The notorious Yiling Patriarch Wei Wuxian was killed by his brother Jiang Cheng, sparking joy in many. 16 years later, he is reincarnated into the body of Mo Xuanyu through a sacrificial ritual and tasked to exact revenge on Mo Xuanyu's abusive family for him. He then meets the young disciples of the Gusu Lan sect in Mo Village and gets caught up in a zombie mystery. While the situation is deemed too difficult, the disciples decide to seek help from their senior and Wei Wuxian's long-time acquai
As Wei Wuxian arrives in Mt. Dafan, he meets a group of cultivators who are there to investigate a mystery about a soul-eating beast. There, he meets blacksmith Zheng's daughter Ah Yan and her mother. Later, he finds that Ah Yan is cursed by the Heavenly Lady Statue. Then, Wei Wuxian meets another young disciple, Jin Ling from the Jin sect, whose traps in the forest have wrongly captured those cultivators. Jin Ling recognises him as Mo Xuanyu and the two argue until Jiang Cheng arrives. The Gusu
The Jiang sect disciples fail to find lodging for the night in Caiyi Town as the inn is fully booked by the wealthy Lanling Jin sect's Jin Zixuan. Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian grow to dislike Jin Zixuan's attitude and question the arranged marriage between him and Jiang Yanli. The Jiang sect also fails to enter the Cloud Recesses early as they had lost their visiting pass. Just then, Lan Wangji and some Gusu Lan sect disciples come back carrying a corpse. Wei Wuxian tries to reason with Lan Wangji
The Cloud Recesses begins the offering ceremony where all the clans are required to introduce themselves to teacher Lan Qiren with gifts. During Qinghe Nie sect's Meng Yao's introduction, two disciples begin to gossip about him being the illegitimate son of Jin Guangshan. Lan Xichen then approaches Meng Yao to praise his talent and choice of present. Then, the Qishan Wen sect arrives at the Cloud Recesses and barges into the classroom in the middle of Jiang Cheng's introduction. Wei Wuxian hates
Wei Wuxian wants to investigate the back mountains but Lan Wangji pulls him to the Library Pavilion for his punishment. Wei Wuxian gets bored of copying passages and decides to apologise to Lan Wangji by justifying his actions from that night. However, Lan Wangji finds him a bother and shuts him up with the silencing spell again. In the room of the Wen siblings, Wen Ning expresses concern over his sister's constant disappearances. But Wen Qing instead laments over her inability to cure Wen Ning'
At night, the trio drink wine together but are discovered by Lan Wangji. To prevent Lan Wangji from complaining, Wei Wuxian casts a talisman spell on him to get him to drink as the other two escape. However, one cup knocks him out cold so Wei Wuxian lays him on the bed. When Wei Wuxian tells him that his headband is slanted, Lan Wangji panics and fails to straighten it, but also prevents Wei Wuxian from helping as no outsiders should touch such a sacred item. The next day, the trio and Lan Wangj
Lan Yi entrusts the piece of the Stygian Iron to Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, telling them not to repeat her mistakes. As she fades away, both of them assure that they will do their best in protecting the Stygian Iron. They finally emerge from the cave and meet Wen Qing and Jiang Cheng. Wei Wuxian then lies about what is inside, keeping the piece a secret. The two then bring it to Lan Qiren and Lan Xichen, and they discover that the Qishan Wen sect is indeed there only for the piece. In Nightless
Wen Chao comes to Lan Xichen's room that night to ask about the secrets in the back mountains. When Lan Xichen refuses, Wen Chao threatens to hurt Lan Wangji instead. Wei Wuxian abandons the journey back home and catches up with Lan Wangji, neither realizing that the Qishan Wen sect has eyes on them. They arrive at Tan Zhou and bump into Nie Huaisang who also has not gone home. Concurrently at the Lotus Pier, Jiang Yanli wishes Jiang Cheng well as he sets off to find Wei Wuxian. When the piece s
Wen Qing arrives in time to lure the puppets away; Jiang Cheng has come with her too. After Wen Qing reveals that killing the loitering owl is the only way to break the Stygian Tiger Seal's spell, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji go to fight the bird while the forest is shrouded with thick fog. The two then join the others at a burial mound, which Wen Qing explains belongs to her sect, a subgroup of the Qishan Wen sect that specialises in medicine. Afterward, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji try to interrogat
Xue Yang is the culprit behind the merciless murder of the Yueyang Chang sect, and Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan arrive to stop him. However, the group are unable to find the Stygian Iron that Xue Yang has hidden and hence decide to bring him along to Qinghe to be punished. Before they part, Wei Wuxian asks Xiao Xingchen about Baoshan Sanren, his late mother's teacher. In the Unclean Realm, sect leader Nie Mingjue welcomes the party and locks Xue Yang up. Additionally, Meng Yao is often seen being
