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♫ Unwilling to take part in something improper, how could I predict things would turn out against my wishes? ♫
♫ The flower in center of my heart has withered, time cannot turn itself back. ♫
♫ My memories are whirling and twirling, the pain is only in the depths of my heart. ♫
♫ My only wish is to live without regrets, and fly far away with the flowers’ fragrance. ♫
♫ A bottle of rice wine, a body covered in dust and ashes. ♫
♫ Memories go back and forth, a life without regrets. ♫
♫ From spring to autumn, life comes and goes. Is it right to be vain? ♫
♫ I’m waiting for the flowers to return and bloom again, intoxicating me. ♫
♫ Sincerely hoping that my lifespan is no longer withering away ♫
♫ I’m waiting for the flowers to return and bloom again, intoxicating me. ♫
♫ Sincerely hoping that my lifespan is no longer withering away ♫
♫ I want to go back to savor the aftertaste of the wine again. ♫
♫ In my memories, life comes and goes. I realize clearly in my heart. ♫
♫ I want to go back to savor the aftertaste of the wine again.
Ashes of Love
Episode 14
Jin Mi is still inside.
If Jin Mi gets to hear all these, we won't be able to absolve ourselves.
She also will get dragged into this grudge between the past generation. Why do that?
Could it be...
...that Zi Fen died...
...during the Frost Descends at the
Year of Heaven 28,612 and not at the end of summer of the year 28,613?
Flower Realm hid the news of Zi Fen's death for a year? Why?
- That time— - Begonia!
Are you not going to listen to my words too?
The Fragrance Chiefs have made an oath with the Past Mistress.
Deity, stop interrogating them already.
Fragrance Chiefs, today, Xiao Tao Tao was able to find her father.
Don't hurt her heart again.
Go in now and accompany her.
If Deity wants to reminisce,
just do it with me.
Lao Hu, you also served by Zi Fen's side.
You surely know what has happened in the past.
Since Past Mistress wanted to keep this a secret,
she most likely didn't want to increase your problems.
But since Deity don't want to be a muddled idiot,
be a hurting sensible person then.
When Heavenly Emperor was still the Second Prince of the Heavenly Realm,
I'm sure that Deity knew more than I how he advanced gradually
and won Past Mistress' heart.
Just to successfully ascend to the throne, Heavenly Emperor
allied with the Bird Tribe, married their princess,
Tu Yao, and betrayed Past Mistress.
Past Mistress was severely brokenhearted upon learning this.
Good thing...because of your kindness,
you cared for Past Mistress for years like how you did the first time you met. Past Mistress
also eventually developed feelings for you. This initially was a good story that happened in the nick of time.
Who would have known that after Heavenly Emperor ascended to the throne,
he didn't change his stubborn ways
and he continued to pester Past Mistress.
But Past Mistress obstinately insisted to resist him. That Heaven Emperor got very angry
and forcefully tainted the Past Mistress.
He actually dared to use force on Zi Fen?!
But Past Mistress didn't know that time
that she's already pregnant with Jin Mi. Out of severe anger,
she went to the River of Forgetfulness.
Miss.
You already made a choice between me and power.
The two of us have long become strangers. And now, you humiliated me like this.
Causing me to be unable to face Luo Lin.
I can only jump down this River of Forgetfulness to clean up a lifetime of insult and heartbreak.
Past Mistress attempted to drink the water from the River of Forgetfulness
to forget all her problems, but got hindered by Heavenly Emperor.
Past Mistress then desired to jump into the River of Forgetfulness and even destroying her own yuan spirit,
but she was again stopped by Heaven Emperor using magic.
I am the Heavenly Emperor. The whole Heavenly Realm is mine.
I am not allowing you to die nor to forget me.
Let go of me!
Heavenly Emperor locked Past Mistress up inside Qiwu Palace.
Senior...
To make Past Mistress give up on you,
Heavenly Emperor schemed to bestow marriage on you and Wind Deity,
and deliberately let Past Mistress hear about it.
Water Deity and Wind Deity have arrived!
Your Majesty, why did you especially call for me and Lin Xiu?
Senior...
I already have someone I love. Although I'm not the one that she loves,
I'm already determined to marry no one except her.
