♫ Never wished to get into dispute, ♫
♫ But things never go my way ♫
♫ The flower in my heart has wilted ♫
♫ And I can never turn back time ♫
♫ Memories come and go, ♫
♫ But nothing hurts my heart of steel ♫
♫ I only hope that I have no regrets ♫
♫ And to drift away with the flowers ♫
♫ 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 taste the remains of the wine again ♫
♫ The memory of life and death is carved deep in my heart ♫
♫ As I taste the remains of the wine again ♫
"Ashes of Love"
EPISODE 35
I'm reasonable.
Two choices.
Make a clean break with these remnants of Dongting
and execute the punishment personally,
or take the blame for the remnants
and to atone for your mom.
I...
I am wrong.
I would like to save him with my life.
Runyu.
Okay.
You're sensible.
I can't betray my birth mother and her family again.
I'll take all the blame.
Thunder God and Lightning Goddess,
punish him with your Shocking Heavenly Thunder,
Lightning Light
and my Lotus Fire of Retribution.
Even Qiongqi couldn't bear such a punishment.
I wonder whether
you can stand the cruel punishment 30,000 times over.
Please punish me.
Okay.
Thunder God and Lightning Goddess, carry out the punishment.
Your Majesty, here is the Empyrean Cloud Palace.
What's more, the first Prince is the son of His Majesty.
Carry out the punishment.
Brother.
Originally, I thought he was rational and different from Xufeng.
Unexpectedly, he can hardly retain his composure.
"The hands and feet are broken into pieces.
The body is like broken jade.
The fierce fire of retribution is burning.
The sea of blood is surging.
The dim nether world is crying.
Countless bones are empty."
Mom.
"I've heard of that.
I bow and call on Bhagawan."
Don't get slack.
Runyu.
-Brother. Brother. -Runyu.
-Wake up. -Runyu, wake up.
Wake up, Brother.
Wake up.
Heavenly Empress, you are a demon.
-I'm the one who killed your son. -Wake up, Brother.
Punish me.
She doesn't even care.
Brother.
Your Majesty,
there's no Glazed Pure Fire in the Punishment of Thunder and Light.
If Glazed Pure Fire is used,
Night Immortal will certainly die. Please don't.
How about saving it for you?
What crime did Night Immortal commit?
Why did you even want to kill him with illegal punishment?
Water Immortal, although you shielded the criminal,
Don't push your luck.
But you plot to murder the son of His Majesty.
Runyu disobeyed orders first
and then took the punishment
for 30,000 remnants.
It has nothing to do with me.
Just stop.
-Your Majesty. -Your Majesty.
Here,
deliver an imperial order at the Southern Heavenly Gate.
The heinous chief criminal Suli was executed before.
The Water Family in Dongting, who have been deceived and forced by her,
are forgivable.
Given that it's your first offence,
I offer you a general pardon.
I hope that you can thoroughly reform yourselves
and be loyal to the Heavenly Realm.
If you commit further crimes in the future,
you'll be severely punished.
Yes.
You're acting like a good person.
Night Immortal.
On behalf of the 36,400 lives in Dongting,
I'd like...
to extend my gratitude... to Your Majesty.
Please order the release of them, Mother.
Heavenly Empress, deal with the rest of the problems.
Heavenly punishment 30,000 times over is much more painful than slow slicing,
not to mention healing wounds.
If I were you,
I would rather destroy the Internal Dan of myself,
so all trouble would come to an end.
Please don't worry.
I won't die.
I'll live well...
to witness personally that you fulfill your promise
of releasing all of them
and not go back on your word.
Brother.
-Your Highness. -Runyu.
He is dying.
Mom, I feel very cold.
I feel very cold.
Your Highness.
Brother Runyu.
Mom.
It's so hot.
Once, His Highness said,
"If someone is extremely cold due to losing a lot of blood,
there will be a feeling of burning viscera instead."
Mom.
Your Majesty,
you agreed to let me handle this matter with full authority,
but at the last moment, you became soft-hearted.
You acted like the good person and I was the bad one.
If it goes on like this
and arouses heavenly wrath, immortal resentment and popular criticisms,
what's good for you and me?
It's your fault.
You indulged him so much
that at last he shifted the blame.
He would rather accept his heinous birth mother than me.
After the battle in Dongting,
he even wanted to protect the remnants.
