Eternal Love of Dream
Episode 53
Well,
do these spiritual birds
fly here to dance every year?
Do you think they've got nothing else to do?
So you summoned them specially?
Well,
well,
just ask them to come closer.
Ask them to do the dance of "Paying Homage to the Phoenix" for me closer.
I won't do it for nothing.
How will you return the favor?
Don't be so stingy.
I've taught you how to make the sweet and sour fish.
Or do you want to watch me dance?
I'm quite a good dancer,
far better than
your foster sister Zhihe.
I just can't dance for others.
Just make them do the dance of
"Paying Homage to the Phoenix" for me.
Never in my life
have I watched real birds
do the dance of "Paying Homage to the Phoenix".
If you ask them to dance for me,
I'll dance for you.
Xiaobai,
in front of others,
you're always polite and well-behaved,
pretending to be elegant and experienced,
but I know that you're just
a mischievous and spoiled girl.
You used to restrain yourself in front of me,
for example, in the Fanyin Valley
and in the Dream of Aranya.
Compared to the previous girl who was restrained in front of me,
I like the present girl more,
who is innocent and spoiled.
This is the real you.
Miao Luo once said that
there was a sea of Foling flowers in my heart.
She wondered who was hidden behind the flowers.
Xiaobai,
I know that there has always been
a little red fox hiding behind the flowers.
Though I was not in love with you back then,
I've always treated you differently.
Just make them dance for me.
Don't ignore me.
It's a real bargain!
It really is!
Then you should dance for me first.
Well,
we'd better not keep the spiritual birds waiting for too long.
Can you ask them to dance for me first?
I'll dance for you later.
As a majestic god,
you should show compassion.
I'm just afraid that someone might act in a slick way.
Didn't you say
you really wanted to return the favor?
Now you're bargaining with me.
Where's your sincerity?
Since there's no music,
I can only do one part of the dance.
Now that you're dancing,
you should do the whole dance at least.
I'll play the music for you.
You actually know how to play Konghou!
I didn't know that.
I didn't play much.
Of course you didn't know.
Do you find your husband talented?
Hu...
Hus...
Husband.
It's weird to hear you say that.
No!
The word "husband" is weird itself.
I'd better keep calling you "Your Majesty".
Come here.
What did you just call me?
Think it clearly.
I called you "Your Majesty".
Who am I to you?
Husband! You're my husband!
That's more like it.
Dance for me over there.
You said you wanted to dance for me,
but you haven't started yet.
Don't you find yourself hard to deal with?
You're the one who's been messing with me!
Xiaobai,
I've always known that you're pretty,
but you're not the enchanting type
for you often bear an innocent and bright look.
How ridiculous I am! Only till now
do I realize that this innocent face
is actually coquettish.
Look at those gentle and soft eyes!
Are you trying to seduce me?
Come to me.
One minute you asked me to come here,
and the next minute, you asked me to come to you.
You should come to me yourself.
Why do you bother me all the time?
Please come to me!
Then you can't pet me.
I won't.
Really?
Yes.
I...
I still have to watch the dance of "Paying Homage to the Phoenix".
What's the fun in that?
Just watch me instead.
As long as Dong Hua doesn't investigate himself,
no one else can see through
my hallucinating ward.
What if Emperor Dong Hua comes here?
Then let's do it on his wedding day.
Even if anything happens to the demons,
he won't be able to come.
Yes!
Nie Chuyin,
I have limited patience.
If anything goes wrong again...
Your Majesty, do feel relieved.
If I can't get the blood tear this time,
I'll end my life myself.
Don't move!
Your body was just made.
You need rest.
It's time!
I thought the delayed wedding banquet
is just an ordinary banquet,
so I only have to dress formally.
I didn't expect to dress so fancily.
It's just like a dream!
Xiaobai,
I'll have this dream with you forever.
Your Majesty! Your Highness!
I didn't mean to interrupt.
I really have something urgent to report.
Never mind.
What's up?
Has anything gone wrong with Ye Qingti?
Your Highness, please don't worry.
The time has come.
Ye Qingti is about to wake up.