Bestowing marriage to you and Lin Xiu isn't just for personal reasons.
Presently, there is unrest within the six realms. The marriage between Water Deity and Wind Deity
can boost the morale of the Heavenly Soldiers.
Luo Lin are you going to disobey my order?
Thank you for Your Majesty's good intentions. I wish you and Princess Tu Yao to have an eternally harmonious marriage.
But to ask me to go against my heart, even if you remove my deity status and demote me to being a mortal,
forgive me for I'm unable to obey you.
Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I, Luo Lin, and Zi Fen
have trained for thousands of years under one sect and are very close like siblings.
I can't steal someone's lover.
Tu Yao that time has already fulfilled her wish of marrying Heavenly Emperor.
What else is she dissatisfied about?!
Heavenly Emperor was forced to marry Tu Yao that time to adapt to the circumstances.
But in his heart, he kept loving Past Mistress.
He has plans to marry Past Mistress as a royal consort. When Tu Yao learned of this, [Linyuan Stage (Looking Down the Abyss Stage)]
how could she not hate her?
Mistress!
How come you're hurt like this?
Mistress!
After refusing the marriage, I once returned to Flower Realm to visit Zi Fen,
but she told me...
...that she never loved me.
Ever since, I only loved one person, and that's the Heavenly Emperor.
Just go back and marry Lin Xiu.
Past Mistress yuan spirit and five main organs have already been greatly damaged by the poisonous fire.
She knew that her days are not long, so she spoke to you coldly.
She hoped that you can put her down.
She didn't want you to be battered and exhausted
for a doomed love.
She'd rather wish that you and Wind Deity
can be in marital bliss, be happy and satisfied.
I wanted to age with Zi Fen together,
but nothing in life is constant except change.
Without Zi Fen, there's no such thing as happiness and satisfaction.
Jin Mi lost parents to rely on since she was little, was orphaned and lonely.
How can I forgive myself?
I must personally kill that evil woman.
Even if my deity form gets destroyed, I must take revenge for Zi Fen.
Things have already happened.
The primordial spirit of Past Mistress has already been destroyed. Even if you take revenge for her,
it's impossible for her to resurrect.
Moreover, the last wish of Past Mistress is that Flower Realm continue to be peaceful.
That there shouldn't be unending grudges and revenge.
Past Mistress was afraid that Little Pu Tao will become like her,
getting delayed by love and dying in grief.
Hence, she ordered the Fragrance Chiefs to strictly keep this secret,
letting Pu Tao appear in front of others in man's clothing,
never leaving this Water Mirror for 10,000 years,
and will be monitored and guarded by me at all times.
I initially thought that Xiao Tao Tao
can be happy and without worries in this lifetime.
Who would have thought
that destiny likes to make fools of us.
Jin Mi,
you actually are...
Revenge is revenge. How could you use Jin Mi
and put her in danger?
Do you know that Heavenly Empress almost killed her?
The one who hurt her is Heavenly Empress.
It's not what I wanted.
I won't help you anymore.
Is Fragrance Chief Magnolia really breaking off from our agreement?
It was you who didn't do your part of the bargain.
I already said
that I'm willing to join for revenge, but no people from my Flower Realm must be dragged into this.
Since it's taking revenge, how can there be a perfect plan?
If you dare bring Jin Mi any bit of harm again,
I surely will not spare you.
Head Fragrance Chief has always been impartial and incorruptible, is very strict with laws.
If the matter of our alliance will reach her,
Fragrance Chief Magnolia,
what will happen to you?
Regardless,
we now are in the same boat.
Since you've already waded into the water (got involved), how can you just stop?
Just shape up first.
[Xuanji Palace]
Your Highness, how is Jin Mi?
Thank you to Water Deity's help,
Jin Mi is now out of danger.
Jin Mi is actually the daughter of Water Deity.
Based on the agreement 4,000 years ago,
she is my fiancée.
Isn't she...the daughter of His Majesty Heavenly Emperor?
The spiritual energy that Father Emperor transferred to her was antagonistic with her innate spiritual energy.
Water Deity already personally checked it and confirmed that Jin Mi is his daughter.
Not long from now, he will publicly acknowledge her.
I can see that you're very happy.
I have never been this happy,
but also never been this worried.
