“Ashes of Love”
"Episode 49"
How is my father?
The Heavenly Emperor has perished.
He used up all his magical prowess...
to keep your physical soul in Huan Di Phoenix Feather and passed it to me.
How about the Heaven Realm?
Run Yu has assumed to the throne in the Heaven Realm.
He also forced aunt to kill herself.
Xu Feng,
it was my fault.
I could never bring myself to face you again.
My Lord, My Lord.
I saw King of Gucheng and his subordinates just now.
They're heading to Yu Cave.
This is bad.
Fire Immortal is in danger.
Liu Ying, Mu Ci, go to Yu Cave now.
There's a secret passage. Take Xu Feng out right away.
Secret passage?
I know where it is.
Go to Yu Cave now.
- I'll stop King of Gucheng. - Father, take care.
Let's go.
Where should we go?
It's not far away.
What's wrong with you?
I was thrown into Yu Cave by King of Gucheng back then.
I was attacked by avenging spirits...
and almost lost my life.
It triggered my pitch-black eyes...
and I successfully defeated the spirits.
I found the secret passage...
and escaped from here.
That's why you know about the entrance to the secret passage.
You're right.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know this place would remind you of your miserable past.
It's fine. Let the past be the past.
Don't worry.
I won't let anyone hurt you anymore.
Okay.
Let's go.
Xu Feng.
I'm fine.
Someone is here. Wait for me over here.
Why are you here?
I haven't avenged Mu Ci for what you've done to him.
I...
That's not the priority.
Your Highness.
Xu Feng.
It's you.
King of Gucheng already learned that you've resurrected.
He's coming over with his army.
My father wants us to hide away.
Demon Lord.
A fire phoenix was flying above the River of Unmindfulness.
I bring my men here to find out.
Are you here for the same reason?
I've heard the rumour that...
the Fire Immortal is not completely dead.
It's unexpected that...
he's hiding in the Demon Realm.
Just now a phoenix soared into the sky,
he must have resurrected.
If we offend Heaven Realm because of this...
it's definitely a calamity that the Demon Realm doesn't deserve.
If that's the case...
let me investigate the whereabouts of the Fire Immortal with you.
He must be aided by someone to hide in the Demon Realm.
I'll not let the culprit get away easily...
once I learn his identity.
- Search the area. - Yes.
Search carefully.
Hurry up.
- Let's go there. - Yes.
Your Majesty.
How is her condition?
Your Majesty,
Water Immortal is burnt by the Fire from the Nether World.
That fire wears off her spirit.
When will you stop hurting yourself?
I'll try my best to cure her.
When will she recover?
It varies with each individual.
She'll need at least half a year to recuperate.
You may leave now.
Yes.
I know that you've saved his life.
You won.
Are you happy now?
I'm sorry...
Phoenix.
I'm really sorry...
Phoenix.
Demon Lord is tracking you down.
Hence, you have to hide away in here.
I'm no longer a prince.
I've dragged you down with me.
You offended Run Yu and King Gucheng because of me...
I feel very guilty.
You've taken it too seriously.
Though I'm not a capable person...
I'm still one of the castellans in Demon Realm.
I'm not bound to the Heaven Realm.
King Gucheng has always been mean and skeptical.
It has nothing to do with you.
What is your future plan?
I never thought that...
there would be a day...
there would be no place left for me to go into the six realms.
I have a suggestion...
but I'm not sure if I should speak up.
No harm telling it.
Over the million years...
the Demon Realm has been dividing against itself.
The internal war never ceases to stop.
All this while, we've been suppressed by the Heaven Realm.
King Gucheng, the Demon Lord is up to no good.
He's also mean and unsympathetic.
I'm afraid that he would cause a catastrophe to the Demon Realm.
You, on the other hand, are broad-minded and wise.
If you could replace King Gucheng to lead the Demon Realm...
you'd definitely bring peace and prosperity to the Demon Realm.
Further, among the six realms...
only the Demon Lord is on par with the Heavenly Emperor.
If you plan to take revenge...
Thank you for...
the suggestion.
After all, the Heaven and Demon Realms are on different paths.
I'm not capable of taking up such a huge responsibility.
Xu Feng, you're too humble.
Are you looking down upon the Demon Realm?
Don't get me wrong.
I never look down upon the Demon Realm.
I'm not originated from the Demon Realm...
and therefore I'm not qualified to be Demon Lord.
Your origin doesn't matter as long as you're truly capable.
The strongest and the most capable person shall be the king.
Indeed.
It's not impossible for an outsider to join us.
You only need to get approval from the elder of the Demon Realm,
King of Qingcheng.
