Rakshasa Street Episode 20 Recap
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Xia Ling recovered her memories, specifically recalling events in Mingjing Village, and felt an urgent need to return. In her dorm, Bai Jingyin appeared, holding a token Xia Ling had given to Cao Yanbing. Xia Ling initially assumed he had come to capture her, but Bai Jingyin clarified that Cao Yanbing had sent him. At the same time, Zhao Xin also found Xia Ling, informing her that Cao Yanbing was dying and needed rescue.
Xia Ling playfully noted their relationship shift from "sworn enemies" to acting like "good friends," to which Zhao Xin responded that one's origins are less important than their efforts, but rather their subsequent actions. He then offered her a ride. Zhao Xin continued to update Xia Ling on the dire situation in the Spirit Realm, revealing that the Bodhi tree had been destroyed and Mingjing Village massacred, with only two little girls apparently surviving.
Xia Ling speculated that Shuier and Gou'er might be among them. She asked Zhao Xin how he had found her, and he explained that he received an Yan Ling letter from someone who identified himself as Gui Fu San Tong (The ghost man), providing her address. Xia Ling recognized the name as "Mr. Ghost."
Xia Ling then inquired if Bai Jingyin knew Cao Yanbing's location and if he could take them there, as the three decided to return to the Spirit Realm to rescue Cao Yanbing. Before they left, Xia Ling asked both men to step out so she could change her clothes. During their conversation, it was revealed that Bai Jingyin had evolved the ability to turn invisible.
Meanwhile, Cao Yanbing lay gravely injured, his bones shattered, and expressed a desire to give up. Xu Chu adamantly refused to let him succumb, urging him to pull himself together and reminding him of his lineage as a descendant of the Ming family.
Xu Chu passionately recited the proverb: "An old warhorse in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand miles; a hero in his twilight years, his ambition never fades," urging Cao Yanbing, still young, not to abandon hope. He spoke of their ancestor's five valiant generals, invincible in battle, and how even with such strength, conquering the world was a massive undertaking.
Cao Yanbing lamented his past as a mere guard, never aspiring to worldly power, yet failing to protect even the Bodhi tree. Xu Chu reassured him that the tree's destruction was not his fault, nor was Yuji's death, as he was merely a child at the time. Despite Cao Yanbing's deep despair, Xu Chu pushed him, asking if there was truly nothing left he wished to achieve.
Cao Yanbing, with renewed resolve, declared his burning desire to kill Nan Yu Fu and prevent such a man from dominating the world. Xu Chu, with unwavering loyalty, affirmed his greatest wish: to one day witness Cao Yanbing as "King in the world." Elsewhere, Beiluo Shimen, held captive by Nan Yu Fu, was lost in memories of his past in the human world.
He was once known as Bai Shimen, a diligent police officer whose exceptional "maneuvering" skill allowed him to effortlessly dodge bullets during dangerous missions. However, this dedication to his work meant frequent and prolonged absences from home, leaving his young daughter, Shuier, to be cared for by Aunt Wang.
Shuier, who had grown up without a mother and with a constantly absent father, faced constant bullying and ridicule from her schoolmates, who called her an orphan and said nobody wanted her. The most tragic day of Bai Shimen’s life unfolded on Shuier's birthday. Having just completed a mission, he had arranged to take time off to celebrate with his daughter.
However, on the very day of the planned birthday party, his captain, Zhang Fusheng, called him with an urgent recall to duty, stating that a car was already waiting downstairs. The team desperately needed his expertise due to the enemy's overwhelming firepower, and Zhang Fusheng stressed the potential for heavy casualties if he didn't return.
Bai Shimen pleaded for just half a day to celebrate his daughter's birthday, but Zhang Fusheng remained unyielding, declaring it a direct order and giving him a mere five minutes to get downstairs. Meanwhile, Shuier excitedly told her father via phone that her friends, Xinxin and Xiao Wei, had all confirmed their attendance for her party.
As her father prepared to leave again, Shuier became distraught and attempted to jump from a window, but Bai Shimen swiftly intervened, pulling her back to safety. She tearfully poured out her heart, expressing her profound loneliness and fear of renewed bullying from classmates who spread rumors that her mother had abandoned them and her father had other women. She desperately begged him not to go.
Overwhelmed with pain and fear for her safety, Bai Shimen reluctantly locked Shuier in her room, promising to call Aunt Wang to come open the door and assuring Shuier that he would return by the next day. Despite her heartbroken cries for him not to leave, he departed. As Bai Shimen entered the waiting car downstairs, while simultaneously attempting to call Aunt Wang on his phone, he was immediately ambushed and abducted.
His phone fell as he was captured and subjected to torture. It quickly became clear that his captain, Zhang Fusheng, had betrayed them, secretly colluding with criminals. Zhang Fusheng, showing no remorse, cruelly declared that Bai Shimen deserved his fate for his unauthorized actions in previous operations. Bai Shimen, in desperation, begged for just one phone call, explaining that Shuier was locked alone in her room, but Zhang Fusheng callously ignored his pleas.
Instead, he ordered his men to starve Bai Shimen for seven days and seven nights. After seven agonizing days and nights, Bai Shimen was at death's door. Tragically, Shuier had succumbed to starvation in her locked room. Nan Yu Fu then arrived, swiftly killing the treacherous Captain Zhang Fusheng. He offered a pill to the barely living Bai Shimen, promising that it would enable them to save his daughter. Bai Shimen consumed the medicine, regaining some strength, and rushed home.
He discovered Shuier’s lifeless body and, heartbroken, begged Nan Yu Fu to administer the same medicine to her. Nan Yu Fu refused, explaining that the pill was beneficial to Bai Shimen because he was a Spirit Host, but it would be fatal to Shuier, who lacked that status.
Nan Yu Fu then presented Bai Shimen with a grim choice: to truly save Shuier, he must abandon his current identity, journey to an unfamiliar place, and undertake an unprecedented task—specifically, fighting the Stone Spirit bare-handed in the Spirit Realm. Driven by despair and an overwhelming love for his daughter, Bai Shimen accepted Nan Yu Fu's terms. After reflecting on these painful memories, Nan Yu Fu, now back in the present, instructed his subordinate, Taiwei, to investigate Beiluo Shimen and bring out the Supreme Fruit (Wushangguo).
