♫ 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 44
I'll kill both of you today.
-Xufeng. -Fire Immortal.
This case hasn't been settled,
but the King of Gu City can't wait to sentence them,
which might be unjust.
This is a domestic affair of the Demon Realm.
The Heavenly Realm might have gone too far.
By rights, the Heavenly Realm
shouldn't interfere with the affairs of the Demon Realm,
but these two realms always affect each other.
If the Demon Realm is unsteady,
the Heavenly Realm will be affected as well.
The death of the Demon Lord is influential.
Exchanging with the Heavenly Realm
is also the duty of the Demon Realm.
In addition, you are not the Demon Lord,
but you exercised the power of the Demon Lord
to kill the Demon Lord,
which might be inappropriate.
The Demon Lord has passed away,
and the Demon Realm has no leader now.
I uphold justice for the people of the Demon Realm,
what is inappropriate about that?
Moreover,
the laws of the Demon Realm can't be violated casually.
Whether it's just or not needs to be checked.
You can't be too impatient.
Hearing about the death of the Demon Lord, the Heavenly Emperor was very sad
that he ordered me to assist the King of Gu City
in investigating it clearly, to avoid a wrong sentence for the innocent.
If you are unwilling,
you can go to discuss it with my father in the Heavenly Realm.
All right.
Since the Heavenly Emperor doubts it,
let's investigate it carefully.
But since the Demon Lord died
in the Palace of Bian City,
if the murderer can't be found,
the King of Bian City must be held responsible for this.
Deal.
I need three days to learn the truth.
Thanks to the Match-Maker,
the Second Prince can be trusted with great tasks by His Majesty.
You are really brave and wise.
In fact, I don't want to interfere in the heavenly affairs,
but Xufeng wanted to save them urgently.
He taught me those words.
You cooperated with him well.
His Highness always asked us to learn from you.
Really?
He really said this?
Read more texts, read more books.
Yes.
But the texts and books you read normally
are all love stories?
Love stories refer to the way of yin and yang.
The way of yin and yang is just the way of heaven and earth.
Idiot.
-Yes. -Yes.
Xufeng,
this doctor was present that day when the King of Yan City was poisoned.
My respect, Your Highness.
Stand up. You were present that day,
so do you know how the King of Yan City was poisoned?
Your Highness,
the death of the King of Yan City
was likely caused by crimson grass poison.
But I'm not sure
whether it's really the poison of crimson grass.
Crimson grass?
Although I haven't seen it,
I heard about it from my father.
It first grew in Demon Sound Valley.
It killed all other plants
and all living creatures in the place where it grew.
It could also poison the Demon Family.
So 70,000 years ago,
the Demon Family burned and eliminated it with heaven fire.
It has been eradicated.
But I heard that 700 years ago,
King of Medicine Lichuan wanted to replant it.
He was later thrown into the Demon Jail.
No one knows his whereabouts after he was released.
Whether Lichuan succeeded in replanting it
is still unknown now.
So I dare not affirm it.
So, we must find Lichuan.
But he has been missing for 700 years.
Where should we go to find him?
We only have three days.
Crimson grass grows in Demon Sound Valley.
Does Demon Sound Valley have something different from other places?
Since ancient times, Demon Sound Valley has been extremely cold.
After being burned by the heaven fire,
it has been a hot and isolated place.
That's to say,
only extremely cold places can produce crimson grass?
Yes.
Is there any such place in the Demon Realm?
I've found nothing in the west. How about you?
Nothing in the east.
Since Demon Sound Valley became hot and isolated,
there are no extremely cold places in the Demon Realm.
And even if there are such extremes
in the unknown places where fierce beasts haunt,
it's hard to enter them.
I don't believe someone is able to grow crimson grass there.
Just now, at the hillside of Mi Mountain,
I found an enchanted place where it was very cold inside.
But that enchanted place was very firm,
and I couldn't break in.
Let's go have a look.
It's crimson grass.
Is it Lichuan?
If it's him, he will be really obsessed with medicine.
Watch out.
Crimson grass is very poisonous.
Its poison will permeate into your body, even if you just touch it.
But we don't know where he is now.
Let's try.
You!
You! My crimson grass!
Xufeng, look.
Mi,
I haven't seen you for just several days, but you've become thinner.
Although my texts of love stories are nice,
you can't read them without eating and resting.
You came here to bring me new texts?
These were all collected by me from the six realms.
They are the most popular.
Thank you, Fox Fairy.
But in the text Legendary Love Between an Immortal and a Mortal I just read,
it's a love story of a mortal and an immortal.
The plot is touching
but the ending seems so cruel.
Though the inconstant immortal is unreliable,
it's unexpected
that the mortal actually kills the immortal.
Is the ending so unexpected?