I heard Water Deity and Head Fragrance Chief talking about some
past matters between Father Emperor and the Flower Deity Zi Fen.
Water Deity has a lot of grudges towards Father Emperor and Mother Empress.
I fear that he might not allow this marriage to proceed.
Even if they have some past conflicts, the marriage has already been agreed upon.
When a shangshen makes a promise, destiny will manifest it. No one can go against it. Right?
But I know...
...that Xu Feng also loves Jin Mi.
He might be able to hide his feelings from others,
but not from me.
I really can't bear to hurt him.
Can you bear to give Jin Mi up then?
His Highness Fire Deity has been favored and loved by Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress since he was little.
It's that way since he was born. He already has so much.
While you...
You are alone, so cold and so lonely.
You only have Yan Beast accompanying you throughout the long night.
You never went to fight for anything.
If...you will also yield your wife, then you...
Just once. Xu Feng,
I will wrong you just this one time.
In the future, I will make it up to you a hundred or thousand times more.
Will you blame me?
Head Fragrance Chief, while we're standing here today, tell me everything honestly.
Is Jin Mi my daughter or not?
With the magnificent soul of Past Mistress above,
no matter how many times you ask, I only have one answer.
Jin Mi isn't your daughter.
Don't try to fool me.
Zi Fen died after giving birth at the end of the summer of Year of Heaven 28,613.
if we calculate it based on that, Jin Mi is indeed my daughter.
Your Majesty, you got it wrong. Jin Mi wasn't born at the end of the summer,
but during the Frost Decends of the past year.
I know that
I wronged Zi Fen
and caused her to die bearing hatred.
I also know that all of you are outraged by the injustice she suffered.
But these past years, I have been looking for a chance
to make up for those past regrets.
You all also don't want to see Jin Mi become an orphan, right?
Your Majesty, have you forgotten why Past Mistress died, who is the reason why she died?
Just a few days ago, Heavenly Empress came to our Flower Realm, destroyed the memorial altar of Past Mistress,
Jin Mi almost died in her hands. You surely know about this, right?
If Your Majesty still put any importance on past affection,
stop placing the only descendant of Past Mistress in danger.
Regarding Heavenly Empress, you can be at ease. I will personally mediate it.
I'll let her and the whole Heavenly Realm accept Jin Mi.
Just for a measly Jin Mi, how can we dare trouble Heavenly Emperor to waste your mental strength in planning this?
By then, the emperor and empress become estranged, and the world will be in unrest. Jin Mi won't be able to bear such consequences.
The Heavenly Realm has so many crossroads.
Despite Past Mistress being a revered shangshen, she still got repeatedly plot against.
What more a weak child if left alone?
It's enough for Jin Mi to have a place like Flower Realm that can block the wind and rain for her.
I ask Heavenly Emperor to give her a path to survive.
Fine.
This matter indeed must be meticulously discussed and planned.
But you must know that even though things have changed with the passage of time,
my initial heart hasn't changed.
One day, I will reunite Jin Mi.
I must welcome her back to Heavenly Realm in a grand and majestic manner.
This is also my way of giving the soul of Zi Fen above
an explanation.
Since that's the case, I'm going to wipe my eyes and wait then.
Former Flower Deity, I'm here to visit you.
Now,
can I call you...
...mother?
Mother, I've reunited with my father, Water Deity.
He told me that you like eating these fresh flower cake the most when you're still alive.
What a coincidence! That's also my favorite.
Here, I've brought you some.
Although it doesn't look that good, I personally made them and they taste okay.
Don't dislike them.
Honestly,
in these past 4,000 years, I kept imagining the scene of our meeting.
But I never expected that it will be in this manner.
Before, I even was thinking that when I see you,
I must tell you a lot of my true feelings.
But I never thought...
...that before this, I actually have told you almost all of them.
You are indeed an unexpected mother.
I envy Lian Qiao a lot before.
Because whenever it was time to eat, her mother would send a butterfly to call her to eat.
I then would then think how good it will be if I also have a mother.
My mother will also call me to eat.
But now that I knew that I have a mother,
I've gotten more envious of her.
How can there be a mother like you in this world?
Giving birth to me then abandoning me.
You even locked me up in Water Mirror for 4,000 years.
