= Ever Night 2 =
= Episode 37 =
The negotiation ended.
I'm about to return to West Shrine.
Did you see Ning Que?
I don't like to argue with him.
Then what brings you here?
This morning, all of a sudden...
...Chenjia crossed my mind.
She asked me when we would meet again
after we had said goodbye at Peach Hill.
I told her...
...we should wait till flowers blossom in Hidden Boudoir.
I have been wondering
if you're discontented with West Shrine or Tao of Heaven.
I feel the same way as you do.
I'm discontented with Hierarch.
Speaking of Tao of Heaven,
to be honest, I'm in doubt, too.
Why are you in doubt?
Tang State shouldn't perish.
The war started for no reason.
Hierarch has done wrong things under the guise of justice.
It's evil practice against Tao of Heaven.
You can have doubts about him.
But there's no reason for you to doubt Tao of Heaven.
Ye Hongyu.
Your obsession with Tao of Heaven is your biggest obstacle.
Believing in Tao of Heaven is something we must do.
Everything we've got comes from Light.
Many people have died and we've seen bloodshed.
Is it what Light really wants?
Tang State desecrated Tao of Light.
Their people deserve to die.
I've told you
Tang State shouldn't perish.
And it will not perish.
I don't know why Ning Que holds onto the world so firmly
as a cultivator himself.
Is it because of Sangsang?
Sangsang...
She's not only Ning Que's natal object.
She's also his life.
No matter where Sangsang goes,
Ning Que will never forget her.
The day when he forgets her,
his life will come to the end.
What if Sangsang forgets Ning Que?
I hope something like this will never happen.
I really want to kill him.
But I'll take pity on him
when I imagine something like it.
He'd rather die if he lived like that.
Ning Que says Sangsang has died.
But I don't think he believes it.
It's good.
Holding out hope is a good thing.
Yes.
OK.
You're much healthier than you were in Hidden Boudoir.
I'm no longer worried.
Look out for yourself in the future.
Thanks for visiting me.
I'm going back to Dahe State.
We'll be far apart from each other.
Not sure when we can meet again.
I wish you...
...all the best.
Best wishes to Chenjia, too.
Wish everyone all the best.
= Chaoyang City =
Chenjia.
Long Qing.
Why are you here?
I'm defeated.
I remember Sage didn't let you in the Second Floor.
The comment he gave you is
"A real man should hold on to noninterference."
You didn't believe it.
I didn't, either.
I don't understand Sage who was in the man's world.
Not to mention the supreme Heaven.
If every experience is an enlightenment,
what I'm experiencing has drifted away from it.
Why are you here?
Chenjia.
Do you still hate me?
I don't hate anyone.
Anyone?
It's how you define me?
I thought I had forgotten you.
But whenever I think of you, I'll know
you're the most important person to me.
Just like the flower in my heart.
My snow lotus...
...withered a long time ago.
You won't forgive me?
All the flowers in the world will wither one day.
I'm no longer sad about it.
So...
You've really moved on?
Thank you, Long Qing.
And thank you for your snow lotus.
I was happy about it.
I was sad about it.
But...
When everything is gone,
I've realized something:
how the story ends doesn't matter.
What really matters is
we have ever loved deeply.
It's good enough for me.
= Chaoyang City =
= BESTORE Shop =
# I met you #
# at a dewy dawn #
# The happiness of seeing you grows from the bottom of my heart #
# One glance means forever #
# The autumn breeze on the lake #
# The shadows you left at the aisle #
# I use the songs and poems #
# to tell you my heart #
# Mochi is raining #
# I am with my books #
# Red walls with white snow #
# Years have passed #
# yet a note of yours #
# still makes me thrilled #
# It never floats to me #
# until you walk out of the city #
# The frost #
# The rain #
# The poems in the wind #
# sing all farewells in the world #
# How can I forget #
# The look of you in silence #
# Even the world reverses #
# I will never change my heart #
# The wind #
Go!
# The rain under sky #
# And you're not yet back #
# I always look for you #
# with thousands of miles apart #
# Even years go by #
# I will never change my heart #
# I will wait for you #
The snow is getting light.
I gotta go.
Could you stay for a few more days?
No matter how many more days I stay,
I'll eventually leave.
Go back.
The capital needs you.
We shouldn't say goodbye.
I agree.
# No need to have dialogue #
# The curtain of night has already been unfolded #
# Succeed or Failure #
# Be brave to see the future #
# Free to wherever #
# Peach trees are in blossom #
Ning Que!
# Beyond the light #
I'll wait for you in Dahe State.
# Dense color and light #
It's a deal.
# I dreamt the frontier fortress #
# Look at it #
# The world of mortals is coming #
# Look at it #
# The vault of heaven has opened #
# Look at it #
# All things on earth are accompanying #
# Look at it #
# I have seen the sea of clouds #
# It was like a dream #
# I have called the stars #
# Like extinguishment, like glory #
# I have crossed the oasis #
# with no borders and no shore #
# I have kissed the rivers #
# Spring leaves and comes #
# I have seen the sea of clouds #
# It was like a dream #
I saw Shanshan off.
