♫ 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 49
Liuying and Xufeng have been in a sworn relationship,
so she is naturally my younger sister.
We don't dare to claim ties of kinship with you.
Your Majesty and the God of Fire
have really different understandings of "brother".
I am only in a sworn relationship with the God of Fire.
I can't bear your Majesty condescending me.
My proposal is related to the overall situation
of the Heavenly and Demon Realms,
so please forget personal hatred
and make your best effort.
I don't understand
your overall situation and important plans or plots.
I only know
when my father was framed by the King of Gu City
and thrown into jail,
the immortals of your Heavenly Realm were completely indifferent,
and only Xufeng still managed to help us,
though he was grounded by the late Heavenly Emperor.
I'll remember his grace as long as I live.
I already swore by Wangchuan River
that I wouldn't do anything to harm Xufeng.
But Your Majesty actually wants us
to look for Xufeng's primordial spirit for you,
trapping us in injustice.
I really admire your kindheartedness and justice,
but I wonder whether
your kindheartedness and justice
will be repaid by the King of Gu City in the same way.
Now, in my opinion,
the Heavenly Realm is full of unfaithful, disobedient,
heartless and dishonorable people.
To seize monarchical power,
you actually killed your father and brother,
which is a common matter.
-Wanton! -Liuying,
don't talk flippantly here.
Get out.
Lord Pojun,
in my memory,
you were Xufeng's confidant general,
who was promoted by him with insight.
After Xufeng was murdered, you serve another master
and keep being promoted.
Congratulations.
With courage and uprightness,
I feel shamed to work with you hypocrites.
Shut up.
So,
you want to refuse my proposal.
Your Majesty, calm your anger.
Liuying can't decide the matters of my Bian City.
We can form an alliance with you on the basis of fairness.
Your Majesty wants us
to look for the primordial spirit of Xufeng for you.
Should you also promise us something?
Just name what you want.
Xufeng was killed miserably,
and his great feud has not yet been resolved.
No debts without creditors.
Your Majesty,
hand over the culprit that murdered him.
You are so intimate with Xufeng.
You make efforts to protect him before and after his death.
Xufeng didn't come to the world in vain.
However,
the determined Heavenly Empress of my Heavenly Realm
made great contributions
to killing the rebellious felon by law.
She is guiltless.
As the princess of the Demon Realm,
you're unqualified to comment on her.
King of Bian City,
it seems that
Princess Liuying is confident
to compete with the King of Gu City,
so I'll wait and see.
Let's go.
Rebellious felon?
We all know who the real rebellious felon is!
Demon Lord,
I want to be the vanguard
to cross Wangchuan River
and help you seize the Heavenly Realm.
Good.
After flowers bloom, I'll paint them.
After flowers wither, I'll paint myself.
As you came, I would paint you surely.
After you left, I would paint our memories.
♫ So, what can we do? ♫
♫ As the moonlight has linked our feelings ♫
♫ Write a love letter... ♫
Phoenix flowers
bloom in two seasons.
One brings fate,
and the other takes away fate.
People will part from each other eventually.
Blooms and dead flowers will fall without exception.
♫ In the love letter, I found the place where we meet in every life ♫
♫ There I'll wait for us to watch the setting sun ♫
♫ In the love letter, I found the place where we love in every life ♫
♫ There I'll sing... ♫
Sir.
You are here again.
With big strides, you must get better.
Why don't you drop your persistence
and cherish the man who loves you?
It's ridiculous.
Sometimes, the man who loves me
may not be in my heart.
I didn't realize that
I've only been in love with him
until I killed him.
Since you are so persistent,
let me tell you something.
Phoenix is a kind of immortal bird
with seven souls and eight spirits.
It keeps one spirit for the use of nirvana.
If you can find the spirit he keeps,
maybe he'll have a slim chance of survival
with the help of Supreme Lord Lao's Jiuzhuan Golden Elixir.
Is that true?
But it takes ten thousand years to make one golden elixir.
It may be not easy.
It doesn't matter.
As long as there is a ray of hope, I won't give up.
See you.
Sir, take care.
DOUSHUAI PALACE
The Water Immortal came to me from afar.
