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[A Moment But Forever]

[Episode 30]

Kill him! Kill him!

Kill him!

How dare you?

Why wouldn't I dare?

This is meant to imprison a god.

I don't want to be a god anymore.

You can't trap me.

Do you know what a god is?

Hou Yi saved the world,

shooting down the suns with his bow.

Yu the Great controlled the floods,

bringing peace to his people.

Kuafu chased the sun

and died pursuing his ambition.

Shennong tasted countless herbs,

benefiting all living creatures.

They were all once human—

brave,

resolute,

selfless,

compassionate,

and fearless.

But you...

you want to imprison me?

You're not worthy to represent the human race!

I won't kill you. I want you to live.

I want you, a narrow-minded scumbag,

to see

how all things in the four seasons,

in their rise and fall,

will find their own path

without relying on a demon's guidance.

Zhi Yue,

demon slayer from Yandu.

Lord Wenying,

demon slayer from Fangwai Mountain.

Lv Chengshi from Fangwai Mountain.

Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

Slay the demon! Slay the demon! Slay the demon!

What a grand show.

So many righteous demon slayers.

Since you all want to kill me,

then bring it on.

Fire!

Yuanzhong.

Yuanzhong.

Yuanzhong.

I'm here.

Ji Tanyin.

Look.

Even in such a filthy place,

two little flowers have managed to bloom.

Who is this person?

Who... who is she?

Who is she?

I'm Ji Tanyin from Liujiao Palace.

All soldiers, release the arrows!

Catch them.

Don't let them escape!

Yes!

We're not escaping.

This city was built by me.

The origin of everything; the root of all energy;

the source of wisdom; the return of all creation.

Yandu, retract!

Even if I've lost my divine bone,

it's still at my disposal.

Yuanzhong.

Let's go.

They're just ahead. After them!

-How is it? -Young City Lord.

Tanghua of the Youhu Clan

and that War Demon

were caught in the chaos.

They're now in the dungeon,

awaiting punishment.

As for the High Priest,

Chief Li Chaoyang

personally led people to pursue him.

I've also secretly sent assassins

from the martial world after him.

It should be foolproof.

What about Zhi Dai?

She hasn't been found yet.

Find her quickly.

Make sure to kill her this time.

Yes.

Ji Tanyin…

Who on earth is she?

Greetings, my lords.

May I ask why you've

summoned us here?

Goddess Wushuang

has disappeared

from the Divine Registry.

How is that possible?

Just now,

the Temple of Wushuang

also crumbled into dust.

Well...

How could this happen?

Goddess Wushuang

might have perished in the mortal realm,

or perhaps someone took her divine bone

and destroyed her divinity,

causing the heavenly way to no longer see her as a god.

When was the last time she returned?

Was there anything unusual?

My lord,

Goddess Wushuang

returned a few days ago.

But she left in a hurry,

without saying much

about what happened in the mortal realm.

Many people worship you in the mortal realm.

Can you use them

to find out what happened

to Goddess Wushuang?

My lord,

your command is my duty.

Mr. Loong.

Why are you here?

I was thinking about Taihe

and happened to pass by,

so I came to check on him.

At the Discipline Hall,

you seemed

to have something to say, right?

Did I?

Didn't you?

Don't you want to know

why Tanyin and I

had a big fight that day?

Don't you want to know

why I used an embroidery piece

to seal the Ascension Platform

and prevented her primordial spirit

from returning to the Divine Realm?

Then what did you do?

Whatever I did,

it was all for Taihe's sake.

Tanyin is young.

We should help her more

and not let her act recklessly

or go astray.

Mr. Loong,

you and I have been friends for thousands of years.

You should know very well

that I always put Taihe first

and have no selfish intentions.

You're right. You're right.

The priority is to retrieve the Divine Hand

and revive Taihe.

Chief, they ran that way.

After them!

Tanyin.

Tanyin.

I'm here.

I've always been here.

Run.

Run.

Run.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'll always be with you.

I promised

to be good to you

and stay with you.

You're awake?

In a place like this,

you could actually sleep so soundly.

What's wrong with this place?

It shelters me from the wind and rain,

much better than where I used to live.

But I understand.

You're the commander of the Youhu Clan's War Division.

