♫ Pretending that we are still together ♫
♫ I really can't act it out ♫
♫ I'm still not used to you not being here ♫
♫ This identity changed too quickly ♫
♫ This scene doesn't need to be narrated ♫
♫ but anyone can see ♫
♫ that my emotions are welling up ♫
♫ I want to cry, but I'm all dry ♫
♫ The love in the snow. They say the crystallized promises will not break ♫
♫ But love won't always be frozen and transparent ♫
♫ Drifting gently, falling slowly. Promised dreams melt too quickly ♫
♫ Maybe we shouldn't wake up ♫
♫ You are still living in my memories, not coming out ♫
♫ Let's leave while smiling, let the story stay behind ♫
♫ The love still remains, after we let go. After the snow melts, the flowers will bloom ♫
♫ If fate has ended, it won't start over again ♫
♫ You are still living in my memories, not coming out ♫
♫ I'm leaving so you can give your hand to another love ♫
♫ Entangled and stubbornly waiting is another type of hurt ♫
♫ Let's release our clasped hands, to embrace more of the future ♫
Ice Fantasy
I know where the knot is.
Tomorrow, follow my plan.
This is the Sky-Shattering Vermilion Bird Temple?
It looks like the garden of the Divine Snow Mountain.
Divine Snow Mountain's southern guardian,
Princess Die Che, has been waiting for your arrival.
- Episode 46 -
Chao Ya, have I ever told you the legend of the Sighing Wall?
You have.
Mother, you once told me that a stunning beauty
is sealed on top of the Sighing Wall.
She's the most powerful musician in our Sprite Lands' history.
The music from her zither can stop thousands of soldiers.
All life forms will sigh from how beautiful the music is.
Queen Chi Lian has always been searching for the Sighing Wall. We all thought that it was just a legend.
I can't believe it's real.
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Hey, hey.
What a strong spiritual power.
I'm Divine Snow Mountain's southern guardian,
princess of the Sky-Shattering Vermilion Bird Temple, Die Che.
Welcome.
Seriously. Haven't you guys stared enough?
How could you bear
to attack an opponent like that?
I... I meant that her spiritual power is too strong.
With the beautiful scenery and beautiful music here,
why must we battle?
Princess Die Che, are you willing to let us through to see Yuan Ji?
It's quite easy for me to allow you through, as long as you, Ice King,
are willing to submit under Lord Yuan Ji.
Yuan Ji killed my mother.
You shouldn't be considering your personal grievances,
but instead focus on the survival of your whole tribe.
I believe that Chao Ya understands this very well.
Chao Ya, you still remember the sprites of the Golden Oriole Tribe, right?
Because of your wrong judgement, the Alligator Tribe raised a rebellion
and caused the extinction of the Golden Oriole Tribe.
The regret that you feel for hurting the innocent
has always been a shadow in your heart.
Luckily, Princess took action and brought them back to the Divine Snow Mountain.
She used the divine waters of the Divine Snow Mountain to revive them.
She allowed them to live here
peacefully and happily.
Princess Die Che, thank you.
You don't need to thank me. You should be thanking Lord Yuan Ji.
Lord Yuan Ji hates fighting and killing.
We want to see all life forms living side by side in harmony.
That's how I gained my strong spiritual powers
to protect this place.
Were my ears mistaken? You said that Yuan Ji, that demon,
hates fighting and killing?
Miss Beautiful,
you are lying through your teeth.
Our ancestors had to leave the Divine Snow Mountain
all because Yuan Ji was so violent.
There were misunderstandings between your ancestors and Lord Yuan Ji.
They betrayed Lord Yuan Ji and tried to create a new world for the gods,
but over these 10,000 years,
the Ice and Fire tribes have hated each other, and the three realms have been in constant conflict.
A countless amount of innocent lives have been lost?
It's better to just let Lord Yuan Ji get the Hidden Lotus
and allow all tribes to return here and have Lord Yuan Ji rule the Three Realms.
This way, all tribesmen will live in happiness and peace.
You don't need to reject my thought right away. You can slowly consider it.
Chao Ya would surely want to reunite
with her mother.
Why not stay the night here and discuss this after you take a rest?
There's no poison in the food or wine.
We can't eat. We haven't checked the dining utensils yet.
They might have poisoned them.
I don't need it!
You...
I'm a bear. I have to eat whenever I'm hungry.
I find Chi Lian strange.
She treats Chao Ya indifferently,
but treats Die Che better than her biological daughter.
