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♪Heavens strike with thunderous wrath♪

♪Mountains and rivers shatter before my eyes♪

♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes♪

♪Turns to dust between my fingers in an instant♪

♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪

♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

♪I defy fate♪

♪Just to remain by your side♪

♪Falling into love's abyss♪

♪Like heavy rain pouring down♪

♪Drunk on romance♪

♪In a blink, love and hate vanish into illusion♪

♪Falling into endless love♪

♪Stirring waves upending a lifetime♪

♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

♪Through all lifetimes♪

[When Destiny Brings The Demon]

[Based on the JJWXC novel "When Destiny Brings The Demon" by Fu Hua]

[Episode 17] [The Man Who Fights Lightning with His Bare Hands Is the Ultimate Catch]

Whose treasury did you rob this time?

Here.

Take this.

I feel all warm inside.

How many injuries do you still have?

Here. And here. Too many to count.

I went too easy on them earlier.

If I'd known they'd hurt you like this,

I would have made their deaths far more miserable.

All right.

Don't be angry.

The important thing is we're out of danger.

Did what happened today frighten you?

No.

Not even after all that?

What, am I supposed to say yes?

Look.

Your wounds are healing well.

But I still have many internal injuries.

♪Snow not gone, flame not out...♪

There is another way

to make you recover faster,

like when you healed me before.

♪No one reaches, no one hears...♪

You mean through soul bond?

Not just that.

♪No fate's tangle, no parting swans♪

♪Memories fade♪

♪We wander the mortal world in search♪

♪Yet forget the reason why♪

♪Cycle back to raging flames♪

♪Even if my very soul were to vanish♪

♪Be it destiny or doom, I light up the endless night♪

♪To chase the darkness away from your dreams♪

♪Even if heaven and earth turned to ash♪

♪I would never regret the day I met you♪

♪Mad love blooms a lotus in the heart♪

What are you doing?

It feels like I'm being burned alive.

♪Snow not gone, flame not out...♪

This is the searing pain

I endure day and night.

♪You, untouched by moon's regrets♪

♪No one reaches, no one hears♪

♪Thousands of stars in your eyes...♪

Don't be afraid.

As long as I'm here,

no one will ever be able to hurt you again,

and you won't have to feel this kind of pain again.

If the pain is unbearable,

tell me.

Don't hold it in.

♪To chase the darkness away from your dreams♪

♪Even if heaven and earth turned to ash...♪

If you ever get so gravely injured again,

I will kill you.

As if you could bear to.

Your thoughts already tell me how much you care about me.

♪Be it destiny or doom, I light up the endless night♪

♪To chase the darkness away from your dreams♪

♪Even if heaven and earth turned to ash♪

♪I would never regret the day I met you♪

[Sima Jiao's Soul Manor]

♪Mad love blooms a lotus in the heart♪

Madam Ye, I've brought Miss Canglan.

You finally let me out, Ruling.

Canglan, I've joined forces with Sect Master Shi

to kill Sima Jiao.

Really?

From the sound of it, the Shi family is powerful

but also suspicious of you.

You must be careful.

Why not let me

secretly dig up leverage on them

so we won't be left at their mercy?

No need.

Just stay here and guard the Yin Palace.

Leave the rest to me.

But...

Enough. Stop worrying about that.

We haven't seen each other in so long.

Let's talk about something pleasant, all right?

All right.

Come.

Sect Master, after recent covert surveillance,

we have found no sign that Madam Ye

is colluding with Sima Jiao.

Keep watching.

She cannot be fully trusted.

Understood. Also,

Madam Ye's younger sister, Ye Canglan,

seems to be looking for dirt on the Shi family to use against us.

She has always been willful and reckless.

She could endanger our plans.

Don't touch her yet.

Ye Ruling is a useful blade,

and I intend to keep a firm grip on it.

[Fenghua City]

You're awake.

Do you feel any better?

My head really hurts.

Where?

My neck hurts too.

And my shoulders...

Your shoulders?

Just teasing you.

Where are we?

Fenghua City.

