List of Mo Dao Zu Shi episodes

After Lan Wangji successfully stops the mysterious arm, Wei Wuxian escapes to prevent being spotted by him. He arrives at the nearby Mt. Dafan and meets another young disciple, Jin Ling from the Jin sect. The two have a heated argument which causes Jiang Cheng to come by. Wei Wuxian then learns that Jin Ling is the nephew of Jiang Cheng, whom was left orphaned because of Wei Wuxian's past mistakes. Due to being in Mo Xuanyu's body, Jiang Cheng was unable to recognise Wei Wuxian until the latter starts using his demonic abilities to save everyone from the escaped arm, which summons the Ghost General Wen Ning.

Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng, and their friend Nie Huaisang, start their education in the prestigious Cloud Recesses to become better cultivators. They meet the top disciple Lan Wangji, whom Wei Wuxian confessed he had angered upon his arrival in Gusu. Due to Wei Wuxian's playfulness, he broke three rules during his first encounter with Lan WangJi, and thus is resented by both the latter and the teacher Lan Qiren. However, despite his mischief, he is shown to be a knowledgeable student, although his solutions involve the use of the forbidden demonic path.

He is then punished to copy passages in the Library Pavilion and to be supervised by Lan Wangji, much to Wei Wuxian's dismay as he does not chat with him. One month later, Wei Wuxian finishes the punishment and draws a portrait of Lan Wangji as a farewell gift. But this is just another of his pranks as Lan Wangji was drawn femininely. Wei Wuxian also replaces Lan Wangji's poetry book with an erotic art book, causing a fight to break out in the library as Wei Wuxian teases him continuously.

The disciples of the Cloud Recesses are brought along to Biling Lake to exorcise the water ghouls that had mysteriously appeared recently. While they pass by Caiyi Town, they discover that water ghouls had also arrived in town. The disciples are puzzled as the corpses were not recognised by the locals and appear in a place where they did not drown in. As Biling Lake is overflowing with resentful energy, Wei Wuxian comes up with the idea to harvest these energy to counterattack the water ghouls, causing Jiang Cheng to stop him using the threat of copying more passages.

Wei Wuxian sneaks out at night again to enjoy his favourite wine, but is caught by Lan Wangji for the second time. As Wei Wuxian does not want to give up, he fights with him and causes them both to fall outside of the Cloud Recesses, which is a rule broken. This causes them to be punished by being beaten.

After hearing of a way to relieve the pain, Wei Wuxian joins Lan Wangji in the Cold Spring. Wei Wuxian uses this as an attempt to make friends with him, but Lan Wangji continues to refuse. Later, they hear a strange sound and rushes to defeat the feral zombies that have escaped. Lan Wangji holds up until Jiang Cheng and another disciple comes to give Lan Wangji his guqin, and successfully defeats the zombies. On the other hand, Wei Wuxian does not have a weapon and faces difficulties at his end. While fighting, he sees a rabbit and protects it while running from the zombies. One of them gets too close and resentful energy starts entering his body. Jiang Cheng comes just in time to return him his sword and they defeat the remaining zombies. Jiang Cheng then gets mad Wei Wuxian attempted to harness the resentful energy, which is forbidden and warrants his execution, but Wei promises not to do so again, having resisted its influence.

While the disciples learn about Lan sect's history, the topic of love raises a question towards Jin Zixuan about which lady he thinks is the fairest. Wei Wuxian comments that Jin Zixuan will choose his fiancee Jiang Yanli, but Jin Zixuan badmouths her. As her brothers, both Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng get offended and Wei Wuxian starts a fight with him. The fight causes their father Jiang Fengmian to personally come to Cloud Recesses to bring Wei Wuxian home.

Wei Wuxian gets lost finding the archery field in the Nightless City and meets Wen Ning while he was practicing his archery. Wei Wuxian asks him for directions and makes an acquaintance. At the field, every capable archers and the respective sect leaders gather for the Grand Discussion that is hosted by the Wen sect this year. When Wei Wuxian spotted Lan Wangji, he pulls a prank on him into thinking his headband is slanted, making the latter annoyed. The clan leaders take their seats, the leader of the Wen Clan sitting higher than the leaders of the other clans in an obvious power play. Right before the competition starts, Wen Ning is picked on by Wen Chao, the Wen Clan's heir, in which Wei Wuxian steps in to defend his archery skills. However, when told to prove his skills, Wen Ning fails to make a good shot due to nerves. But Wei Wuxian continues to praise him, which leads to Wen Ning's great trust in him. During the competition, Wen Chao breaks his own rules and causes an argument to break out.

