A Qixi Festival Wall-Climbing Tale

Jingtian's soul returns to the heavens, but Chonglou saves him. Escaping death, he survives and settles on Mount Shu. He calls himself the "Sect Leader's husband," but the disciples all scoff at him. Changqing is busy day and night with the affairs of Mount Shu, while Jingtian spends his days idling about and causing trouble. He gets into all kinds of embarrassing scrapes: nearly fishing the ornamental fish from the lotus pond to eat (they are Qingwei's beloved pets), and repeatedly making medicinal dishes in the Mount Shu kitchen to nourish Changqing and win his favor, only to set the kitchen on fire. Everyone protests, and Changqing has no choice but to enforce the rules of Mount Shu and make Jingtian pay for the damage. With no other way to earn money, Jingtian takes a job at a tavern at the foot of Mount Shu, introduced by Changyin's distant nephew Chang Quanquan (Jingtian doesn't recognize the name Chang Maodie). The place turns out to be very strange: it has neither an owner nor any staff. Chang Quanquan says it's a tavern run by his godmother, but business has been poor and the place has been quiet, so she doesn't much want to manage it. Since Jingtian has come looking for work to pay off his debt, she might as well hand the shop over to him. Chang Quanquan says his godmother has gone traveling and left him in charge of supervising. Under his strict watch, Jingtian works himself to the bone, grumbling to himself and repeatedly taking the blame for customers' mistakes. As dusk approaches on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Jingtian counts his money, thinking that after paying off his debt he might have enough left to buy Changqing a little gift. Then a customer arrives and breaks a wineglass. Chang Quanquan blames Jingtian, who angrily looks up and discovers that the customer is... Theme: