certainly navigate this difficult period.

Lin Shaohai remained by Lin Mo’s bedside. When she awoke, he tried to console her, but Lin Mo simply gave him a cold look before pulling the quilt over her head. Tears streamed down Lin Shaohai’s face, and unable to face her, he slowly turned and left the room. Only after hearing his footsteps fade did Lin Mo pull back the covers and sob uncontrollably. The next morning, the Lin family gathered for breakfast.

Lin Mo was the last to emerge from her room. Her mother, completely changing her former cold demeanor, solicitously pulled her to the table, offering her food. Lin Mo looked at Old Madam Lin seated at the head of the table, then rose and knelt before the family, kowtowing several times with great solemnity. When Lin Shaohai tried to help her up, Lin Mo gently pushed him back onto his seat.

Using sign language, Lin Mo conveyed to her father that she had been deaf since birth and was an orphan, an arrangement of heaven. Yet, because of him, she had lived a happy life; he had taught her to read, write, and practice medicine. She urged him not to feel guilty about his past actions, assuring him that he would always be the person she loved and respected most.

Lin Shaohai was deeply moved, not expecting his daughter to forgive him. However, Lin Mo then expressed her decision to leave the family home. She declared that she did not believe in a predetermined fate and wished to learn to forge her own path. Though reluctant, Lin Shaohai agreed. Lin Mo packed a small bag, carefully wrapped a handful of her hometown soil in a handkerchief, and resolutely departed.

Meanwhile, a Princess anxiously searched for Jing Xiu in the mortal world, expressing frustration with her attendants for their lack of progress in finding "Brother Jingxiu." She vowed to find him herself, no matter how long it took. The miracle doctor who had cured the Crown Prince was Qingyao. Despite the Emperor's desire to keep her in the Imperial Academy of Medicine, she declined.

Young Lord Feng also tried to persuade her to stay, confessing a strange sense of familiarity upon seeing her, as if they had met before. Qingyao playfully suggested they might have met fifty thousand years ago, asking if he would take a medicine that could help him recall such ancient memories. Young Lord Feng pondered, then refused, explaining that the past, like a road already traveled, must be left behind to move forward.

He believed that remembering so much of a past life would fundamentally alter who he was in the present. His words resonated with Qingyao, dissolving her last lingering attachments. Smiling, she bid him and her past farewell. She returned to the Peach Forest, offering three sticks of incense to Immortal Doctor Le Bo's memorial tablet and, implicitly, to her own past self. Yunfeng soon arrived, finding Chengyan heavily intoxicated, with Hualiao looking worriedly over him.

Hualiao asked Yunfeng for help carrying Chengyan indoors. Qingyao then approached. Yunfeng remarked on Chengyan's drunkenness, and Qingyao sighed, wishing she too could find such eternal slumber if not for her lingering concerns. Yunfeng then quietly shared the news that Lingxi had successfully passed her life trial, bringing a measure of solace to Qingyao. Yunfeng then raised the topic of Yuan Tong’s full recovery and reinstatement, cautioning Qingyao against any rash actions.

Unbeknownst to them, Chengyan, though drunk, overheard their conversation about Yuan Tong. A celestial crane then descended, delivering a summons for Yunfeng from the Heavenly Emperor. At Lingxiao Palace, the God of Heavenly Thunder reported to the Heavenly Emperor that a few minor immortals from near the Shanling Tribe territory had escaped Zhonghao's grasp and sought aid from the Heavenly Race. However, no formal request for help had been received from Shanling's State Master.

The God of Heavenly Thunder offered three possible explanations: either Shanling's State Master had quelled the rebels on her own, the entire Shanling Tribe had been annihilated, or perhaps, Ling Yue, Shanling's State Master, harbored such deep resentment towards the Heavenly Race for the death of her daughter that she refused to show weakness by asking for help. A slight awkwardness crossed the Heavenly Emperor’s face at the mention of Ling Yue's grievance.

He commanded Jiuchen to lead an army to the Shanling Territory to investigate. He specifically instructed Jiuchen that if Ling Yue refused the Heavenly Race's assistance, he should not act rashly, to avoid further misunderstandings between the two races. Meanwhile, Lin Mo journeyed alone, aimlessly, as heavy rain began to fall.

She sought shelter in a small pavilion, where she noticed a man sitting quietly with a bamboo staff, allowing the water from a hole in the pavilion roof to pour onto his head. This man was Jing Xiu, whose body had been pierced by seven White Bone Nails by Zhonghao, causing his cultivation to dissipate and leaving him blind. After observing for a while, Lin Mo, unable to ignore his plight, approached and offered him her umbrella.

Jing Xiu, however, coldly refused it. Lin Mo then took his hand and, writing on his palm, informed him that there was a village ahead with a clinic and a local constabulary where he could seek help. Jing Xiu still insisted he did not need assistance. Frustrated but unwilling to leave him, Lin Mo moved to another corner of the pavilion, remaining nearby out of concern.

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