What can I do for you?
I've known the elixirs you make
are treasures to the Heavenly Realm.
It can remove people's rotten skin and help with the growth of new skin,
and even help people to gather qi and spirit.
In addition, I also heard
you had had three Jiuzhuan Golden Elixirs,
which can help immortals regain their souls
and prolong life.
The elixir isn't as magical as you said.
It's just wrongly named
and exaggerated by common people.
As you know,
an immortal has seven souls and seven spirits,
which are collectively known as 49 revolutions.
Unless there is one soul and one spirit
or the body,
my golden elixir
may work to some extent.
Do you want to bring the late Water Immortal back to life
with the golden elixir?
Speaking bluntly,
both the primordial spirit and body of the late Water Immortal were lost.
Even if you have my golden elixir,
you are still unable to do it.
My father died a long time ago.
I don't hope to bring him back to life.
In fact, I visit you and ask you for the golden elixir
for another use today.
I hope that you can give me one.
If you need my help some day,
I'll go through fire and water,
and won't refuse under any circumstance.
Water Immortal,
I am afraid that your wish will perish.
After over 20,000 years of quenching,
my Jiuzhuan Golden Elixir
still lacks one guiding drug.
And I am afraid that I won't ever obtain it.
Lord Lao, what's the guiding drug you mentioned?
It's Light of Xuanqiong from High-level Immortal Lianchao.
Then, then I'll go find it.
Lianchao died and vanished a long time ago,
so there is no Light of Xuanqiong in the world now.
Your Majesty.
As expected, he is still living in the world.
Yes.
Your Majesty once subdued Qiongqi in the Demon Realm.
The late Heavenly Emperor didn't destroy the fierce beast,
but secretly ordered me
to attach 12 seals to it in Supreme Clarity Heaven.
Your Majesty, please tell me
how I should dispose of this fierce beast.
Have it suppressed in Xingjing Court.
Yes.
Mi...
You're back.
It's late. Why isn't Your Majesty asleep?
You were out, so I couldn't fall asleep.
I told you
you could call me Fish Fairy,
as before.
That appellation was given jokingly
when I was young and ignorant.
Now you are the Heavenly Emperor,
so it's improper
for me to call you that.
It's said
you went to ask Lord Lao for the elixir
in Doushuai Palace today.
Yes.
I just visited him casually.
Why do you want the Revival Jiuzhuan Golden Elixir?
I have disasters in fate,
so I want one to protect myself
for a rainy day.
It isn't a big deal.
If you want anything, just tell me.
Okay, I see.
It's late. Your Majesty, please go to sleep.
I thought I could save Xufeng,
but unexpectedly
God didn't give me this chance at all.
-You're crying? -No.
You're crying.
She is crying. Look. Look, she is crying.
What's wrong with you?
-What's wrong with her? -Don't be so nervous.
You really live so long in vain.
The most ungrateful woman
in the world
just shed several tears.
Stop fussing.
Fox Fairy,
in fact Phoenix is still alive.
Do you know Supreme Immortal Lianchao?
Is he really gone now?
With his Light of Xuanqiong,
maybe there is a ray of hope to save Phoenix.
Lianchao?
Is he the elder brother of Honghong and the late Heavenly Emperor?
Is it true?
I heard it personally.
What a tragedy!
My poor elder brother.
He is implicated by Tuyao and her son forever.
Now what can I do?
Honghong,
what do you mean by that?
In fact,
my elder brother is still living.
It's really nonsense.
Liuying, when will you grow up?
Do you really want to work for the King of Gu City?
Father, the Heavenly Realm bullies us so much.
I really can't be humble.
You always act in an arbitrary and reckless manner.
Do you think people in the six realms are all like those of my mansion
who tolerate and care for you?
Do you know what the war between the Heavenly and Demon Realms mean?
I know. A life-or-death war.
Just a life-or-death war?
In war, people will be in great misery.
Do you want to see men of our family
die in vain for this meaningless war?
Even if we die,
we can't lose our family's dignity.
Only you have dignity?
Over the years,
I've maintained the relationship between the Heavenly and Demon Realms,
in spite of the humiliation of being destroyed at any moment.