After all I was born and raised in the Heaven Realm.
How can I turn my spear...
and fight against my kindred?
Aspirations differ from person to person.
I don't intend to get involved in the fight.
Please forgive me.
Xu Feng, don't get us wrong.
We're not trying to use you to topple King of Gucheng.
I...
Looks like...
the Demon Realm is not blessed.
Xu Feng is too stubborn.
Don't forget that...
Xu Feng used to be the God of Wars in Heaven Realm.
He fought demons and safeguarded the Heaven Realm for multiple times.
But now...
you're asking him to turn his spear and fight against his own kindred.
Anyone in the same situation...
would never be able to get rid of the guilty conscience.
Both of his parents had passed away. He fought with his sibling.
Even his lover had betrayed him.
What's so great about the Heaven Realm?
You can't say so.
To him,
he's always part of the Heaven Realm.
The place remains the same...
but now all his beloved turned against him.
He can't get over it.
At this stage it's too much for him to endure.
He used to be a person with pride.
Now that he encountered such misfortune...
I worry that he couldn't make it through.
Indeed.
Where are you going?
- What is this? - It's a red sandstone.
I can make it into medicine for Xu Feng.
You keep talking about Xu Feng.
You never treat other people so nicely.
You're so ungrateful. Am I not nice to you?
Not as nice as how you treat Xu Feng.
Don't move.
Mu Ci.
Are you jealous?
Don't go.
- Get down. - No way.
I'm exhausted. Please carry me.
You're the General of Biancheng.
Don't you worry that your subordinates see the clingy side of you?
I wish we can walk down the road forever.
I want to stay on your back forever.
You may do so but please don't strangle me.
Why are you crying?
Am I too heavy?
How long has it been?
Not too long.
The weather is so hot recently.
I'll recover in a few days.
Liu Ying.
As the princess of the Demon Realm...
it's improper to cry all the time.
Promise me.
I'm not sure when my life will come to the end...
but in the remaining days...
we should live happily.
Okay?
My son.
Live well.
Xu Er.
Live well.
Father.
Mother.
Don't go.
Please don't leave me alone.
Father.
Mother.
Xu Er.
Live well.
Father.
Mother.
Both of you had passed away.
You left me behind.
It's too much.
I don't know how should I deal with it.
I can't withstand it anymore.
Never wished to get into dispute, but things never go my way.
Your Highness!
How I wish I could wash away the vanity, wipe away all the dirt.
I'd have another drink with you, and talk until I'm drunk with you.
Never wished to get into dispute, but things never go my way.
The flower in my heart wilts away, and I can never turn back time.
The Phoenix Flower blooms twice.
It blooms when the destiny comes, it blooms when the destiny ends.
I've used my magical prowess to make the Phoenix Flower bloom all the time.
- Do you like it? - Destiny is doomed to end.
Flowers are doomed to return to soil.
Like it or not, it's not worth mentioning.
You don't like the flowers.
What do you like?
- You're the one... - Got it.
You like to punish people the most.
A story of life and death, vanity and conflicts.
Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom.
Never wished to get into dispute, but things never go my way.
The flower in my heart wilts away and I can never turn back time.
Memories come and go, but nothing hurts my heart of steel.
Mother.
A bottle of wine, a body covered in dirt.
Memories come back and forth, still I have no regrets.
A story of life and death, vanity and conflicts.
Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom.
I hope these memories never fade.
Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom.
I hope these memories never fade.
As I reminisce on the bits and pieces of our love.
A bottle of wine, a body covered in dirt.
Memories come back and forth, still I have no regrets.
Father.
Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom.
Mother.
A bottle of wine, a body covered in dirt.
Memories come back and forth, still I have no regrets.
Your Majesty.
Someone broke the barrier of the Palace of Ancient Sages.
Besides Your Majesty, no one else could break the boundary spell.
It's him.
He's back.
Xu Feng.
Stop looking.
My mother had been a motherly figure...
at the Heaven Realm over tens of thousands of years.
How can you humiliate her after her death?
She's not qualified...
to be placed in the the Palace of Ancient Sages.
You're in no position...
to defame her merit and contribution.
Merit?
Your father and mother had gained their reputation by deception.
They had no merits to speak of.
The only things that they brought to the six realms were...
endless bloodshed and tyrannical oppression.
If it weren't for the sake of the overall situation...
even the memorial tablet of our father...
wouldn't be placed in this palace.
Who are you to judge their merits and contribution all these years?
Even if our mother had made countless mistakes...
she was nevertheless your stepmother.
She had raised you for a couple thousand years.