Let Head Fragrance Chief fool me of being a grape without any parents.
You even hid my true form, causing my spiritual energy to be very low.
How did Father Water Deity and I wrong you?
♫ In the love letter, I found the place where we met each other in each lifetime. ♫
♫ I will be waiting there to watch the sunset together. ♫
♫ In the love letter, I found the place where we fell in love in each lifetime. ♫
♫ I will be singing there, performing under the moonlight. ♫
Forget it.
Although you are not that kind to me,
you are still the one who brought me to this world.
Okay already. I'm leaving now.
Father and I will I live well. Once I get the free time,
I will come visit you. I'm going now.
Deity.
While Jin Mi went out to pay respect to Zi Fen,
there is one thing that I want to ask you.
Deity, you have said it too seriously. I surely will tell you everything.
While checking Jin Mi's true form,
I discovered that in her body, other than the Jialan Spell,
there is another restricting seal.
I've asked Lao Hu, but he refused to say anything.
Do you know about this?
This restricting seal was personally created by Past Mistress.
Past Mistress calculated that Jin Mi will face a life trial before she reaches 10,000 years.
She did it to help Jin Mi avoid any calamity or dampen any disaster.
But regarding what it is specifically, we also don't know.
Really?
Yes, but
may Deity be at ease.
Past Mistress placed that restricting seal out of a motherly heart.
It will not harm Jin Mi at all.
May Deity be at ease.
Since it was Zi Fen's desire, fine then.
Head Sister, Water Deity is Jin Mi's biological father.
Why don't we just tell him the truth about the fallen pellet?
Water Deity has always been kind and soft-hearted.
He likes to go with the flow. Based on his attitude,
if he knew that the fallen pellet is suppressing Jin Mi's innate tendencies,
he most likely will take it out. What if the prediction of Past Mistress comes true
and Jin Mi encountered her love trial before her 10,000th year?
By then, how can we explain things to Past Mistress?
From now on, you can't make casual remarks again while in the Cloud Nine Palace.
Don't worry, father. I'll just obediently sit there and listen to your words.
I won't be talkative and try not to converse with Heavenly Empress.
This way, she won't be able to do anything to me too.
If Heavenly Empress makes things hard on you again, you don't need to fear her.
Water Deity! Water Deity!
Rat Immortal.
Water Deity, where are you going?
I'm taking my daughter to Cloud Nine Palace.
This is my daughter Jin Mi. Mi'er,
quickly greet Rat Immortal.
Immortal, hello
You seem to be in a rush. Are you going down the mortal world?
I was just about to look for you.
Why are you looking for me?
- Immortal Jin Mi. - Little Fish Immortal! - What a coincidence.
Are you on your way to patrol the night?
No rush. It's still very early.
Oh, right. You returned to the Flower Realm a few days ago.
Did the Fragrance Chiefs make things hard on you?
That's good then.
Immortal Jin Mi, you must be careful while in Heavenly Realm.
Mother Empress is still angry and might do things to harm you.
Why don't I accompany you to where you're going so you can have someone to take care of you?
Little Fish Immortal, no need to be worried about me.
You must not delay getting to your post just because of me.
With the time you're spending to talk to me, I probably have caused you delay in hanging the stars and setting up the night.
No such thing. I was honored when you said last time
that you like me. I feel grateful from the bottom of my heart.
I surely will not refuse to be of service to you.
It's just that I have been arranged to be married since I was little.
I fear that I might disappoint your good intentions.
No big deal. We all are friends.
Little Fish Immortal, even if you are engaged to be married,
I still like you.
I like you too.
Greetings, Deity.
I was careless earlier and didn't sense your presence. Hope you will forgive me.
I don't know when you arrived,
but I'm sure that you've heard a little bit of my conversation with Immortal Jin Mi.
- Little Fish Immortal! - In here, I apologize to Water Deity for my sin.
Little Fish Immortal!
What sin does Night Deity have?
I'm very willing to hear it.
I committed a grave sin.
My sin is that I shouldn't have fallen for Immortal Jin Mi
while bearing the marriage agreement
that you and Father Emperor has agreed upon.
Although I'm not some great sage, I am not an unfaithful person.
Since Immortal Jin Mi and I
have already developed mutual affection,
from now on, I can only hand my heart to her.
