Novoland: The Castle in the Sky Episode 8 Recap
> Novoland: The Castle in the Sky Recap
Ji Shu experiences immense pain after consuming a Black Gyro, leading Bai Xue to tearfully place a mask on his face before leaving him. Meanwhile, Yi Fuling is distraught upon finding Feng Tianyi severely injured or missing, fearing his death. Despite his weak state, Feng Tianyi reassures her. Yi Fuling refuses to abandon the ailing Feng Tianyi, expressing her unwavering devotion.
Once Feng Tianyi regains consciousness, he reveals his and Bai Tingjun’s plan to Yi Fuling, who is already grieving and despairing over Bai Tingjun's recent actions. Although Yi Fuling suggests he return to Nan Yudu, Feng Tianyi firmly refuses. In Frost City, Bai Tingjun, still in a state of despair after a previous event, confronts Bai Xue. He refuses to admit any wrongdoing and asserts that he has no ambition for power or to rule the Land of Lanzhou.
He openly resigns from his position as Crown Prince, declaring his love for Yi Fuling and vowing to protect her at all costs, even if it means severing his mother-son relationship with Bai Xue. Furious, Bai Xue agrees to grant him freedom if he can survive the brutal Water Moon Punishment and leave Frost City. The Water Moon Punishment, the harshest of its kind, subjects the recipient to intense pain for half an hour.
Bai Tingjun bravely endures the trial, which manifests as a thorny path and painful illusions of Yi Fuling with Feng Tianyi, even Yi Fuling stabbing him. Despite severe injuries and pleas from onlookers, including Bi Anhua, Bai Tingjun perseveres. Witnessing his unyielding resolve, Bai Xue painfully severs their bond, stripping him of his title.
Bi Anhua loyally follows the now commoner Bai Tingjun out of Frost City, where he remarks that love is torment and removes something from his wrist with a knife. They are both forbidden to ever return to Frost City, with Bi Anhua diligently caring for his injuries. Separately, Yu Haizhen is captured and put to work in a mechanical workshop.
He deliberately causes a disturbance to be moved to a cell or secret room, where he uses collected parts or finds an exit mechanism as part of his elaborate escape plan. Later, as Feng Tianyi and Yi Fuling discuss their next steps, Feng Tianyi’s subordinate Ruofei finds them. Before he can finish his report, Ruofei is ambushed and killed by Winged Tribe assassins who then attack Feng Tianyi and Yi Fuling.
Providentially, Pei Yu, the Regent's confidant, arrives in a flying ship and rescues them, taking them to Nan Yudu. During the journey, Feng Tianyi is pensive, and Pei Yu mentions Feng Tianyi’s previous public disruption of a Human Tribe wedding for Yi Fuling, refusing Feng Tianyi's request to place Yi Fuling in Qiyang Palace.
Upon their arrival in Nan Yudu, Princess Xue Feishuang, who was preparing for Feng Tianyi's return, becomes deeply displeased and jealous upon learning he brought a Human Tribe girl. Yi Fuling, unfamiliar with Nan Yudu, is distressed when she witnesses Winged Tribe members brutally executing assassins (implied to be by wing mutilation) and is pulled away from intervening by Xue Feishuang, who is disguised as a maid.
As the disguised Xue Feishuang tries to subtly probe the nature of Yi Fuling’s relationship with Feng Tianyi, Yi Fuling, feeling lost and realizing Feng Tianyi’s reluctance towards Nan Yudu, unknowingly invites Xue Feishuang to accompany her to find Feng Tianyi.