Don't you feel guilty...
for murdering our father and pushing our mother to death?
I must have been blind.
Or else why did I regard you,
an ungrateful, cruel and merciless hypocrite as my brother?
I'm not qualified.
You do.
Father had been manipulating his power...
while Tu Yao had been tyrannising the realms.
They had taken many innocent lives at the six realms.
You know it well...
that how I survived the last couple of thousand years.
At this stage...
you don't have to justify your wild ambitions with many glorious excuses.
Xu Feng.
Over the thousand years, you had been living at ease...
as the favoured child under the protection of father and mother.
Have you ever tried to open your eyes...
and have a closer look at the Heaven Realm?
Have you ever thought...
why the late Water Immortal betrothed Jin Mi to me instead of you?
How did I...
a rebel and traitor successfully topple the throne...
and easily come to the throne in just one attempt?
Why did no one stop your mother from jumping off the Lin Yuan Terrace?
Let me tell you the truth.
It's not because I'm good at manipulating or being self-contained.
It's because of them!
They went against the tide...
and caused themselves to be disowned by everyone.
Nonsense.
You're lying.
I'm the Heavenly Emperor.
I own the Heaven Realm...
including Jin Mi, of course.
What about you?
You have nothing.
I don't have to lie.
The Heaven Realm is now at peace.
Everything is going fine.
Jin Mi is fine too.
We don't need you at all.
- Why did you come back? - Shut up.
Stop mentioning her.
Xu Feng.
You're dead.
I planned to award you a posthumous honour.
Why are you so disappointing?
Why did you come back?
You're embarrassing yourself.
Never mind.
Since Jin Mi and I had successfully killed you once...
we could do it again.
Remember every word that you said.
You'll be sorry.
I'll wait and see.
These are the subordinates that you trained...
who had gone through thick and thin with you.
Now they've turned over a new leaf.
How can you say that you don't have clothes?
I'm willing to share my cloak with you.
You're just in time.
I congratulate all of you for...
getting a new boss...
and wishing you great success.
You're the incomparable God of Wars.
Now it's time to show the six realms...
how do you murder your brother...
and fight against your previous subordinates.
Listen to my command.
Xu Feng barged into the forbidden place of the Heaven Realm...
he should be sentenced to death.
- Take him down. - Stop.
Stay away!
Mi Er.
I was the one who took your life.
Every wrong has its cause.
You should take revenge on me.
Water Immortal...
you're truly in love with the Heavenly Emperor.
You risked your life to protect him.
But I wonder if the Heavenly Emperor...
loves you that much.
Leave now.
Leave.
You must have watched too many shows.
While protecting the Heavenly Emperor...
you didn't forget to pay your lip service in front of me.
Which storyline are you playing?
Being manipulative to convince your opponent?
Mi Er.
- Come over here. - I beg you.
Leave now.
Don't come here! Don't come here!
Time passes quickly into years.
Let her go and I'll let you off today.
Don't come here!
Don't come any closer!
Leave now.
Leave.
Our tree...
has wilted.
After him!
Yes!
Don't! Don't. Don't!
Your Majesty.
You promised that you would let him off, right?
Don't go back on your own word.
I didn't promise anything.
There is a limit to Heavenly Emperor's patience.
Stop pushing my limit.
If you don't let him off today...
I would rather die together with him.
Stop acting ruthlessly.
Mi Er.
If you come closer...
I'll kill myself.
I'll do it.
Please let him off.
When worries blossom into a lotus.
Stop giving me distracting thoughts.
Left hand pointing at the moon, right hand holding a red thread.
Bestow us with the love we're asking for.
Under the moonlight.
Imperial edict from the Heavenly Emperor, kill him!
Are you trying to rebel?
Immortal Taisi.
If it weren't for the concern of His Highness towards his old friends...
you wouldn't have the chance to talk today.
Your Highness.
When we're fighting against Tao Wu,
you saved me from being chomped off by the beast.
Your Highness, this way please.
During the third war between Demon and Heaven Realms...
I fell into the River of Unmindfulness.
If it weren't for Your Highness, I would have lost my legs.
Your Highness, this way please.
You saved my brother's life at Yu Cave before.
Your Highness, this way please.
After bidding goodbye today...
Your Highness...
please take care.
Today, I came back to pay respects to my parents.
Thank you for bending the rules...
because of me.
However...
birds of different feathers don't flock together.
Today, I cut off a piece of my clothes to end our relationship.
When we see each other in battlefield in the future...
you don't have to hold back.
- Your Highness! - Your Highness!
So many of you yet you couldn't take him down.
Fire Immortal just escaped unscathed.
