"Ashes of Love"
"Episode 18"
I am amazing!
Mi Er.
Father, Aunt Lin Xiu.
Why are you here?
Oh mighty lord, thank you.
The Jialan Seal has been removed,
Mi Er has gained so many attainments.
Mi Er, you must train well.
Your father has requested permission from Heavenly Emperor...
to make you an immortal.
No way!
Thank you, father.
Jin Mi!
- Jin Mi - What's the matter, Lian Qiao?
The crow is here.
The burnt one.
Phoenix? Where is he?
He's waiting for you outside.
Our guests have traveled far, we must treat them well.
Go on.
Phoenix.
Where's your Phoenix Feather Hair Stick?
I took it off.
Why did you take it off? It's to keep you safe, put it back on.
Father told me to take it off.
Flora Realm is a peaceful place, it's fine, don't worry.
That's true.
You have your father here,
so many people are keeping you company,
protecting you.
I'm a nobody to you anyway.
You're not a nobody.
You're my...
What am I to you?
Fire Immortal, you've had a long journey here.
Why don't you come in and have a seat?
- Father. - Great immortal.
I simply dropped by to say goodbye to Jin Mi.
I'm leading the troops into battle.
If I ever have the time,
I'll definitely come by for a game of chess with you.
Your Highness, you have great ambition,
you make great efforts and work very hard,
Heaven Realm is blessed to have you.
Phoenix, you're going to the war?
You must be careful.
It's too bad...
that I'll miss the chance to see you transcending as an immortal.
It's no big deal.
I'll brew up an osmanthus wine for you.
When you return with victory, I'll celebrate for you.
Deal.
For your osmanthus wine,
I will return with victory before you know it.
Luo Lin.
I just learnt to make this, please, have a taste.
Thank you.
Having seen Fire Immortal,
I presume you've had a word with him?
Fire Immortal was in a hurry, he's preparing for a battle.
If I had asked him to leave Mi Er at that moment,
it would have disrupted his focus,
it would be bad for battle.
I was hoping to wait until his return,
find an opportunity to have a proper talk with him then.
Xu Feng is frank and forthright,
he's very different from his parents.
He treats Mi Er with sincerity and love,
he is no less than Run Yu.
If only he wasn't the son of the Heavenly Empress,
he would be a good man for her.
Jin Mi and Run Yu are in love.
Not to mention, they've already talked about getting married.
It doesn't matter who the Fire Immortal's parents are,
he should not interfere between the 2 lovers.
Fairy Jin Mi of the Flora Realm,
bright and wise, has found her true self,
journeys on the supreme path of holiness.
May you rise as an Immortal.
May you find the path...
to righteousness and stray from evil,
gain perpetuity through all eternity.
Emperor and Empress of Heaven and Earth, hereby witness.
Careful, you might catch a cold.
When can we let go of all these mundane duties...
and travel the world?
When I've ruled over the six realms,
we'll have another pair of children.
Our son will continue my legacy as the ruler.
Our daughter shall be the new Flora Immortal.
Then,
we'll live in the nature, travel through the nine heavens.
Is that all right?
Zi Fen.
Our beloved daughter has grown up.
She shall now be...
the heir to our hopes and aspirations.
Heavenly Emperor shall now pass the green lotus crown.
Fairy Jin Mi, you are the descendant of late Flora Immortal.
Thus, inherit the teaching of Flora Immortal.
There is no better suitor for the Flora Realm,
I hereby ennoble Jin Mi as the new Flora Immortal...
Your Highness...
Slow down.
Lord Lao.
Please speak.
Your Majesty,
for a fairy to become an immortal...
is unheard of in the Heaven realm.
It is against Dao and legal system.
Please Your Majesty, reconsider.
Heavenly Empress, what do you think about it?
Your Majesty, Immortal Yuanji has an urgent news.
Perhaps listen before making a decision?
In case it ends up jeopardizing the child's future.
Immortal Yuanji, what news would you like to share?
Your Majesty,
lately, the celestial signs are changing,
chaos is approaching the beings of the six realms.
I have been calculating the astrology repeatedly...
to trace back to the source,
it all leads to Fairy Jin Mi.
Me?
Absurd.