It's time to transfer cultivation to him.
Really?
I just
confirmed that.
Wonderful!
Your Highness, I know that
you've been worried about Ye Qingti all the time,
so I came here to inform you.
Thank you, Lord Xie.
Your Highness, you're welcome.
The earlier Ye Qingti obtains cultivation,
the earlier he can start cultivating.
Thus, he can wash away the mortal dust
in the Ninth Heaven Jade Pool
and become an immortal earlier in future.
Well then, I'll go right away.
Transfer cultivation to him?
Are you going to do that yourself?
He died because of me.
I can at least do this for him.
No.
Sorry for breaking into the hall without reporting.
I should go and do some repair work
on Ye Qingti's body so as to reduce possible problems he might have
when he becomes an immortal in future.
Your Majesty! Your Highness!
I'm leaving.
Ye Qingti saved my life.
If I don't transfer my cultivation to him,
who will?
Xiaobai,
having given Ye Qingti an immortal body,
you've paid back his favor.
But I've only paid back half of his favor.
Your Majesty,
are you so in love with me that
you can't bear to hear that I'm going to
transfer my cultivation to another man?
You're just a little fox over thirty thousand years old.
You don't have much cultivation.
If you give away half of your cultivation,
how can you survive the test and become a superior goddess
if I'm not by your side in the future?
So it's only because of my poor cultivation.
Moreover,
even if I have to go through the test of becoming a superior goddess,
that'll be tens of thousands of years later.
You just said
you wanted to be with me forever.
How can you not be with me then?
Right.
I'll definitely be with you.
Such being the case,
let me transfer
my cultivation to him.
Your Majesty,
how can I let you
transfer your cultivation to him?
Everything you do is concerned with
the stability of the Four Seas and Eight Deserts.
You'll have to give away half of your cultivation,
but I only have to give
a tiny bit of my cultivation.
I won't be affected.
No! No!
Your Majesty,
I know you're saying this for my good,
but Ye Qingti saved my life.
Though I can't respond to his love,
I can definitely bring him back to life.
That's my promise to him.
If I let Your Majesty fulfill my duties
all the time,
how can my subjects
trust me in future?
Xiaobai...
Your Majesty,
I'm the Monarch of Qingqiu.
I'm not a woman
who needs your protection all the time.
I know.
You've always been strong and independent.
I'm the one who can't live without you.
Then I'll go with you
after our wedding.
Let's go together then.
Fry it in hot oil.
Then add some grape-fruit to make it tasty.
Finally, add the Yushi flower.
Fry it in hot oil.
Then add some grape-fruit to make it tasty.
But the last ingredient is...
The Yushi flower.
Right.
Stay in Tai Chen Palace to make dishes.
It's cooked according to your procedures.
Have a try.
Chong Lin, what's up?
Your Majesty,
I've got some things for you to decide.
There're so many things to deal with for the wedding,
I'll go and handle them.
Luckily, we only have to marry once.
Wait for me. Let's eat together.
His cooking skills are much better.
There's a custom in Qingqiu that
on the night before the wedding,
the groom and the bride can't see each other.
So, I've made
the nourishing soup for you in advance.
I've always wanted to build up your health.
Remember to drink it while it's still warm.
Xiaobai, come here.
What's up?
After tomorrow,
we can be together forever.
After tomorrow,
I'll cook delicious food for you every day.
We'll never be apart.
Tomorrow, you'll marry His Majesty.
As to the rituals and rules I've told you,
have you remembered them clearly?
Those rituals are so miscellaneous
and troublesome.
I've told Immortal Official Chong Lin
to remove them if possible.
What?
Are you kidding?
You're getting married.
You should take it seriously!
Father,
the wedding etiquette
is merely a formality.
His Majesty said
he wouldn't restrain me.
I can do whatever I like.
Did His Majesty really say so?
Of course!
He has kept his words.
However, even so,
the Sky Kingdom is not Qingqiu.
You should be prudent and self-restraint in future.
Don't be willful as you were in Qingqiu.
Do you understand?
I see.
