The twenty-first episode of the Web Series premiered on July 17, 2019.
Synopsis[]
Reunited at last, Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Yanli have an emotional reunion in Qinghe. Later, Lan Wangji observes Wei Wuxian examining Chenqing, to his distress.
Wen Ruohan learns of Wen Chao's death and resolves that no one can shoot the sun from the sky.
Back in the Impure Realm, Nie Mingjue asks why Wei Wuxian does not carry his sword, and he brushes the question off. As a result, Clan Leader Yao, Clan Leader Ouyang, and others chide him as impertinent and arrogant.
After the celebration, Jiang Cheng asks his brother why Lan Wangji suddenly seems to dislike him. He also demands that Wei Wuxian carry Suibian to appear proper in the future.
In Nightless City, Wen Ruohan creates a special type of powerful puppet to exterminate the clans once and for all.
Wei Wuxian is late to a counsel meeting featuring Jiang Cheng, Lan Xichen, Lan Wangji, Nie Mingjue, Nie Huaisang, Jin Zixuan, and Jin Zixun, prompting several snide remarks from Jin Zixun.
Wei Wuxian, however, is late because he observes Wen Qing, Granny Wen, Uncle Four, and other members of her branch captured and abused by the other clans. He uses Demonic Cultivation to prevent Granny Wen and Wen Qing from their captors when Jiang Yanli approaches to inform him of the meeting. She asks if anything is wrong, but he declines to tell her what he has seen.
He approaches the meeting to announce that he may have a counterattack to the Yin Metal. Lan Xichen asks him to elaborate, but he says they will see in a month before leaving.
After the meeting, Lan Xichen asks Lan Wangji why Wei Wuxian is so confident about his countermeasure. He then asks about the deaths of the Qishan Wen Clan cultivators in Yiling and in the supervisory offices. Rather than answer directly, Lan Wangji asks his brother if the rules are always set. Lan Xichen replies that he believes they are not, and that people should be judged not on right or wrong, but the intentions of their heart.
Jiang Cheng again scolds Wei Wuxian for his lack of sword, and when Lan Wangji visits the Jiang quarters, Jiang Yanli seizes her chance to ask him several questions.
Wei Wuxian overhears Lan Wangji explaining the dangerous effects of his cultivation methods, and reacts with indignation. He chases after Lan Wangji, only to fight him with Chenqing against Bichen. Wei Wuxian compliments his progress, but when Lan Wangji asks where Suibian is again, he shakes his head in resignation.[1]
Characters[]
In order of appearance:
- Wei Wuxian
- Jiang Cheng
- Jiang Yanli
- Nie Huaisang
- Lan Wangji
- Wen Ruohan
- Wen Chao (mentioned)
- Nie Mingjue
- Jin Zixun
- Clan Leader Ouyang
- Clan Leader Yao
- Lan Qiren (flashback)
- Jin Zixuan
- Lan Xichen
- Wen Xu (mentioned)
- Wen Qing
- Granny Wen
- Uncle Four
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Divergence from the Novel[]
Much of Episode 21 is unique to the Web Series, although Nie Mingjue's scrutiny of Wei Wuxian's missing sword is mentioned in the novel, whereupon Nie Mingjue reacts with harsh disapproval. By contrast, in the Web Series, he has a milder, more concerned response.[2]
In the novel, Wei Wuxian does not learn of the abuse against the Qishan Wen Clan captives until at least several months after the war was over.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Web Series, Episode 21
- ↑ Novel, Chapter 49
- ↑ Novel, Chapter 72