Yu'er expresses to Sheng that she wishes to leave the palace, and therefore his side. Yu Ning and Han Jiang question the strangeness of Yishui Village.
Everyone mysteriously disappears from Yishui Village besides Yu Ning, Han Jiang, and Prince Lu. On their own journey out, Yu Ning reunites with an old friend.
When Tie Yuan leads an attack on the Suqin Clan, Suqin Zi Yan vows to take revenge. Han Jiang brings Yu Ning somewhere that brings back sorrowful memories.