If there's any rule I don't understand in the Sky Kingdom,
I'll consult Immortal Officials such as Chong Lin.
Father, do feel relieved.
Well. Father, I'm leaving.
Mother has got plenty of things
for me to handle.
Are you really so anxious?
Father, what's wrong?
Xiaojiu, you've grown up.
You're about to become the Empress.
Father,
I'm just getting married.
Also,
I'll often come back to visit you and mother.
Moreover,
His Majesty can practice the cloud-riding trick.
We can come to Qingqiu from the Sky Kingdom
in a blink of an eye.
Father, no need to be so sad.
You are going to
become the Monarch and the Empress,
but you're still so childish.
Even if I'm going to become the Monarch and the Empress,
I'm still your daughter.
In future,
if His Majesty dares betray you...
Father, His Majesty really treats me well.
Do feel relieved.
I'll be happy.
She said she must see you,
and she asked me to bring this to you.
She said you would see her after seeing it.
Master, you've come at last.
This is left by your father.
Put it away.
My father never asked you for any favor when he was alive.
Master,
this is the place where my father died.
I...
I want to beg you
for another chance.
Even if...
Even if I have to be a fairy maid
in your mansion for the rest of my life,
I'm fine with that.
Master, for my father's sake,
please have mercy on me
and let me stay by your side.
Before your father died,
he entrusted you to my care.
However,
I never like to take care of
someone who fancies me.
Fine.
Now with this scale,
I want you to fulfill your promise to my father.
I want you to return my father's favor to me.
I want you to divorce your wife,
appoint no Empress,
and never get married the rest of your life.
Your father would never expect that
you would use the promise this way.
What time is it now?
It'll be the auspicious moment in one hour.
Fetch the ritual scroll for me.
I'm gonna review it again.
Yes.
Your Highness!
Chong Lin,
where is His Majesty?
I've no idea.
But no need to worry.
I suppose His Majesty is delayed by something urgent.
Pardon me for being outspoken.
If His Majesty can't get back on time today,
we can turn today's wedding banquet into
a normal celebration banquet.
Actually, it's OK with me,
but my father and mother are here today.
They've prepared for days
so as to make this banquet
a real wedding banquet.
If His Majesty doesn't show up,
I'm afraid they may feel hurt.
Your Highness, when sending out invitations,
we made it clear that
this would be a delayed wedding banquet.
As to what a delayed wedding banquet would be like,
no one knows actually.
If we turn it into a normal celebration banquet
for immortals to drink wine and get together on this happy occasion,
it won't seem odd.
Nor will it embarrass your family from Qingqiu.
This is actually a good idea.
His Majesty never likes banquet occasions.
He wouldn't show up
even for his own victory banquet.
In case he doesn't show up today,
it won't lead to any misunderstanding.
Chong Lin,
I really appreciate that
you've considered these for me.
Your Highness,
His Majesty takes the wedding banquet seriously.
If he can't come back on time today,
he must have encountered something urgent.
He definitely cares about you.
I believe him.
Your Highness, pardon me for talking big.
His Majesty asked me to prepare for this banquet
because he trusted me.
No matter what happens,
I'll protect you.
Chong Lin, thank you.
Go and get things ready.
Yes.
How lively!
I suppose the banquet has started.
Your Majesty,
where are you?
Jiu'er!
Mother!
Be honest with me.
Today is the big day.
Why isn't His Majesty here?
Mother,
His Majesty is delayed by something.
Maybe something urgent has happened.
Mother, don't worry.
Has he told you where he has gone
and for what?
For fear that I might get worried,
His Majesty surely wouldn't tell me
these troublesome things.
But mother, look!
His Majesty trusts Chong Lin the most.
He has taken care of
the following matters.
He must have received orders from His Majesty.
Mother, no need to worry.
But, Jiu'er...
Mother,
His Majesty is just late.
Moreover,
this is a delayed wedding banquet.
I'm already the Empress of His Majesty.
I don't care about these formalities.
I didn't expect Xiaojiu to act so quickly.
It's a pity that
I can't drink at her wedding banquet in person.