Wen Chao reports back to the Wen sect leader Wen Ruohan about the incident at the archery competition, stating that the four clans had tricked him. This leads to the start of a series of malicious plans to take control over the four clans. The Cloud Recesses is burned down by Wen Xu, leaving the Lan sect leader gravely injured and Lan Xichen to disappear without a trace. The Wen sect also orders for disciples to be dispatched to Qishan as an attempt to keep them hostage. Their swords are confiscated and they are forced to search for the cave that Wen Chao wants to night-hunt in. Anyone who disobeys will have their Golden Core melted by Core-melting Hand Wen Zhuliu.

With the beast angered, the Wen sect escapes and block the cave entrance, preventing anyone else from leaving. Lan Wangji points out there is another opening as there are maple leaves in the pond despite the lack of trees, meaning there's a tunnel connected to the outside in the pond. As the beast returns to sleep, Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng dive into the water to search for the way out. However, Wei Wuxian accidentally awakens the beast when a body surprises him, but Jiang Cheng emerges with good news. Wei Wuxian stays to hold off the beast with a flame array while the others escape.

Lan Wangji pulls Wei Wuxian out of the water. In an attempt to keep him awake, Lan Wangji plays a song he has composed specially for him, although the latter passes out anyway. Wei Wuxian wakes up in his own room after being saved by Jiang Cheng. He then learns the Lan sect leader has died and the Wen sect has taken all the credit for killing the beast. When Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan comes to visit, the family once again has an argument over Jiang Fengmian's unfair treatment to Jiang Cheng. When the parents leave, Jiang Cheng gets angry at his own father for never taking him seriously as a Jiang and recounts how he came back to Yunmeng with great difficulty.

The Wen sect start to attack the Lotus Pier and its shield formation. The barrier is brought down when Wen Zhuliu kills the Jiang maintaining it and the Wen unleash a barrage of flame arrows that set fire to the Lotus Pier before invading. Yu Ziyuan leads her sons into battle. However, the fight is too huge to handle and Madame Yu decides to put Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng on a boat to safety. She and Jiang Cheng share a tearful goodbye and Yu Ziyuan hands over Zidian to Jiang Cheng. Wei Wuxian is made to promise he will protect Jiang Cheng with his life and the two leave against their will, paralyzed by Zidian and taken away by the currents.

Back in the Cloud Recesses, Lan Wangji is reprimanded for sending disciples to search for Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng as it is too dangerous, but Lan Qiren defends his motives. Lan Wangji laments the two are yet to be found, even though Jiang Yanli was safe. Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng take cover in a village, but the former finds Jiang Cheng missing when he returned with food. He rushes back to the Lotus Pier to save a weakened Jiang Cheng and Wen Ning hides them in his room to prevent them from being caught. While Wen Ning's sister Wen Qing originally disapproved, she eventually agrees to heal the brothers and keeps them safely hidden for a few days before Wen Chao returns.

Wei Wuxian brings Jiang Cheng to Yiling to meet Baoshan Sanren, ordering him to keep his blindfold on at all times and introduce himself as the son of Cangse Sanren. As Wei Wuxian waits on the foot of the mountain, he is ambushed by the Wen sect and stabbed through the chest by Wen Chao's sword. Wei Wuxian dares him to brutally kill him because after he dies he'll turn into a vicious ghost and torment the Wen to no end. The Wen throw him into the Burial Mounds where no one, dead or alive, ever returns, and leaves him to die. Following a tip the Jiang brothers were seen at Yiling, Lan Wangji arrive but finds only Wei Wuxian's fallen bell. When he returns to Gusu, he plays Inquiry but there is no information on him, dead or alive.

The Sunshot Campaign starts with the four clans marching into Qishan, but their attacks were in vain as Wen Ruohan overpowers them. Lan Wangji helps the Jiang sect by reinforcing their turf and Nie Mingjue beheads Wen Xu with his own hands. This victory boosts the morale of Nie Mingjue's followers and Wen Ruohan orders every branch of the Wen sect to join the fight. When the Lan and Jiang sects go to infiltrate the Wen sect one night, they discover that something else has already attacked the base, which has left most of its cultivators scared to death.

The fierce corpses only attack the Wen sect. Lan Wangji calls the technique sinister but deems the demonic cultivator a friend. The deceased Wang Lingjiao starts to attack Wen Chao and Wen ZhuLiu, and the cultivator shows himself. The cultivator overpowers Wen Zhuliu and uses use resentful energy to tear out his golden core, which he smashes. He finally reveals himself to be Wei Wuxian, catching the three by surprise. Wei Wuxian continues using his dark abilities to kill Wen Chao and Wen Zhuliu. With both dead, Lan Wangji warns Wei Wuxian of the price of pursuing demonic cultivation and fears he will not be able to control it. Wei Wuxian has lost his past cheerful self and cannot detect Lan Wangji's act of kindness when the latter offers to take him back to Gusu so he won't have to keep using the techniques. Lan Wangji leaves the battlefield in anguish as Wei Wuxian stays with Jiang Cheng. The brothers successfully take back Lotus Pier. To break the deadlock with the Wen, Wei Wuxian retrieves the iron sword from the Tortoise of Carnage's cave and forges it into the Stygian Tiger Seal.

Years ago, the four prestigious sects join hands to try and defeat Wen Ruohan. When Nie Mingjue goes up to attack Wen Ruohan one-to-one, he gets overpowered and Lan Xichen begins to help out. But even with the combined effort, Wen Ruohan's powers are impenetrable. Finally, Jin Guangyao ambushes him from behind, stabbing him to death and ending the Sunshot Campaign. In the present, Lan Xichen goes to the Carp Tower to visit Jin Guangyao. In the Cloud Recesses, Wei Wuxian tries to run away but Little Apple refuses. He remembers the need for the passage token to leave the Cloud Recesses's barrier and decides to sneak into the Cold Spring and steal one. He finds someone bathing in the spring and sees their back covered in scars from a discipline whip (which can never be removed).

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian continues their search and arrives in a forest. At the same time, Jin Ling is also here to night-hunt but meets Sect Leader Yao. The latter starts attacking him and this catches the attention of Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. The two then rush to stop Sect Leader Yao. Wei Wuxian explains the large amount of resentful energy here is causing hallucinations and Jin Ling is unaffected because of the Yunmeng bell. Later, the three of them discover the guards of the observation tower killed by a mysterious beast. As the air grows ominous, a snake-like beast attacks them. With the efforts of the three, they successfully kill the monster. However, as Sect Leader Yao talks about Jiang Yanli and Wei Wuxian, Jin Ling runs away. He ends up in a place full of corpses and Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian hurry over.

Jiang Cheng arrives and fights Wen Ning but the latter manages to escape. Jiang Cheng then confronts Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian as he still doubts this "Mo Xuanyu". He ultimately leaves with Jin Ling. Before they leave, Wei WuXian destroys the zombie array at the mountain so it will stop collecting resentful energy and trapping people, something Lan Wangji, despite his cultivation level, is unable to do. Nothing further is found on the mountain so they leave to continue investigating. They meet the crazy woman again and find a pile of dead bodies with sword marks from Shuanghua. Lan Wangji explains the sword belongs to a talented cultivator named Xiao Xingchen. The arm goes out of control again and escapes from the Cloud Recesses.

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji follow the sounds of Fairy barking and are led to a tower. Seeing that a hole is blown on the wall, they enter to start finding Jin Ling. On the other hand, Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen are trying to find Nie Huaisang. Upon entering the tower, Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian find a coffin with a sword inside. Lan Wangji then plays Inquiry to ask for Jin Ling's whereabouts. With the replies from the spirit, they find Jin Ling unconscious inside the wall. The tower then starts to crumble and attack. They immediately bring Jin Ling outside. Fairy suddenly senses something and runs off. Lan Wangji tells Wei Wuxian that he will chase after it and will meet up again later.

Jin Ling wakes up in the inn and vaguely recalls last night's events. On the other hand, Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian argue about the latter's misdeeds. However, Wen Ning suddenly appears to protect Wei Wuxian and the three fight outside. Wei Wuxian chases Wen Ning away to prevent him from losing control and runs away too. He gets chased by Fairy and enters an abandoned residence to hide from it. Jin Ling shows up and the two talk for a bit.

Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen discuss about the connection between the mysterious hand and Ghost General. Back in the abandoned residence, Wei Wuxian regains Wen Ning's consciousness and asks about what happened. However, Wen Ning cannot remember much about his days of being locked up, except the presence of Jin Guangshan and two other people, one of which wears GusuLan sect robes. Wei Wuxian then faints from the effects of the cursed marks and remembers his time in Yiling 15 years ago. Wei Wuxian finds Wen Yuan with Lan Wangji and decides to enjoy a meal with the latter. Although Lan Wangji tries to warn him of the consequences of demonic cultivation, Wei Wuxian reassures that he will not be harmed. Suddenly, trouble arises in the Burial Mound and they rush back to find Wen Ning going berserk. They work together to suppress Wen Ning and successfully regain his consciousness. Wei Wuxian then sends Lan Wangji off and the two share another conversation about Wei Wuxian's decisions. The latter is unwilling to give up on the Wen Remnants but is determined not to lose control, and hence the two part ways.

Wei Wuxian faints after the incident at Qiongqi Way and wakes up in his cave in the Burial Mound. When he sees Wen Ning, he beats him in rage and cries about not knowing what to do. Wen Qing uses a needle to render him weak and explains she and Wen Ning will confess their crimes. Even though Wei Wuxian refuses, he is unable to stop them and wakes three days later. He goes to the Nightless City where the other sects are holding a ceremony to pay their respects to those killed by the Wen (including Wen Ning), and to vow to kill Wei Wuxian and the Wen remnant. Wei Wuxian wants to find out the truth behind the Hundred Holes but after someone makes Wen Ning go berserk and summons resentful energy to corrupt Wei Wuxian, a fight ensues. Lan Wangji tries to reason with Wei Wuxian but he is too far gone to listen. Suddenly, Jiang Yanli arrives on the battlefield to find him but is injured by a fierce corpse. Wei Wuxian frantically orders the fierce corpses to stay away from her, but it fails as he has totally lost control. While Wei Wuxian holds her dearly in his arms, Jiang Yanli tells him to stop and he regains control of himself and the fierce corpses.

Nie Huaisang enters the room, stating that he was merely nearby, which Wei Wuxian finds suspicious, as he and Lan Wangji found his folding fan near the castle. Wei Wuxian begins to interrogate him about the castle. On the way there, Nie Huaisang explains that the human-eating castle is in fact his sect's burial grounds. Its reputation for "eating people" is a fabricated rumor to discourage people to enter, and ruckuses are caused by the swords left behind by the deceased Nie Sect ancestors. When they arrive, they find corpses and a group of black-clad people preparing to attack them. Wei Wuxian engages them while Lan Wangji goes to check the tower. When Nie Huaisang is suddenly targeted, Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao arrive to aid them. During the fight, Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian discover one of the black-clad cultivators is skilled in Gusu's sword techniques and has scars from casting the Hundred Holes curse.

The zombie hand also appears and Wei Wuxian questions the link with it. After, they find a pair of legs that matches with the zombie arm sewn onto one of the corpses. They then part ways and Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji continue their search for the other parts. The zombie hand points them to a new direction and the two set off West. In town, Lan Wangji tries to ask how Wei Wuxian has died, but the latter refuses to tell. He then finds a pellet drum for sale and remembers how he used to love this toy. A memory of young Lan Wangji giving a pellet drum to young Wei Wuxian resurfaces, back when they were both children, before an orphaned Wei Wuxian was taken to the Lotus Pier.

As Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji journey towards Yi City, Wei Wuxian once again attempts to figure out how Lan Wangji recognised him but fails, although Lan Wangji looks amused. Instead, the pair find sword marks carved against the mountains along with a trail of blood. Two hours earlier, Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian discover that the ghost arm no longer points them in the direction of its body. Lan Wangji receives a message from his brother explaining the stone castle issue has been solved but Lan Xichen is still worried that a calamity is approaching the cultivation world. In order to gather clues about the dismembered corpse, Lan Wangji wants to find nearby cultivation clans but Wei Wuxian gets faster and more reliable information from the locals due to his carefree nature.

