"Ashes of Love"
"Episode 6"
Uncle,
report to father right away.
Qiong Qi is wrecking the Southern Heavenly Gates.
Request for immediate assistance.
Little one, are you all right?
- Let me have a look. - I'm fine.
Fish fairy, you must be careful.
Don't you worry.
Take care of Jin Mi.
Phoenix!
Watch out!
Quick, get up.
Qiong Qi is deadly. Don't go after him.
Are you two all right? Are you hurt?
I've failed you, father.
I couldn't detain the beast.
I allowed Qiong Qi to destroy the Southern Heavenly Gates.
I deserve to be punished, father.
You're being too harsh on yourself.
He is an ancient beast.
Ferocious by nature.
You, alone, are no match for him.
Follow me back...
to the Highest Castle now.
We need to figure out a counter-measure,
- before he comes back stronger. - Little one,
are you all right?
Yes.
It's said that nine hundred years ago, Qiong Qi...
had caused havoc in the six realms.
He didn't just cause chaos in the Demon Realm,
he even caused disturbance in Flora Realm.
The Heaven Realm sent out...
masses of powerful Supreme Immortals,
it took a long time to finally take him down.
Then, even...
Xuan Ling Lord Doumu came forth to cast a seal.
It befogs me...
why Qiong Qi would appear again.
Qiong Qi's reappearance is indeed precarious.
In my humble opinion,
it is now a critical time.
He must be quickly detained,
and be sealed once more.
If left unhandled, he will cause danger to six realms.
There'll then be endless consequences.
Dear lord, I could not agree more.
In my humble opinion,
in the battles between the bad and the good...
though the Demon and Heaven Realm have called for truce,
feelings of unease still lurk within them.
Waiting to be unleashed.
King of Yancheng may have withdrawn at the River of Unmindfulness.
That was but a feigned retreat.
Now that Qiong Qi has reappeared,
I believe, Demon Realm is definitely involved in it.
I humbly ask,
to enter the Demon Realm to capture Qiong Qi.
At the same time, investigate the Demon Realm.
Fire Immortal is right,
to undo the spell, we need to find the spell caster.
This catastrophe sprouted from the Demon Realm.
Please father, make a decision as soon as you can.
The peace among the six realms lasting until today,
had not been easy to maintain.
We must not allow the Demon Realm to evoke,
overturning the peace.
- Orders for Fire Immortal, Xu Feng. - Yes, father!
Take this, Red Clouds Sword.
Protect Heaven and intercept Demon Realm.
Take down all devils and demons.
Capture Qiong Qi.
Uncover the truth behind Qiong Qi's return.
I oblige.
It's already so late.
Why isn't Phoenix back yet?
I wonder if he is badly hurt...
by Qiong Qi.
Veggie!
My poor Veggie!
How you've suffered.
Just 2 days,
and you've been cooked into a dish.
These soulless short-lived Heaven Immortals!
What a sin!
This Veggie...
who are you talking about?
Have you forgotten?
The field by the Water Mirror,
the lover of the chives sister,
little Chinese flowering cabbage.
When you were young, he used to praise you for your wits.
Have you forgotten?
Well, at a glance, it does look a little familiar.
But how could you tell?
Of course I could.
It's Veggie!
Veggie has always had green leaves.
White stalks.
Rounded head.
Tender in texture.
Of course it's him.
Don't all Chinese flowering cabbages look like that?
Your Highness,
I heard you had a vicious battle at Southern Heavenly Gates with Qiong Qi.
Were you hurt?
It was nothing major.
Go on down.
Yes.
- Stop crying. - Hello, Uncle.
Xu Feng.
This is...
A rotten tree cannot bear good fruit.
None of you Heaven-kind have a kind soul.
Like father, like mother,
like son.
Xu Feng,
do you still remember...
when you secretly set free the jade rabbit,
there was a carrot fairy...
that was thrust around through the Heavenly Palace?
Well, he's the one.
I was young and oblivious.
For the wrong that I've done unto you,
I hereby apologize.
But,
Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress are rulers of the six realms...
They are not someone who can be criticized by a petty fairy like you.
Lao Hu, Lao Hu.
Let's all get along peacefully. Speak nicely.
Your dishes here are the least bit tasty.