Queen Chi Lian has never been a loving mother.
She has very high and strict expectations for her daughter.
Chao Ya has always been very hardworking, not wanting to disappoint her mother.
She hopes to gain her love.
Queen Chi Lian has always been in love with the legend of the Sighing Wall.
She even dreamed of knowing the Butterfly Zither Techniques.
Because of this, she left her daughter
and her tribe to pursue it.
In the end, she never returned.
After Queen Chi Lian went missing,
the Sprite Lands fell into chaos, and Chao Ya's life was threatened.
At that time, I was in exile. Not long after, Liao Jian was also imprisoned by Hei Feng.
She could only battle alone.
That was the time when the tragedy of the Golden Oriole Tribe happened.
Chao Ya has always felt guilty about that accident.
In truth, her only fault was being born in the royal family
as Chi Lian's daughter.
Whenever I was met with difficulty, I would think
that you would have handled it very well, Mother.
Everyone would admire you very much.
Ever since I ascended the throne,
I've felt very tired everyday.
But at night, I can't fall asleep, no matter what.
The identity as queen is too heavy of a burden for you.
Mother, why don't you return?
I and the Sprite Tribesmen all need you.
Back in the day, when I was looking for the Sighing Wall,
I was in an accident and was severely injured.
I forgot everything.
I even forget who I was.
Good thing Princess Die Che sensed that
I was searching for her.
She took me to the Divine Snow Mountain to recover.
She told me that my old self was already dead.
She had granted me eternal life.
She also told me that when the time came,
my daughter would come reunite with me.
Mother, that time has arrived now.
Let's go home together. I'll hand the throne back to you.
Why would I go back?
In this place, I can hear Princess Die Che
play her Butterfly Zither everyday.
I am one with nature.
This is the happiest place for me.
It's so tiring to be queen.
It's hard work and people may not like you.
Chao Ya, why must you handle this hardship on your own?
You should also stay.
No!
If we leave the Sprite Lands for our own benefits,
what will our tribesmen do? They're waiting for me to return.
My silly child,
just like what Princess said, once Yuan Ji restores himself
and unites all the tribes, we'll all be members of Lord Yuan Ji's tribe.
The Sprite Lands and the Sprite Queen
will no longer exist.
You can marry Liao Jian in peace,
or you can stay and live with me.
Isn't it nice to have no worries?
Your Majesty, the placement of these abnormalities
reaches towards the west.
I suspect that the origin of these incidents is the Human World Forest of the east.
Human World Forest?
Isn't that where the legends claim that Chi Lian went missing?
Go take a look.
Did you just use magic?
I don't know, either. I was born with the ability to make plants blossom.
I guess it's my innate duty.
My name is Ka Suo, the Ice King.
Are you from the Sprite Lands? What is your name?
Sprite Lands? I've never heard of that before.
I only know that Die Che calls me Chi Mo.
You can call Princess Die Che directly by name? You must be very close to her.
I want to know...
What's going on?
Brother Chi Mo!
Brother Chi Mo, are you okay?
Don't worry. I'll ask Huang Tuo to take a look at him.
No need.
Huang Tuo is the chief of the Healer Tribe. He is a very good healer.
Other than me, nobody else can save him.
You should help me support him back to my palace.
Okay.
Princess said that Chi Mo is fine now.
Don't worry, Ice King. You can go back now.
Okay. I'll leave now, then.
Oh, right. I remember that Chi Mo's cloak is still in the garden.
I'll go retrieve it.
There's no need. I can go get it.
Li Luo.
The music from her zither is quite exquisite.
I'm afraid I'll never be able to play music like this.
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Turns out your heart was also once broken for love.
I'm sorry. From the sound of your music,
I can feel your love.
I believe that you love Chi Mo a lot.
Without Chi Mo,
I would never play music ever again.
Music with no emotions is just noise.
Of all the music I've heard before, yours is the most emotional.
People who like my music are all very sentimental.
There must be somebody that you love very much.
It's sad that she's frozen into ice at the bottom of the Endless Sea,
so she can't enjoy your music here with me.
If you're willing to submit to Lord Yuan Ji,
you can change the fate of the one you love.
You'll become like me, capable of staying with the person you love.
You mean that you guys can revive Li Luo?
Life and death is just a change in physical form.
Just like how a butterfly originates from a caterpillar,
as long as you're willing, Your Majesty,
the person you love can be reborn.
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Chao Ya?
