Once he realizes how he feels, every waking minute that he waits for Chang Ge to return to the nine-heaven realm seems like torture. Qing Mu was worried about what that god was showing Chang Ge, or maybe he was changing her heart as Qing Mu waited for her to return but he couldn't bring himself to be rash and go to the spirit realm either.
Qing Mu paced in his palace, the only thing that he could do was wait for her to return but she didn't return that night. Frustrated he went to find Tian Qi.
"I don't know what to do." Qing Mu said to Tian Qi as soon as he opened the door to Tian Qi's palace
"With what?" Tian Qi asked his brother in confusion
"With Chang Ge." Qing Mu said to him and Tian Qi nodded
"Should we talk over tea?" Tian Qi asked but Qing Mu shook his head
"I prefer wine." Qing Mu said to him, surprised but Tian Qi took out his wine and poured each of them a cup of wine, the two sat outside drinking.
"When did you realize you were in love with Shang Gu?" Qing Mu asked Tian Qi
"The minute that I laid eyes on her in the mortal realm, she was unlike any other woman I've ever met in the mortal realm, and now in the nine-heaven; there is no other goddess like her." Tian Qi said to Qing Mu and he sighs
"Well, now that I realize my feelings, it feels like I'm going to die from suffocation. Every minute I spend waiting for her to return feels like a thousand years." Qing Mu said to Tian Qi. Tian Qi just stared at his older brother. Qing Mu wasn't one to lose his focus or worry, but when one is in love, no matter if you're a man or god, in the name of love, you become nothing more than a fool in love.
Looking at Qing Mu, Tian Qi realized how true this was and it was even more so when he looked back at himself.
"Confess your love to her then, she has waited and waited for you all these years." Tian Qi said to him but Qing Mu sighed as he looked up at the stars
"But she seems to have a change of heart, she like that god that Er'Xi sent to send the paperwork." Qing Mu said to him and Tian Qi nodded
"But you should still talk to her about how you feel better than never telling her how you truly feel." Tian Qi said and Qing Mu silently got up from his seat and walked away
The following day, Qing Mu woke up determined to confess his love to Chang Ge. He went to her palace to find her but he was welcomed, once again by Fang Ye.
"Is Chang Ge back from the spirit realm?" Qing Mu asked, he had always used her title but now that he knew his feelings, he was determined to let her know that he too, have fallen in love with her yet the spirit bond looked at him like he had lost his mind.
"Y-Yes, my master has returned from the spirit realm." Fang Ye said to him and without waiting for the spirit bond to invite him into the palace, Qing Mu pushed his way inside. Qing Mu rushed to find Chang Ge with a light heart but the moment that he saw her, she was sitting with that god from the spirit realm.
"Chang Ge." Qing Mu called out to her in a soft voice and she turned to look at him, the smile on her face turned into a serious face
"Chang Ge greet true god Qing Mu." Chang Ge said to him and he immediately walked over to her side, took her hand in his
"I love you, please don't leave me." Qing Mu said to her, even though Chang Ge had heard of Qing Mu's true feelings from Tian Qi last night when she came back from the spirit realm hearing it from his mouth was different.
"Of course, I wouldn't leave you. You silly god." Chang Ge said to him and before Qing Mu could say anything more Tian Qi interrupted the two of them
"You were supposed to make him beg more." Tian Qi said to her and Qing Mu turned to look at Tian Qi
"I'm not going to do that, I've chased after him for so long why would I make it harder now that both of our hearts are finally at the same place?" Chang Ge asked Tian Qi who smiled at the two of them, confused Qing Mu looked from one to the other between his brother and the fall goddess
"What about that god from the spirit realm?" Qing Mu asked trying to figure something out
"Su Ming has a husband who is the prince of the phoenix king, he is the brother-in-law of Er'Xi. Why would I mess with a happy family." Chang Ge said to him and Qing Mu smiled at her
"So it was a whole misunderstanding all along?" Qing Mu asked her and she sighed
"Or would you prefer that it wasn't? Should I fall in love with another god instead?" Chang Ge asked him, the true god was quick to take her hand and shook his head at her
"I am happy with how things worked out here." Qing Mu said to her and she smiled
"Why is it that your love came so easily?" Tian Qi asked and was lectured by Chang Ge
"Easy?!" Chang Ge was on the verge of grabbing the true god by his neck
"How long did I chase after him and what did I do all those years, you call that easy?!" Chang Ge asked him and Tian Qi chuckled
"It's just love, for me it was so hard but it seems so easy when it's the two of you." Tian Qi said to her and she sighs
"Love for all of us was hard in its own way. I'm sure that you will find happiness soon." Chang Ge said to Tian Qi
100 years later Tian Qi went into training for his thunder trubulant and Shang Gu was still training in the Spring Palace Pond. Er'Xi visited her almost every day and she would sit on her roof, looking out towards the spring palace, hoping for something to happen but Shang Gu never came out. Until one day she came out from the spring palace, at the news that Tian Qi was going to face his thunder turbulent.
Shang Gu visited Tian Qi's palace for another 50 years but there was still no news and Tian Qi didn't appear or let her into his palace at all.
One night as the two of them were sitting in the backyard of the Fall palace, enjoying their time. A fire burst out in the direction of the true god's palace
"Stay here and stay put." Qing Mu said to her before he disappeared, while waiting Chang Ge climbed into her roof and noticed that there was a big fire and she also noticed that Shang Gu had come out from her own palace as well.
Chang Ge didn't know what happened but after a while, she saw the fire dead down but she still didn't see Shang Gu come back yet so she waited and waited. That was when she noticed the two of them making their way back to the Spring palace hand in hand and she smiled to herself.
"Finally you're also able to find your happy ending." Chang Ge said in a whisper to Yuan Feng as she climbed down her roof only to be met with a pair of stern eyes
"How many times have I told you that you need to conduct yourself properly as a goddess?" Qing Mu asked her and she chuckled