Little one,
follow me back to Water Mirror.
And debrief to the fellow chiefs.
I recently heard that the Flora Realm...
had a fall out with the bird tribe...
for a mere fairy.
Is this uproar...
due to Jin Mi?
So what if is?
What if it's not?
The Flora and Heaven Realm...
haven't communicated for thousands of years.
Yet today, the chiefs have to attend to this personally...
for just a fairy.
Seems like there'll be lots to weather in the coming days.
The Flora Realm is none of your business.
Are you going back for this?
Very well.
Qiong Qi is causing havoc.
Father has sent me to patrol the Demon Realm.
I'll leave tomorrow.
I'll be gone for a good few years.
If you stayed in Heaven, with no one to train you.
It'd be a waste of time anyway. Better yet to go back.
Phoenix, you fool!
How can you let Jin Mi go?
That's great!
Now that we've bid farewell.
Let's go then.
Wait a minute.
Now... now's not the time to leave yet.
Why... why's that?
I've not done packing my bags.
Jin Mi, how are you more clutter-brained than me?
You're no ordinary human.
What bags do you need?
Whatever pretty clothes you desire,
you need only snap your fingers,
and you have everything you need.
I... I... It's not clothes that I want.
It's... it's books that I want to take along.
Books?
Yes, yes.
Since... since I came here,
I've been studying this mental cultivation.
There's a few chapters of scripture...
that I've not understood.
So I'd like to take them back,
so that I can ask Chief Zhang, isn't that good?
Your Highness, Can I...
Can I take a few books from your study?
I am truly glad,
that you have a curious heart to learn.
The books in the study are yours to take.
Thank you, Your Highness.
That's more like it.
You've finally matured.
Little one, besides just playing a fool,
you now yearn self-improvement.
Very well. We shall leave tomorrow then.
We shall leave tomorrow.
All right.
- We'll leave tomorrow. - Take more books.
Take more books. Don't worry about the weight.
- If it's heavy, I'll help you. - All right, all right.
Wait a while.
That should do it.
You've finally learn not to feed me scalding water.
Qiong Qi was so scary today,
thanks for saving me.
Thank goodness, you are grateful.
I very much appreciate being alive.
So I must give thanks,
for being my saviour.
I wonder how she plans to thank me.
How are you going to thank me?
Didn't I just thank you?
Forget it.
It's like I'm serenading a cow.
We were doing fine,
yet he suddenly gets mad at me?
What ridiculous mood swings.
Rest assured,
I will definitely defeat Qiong Qi...
and avenge you.
If you really do defeat him,
even if you make me gardener then,
I'd be more than willing.
I'd even plant a whole garden with Phoenix Flower.
What's the matter?
Are you all right?
Help me up over there.
Yes, of course.
Slowly.
Phoenix.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
I'll be okay, with just a change of luck after 12 days.
- Phoenix. - No big deal.
What's with that face?
Your brows and eyes are all scrunched up.
I was just thinking,
you're not using your powers to stay strong, right?
Why would I stay strong for?
Then, get up and walk 2 rounds for me.
I'm up.
Not enough.
This can't determine if you're really okay.
I must see for myself.
What are you doing?
I want to see if your back is recovered.
How would I know if I don't check?
- Let go. - No.
Let me see.
Qiong Qi is so strong. No way you'd recover so easily.
If I don't see it myself, I won't believe it.
If I say I'm fine, I'm fine. Tugging and pulling, what a mess.
Let me see. I'll stop once I see.
Let me see.
Even immortals have scars too.
Why do you have so many?
What happened here?
They were from former battles.
How long do you plan to keep looking?
Fine, fine.
Do you all wild fairies...
know no bounds between men and women?
And always tug at people's clothes?
It's fine that it's me.
But you can never tug on other people's clothes.
Understood?
Understood.
You're amazing.
You can recover from all injuries by Qiong Qi's.
But why do you have so many scars?
Wars wait for no men.
When have I the time to heal?
So as time passes,
scars naturally stay.
But they are just external injuries.
It's nothing.
Don't you feel pain?
They've long recovered.
I guess being Supreme Immortal is not easy too.
Obviously.
The journey of Dao...
is paved with endless pain but sparse healing.