You are now Shi Yuxiang, mistress of this city.

The Shi family?

Have we infiltrated the enemy camp now?

Fenghua City is in the outer territory of the Gengchen Celestial Palace.

Shi Yuxiang may belong to the Shi clan,

but she is not highly regarded.

She seems to be living

quite a carefree and happy life, though.

She has always been arrogant and domineering.

She built Fenghua City herself.

People outside even call it

the City of Pleasure.

You really gave me

quite the role to play.

But since you've gone to such lengths,

how could I let your efforts go to waste?

Getting bold, are you?

Madam Shi, are you awake?

Ting... Madam Shi, the man outside won't let me in!

What kind of racket is this?

If Madam Shi is interested in you,

she will call you in to serve her.

I am her friend.

Hey!

Madam, this man claims to be your friend,

but I have never seen him before.

He is my friend.

Madam, this man is rude, plain-looking,

and even less attractive than the one behind you.

Why would you be friends with him?

I meant he was a friend of my friend.

In terms of looks,

of course he cannot compare to this one beside me.

Ting... Madam Shi.

Hey, you on the bed.

Madam Shi is up.

Why are you still in bed

instead of getting up

to fetch water

and help her wash and change?

Tomorrow, I will send you back to the countryside.

How dare you?

Since when is it your place to tell my man what to do?

Please forgive me, Madam.

Madam,

do you want me to serve you?

No. Keep lying there.

And you, get out!

Yes.

Just now, Tingyan's demeanor

felt strangely familiar.

I was just copying the Grandmaster, projecting authority.

When have I ever acted like that?

Then I must not have captured your essence.

Nianjiu,

Ye Ruling is using you more than she cares for you.

If you want a master to teach you how to live,

I can find another for you.

From now on,

you are my only master, Grandmaster.

Nianjiu,

I've heard Fenghua City is quite lively.

Why don't we go out and explore together?

Sure.

I need to take you somewhere first.

Then I guess you'll have to go by yourself.

I'll wait.

Did news of the new Spirit Fire come in?

No.

But someone is going to take me to it.

Who?

Shi Qianlv.

"Act as planned"?

Guards.

Master Yuan.

I will be away for a while.

You must watch the Young Master closely.

Understood.

Young Master?

I will go kill that wicked Shi Qianlv myself!

Madam Shi.

Pick me, please.

Madam Shi, pick me.

- Pick me, Madam. - Please choose me, Madam.

- Look at me. - Pick me, Madam.

- Look at me. - Madam...

Give me a chance, Madam.

- Look here, Madam. - Pick me.

Please choose me, Madam.

Pick me, Madam.

- Choose me, Madam. - Pick me, Madam.

Grandmaster,

why did you bring me to Shi Yuxiang's treasure vault?

You never used magical artifacts before.

Why are you suddenly interested?

What is this for?

Defense.

Don't tell me these are all for me.

I'll pass on this nose ring.

If I really put it on,

my beautiful nose would fall right off.

This is a nose ring?

It's so big that it looks like it's meant for cattle.

I don't want it.

I think it's fine.

I don't. No, thanks.

Are these really all for me?

Of course.

But I don't like them.

Forget it, all right?

I can already hear you cursing me in your heart.

My temper has been really bad lately.

I'm warning you, don't mess with me.

What about this one?

Do you like it?

Yes, I do! This one's pretty.

Too bad it isn't a defensive artifact.

What's wrong with you?

Do you really have feelings for me?

What's this?

Pills. They don't taste bad.

They calm the mind.

Wow, I feel so happy.

Greetings, Madam Shi.

Greetings, Madam Shi.

- Madam. - Madam.

Back off! Leave me alone!

Please choose me, Madam Shi.

Pick me, Madam.

Madam...

Don't you see I have one already?

I'm not putting on any of those.

Are you kidding me?

Sima Jiao, you're hundreds of years old,

yet you're as childish as a kid!

Why is it suddenly thundering?

Even the weather is in a foul mood.

[A spiritual peak of the Shi family]

Who goes there?