Jin Mi hasn't even transcended into immortality.
How on earth could she affect the celestial signs?
I'm afraid Immortal Yuanji is overestimating my daughter.
Who knows, it might just be...
a miscalculation.
I've recalculated it 100 times.
Else, I would never dare question the Heavenly Emperor.
Fairy Jin Mi is kind-hearted.
However,
she was a vanquisher of primordial spirit in her past life.
Lord Doumu knows about this too.
Water Immortal,
is there such thing?
Master has indeed mentioned it before.
Though it may seem that her magical prowess has increased,
still Fairy Jin Mi was a mere fairy,
she was born with insufficient magical prowess,
acquired insufficient training.
Having a primordial spirit that has not yet attained purity,
yet transcending into immortality,
I'm afraid, this may ruin the core of immortality to the six realms.
Which explains the warning signs given by the celestial signs.
Jin Mi is no longer her old self.
Fairy Jin Mi...
may have been blessed by the magical prowess of many immortals,
but her origin may not be ignored.
I'm sure Water Immortal understands this much better than I.
If so, Immortal Yuanji, do you have a solution?
Solution? Why, of course.
I'm just not sure if Fairy Jin Mi will agree to it.
What solution do you speak of?
- Obviously, redemption is the cure. - Redemption?
In all the six realms, mortals suffer the most.
As the saying goes, people were born to suffer.
So long as Fairy Jin Mi...
washes away her memory of Heaven realm,
lives her life as a mortal for 10 years,
which equals to 10 days in the Heaven Realm.
That will lift the curse.
That's all?
Very well then.
But, Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress,
I would like to request a favour,
if I really do go to earth,
can I be sent to Shanggu?
Why is that?
Because...
Because Shanggu is famous for their roasted donkey.
I've been dreaming of tasting it since forever.
Jin Mi!
This affects the core of immortality...
and also Fairy Jin Mi's fate to be an immortal,
why not let her redeem herself?
Then, everything will fall into place.
What do you think, Your Majesty?
Very well.
Since Fairy Jin Mi has agreed to redemption,
for the sake of Fairy Jin Mi's spirit of immortality...
and for the sake of core of immortality in Heaven Realm,
Fairy Jin Mi.
Here.
Make necessary preparations,
three days from now, go to earth.
When you've redeemed yourself,
then you may officially transcend into immortality.
Yes.
Great Immortal, Heavenly Empress has asked to see you.
Southern star brings life, Northern star brings death.
In the human's numerology,
all things go through this cycle of life.
Yet at last, it is all decided by Immortal Yuanji.
I'm flattered.
In the past thousands of years,
you've been dedicated to your duty.
I've seen it all.
You've driven the fate of the six realms, maintaining the peace.
You have been invaluable to us all.
Heavenly Empress, I'm honoured.
It was but my duty.
I was only doing my part as I should.
I ask you here today, as there is a task for you.
If you do it well,
you will be heavily rewarded.
Heavenly Empress, please give your order.
I will do all that I can, if it is in my capability.
Do know the most insufferable pain in the mortal world?
Yes, Heavenly Empress.
The 7 sorrows of humanity overlaps one another...
in each is it's own.
It truly is hard to decipher.
Then, make arrangements to give Jin Mi...
the most insufferable pain there is in a human life.
Well...
It's true that Fairy Jin Mi's root of immortality is incomplete.
But she has been training hard.
She deserves not...
to endure the most insufferable lifetime.
A little fairy like her,
how dare she dream of becoming an immortal.
If word gets out about the lucky fairy...
in the Heaven Realm,
then Heaven Realm would lose it's might.
All the puny fairies would dream of becoming an immortal.
If it's a redemption she wants,
it's a redemption she gets.
It's only redemption, if it's...
the most insufferable pain there is.
You're right, Heavenly Empress.
Redemption is not an easy task.
I am but a little immortal.
Do the best your can.
If you do it well,
I will surely take note of your worth.
It's time for you to get a promotion too.
But if you fail,
Heavenly Empress has given me nothing but kindness.
I am more than grateful.
I will do all that's within my reach.
I should get going to be prepared now.
Three days from now,
I'll send Fairy Jin Mi into the Human Realm.
