The Destiny of White Snake Episode 55 Recap
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The Dragon King had previously sacrificed his own Dragon Pearl to save Taotie's life. However, Taotie, now intent on reviving the Dragon King, chose to force out his own demonized Dragon Pearl. He refused to be indebted to the deity clan, wishing instead for his life to be taken. Despite his past resentment, he now understood his father's pain and dedicated his final act to his father and the dragon tribe.
Reflecting on a life he felt had fallen short, forsaking loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, he was prepared to bear all the sins himself, ensuring the dragon tribe would not be involved. Realizing his demonized Dragon Pearl couldn't save his father, Taotie implored Yao Yao to use the Command of Nature to purify it. Yao Yao agreed, determining that this was her best chance to save the Dragon King's life, even if it meant incurring another debt.
The Dragon King was revived, but his joy was overshadowed by grief for his "unfilial son," asking why Taotie had disobeyed him after he had given his own life for him. Taotie retorted that he had never lived up to his father's expectations or achieved anything in his life, so there was no reason to obey him now. The Dragon King, in tears, confessed he only wanted his son to live, not to bring glory to the dragon tribe.
Taotie expressed sorrow for causing his father pain, finding peace in his impending death at his birthplace. Xu Xuan and Yao Yao acknowledged Taotie's last wish for the dragon tribe's peace. The Dragon King then declared Yao Yao the Lord of the Demon clan, vowing that any entity in the three realms who dared to trouble her would face the wrath of the entire dragon tribe, thus protecting her from the deity clan.
Yao Yao expressed her gratitude to both of them. Meanwhile, Xiao Qing visited Fa Hai daily at the Lake of True Self, knowing his time was dwindling and that he was in grave danger if the Alkaid fate wasn't retrieved from Zhan Huang. She urged Xu Xuan to quickly find a solution, lamenting her inability to ease Fa Hai's suffering.
Xu Xuan assured her he had a plan to use his own fate as bait to draw Zhan Huang into battle. He explained that with the dragon tribe now supporting Yao Yao due to Taotie's sacrifice, Yao Yao was safe from the deity clan, allowing him to focus on confronting Zhan Huang and reclaiming Fa Hai's fate. He acknowledged that a fierce battle between him and Zhan Huang was inevitable.
Yao Yao, unwilling to see Xu Xuan harmed, secretly agreed to meet Zhan Huang, unbeknownst to Xu Xuan. Zhan Huang invited Yao Yao to a magnificent flower forest he had cultivated with his demonic powers, reminiscing about healing her under the Peach Blossom Grove and expressing his deep love. Yao Yao, however, gently reminded him that the original peach trees were planted by Xu Xuan, implying Zhan Huang could never truly understand their significance to her.
Zhan Huang, after a long search for a landscape she would love, finally realized that his grand gestures were futile because she simply did not care for him. Yao Yao confronted Zhan Huang, questioning his true intentions for bringing her there. He admitted he hadn't expected her to come so easily and correctly surmised she had not informed Xu Xuan. He then asked if she feared he would take the Alkaid fate from her.
Yao Yao explained Xu Xuan's need to retrieve the Alkaid for Fa Hai, recognizing the impending desperate battle between him and Zhan Huang. She declared that if Zhan Huang stood against her husband, she would protect Xu Xuan. Zhan Huang, understanding her unwavering devotion to Xu Xuan, claimed that as long as one of them loved unreservedly, it was enough, insisting this was his way of loving her.
He then revealed the flower forest was a magical formation, trapping her within its confines. Zhan Huang informed Yao Yao that he was leaving to fight Xu Xuan, and they would never see each other again in this life. He then revealed that he had already bestowed the Alkaid fate upon her.
With the dragon tribe's backing and the Command of Nature already in her possession, Yao Yao now possessed immense power, ensuring no one in the three realms would dare to bully her—this was his final act of love for her. Before heading into battle, Zhan Huang addressed his loyal followers, Ni Yun and Dieman. He acknowledged the fight would be to the death and expressed his weariness with his long existence, stating he no longer wished to scheme for millennia.
He removed their demonic aura and instructed them to hide peacefully in the mortal world. Despite Ni Yun's desire to die with him, Zhan Huang emphasized that in his entire life, only they had ever cared for his well-being, and he ordered them to live their lives calmly and invisibly within the three realms. Xu Xuan met with Fa Hai, reaffirming his risky plan to use his own fate as bait to draw Zhan Huang into battle.
Fa Hai noted Xu Xuan's recklessness but understood his resolve. Xu Xuan revealed that the Heavenly Emperor had sentenced him to a thousand years as a stone pillar at the Pole of Heaven and Earth, regardless of this battle's outcome, and he wished to spare Yao Yao the sorrow of knowing. Fa Hai agreed to help him keep the secret.
