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Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are attacked by White No Face, but run away when they realize they can’t win. They free Mu Qing and Feng Xin, so that the two of them can escape and report the situation back to heaven. Xie Lian and Hua Cheng chase after White No Face, and find out that he has devoured the bandage ghost Lang Ying, who was a Yong’An citizen. White No Face escapes to the volcano kiln on Mount...

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Feng Xin and Mu Qing cause an avalanche that drops them, along with Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, into the cave of ten thousand gods. Feng Xin and Mu Qing find Hua Cheng acting strangely, so they separate Xie Lian from him. They discover from the statues and paintings in the cave that Hua Cheng has been following Xie Lian for 800 years and was the small child that fell during the god pleasing parade. Th...

Xie lian and hua cheng use guzi to trick qi rong into freeing all the prisoners. They turn qi rong into a daruma doll and hurry back to the others. Unfortunately xuan ji gets to pei ming before they can help, and she tortures him and tries to kill him. Luckily, the rain master arrives just in time to stop xuan ji and save pei ming. We also learn the rain master’s background and how she is the prin...

The guoshi tells the mountain to take everyone to the kiln in two days. On the way, Hua Cheng tells Xie Lian there is another divine temple of Wuyong nearby. They decide to go look and find more murals. In the murals, the crown prince of wu yong decided to make a bridge from his kingdom to heaven to bring all his citizens to heaven before the volcano erupts. Pei Ming thinks this plan is both impre...

We find out the backstory of Yin Yu and Quan YiZhen. Yin Yu’s subordinate tricked Quan YiZhen into wearing the Brocade Immortal, which cause Yin Yu to accidentally order Quan YiZhen to kill heavenly officials and kill himself. Jun Wu stops Quan YiZhen before he can cut off his own head. Yin Yu immediately gets a terrible reputation and nothing he says will make him innocent in the eyes of others....

Xie Lian, Hua Cheng, Pei Ming, Banyue, Pei Su, and Ling Wen are saved from being crushed by two mountains when Yin Yu appears from the ground with the Earth Master Shovel. Hua Cheng reveals that Black Water abandoned the shovel in the ghost realm, so he has no idea what happened to Shi QingXuan. Using the shovel, the group dig themselves into the stomach of one of the 3 mountain spirits surroundin...

Pei Ming and Ling Wen are kidnapped by Jing Wen, who used to be Ling Wen’s superior. It’s revealed that Jing Wen harassed and bullied Ling Wen, and in retribution, she burned Jing Wen’s temples and harassed his followers until Jing Wen’s powers declined. Jing Wen antagonizes the brocade immortal, causing it to break free and kill him. Then the brocade immortal attacks Pei Ming and Xie Lian. Pei Mi...

Hua Cheng’s body is still unconscious as Xie Lian and Pei Ming face off against Ke Mo and the blade demon. Pei Su and Banyue suddenly appear to help, fighting off the ghosts and sealing them inside clay pots. They are there in order to help the Rain Master, but got separated when they heard Xie Lian calling their names. The blade demon turns out to be Pei Ming’s old subordinate Rong Guang, who sta...

We find out that Feng Xin is the real father of the fetus spirit, and that he and Lan Chang were lovers 800 years ago. Lan Chang and Cuo Cuo run away, and Fu Yao pursues them while Feng Xin reports back to heaven. Jun Wu descends to meet with Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, saying that the situation in Moung Tonglu has gone worse, and that he personally needs to infiltrate as a spy to stop a ghost king fr...

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng flee Puqi Village after a fight against Heaven’s Eye and his army of monks. They eventually come across a ghostly inn in the middle of nowhere, operated by Qi Rong and his subordinates. Xie Lian tries to save Heaven’s Eye’s group from Qi Rong’s plans, and in doing so finds out that Fu Yao is also at the inn pursuing Lang Ying and the fetus spirit. Hua Cheng destroys the inn...

Xie Lian discovers that Ling Wen is the creator of the Brocade Immortal. He takes her down to puqi shrine, allowing her one final day with the brocade immortal before he will take her back to heaven for a trial. At the shrine, he cooks up a dinner of meatballs, which he names the Incorrigible Chastity Meatballs. Quan Yizhen tries them, and passes out. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Lang Ying is ac...

Hua Cheng is strongly affected by the opening of Mount Tong’lu, and Xie Lian is forced to suck his excess spiritual energy out to help calm him down. During the chaos, Qi Rong runs away with Guzi and threatens to send Hua Cheng’s enemies after him now that he is weak. The next day Hua Cheng can’t remember what happened, and Xie Lian lies that they fought until he calmed down. They decide to part w...