Great immortal, Fire Immortal has asked for you.
After you.
No way.
I must go back.
It's a sea of armies out there. Xu Feng, don't be irrational.
I take my eyes off her for a second, and she's in a preposterous crisis.
Who is it this time?
Jin Mi's redemption to immortality...
was ordered by the Heavenly Emperor himself.
It's inevitable.
It's pointless even if you go back now.
Why not listen to what Yuanji has to say?
Lord Fire Immortal.
No need for formalities.
Ji Ji.
Hong Hong, have you changed course to be part of the army?
A commander of the forces may be bought off,
but the will of a man cannot be shaken.
Being a cupid has been my dream.
I couldn't let it go to waste.
You're matching the immortals with the demons then?
As this army base is only filled with dirty old men.
I heard that back at the Highest Palace,
Immortal Yuanji, you did a public stunt of fortune-telling.
Well, that was nothing.
It was just about the fate of Heaven...
and Fairy Jin Mi's root of immortality.
I was only speaking the truth.
Immortal Yuanji, do you know what's the consequence of misinterpretation?
I would never dare be careless.
I was only doing my job.
I would never dare to cross the lines.
I wonder, what do you have in store for Jin Mi's fate as a human?
- Well... - What she'll experience,
what she will face.
How her family and her background will be like?
What kind of people that will she meet every day?
How long will her redemption last?
Things like this...
should be properly detailed.
Well...
As the saying goes, people suffer from the 7 sorrows.
Birth, ageing, illness and death.
Resentment.
Disappointment.
Losing a lover.
Well...
Please forgive me, Fire Immortal.
It is redemption after all.
It's expected that Fairy Jin Mi has to go through the 7 sorrows.
The more the better.
It'd be best if she could experience all 7...
Your uncle, I will make sure Jin Mi meets a good man.
Xu Feng, you can rest assure.
Uncle, who do you plan to let her experience losing a lover with?
No.
What about...
we let Fairy Jin Mi have a life of loneliness?
Where she'll be a nun who's enlightened.
- How's that, Your Highness? - No.
What if she really is enlightened? Which one of you will be responsible?
Then, what about we give her a body of a man?
No!
Can't believe you could think of something like that.
I got it.
There's a tribe of Holy Healers among the humans.
Skilled in making medicine.
They are always in search for a pure soul.
Someone to bless immortality upon their king.
In the past 100 years, it's always only been girls, especially virgins.
Let alone strangers,
they can't even see birds or bugs...
that are unfamiliar.
When they occasionally go out,
they'd adopt baby girls that are abandoned to continue the tradition.
This tribe is extremely strict on the rules of the Saintess.
They can never show their faces to men, never to marry,
with this she'll never have to experience losing a lover.
Then, that'll do for now.
Those mother and son are killing me.
So, Ji Ji, will you listen to Heavenly Empress or Xu Feng?
I control the fate and status of the humans,
if I were to easily succumb to threats and power...
do you think I'd still last up to 1000 years?
Of course I listen to the Heavenly Emperor.
How honourable.
The Heavenly Emperor is their backbone after all.
But I can't get on the bad side of either one of them.
Thank goodness for my quick wit.
I've got a rock-solid plan that kills 2 birds.
What's that?
What I have planned for Fairy Jin Mi...
is the most tragic and lonely life...
within the Holy Healer Tribe.
One that pleases the Heavenly Empress yet puts the Fire Immortal at ease.
Great plan.
My chance to unleash my skills is finally here too.
You're switching to become a tailor now?
Of course it's for Jin Mi to tie the knot...
in her journey of redemption.
What a pain.
Heavenly Empress wants to meddle in other people's affairs,
Xu Feng wants to have things his way.
As if.
All they care about are affairs of the gods.
But the love affairs of humans are in my hands.
Jin Mi is only forbidden to experience losing a lover.
But besides losing a lover,
if she experiences things like heartache and heart break in love,
that is not our fault.
Am I right?
Yes, we are innocent after all.
No big deal.
It's just the 7 sorrows, no?
What's birth, ageing, illness, death and losing a lover,
compared to the 81 ordeals?
Right?
Father.
What did I say wrong this time?
Master mentioned this, but she never said for sure.