The negotiation with West Shrine has ended for now.
The political situation is getting stable.
But Blacky's carriage returned to me for no reason.
I don't know what it means.
Is Sangsang telling me
she's still in the man's world?
Heavenly Maid asked me to send you a message.
What is it?
In the world,
all death means to meet again after a long separation.
# It was like a dream #
You asked the Drinker to tell it to Ning Que.
Do you want him to die?
Aren't you expecting to meet him all the time?
No.
# I have crossed the oasis #
I don't want him to die.
Ask him to meet me.
# with no borders and no shore #
I don't understand all this.
So I sit in the carriage all day
and feel Sangsang's scent there.
There's one more thing I can't figure out.
The carriage is back.
But where is Blacky?
Why didn't it come back with the carriage?
Where is it now?
Could it be...
...with Sangsang?
Tears.
Young master.
I miss you.
Do you miss me?
Sangsang.
Are you alive or dead?
If you're alive,
I would go to the ends of the earth to find you.
I'll take you home.
If you're dead,
I'll go look for you, too.
I'll take you home.
It's a noodle stall in the man's world.
He's the boss here.
Tell him what you would like to eat.
Up to you.
Lady, what would you like to eat?
Two bowls of noodles.
Two bowls of noodles?
OK. Wait a second, please.
Your noodles. Enjoy them.
Very delicious.
It's not like this.
I'll show you.
Look.
Hold this part.
Hold it tightly.
Align the two chopsticks.
Try to pick up the noodles.
Pick them up.
Come on.
You're really short-tempered and clumsy.
Young master won't like you.
Don't mention him.
I don't like you, either.
You're arrogant and conceited.
If you don't like me,
it means you don't like yourself.
I... don't like myself very much.
A skinny girl with dark skin.
I'm not good-looking.
You're wrong.
The noodles are good.
You like them, too?
Boss!
Coming!
You've finished all noodles?
- I'll order a tableful of noodles. - What?
A tableful of noodles?
Exactly.
OK, OK.
She's such a big eater!
He just complimented you.
You're back.
Finally!
Three years ago, in the capital of Tang State,
I saw your Light on Peach Hill.
So,
I always believe that
you'll come back here one day.
You're the most loyal to me.
Things will go well with you.
My greatest wish in my life is to meet you.
Bless me, please.
Light will never die. Righteous path lasts forever.
Who trespassed our sacred Peach Hill?
This is my territory.
I'm Xiong Chumo, Hierarch of West Shrine.
Welcome, Heavenly Maid!
You're like a nasty dog.
I'll allow you being Hierarch of West Shrine.
Your lost cultivation is regained.
Thank you, Heavenly Maid!
Hold the Light Conference!
Cut connections with the man's world!
Return to Heaven!
As you wish!
Light will never die. Righteous path lasts forever.
Sangsang!
You're back!
You remember me?
I do!
I miss you all the time!
Come and hug me.
I...
Give me a hug.
I'm right here.
If you don't come soon,
I'll leave.
And you'll never see me again.
Don't go.
Please! Don't go.
Sangsang!
Come back!
I'll hug you now!
Sangsang!
Sangsang! Sangsang!
Sangsang!
The city is beautiful when everything quiets down.
First Brother.
We both know it.
Right now,
things are not really quieting down.
Before they conquer the entire city,
West Shrine and other states will not give up.
The peace treaty
only represents a temporary truce.
West Shrine will reinforce its military forces during this period.
We don't have much time.
Temple Master has lost his cultivation.
I'm worried about the two people the most.
The Butcher and the Drinker.
God-Startling Formation is still here.
The two may not dare to enter the capital.
Sage was right.
The longer we live,
the more fears we'll have for death.
I don't understand one thing.
The two have lived for a thousand of years in the world.
They're supposed to avoid anything
that is related to Heavenly Maid.
It's because Heavenly Maid has found them.
It's said that Heavenly Maid is back to West Shrine.
Heavenly Maid...
Sangsang...
Can she break God-Startling Formation?
Youngest Brother.
Don't you want to figure out if she's Sangsang?
She can't be.
Sangsang is dead.
You should go out and travel around.
I can't.
I must guard God-Startling Formation.
And I must guard the city.
Are you guarding the city?
Or are you stuck in it?
What a pity!
You'll be stuck in the capital for life.
You're just an angry prisoner.
Everyone knows how important you are to God-Startling Formation.
In the city,
you're invincible.
But if you go out,
you're a loser.
If you always stay in the capital,
it'll never do good to you.
First Brother.
Could you enlighten me?
To calm your mind.
It's too difficult.
If you can't do that,
then you should travel around.
It's too risky.
God-Startling Formation is fixed.
And I can walk again.
I can defend the city if it's in danger.
You can't be stuck here and waste your time.
I'm responsible for their present and future.
I can't ask them to risk their lives with me.
