Zhang Li

In Love Beyond the Grace (白日提灯), the spirit lord He Simu (贺思慕) has swapped senses twice with her ally Duan Xu (段胥). The first time, she nearly perished after Fang Chang (方昌) betrayed her. The second time, she survived an attack from Song Xingyu (宋兴雨), the master of Jiuling Dian (亼灵殿). Each exchange costs her all spiritual power—a secret only she and Duan Xu know. When betrayal struck, she teased Duan Xu as a suspect. But in truth, Fang Chang’s clumsy plot revealed the real enemy. It was never the puppet-master Song Xingyu (宋兴雨), nor Bai Sanxing (白散行) imprisoned in the Jiugong (九宫) Labyrinth. The one who truly wants the Wanling (万灵) Lantern—and has loved He Simu for 400 years—is her own right-hand man, Yan Ke (晏柯). A Foolish Betrayal Fang Chang, disguised as a minor spirit, kept urging a ghost named Chen Ying (沉英) to seize the Wanling Lantern. That lantern represents the supreme authority of the spirit realm’s ruler. For four centuries, many wandering spirits resented He Simu’s reign, but those who dared to challenge her were annihilated. The survivors either lacked power or could not find her weakness. Fang Chang’s trap, however, was laughably crude. He set…