Naturally,

you're not used to places like this.

You're a War Demon.

So why did you help Yuanzhong?

What's wrong with being a War Demon?

War Demons

are sworn enemies of the Youhu Clan.

Is that so?

Then why did your clan's elder

join forces with our chief

to kill your High Priest?

Can you really make sense

of all the grudges and feuds in this world?

You're right.

Besides, I didn't do that for him.

Then who did you do it for?

You're talking too much.

Seems like you're really bored.

Why don't you think about how to escape instead?

That god gave the order.

I bet the whole world

is after Yuanzhong now.

With no help from anyone,

how many times can they escape?

Did you hear what those jailers

were saying earlier?

They said Miss Ji

made Yandu shrink

and then threw it out.

In the blink of an eye, Yandu was moved

over 250 miles.

Do you think that's possible?

Whether it's possible or not,

we'll know once we get out.

If that really happened,

she must have used divine power.

Zhi Dai, are you alright?

How did you get here?

Time is short. Let's talk outside.

With this thing restraining us,

we have no spiritual power.

Solve this first.

Let's go.

-Let's go. -Let's go.

City Lord,

Tanghua has escaped.

What?

You can't escape, can you?

One of them

is the commander of the Youhu Clan's War Division,

and the other

is a War Demon who can fight 100 men alone.

Do you really think you can take them down

with these black-armored guards?

I'd love to give it a try.

I even dared to kill

the High Priest of the Youhu Clan.

Why should I fear them?

You're bringing disaster upon Yandu.

That's none of your concern,

Dai.

On my command.

Kill them all!

Stop!

Young City Lord Zhi Yue,

you killed your father to seize power.

Your crime is unforgivable.

By order of Master Yan,

I'm here to arrest you.

[Master Yan's Mansion]

Master Yan, they're here.

Greetings, Master Yan.

Young City Lord Zhi Dai,

after so many years, you still look as young as ever.

It's truly enviable.

Master Yan,

you've changed quite a bit.

If I'd seen you on the street,

I'm afraid I wouldn't have recognized you.

How could I not age after 50 years?

Unlike immortals, we humans

live for a short time.

Among my people,

I'm considered quite long-lived.

This must be Mr. Tanghua.

So it was for him

that you didn't return home for decades?

Master Yan.

In the past few years,

whenever your father got drunk,

he would come to me

and curse this guy for hours,

grumbling nonstop and swearing like a sailor.

Even village women quarreling

couldn't match his variety of insults.

Mr. Tanghua, please don't take offense.

All parents are like this.

No matter what foolish things their child

has done

to land them in trouble,

deep down,

they think it's someone else's fault.

It's kind of you to say that.

This really was my fault.

If he were alive

and heard you say this,

he would surely feel much better.

Master Yan, do you know how my father

died?

I do.

Did you find out afterward,

or did you...

I guess I saw it coming.

I know what you want to ask.

You've been away from home for too long.

You don't understand how the human race has changed.

Over all these years,

with the development of craftsmanship,

every trade has made progress.

We now have waterwheels and plows,

allowing us to grow more crops

and feed more people.

With barrel carts and tower ships,

we can now, like immortals,

fly through the sky and travel underground at high speeds.

We can now withstand floods and earthquakes,

split mountains, and cleave the earth.

We also have rockets and crossbows,

so we can hold our own even against

the immortal cultivators.

We've grown stronger

and more capable of protecting ourselves,

so naturally, our mindset has changed.

Your brother Zhi Yue believes

this is a great opportunity

for the human race to thrive

and sees the Youhu Clan as our greatest enemy.

So, he's been working behind the scenes,

using every possible means

to infiltrate various forces.

For all these years,

he's been dedicated to weakening the Youhu Clan,

waiting for the chance to destroy them.

What about my father?

Your father believed

our progress

was meant to protect ourselves,

not to invade others.

Young City Lord Zhi Dai,

who do you agree with?

Master Yan,

I've spent years wallowing in heartbreak,

losing track of time.

I went to many places

and saw countless sights.

During my travels,

I noticed something strange.

If a mountain

becomes overrun with wolves,

and they wipe out

all their enemies like tigers and leopards,

then soon enough,

they'll eat all the rabbits,

all the mice,

and all the food there is.

