# WebtoonLib — Haunted by Desire #71

## Series
- title: Haunted by Desire
- slug: haunted-by-desire-201335

## Chapter
- number: 71
- release_date: 2025-03-06

### Summary
Following a history of intense supernatural conflict, including curses, demonic possession, and a forced three-year separation, the narrative now focuses on the profoundly emotional reunion of Jo Seong-jae and Hong Dohui. This meeting is their first since Seong-jae's most recent reincarnation, a fact that frames their relationship within a tragic, centuries-long cycle of love and loss defined by Dohui's immortality and Seong-jae's mortality. The current chapter explores this painful dynamic through shared dreams, in which Seong-jae begins to remember their past lives together. Reader reactions highlight the immense emotional weight of this arc, pointing to a particularly poignant scene of Dohui's unwavering love for an elderly Seong-jae in a past life. This "painful beautiful eternal love" has become the central conflict, creating an intense emotional rollercoaster for the audience, whose overwhelming sentiment is a desperate plea for the couple to finally break the torturous cycle and achieve the lasting happiness they have earned.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
Following a history of intense supernatural conflict, including curses, demonic possession, and a forced three-year separation, the narrative now focuses on the profoundly emotional reunion of Jo Seong-jae and Hong Dohui.

### Spoiler summary
Following a history of intense supernatural conflict, including curses, demonic possession, and a forced three-year separation, the narrative now focuses on the profoundly emotional reunion of Jo Seong-jae and Hong Dohui. This meeting is their first since Seong-jae's most recent reincarnation, a fact that frames their relationship within a tragic, centuries-long cycle of love and loss defined by Dohui's immortality and Seong-jae's mortality. The current chapter explores this painful dynamic through shared dreams, in which Seong-jae begins to remember their past lives together. Reader reactions highlight the immense emotional weight of this arc, pointing to a particularly poignant scene of Dohui's unwavering love for an elderly Seong-jae in a past life. This "painful beautiful eternal love" has become the central conflict, creating an intense emotional rollercoaster for the audience, whose overwhelming sentiment is a desperate plea for the couple to finally break the torturous cycle and achieve the lasting happiness they have earned.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Haunted by Desire #71](/series/haunted-by-desire-201335/chapter-71)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/haunted-by-desire-201335

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