Do everything...
in adequacy.
The higher the magical prowess, the stronger one becomes.
The more responsibility and bigger the mission one bears.
The more there are that...
one needs to protect.
I heard Chief Zhang mention once,
in the Flora Realm,
if Ganoderma essence is applied,
those badly injured can heal,
normal people can get stronger...
from ingesting it.
Seeing that Your Highness has saved my life,
I'll give you one.
Ganoderma essence is rare and sacred in the Flora Realm.
You need not bother Chief Zhang for my sake.
Lao Hu said before,
people who look good,
spend all their effort in caring for their face.
Therefore, their brains are usually empty.
You, are the perfect example.
You're the one who kidnapped me here.
Why would Chief Zhang save you?
If that's the case,
how would you give it to me?
It's just some grass.
I'll just cast it out for you.
You, cast it out?
Don't look down on me.
That's actually really easy.
You better think about how you should thank me,
after I cast it out.
All right,
I'll be waiting then.
Just you wait.
Wait and see.
If you can plant the Ganoderma,
I'll give you 200 years worth of magical prowess.
What say you?
I know you're just teasing me.
But us fruit planters,
do not share the same thoughts with the birds.
Three hundred years.
All right, 300 years then.
I... I...
I... I've planted it!
I've grown the Ganoderma!
Look!
Three hundred years of magical prowess.
Losers pay the rake!
What are you?
What's wrong?
Ganoderma essence is a sacred to the Flora Realm.
How can a nobody like you grow something like that?
Let me ask you,
how are you related to the late Flora Immortal?
The late Flora Immortal had great magical prowess.
High above all immortals.
If only I could be related to that.
I'm not joking around, who are you?
I'm just a grape, what's wrong with you?
Have you changed your mind about the magical prowess?
You can just say so.
Why are you being like this?
Fox fairy, why are you here?
As the wind breezes by,
separating Heaven and Earth to a million miles.
So, what?
Moon Immortal was right,
to hold down a man, is to first hold his kiss.
But why do I feel weird?
The rest is still usable.
Keep it.
Don't waste my Ganoderma!
Never to meet again in all eternity,
despite how frantic the world becomes.
In a love letter, I found the place where we meet in every life.
There I'll wait for us to watch the setting sun.
In a love letter, I found the place where we love in every life.
There I'll sing in the moonlight.
In a love letter, I found the place where I make a wish in every life.
There I'll plant a red lotus to fill the memories with its lovely scent.
In a love letter, I found a place...
Rou Rou.
Phoenix got hurt because he tried to save me.
Yet,
this cunning bird...
said he's fully recovered.
Who knows if he's really recovered?
He even sacrificed his life for me.
If I left just like that,
it'd be too unfair...
right?
Even if not for him,
but for you,
I too, must go to Demon Realm to find Qiong Qi.
To avenge you!
In a love letter, I found the place where we meet in every life.
There I'll wait for us to watch the setting sun.
In a love letter, I found the place where we love in every life.
There I'll sing in the moonlight.
In a love letter, I found the place where I make a wish in every life.
There I'll plant a red lotus to fill the memories with its lovely scent.
In a love letter, I found the place where we love in every life.
Congratulations, Your Highness.
What of?
I heard that Your Highness caused great pain...
to Qiong Qi with your powers.
The Heavenly Emperor personally gifted the Red Clouds Sword...
which can kill immortals and subdue demons.
That sword is Heaven Realm's greatest treasure.
The Heavenly Emperor's action of doing so speaks volumes.
Your aunt is too, greatly thrilled.
Therefore, I have come forth especially to congratulate you.
It was only a duty, there's nothing to be congratulated.
What is it that brings you here so early in the day?
Your Highness, you are journeying far.
I came to send you off.
Also, I heard some rumours yesterday.
Saying that, Jin Mi is the person Chief Zhang is after.
Is this true?
You sure are well-informed.
Seems like Qi Wu Palace should do an in-house clean up.
No wonder I couldn't find a single soul...
as I searched the entire bird tribe.
Jin Mi is really headstrong.
Just by her alone,
she caused so much trouble to the bird tribe.
You can't blame Jin Mi,
it was I who took her here to Heaven Realm.
I'll apologize to Chief Zhang.
