Love Game in Eastern Fantasy Episode 21 Recap, Plot

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When the Hall of Flourishing Goodness was completed after five years, Tao Ying informed her that her daughter, Princess Duanyang, would be needed. Due to her auspicious birth, she was the perfect choice to be the ceremonial priestess for the grand ritual. Although it wouldn't take her life, it would shift all her happiness to the Seventh Prince. As a result, the princess would live in perpetual sorrow, forever unfulfilled and unable to find joy.

For the sake of the Zhao family’s prosperity and to secure her son’s position in the Eastern Palace, the Dowager Zhao set her plan in motion. Then, someone reported that Princess Duanyang had entered the Hall of Flourishing Goodness and was about to perform the wedding ceremony, prompting the dowager to hasten over.

Realizing that the dowager had walked into their trap, the Four Heroes of the Bamboo Grove became serious; after all, they had set up the entire hall as a trap. Inside, Princess Duanyang and the young marquis were dressed in wedding attire, prepared to perform the wedding rites. Dowager Zhao rushed to stop them, but the princess declared it was already fifteen years too late—she could no longer wait.

Seeing how different the two had become, the dowager was deeply shocked, especially as Tao Ying appeared behind her. Enraged, she drew her sword and struck him, but he dissipated into a wisp of smoke. Then, the Nightmare Demon appeared, revealing that Tao Ying had died a decade ago and that he was the one truly in control all along. The dowager, shaken, called him a monster.

The Ziwu Lifeforce Array was about to be activated, and the astronomers were panicked, yet Guo Xiu had unwavering faith in Mu Yao. The Nightmare Demon reveled in his triumph, but he quickly noticed that the guests in the hall remained calm, repeatedly uttering the same words like puppets—they were nothing but paper figures!

At that moment, Mu Yao and Liu Fuyi revealed their true forms; only the two of them, along with Dowager Zhao and three others, were real people in the hall. The Ziwu Lifeforce Array was impossible to activate; they’d thought they were dealing with a powerful vengeful spirit, only to discover it was merely a fourth-tier demon.

Ten years ago, when the guests had tragically died, their resentment became the source of the Nightmare Demon’s power, making his inner core indestructible. The Nightmare Demon then transported them to an illusory world—a beautiful place, which Mu Yao and Liu Fuyi quickly recognized as the dowager’s dream, her nightmare of Qilin Mountain. As the scene shifted, they saw a young Dowager Zhao arriving at Qilin Mountain, ordering her men to trap all the demons with ten Mountain-Sealing Talismans.

The four of them turned to the dowager and asked why she had done it, to which she insisted it was for the peace of the realm. The dowager’s second nightmare began, as Marquis Qingyi lay dying, asking her if she had ever loved anyone. Though he had never sought the truth, the emptiness in his heart had been real.

Seeing this, the young marquis and the princess realized that Marquis Qingyi must have fallen in love with a female demon he encountered during his travels near Qilin Mountain, which led the dowager to cut off the mountain and conceal the truth. Dowager Zhao insisted she acted to protect the Zhao family, but Mu Yao revealed the truth: she had used the Forgetting Sorrows Curse on Marquis Qingyi, unknowingly killing her own brother.

Suddenly, the dreamscape returned to the Hall of Flourishing Goodness. Unable to bear sacrificing her daughter, the dowager had found a poor village girl, Yuer, to replace her as the ceremonial priestess. The princess noticed the rattle drum in Yuer’s hand, which Peiyun always carried and had said her sister left her. Finally, the dowager realized that Peiyun must have entered the palace seeking revenge for her sister.

The princess, the young marquis, Mu Yao, and Liu Fuyi all looked at Dowager Zhao—how could she claim innocence after committing so many wrongs? Now, only by admitting her misdeeds could she dispel the resentment, or else she, the princess, and the young marquis would be trapped forever. The dowager still refused to accept her fault, infuriating the resentful spirits, which were indeed real.

The young marquis shielded her from an attack, forcing her to realize that these spirits could indeed claim her life. With Mu Yao and Liu Fuyi pushing further, they were reaching their limits. Overwhelmed, Dowager Zhao saw the princess struck down by the spirits, finally breaking down and repenting, admitting that it was her selfish desires and greed that had led to countless lives being lost.

With her repentance, both Liu Fuyi and Mu Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and the princess and young marquis, who had collapsed, revealed their true identities as Ling Miaomiao and Mu Sheng in disguise. The nightmare world began to fracture, the Nightmare Demon’s plot crumbling as he refused to let his painstakingly crafted array go to waste.

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