How dare you damage our spiritual peak?

Father, another spiritual peak has been destroyed.

Who did it?

Someone at quite a high realm. Our disciples couldn't catch him.

But the spells he used

carried traces of Sima Jiao's spiritual power.

So Sima Jiao was behind it?

He's searching for our Spirit Fire?

Yes, and that's what worries me.

By the way, Father,

about the spy you told me to investigate,

after looking deeper,

I discovered someone who should have already been dead.

Who?

Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang?

He's not dead?

No.

If Yuan Shang is still alive,

then in the failed siege at the Luo River Immortal District,

the traitor

wasn't Ye Ruling.

Are you saying you suspect Yuan Che?

Sima Jiao knew

we were going after Yuan Shang,

so he deliberately set a trap for us

to win Yuan Che over and use him.

Father, then we can also use Yuan Shang

to turn Yuan Che into our spy.

Ever since the Baifeng Mountain fire, Sima Jiao

has been gravely weakened

and has become everyone's target.

And yet

Yuan Che still follows him so loyally.

This man is useless to us.

Then should we just kill him?

All you know is killing.

And yet you even failed

to kill Yuan Shang!

No need to kill him.

Sima Jiao's whereabouts are elusive.

I've been fretting over how to track him down.

Perhaps

this is just the opportunity I need.

It really is a bit heavy.

Grandmaster, Yuan Che has sent a message.

Look.

The plan is underway. Please await further news.

Shi Qianlv is about to take the bait.

Grandmaster, are you making artifacts for Tingyan?

I heard thunder outside.

Is Tingyan about to undergo tribulation?

You've gotten smarter.

So you brought her to Fenghua City

because of the tribulation artifacts

and the Thunder Valley,

which can help her survive, right?

But Tingyan's tribulation should only be

36 thunderbolts.

With her cultivation and your support,

she'll survive them easily.

Why are you going to such trouble?

Because I will not be with her.

Why not?

The way of heaven has always been against the Sima clan.

If I stay by her side, she'll only be in greater danger.

Isn't this a storage artifact?

How did it turn into a defensive one?

Did you make this yourself?

Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...

Just how many layers of defensive seals are there?

Have you finished counting?

Forget it.

There are so many. I won't need all of them.

There will always be times like last time

when I am not by your side.

After thinking it through,

I decided a defensive artifact is the best way

to keep you unharmed in the face of danger.

I won't be in danger anytime soon.

You will be needing it very soon.

Why?

Why do you always leave things unsaid?

Now I can't even sleep.

Sima Jiao...

I haven't done anything bad.

Why do I feel so uneasy?

Jiao, something's off about the thunder.

Jiao!

I really feel uneasy.

I've never felt this way during a thunderstorm before.

You are about to break through to the Void Forge stage,

so there will be a thunder tribulation.

No wonder I've been so restless lately.

So you gave me this defensive artifact because you were worried

I'd be struck to death by lightning.

Am I going to be the first

Soulshift cultivator to be killed by lightning?

As long as I don't let you die, you won't die.

All right. I know you're mighty.

But maybe you should keep your distance for now.

I'm not ready to face the thunder tribulation yet.

Stop touching me!

You...!

You're going to face it now.

[Thunder Valley]

We're here.

All right.

Do you know why I chose Shi Yuxiang?

Because you wanted to be my boy toy?

She is also a Soulshift cultivator

close to a breakthrough.

What a coincidence.

But what does that have to do with me?

Thunder Valley

once belonged to the Sima clan

and could help with tribulation.

But now,

only the Shi clan can enjoy this privilege.

So this is the protective shield you found for me?

Go inside yourself.

He's really sending me in alone?

I was trained

by exam-oriented education.

The best thing it gave me was psychological endurance.

Relax.

With my aptitude and spiritual roots,

the tribulation for going from Soulshift to Void Forge

should only be 36 thunderbolts.

Thunder Valley can weaken the strikes.

And I have Jiao's overpowered defensive artifact

and my own cultivation to shield me.

It's just 36 bolts of lightning.

