The eighteenth episode of the Web Series premiered on July 15, 2019.
Synopsis[]
After convincing Wen Qing to help with his plan to restore Jiang Cheng's Golden Core, Wei Wuxian finds a blindfolded Song Lan lying in a field. He takes him to Wen Qing, where Song Lan relates that Xue Yang massacred Baixue Temple, the temple he was raised in, before blinding Song Lan's eyes. Xiao Xingchen found him and took him to Baoshan Sanren to restore his sight.
Wei Wuxian says he knows where she is, and informs Jiang Cheng that there is a way to restore his Golden Core, if he approaches Baoshan Sanren. Jiang Cheng begins to eat again and recover.
Wen Qing once more attempts to dissuade Wei Wuxian's plan, but he is determined. That night, Wei Wuxian and Jiang Yanli recall his adoption by Jiang Fengmian and his arrival at Lotus Pier. After a quarrel with Jiang Cheng, he hid in a tree until he fell, and, while searching for him, Jiang Cheng also injured himself. As a result, the young Jiang Yanli had to carry her brothers back on her back.
Song Lan guards Jiang Yanli to approach the Lanling Jin Clan for shelter, while Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian set out for Baoshan Sanren. Jiang Cheng makes his way up the mountain alone, blindfolded and instructed to pretend he is Wei Wuxian.
Meanwhile, the Lanling Jin, Gusu Lan, and Qinghe Nie Clans join together to begin the Sunshot Campaign to overthrow the Qishan Wen Clan.
Alone on a mountain, Jiang Cheng encounters a veiled woman. He introduces himself as Wei Wuxian, and upon learning his plight, she agrees to restore his Golden Core.[1]
Characters[]
In order of appearance:
- Wei Wuxian
- Wen Qing
- Wen Ning
- Song Lan
- Jiang Yanli
- Xue Yang (flashback)
- Xiao Xingchen (mentioned)
- Baoshan Sanren (mentioned)
- Jiang Cheng
- Jiang Fengmian (flashback)
- Jin Zixuan
- Jin Guangshan
- Nie Mingjue
- Lan Wangji
Events[]
- Massacre of Baixue Temple
- Sunshot Campaign
Locations[]
- Yiling Supervisory Office
- Baixue Temple
- Golden Carp Tower
- Lanling (mentioned)
- Qinghe
- Gusu
Cultivation Tools[]
Divergence from the Novel[]
The massacre of Baixue Temple takes place several years after the Sunshot Campaign ended and the first death of Wei Wuxian; because of this, Song Lan is not treated by Wen Qing, nor does he escort Jiang Yanli to Lanling.[2]
The novel implies that the Sunshot Campaign began with the Yunmeng Jiang Clan already joined with the other three, so it likely began shortly after Jiang Cheng regained a Golden Core, not before.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Web Series, Episode 18
- ↑ Novel, Chapter 30
- ↑ Novel, Chapter 61