When it's all over,
you can be a good friend
and give her a delayed gift.
Then she'll have a drink with you.
A small gathering between friends
is far better than today's banquet, right?
Right.
Then I'll pick up Ji Heng.
Wherever she wants to go later,
I'll go with her.
What about you?
After all these annoyances are over,
what will you do?
After we get rid of Miao Luo,
I still have to handle Nie Chuyin.
The rifts between different races need to be mended.
Each race needs a demon lord.
I want to revitalize our clan,
- so I have to pick out more suitable... - So troublesome!
In my opinion,
just kill those traitors directly.
Why do you waste time
talking to them?
Yan,
as a demon lord,
the last lesson you need to learn is that
putting away your sword is for drawing out your sword better.
Your Highness, Emperor Dong Hua is here.
Where is he now?
At the gate of our clan.
Princess Ji Heng is also with him.
Ji Heng is back?
Let's go!
You Majesty!
Emperor Dong Hua is at the camp gate of our clan.
Heng'er!
Ji Heng,
how come the Qiushui Cold Toxin is more severe?
I hate people pestering me endlessly
and threatening me with their lives the most.
You're acting so obnoxiously simply
because of your father's dragon scale.
Though I've made a promise,
the contents of the promise are for me to decide.
I'll save your life,
remove your toxin,
and find you a place within the territory of the demons,
thus paying back your father's favor back then.
From now on, the dragon scale will be gone.
In future, whether you're alive or dead, it'll have nothing to do with me.
I don't want to see you ever again.
Xu Yang, the Demon Lord Chi, I've got an order for you.
Your Majesty!
I command you to withdraw your former order
and order Demon Princess Ji Heng to return to your land
and never leave this place in future.
Any objection?
Your Majesty,
what on earth has Ji Heng done
to make you so...
Any objection?
No, of course.
Heng'er!
Ji Heng!
Come on.
Let's go.
Xiaojiu,
how come His Majesty didn't show up
at the end of the wedding banquet?
What on earth is going on?
His Majesty is delayed by something urgent.
What's so urgent to make him
miss his own wedding banquet?
Father,
His Majesty really had something urgent to deal with.
What about this?
Mother and father, you should go back to Qingqiu first.
When His Majesty returns
after handling his business properly,
I'll take him to Qingqiu
and apologize to the elders.
So the so-called urgent business
is to leave you behind at the wedding banquet
while messing around with Ji Heng from the demon clan?
Ji Heng?
Right!
I know about Ji Heng.
Ji Heng was poisoned with Qiushui Cold Toxin
and has relied on His Majesty to remove her toxin ever since.
His Majesty made a promise
to her father,
so he has pitied her all the time
and helped her.
Pity?
How come I heard that
this morning, he carried Ji Heng
out of the Baishui Mountain majestically
and went directly to the demon clan?
I heard that at that time,
the Princess clung to him delicately.
It's really hard to tell whether he did that out of pity.
A man and a woman
stayed at Baishui Mountain last night with no one around.
Do you also know that?
Luckily,
now that the demon clan is in a state of siege,
it's hard to pass information to both sides.
I suppose only your husband
can make that happen.
So only a few know about this.
Otherwise, if immortals from Eight Deserts know about this,
how embarrassed our family will be!
Actually, it's not so important if we're embarrassed.
I just can't tolerate that
Dong Hua actually betrayed you!
Father! Mother!
I want to hear him explain.
Xiaojiu...
Why not go back to Qingqiu with us first?
If Dong Hua really loves you,
he'll definitely come to Qingqiu to look for you.
Your Highness!
Chong Lin, tell me.
If His Majesty wants to explain to me after coming back,
will two days be enough?
Considering that His Majesty has made no mistake
as the Emperor of the Three Realms,
please don't take Her Highness away.
His Majesty is sure to come back!
Chong Lin,
accompany me to the demon land.
I want to ask him in person.
Yes.
Heng'er!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, something's wrong with the blood tear.
Please help us demons!
I'll go and investigate myself.
Yan!
Heng'er!
Please go to Bihai Cangling
and explain to Xiaobai in person.
