Love in the Clouds ending explained and season 2 renewal possibilities explored: Did Ji Bozai & Ming Yi get their happily ever after?

The final episode of the Chinese drama series Love in the Clouds was released on Saturday, October 25. The 36-episode-long series debuted on October 8 on Netflix, Youku, and Viki. It is adapted from the Chinese web novel under the same name, written by Bai Lu Cheng Shuang.

In the final episode, Ji Bozai and Ming Yi survive the power struggles around them and escape to mortal life, where they can peacefully continue their love story.

The following article will delve deeper into the events that unfolded in the 36 episodes of Love in the Clouds, what led to the ending, and will also explore the possibilities of a second season renewal for the series.

Love in the Clouds: Ji Bozai and Ming Yi's reunion, the destruction of Six Realm corruption, and more

Love in the Clouds is a historical fantasy romance series starring Hou Ming Hao and Lu Yu Xiao. The show kicks off with the ex-convict, Ji Bozai, and the cold warrior goddess, Ming Yi, engaging in a Qingyum Tournament, which the latter unexpectedly loses. She soon suspects that someone is out to take her down, and also discovers that she was secretly poisoned.

To find a cure and take her revenge, she disguises herself as a dancer and joins the inner orbit of Ji Bozai. However, he soon becomes suspicious of Ming Yi and her intentions. Instead of exposing her, he plays with her, which leads to a rivalry between the two. On the other hand, the audience is also introduced to the Six Realms, which are ruled by a group of conservative elders.

As the plot of Love in the Clouds reveals more about the unknown aspects of Ji Bozai's past as an ex-convict and Ming Yi's mysterious origins, the goddess is also pressured by time, as her poisoning begins to erode her vitality. Additionally, the series shows The Golden Millet Dream, the only cure that can reverse Ming Yi's curse.

While Ji Bozai and Ming Yi search for all the required ingredients for The Golden Millet Dream, the council of elders is also seeking the same to enslave the cultivators. The Golden Millet Dream is an ancient dual-state cure, and whoever ingests it enters a dream realm that lasts up to one night. However, it is known to be equivalent to a lifetime experience.

In the dream, the person who ingests it is expected to relive all possible versions of their choices. If they wake up with their mind still intact, the poison is purged, and it also stabilizes their core. However, if they fail to wake up intact, their body dies, and their soul continues to linger in illusion. Therefore, the council of elders wants to take control of the lower realms in Love in the Clouds.

A war between the people of the realms initially causes this. While all the realms are expected to maintain equality and peace, the council of elders wants to introduce hierarchy, which the lower realms reject. This leads the council of elders to believe that cultivators cannot have free will, since it might lead to another war.

The conclusion they build to achieve cosmic stability between the six realms is to remove choice from those who are capable of altering reality, which can be achieved through the Golden Millet Dream, if the cultivator ingests it under the control of the council of elders. On the other hand, the relationship between Ji Bozai and Ming Yi softens.

Although they wish to maintain the enemy arc, love blossoms between them, prompting them to sacrifice for one another. The council of elders later reels in Ji Bozai and demonizes him to take advantage of his soul-refining process, a forbidden technique that absorbs stray spirit energy into a single vessel. At one point, he also uses a vessel to absorb several beats in order to protect others from the corruption of the council of elders in Love in the Clouds.

Then Ming Yi comes clean about her identity, and a new layer of trust is formed between her and Ji Bozai. With their combined energy, they uncover the corruption of the council of elders to exploit the Golden Millet Dream. Ji Bozai publicly exposes the corruption and their intention to manipulate the realms. To put an end to the threat created by the ongoing corruption, Ming Yi and Ji Bozai team up.

For one last time, Ji Bozai performs the Great Soul Refinement and begins to refine and absorb the remaining beast energy. However, instead of losing himself to his demonized state, he fights back and regains himself, with the help of Ming Yi, who ingests the Golden Millet Dream. She guides him in the Dream Realm while controlling the dream from the physical realm.

Ming Yi prevents the council of elders from taking control of his mind and connects her consciousness with that of Ji Bozai. As she helps his heart beat back to his normal rate, she asks him to remember her if she has forgotten him. Ultimately, the love between Ming Yi and Ji Bozai stabilizes him. They both survive the event, and the corruption is revealed, leading to the banishment of the council of elders.

The Love in the Clouds finale expresses the couple's intention to leave the central power struggles behind and live a more private and peaceful life. The couple enters a mortal life, and the six realms are stabilized.

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Love in the Clouds season 2 possibilities explored

As of yet, there has been no official announcement regarding a second season renewal of the Chinese drama series, Love in the Clouds. However, there are a few indicators that might suggest or call for a second season. This includes the mirror of clouds that Ming Yi shatters to stabilize Ji Bozai's soul refining pieces, scattering the Golden Millet elixir into the six realms.

This might affect others with false memories, and if it falls into the wrong hands, it might be used to create an elixir to control the masses. On the other hand, the new council for the realms may also lead to similar schemes and malicious usage by the council of elders. Moreover, there may also be unknown residues from the rituals performed by Ji Bozai and Ming Yi.

Ji Bozai, who is no longer fully human, has entered mortal life. This contradiction, along with the countless souls he absorbed, haunting him, can be explored in a second season of Love in the Clouds. The audience is also yet to learn about the true origin and the story behind Ming Yi, leading to more possibilities for a second season.

Regardless, fans and netizens are discussing Love in the Clouds, its finale, and all other events that are tied together in the last episode.

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