The locals inform them that some junior cultivators passed through earlier, headed towards Yi City, famous for their funeral accessories. Once inside the city, Wei Wuxian continues to tease Lan Wangji to little effect. They suddenly encounter Jin Ling as he was separated from the other juniors. He explains that he, Lan Sizhui, and Lan Jingyi are investigating a case about cat corpses nailed to door frames of the inns they stay at. The string of corpses lead them towards Yi City from Liyang. Apparently, ten years ago the Yueyang Chang Clan located in Liyang was massacred overnight, only Clan Leader Chang Ping survived.

The resistance was later turned into a cemetery but when the juniors investigated the location, all the corpses had been dug up years ago. It is said to have been the Yiling Laozu’s doing but Lan Wangji explains the culprit was Xue Yang, who had a grudge against the clan. When he was caught by Xiao Xingcheng, Chang Ping suddenly recanted his testimony and Xue Yang was released. Xue Yang later caused Xiao Xingchen’s closest friend to become blind but Chang Ping’s corpse had both eyes cut out and was killed with Shuanghua, Xiao Xingchen’s sword. The murderer hasn't been confirmed. Prior to Chang Ping’s death, Jin Guangyao sentenced Xue Meng to death. Jin Ling discovers a paper mannequin and several corpses, each a civilian, who’s been dead for several years yet not decayed, and killed with Shuanghua a Frost mark. The group is ambushed by walking corpses. When discovering spiritual cultivation does no damage, Wei Wuxian attempts to use demonic cultivation but the corpses do not obey. Leaving a fallen Jin Ling to Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian dispatches the corpses. Discovering one corpse belongs to the Chang Clan and is missing his eyes, Lan Wangji plays Inquiry. The memory that unravels reveals Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan bring Xue Yang to Jin Guangshan for punishment.

Wei Wuxian engages in conversation with Xiao Xingchen while they flee from the walking corpses. Jin Ling wakes up during the escape, causing the trio to fall off the building and take shelter in an abandoned courtyard. Xiao Xinghcen warns Wei Wuxian and Jin Ling about the corpses while under the effects of corpse poisoning. Meanwhile, Lan Wangji eradicates more corpses, following a ghost girl with a bamboo pole who leads him to unconscious Lan Clan juniors. While corpses are trying to enter the courtyard, Wei Wuxian creates a demonic barrier but it’s breached by a vicious corpse. While Xiao Xingchen is being watched by Jin Ling, Wei Wuxian deduces that the new corpse is being controlled by someone. Using twin paper mannequins, Wei Wuxian incapacitates the corpse, revealed to be Song Zichen. He finds puncture holes from skull piercing needles in its neck, a severed tongue, and the mark of Xiao Xingchen’s weapon. Wei Wuxian begins to realize that “Xiao Xingchen” is not who he seems. “Xiao Xingchen” uses demonic cultivation to attack Wei Wuxian. Song Zichen also moves to attack but Wen Ning intervenes and moves the fight outside. Xiao Xingchen is revealed to be Xue Yang, who puts Jin Ling to sleep using corpse poison before addressing Wei Wuxian as the Yiling Patriarch, explaining that he wants his help in restoring one's spirit.

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji use Empathy on A-Qing in order to find out what unfolded between her, Xue Yang, Xiao Xingchen, and Song Lan. Empathy is an incredibly dangerous technique that allows the caster to witness the memories of a ghost through first-person. Once witnessing the past, they discover that Xiao Xingchen saved Xuan Yang shortly after Jin Guangyao sentenced him to death by finding him near the road. However, due to Xiao Xingchen being blind and Xue Yang changing his voice, he cannot tell that Xue Yang is his greatest enemy. The daec piece together that A-Qing is not blind, just a good actor. Seeing that Xue Yang attempted to kill her, A-Qing falls over the threshold of the cemetery house, gaining his faith that she is blind. Even with Xue Yang healed, he refuses to leave them, and even joins Xiao Xingchen on night-hunts. On their night hunt, Xue Yang has cut out the tongues of nearby villagers. Since they now sound like walking corpses, Xiao Xingchen does not hesitate to kill them since he cannot see. A-Qing followed them on their night-hunt, but after discovering fake livor mortis, decides Xue Yang is helpful. One night, Xue Yang told a story of a little boy who got humiliated and abused when running an errand for a man in exchange for candy (which he didn't even get). He didn't make it clear that it's about himself but A-Qing and Xiao Xingchen figured it out anyway and sympathized with the situation he was in.