After several months of consideration,
I determined such an ending after repeated revisions.
Was this text written by you?
I couldn't help writing one after reading so many texts.
Is it so surprising and unexpected?
I have a question.
The Internal Dan and primordial spirit of an immortal
gathers his magic power and cultivation.
Only after his Internal Dan and primordial spirit are destroyed,
could the immortal be killed.
However, the mortal in the book only pricks his toe.
Why was he killed?
The Internal Dan and primordial spirit are closely related to lives of immortals,
so every immortal hides his Internal Dan and primordial spirit
in a place only he himself knows
to ensure safety.
But the immortal in the book
hid his Internal Dan and primordial spirit in his toe,
and tells it to his beloved mortal,
thus there was a tragedy.
What do you think, Mi?
Is the text Legendary Love Between an Immortal and a Mortal interesting?
Yes, indeed.
As the title of the book implies, it's legendary love.
So legendary.
Unfortunately, this text I wrote with painstaking effort
doesn't sell well in the six realms.
Yuanji also thinks
my story is so unreasonable.
I thought about adapting it into a play.
Legendary Love Between an Immortal and a Mortal.
Your Highness, have you found anything?
In a ward of Mount Mi,
I found a stretch of crimson grass.
The Demon Lord died from the poison of crimson grass.
Crimson grass?
As far as I know,
the poisonous grass had been banned
and disappeared from the world 10,000 years ago.
Do you remember Lichuan?
That fanatic who wanted to re-plant crimson grass 700 years ago?
He set up an extremely cold ward in Mount Mi
and planted a stretch of crimson grass.
That is to say,
the King of Bian City got a tuft of crimson grass from Lichuan
and poisoned the Demon Lord.
There is no evidence that
the King of Bian City is connected to Lichuan.
But I found an interesting object in the ward he set up.
The toxicity of the Plague Needles
and the extremely cold temperature
are beneficial to the growth of crimson grass.
You also know
only Qiongqi has such Plague Needles,
but he is now locked up in the Heavenly Realm,
so he couldn't have colluded with Lichuan.
But,
as you guarded Qiongqi for several hundred years,
I think it's understandable for you to keep some Plague Needles.
Your Highness, what do you mean by that?
Do you suspect I am the murderer who killed the Demon Lord?
We can ask Lichuan when he comes round.
We can't believe a madman.
Did you see Lichuan?
No.
How do you know he is a madman?
I just heard that.
Anyhow, I'll find out the truth before tomorrow
and explain it to the Heavenly and Demon Realms.
Boss, what should we do now?
We can't let Lichuan open his mouth.
Go handle it.
Yes.
It seems that
I should go to the Heavenly Realm.
Muci.
Muci, what's wrong with you?
Autopsy Wild Silkworms.
Hold on.
Xufeng. Xufeng can save you.
Hold on. I'll go get him. I'll ask him to save you.
Xufeng,
please save Muci.
Xufeng, please save Muci.
You practice fire magic,
so your blood can be absorbed by Autopsy Wild Silkworms.
You can save Muci. Please.
No.
Your Highness,
please burn the Wild Silkworms in my body.
If he does, you can only live for 10 years.
Even so,
I don't want to live depending on others.
I want to live decently,
and love you in just ways.
But I want you to live for a long time.
Princess,
forgive my selfishness.
I don't want to live without dignity
and even lose the qualification to love you.
No matter how long I live,
my life only belongs to you.
Muci. No.
Please,
satisfy my request.
If I burn the Autopsy Wild Silkworms in your body,
your life span will be shortened
and your magic power will gradually disappear.
At last, you'll be reduced to a mortal.
Have you thought it over?
Yes.
Liuying,
I'll save Muci anyway.
However, if he wishes to burn the Autopsy Wild Silkworms in his body,
we should satisfy him.
♫ 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 ♫
Muci.
Without the Autopsy Wild Silkworms, you'll become so weak.
Later...
I'll take care of him all my life.
If you love and accompany each other sincerely,
it's worth it, even for just a short time.
Cherish the remaining days.
Princess,
Lichuan was just poisoned in jail.
Crimson grass?
Now there are no clues.
How can I prove my father's innocence?
Father.
-Your Highness. -King of Bian City.
Just now, the King of Gu City sent someone to tell me Your Highness caught Lichuan,
the real murderer who killed the Demon Lord.
Yes, we indeed had caught Lichuan,
but he was just poisoned
by crimson grass in jail.
What?
It cannot be that simple.
Lichuan died just after I told the King of Gu City.
It must be related to him.
I think we should investigate the guards in the jail carefully.
King of Bian City, Princess Liuying, Your Highness.
Why are you here?
After hearing Your Highness caught the murderer of the Demon Lord
and proved the innocence of the King of Bian City,
His Majesty asked me to invite you back to the Heavenly Realm.
