Lu Wuyi (露芜衣) is not just another character in Veil of Shadows (月鳞绮纪). Halfway through the drama, the Dragon God claims that Jiuying (九婴) shares the same weakness as him. Most viewers think that weakness is love for Lu Wuyi. But that reading misses something crucial. The real answer hides inside her body—a final Soul Fragment that Jiuying left behind. This twist changes everything about the story's illusions, memories, and the true bond between the two gods.
Not Love, But Survival
The Dragon God has clearly fallen for Lu Wuyi. He would die for her. So when he says Jiuying has the same flaw, the natural assumption is that Jiuying also loves her. But love does not fit the facts. One thousand years ago, Dizhu (地珠) picked up a small snake. That act tied Dizhu to Jiuying, not Lu Wuyi. When Dizhu died, Jiuying did not sacrifice himself. He moved on. Why would he care so much about a later copy?
Lu Wuyi was created as a vessel. Jiuying used pieces from other foxes in Wu Xiang Yue (无相月)—for example, Wu Wangyan's (雾妄言) heart. She is not Dizhu. She is a container. The logical explanation is that her body holds something Jiuying cannot afford to lose. According to Baize (白泽), Jiuying scattered eighty-one Soul Fragments across the world. As long as one remains, he cannot die. The Twin Flower Mages of Shilin (侍鳞) Sect have been searching for these fragments. They know three are still missing, but they cannot sense them. That is because Jiuying is cunning. Like a fox with multiple burrows, he hid the last piece inside Lu Wuyi herself.
Now the current Fox King, who is actually Jiuying, calls Jiling (寄灵) Lu Wuyi's fated person. The hidden meaning is clear: if Jiling ever falls in love with her, he will never be able to kill her. Add Wu Wangyan, who protects Lu Wuyi like a maniac, and no one can touch her. Jiuying's strategy is a classic case of hiding in plain sight. The mages cannot sense the fragment because it lives inside a living, breathing person. That is not romance. That is self-preservation.
The Illusion's Hidden Owner
Star Stone illusions require a witness. The disaster illusion needed the butterfly demon. The "Wu Wangyan Steals Light" illusion needed Wu Shiguang (武拾光). But neither the Dragon God nor Lu Wuyi lived through the events of Dizhu's tribe. So who is the real owner of this illusion? It is Jiuying. Because Lu Wuyi carries his fragment inside her, he entered the illusion along with her.
The drama explains that Jiuying was born after the Star Stones fell. To grow more heads and gain power, he hunted down every man who liked Dizhu. He fed on their evil thoughts and fear. In doing so, he watched everything that happened in the tribe from the shadows. He saw Dizhu as the chief's daughter. He saw her love for colorful stones. He saw her father prepare a special gift called "Silver Moonlight" for her wedding ceremony. These are not random details.
In Wu Xiang Yue, the Fox King often gives Lu Wuyi colorful stones behind the other foxes' backs. At first, this seemed like a sign that Lu Wuyi was developing her own taste. She only liked flowers, after all. But now the connection is clear. Jiuying built Lu Wuyi based on Dizhu's appearance, preferences, and memories. He even recreated the stone-giving habit. This proves that Jiuying personally witnessed the fall of the Aodeng (敖登) tribe. He is not just a distant villain. He was there.
A Thousand-Year Echo
Does Jiuying feel anything for Lu Wuyi? Yes, but not in the way the Dragon God does. The Dragon God loves her for who she is now. Jiuying looks at her and sees a ghost. He created her to resemble Dizhu, the woman he watched from the shadows a millennium ago. He gives her stones because Dizhu loved stones. He keeps her alive because her body holds his last Soul Fragment. That is not love for Lu Wuyi. That is a long echo of unfinished business.
The tragedy is that Dizhu probably never knew Jiuying existed. She picked up a little snake once, but she did not know what it would become. Jiuying watched her from a distance, consumed by something between obsession and affection. When she died, he did not die with her. Instead, he waited a thousand years and then built a copy. He gave that copy the heart of another fox, the face of a different creature, and the memories he had stolen. Then he surrounded her with colorful stones and called her his own.
So the Dragon God is wrong to say he and Jiuying share the same weakness. The Dragon God's weakness is love. Jiuying's weakness is fear—fear of losing the last piece of Dizhu that remains, fear of death, and fear of letting go. Lu Wuyi is not a lover to him. She is a lockbox. And as long as she lives, so does he.
