Wu Xie said he couldn't find A Ning, who had been bitten to death by a wild chicken-neck snake;
he couldn't find Yun Cai, whose lung had been pierced;
he couldn't find Pan Zi, who had remained forever in the Zhang family's ancient tower;
and he couldn't save Xie Yuchen, who was gravely injured.
Wu Ning wanted to make up for every one of Wu Xie's regrets.
Wu Ning saved A Ning, Yun Cai, and Pan Zi from death,
saved Xie Yuchen and protected the young Liu Sang,
secured Xiuxiu's century-old family business,
and paid off the bills Wu Xie had put under Xiao Hua's name.
He stopped Wu Xie from getting lung cancer,
spared the eighteen children inexplicably burdened with a great responsibility,
found Third Uncle, the bravest man trapped deep in the whirlpool,
cured Aunt Wenjin, the person Third Uncle loved most,
freed Zhang Qiling from the Heavenly Revelation in his mind,
and gave Xie Lianhuan the chance to make amends to his son, who had borne a lifetime of suffering after becoming head of the family at eight years old.
The thousand-year conflict between the Wang and Zhang families finally came to an end, too.
Wu Ning discovered that the last anomaly he needed to eliminate was himself.
And he was the only anomaly.
Wu Ning thought that after making up for all these regrets, everyone could live their lives in peace.
But he couldn't understand why, when there were no regrets left,
Wu Xie still risked his life to go to Thunder City,
and Liu Sang was still willing to wager one of his ears?
Because by then, Wu Xie hadn't seen his younger brother in a very, very long time.
To the people who knew him, Wu Ning seemed to have become another Xie Lianhuan, who died young; Wu Sansheng, who vanished without a trace; Huo Ling, whom her mother never saw again before she died; and Wenjin, whom the old man searched the mountains for.
Wu Ning:
