The ending of Xiao Ding's novel, Celestial Bane 1, was as follows: In the novel, Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi went to the Ghost King Sect under Biyao's lead to rescue the imprisoned Ghost King and Zhang Xiaofan's good friends. In the Ghost King Sect, they had a fierce battle with the sect master Bai Jingjing. In the end, Zhang Xiaofan successfully defeated Bai Jingjing and escaped with the Ghost King Sect's people. However, after leaving the Ghost King Sect, Zhang Xiaofan found himself caught in a bigger conspiracy. It turned out that Biyao already knew about Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi's plan and planned everything to stop them. Biyao used some forbidden spells to trap Zhang Xiaofan in an illusion so that he couldn't realize the truth. In the end, Zhang Xiaofan got to know his other identity in the illusion, which was Bai Jingjing's son, Bai Xiaochun. Together, they exposed Biyao's plot. After a fierce battle, Bai Xiaochun defeated Biyao and rescued Zhang Xiaofan. In the end, Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi finally reunited and decided to stop pursuing the cultivation of immortal techniques and choose their own path. They became good friends with Bai Jingjing's son, Bai Xiaochun, and began their new adventure.