Moreover, this war between us
will also destroy the time of peace and prosperity
we've had over the years.
Liuying, you greatly disappoint me.
The so-called humiliation shows your weakness.
Lianchao is still living?
Did he die in the war between the Heavenly and Demon Realms?
He is our elder brother after all.
Back then, he fell into Wangchuan River,
and people all thought he vanished.
In fact, he was just seriously injured.
I hid him secretly,
and transported magic power to him for one thousand years
to help him come back to life.
Gosh.
There is still such a big unknown secret.
Supreme Lord Lao told me
if I can find Lianchao
and gain his Light of Xuanqiong,
his Jiuzhuan Golden Elixir can be made.
In this case, we can save Phoenix.
I know
it's unsuitable, in both emotion and reason,
for us to ask your elder brother for his treasure rashly.
However, as long as we can save Phoenix,
I'd do anything.
Even if he wants my primordial spirit,
I'll give it to him.
Do you really want to save Xufeng at all cost?
If I can't save Phoenix
and regain my love,
it's meaningless for me to live.
Little One,
what nonsense did you say?
Love? What love?
How do you know love?
You won't fall in love with anyone.
You took the Yun Elixir
after you were born, so you are destined
to break all love relations in your life.
-What is the Yun Elixir? -Yes.
It seems...
Yun Elixir?
Honghong, you are old
and deaf.
Even if I am deaf,
I could also hear you clearly,
as you spoke in a loud voice.
-A loud voice. -Speak now.
-No. -What is the Yun Elixir?
-Break all love relations? -No.
The Yun Elixir
already disappeared
when Phoenix died.
Little One,
what?
It disappeared.
Who told you?
Which chief told you?
What a great sin!
The pains of the late Floral Immortal
are wasted.
Tell me what the Yun Elixir is now,
or I'll release rabbits to bite you to death.
If one rabbit guards the pass...
If one rabbit guards the pass, ten thousand are unable to get through.
Millions of rabbits. Ten thousand rabbits gallop.
Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
I'll tell you. I'll tell you.
Speak now.
I...
just heard part of the story.
It's inaccurate. Inaccurate.
It's said the late Floral Immortal
was deeply in love with the late Heavenly Emperor.
Now the Heavenly Emperor actually bullies us.
Why can't we attack the Heavenly Realm?
-My father always holds back. -When can we stop that?
Did you quarrel with your father?
I think
you shouldn't do that.
In the world,
no one cares more about you than he does.
The King of Gu City wants you to fight for him obviously.
Your father doesn't want you to go.
Do you think he just tolerates the Heavenly Realm?
He said I disappointed him.
In the heat of the moment,
it's common for him to say something against his will.
Think about it.
Did you say something against your will?
I speak such words to you most.
Have a peach
and calm down.
See your father later.
Unexpectedly,
unexpectedly,
after taking the Yun Elixir,
you can't get rid of love poison.
You actually fell in love with him
and even broke the Yun Elixir.
Man has a destiny, so do immortals.
Everything is predestined.
I've been in charge of marriage and love
for more than 100,000 years,
but I never heard
of such an extreme elixir.
I really never heard of it.
No wonder
she seemed ignorant of love before.
But,
the poor Xufeng died
without clear reason.
Forget it. Forget it.
I'll accompany you to visit him.
But, it depends on luck
whether my elder brother
wants to present his Light of Xuanqiong.
Thank you, Fox Fairy.
Then, then do you know
where Immortal Lianchao is now?
The top of Snake Mountain on Yimiao Island.
-Mi. -Mr. Puchi.
You.
Why do you stop me?
Mi, it turns out that you are back in the Floral Realm.
No wonder I failed to find you everywhere in the Heavenly Realm.
Have you decided to leave His Majesty,
and throw yourself into my arms?
Yanyou,
Mi cares about Xufeng now.
Don't make trouble.
So unreasonable.
Phoenix already vanished.
Xufeng still has a glimmer of life,
but whether he can be revived depends on the result
of our visit to Snake Mountain.
I think I missed so many stories.
I can tell you in detail later.
Now, I'll go to Snake Mountain with Fox Fairy.
