Dance of the Phoenix Episode 23

With the second Star Shard, Lord Mu’s soul is gradually awakening. The bird spirit can now come in and out of Feng Wu’s spirit ring freely. Qing Luan is curious why the Queen is collaborating with the Lord Demon. The Queen claims that she is doing it for the people. According to her, the King interrupted Lord Mu’s ascension to immortality at the crucial moment which caused him to fail. Back then, Lord Mu picked 2 people to govern the continent, the King and Lord Demon. The King played nice to fool Lord Mu and waited 10 years to be the sole ruler. The Queen further claims that Feng Wu has now bewitched Lin Yuan and Qing Luan would have to wake him up. Zhao Ge makes Xuan Yi feels shy with her bold hints of her feelings for him. Huang Li apologizes to Ming Ye for misunderstanding him in the past and gives him some pills to help him in his recovery from the fight with Master Wu. The Master Wu incident has made her realize that appearance can be deceiving. The Celestial Palace leader drops by to the Junwu Academy. She notices Zhao Ge doing her training. Mu Yao challenges her to a duel in which she lost. Zhao Ge is a little disappointed when her mother left the academy without a word. Xuan Yi comforts her that it is only pride which is holding her mother back from acknowledging her. Mu Yao is not happy when the leader reprimands her for insulting Zhao Ge. Qing Luan advises her not to make an enemy out of Zhao Ge. She doesn’t mind losing her position to Zhao Ge in the event that their master decides to accept back Zhao Ge as her daughter. All Qing Luan wants is to defeat Feng Wu. Zhao Ge hears Feng Wu talking to the bird spirit when she returns to their room. She is still skeptical about Qing Luan’s claims because Feng Wu is always kind to her. Zhao Ge asks her out to see the lanterns and fireworks for the night. Ming Ye drags Feng Wu to the top level of a building to watch the fireworks. He confesses his feelings for her but she turns him down. Ming Ye knows that Feng Wu only has feelings for Lin Yuan. He feels dejected and leaves. Lin Yuan then appears. He has arranged for lanterns to be released with Feng Xun and Xuan Yi’s help. Lin Yuan looks into Feng Wu’s eyes and then kisses her. He is grateful that she is willing to share her secrets with him and really wants to be with her. Zhao Ge begins to have doubts when Qing Luan tries to convince her that the current Feng Wu has a different personality than the one before. (Source: DramaSlot)