I can't marry anyone else.
Hence, I must break the previous agreement of marrying your eldest daughter.
I know very well that my sin is unforgivable.
May Deity punish me.
But I am the eldest daughter of Water Deity.
How come he said that he likes me
but can't marry me?
Oh, right, Little Fish Immortal doesn't know yet.
Night Deity, quickly rise.
Hurry and get up, Little Fish Immortal.
Does Night Deity know the consequences of breaking the agreement?
It most likely is removing me from my deity status and being demoted to the mortal world.
If I'm able to be with Immortal Jin Mi for a lifetime,
so what if I have to give up this ostentatious Heavenly Realm?
You must not!
If you get demoted to be a mortal, your life will be like a drop of water in the ocean.
Measly several years will pass by so fleetingly,
but you have to suffer the pain of birth, old age, sickness, and death.
Just for Mi'er, are you not afraid?
As long as I'm able to stay together with the one I love, I'm willing to do anything even dying.
As long as I'm able to stay together with the one I love, I'm willing to be a mere mortal and not envy the immortals.
That's what my heart desires and it will never change even if I die several times.
Okay. I will remember what you said today, Night Deity.
Hope that you won't forget it.
- Mi'er. Let's go. - Okay.
Farewell, Little Fish Immortal.
Don't be afraid.
Today, I was able to obtain this Phoenix-Head Harp,
that's known to have the number one tune in the whole six realms, and it happened to be time for our family banquet.
Why don't everyone try to comment on it? It's rare that my son is intelligent, skilled in fighting,
and can play a harp well.
Since Xu Feng was little, I've taught him
that understanding the principles of playing instruments is reaching the state of great freedom.
With the numerous stars, the sun and moon, the rivers and seas,
the hundreds of forms of the ways of the world,
Xu Feng was able to express them all at his hands, transforming them into string tunes.
Only my son is worthy to play
this top Phoenix-Head Harp of the six realms.
Heavenly Empress has really raised our child well.
Informing Your Majesty, Water Deity asks for an audience.
Water Deity is well-versed in music. Great timing, for we can ask his opinion about this. Quickly let him in.
Yes.
Jin Mi?
Mi'er?!
Phoenix.
Water Deity, what does this mean?
Is the Cloud Nine Palace a place that any sprite can enter?
Does Water Deity have any important matter to discuss?
Why don't everyone leave first?
Let's just admire the harp some other day.
Wait!
It's also not a major matter.
I just want to ask Heavenly Emperor
to take back the antagonistic 5,000 years fire yang spiritual energy in the body of my daughter.
Daughter?
Indeed.
Jin Mi is the daughter of Zi Fen and me.
What?
Water Deity, don't get deceived by this sprite.
Her real form is a grape. That day, all the immortals here saw it.
To say that she's the daughter of a water and flower deities, that's so absurd.
Say,
Jin Mi and Zi Fen indeed look alike.
Dan Zhu are you like Wine Immortal
having a confused brain and blurred eyes?
What Heavenly Empress said is very correct. Deity, make sure to not acknowledge the wrong person.
No need for Heavenly Empress to worry about it. If not because of how evil the heart is,
how could Zi Fen use magic to suppress Jin Mi's
innate spiritual energy the moment she was born?
Heavenly Emperor, do you know what caused Flower Deity's death?
Flower Deity's death is a destined event. It's recorded in the Magical Diary of the Six Realms
that Flower Deity was initially a petal of the lotus in front of Buddha's throne.
She entered the wheel of karma and reincarnation, and should be destroyed.
But never thought, she mistakenly entered Three Islands and Ten Continents region,
and got saved by Water Deity and Deity Dou Mu.
Once I entered the palace hall, I won't be able to turn back.
Heavenly Empress has long been afraid of me
since Xu Feng disappeared during his rebirth.
If I really am able to be connected with Water Deity through marriage,
she surely will not just sit and watch.
Moreover...
In my opinion, for the person that you love,
even if you face some misunderstandings and obstacles,
it is worth it. Isn't it?
I have made my decision.
Such an act is against the heaven's will, hence, will surely be punished.
Flower Deity eventually dying is just the result of her spiritual power turning against her.
When Water Deity extended help to save her in the past,
you should have predicted that she will suffer this karma.
