Episode 16 recap: The Yun Tian Qing tablet was destroyed.
Yun Tian He thought about the previous incident involving Liu Meng Li and was also surprised. He felt that his father was likely the culprit who killed Liu Meng Li's parents. Han Ling Sha came to find Yun Tian He, and Yun Tian He asked if they had already known about this matter. Han Ling Sha didn't know what to say, and Yun Tian He ran out.
Meanwhile, Liu Meng Li played a piece of music and Mu Rong Zi Ying came to find him. Mu Rong Zi Ying mentioned that their master had told a story about a disciple of a sage. The disciple accidentally dropped dust into the porridge while cooking. Initially, he thought of throwing away the bowl and the pot of porridge, but he didn't want to waste food, so he ate it all. Unexpectedly, the sage saw it and mistakenly thought he was stealing food.
The master's point was not to be biased and listen to only one side of the story. Mu Rong Zi Ying believed that Liu Meng Li could understand the master's meaning. Han Ling Sha came over and told them that something had happened, and Mu Rong Zi Ying and the others also arrived. Yun Tian He mentioned that he didn't believe his father could do such a thing, but he couldn't prove it. Liu Meng Li treated him as the child of the enemy who killed his parents and could hit and curse him as long as it made Liu Meng Li feel better.
Liu Meng Li said that he didn't want to investigate further, and Yun Tian He couldn't hate him in his current state. After Yun Tian He returned, his fellow senior disciple in the same room mentioned that his father had also passed away. He understood Yun Tian He and asked him to offer incense to his father here.
Yun Tian He offered incense to his father, wanting to know the truth of what had happened. Unexpectedly, other disciples came over. They mentioned that they only knew that Yun Tian Qing had colluded with the demonic clan to frame their fellow disciples, but they didn't expect him to be involved in kidnapping someone's child. They felt that Yun Tian He was unworthy of offering incense to a traitor and wanted to destroy the tablet.
Xuan Ye secretly approached from behind and took the opportunity of their dispute to destroy Yun Tian Qing's tablet. Yun Tian He was extremely angry. He felt that if his father had already died, they should leave him alone, or else none of them deserved to live. Yun Tian He became heated and injured the people around him, but Mu Rong Zi Ying arrived and restrained Yun Tian He.
Others believed that Yun Tian He should be punished for injuring fellow disciples. Han Ling Sha thought that the others were going too far by destroying Yun Tian He's father's tablet. The sect leader gave an order that these disciples were causing trouble and should return to their master to receive punishment. Yun Tian He, who had injured fellow disciples, should be confined to the Remorse Valley, and if he didn't admit his mistake, he wouldn't be allowed to come out.
Yun Tian He persisted and refused to admit his mistake, so he was taken to the Remorse Valley. Mu Rong Zi Ying was also worried because time passed more quickly in the Remorse Valley. If one stayed inside for a while, a long time would pass outside. Before long, Yun Tian He would grow old and die inside.
Han Ling Sha hurriedly went to find Elder Qing Yang for help. Mu Rong Zi Ying went to the sect leader and believed that Yun Tian He had understandable reasons. The sect leader stated that it was inappropriate for Yun Tian He to injure fellow disciples, and if he didn't admit his mistake, he couldn't come out.
There was a dispute among everyone, and Xuan Ye suggested that Yun Tian He should receive the punishment of the Ice-Fire Whip. Mu Rong Zi Ying, as Yun Tian He's senior martial uncle, acknowledged that he hadn't taught him well and was willing to take the punishment on his behalf. The sect leader disagreed, but Mu Rong Zi Ying insisted firmly, and the sect leader had no choice but to agree.
Elder Qing Yang came to see Yun Tian He, who wanted to know the truth about what happened back then. Elder Qing Yang said that it had been 19 years, and he had never spoken about it. In his heart, Yun Tian He's father was a loyal and righteous man.
Yun Tian He rushed over and was deeply moved when he saw Mu Rong Zi Ying being punished.
Lingsha returned to the Qingluan Peak with Tianhe before her death. Luckily, Tianhe was by her side until the very last moment. For her, this place was both a beginning and an end. After death, she did not enter the cycle of reincarnation but dissipated completely.
Tianhe defied fate, losing his sight but gaining immortality due to the Candle Dragon's breath within him. With his hair turned white, he became Ziyin Zhenren in the Gujian Qitan. During that time, he always carried the Nine Dragon Bound Silk Sword tassel that Lingsha had given him.
Mengli followed her parents' orders and returned to the demon realm.
Huai Shuo sacrificed himself to protect Ziyin and died by the hands of a fellow sect member. Before his death, he worried about Xuan Ji having no one to take care of her.
Xuan Ji, while ascending to the Qionghua, died in the icy and snowy landscape, holding the fireflies that Huai Shuo had caught for her.