I haven't reported it to the Heavenly Realm.
How did Father know I caught Lichuan?
Moreover,
Lichuan was just the producer of poisonous grass.
The real behind-the-scenes murderer has yet to be traced.
Why did Father ask me to go back to the Heavenly Realm now?
I just know His Majesty asked Your Highness to return to the Heavenly Realm.
If so, Your Highness, please go back to the Heavenly Realm.
Liuying and I will go on investigating the case of Lichuan.
Thank you, Your Highness, for your help
to prove my innocence.
King of Bian City, you're welcome.
Both of us hope that the Demon Realm can stay peaceful.
In the future,
the King of Bian City should be committed to peace and mutual safety
for the Heavenly and Demon Realms.
I'll try my best. Your Highness, please don't worry.
Be careful of the King of Gu City.
If Muci doesn't feel well,
come to me at any time.
Thank you for saving Father and helping Muci.
If you ever need my help,
please just tell me.
I'll go through fire and water to help you.
I'm glad to hear that.
See you.
With military expertise, the Fire Immortal harbors the six realms in his mind.
If he becomes the Heavenly Emperor,
he can bring peace to the six realms
for a long time.
But...
What?
But the power of the Night Immortal can't be underestimated.
In addition, the Heavenly Emperor is scheming now.
To balance the Fire Immortal and Night Immortal,
he deprived the Fire Immortal of his military power.
It's hard to say
whom he'll pass his throne to
in the future.
Father.
You must be tired from this task in the Demon Realm.
Why did you ask me to come back urgently?
Lichuan was just a pawn to the man behind the scenes.
I suspect that this matter is related to the King of Gu City.
I originally worried that the dominant King of Gu City
would do harm to us,
but if there is only the King of Bian City in the Demon Realm,
there's still hidden trouble.
You cleared the King of Bian City from suspicion this time
and completed the task.
The two kings balance their power, so the Demon Realm can be at peace.
But Father...
You did a good job this time.
Concentrate your attention on the affairs of the Heavenly Realm.
Don't pay so much attention to other affairs.
Today,
I return the five-direction military power to you.
Don't let me down again.
Yes.
My Lord,
the Fire Immortal went back to the Heavenly Realm.
Should we take advantage of the opportunity to kill the King of Bian City?
I thought the Fire Immortal
could only take brute courage.
Unexpectedly, he was so resourceful.
Luckily, I coped with the aftermath in the Heavenly Realm in time.
Otherwise,
I would have hardly survived.
The Heavenly Emperor and Fire Immortal hope that
the King of Bian City and I can mutually balance.
Right now, we aren't strong enough,
so we can't act rudely.
Be patient and wait for an opportune moment to act.
Yes.
His Majesty made unpredictable changes in policy.
He passed the military power between you at will.
The Heavenly Emperor's deed worries me a lot.
As Heavenly Emperor,
it's quite common for him to balance our power.
You don't have to worry about it.
I returned the military power of five-direction heaven troops
to Xufeng.
What's your opinion?
What grievance do you have in your heart?
Father,
your deed is proper.
Xufeng has learned the art of war longer than me and is good at it.
Having commanded troops for longer, Xufeng has a reputation in the military.
I am not good at military affairs.
I took over the military affairs for him,
but if there was an emergency,
I am afraid that I couldn't command the troops.
Was there any discussion in the military
when you commanded the eight-direction heaven troops?
Were they mutinous in their hearts?
I am incompetent, which is unrelated to others.
Forget it. I'll investigate it thoroughly.
I'll give you a new errand.
The King of Gu City will become Demon Lord soon.
Go to the Demon Realm
to announce my order to the King of Gu City.
Xufeng is always in charge of the affairs with the Demon Realm.
I am afraid...
When Xufeng was at war,
he had deep resentment against him, which may be inconvenient.
Yes.
Your Highness.
Your Majesty,
there are twelve seals on it.
Your Highness, Jinmi asked me to tell you
she hoped to observe mourning without distractions.
In the three years, she wants to be quiet and doesn't want to see anyone.
I just want to see her once.
I have something to tell her.
Your Highness, since Jinmi said so,
don't embarrass me.
Dad.
Mom.
Auntie Linxiu.
What should I do?
I don't want you
to become a flower in the greenhouse.
Now I am with you,
so you can benefit.
However, some day,
I may die.
I can't protect you forever.
In the six realms, only you and the Heavenly Empress can use Liuli Fire.
But now Heavenly Empress is locked in jail.
Only you can use Liuli Fire.
It's you who killed my dad!
THREE YEARS LATER
Dad, Mom, don't worry.
I'll let others know
who actually killed Dad and Auntie Linxiu.