You're the guardian of the city and all the people here now.
If you don't go out,
the city and its people will be guarding you.
Now I get it.
I just hope you will not be stuck.
Live with no regrets.
You're back.
Why is there only the carriage?
Where is Blacky?
It was killed.
What?
Who did it?
I did.
Why did you kill Blacky?
You're not Sangsang.
You'll never leave Tang State.
You don't need Blacky anymore.
Give Blacky back to me!
As long as you dare to come to West Shrine,
you'll see me and your Blacky.
West Shrine...
Why wouldn't I dare to?
Aren't you afraid to see Heavenly Maid?
Who is Heavenly Maid?
She'll punish you.
Why will she do that?
I...
...am Heavenly Maid.
West Shrine...
Sangsang,
were you trying to tell me something in the dream?
Go home.
Go back to Heaven.
I won't.
I'll go back the House of Calligraphy.
Don't you get it?
We are one.
We can't separate.
I'm my young master's woman.
I told you to forget him.
Why can't you just do it?
You smell like a human.
It's really gross.
And it has stopped me from returning to Heaven.
A complete purification is needed.
Why do we have to return to Heaven?
Let's go back to the House of Calligraphy.
Let's meet my young master there.
Your young master?
He's Ning Que.
We've tied the knot.
Don't tell me something so gross.
You don't want to listen?
It's because you went through all this.
The House of Calligraphy in the capital.
The tiny room in Wei City.
And in the tall Minshan Mountain,
young master carried Sangsang on his back and fled to safety.
You can't forget all this.
Light Conference will solve all the problems
and completely purify everything.
All the memories will never be erased.
Since you miss him so much, ask him to come.
He'll be extinguished here.
No!
Youngest Brother.
You have something to say to us, right?
Spill it.
Thank you, my First Brother and Second Brother.
All my brothers and sisters.
I've made up my mind.
I'll leave for West Shrine in a few days.
Youngest Brother.
I'll ignore what you just said.
Let him finish.
He has his own reason to say something like that.
He can't go out.
Tang State and the Academy are in great danger.
Everyone is hoping he will guard our last barrier.
If he leaves now,
what West Shrine has been plotting will be accomplished.
Youngest Brother.
Your Eighth Brother was right.
You could defeat Temple Master in the capital.
But as soon as you leave,
you will be nothing.
Exactly.
Youngest Brother.
You might be killed by the Butcher or the Drinker at any time.
If he has decided to leave for West Shrine,
he must have got a plan.
So don't you think he knows all about it?
Be quiet.
Let's listen to our Youngest Brother.
I dreamed of her the other night.
Sangsang?
And Blacky's carriage.
Where is Blacky?
At Peach Hill.
Sangsang was there, too.
She asked me to take her home.
But you said it was a dream.
I think you just miss Sangsang too much.
After she and Sage had returned to Heaven,
no matter how much I missed her,
I never dreamed of her.
It seemed that she had disappeared in my mind.
But since the Drinker returned Blacky's carriage
and sent me the message,
she has been in my dream in many ways.
It's not just a coincidence.
She's calling me.
She wants me to meet her.
Love is precious.
But your life...
...belongs to all Tang people.
After I saw the Drinker and Blacky's carriage,
I've got the feeling that
Sangsang is still alive.
And she must be connected to Heavenly Maid in some way.
First Brother, you asked me
if I was guarding the city or being stuck in it.
I believe
when Sage asked me to be the guardian of God-Startling Formation,
he never wanted to see me hiding here all the time.
The one we should take precautions against
is not Hierarch or Temple Master.
It should be Heavenly Maid.
Or maybe...
It should be Sangsang.
What you said makes sense.
If Heavenly Maid returns to Heaven
and gains all her power,
I'm afraid...
the man's world will lose its moonlight.
All of us...
...and Tang State cannot defend ourselves by then.
That's why I'm going to West Shrine.
Sage and I will fight side by side.
Sage's returned to Heaven to fight for the world.
We can't let him down when being in the man's world.
But Heavenly Maid is invincible in the man's world.
You can't defeat her easily.
If she is my Sangsang,
I can be sure of it.
Before Sage had returned to Heaven,
he took Sangsang and me to eat lots of good food.
And he witnessed us getting married by Burning Sea.
Now I understand.
Sage must have perceived everything.
He must have got another plan.
If not so, why would she be in the man's world?
West Shrine is preparing for Light Conference for this millennial.
Envoy of Light will instruct Heavenly Maid
to open the gate of Heaven and help her go back.
We can't let it happen.
Sage is fighting for the world.
We can't lose our battle in the man's world.
Heavenly Maid will have to stay here.
Yes, yes.
- Exactly. - Yes.
That's right.
West Shrine is preparing Light Conference with a great fanfare.
People there want the Academy to take a risk.
So,
we need to pretend that
we will guard the capital instead of taking other actions.
Our Youngest Brother is right.
But we can't make it at one stroke.
We need a more thorough plan to accomplish the mission.