If it keeps going on,
I'm afraid he will overturn the Heavenly Realm.
It won't happen as I'm here.
Xufeng and Runyu are different.
I know well who is more important.
I'll keep what you said in my mind
and hope that you will never forget it.
Your Highness, you're finally awake.
Has Her Majesty released them?
Don't you care about your life at all?
I promised my mom to take good care of Li.
There are thousands of Li in the Dongting Lake.
Once, Li of the Lize Pond
suffered the pain of depending on others.
I don't want them to suffer the same pain.
The Water Family in Dongting is lucky
that you can consider them in your own place.
Mr. Immortal.
You're badly hurt.
Lie down.
Mr. Immortal,
I have an unreasonable demand.
I'm too weak to compete with Her Majesty.
Please take care of those homeless members
in the Water Family in Dongting.
Don't worry.
I'll try my best.
After that day in Dongting Lake,
I decided to fight against her to the end.
Thank you.
Kuanglu,
Mr. Immortal,
do not tell anyone that I was hurt,
especially Mi.
I don't want her to worry about me
and I don't want her...
to see... my disgrace.
Promise me.
Don't be sad for me.
Rourou!
Rourou! Rourou!
Rourou!
I'll find the murderer
and avenge your death.
Choose a lucky day three months later
to hold the wedding ceremony for Jinmi and Runyu.
XUANJI PALACE
Temper your mind and body in order to overcome difficulties.
I've told you many times,
but you can't do it.
Now you and the Heavenly Empress are incompatible,
which makes me very embarrassed.
She did overdo it,
but she did that under my order.
Going against her is going against me.
You should learn a lesson
from what happened in the Empyrean Cloud Palace.
I know I was wrong.
I have pardoned the Water Family in Dongting.
Today's matter concerns the reputation of the Heavenly Realm.
The matter for which you were punished by the Heavenly Thunder
and Lightning Fire for remnants of Dongting
cannot be mentioned again, do you understand?
Yes.
Okay.
Make the promise of an immortal.
I promise,
as long as Father and Mother don't mention this matter and let it go,
it will be forgotten.
I won't mention it again.
Father,
is my mom really so wicked?
As the matter has been settled,
there is no need to reconsider it.
As an immortal,
you shouldn't be bothered by other matters or confused in love.
You still have to further train your power.
Don't worry.
The matter of your birth mother is none of your business.
However, I didn't expect
that you would dare to go against the Heavenly Empress one day.
I know I was wrong.
Under the critical circumstance, I had no time to think about it.
The reason why I didn't come immediately just now
was that I wanted to test you.
Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.
You're supposed to resist against
the Heavenly Empress and the Bird Family afterwards.
Father,
if I didn't stand out back then,
would you have just ignored the lives of the Water Family in Dongting?
You're still young.
After living for another ten thousand years,
you'll know that
those with a hundred years of life, or a thousand years of cultivation
are the same as ephemera to our immortals.
Such a short moment is meaningless.
Nothing will be changed without them in the world.
That is, the natural law is merciless.
In the tens of millions of years,
as an immortal,
have you ever been moved with compassion?
I'm not afraid to tell you the truth.
I am the biggest prisoner in heaven and on earth.
It turns out...
It turns out that my birth is a complete conspiracy.
Mom.
Mom, I'm the one who killed you.
I'm guilty.
I'm guilty!
No.
It's him.
He is the chief criminal of everything in the world.
In your heart,
you don't care about your sons, your wife, or the family.
In you heart, you can control all people.
The natural law is merciless.
Father...
I have learned that.
I must live on.
What doesn't kill me,
makes me stronger.
Where is Mi?
She was thinking about Rourou just now.
She should have fallen asleep by now.
How is Night Immortal?
New hatred is piled on old and the disaster continues.
He is filled with grievances, but he can complain to no one.
It seems that it'll be difficult to dissolve the resentment
between him and Her Majesty.
Though today's matter has been covered by His Majesty,
it has spread secretly in the Heavenly Realm.
What Her Majesty did has caused public outrage.
Instead, Night Immortal has won more people's support
with his strong character and gentle appearance.
In the past, I always thought he was gentle in nature.
I didn't expect him not to be afraid of strong enemies,
and would rather die for a just cause.
He can bear that which is unbearable to others.
Ordinarily, one wouldn't be so tolerant and brave.
Her Majesty failed to show her restraint.