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE WATER IMMORTAL
What did you see?
Quickly. Let me see. Let me see.
The lovers finally got married.
Good.
By the way.
The marriage date of Jinmi and the Night Immortal is drawing near.
How time flies!
Fish Fairy,
you're very busy in the Heavenly Realm every day,
but you still come to the Floral Realm to play Go with me after work.
If you feel tired, just go back to have a rest.
I'm not tired.
These years,
you haven't gone out from being in mourning.
I distract you from boredom
and tell you the outside news.
In this way, you can cheer up sooner.
For me,
seeing and accompanying you after work
is the greatest happiness.
If you put it there, you'll lose soon.
Fish Fairy,
in three days, we'll get married,
according to the Heavenly Emperor's decree.
Is there anything wrong?
I know you're very kind to me,
but my heart is empty.
Even so,
you're still willing to accept and marry me?
I'll fill your heart
as long as
you can promise me the position to protect you.
Fish Fairy.
Mi.
Sorry.
The Night Immortal is really pure.
It's so amazing that
such a good man is the Heavenly Emperor's son.
I had told you the Night Immortal was distinctive,
but you looked down upon him before.
Don't mention the past.
I was indeed shortsighted
and wronged him before.
The Thunder Drum he gave me is really useful.
Rabbits run away when it sounds.
Let me have a try. Let me have a try.
Okay.
Here you are. Here you are.
Don't beat it so hard.
Ouch!
Yuanji, why are you so anxious?
Well, as the Water Immortal and Night Immortal will soon get married,
I'm going to send the memorial of seat distribution of all immortals
in the Empyrean Cloud Palace
to Heavenly Emperor.
Such an important task was assigned to you?
Heavenly Emperor seems to trust you so much.
Yuanji,
you'll be promoted soon.
There are complicated relationships among immortals,
so some immortals can't sit in nearby seats.
If I arrange them in the wrong seats,
they may blame me some day.
It's a difficult situation.
Give me some suggestions.
NAME OF STARS
I have a good idea.
How about exchanging our tasks?
You can preside at the wedding for me,
because I can't witness their wedding
and do nothing for Xufeng.
Match-Maker,
Heavenly Emperor assigned it to you but not me.
Only you can do this.
Good luck.
Nobody can help me.
QIZHEN PALACE
Your Highness, you're back.
Is Fairy Jinmi okay?
Yes.
Heavenly Emperor ordered someone to send it here.
He said this cup could turn water into tea.
His Majesty said you always liked drinking tea
and could do something others can't do,
so it's very suitable for you,
and gave it to you as a wedding gift.
Father,
your paternal love is too late.
The irony is that
when I treated him with all my heart before,
I gained nothing.
But His Majesty still thinks highly of you.
Because he finds
I behave like him,
but I'm always his blemish, left after a night of romance.
In his heart,
there is always a much better son than me,
Xufeng.
He is magnanimous, upright, open and aboveboard.
He doesn't need to play tricks,
but can be praised by other immortals easily.
As a man, he's also jealous of Xufeng,
but as a father,
he always favors Xufeng in his heart.
Your Highness,
think it over.
No need.
I won't waste the efforts I made these three years.
Notify the Bird Tribe and three-direction heaven troops.
Yes.
Your Highness, the invisible sentry reports that
the three-direction heaven troops have gathered together secretly
and the Bird Tribe has also behaved abnormally recently.
It seems they'll do something big.
Runyu seems to be ready to rebel.
Your Highness, should we do something?
Let me think.
SWEET SPRING
THE PEONY PAVILION
NOBODY KNOWS MY LOVESICKNESS...
Jinmi.
Wonderful.
Yes.
It's tough and smooth.
It's glossy but not slippery.
If you like it,
I can present some to you.
I mean, this poem is wonderful.
"I don't write love poetry.
I write my thoughts on a plain handkerchief.
I read it again and again after writing it.
It's full of my worries,
but who knows it?"
It's so easy to understand,
but who are you missing?
So it's not easy enough to understand.
Yes.
Not only the handkerchief is made of fiber.
Look at this piece of Xuan paper facing the light.
You'll find it's also made of fiber,
but you refused me when I wanted to present some to you just now.
We haven't met for three years.
I thought you would still loath to see me.
In these three years, I've thought a lot.
I believe
you didn't kill Dad.
The Water Immortal's death was indeed related to me.
But...
can you refuse to marry Runyu?
I'll explain his death to you clearly.
Dad wanted me to marry the Night Immortal
and the Heavenly Emperor also ordered me to marry him.
I can't refuse it.
If I refuse,
the Heavenly Emperor will punish you again,
and you have an ambiguous future,
so I can't be responsible for it.
Anyway,
I won't let you marry him.
♫ 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 ♫