"Ashes of Love"
"Episode 52"
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.
Your Highness, you may not be aware,
many years ago,
I lost my parents.
I lost my tribe.
I lost my homeland.
For a period of countless dawns,
I couldn't find the courage to face the rising sun.
Back then, the only thing that kept me going was hatred.
But later,
after countless of sleepless nights,
it slowly dawned on me...
that my parents and tribesmen didn't sacrifice their lives to protect me...
just so I could wallow in hatred, but for me to live a better life.
Because, I was their only hope.
A man represents what his tribe stands for.
I had to keep living.
That is why,
what kept me alive to this day is hope.
Stay right there.
Where are you going?
What does it have to do with you?
Why must I tell you?
You're always sneaking around.
Who knows if you're planning anything to hurt Xu Feng.
Liu Ying, don't be too hard on her.
She won't hurt me.
I'll go get some herbs for you.
Thank you.
Though she has taken good care of you,
she really has a talent of getting on my nerves.
Enough.
When I died and lost my powers,
and now that everyone has turned their back on me,
both of you and Sui He stay by my side,
allowing me to come back alive.
Doesn't matter if she has bad intentions,
whatever it is, I owe it to her.
Xu Feng,
from now on, just treat Mu Ci, my father and I as your family.
Thank you, all of you.
Let's sit and talk.
Xu Feng, how are you feeling?
I'm good.
What do you mean?
Do you mean your prowess or appetite have increased?
That's all you think about.
Always just eating and fighting.
Can't you focus on something else?
Why bother thinking so much?
Whether it's being a demon or immortal,
what matters most is happiness.
Well said.
Xu Feng, you've escaped death, your life must be blessed.
Here, this should levitate your magical prowess.
Vermilion bird egg?
You little devil,
your body is of a cold nature, made for waters.
Yet you overestimate yourself and swallowed my vermilion bird egg.
I'm a grape! I was born in the ground!
Not water!
I thought vermilion was from the hog family!
I didn't know it was related to fire!
Stop talking already, you're making me dizzy.
For a mere 300 years worth of magical prowess,
you almost got yourself killed.
How dumb.
You gave me that vermilion...
when we celebrated Heavenly Empress's birthday.
Thank you.
Xu Feng, what's the matter?
Xu Feng is fine.
But he just recovered,
so he still needs more rest.
Always remember, take it slow when you train.
Don't worry.
I've already died once,
so to me, this life is not easy to come by.
If I were to take it for granted,
I'd be ungrateful to you all for saving me.
Run Yu is so heartless.
We should respect the deceased, but he was so ruthless.
Xu Feng sure is pitiful.
Frankly, I think this might actually be a good thing to Xu Feng.
Finding one's true self to face the past.
To see everything as it is,
only then, one can be reborn.
How did you and Xu Feng end up chatting?
I'm the one who's close to him.
What did you guys talk about?
Nothing much.
Just some guy talk.
Which is?
If I tell a woman about guy talk,
then it's not guy talk anymore, now is it?
If you're bored, you can maybe go chat with Princess Sui He.
Her? Are you out of your mind?
We barely agree on anything. I'd rather find you.
Mu Ci.
What happened to your hair?
My hair?
Mu Ci, do you know?
I've always fancied a mature man.
Good thing you've got white hair.
Now you don't look like a spoiled brat.
Princess, don't try to comfort me.
I'm not. This is just what I like.
The fact is,
deep down I know that...
I only will keep getting older.
In no time...
I will be just like a mortal.
I'll age, fall sick, and die.
Also,
even gradually start to forget you.
If that happens, will you still like me then?
The cicada lives for 7 days.
The mayfly flies at dawn and dies at dusk.
Yet they live their lives happily.
We have 10 years to live.
Compared to them, we are truly blessed.
Mu Ci, remember.
Whatever happens to you,
we'll face it together.
Okay?
Okay.
Your Majesty.
I beg you,
please let Xu Feng go.
Get up first.
I won't.
If you don't promise me, I won't get up.
I beg you.
Must you do this?
I beg you.
Let Xu Feng go.
Fine.
I promise you.
Get up.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Mi Er, Mi Er!
Mi Er!
Your Majesty.
You call me here in the dead of night, how may I assist you?
Inform the six realms,
Fire Immortal, Xu Feng has infiltrated Palace of Ancient Sages,
disrespected the Heavenly Emperor,
violated the laws of Heaven.
Capture him.
Revoke his immortality immediately.
Never will he enter Heaven Realm again.
But...
Yes, Your Majesty.
Kuang Lu!
What's this?
Who set up this barrier?
Immortal.
His Majesty is very worried about you,
so he prevents you from running into dangers outside.
Immortal, as you're recuperating,
it's best to rest at Xuan Ji Palace.
His Majesty has done so much for you,
sacrificed so much for you.
Immortal, please understand that His Majesty means well.
Kuang Lu.
Let me out!
