Moonlight Mystique Episode 23 Recap, Plot

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Early in the morning, Zhong Zhao visited Fu Ling again to check on her condition and asked about her headaches. Before leaving, he left some medicine for her. Meanwhile, Bai Shuo brought breakfast to Fan Yue, urging him to genuinely let go of his guilt rather than pretending to move on. She reminded him that uncovering the truth was meant to face reality, not to dwell on the guilt of the past.

The priority was to gather all five emotions as quickly as possible to cure the Seven-Star Soul-Burning Seal and protect the people he truly wanted to protect. As they spoke, Qi Feng arrived late. The reason for his tardiness was that he had made bamboo shoot buns for Fan Yue. Bai Shuo reminded Qi Feng not to go out alone, as the Stone Tribe was currently unsafe.

Fan Yue backed her up, though the interaction between the three felt warm yet subtly tense. After breakfast, Bai Shuo offered to help Cang Shan’s mother hang laundry, using the opportunity to probe why she hadn’t searched for her missing husband despite his disappearance for two days. Cang Shan's mother hesitated to answer but avoided Bai Shuo’s gaze entirely upon seeing Qi Feng, her expression shifting to fear and avoidance.

This deepened Bai Shuo’s suspicions, as she believed Qi Feng’s sudden appearance was no coincidence. Zhong Zhao, meanwhile, sneaked into Zhen Yu’s room to investigate and accidentally triggered a secret mechanism. However, the barrier he touched alerted Zhen Yu. Enraged, Zhen Yu attempted to kill Zhong Zhao but hesitated when he saw a Black Seal Mark appear. Shocked, Zhen Yu paused just as Fu Ling rushed in, fabricating an excuse that Zhong Zhao had been looking for medicine for her.

With this explanation, Zhen Yu reluctantly spared Zhong Zhao’s life. After leaving Zhen Yu’s room, Fu Ling scolded Zhong Zhao for his reckless actions, which could only bring trouble upon himself. Zhong Zhao countered by asking her about the ancient mirror in Zhen Yu’s room and mentioned the strange power within Zhen Yu. Fu Ling speculated that Zhen Yu might have seen the Black Seal Mark and urged Zhong Zhao to return to the Lanling Sect as soon as possible.

In secret, Cang Shan’s mother pleaded with Chen Ye, stating that she had lured the Master of Bright Moon Palace as instructed and begged him to release her husband, Cang Xuan. Elsewhere, Bai Shuo, Fan Yue, and Cang Shan investigated the Stone Forest, where they found numerous sharp scratches on the stones. Suddenly, the three were ambushed by a masked figure in black. Cang Shan managed to injure the attacker.

Cang Shan recounted the tribe’s history, explaining that the Stone Tribe didn’t originally live there. Many Demon Race tribes were annihilated by the Tiger Tribe, and the Stone Tribe was no exception. To survive, Cang Xuan led his people to wander, eventually settling in an ancient land of a now-extinct tribe. Only one young boy guarded the ancestral tombs, unwilling to abandon his homeland even in death. Cang Xuan killed the boy.

After the boy’s death, his resentment lingered, disturbing the tribe’s peace and forcing them to move again. Even then, the boy’s vengeful spirit followed them. Cang Xuan and his people erected stone pillars in the Stone Forest to suppress it, but this led to a heated argument between Cang Shan and his father, prompting Cang Shan to leave and never return.

Based on Cang Shan’s story, the boy’s legs were broken by Cang Xuan, which made Fan Yue think of Qi Feng. Bai Shuo, however, dismissed it as mere coincidence, pointing out that she had personally examined Qi Feng’s legs and confirmed that his spiritual veins were destroyed. This contradicted the apparent agility of the black-clad attacker.

Deep down, Bai Shuo still harbored doubts about Qi Feng but chose not to voice them in front of Fan Yue, knowing Qi Feng was his only family. Confirming Qi Feng as the culprit would devastate him. Elsewhere, Zhen Yu recalled how he once forced Lao Gui to divine the fates of three destined children.

Lao Gui determined that two of them were the Violet-Eyed youth of the Bai Ze Clan and a member of the Bai family in Ning’an City of the Human Race. As for the third child, Lao Gui could only point toward the Eternal Race. Now, seeing Zhong Zhao’s Black Seal Mark, Zhen Yu suspected that Zhong Zhao was the third child he had been searching for. Fan Yue, under the pretext of visiting, questioned Qi Feng about the Stone Tribe murders.

Sensing Fan Yue’s suspicion, Qi Feng accused him of not trusting him and recounted his painful experiences, leaving Fan Yue feeling guilty. Soon after, Cang Xuan’s body was discovered—it was the masked figure from the night before. The tribespeople accused Cang Shan of killing his father and verbally attacked him. Cang Shan’s mother, seeking revenge, attempted to confront Qi Feng but was killed instead.

Finding the situation strange, Bai Shuo and Fan Yue reexamined Cang Xuan’s body and discovered a parasitic worm. They deduced that he had been controlled by the worm and killed as a result. Overwhelmed with guilt, Cang Shan blamed himself for his father’s death. Fan Yue consoled him and explained the situation with the parasitic worm, easing his pain somewhat. Meanwhile, Bai Shuo encountered Qi Feng while searching for Cang Shan’s mother. Qi Feng selflessly shielded her from a parasitic worm’s attack, but the effort left him unconscious.

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