Duo Xia agrees to divorce Yuan Ling and marry Mukesha in return for his retraction of forces. Qing Chen and Duo Xia plan to assassinate Mukesha on the night of their wedding; however, Qing Chen's late arrival leads to a fatality.

Yuan Ling heads towards the emperor's palace with the intention to overthrow the emperor. He challenges the emperor in a duel and succeeds the throne. Meanwhile, Yuan Zhan hears of his mother's suicide and avenges her death by armoring up.

Qing Chen and Yuan Li's time runs out as they slowly begin to fade from the world. The dark sorceress hands the last sacred pebble to Qing Chen and demands the circle of nine transformations be opened, to be united with the former emperor.