Meng Yao bids goodbye to Nie Huaisang, Jiang Cheng, and Wei Wuxian. After concluding that the Cloud Recesses is in danger, Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuixian return to the Lotus Pier in fear of the Qishan Wen sect invading. Luckily, the Lotus Pier is unharmed and the two reunite with their family, including their mother Yu Ziyuan (Madame Yu). During dinner, Madame Yu and Jiang Fengmian have a heated argument about the two sons and Qishan Wen sect's upcoming lecture. Over at the Nightless City, Wen Ruoh
Wen Chao demands that everyone hand over their swords and memorize the Qishan Wen Sect Essence Collection by the next day. In Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng's room, Wei Wuxian fails to leave and find Lan Wangji as they are forbidden from leaving their rooms. The following day, Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian, and Jin Zixuan are called out to recite the rules, but Wei Wuxian steps out to recite Gusu's rules instead to prank Wen Chao. As punishment, they are ordered to lay manure in the garden. During the work
Lan Wangji refuses to be carried and continues to walk. As Wei Wuxian still worries, he creates a paper doll to speak with Wen Qing secretly and asks for a short break. After the break, they are still unable to find the cave. Wei Wuxian then uses his powers to locate it. While inside, they find the bottom of the cave and Wen Chao wants a sacrifice to be the bait for the beast. When his lover Wang Lingjiao suggests Mianmian, Jin Zixuan and Lan Wangji step in to protect her. This angers Wen Chao a
The beast is revealed to be Xuanwu of Slaughter, the very same that Xue Chonghai once controlled. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji come up with a plan to kill the beast by using Gusu's Chord Assassination Technique and having Wei Wuxian drive the beast out of its shell from the inside. While Wei Wuxian explores the insides of the beast, he finds many corpses that have their soul sucked out, to which Lan Wangji adds that it sounds like the Stygian Iron's power. Wei Wuxian also encounters a sword full of
The Qishan Wen sect's sudden assassination on the Pinyang Yao sect causes Jiang Fengmian and Jiang Yanli to hurry to Lanling for help. Days later, Wang Lingjiao arrives at Lotus Pier to have Yu Ziyuan punish Wei Wuxian for his behavior in Muxi Mountain. Without Jiang Fengmian around, Jiang Cheng is unable to stop her and Wei Wuxian receives a number of strokes from her Zidian. But Wang Lingjiao is still unhappy, and wants Yu Ziyuan to cut off his right hand. While Yu Ziyuan is about to do so, Wa
After the Zidian ties loosen, the three row their way back to Yunmeng. In the Lotus Pier, the fight commences and Yu Ziyuan is overpowered by the Qishan Wen sect. Jiang Fengmian arrives to aid, but is brutally stabbed. Unable to handle the pain, Yu Ziyuan stabs herself and falls on the ground to hold his hand as they pass together. Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng are too late, and witnesses their parents' bodies on the ground. Jiang Cheng runs away in anguish while Wei Wuxian chases. In pain from los
Wen Ning successfully saves Jiang Cheng from the Qishan Wen sect and promises to deliver the latter's parent's bodies. He then brings Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yanli to Yiling. Wei Wuxian's trust in the Wen siblings is challenged when some Qishan Wen sect disciples come to question the sudden commotion. Wen Qing then lies to them and agrees to hide the Yunmeng Jiang siblings in the Yiling Supervisory Office. In their room, Wen Qing diagnoses Jiang Cheng and finds a worrying issue. Jiang
While on a hunt in the mountains, Wei Wuxian finds an unconscious Song Lan. He brings the injured man back and Wen Qing heals him. Song Lan explains that Xue Yang has destroyed the Baixue Temple and poisoned his eyes to blind him. He then recalls looking for Baoshan Sanren with Xiao Xingchen but being left on the mountain by himself. With this, Wei Wuxian thinks of a way to convince Jiang Cheng to retrieve his Golden Core back. That night, Wei Wuxian asks Wen Qing for sleeping powder. He and Jia
Wei Wuxian waits for Jiang Cheng on the streets. When he enters a tea-house, he is ambushed by the Qishan Wen sect and captured. Wen Chao tortures him and throws him into the Burial Mounds to die. The overwhelming resentful energy causes Wei Wuxian to succumb to the dark power of the mysterious sword previously found in the Xuanwu Cave. Three months later, Jiang Cheng is still unable to find Wei Wuxian and decides to regroup with Lan Wangji. The two attack Nightless City to look for answers, and
With the music of the flute, the man gives Wen Chao vivid hallucinations. Wen Zhuliu escapes with Wen Chao. The man, revealed to be Wei Wuxian, then makes Wang Lingjiao hang herself. Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji arrive after to find that someone has already helped them to kill the Qishan Wen sect disciples in the area using unusual methods. They discover that the same person has also been reversing the effects of the talismans to attract evil spirits. Jiang Cheng then saves Wen Qing from the under