The Fire Immortal wouldn't have escaped unscathed...
if it weren't for someone who had let him go on purpose.
Your Majesty, I was the one who released the prince.
I'm willing to be punished.
Po Jun.
Why did you go against my edict?
Please let me explain, Your Majesty.
Back in the battlefield...
His Highness saved me twice.
I owed him a favour.
Po Jun.
You're abusing your power.
Where did you place His Majesty?
Where did you place the law of the Heaven Realm?
I plead guilty.
I'm willing to get punished.
Your Majesty, we've committed the same crime.
Like I said...
the history of a person doesn't matter...
as long as he's capable.
Xu Feng was kind to you...
and it's normal for you to return the favour.
I salute your loyalty.
I'll not punish anyone for what happened today.
However, such trends mustn't be encouraged.
The Heaven Realm has its own law.
Make sure the same won't happen again...
stick to your duty...
and be loyal to the Heaven Realm.
Thank you, Your Majesty. We'll abide by the edict.
Raise.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Po Jun.
As the General of the palace...
I've entrusted you my life and properties.
No doubt he saved your life twice...
but I think...
it's time to start off with a clean slate.
Otherwise...
you'll owe me a favour.
I won't make the same mistake again.
Immortal.
Is His Majesty in?
His Majesty refuses to see anyone,
please go back. Immortal.
Your Majesty!
Xu Feng just came back to pay respect to his parents.
Please show mercy be whenever it is possible.
The Heaven Realm is now yours...
but Xu Feng is left with nothing.
I beg you, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
I beg you.
Immortal.
Immortal, please go back first.
Immortal.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, Water Immortal is still outside.
I'm not going to see her.
But... But...
I had underestimated his prestige at the Heaven Realm.
He's completely alone now...
but he still possesses the only thing that I care the most,
the will of the people.
Today, he caused a scene in the Palace of Ancient Sages.
He came and left as if no one was in.
Even Po Jun took the lead to let him off.
If this continues...
the divine troops of the Heaven Realm might switch sides soon or later.
Your Majesty.
You're overthinking.
If Po Jun and the troops are disloyal...
they could've gone with the prince.
They're trained by the Fire Immortal.
They also fought side by side.
Of course they're close.
You're right.
It's time to put it to an end.
Kuang Lu, you may leave now.
Let me think about it.
Yes.
Mi Er.
In your eyes...
and your heart...
you only care about Xu Feng.
No matter how much I sacrifice for you...
even if I were badly injured...
even if I cut short my lifespan into half...
you just won't care.
All of you had betrayed me.
All of you go against my will because of him.
If that so...
don't blame me for being merciless.
The Magical Flaming Pearl is a gift from father to mother.
It used to be so precious to mother.
Let the pearl stay in this place and be regarded as mother's tomb.
Please accept my deepest condolences, Your Highness.
From the point of view of an outsider...
what kind of person was my mother to you?
Was she really a wicked person as per the rumour?
Your Highness.
Let the past be the past.
Stop looking into it.
Looks like the rumour is true.
In the past...
I grew up under their protection.
I always perceived them as the most respected person in Heaven Realm,
hence their edicts would always be right and accurate.
Everyone...
ought to be submit to their command.
I had neither suspected nor examined my own mistake.
But judging by the current situation...
my parents were at fault...
but as their son, I had never stopped them.
Their misfortunes are my inescapable responsibility.
Your Highness, stop blaming yourself.
You shouldn't be bearing their mistake.
In this world...
everything happens for a reason.
When I was a shadow guardian at Zi Fang Yun Palace...
I always saw the Heavenly Empress cried alone at the corner.
She used to be overwhelmed by grief.
If I didn't witness it with my own eyes,
I would never know that a magnificent and respectable person like her...
is just another pitiful and pathetic woman after all.
No doubt father was at fault that she became such person.
But I am at fault too.
Prior to her death...
I had neither dined with her nor talked with her.
Now...
I regret but they are gone forever.
I went back to the Heaven Realm today.
Everything was still the same but not the people.
When I was facing Run Yu, suddenly I felt helpless.
He's so justified and confident...
while for me...
there is no room for rebuttal for me.
I couldn't even protect my parents' last dignity.
That place has become so unfamiliar to me.
It's no longer the place where I was born and raised.
Even the phoenix tree...
I'm just like you...
I have nowhere to call home.
Your Highness.
You're wrong.
When I was spying on the late Water Immortal...
as ordered by the Heavenly Empress...
I overheard him making a comment out of personal feeling.
When I think back, I think it makes sense.
What is it?
Home is where my heart is.
Home is...
where my heart is.