Queen Chi Lian, have you seen Chao Ya?
You didn't like me being with Chao Ya before, but Chao Ya is already with Liao Jian.
Why do you still hate me so much?
Eagles. Annoying eagles.
Evil eagles. Get lost!
There is a limit to my patience.
Pian Feng, what happened?
Your mother ran away after seeing me like she saw a ghost.
She even insulted me. It seems like she still won't forgive me for the past.
What? That's impossible.
My mother said that she lost her memories. She doesn't even remember me,
so how could she still hate you?
When my mother was queen, she was a wise and courageous leader.
She risked her life to make sure that our tribe was safe.
The Sprite Tribes loved her,
but now she no longer cares about her tribesmen
and would rather be a slave. It's too strange.
She has clearly lost her memories, but why does she still hate me?
Is it only because I'm an Eagle sprite?
The only thing that's for certain is that your mother
sees Princess Die Che as her idol.
She has been mesmerized by her. She doesn't even care about her daughter anymore.
It's no wonder. Princess Die Che's zither techniques
have reached a point where it seems supernatural.
All life forms sigh when listening to her music.
Even if I dedicate my whole life to it, I'll never surpass her.
She said that she only plays her zither for her lover.
She has a lover?
Yes, his name is Chi Mo.
He is handsome, but his body seems weak.
Your Majesty, are you sure that her lover is called Chi Mo?
Yes. Is something wrong?
Chi Mo is a notorious criminal from my tribe.
He's one of the few tribesmen who died from a death penalty.
I've heard about him before, but he's been dead for over 10,000 years.
How is it possible that he's still alive?
Ka Suo, I'm about to die from hunger. When will you give some vital energy to me?
It hasn't been long since you last took Qing Ren's vital energy.
Why are you hungry again?
None of your business. I need to absorb more energy to grow.
Instead of staying in this place in the middle of nowhere,
why don't you hurry and find some energy for me? How else will I grow?
We're talking about important business, so stop talking. You can just go out to find some vital energy anywhere.
There's only one god here, and she's so powerful.
I'm afraid to get on her bad side.
You mean to say that besides than us, there's only one other god here?
That's right.
What about those palace maids outside?
They're just like me,
spirits with no physical bodies.
- Then my mother...- What you see is just your mother's afterimage.
My brother just informed me of that in a dream. Please follow me into a dream, everyone.
Where did they all go?
Brother!
Xing Gui, don't be afraid.
Xing Jiu, where is this place?
This is a forest in the Mortal Realm in the east.
The many strange things that happened to the Sprite Lands in the past
originated here.
How disgusting.
What is this?
These are a type of demonic butterflies.
They usually eat human or god flesh.
After feeding on the flesh, all that remains are indigestible clothing.
When those humans went missing, the Rabbit sprite and I were both suspected to be the criminals.
Was that also caused by the demonic butterflies?
That is possible.
Where are they going?
I've been observing them. At night,
- they will form a large group and fly towards the Endless Sea.- Endless Sea?
Does this also have something to do with Yuan Ji?
Your Majesty, don't you think these butterflies look very familiar?
Life and death is just a change in physical form.
Just like how a butterfly originates from a caterpillar, as long as you're willing,
the person you love can be reborn.
Your Majesty, what is your final decision?
If you're willing to follow after Lord Yuan Ji,
the person you love can be revived.
She'll forever stay by your side.
The eternity you speak of is merely endless deprivation
and eternal hell.
What do you mean?
You used the Rabbit sprite of the Sprite Lands to lure humans,
and then you used their flesh to feed your butterflies.
After your butterflies grow up and fly here,
you'll use your magic to turn them into dolls.
Those butterflies are ephemeral. In order to maintain their physical bodies,
you had to continue killing people.
You have indeed inherited the intelligence of your ancestor She Mi.
You were able to see through my magic.
She is just a copy that you made, right? Where is my mother?
Chi Lian has always admired me and wanted to follow after me.
It's a shame that she can't handle Brother Chi Mo being by my side.
She even said that he's a monster.
How could she say that about my brother Chi Mo?
The only solution I had was to feed her to my butterflies
and recreate a Chi Lian that followed my will.
Are you okay?
Mother...
Chao Ya, look at how much nicer your mother is after I recreated her.
She won't give you anymore pressure or intervene in your marriage.
Isn't this better?
Die Che, you madwoman! Give my mother back to me!
Chao Ya!
Take good care of her.
I'll give you one last chance.