Fa Hai reflected on their shared destiny, recalling their joint effort to seal the Water Dragon a millennium ago, and expressed their current purpose to fight for all living souls, even reminiscing about their past rivalry. Xu Xuan's battle formation at Jinshan Temple was imbued with potent Buddhist scriptures, designed so that if Zhan Huang were killed there, his soul would not disperse. This would allow Xu Xuan to extract Zhan Huang's spiritual marble and retrieve the Alkaid fate.
Zhan Huang entered Xu Xuan's battle formation at Jinshan Temple, mockingly criticizing Xu Xuan for using traps instead of engaging in a fair fight. Xu Xuan retorted that an opponent like Zhan Huang didn't deserve fair play and vowed to eliminate him to prevent him from further endangering the three realms, even if it meant dying alongside him.
Zhan Huang challenged Xu Xuan's self-righteousness, asserting that his "greed" was a necessary struggle for the demon clan's survival against the Empyrean Heaven, a plight Xu Xuan, born privileged, could not comprehend. Xu Xuan countered that Zhan Huang was deluded, stating his own decision to act with a clear conscience.
He then revealed his strategy: the formation, imbued with potent cultivation, would ensure Zhan Huang's soul lingered after death, allowing Xu Xuan to extract his spiritual marble and retrieve the fate. Zhan Huang, defiant, declared that no one could dictate his life or death, but conceded that Xu Xuan had become much like him. Xu Xuan affirmed that his only concern was Yao Yao, and his actions were worthy of Heaven and Earth, then challenged Zhan Huang to fight.
Fa Hai, having discreetly evacuated the monks from Jinshan Temple, joined Xu Xuan in the fight. Xu Xuan unveiled a hidden, deadly secondary formation refined over a century using his soul, planning to lure Zhan Huang into it through strategic retreat. Zhan Huang, despite his cunning, expressed surprise at being outmaneuvered by "inferiors," and, accepting his fate, dispersed all his power, intending to perish alongside them and uphold his title as Demon Emperor.
Trapped within Zhan Huang's flower forest, Yao Yao feared for Xu Xuan's life and tried to use the Command of Nature to summon Xiao Qing and Xiao Hui. However, Yao Yao was seriously injured, making the Command of Nature's signal intermittent. Xiao Qing, who had drunk Zhan Huang's blood, could no longer sense the Command of Nature, but felt intermittent pain, realizing Yao Yao's severe injury and predicament.
Sensing that the battle had begun at Jinshan Temple, Xiao Qing led a frantic search with other demons and eventually found Yao Yao. Using her own blood, Xiao Qing broke Zhan Huang's barrier, freeing Yao Yao. During the escalating battle, Xu Xuan managed to extract Zhan Huang's spiritual marble but discovered Fa Hai's fate was missing from it. Zhan Huang laughed, proclaiming that Xu Xuan had lost to "love."
He revealed that while Xu Xuan had meticulously prepared the formation at Jinshan Temple to shield Yao Yao, she had independently met Zhan Huang to reclaim the Alkaid after receiving a message related to Taotie. He further declared that Yao Yao now held the Greedy Wolf fate, Alkaid fate, the Command of Nature, and the Dragon King's backing, making her invulnerable in the three realms.
He asserted this was his ultimate expression of love for her, claiming his sincerity, courage, talent, and abilities were no less than Xu Xuan's. Fa Hai briefly suggested sparing Zhan Huang's life, hoping for a change of heart, as Zhan Huang was in great pain from stripping his fate and the battle.
However, Zhan Huang, born with the fates of Seven Prowesses, Alkaid, and Greedy Wolf—the same as Fa Hai and Xu Xuan—believed it fitting for the three stars to die together. He then used his Qilin blood to ignite the Red Lotus Karma Fire, a hellish blaze intended to create an unquenchable barrier around Jinshan Temple, burning it to ashes and making it their tomb.
Xu Xuan countered that the only way to extinguish the Red Lotus Karma Fire was to kill Zhan Huang himself. Witnessing the Red Lotus Karma Fire engulf Jinshan Temple, Yao Yao knew Zhan Huang intended to die with Xu Xuan and Fa Hai. She immediately instructed Xiao Qing and Xiao Hui to gather the demons and divert the waters of West Lake, recognizing it as the only way to quench the inferno.
Yao Yao rushed to Jinshan Temple herself, but White Emperor blocked her path, stating that the Heavenly Emperor had decreed that the three fates must remain at Jinshan Temple, implying their fated demise there. Yao Yao, now wielding two fates and the Command of Nature, offered herself in exchange for their release, but White Emperor reiterated that even he could not extinguish the Red Lotus Karma Fire.
Despite the potential catastrophe for the mortal realm, Xiao Qing rallied the demons to divert West Lake's waters. Yao Yao declared her readiness to defy Heaven and Earth and bear any consequences to save Xu Xuan. White Emperor attempted to block the incoming waters with his own formation, but Yao Yao's formidable new power proved too strong to contain.
