Fan Changyu and Xie Zheng argue fiercely, parting on bad terms. Yu Qiangian decides to head south to avoid trouble, but is ambushed by bandits.
Bloodshed erupts in Lin’an as Fan Changyu lures the bandits away. Xie Zheng rushes over to help, only to find her badly wounded and unconscious.
Xie Zheng vows to marry Fan Changyu, who’s still unconscious. When Changning goes missing, Changyu resolves to search for her sister.
Fan Changyu keeps searching for her sister Changning. With the battle and a rescue operation looming, Xie Zheng and He Jingyuan devise a plan.
Qi Min learns Yu Bao’er’s true birth date. On the night of the festival, Fan Changyu exposes Song Yan in public. Xie Zheng receives some urgent news.
Grand Tutor Tao schemes to get Fan Changyu to safety. Xie Zheng confronts Sui Yuanging, who takes Fan Changning hostage.
Xie Zheng pulls off a battlefield miracle, but the tide turns. Fan Changyu weeps with joy on learning that Changning is safe. Shi Yue hatches a plan.
Qi Shu discovers he has been unrealistic. Fan Changyu is reunited with her long-lost sister. Gongsun Yin gives Xie Zheng a warning.
Xie Zheng and Fan Changyu grow closer. Fan Changyu foils Shi Yue’s plan. Xie Zheng pretends to punish Changyu for breaking army rules.
Shaw, Keiko, Hiroshi, and Kentaro go rogue in an attempt to find Titan X. Cate struggles with feelings of guilt. A buried secret is exposed.
Woo-seok suggests posing as lovers, and Seol-ah agrees. Jun-beom consigns a painting to her, tension grows, and Woo-seok faces a shocking truth.
Landlord Gi Su-jong struggles to make ends meet and faces the threat of losing his property.
Desperate to save his building, Su-jong stages an abduction in an attempt to pay off his debt.
Rejected by law firms, Shin I-rang rents an eerie old office and lands his first job: a medical malpractice case for a ghost and his grieving wife.
Chair Kim offers conditional succession. Seol-ah gets entangled with Jun-beom, Woo-seok nears her, and wine arrives in a dead man’s name.
Hearing a recording of Seol-ah, Woo-seok feels pity and grows curious. The police arrest Seol-ah at the auction, and she resolves to end everything.
Xie Zheng starts wondering who the Fan family really are. Fan Changyu appears in court over Fan Da’s property case, which takes an unexpected turn.
Fan Changyu escapes from prison to find someone and fights alongside Xie Zheng. Gongsun Yin saves Xie Zheng, and Changyu is set free.