And when that happens,

they'll either move to another mountain

or end up

starving to death on that very mountain.

But on the contrary,

if a mountain

has wolves, tigers,

birds, and rabbits,

then that mountain

will be full of life.

Even the flowers, grass, and trees

will grow more lushly.

So?

Nothing in this world

exists in isolation.

Everything is

born into this world for a reason.

Thinking, striving,

and working hard to survive is not wrong.

But if you make eliminating rivals

and wiping out enemies

your primary goal,

you'll lose sight of what truly matters.

So, Master Yan,

in my view,

developing ourselves and competing without destruction

should be the path for the human race.

Mr. Tanghua,

you've taken quite a scolding over the years,

and honestly, you deserved it.

You nearly stole away

the hope for the human race's revival.

City Lord was too soft-hearted.

If I were him,

I'd have gone to Fangwai Mountain long ago

to bring you back by force

and make you marry her.

Master Yan.

A few days ago,

someone said something to me.

She said,

"All things in the four seasons,

in their rise and fall,

will find their own path

without relying on a demon's guidance."

I planned to share those words

with Zhi Yue,

but now

I want to share them with you as well.

Master Yan, what are you doing?

City Lord Zhi Dai,

from now on,

please lead the human race

away from the demons' schemes

and traps,

and guide us toward prosperity.

Are you here to laugh at me

or to give me a quick end?

You killed Father.

Yes.

I killed Father.

I committed a heinous crime.

I'm unforgivable.

I'm different from you.

You're just a sentimental woman.

But I…

I spent my childhood studying and training hard,

never daring to waste a minute.

I did it all so that one day

I could become the City Lord

and lead the human race to greatness!

The War Demons are nothing.

Without me, they would've starved to death

in some godforsaken mountain!

The Youhu Clan is hypocritical, greedy,

arrogant,

yet short-sighted.

Give me just 10 more years,

and I could tear them apart,

leave them at my mercy,

and make the human race the rulers of it all!

I had everything planned.

If not for you...

I wouldn't have

ended up like this,

and I wouldn't have become a prisoner!

Why did you bring back

that pill?

Since you had the heart to leave home,

why did you come back?

You still don't repent.

Repent?

What is there to repent?

Since ancient times,

the world has played by the law of the jungle.

This is the heavenly way!

I just had bad luck.

One wrong move,

and I lost everything.

Fine, I lost.

I accept that.

Everything I did was for the human race,

so I have no regrets.

I don't understand.

No,

of course you don't understand.

You will never understand.

Zhi Yue,

though we're siblings,

we've never really spent much time together.

So when you wanted to kill me,

I could understand that.

But Father,

even to me—

his stubborn, rebellious daughter—

was always loving and forgiving.

I don't believe he had only been

harsh and strict with you.

Didn't he teach you

martial arts and how to read?

Didn't he teach you

to be a man of honor?

When you were little,

didn't he ever kiss you

and hold you in his arms?

When you were sick,

didn't he stay up all night

to take care of you?

So why do you,

after killing

your own father,

act like it was

the most natural thing in the world?

Father taught me to read when I was young.

We once discussed a passage about the character "human"

from "Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters."

It says that

humans

are the heart of heaven and earth,

the intersection of yin and yang,

the combination of ghosts and gods,

and the essence of the five elements.

They're the most precious existence in this world.

If you want to lead the human race,

you must at least know how to be a human.

Zhi Yue,

even Master Yan knows

what you did.

He knows you bore ill intentions toward Father.

Father was such a wise man.

How could he not have noticed?

As the Young City Lord of Yandu,

you may use any means

to achieve your goals.

But as a son,

you killed your own father.

How are you any different from a beast?

I won't come again.

Over there.

Let's go.

It's all my fault.

I, Li Chaoyang, Chief of the War Demons,

humbly ask the goddess for help.

The rich fragrance fills the heaven and earth.

This scent reaches the Gate of Heaven.

With the scent stretching thousands of miles,

I offer prayers from afar, invoking the goddess to show herself.

Goddess, we followed your instructions

and surrounded Yuanzhong to kill him.

But at the crucial moment, Ji Tanyin interfered,

ruining our perfect plan

and saving him.

Goddess, we humbly ask for your guidance.