To clear up the misunderstanding.
Surely.
So long as the Flora Realm and the bird tribe are on good terms,
I'll have a peace of mind.
Just that, I used to think I knew Jin Mi.
Yet she even hid her identity from me.
I'm just so disappointed.
You've always been benevolent.
Don't compare yourself to Jin Mi, that clutter-brain.
Phoenix has great powers.
Hopefully he doesn't figure it out.
Ouch.
Your Highness,
this shirt has got some dirt on it.
Your Highness,
it might be because this scroll is aged.
It's not properly dusted, thus dusting the shirt.
Your Highness, shall I get a change of clothes for you?
Your Highness, how about this purple one?
It's a little too bright.
Then, Your Highness, what about the black one?
That's too gloomy.
No worries.
A little dust is fine.
I'll just wear this.
That's right.
Ouch!
It hurts!
"River Bank of River of Unmindfulness"
Young man, are you looking for a ride?
Exactly.
Sorry to trouble you, sir.
Please.
Please stand firm, young man.
The fairy in the sleeve pocket too, hold on tight.
I'm going to take off.
Fairy in sleeve pocket, hold on tight.
That...
I don't know how but I slept in the wrong place, last night.
How unfortunate. How unfortunate indeed.
This is the River of Unmindfulness.
If you don't wish to be the food of the souls in the river, sit still.
Where's your grape vines?
I worried that wearing it would wound your pride,
so I kept it.
Why would my pride be wounded?
Obviously because I worry, I'd snatch away...
your reputation as the most handsome man in the six realms.
My whole 10,000 years of watching...
River of Unmindfulness, this is my second time...
seeing such a stunning lady.
Isn't your business doing too bad then.
Only 2 ladies in 10,000 years.
I still remember, about 10,000 years ago...
there once was a lady...
who came to me for a handful of water from this river.
That lady had the skin of a goddess.
She walked like she was on a field of flowers.
Her feature's stunning.
But she looked miserable.
Unlike this lady here, who's bright and naive.
Sounds like an interesting story.
I'll tell this to the Moon Immortal when I get back.
He'd definitely be delighted.
Then what happened? What happened next?
Then from the shore, came a man with brocade clothing.
Hurriedly he spilled the water from the hands of the lady.
After a struggle between the 2.
The girl leaped up, seeming to dive into the river.
Then the man panicked.
As if he'd gone mad, and tried to pull her back.
In the end, the 2 of them disappeared...
and was nowhere to be seen.
River of Unmindfulness.
Looking back, it's all become a distant memory.
So it's a story with a bad finish.
Stand firm.
Told you to be careful.
You clumsy mess.
What a moody birdy.
Don't leave me here alone.
I'll be scared all alone here.
You're a demon.
What could possibly scare you?
Oh yeah.
You've got a point.
What? I'm no demon.
I'm a fairy.
From today on,
you will be my personal maid in the Demon Realm.
Assist me closely.
And I'll make sure you don't get captured by demons. How's that?
All right.
Why did you make my hair into 2 pigtails?
This is so old-fashioned!
Why did you make my hair into 2 pigtails?
I hate pigtails.
I think it looks great.
Two pigtails don't look good at all!
I think it looks great.
Mr. Demon, come buy this tail.
I have only the freshest.
Once you put it on, I assure you will be in disguise.
How real!
It's still warm.
Do you have bunny ears?
I do, I do, I do!
Wow, really?
Now I can go back and give Lao Hu a scare.
Do I look cute? Cute, aren't I?
You have such great taste.
This rabbit ears are made according to...
- the jade rabbit of Guang Han Palace. - Really?
Don't get tricked.
All right!
Ms. Demon,
you have not given me any magical prowess.
What magical prowess?
I'll pay on behalf of her.
Fish fairy?
Immortal Jin Mi.
- Why are you here? - You seem well.
- Thanks Fish fairy. - Cute, right? You like it?
This.
It's my maid who is buying,
of course I should be paying.
How could I trouble Lord Night Immortal.
It's no trouble between brothers.
Brothers?
You are brothers?
The Heaven Realm is truly weird.
First there was the Fox uncle.
Now there's a handsome fish brother.
Everyone is connected in this world.
Looks like you know each other.