I never knew it'd be like this.
Though it's true that redemption on earth will involve some sufferings,
it also eradicates a catastrophe and strengthens the foundation,
perhaps it's not all bad news.
Fellow Great Immortals, worry not.
It is just a mere 10 days of redemption in Human Realm.
Mi Er is my future wife.
Though I won't experience redemption,
I'm willing to go down to earth to be with Mi Er.
Together we can get through the long days in Human Realm.
I was wondering, who has trespassed Qi Wu Palace without permission.
I wonder, what brings you here?
Great Immortal Jin Mi.
Brother Liao Ting.
I'll be darned.
When you were at Qi Wu Palace,
you've never called me like that before.
Now you're an immortal,
you need not be so formal.
Besides, you are already engaged,
so please stop disturbing His Highness.
Once a school, always a school.
Liao Ting.
You, me,
Fei Xu and Phoenix,
we'll always be a family.
You'll never get rid of me.
What are you doing?
This is my very own Osmanthus wine.
I wanted to wait for Phoenix to return from battle,
then I'll welcome him with this.
But now I suddenly have to go to Human Realm for redemption,
I don't know how long I'll be gone.
I just moved it here from the Flora Realm.
If Phoenix comes back before me, please tell him,
I've buried the Osmanthus wine here.
Good to know, you still care.
Don't worry.
His Highness will be awaiting your return to drink this with you.
You can't get anything right.
- It's fine. - It's tilted.
Let's do it together.
Your Highness,
no signs of activity by the lords of Western and Northern cities today.
They've both rang their gongs for retreat.
Noted.
Today is the day Jin Mi goes to earth.
Hopefully there's time for farewell.
It seems Demon Realm had no intention of penetrating Heaven Realm this time.
It was but a internal conflict.
Your Highness figured our enemy out, I'm truly impressed.
We're not far from the King of Biancheng.
Liu Ying's undercover have sneaked into 2 army bases.
If there is sudden activity,
King of Biancheng won't sit back and watch.
I hereby order,
Po Jun Star Guardian to lead the right army...
to stand guard and observe.
I'll be at ease knowing he's here.
You'll be the lead to withdraw the main army.
I'll head back first and report back to the Emperor.
Yes, Your Highness.
Father, take good care of yourself.
I'll be back before you know it.
Fairy Jin Mi, hurry along now.
You will see each other again very soon.
But still, it's time to bid farewell.
Rou Rou, will we really meet again?
I suppose, by the time Phoenix finishes the osmanthus wine,
I should be back already.
Jin Mi.
Please take care.
Who knows how long it'll be before we meet again.
Don't you worry. I'll be back very soon.
Jin Mi.
Farewell.
What do you mean by farewell?
A moment's delay can cause 1,000 miles of difference in fate.
It will also affect the nature of redemption.
Life is brief and painful, ending in a blink of an eye.
Step into this Wheel of Karma and Fortune,
in the blink of an eye, you'll come back as a new person.
Your Highness, you're back.
Your Highness,
I just saw a black shadow diving into the Zi Fang Yun Palace.
I thought it was the remaining spirit of Rat immortal.
So, I followed it into the Pian Hall.
- Unexpectedly... - Is mother in danger?
Heavenly Empress is all well.
İt's just that, unexpectedly...
I overheard his conversation with the Empress.
Apparently, Heavenly Empress had you sent to River of Unmindfulness.
So that while you're unaware,
to kill...
to kill Fairy Jin Mi on earth.
I'd like to descend. Move aside.
Heavenly Gate curfew, forgive me, Your Highness.
Xu Feng, what took you so long?
You didn't even get to say goodbye to Jin Mi.
Where is Jin Mi now?
She's already went down.
- Tie me up together with Jin Mi! - All right.
Heavenly Empress.
Xu Feng has rushed through the Southern Gate asking to descend.
The guards refused His Highness, so he...
he headed over to the Wheel of Karma and Fortune.
Trying to steal what's mine, eh?
There's no coming back once you enter...
the Wheel of Karma and Fortune.
Let's see how you steal what's mine now.
Your Highness!
Is there a way to unwind the redemption?
She's already went in. How do you expect me to unwind it?