Is it that dangerous place where both immortals
and demons don't dare to go?
If you go alone,
what if you are injured?
No way. I'll go with you.
And me.
With such little magic power, don't add trouble for us.
You want to abandon me again.
So, so disloyal.
SNAKE MOUNTAIN
This is Snake Mountain.
Here, our magic power will be repressed
and common magic power won't work at all here,
let alone the power of riding on a cloud.
And this path
is the only way to Snake Mountain.
Without exerting magic power,
will we climb up by ourselves?
Our legs will suffer.
Moreover, there are various venomous snakes
and wild beasts on this path.
Beauty, will you really climb it?
If you are afraid, wait for us here.
Stop kidding around.
I just want to protect Jinmi.
Escape is never my option.
What did you say?
The Water Immortal has entered Snake Mountain.
Did you see it clearly?
Yes.
What does she want to do on Snake Mountain?
His Majesty loves the Water Immortal so much.
I should report it to His Majesty as soon as possible.
You, go to the Heavenly Realm with me now.
Yes.
Be careful.
As far as I know, on Snake Mountain
there are tens of millions of venomous snakes,
so it's very dangerous.
Don't worry.
I, the prince of snakes, am beside you.
As long as I move my fingers,
I am sure that they won't dare to hurt us.
My elder brother Lianchao
wants to keep away from strangers by nature,
so he has hid here since he revived.
For tens of thousands of years,
anyone who wants to climb up Snake Mountain,
immortal or demon,
will be eaten by snakes,
so no one knows
if he is still living in the world.
People have different opinions on the past story
of the dethroned Heavenly Empress
and the late Heavenly Emperor and his brother
for tens of thousands of years.
There are several different versions in the six realms in private,
each of which is romantic and strange.
Do you know its truth?
Back then, I was still young
and ignorant of love,
so I also don't know what actually happened among them.
What a pity!
Or these stories can inspire me
to complete a famous love story of the six realms.
Be careful.
Didn't you say as long as you moved your fingers,
they wouldn't dare to hurt us?
I didn't expect my magic power
would be so greatly restricted here.
It doesn't matter. I have another way.
These snakes are all smart,
so I am afraid that we can't deal with them normally.
Do you have any ideas?
I'll tie them with Red Strings
and let them be busy with something else.
Awesome. Good idea. I admire you.
Don't delay. Go now.
Match-Maker, tie them with Red Strings.
I have no Red Strings.
So we have to fight to the end with them.
Today I'll show them my skills.
You want to bite me?
Anyhow,
I'll manage to climb to the mountaintop.
Do you think Jinmi is sort of different?
She has grown up.
Yanyou, what's wrong with your butt?
Are you injured?
It doesn't matter.
I was just bitten by a snake.
I guess it must have been a female one,
who likes my natural posture in snake form.
But these snakes are venomous.
It's okay.
I am a snake truly,
so its poison won't hurt me.
Mi, are you injured?
Sit down now.
Mi, what's wrong with you?
I am okay.
I am afraid that I was bitten by snakes carelessly.
Let me have a look.
Well. Terrible.
The poison of magic snakes can absorb the immortal's magic power.
What... What can we do?
Before reaching the mountaintop,
I won't fall.
Mi.
-Well, I am all right. -Mi.
-Let's go. -Mi,
there is still a way to go ahead.
Let me carry you.
I can walk myself.
Since Phoenix died,
whatever ways I use to amuse her,
she won't smile again.
It seems that she is really heartbroken this time.
It is nobody's fault but her own.
Your Majesty,
Leader Yinque wants to present himself to you.
Your Majesty.
Kuanglu, you can leave.
Leader Yinque, why do you look so hurried?
My subordinate
saw the Water Immortal enter Snake Mountain today.
Snake Mountain?
With dangerous terrain,
Snake Mountain is full of extremely venomous snakes.
Moreover, after an immortal enters it,
his magic power will be greatly restricted,
so both immortals and demons keep it at a distance.
I don't know why the Water Immortal entered.
I am afraid that there will be something wrong with the Immortal,
so I came specially to report to Your Majesty.
Did she enter Snake Mountain alone?