It is revealed that Earth Master Ming Yi is actually the Supreme Ghost King, Black Water Demon He Xuan! Shi Wudu and Shi Qingxuan are captured by him, in revenge for stealing his fate. He was supposed to have become a heavenly official hundreds of years ago, but instead he was given a fate of suffering and misfortune. He offers Shi Qingxuan a way to live, if he kills his own brother. Shi Qingxuan...

Shi Wudu is facing his third heavenly calamity, and Shi QingXuan decides to go to him to help. Xie Lian is about to give them space, when Ling Wen announces that 200 fishermen got trapped in the calamity. Xie Lian has no choice but to go and help, and Hua Cheng accompanies him. During the Calamity, the group all drift to Black Water’s lair, and their ship sinks. Xie Lian and Hua Cheng find themsel...

Xie Lian goes to the heavenly court to visit Shi QingXuan, only to find that he has been tied to his bed by Shi Wudu. Xie Lian and Ming Yi help him escape using Ming Yi’s heavenly shovel. They run to the Rain Master’s domain, and Xie Lian learns the truth behind Shi Qingxuan’s ascension. Shi Wudu used an evil spell to switch the fate of his brother and another person named He Sheng. Shi Qingxuan w...

Xie Lian and Ming Yi find Shi Qingxuan unconscious at the pavilion. The three tumors arrive on a golden carriage and Shi WuDu immediately rushes to Shi Qingxuan’s side. However, when Shi Qingxuan wakes up, he goes crazy and pushes Shi WuDu away, screaming in agony. Shi WuDu is alarmed and forces him to go unconscious so that he can take him back to heaven for treatment. Xie Lian wants to help, but...

Xie Lian, Hua Cheng, Shi Qingxuan, and Ming Yi are transported to the city of Fugu by the Reverend of Empty Words. There, they witness a Bloody Fire Social, that is celebrating the Scholar He Sheng who murdered a group of evil townspeople after a life of unfair injustice. Xie Lian suspects Ming Yi of being the Reverend in disguise, and comes up with a game to test him. Ming Yi, however, passes the...

The heavenly officials can’t figure out who the father of the fetus spirit is, and so their meeting is dismissed. Xie Lian goes back to Puqi shrine to find Hua Cheng there paying a visit! He cooks them dinner, but his terrible cooking creates a poisonous soup that makes Qi Rong sick. Hua Cheng, however, eats the soup happily and praises Xie Lian’s cooking. The next day, Shi QingXuan and Ming Yi pa...

Xie Lian gets entangled fighting a fetus spirit ghost, until Hua Cheng saves him and takes him back to ghost city. They enjoy a night out, eating dinner together and writing poetry in the Qiandeng Temple, until the ghosts shout out that paradise manor is on fire! Xie Lian and Hua Cheng find out that the fetus spirit was stolen during the fire, and that the person who stole it was Lan Chang, who is...

Xie Lian takes Qi Rong and Guzi back to his shrine to try and get Qi Rong out of the human’s body, but Qi Rong refuses to leave. Later, he returns to heaven for the Mid Autumn Festival. At the festival, he meets the god of the West Quan Yi Zhen, who is known for beating up his own followers. Afterwards, the Battle of the Lanterns begins, where Xie Lian wins first place with 3,000 lanterns lit by H...

The human face disease spreads throughout Xian Le capital, and Xie Lian figures out the cure, but the cure is so horrifying that he can’t let anyone know. Xie Lian loses faith in himself and his powers are strained, as he continues to lose against the yong’an army and unsuccessfully tries to contain the spread of the disease. Finally, the people of Xian Le turn their backs on Xie Lian and burn all...

An extra episode this week that we recorded during our trip to Seoul, South Korea. We talk about our visit to Painter of the Night cafe in AK& mall as well as other BL experiences. Then we diverge into other BL content we've been consuming. Photos can be found on our twitter! twitter.com/blhqpodcast Support the show Patreon supporters get Bottom of the Show extra podcast, uncut episodes,...

After an incident where a Yong'An family is brutally killed, a war breaks out. Xie Lian decides to descend from heaven in order to help the Xian Le royal army push back the Yong’An refugees. However, Xie Lian is lured into a trap and is confronted by Lang Ying, the leader of the Yong’An army, and a mysterious ghost wearing funeral robes and a laughing crying mask. A young soldier arrives to s...

Xie Lian learns that his kingdom is facing a drought, and that the people of Yong’An are escaping their dying city to go to Xian Le capital as refugees. Tensions rise between the two sides as resources grow low. One of the Yong’An refugees, Lang Ying, loses his son and wife from the drought and travels to Xian Le for help, only to be turned away by the royal family and humiliated by the capitol ci...