That day, Fish fairy was feeding the deer in Heaven,
and I ran into him.
Fish?
Lord Night Immortal,
when did you decide to forgo being a dragon,
but become a fish instead?
Lord Night Immortal?
I heard that a while back...
Fire Immortal became a crow back in the Flora Realm.
Me becoming a fish is nothing compared to that.
You.
You're the dragon, the Night Immortal?
I guess having a tail with scales, doesn't mean you're a fish.
You could be a low-profile dragon too.
It never occurred to me, that Jin Mi, you...
are the Fire Immortal's maidservant.
How very interesting.
What brings Lord Night Immortal to the Demon Realm?
You coming here personally to capture Qiong Qi...
has made me worry.
So I came to lend a helping hand.
Qiong Qi is truly ferocious.
I may not be able to protect you.
Rest assured.
I won't drag you down.
- Let's go then. - Let's.
What a big room!
Where... where should I sleep?
You're my personal maid.
Of course you have to serve me.
That doesn't seem very good.
I'm not used to sharing a bed.
This is a suite.
Of course you'll have your own bed.
Tonight, I'll be discussing the battle plan with his highness.
You go prepare some fine wine and food...
and send it to my room.
He knows just how to make me busy.
Why are you here in Demon Realm too?
Lao Hu...
The past year...
has been a great memory.
Immortal, you have a letter.
Immortal.
This was written by Jin Mi to you.
Jin Mi?
Little one!
Little deer,
morning.
Here.
Have a bit of grass.
This grass is hard to find in this Demon Realm.
Don't just feed on dreams,
have some greens too.
Then, you'll be healthier.
Have some grass. Grass.
Come on, come get it.
Here you go.
Jin Mi, don't force it.
Fish fairy.
Jin Mi, you may not know...
but the beast of dreams only feeds on dreams.
So, it can't eat grass.
Let it out at night,
and it'll go hunting for dreams.
Then it'll eat.
Only eats dreams?
I wonder if the dreams taste any good.
Is it sweet? Salty?
This little one,
hit a jackpot and had...
pretty girls in his dreams.
But this dream...
why did it change at the end?
There are 2 types of dreams.
One is a blue dream from memory.
The other is a yellow dream of desire.
When people dream of the things that had once happened,
then, the dream beads will glow with a blue light.
Which is the blue coloured dream of memory.
If it's a dream that has never really happened,
but just imagination.
Then the dream bead will let out a yellow glow.
Which is the yellow coloured dream of desire.
People often dream of reality at the very beginning...
of their dream.
But then...
it gradually fills with...
all sorts of imagination.
This dream will change from a blue dream of memory...
to a yellow dream of desire.
It sounds super complex.
To put it simply,
can I say, that a yellow dream is fake...
and a blue dream is real?
If it's both blue and yellow,
then it's half fake and half real.
That's right.
Jin Mi, you are correct.
Oh yes, breakfast is served.
Let's go eat.
Don't worry about me, you go ahead. I'll be there in a bit.
All right, I'll be going first.
Little beast of dreams.
The dream you just spit out was really meaningful.
Give me another, won't you?
Isn't that Phoenix?
This must be the wet dream that...
Moon Immortal mentioned.
My my my,
that rascal, Phoenix.
He always looks so serious.
Yet he has such wet dreams.
This girl...
Why does she look exactly like me?
Tell me,
who's that woman hugging the Fire Immortal?
Isn't this woman the Demon Realm general?
I have no idea too.
I was just looking too.
With that whip of yours,
I couldn't see anything.
And who are you?
How dare you spy on the dreams of the Supreme Immortal?
Me?
I am his highness Fire Immortal's maidservant.
Fire Immortal, where is he?
Come, come, I'll tell you.
He's eating right now.
Just go straight, turn left, left and left again.
When you get there, turn right and you'll see him.
Go on!
I got to find a good spot to watch it unfold.
We eat like light in the Heaven Realm,
everything tastes tasteless with time.
Occasionally tasting these spicy and aromatic flavours...
is quite a pleasure.
Coming from the Second Prince, who eats only the fruits of bamboo,
and drinks only the purest spring water,
this feels unbelievable.
Cheers,
Immortal Jin Mi.
No one came to see you yet?