Beauty.
I was drawing a portrait of a beauty at home.
I've no idea who had so much anger...
and forcefully dragged me here.
What about you, why are you standing there?
Watch out!
There's a barrier here.
This must be cast by Run Yu, right?
- Has he lost his mind? - Can you break it?
My oh my.
What did you do to piss him off?
You made him use so much magical prowess to cast such a solid barrier.
Enough with the sarcasm.
I'm asking you, can you break the spell?
But I'll think of something for you.
Oh right,
rumour has it, Xu Feng has resurrected in the Demon Realm.
Was that you?
I knew it right away.
Only you'd do something like that.
No wonder. Run Yu must have gone through the roof.
He has informed the six realms to...
revoke Xu Feng's immortality permanently,
never allow him to enter the Heaven Realm again.
So this was what he meant,
when he said he would let him go.
He's no longer the aloof Night Immortal.
Seeing his own mother...
being brutally murdered in the hands of the Heavenly Empress.
To him, there lies a vengeance for Xu Feng's mother.
You should try and understand him.
Sometimes I look back,
I really do miss the times...
of the first 100 years when first came here.
It's my first time coming to Heaven!
I've got to get a real good look at this beautiful place!
I'm no witch.
I'm a good old grape fairy.
- Take this... - Oh right, I got it.
I'll get rid of it, right away!
How could you use this book to wedge the table?
No sleep for you tonight.
Work on your shape-shifting, I want results in the morning.
Fairchild, where are you from?
I'm no fairchild.
Just a mere half-immortal.
Half-immortal?
Only this little devil can shape her own immortality rank.
Back then,
there was nothing like vengeance between parents, or love and hate.
I was just in Qi Wu Palace,
being a little reading assistant,
grinding ink for Phoenix.
If you go now, who's going to make tea and grind ink for me?
A reading assistant should act like one.
These rice dumplings from mortal world taste awful!
My flower cakes taste 100 times better than them.
Melts in the mouth and no indigestion. Isn't that great?
Yes.
Making magical rice dumplings.
Planting flowers and plants.
Training hard without a worry in the world.
Being a fruit fairy proudly.
I still remember,
the Phoenix back then,
was a Phoenix that was still proud, arrogant and full of life.
There's nothing in this world, that can frighten the mighty Xu Feng.
And Fish Fairy was still a gentle and kind fish fairy.
You can call me, Run Yu.
How shall I call you, fairy?
The name's Jin Mi.
Here, have this red string.
I hope you'll find someone to spend your days with.
Thank you, Fairy Jin Mi.
What good times those were.
Too bad I can't turn back time.
Now...
Now, even the phoenix tree is dead.
If you had another Yun Elixir now, would you take it?
It was all because of the Yun Elixir that everything is how it is now.
I never regretted the days I spent with Phoenix.
But...
it's all my fault.
- It's me... - I'll hear no more!
Why are you leaving?
Who'd want to hear your sob story with that burnt crow?
I'm off to get someone to tear down this lightning cage.
I'm off.
Thank you, Pu Chi.
What's going on?
Your Highness.
Your Highness, are you okay? Your Highness.
Maybe I was too aggressive.
That's why I'm feeling a little unusual.
No big deal. Don't worry.
Oh right,
today at the demon market, I saw a mandate from Heaven Realm.
What mandate?
They've revoked your status as a god and kicked you out of Heaven Realm.
Run Yu...
Run Yu is trying to get rid of you.
Move!
- No entry! - Do you know who I am?
Get out of my way!
- No one's allowed to enter! - Run Yu!
Run Yu.
Explain to me...
why are you revoking Xu Feng's immortality?
You've already become the Heavenly Emperor.
Why can't you just be benevolent and let him go?
He is your own brother,
you've already killed him once.
Xu Feng has so much pride.
If you revoke his immortality,
that'd be more cruel than just killing him.
How could you bear to do this?
Immortal, this is no place for you to speak.
Shut up.
Immortal,
it was Xu Feng who infiltrated Palace of Ancient Sages...
and even tried to hurt His Majesty.
You forced him to.
Xu Feng was just returning to give respects to his parents.
How can you hold him back?
Xu Feng held a sword to His Majesty.
If Immortal Jin Mi did not come forth and stop him,
His Majesty might have been...
Jin Mi?
Her again?
Did she help you to attack Xu Feng again?
That's right. She helped me to attack Xu Feng.
There's no hope between them.
Uncle, you should give it up.
You can't treat him like that!
Xu Feng.
He has never done anything sorry to you.
- Guards. - Here!
Nobody can touch me!
- Take him away. - Yes!
Run Yu! Your Majesty, Run Yu!
Run Yu!
The demons in the Demon Realm are all out to get him.
If you don't let him back in Heaven,
you'll force him to a dead end!
Run Yu!
He's your own brother!
My Lord, you have a guest.
Where from?
King of Biancheng.
Your Highness.