Love Never Fails Episode 1 Recap, Plot

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The world is divided into the three realms of immortals, demons, and humans. The Immortal Realm itself is divided into the Central Heavens, the Western Sea, and the Northern Immortal Realm. The Celestial Monarch of the Central Heavens and the Divine Queen gave birth to a pair of twin sons: the elder brother named Jinxiu and the younger brother named Kunlun. Two stars lit up at the same time, and the Grandmaster Taiyi believed it was not an auspicious sign.

The Celestial Monarch ordered Jinxiu to sever all emotions and desires and to focus on cultivation. Jinxiu treated a particular red camellia exceptionally well, hoping it would soon transform into human form. Kunlun arrived at the Floral Deity Pavilion, holding the Blossom Scepter to summon the flowers to a gathering, and Officer Chrysanthemum was unable to stop him. All the other flowers bloomed except the red camellia.

Kunlun was furious, thinking the red camellia was defying the Blossom Scepter, and wanted to destroy it. Jinxiu came to stop him. When the Celestial Monarch heard about this, he declared that the red camellia, for disobeying the Blossom Scepter, would have its immortal fate severed. Jinxiu pleaded for the red camellia, believing it recognized that the one using the Blossom Scepter was not the Floral Deity, and therefore did not bloom.

The Celestial Monarch said that he had always ordered Jinxiu to sever emotions and desires, yet Jinxiu cared so much for a mere red camellia. Thus, he wanted Jinxiu to understand the consequences of his compassion by destroying the red camellia. Jinxiu took the red camellia back with him, believing it had suffered this calamity because of him. He recondensed its form, named her Hongning, and sent her down to the mortal realm, hoping they could meet again one day.

Hongning arrived at Mt. Baizhou, where Ningmengjing and the others saw her and were surprised to find she had come from the heavens. Five hundred years later, the Celestial Monarch punished the world for falsehood, ugliness, jealousy, and evil, sentencing it to ten years of harsh winter, causing all flowers to wither. Hongning underwent her heavenly tribulation, and Ningmengjing and Jiaobo helped her. Hongning successfully transformed into human form, and Ningmengjing and the others were very happy.

Hongning wished to cultivate into an immortal because she remembered that when she was still a little flower bud, the Floral Deity had saved her. Jiaobo asked Hongning why she had secretly bloomed in the mortal world. Hongning said that the mother and daughter were too pitiful — unable to see flowers bloom or wait for spring, they were falling into despair.

Jiaobo warned that since the Celestial Monarch had decreed ten years of harsh winter, blooming without receiving the Flower's Message would be punished. Jinxiu, upon hearing that Hongning was about to be punished, hurried over. He did not understand the rules about the Flower's Message but believed that even if there were punishment, many innocent people would also suffer. Jinxiu discovered that Hongning was the red camellia from years ago.

He brought Hongning to the heavens, where she was to endure a hundred lightning tribulations, and entrusted her to Officer Chrysanthemum. Hongning reported that Envoy Xingxing had punished Lüluo by imprisoning her in the Hundred Flowers Diagram, but only celestial immortals should be confined there. Lower immortals entering would suffer loss of essence. Therefore, Envoy Xingxing should compensate Lüluo with a hundred years of cultivation. Since Envoy Meimei had indulged Envoy Xingxing, she should be punished by copying scriptures.

Lu Yao, a celestial maiden from the Northern Immortal Realm, wanted to meet Jinxiu, but he refused. Lu Yao asked her shadow what he thought of her, and the shadow said she was beautiful. Lu Yao wondered if Jinxiu refused to see her because meeting her would affect his cultivation. Jinxiu instructed Hongning to accompany the newly arrived immortal maidens. Envoy Xingxing looked down on Hongning, thinking he was merely a little demon from Mt. Baizhou.

Envoy Meimei assigned Shaoyao to look after Hongning. Shaoyao took Hongning around and explained that these flowers bloomed or withered according to the Floral Deity’s mood. Seeing the flowers all in bloom, Hongning thought that the Floral Deity must be in a good mood. Hongning asked Shaoyao where the Floral Deity lived. Shaoyao replied that the Floral Deity had her own palace and did not live with them.

She warned Hongning that immortals with sashes on their clothes were celestial immortals and not to bump into them again. Shaoyao asked Hongning if she really came from Mt. Baizhou. Hongning said that over there, demons helped each other. Shaoyao then met with Baihe and told Hongning to wait while she spoke with Baihe. Hongning wandered off to another place, climbed a tree, and happened to see Jinxiu.

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