Talking about the Magical Diary of the Six Realms, it was also recorded there
that hellfire is a technique that can break the spirit and it's divided into 81 kinds.
The Pure Glass Fire is the top among them, and it is subdivided into 5 degrees.
Poison Fire is the highest degree. It can devour a heavenly spirit and burn its major organs.
Ever since, only the Fire Deity is able to control such a technique.
In the past—
His Highness Night Deity has arrived!
Greetings Father Emperor, Mother Empress.
Greetings, Water Deity.
My son, Run Yu, no need for formalities.
I heard that Father Emperor today was able to obtain a great ancient musical instrument,
the Phoenix-Head Harp. I had to set up the night sky so I came late.
From the looks of it, I indeed missed a wonderful performance.
That's another regret added in my life.
Water Deity, do you know what Jin Mi's true form is?
If you don't tell me, how then will I
be able to remove the fire spiritual energy?
Jin Mi was born during the Frost Descends.
She's able to plant flowers and call for water, her body composition is extremely cold.
Her real form is a...six-petaled frost flower.
Frost flower?
Descends at night and leaves in the morning,
come and goes so fleetingly, never leaving any traces.
So light and buoyant, it's not as imposing and adorable
than a grape.
Immortal Jin Mi,
what is the meaning of the words of Water Deity?
Her body composition is indeed cold yin. She's not my daughter.
That was such a pity. That's 5,000 years of spiritual energy.
Never thought that she's actually Water Deity's daughter.
Too bad.
What Father Emperor means...
Could it be that Immortal Jin Mi is Deity's daughter?
Jin Mi is the eldest daughter of Water Deity,
and is also your fiancée.
This...!
Mi'er got partnered with Run Yu, what about Baby Phoenix then?
Is this some acknowledging one's father package? Acknowledge your father and you get a husband?
It's even buy one take one?
Thank you for Father Emperor's graces.
Thank you Water Deity.
Little Fish Immortal has always been a loyal friend.
I feel carefree when I'm with him.
Mi'er, are you willing?
If you don't want to—
Xu Feng!
Marriage, right? It can be easily settled.
Thank you for the graces of Heavenly Emperor and Father.
Why don't Immortal Jin Mi use this grape vine first?
Thank you, Little Fish Immortal.
I heard that Fire Deity accidentally lost your Great Truth Phoenix Feather.
Never thought that it got picked up by Immortal Jin Mi.
Now, it should be returned to its rightful owner.
I indeed picked this up, but Phoenix already gifted it to me.
Xu Feng, aren't you going to hurry and keep it?
Today is really an auspicious day.
Water Deity was able to find his lost daughter. Night Deity has found his main wife.
Fire Deity has found the object he lost. These are really worth celebrating.
Three good things happening at the same time.
Okay already.
Today, let's end here.
For an item that has been given away,
how can it be reasonable to take it back?
Moreover, the items that I have lost to you...
...isn't only a measly Phoenix Feather.
If you're going to give it back,
then given them all back.
Or else, don't give any of them back.
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♫ My left hand holds the ground, my right hand holds the sky. ♫
♫ Lightning bolts erupt out of my palm print and go in ten directions. ♫
♫ I quickly turn time into years. ♫
♫ In three thousand lifetimes, I’ve seen it all. ♫
♫ My left hand picks flowers, my right hand wields a sword. ♫
♫ Between my brows, an entire ten thousand years’ of snow has fallen. ♫
♫ One teardrop. ♫
♫ That is who I am. ♫
♫ My left-hand’s finger touches the moon, my right hand is selecting Red Threads ♫
♫ to bestow upon you and I our desired and predestined love. ♫
♫ In the moonlight. ♫
♫ You and I. ♫
♫ My left hand transforms into feathers, my right hand becomes scales. ♫
♫ Some of my lives are spent in the clouds, some are in the forests. ♫
♫ I’m willing to follow you and become a speck of dust ♫
♫ in order to emerge in this mortal life. ♫
♫ My left hands picks you up, my right hand lets go of you. ♫
♫ When I clasp my palms together, you are completely drawn back into my heart. ♫
♫ In the time it takes for one incense stick to burn. ♫
♫ You and I, we become inseparable. ♫