Fangs of Fortune Episode 22 Recap, Plot

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As Zhuo Yichen was left dizzy and disoriented, Ao Yin’s true form was revealed under the influence of Huansan Powder. Many people in Tianxiang Pavilion witnessed Ao Yin’s transformation, realizing Wen Xiao had been falsely accused. Ying Lei woke up Zhuo Yichen, and they continued to pursue Ao Yin. However, when they reached the courtyard, Ao Yin managed to escape, though they did gain a small victory in clearing Wen Xiao’s name.

Wen Xiao was released due to lack of evidence, allowing Zhuo Yichen to quickly go and save Pei Sijing. Fortunately, Pei Sijing hadn’t been threatened by Wen Zongyu and revealed that she knew his secret of experimenting with demonized humans. She and Zhao Yuanzhou had stored the information they discovered in the dungeon within a sundial. With this evidence, Pei Sijing was also released, and upon leaving the dungeon, Zhuo Yichen destroyed the sundial in front of Wen Zongyu.

The immediate priority was to restore the Bai Ze Amulet. While the purification of Yaoshui was complete, the Sacred Tree remained withered. Ying Lei suddenly remembered that when Bai Jiu accidentally cut his palm at Lingxi Manor, it had revived the Jibaimu tree. Since Bai Jiu possessed blood from human, divine, and demon lineages, perhaps he could also revive the Sacred Tree.

Ying Lei went to a courtyard outside the city and dripped his blood onto the tree roots, causing a green branch to sprout. Wen Xiao noted that restoring the Bai Ze Amulet required at least three hundred years’ worth of growth, so this was still insufficient, and Zhao Yuanzhou likely couldn’t survive beyond three days. In her efforts to find a way to restore the Bai Ze Amulet as soon as possible, Wen Xiao stayed up late reading by lamplight.

Hearing that she wasn’t even stopping to eat, Zhuo Yichen made a bowl of tremella soup for her. Seeing how worn out and worried she looked, he felt both compassion and helplessness. Wen Zongyu, noticing that the Demon-Hunting Bureau wasn’t urgently searching for Zhao Yuanzhou, guessed they already knew his hiding place and ordered his subordinates to put pressure on the Bureau to speed up their search for Zhao Yuanzhou.

Fan Ying conveyed the orders from Chongwu Camp, forcing Zhuo Yichen to proceed with capturing Zhao Yuanzhou. Wen Xiao, upon hearing this, begged him to reconsider. Zhao Yuanzhou, meanwhile, endured constant torment from his inner rage. Each time he was about to lose control, he forced himself to recall his moments with Wen Xiao, using the warmth of those memories to keep his darkness at bay. Ying Lei brewed two jars of wine for Zhuo Yichen to bring to Zhao Yuanzhou.

Wen Xiao spent every day consumed with worry over Zhao Yuanzhou. Bai Jiu mentioned the sundial and suggested that if they could capture their memories with Zhao Yuanzhou within it, Wen Xiao could recall them at any time. Excited, Wen Xiao asked Lu Wu if they could use the sundial to pause time, bring a branch of the Sacred Tree into a time passage, and wait for it to mature to restore the Bai Ze Amulet.

Lu Wu confirmed this was feasible, but warned that time inside the sundial would pass excruciatingly slowly, feeling like years. Wen Xiao took out the sundial and paused time at the Kunlun Gate. She successfully obtained the Sacred Tree branch and prepared to set off to restore the Bai Ze Amulet. Ying Lei then mentioned that Zhuo Yichen had set out half a day earlier to capture Zhao Yuanzhou.

Wen Xiao reassured him, saying that they had already made a plan: Zhuo Yichen would use a special pin crafted by Bai Jiu, which could put Zhao Yuanzhou into a death-like state, thus giving the King an explanation, and later revive him once the danger had passed. Bai Jiu, however, clarified that he had never crafted such a pin, leading Ying Lei to suspect that Zhuo Yichen might be hiding something.

Back when they attempted to capture Ao Yin at Tianxiang Pavilion, Bai Jiu’s Huansan Powder should have slowed Ao Yin’s escape. Yet, with Zhuo Yichen leading the charge, Ao Yin still managed to flee. It was clear that something suspicious was going on, and reflecting on Zhuo Yichen’s recent behavior, everyone started to feel it all made sense.

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