We failed to kill Yuanzhong again and again.

Perhaps…

the goddess has abandoned us.

As long as we find him

and kill him,

we'll still have hope.

The War Demons will still have hope.

Yeah, why didn't we think of

bringing a tent?

It would've sheltered us from the wind and rain.

Miss,

our meeting must be fate.

May I

use your fire?

Great.

This gentleman looks quite familiar.

I remember now.

Back when I went to Qiguan Mountain

to locate a burial site,

I got lost

and saw him.

I even gave him a fortune reading for free.

Unfortunately,

he didn't appear

to believe me at the time.

I have water here

and some hot soup too.

If you don't mind,

you're welcome to take some.

No, thanks.

Your friend

seems to be badly injured.

This pot of Ten-Tonic Soup

is what I use for health and longevity.

It can help with his condition.

The bamboo here is quite special.

It has an unusual fragrance,

which is why this place is called Fragrant Grove.

During the day, it's normal,

but once night falls,

it releases a mist

that makes it easy to get lost

and hard to find a way out.

I've been stuck here

for a full 10 days now.

If you could go out during the day,

why didn't you leave?

Good question!

That day, I read my fortunes,

and the reading kept pointing to this place.

The reading told me

I should stay here for 10 days.

But in the past 9 days,

no one came, and nothing happened.

On the very last day,

you guys showed up.

It must be fate.

Oh right,

I haven't done today's reading yet.

I'll just read your fortunes.

Gods, enlighten me.

Looks like it's going to be

the Five-Star Heavenly Divination!

It's done!

Miss,

you can ask five questions.

This is the Five-Star Heavenly Divination.

Many fortune tellers could never perform this divination

throughout their whole lives.

I have nothing to ask.

I started this divination for you.

Don't waste it.

How about this? I'll ask on your behalf.

How is this young lady's fortune?

Miss, you're pretty unlucky.

But hey,

bad luck isn't the end of the world.

We can always ask about something else,

right?

You two are a couple, aren't you?

How about I ask about your relationship?

The result can't be too bad this time.

Will this young couple

have a happy ending?

The hexagram of Meng.

Gen is mountain, and Kan is water.

This hexagram means...

Oh no.

What does it mean?

It means a mountain beside a river.

Normally, it signifies going through thick and thin together.

If I had only asked

about your love life

or his love life,

it would've been an auspicious sign.

But the problem is

I asked about you as a couple.

So the meaning has changed.

The mountain is close to the river, but they never truly meet.

You're destined…

to part ways.

Blood!

Could it be a backlash?

Miss, don't take it to heart.

You still have a chance.

Let me ask about

how to remedy it.

May I ask myself?

Of course.

That's even better.

I have a friend who is severely injured

and has been in a coma for a long time.

I want to know

when he will wake up.

How is this possible?

I'm fine.

What does this hexagram mean?

Heaven's secrets cannot be revealed.

To reveal them is to invite death.

Perhaps

I can give you some hints.

Please, go ahead.

The hexagram shows a turning millstone.

Just go with the flow.

Don't hesitate to do good things.

Rushing things…

will only lead to mistakes.

Why can't I even give hints?

Do you mean...

Don't ask! Don't say anything.

This hexagram has passed.

You have two questions left.

I want to know if Yuanzhong

can make it through this crisis.

I didn't ask that.

Why am I punished?

You can't answer that question either, right?

I'm glad you understand.

Thank you.

You have one last question.

Wait.

Please don't ask any questions

that may get me killed.

I want to know

how Yuanzhong will end.

I asked that question

for him before.

Everything will go smoothly for him.

You're awake.

I've been awake for a while.

You…

What happened to your eyes?

I was hit by a hidden weapon from the human race.

It's temporary.

Don't worry.

I have the Divine Left Hand.

It can heal any injury.

I'll be fine in a few days.

Thank you for everything

you did along the way.

Don't mention it.

Don't worry about me.

I'll be fine in a few days.

We're

in Fragrant Grove, right?

You woke up twice while you were unconscious.

You gave me directions.

Then we're at the right place.

Mind your step.

A friend of mine

lives in Fragrant Grove.

She's skilled in creating barriers.

We can stay here

for a while.

Stop hiding.

Come out.