The next day, Xiao Xingchen brings candies for the kids and a hairpin for A-Qing. Two years later, Xue Yang is attacked by Song Zichen but has his tongue removed which also gives him livor mortis spots. Xiao Xingchen, who arrives moments later, kills his sworn brother thinking he was a walking corpse without realizing it’s Song Zichen who came to warn him about Xue Yang. A-Qing was witness to this but Xue Yang discovers her. When they’re arguing, Xiao Xingchen hears his real voice and stabs him. While fighting, Xue Yang finishes his story about the boy who loved candy. When the boy chased after the man’s chart, his finger was run over and removed. The man was of the Chang sect, which warranted their deaths. Xue Yang reveals what the pair had been hunting for the past two years. Upon discovering that he killed Song Zichen, Xiao Xingchen cries tears of blood while Xue Yang degrades him. His words make Wei Wuxian remember his own life. Xiao Xingchen kills himself with his sword. Sensing Wei Wuxian’s distress, Lan Wangji offers him an umbrella. At the sound of the clarity bell, the alpha-beta pair awakens from Empathy in time to fight against Xue Yang. With Lan Wangji fighting Xue Yang in the forest, a mass of walking corpses advance on their shelter. Using his own blood, Wei Wuxian summons all the corpses and paper mannequins from Yi City to aid in the disposal of the corpses.

After Xue Yang is taken away, Lan Wangji suspects the Stygian Tiger Seal was on his person. Additionally, they find the second arm of the corpse. Returning to the city, the junior disciples burn money and release lanterns on the water as tribute to the deceased of Yi City. When Wei Wuxian attempts to stop the boys, they reply that since he was never dead, he wouldn’t know and that if he didn’t get any it was because no one gave him any. Wei Wuxian feels betrayed when Lan Wangji doesn’t admit to sending any either. With most of the pieces of the demonic hand gathered, Wei Wuxian guesses that it was Xue Yang who dismembered, experimented on, and hid all the pieces. Lan Sizhui explains that all the cat corpse locations were in a line pointing towards Yi City, except for one located in Yunping City. Once there, the group finds Fairy and Lil’ Apple fighting. Wei Wuxian insists that the donkey was a gift from Lan Wangji, which leads to the juniors arguing before being silenced with a spell. The cat corpse was discovered at Guanyin Temple but once they arrive, Wei Wuxian sees the location instead as a former brothel where women danced. After deciding to stay in the city, Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian run into a group of children reenacting the Sunshot Campaign and arguing over which historical figure should be leader. The kids certainly have their personalities down. When “Jiang Cheng” reminds “Yiling Patriarch” how he died, the air changes.

The “Yiling Patriarch” is pushed and left by the other kids, the “Stygian Tiger Seal” breaking in half. Lan Wangji assisted the child and was given some beans as thanks. Humor restored, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji return to the inn where the latter agrees to drink with him. While eating, the innkeeper tells tales of the Guanyin Temple’s past being a brothel. He also explains that the locals pray to the temple for help with ghosts instead of going to the Yunmeng Jiang Clan that resides over the area. The innkeeper explains the reason behind this is due to Jiang Cheng’s terrifying habit of kidnapping and torturing demonic cultivators, insisting that each is Wei Wuxian’s reincarnation. After winning a bet where Wei Wuxian drinks an entire jar of wine without getting drunk, Wei Wuxian claims his surname is Lan and the innkeeper must adopt that name. Surprised, Lan Wangji accidentally eats a chili pepper. Wei Wuxian accidentally gets Lan Wangji drunk after one drink, but is surprised when that means he falls asleep. After putting him to bed, removing and folding the forehead ribbon in the process, Wei Wuxian goes to investigate the temple. He encounters Wen Ning who is watching the juniors argue over demonic cultivators and their need to be exterminated. Meanwhile, Lan Wangji wakes up from a bad memory of Wei Wuxian’s death and finds Wei Wuxian with Wen Ning. Lan Wangji childishly pushes Wen Ning away. With Wei Wuxian realizing that Lan Wangji is still drunk, he sends Wen Ning away, and tries to herd Lan Wangji back to their room.