An Yuexi

She had power, beauty, and a high rank in the afterlife. Yet Yan Zhang (颜璋) suffered the cruelest fate in Love Beyond the Grace (白日提灯). Not Shao Yinyin (邵茵茵), who died young. Not Yan Ke (晏柯), who waited three hundred years for rejection. Yan Zhang lived two lives—one as a human, one as a wandering spirit—and in both, the man she loved most stabbed her in the back. He killed her twice. What drove her to repeat the same mistake? The answer lies in two fatal flaws that turned devotion into destruction. Obsessive Hatred As a human, Yan Zhang loved a man who betrayed her. She died with that hatred burning in her chest. When she woke up in Guixu (归墟)—the realm of wandering spirits—that rage became her only anchor. Most people, given a second chance, would let go. Not her. She broke the Jinbi (金壁) Law again and again just to hunt her killer. Even when the punishment nearly erased her from existence, she didn't stop. A single thought drove her: make him pay. Her obsession didn't fade with time. It grew sharper. When she later captured Fang Chang, a man who murdered his own lover and blamed someone…

After watching episode 25 of Love Beyond the Grace (白日提灯), one character lingers longer than the leads. Yan Zhang (颜璋), a secondary figure, arrives as a heartbroken woman who turns into a Ling (灵)—a spirit bound by unfinished business. She dies once as a human, betrayed by a worthless man. Then she dies again as a spirit, shattered by the very person she believed saved her. The show asks a painful question: why do some women give everything to those who have nothing to give back? Yan Zhang’s story is not just fantasy. It is a mirror. And the reflection is brutal. A Grateful Heart’s Trap Yan Zhang’s trouble begins with gratitude. Before she becomes a Ling, a man breaks her heart in the human world. She dies with that pain still fresh. Then Yan Ke (晏柯) appears. He kills that man for her. He ends her earthly obsession. To Yan Zhang, this feels like rescue. She mistakes a transaction for tenderness. He solved a problem. She turned that into a love story. From that moment, she gives him everything—her loyalty, her risky moves, her very existence as a spirit. She betrays the Ling Lord, He Simu (贺思慕). She practices…