Veil of Shadows (月鳞绮纪): Ep. 26
Welcome to the 16th discussion post for Veil of Shadows!
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Preface
Welcome! We are back with the regular (non-express) youku scheduling and will do the last four episodes over the next four days.
That’s my last time hosting for this drama, so the perfect time and place to thank my co-hosts for the very easy-going planning and communication. And thanks to all our wonderful commentators for the discussions, gifs, jokes and everything that makes it fun to host these.
I haven’t seen anything past episode 26 yet to not accidentality spoil in the recap so it would be very nice for everyone to comment with the same care.
Let's go!
Last time on Dragon Ball Z the show that also has some dragons: The episode ended on the big Bai Ze vs. Yuan Wuhuo fight and whatever will happen to Ji Ling’s with Lonescale leaving.
Goodbye
Ji Ling wakes and shortly after Bai Ze dies in his arms.
[I guess he is the closest Ji Ling has to a mentor figure at this point so from a trope point of view no big surprise that he won’t see the end of the show. Just a little disappointed. I liked that guy. Underrated MVP on team Dragon Deity.]
Bai Ze’s remaining power surges into the Spirit-Binding Ring which at this point also houses some of Lonescale’s power.
Next to wake up is Lu Wuyi, who is back from her time travelling adventure of becoming a plush toy. Due to her severing her spiritual tale she came back blind.
- That’s three out of four main characters that had a brush with blindness: Ji Ling as a fox, Wu Wangyan during her time as Qing Yi and now Lu Wuyi.
No reaction to Yuan Wuhuo's death. Maybe he is not fully dead? Who knows?
Memory Protection Squad
Wu Shiguang and Wu Wangyan – still at Chi Wen’s remains – get a visit by Si Feng and Hua Qi. They deliver the Spirit-Binding Ring to Wu Shiguang. It contains the last strand of Dragon Power left behind by Lonescale he needs for his transformation.
But before they can decide to actually use it now Jiu Ying makes an appearance and puts the ring on Wu Shiguang’s finger. He attacks Jiu Ying instantly while the two hunters try to take Wu Wangyan away.
Wu Wangyan gets injured and seemingly dies, the situation everyone tried to avoid. That triggers Wu Shiguang’s Jiu Ying fragment.
You Chi tries to stop him, but is unsuccessful. At the same time possessed Wu Shiguang also can’t use the sword embedded in Chi Wen’s remains, but is able to fight the remains in his mindscape.
- the Guili Sword Wen can only be drawn by another Dragon
Hua Qi does some exorcising that hinders the fragment of Jiu Ying in Wu Shiguang to see all the memories that Ji Ling also stored in the Sprit-Binding Ring.
the memory that has to be hidden is the one where Ji Ling and Chi Wen discuss getting rid of the last fragment via something that is called the Scale-Descent Rift: Originally Chi Wen was suppose to be able to take over Ji Ling’s body after the little fox swallowed the dragon scale, because Chi Wen had to take the Guili sword out of his own dragon form to kill his dragon body that had swallowed Jiu Ying’s head. But then they changed the plan to create the 10th Dragon Son, who is able to kill his older brother while Ji Ling was delegated to guide Wu Shiguang and be the Dragon Deity that the people needed to have hope.
basically the Jiu Ying fragment in Wu Shiguang led to them not being able to talk about everything openly.
While You Chi tries to keep the Jiu Ying fragment from taking over Wu Shiguang (slapping works a teeny tiny bit) Hua Qi is able to heal Wu Wangyan. Learning she is alive gives Wu Shiguang a boost against the fragments.
Meanwhile Si Feng sacrifices herself against the Fox Queen version of Jiu Ying.
After a pep talk by Chi Wen about their power and the responsibility that grows out of that (to protect the common people that revere them) Wu Shiguang transforms in his dragon-self. [No wonder he had an outfit change before visiting his brother’s remains]
Wu Shiguang awakes from his inner world. Now he is able to the take the sword and reunites with Wu Wangyan. Just for Chi Wen to make an appearance and remind his brother that he still has to kill him. Wu Shiguang does as was planned so long ago.
the Twelve Thoughts/prayer beads dissolve with Chi Wen’s death.
Wu Wangyan once promised Si Feng to take care of her shidi Hua Qi in case she would die. She saw the younger hunter as her brother.
Moving on
The next step in the plan is to go to the Formless Moon Sect: While the last fragment of Jiu Ying is in Lu Wuyi all of those fragments survive only due to the divine power of the Oracle Stone and destroying that should kill Jiu Ying (presumably without hurting Lu Wuyi.)
The other fox sisters get a prophecy via the stone, while also wondering about the whereabouts of the Fox Queen:
> The old dragon falls. The new dragon rises.
>Heaven and earth tremble. Chaos fills the world.
>An old soul returns against time. A new moon reshapes the world.
Lu Wuyi is back where she feels safe: The Dragon Deity’s statue. Ji Ling takes her from there and also brings her some of her favourite flowers. They once again acknowlege each other’s importance in their life and share some tender kisses – and later some very aesthetical pleasing fade-to-black intimacy.