A thing turns into its opposite if pushed too far.
Things will change.
Just wait and see.
Magnolia, what are you doing?
What happened?
Sister, I was wrong.
I committed a great crime.
That day, when someone from the Water Family in Dongting came to you
to form an alliance with the Floral Realm to fight against the Heavenly Realm,
I was so lost and confused that I believed in what he said
and told him about the birth of Jinmi.
What?
Magnolia, you were so foolish.
I think it was my fault for telling others about her birth,
that she was almost killed by others
with the Spirit-Vanishing Arrow
when she experienced hardships.
It's all my fault.
I know that I am too sinful to beg for your pardon.
I just want to die
to show respect to the spirit of the late lord.
If you die in this way, how could you face her?
But if I live in this way,
how could I face others?
All right.
I know your mind.
You made the mistake just because you wanted
to avenge the late lord's death.
However,
she didn't allow us to avenge
because she was afraid that there is never an end to revenge.
She had returned to heaven and earth,
and cared only about Jinmi.
Since you show true repentance,
do not mention this matter again.
I'll pretend that it hasn't happened.
Yes.
Promise me.
From now on, we will abide by the teachings of the late lord
working with one mind to safeguard Jinmi.
Yes, Sister.
Fairy Jinmi.
I should call you Immortal Jinmi now.
It doesn't matter.
Did you come to see His Highness?
You don't know what happened...
His birth mother, who he's only known for a short time,
was executed on the spot by Her Majesty
on the grounds of rebellion.
She... She was executed?
Since his birth mother died,
His Highness won't eat or sleep.
Would you please try to persuade him?
He has always listened to you.
Okay.
Immortal.
Mi.
I just heard that your birth mother died.
I don't know the ins and outs,
but you are so kind,
so your birth mother must have been gentle and kind, too.
I just recalled my childhood,
just found out who my birth mother was
and had just met her,
but I watched as she died before me,
helplessly.
Not so long ago,
I watched Rourou
sacrifice her primordial spirit to save me.
I was helpless, too...
so I understand how you feel.
Before Rourou died,
she told me to let it go.
As a saying in the mortal world goes,
the deceased now rests in peace, and the alive must keep living on.
Your mom must hate seeing you like this now
and that you're not eating or sleeping.
She must hate that you're so miserable.
"The deceased now rests in peace, and the alive must keep living on."
Yes.
I think they loved us so much
that they didn't want us to be sorrowful.
Love?
Mi,
you seem to be a little different from the past.
What is the difference?
Kuanglu said our wedding date has been set by Father.
What's your opinion?
I think if I refuse now,
he will be even sadder.
When she was alive,
I couldn't take care of her.
Now, she is gone.
I want to ask Father to observe a three-year mourning for her.
Mi...
You're the most important person to me now.
Will you wait for me?
I...
Stay with me for a while, okay?
As long as you're by my side,
I won't be so spiteful
and in so much pain.
Jinmi,
I missed you so much.
Jinmi...
Let me have a look.
Have you changed after being promoted to an immortal?
It seems there is nothing different.
On the contrary, I think all is different.
Great Floral Fairy, Floral Fairy Begonia.
Luckily, Jinmi came back safely,
or I'd be really unforgivable and feel guilty for the late Floral Immortal.
It's all because of my carelessness
that you even had to worry about her.
No one expected, in just a few days,
there to be so many twists and turns.
No wonder the Heavenly Realm didn't allow us to interfere in it.
Unexpectedly, behind it was a hidden trap.
It was really unbearable for our Floral Realm this time.
That's just what I think.
But don't forget what Zifen told you.
We have to give the matter further thought.
The Floral Realm shouldn't get involved.
Without the reveal of the late Floral Immortal,
we wouldn't be who we are now.
Though the late Floral Immortal asked repeatedly not to seek revenge,
bullying Jinmi is insulting the Floral Realm,
so I can't remain indifferent.
Thank you, all, for your kindness.
However, as Mi has experienced hardships,
she needs a good rest to readjust her mood.
I also need to think about this matter.
You've suffered a lot, Jinmi.
I didn't lead a tough life in the mortal world
because Rourou was with me,
-but... -Rourou?
Where is she? Has she come alive?
She... She came alive originally,
but she later died.
That's her destiny.
Don't blame yourself.
She had a life in the mortal world only because of your obsession.