Your Highness, Immortal Yuanji is only doing her job.
Your Highness!
- Your Highness! - Xu Feng!
Xu Feng!
- Xu Feng! - Your Highness!
Liao Yuan?
Take good care of Xu Feng!
Immortal Yuanji,
I will make arrangements for His Highness Xu Feng...
and Princess Sui He to have an upper-class life.
Allowing His Highness Xu Feng,
to live a life of abundance and wisdom among the people.
Ruling nations with prestige and power to fear.
Princess Sui He will be beautiful and wealthy,
she will be showered with love in her lifetime.
No matter what, the 2 of them...
will have a peaceful and good life together.
Very well.
So long as you know what to do.
How am I so unlucky?
A daughter? How unfortunate!
Get rid of it! Our family can't afford to feed her.
My child, I am sorry.
May god have mercy...
and find you a good home.
No, it's not right.
It's now autumn, Alioth, Mizar and Alkaid is directing at West,
Mi Er should be reborn by now.
- Hold this for me. - Sure, sure.
Take this, dry it over there.
Over here.
Look, is this okay?
- Not bad. - Sure, looks fine.
- Cut it evenly. - All right.
Hold this for me.
Let me.
Thank you.
These are fresh herbs, for you.
- Dry this over there. - All right.
Let me have a look.
- It's great. - Slowly.
- Dry this over there. - All right.
- Put this over there. - Okay.
These need to be sorted.
- This is ready, bring it over. - All right.
Let me have a look.
This is almost dried.
Take it in.
- Are the herbs cooked? - Cut it slowly, slowly.
How obedient.
Isn't she?
- What? - So cute.
Do you think it's a boy or a girl?
No idea. I think it looks like a boy.
I think it's a girl, what about you?
Guess, do you think she'll be as pretty as us?
I'm sure she's not.
- Let's go have a look. - Good idea.
What's going on?
Look, apple.
What's the matter?
Here.
Be good now.
Drink your medicine.
Don't cry, don't cry. Here, here, be a good girl.
No more crying.
- No more crying. - The kid's too cute.
Holy Healer Tribe is away from evil and the hubbub.
It's a untainted land.
Perfect for her to train.
Have a look around,
to see if anyone is here to disrupt Jin Mi's redemption.
If all is well, then return to the Heaven Realm.
Keep this quiet.
Yes.
If anything unusual occurs,
notify me in secret.
Your Highness, Heavenly Empress.
Are Sui He and Xu Feng doing well?
Heavenly Empress, they are well and safe.
They've reborn into the King Yi's Mansion.
Try and recover Sui He's memories.
So that they may...
have the opportunity to rekindle their feelings.
Yes.
How about Jin Mi?
Heavenly Emperor has ordered Yuanji to watch over Jin Mi day and night.
I haven't had the chance to make a move.
Forget it.
Take it slow for now,
in case Heavenly Emperor catches me red-handed.
Understood.
Have you refined the Immortality Extinction Arrow?
Heavenly Empress,
Immortality Extinction Arrow is refined by Qi Yuan's blood and bones.
It takes a little work.
Heavenly Empress, please spare me a few days.
Few days?
Very well.
I'll spare you a few more days.
Thank you, Heavenly Empress.
My name's Jin Mi.
With no parents,
I was adopted by aunt at a young age.
Jin Mi,
why is that when I go herb hunting with you,
it always rains?
Yet when I go alone, it doesn't.
I don't know.
I'm really bad luck.
Qiang Huo, she's my best friend.
The Saintess, gave the first king a burial, at the age of 12.
The elders and aunt came to a conclusion,
insisted I accept the clothing of the Saintess.
Qiang Huo, I feel a little dizzy.
Jin Mi, what's wrong? Did you get poisoned?
Here, lie down here for a bit.
I'll get aunt to help you.
Jin... Jin Mi!
There's a worm on you.
I am calm and rational. I am calm and rational.
It can be used as medicine.
You've made my clothes dirty!
I'll definitely tell aunt.
I'm not scared of you. You scared me first.
Don't run!
Don't come here, don't come here!
Qiang Huo.
The thing is...
I've been keeping a secret from you.
I've been able to see immortals since I was a kid.