As the Shadow Fox Empress began to gloat over her victory, Honghong says this was all part of the Black Fox Lady's plan, to make spirits and humans fight each other, to have Yuechu go around the world to satisfy Honghong's wish to stop the wars, to strengthen Yuechu's own Xukong Zhilei, which can only be fully mastered by such a display of sincerity. Then Heihu would barge in last minute to take the Xukong Zhilei from Yuechu.
However, Honghong then says with a grin that she and Dongfang had used the Xukong Zhilei from Yuechu's right eyeball as their fabao for the Pledge of Love, and the Empress would have no choice, but to protect and keep Honghong safe lest she die, causing Dongfang to never be reincarnated and the Empress to never be able to acquire the Xukong Zhilei.
Previously, Huoshen had gone before the Empress to beg her to kill Honghong and Dongfang and help him take revenge. She agreed, having already planned to do so before killing off Huoshen. In shock, the Empress tried in vain to prevent Dongfang's half of the Tear Void from following him into the afterlife. Though they had partially fallen into the Empress's trap, they had managed to turn the tables on her and were able to reincarnate.
The play came to an end and the others began to discuss it. The Yiqidao sect feel bad for bullying Bai Yuechu after learning he is the reincarnation of Dongfang. Wang Fugui gloats over how he is the reincarnation of the powerful Wangquan Fugui, but behind her back blames Qingtong for not being able to inherit the spirit power. Tushan Susu asks if she was in fact Tushan Honghong. In response a mysterious Fox Spirit (Zuoshi) appeared on stage and answered her question affirmatively. Rongrong recognized the stranger and asked him why he had come to Tushan.
Another flashback occurs to a time shortly before the strangers appearance, having failed to kill Susu previously, the Southern Princess was brought to meet the leader of the Shadow Foxes herself. The princess asked the Empress if she was afraid of Honghong. Luolan replied she wasn't afraid, but that it simply wasn't time yet to kill her.
The princess began to berate the Empress, but Zuoshi, a former Tushan Fox Spirit, along with a large muscular man wearing shades (Shi Kuan), arrived and trapped her within an illusion spell, commenting that she is still attached to Bai Yuechu (via Pingqiu Yuechu). He explained he had come out of courtesy in order to notify the Empress he planned to attack Tushan. The Empress then laughed in approval and the scene returned to the present.
Tushan Meimei, now calling himself Zuoshi, Rongrong's "brother", explained he had returned to his old family having discovered a different way of beating them.