I think Jinmi has made some progress since coming back.
She even refused to be the Floral Immortal,
which was really a surprise to us.
I thought it was troublesome when I learned
I had to handle matters in the Floral Realm.
I think she's right.
If she is the Floral Immortal, the Floral Realm will be in a mess.
Daddy.
Even an immortal has merits and faults.
I must be the best in having fun and eating in the Floral Realm.
However, all matters of the Floral Realm
should be in the charge of Great Floral Fairy.
Only when you take charge will we feel assured.
Mi is becoming more and more sensible.
Okay. Let's go inside.
Please, Water Immortal.
-Go -Please.
ZIFANGYUN PALACE
In the mortal world,
I even killed my own father, personally, for Xufeng.
But he didn't change his mind at all.
Auntie, I really don't know what to do.
It seems that after what happened in the mortal world,
Xufeng is increasingly obsessed with Jinmi.
Auntie, what should I do?
Calm down.
Let me think about it.
Go and have a good rest.
Wait for my message, okay?
Yes.
Jinmi.
Your Majesty, time flies.
You have been gone for two years.
I wonder if you have been reincarnated in a new body
and returned back to the mortal world.
If there is a chance,
how I wish I can work with you
for another life.
Mr. Liaoyuan, you're so loyal to Xufeng.
You really don't let me down.
Young man, where did you come from?
Young man?
After living for so many years,
I'm stilled called young man.
How shameful!
Are you a human being or a ghost?
I'm neither a human
nor a ghost.
I'm an immortal!
The way you play chess
has never been seen before and never will again.
Are you praising me?
Confidence is absolutely one of your merits.
Is there anything you want to say to me?
Daddy,
if... if I tell you now
I don't want to get married,
what will you do?
Why?
I used to think that it was appropriate to marry Night Immortal,
but now...
What do you think is inappropriate now?
After going to the mortal world,
-I think... -After you went to the mortal world,
what happened between you and Fire Immortal
was just like a dream.
Don't confuse the mortal Jinmi with the Immortal Jinmi.
Think it over carefully before making a decision.
Don't make the wrong decision for the future
like you did in playing chess.
Well...
Mr. Liaoyuan,
be sure not to tell Xufeng that I pushed you to the mortal world.
LET'S MEET UP
AND DRINK OSMANTHUS WINE TOGETHER
BY LIUZI POND TONIGHT
Xufeng!
Mr. Liaoyuan came back with me.
Your Highness.
You went to the mortal world with me to guard me.
Thank you very much.
That's my responsibility.
Only you could think of jumping into the Cause and Effect Plate
to be a mortal with me in the mortal world.
However, if you were an immortal,
you could protect me better, right?
Oh, why didn't I think of that?
Well,
I have to do some matchmaking in the House of Marriage.
I'm leaving. Mr. Liaoyuan,
as Xufeng is grounded for several days, take good care of him.
Where are the Phoenix Lanterns in the mortal world now?
They are collected in the Imperial Mausoleum.
Help me take them back
and put them by the side of the Liuzi Pond.
-Yes. -Go.
Your Highness.
Where is the one I made with Jinmi?
Qintong knew that King Yi loved it the most,
so he put it in Jinmi and King Yi's coffin.
I forgot that.
Qintong in the mortal world was quite smart.
Why are you a bit stupid after returning to the Heavenly Realm?
I'll go and fetch it now.
SWEET SPRING
Mr. Hu. Look.
Great. Finally, you get one.
Mr. Hu,
after being an immortal, Jinmi is different.
She very much liked small toys before,
but now, she loses her interest quickly after playing with this slingshot
for a while.
Is it boring for someone after they're promoted to an immortal?
In my opinion,
she is in turmoil with her emotions,
going between sad, unhappy and happy moods,
so she's losing her interest in having fun.
She is sad for Rourou's death,
but why is she unhappy?
After all, she has been promoted to an immortal
and gained much more magical power.
I guess it's because of Night Immortal.
He is a high-level immortal
while she is just an immortal.
At the end of the day, she is a level lower than her future husband,
which makes her feel unavoidably inferior.
That makes sense.
So, she must be happy
that her wedding date with the first Prince has been set.
Yes.
What's that invading the Water Mirror?
Get it.
♫ 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 10,000 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 ♫
♫ So fragrant ♫
♫ You and I, we become inseparable ♫