Your Majesty,
two men entered Snake Mountain
with her then,
one of which wore a green robe,
and the other of which wore Red Rings in his hair.
I didn't see their faces clearly.
I see.
Go back.
Yes. Your Majesty.
Jinmi,
for him,
you even risk your life to climb Snake Mountain.
Jinmi, let me carry you.
No need.
I can walk myself.
Phoenix, wherever you are,
I'll bring you back to life.
We've finally reached the mountaintop.
On the top of Snake Mountain,
there is different scenery.
It seems that Immortal Lianchao is of high taste.
Mi, it's just ahead.
Okay.
Who are you?
Lianchao.
Danzhu.
Why are you here?
Here's the thing.
Taiwei was brutal
and Tuyao was thrown in jail.
I came to you for the son of Taiwei, Xufeng, this time.
Immortal,
if you are willing to save Xufeng
with your Light of Xuanqiong,
I...
I'd like to give you everything I have.
Tuyao,
I didn't expect that I was still related to you
after several thousand years.
Lianchao.
Where are you?
You've escaped our master's cultivation several times.
I'll tell His Majesty sooner or later.
Go ahead.
If you go report to my father,
I'll go tell your father.
Well, Lianchao, come out.
What can you report to my father about me?
You don't want to marry.
Is it your mistake?
So many immortals, demons, ghosts and monsters
have visited your mansion and proposed marriage to you recently,
but you are fastidious about them,
and always play outside.
If your father knew that...
I don't want an arranged marriage.
I'll marry the man I like.
-I... -I am
the only descendant of the Phoenix Family in the six realms,
so I'll marry the best man.
Okay, choose as you like.
If you can't find the right man
until you are old,
I can just
marry you.
Stop daydreaming.
I have stronger magic power than you do,
and even Taiwei has almost caught up with you.
If you go on wasting time like this,
how can you become the Heavenly Emperor?
Silly phoenix, strong magic power is useless.
My father has strong magic power,
but he still can't win my mother.
So lazy.
Return it to me. Return it to me.
Give it to me?
The Phoenix Hairpin is the most important thing in our family.
If you can get the most colorful thing in the world,
I can give it to you.
You baffle me on purpose
as you know I can't tell colors by nature.
But as long as you want something,
I'll give it to you surely.
Okay. It's a deal.
It's said that the King of Yan City of the Demon Realm has strong magic power,
so you must be careful in war.
You worry about me a lot?
In normal times,
I could defeat you in a sword competition,
so I worry about you naturally.
Don't worry.
I'll win a victory and come to find you.
So you won't belittle me again in the future.
If you really can win and come back, just talk big.
In the war between the Heavenly and Demon Realms,
I was almost killed.
I didn't expect that,
to get the throne of Heavenly Emperor,
Taiwei actually colluded with the King of Gu City,
a subordinate of the Demon Lord,
and exposed me to mortal danger.
After Danzhu saved me,
I was in a coma for years.
After I came to myself,
Tuyao became Heavenly Empress.
I am back.
You are still alive.
You married Taiwei.
Do you know he colluded with the King of Gu City
and wanted to expose me to mortal danger back then?
To seize the throne,
he actually wanted to kill me.
He is disloyal, unjust and inhumane.
Don't be deceived by him.
Come with me.
We can find a quiet place,
with a stream in front and a hill at the back.
Us two
can spend our life at ease.
Back then, I thought
you already died.
When all my hopes were dashed to pieces,
it was Taiwei who gave me warmth.
He also appointed me Heavenly Empress.
Now,
I've already had his baby.
Baby?
Are you happy?
As Heavenly Empress,
I have everything I want.
I am happy, surely.
Lianchao,
I hurt you.
It's just fate.
I feel eased to see you're happy now.
You chose to live in seclusion on Snake Mountain back then
to satisfy Tuyao.
What an incomplete relationship!
You mean my Light of Xuanqiong
can save Xufeng?
Mister Immortal,
as I know your past,
I know it is really not fair
to present your Light of Xuanqiong gratuitously,
to save Phoenix.
But if you can give it to me,
I am willing to exchange everything for 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 ♫