You either submit to me, or I'll play a piece of music
to make you sleep for eternity.
Wait!
Hey, don't you want to enjoy this wonderful performance with the person you love?
How dare you? Let go of him!
Otherwise, I'll make your lives worse than death!
Princess Die Che, we never wanted to hurt you.
As long as you open the seal and let us through, we'll immediately release him.
Die Che, am I like her,
a doll that you created?
No! Brother Chi Mo, don't listen to their nonsense.
I heard everything you just said.
Whenever I felt ill, you would always summon the butterflies to help cure me.
Turns out I'm just the walking dead.
For my existence, how many more lives will you destroy?
Die Che, I don't want you to hurt innocent lives to keep me alive.
Let them go.
You all should go. The seal is behind the Sighing Wall.
Your Majesty, I can sense it.
The seal really is behind the Sighing Wall.
Die Che!
Chi Mo!
Brother Chi Mo!
Die Che...
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Brother Chi Mo.
Brother Chi Mo!
Brother Chi Mo...
Everyone, hurry and leave this place!
Chi Mo!
Back when I was still learning about assassination techniques,
I realized that the most beautiful plants and animals were the most dangerous.
It seems like it's the same case with gods.
Die Che is such a heartless woman.
If I were Chi Mo, I would rather die than to become her play-toy.
It's evident that Chi Mo is kind, since he sacrificed himself to save us.
If Die Che fell in love with him,
we can tell that she's not a bad person at heart, either.
What crime did Chi Mo commit
to be sentenced to death?
Also, why did Die Che fall in love with him?
I heard the elders of our tribe say that
Chi Mo was the biggest traitor of our tribe
because he wanted to sell our tribe's most powerful musical weapon to the Fire Tribe.
Ever since she was young, Die Che's Butterfly Zither was unmatched in this world.
She was too excellent, and no sprite in the tribe was good enough for her,
and nobody understood her music.
She was unable to perform together with the sprites who had different temperaments,
so she could only use magic to create a sector for her music.
For many years, she played her zither
in that sector all alone,
until she met somebody who understood her one day.
♫ There will be a day ♫
♫ when love returns ♫
♫ In the end, it'll return ♫
♫ to that emptiness ♫
♫ Alongside with you again ♫
Later, the War of Ice and Fire began.
Back then, the Sprite Lands allied up with the Ice Tribe
to drive away all Fire tribesmen causing trouble in the Sprite Lands.
Chi Mo's family was the secret leader who caused all those troubles. After the truth was revealed,
he could only try and escape.
Die Che!
Don't worry about me. Hurry and leave!
No, I won't leave you alone.
Let's go!
Stop!
Die Che!
- Brother Chi Mo!- Die Che!
Brother Chi Mo!
Die Che!
- Die Che!- Brother Chi Mo!
Die Che!
I heard that Die Che traveled all night to the City of Bladed Snow to beg the Ice King during that time for mercy,
but Chi Mo's family cruelly ruined the lives of many creatures, and those crimes were unforgivable.
♫ If I’m a little cold at midnight, ♫
♫ who am I waiting to enter my dream? ♫
♫ If there is no wind tonight, ♫
♫ what regrets are there? ♫
♫ It’s not deep, anyway ♫
♫ Love is always sincere. It makes people lose their morals ♫
♫ He still leaves somebody in the unknown ♫
♫ It can never be balanced ♫
♫ I clearly know that it’s a story, but I still want to ask ♫
♫ With the ups and downs of the earth, I am searching, looking ♫
♫ The ending is so touching. Feel her body heat ♫
♫ No matter how winding, it’s the journey ♫
♫ I’m just reluctant, a little cold ♫
♫ If I could still remember your eyes ♫
♫ Extend until the end of time, that light on the island ♫
♫ The dreams are too deep, weariness and bitter waiting ♫
♫ That’s why love leaves, if it is late at night ♫
♫ With the ups and downs of the earth, I am searching, looking ♫
♫ The cold wind withers the vine. New one, you must not ♫
♫ Who peacefully falls asleep at a darkening hour? ♫
♫ The ones you let go of will be fine ♫
♫ Look back, and everything is bleak. If you’ve embraced, you’ve been warmed ♫
♫ The ending is so touching. Feel her body heat ♫
♫ No matter how winding, it’s the journey ♫
♫ I’m just reluctant, a little cold ♫
Consider yourself impressive. You helped me open
another path to the Hidden Lotus.
Who are you?