The two Yunmeng Jiang siblings and Nie Huaisang share a heartfelt reunion with Wei Wuxian. However, something about him doesn't seem right. In the Nightless City, Wen Ruohan learns of Wen Chao's death. Back in the Unclean Realm, the representatives of each sect come together to celebrate Wei Wuxian's return. But some cultivators openly insult the fact that he lacks his sword and discuss about his weird way of killing Wen Chao. Halfway through the dinner, Wei Wuxian leaves to drink his wine alone
Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji sit on the roof to finally talk. Wei Wuxian explains that he is not using Xue Chonghai's demonic cultivation, but rather a crafty cultivation that uses music to control things. Lan Wangji offers to help him and Wei Wuxian accepts. The next day, they start their Sunshot Campaign again. However, due to the overwhelming power of the puppets using the Stygian Iron, the Yunmeng Jiang Sect and Lanling Jin Sect are unable to defeat them. In the base camp, Jiang Cheng and Jin Z
Wen Ruohan confronts Wei Wuxian about his powers and the latter reveals that he uses what he calls the "Stygian Tiger Seal". While the two fight, Meng Yao uses the opportunity to kill Wen Ruohan, revealing himself as Lan Xichen's inside man. Wei Wuxian collapses from overusing his power. Three days later, Wei Wuxian awakes and learns from Jiang Yanli that Lan Wangji has been playing his guqin to calm his soul. Lan Wangji continues to play until they hear pleas coming from outside. Lan Wangji the
Wei Wuxian butts in to say that the decision-making should go to Jiang Yanli. The discussion ends with Jiang Yanli deciding that they should focus on rebuilding the Lotus Pier instead. Subsequently, Jin Guangyao and Jin Guangshan announce a hunting event in Phoenix Mountain. After the party, Jin Guangyao reports to Jin Guangshan about the whereabouts of the last piece of Stygian Iron. Since the Stygian Tiger Seal might be linked to the Stygian Iron, Wei Wuxian will be monitored by Jin Guangyao.
Jin Zixuan comes to the Lotus Pier to personally invite the Yunmeng Jiang siblings to the hunting event in Phoenix Mountain. The event starts with Jin Zixuan showing off his ability to shoot a bulls-eye while a row of Qishan Wen Sect prisoners stood as obstacles. When Jin Zixun challenges the other disciples, Wei Wuxian steps out to hit all of the targets at one go while blindfolded. The event then officially starts and Wei Wuxian blows his flute to make monsters to enter Yunmeng Jiang's camp. H
During the private party in the Carp Tower, Jin Zixun forces Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji to drink wine despite the Cloud Recesses' rules. While Lan Xichen reluctantly accepts one, Wei Wuxian suddenly arrives and drinks Lan Wangji's wine instead. Wei Wuxian then asks Jin Zixun for Wen Ning. Tension arises and Wei Wuxian loses control. His threats and power intimidate Jin Zixun and the latter finally answers where Wen Ning and remaining Qishan Wen Sect survivors are. Wei Wuxian goes to Qiongqi Path
Wei Wuxian has expected that he and Lan Wangji would eventually fight to death one day, so he expresses his wish to be killed by Lan Wangji himself if that ever happens. Lan Wangji then reluctantly lets Wei Wuxian and the Qishan Wen remnants go. In the Carp Tower the next day, a meeting with the other sects is held once again to discuss about Wei Wuxian's crimes. While many — including Nie Mingjue — insult and doubt Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and Mianmian try to defend him. When no one else sticks u
Jiang Cheng tries to convince Wei Wuxian to hand over the Qishan Wen remnants and Stygian Tiger Seal. However, Wei Wuxian declines as he is determined to save these people and Wen Ning. He asks to be disowned from the Yunmeng Jiang sect so that his family's reputation will not be damaged, and the brothers stage a fight. Before Jiang Cheng leaves, Wen Qing returns the comb to him. Jiang Cheng announces that Wei Wuxian has officially become a rebel. At the same time, Jiang Yanli dreams that Wei Wu
While Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji enjoy a meal together, the latter breaks the news of Jiang Yanli's marriage with Jin Zixuan. Wei Wuxian then laments that he can never witness the wedding despite having promised to give her an extravagant one. While eating, something bad is happening back in the Burial Mound and the two rush back with Wen Yuan. It turns out that Wen Ning is going out of control and has started attacking. With the efforts of Lan Wangji's guqin and Wei Wuxian's talismans, they succ
While Wei Wuxian and Wen Ning are out to sell radishes, they meet Jiang Cheng on the street. With Wen Ning waiting outside, the two enters an isolated residence to reunite with Jiang Yanli. She has come to see Wei Wuxian while wearing her bridal gown, as he cannot attend the wedding. The Yunmeng Jiang siblings then sit down together and Jiang Yanli give Wei Wuxian the chance to name her unborn son. Wei Wuxian then decide on "Jin Rulan". The three then enjoy lotus soup and Jiang Yanli also offers