After I handle the blood tear,
I'll go back to Bihai Cangling for her.
Do ask her to wait for me.
No need to mention everything here to her
in case she gets worried.
OK.
Ji Heng, come on.
Xu Yang.
Yan,
I've got a secret hiding place.
Take Heng'er there and help her settle down.
After we get rid of Miao Luo,
we can take her back.
Elder brother!
You're my only sister.
If anything happens to the demons,
I have to leave an heiress
for our race.
Yan,
take care of Heng'er for me.
OK. I'll be right back.
I'll send Ji Heng to that safe place first
and then I'll send the message to Bihai Cangling for His Majesty.
It'll only take half a day.
Stay right beside His Majesty.
I see.
Be careful!
Elder brother!
Go!
Demon Lord!
Demon Lord Xu Yang,
is His Majesty here now?
Indeed he is.
His Majesty...
Is he with Ji Heng?
His Majesty has taken Ji Heng back to our clan.
Now he has gone to the Forbidden Land
to check the blood tear ward.
Chong Lin.
I won't stay here for long.
Since His Majesty has already been here,
tell him when you see him that
I'll wait for him in Qingqiu.
Your Highness!
Emperor Dong Hua is here.
If you're up to something,
you'd better stop.
Incompetent as you are, how can you be a demon lord?
The demons are really declining.
Your Majesty,
Demon Lord Xu Yang was killed brutally.
The Miaoyi Chasm!
Slow down.
I've checked around.
Xu Yang has protected this place well.
Stay right here.
Wait for me to pick you up.
Except Xu Yang or me, don't trust
anyone who comes to pick you up.
Leave me alone.
Yan,
why are you so good to me?
Haven't you seen what I had done for His Majesty
and how he treated me?
The ice face is not the lucky guy.
He doesn't deserve you.
I care about you. It has nothing to do with that.
I actually knelt down
and used my late father to threaten him.
I humbled myself to the dust
and became someone I hate.
Why?
How come I've become such a woman?
How come I've become
someone I hate?
Now I'm the disgrace of the demons.
Ji Heng,
look at me!
I've loved you for so long
and pursued you for so long.
Do you find me
a humiliating and cowardly demon lord?
You're not!
Right.
You like him and want to be with him,
so you've tried everything to get him.
What's wrong with that?
Yan,
I don't deserve your care.
It's for me to decide whether you deserve it or not.
Ji Heng,
I've got something important to attend to.
As to what I'm gonna say next,
you can take your time and think about it while you're here.
I don't care what you and the ice face were
and what you will be.
I only care about you.
If you're upset,
I might as well destroy the Sky Kingdom.
I've only loved you in my entire life.
Whenever you turn round,
I'm here.
Even if I remain obsessive,
will you still wait for me?
I've waited for you for tens of thousands of years.
Compared to me,
your tiny bit of obsession is nothing.
Do you still remember
the poem you liked to chant
under the moon the most?
Green, green the reed,
dew and frost gleam.
Where's she I need?
Beyond the stream.
Upstream I go,
The way is long.
Downstream I go,
she's there among.
Tell me.
Will someone also go upstream for me
despite the changes of heaven and earth
or the evanescence of worldly affairs?
Where's she I need?
Beyond the stream.
You failed to get an answer
from Min Su back then,
but now I'll answer you.
Yes.
I did it.
The road to follow you
is indeed perilous and endless,
but every time I felt frustrated,
I would remember how you smiled at me
when we first met.
I will definitely protect you
so that you can smile like that all the time.
This place is very safe.
Xu Yang really cares about you.
Feel relieved to heal your wounds here.
When it's all over,
I'll see you again.
Yan,
this time, the demons, my elder brother and you,
will you all...
Don't worry!
Your elder brother and I will be here.
Everything's gonna be all right.
Thank you.
For what?
I said when we first met that
I would die to protect Demon Lord Xu Yang
and Princess Ji Heng.
You'll be fine.
So are the demons.
Feel relieved and wait for me to return.
Yan,
promise me
to return safely, OK?
I'll wait for you to return!