The Seven Relics of ill Omen Episode 24 Recap
> The Seven Relics of ill Omen Recap
Mu Dai recalled that when she fought Yafeng, Yafeng had been extremely powerful in combat, but once Luo Ren arrived, the two of them had quickly subdued her. That might have been the moment when the Heart Brand transferred to Cao Qingshan, who then took advantage of the chaos to escape. Luo Ren saw through Yafeng’s act—she had been deliberately buying time for Cao Qingshan. She was far from the innocent persona she put on.
Realizing her intentions had been exposed, Yafeng stopped pretending and said they shouldn't expect to get anything out of her. Thirteen-Thousand thought Yan Hongsha had been harmed, so he grabbed an entrenching tool and went after Cao Qingshan. When Luo Ren and the others returned to the car and noticed Thirteen-Thousand was missing, they grew concerned—until Thirteen-Thousand sent a message with his location. Thirteen-Thousand followed Cao Qingshan to a lakeside but lost track of him.
While searching around, Cao Qingshan suddenly appeared behind him. Thirteen-Thousand ran, but when he saw the water, he remembered the Heart Brand feared water—so he grabbed Cao Qingshan and tackled him into the lake. Luo Ren drove to the location and arrived just in time to see Thirteen-Thousand and Cao Qingshan struggling in the water. Luo Ren removed the Heart Brand from Cao Qingshan.
After Yafeng learned this, she kept chanting the number “seven-seven” and ranted that someone would eventually come for them. Everyone placed their hands into the water tank holding the Heart Brand and were instantly pulled into a water vision, where they saw a woman feeding a dog named Coco.
Luo Ren recalled seeing the same woman in a previous water vision in Nantian, where she was getting married while the dog watched her bridal sedan fade into the distance—meaning this scene must have taken place before the wedding, reversing the timeline. Luo Ren speculated that the seven Heart Brands might correspond to seven water visions, which together formed a complete story that took place over a hundred years ago. Yafeng was different from the other Heart Brand hosts.
Luo Ren couldn’t get her to explain the meaning of “seven-seven,” so Mu Dai volunteered to try. Luo Ren and Mu Dai performed a double act to hypnotize Yafeng. Under hypnosis, Yafeng said that only the Immortal Wood and the Phoenix-Luan Lock could restrain them. The meaning of “seven-seven” was that the blood of the five of them could only restrain the Heart Brand for forty-nine days.
However, if a new Heart Brand was trapped during that period, the forty-nine-day countdown would start over. Now that the Heart Brand had been sealed, Luo Ren released Yafeng and Cao Qingshan. Yafeng refused to return to the village and left on her own. Everyone chipped in so that Cao Yanhua could buy gifts to take home to his parents. When Cao Yanhua reunited with them, all the past misunderstandings melted away into tears and pure joy.
The group returned to the cave to examine the tomb. Luo Ren speculated that the kneeling figures were enemies of the Heart Brand, while the coffin contained a Star Lord who had been parasitized by it. Cao Sanbao had been the one who escaped, and was likely the founder of Caojia Village. Cao Yanhua solemnly apologized to Cao Jinhua, who said she had long since let go of it all and was now focused on her career.
After the group emerged from the cave, they chatted on the way about the Star Lord. Hiding nearby, Cao Yanhua overheard everything, as he was planning to prank them. Zhang Guanghua confronted Yafeng and reminded her that he had warned her not to take things too far. Luo Ren and the others only wanted the Heart Brand, but now people had nearly died. He furiously blamed her for crossing the line and swore he wouldn’t forgive her.
Yafeng attacked Zhang Guanghua, trying to take the Heart Brand from him, but he retaliated and fatally impaled her against a pillar with his staff. After learning that he was a descendant of the villains, Cao Yanhua became sensitive and began to feel that everyone disliked him. Feeling lonely, he bought a chicken to keep as a pet for companionship. The mystic told Luo Ren that when the Seven Stars shine constantly, the Heart Brand will persist—but as for the details, even Mr. Yin didn’t know.