Piece of cake.

Already starting?

It's like the thunder

wants to blast me into dust.

I'm not facing 36 thunderbolts.

I'm facing 81 thunderbolts!

Isn't that supposed to happen

only when a Grand Ascend cultivator

is about to become immortal?

Why would I, a Soulshift cultivator, be facing this?

This isn't a tribulation.

This is a death sentence.

Am I really going to be the first

Soulshift cultivator to be killed by lightning?

If I get blasted to pieces here,

Jiao will never forgive himself.

I should probably put up a fight.

Sit still.

You will be fine.

♪Facing the cage of fate, I defy the cosmic laws♪

♪Becoming light, I weave through life and death♪

♪Rewrite the starry tides of time♪

♪Dye the moon and sky in crimson light♪

♪We'll shatter destined paths♪

♪Through illusion's trials♪

♪Awaken silent souls to tremble♪

♪Transform our parting's elegy♪

♪Strength bows to nature's law alone♪

♪So what if we perish?♪

♪Heaven and earth are like chains that bind♪

♪Entwining the loneliness of passing time♪

♪Youth frozen in a moment, in this life I regret no right or wrong♪

♪For you, I would wait in the flames of rebirth♪

♪Rewrite the starry tides of time♪

♪Dye the moon and sky in crimson light♪

♪We'll shatter destined paths♪

♪Through illusion's trials♪

♪Awaken silent souls to tremble♪

♪Transform our parting's elegy♪

♪Strength bows to nature's law alone♪

♪So what if we perish?♪

♪All beings are but fleeting mayflies, deceived♪

♪Only with both love and hate can one fight relentlessly♪

♪To forge the boundless Great Way as its creator♪

♪Rewrite the starry tides of time♪

♪Dye the moon and sky in crimson light♪

♪We'll shatter destined paths♪

♪Through illusion's trials♪

♪Awaken silent souls to tremble♪

♪Transform our parting's elegy♪

♪Strength bows to nature's law alone♪

♪So what if we perish?♪

Didn't I tell you to sit still?

Why didn't you listen?

Sima Jiao, my heart is racing.

I don't know if it's because the thunder tribulation was too terrifying

and I'm still shaken,

or if it's because you are taking my breath away right now.

Is it impossible to have a moment of romance with you?

All that noise just now...

Won't it draw attention?

A thunder tribulation here

doesn't cause any visions outside.

If I take proper care of it,

even if the wound heals slowly,

it should be fully recovered in ten days.

You prepared this especially for me?

Of course.

You're my pretty boy, aren't you?

I don't want bandages. They're troublesome.

Stop.

I just applied medicine.

If it's not wrapped, the wound will split open easily.

Just for one day.

That's it, okay?

Once it closes up a little, we'll take the bandages off.

Please. I'm really worried about you.

Just keep them on.

I've put on the Yingluo necklace you gave me.

I've prepared these especially for you.

If you don't use them, my efforts will all go to waste.

Please?

Do you think I can't tell you're playing cute?

So what if you can tell?

You're still enjoying it, aren't you?

If it were anyone else

who was at such a high realm, such a wound

would heal quickly after a few pills.

But not for Sima Jiao.

Don't worry.

I won't die before you do.

Sima Jiao,

do you know you carry a faint scent

of the Bloodseal Bloom?

It's like it seeps out from your blood.

Is that so?

Am I

the only one in the world who can smell your scent?

You went out of your way to bring me here

and made

such a powerful defensive artifact for me.

Did you foresee that this tribulation

wouldn't be so simple?

Yes.

Because you carry

my aura.

The way of heaven rejects the Sima clan.

It wants me dead.

It is my aura clinging to you

that caused you to go through 81 thunderbolts.

I had planned to stay far from you

during your tribulation

so that you could maybe have it easier.

But unfortunately,

heaven wouldn't even spare my aura.

How vicious heaven is,

targeting your whole clan.

Are you scared

I might bring you down with me?

Of course not.

But thunder tribulation is such a hassle.

I'd rather not advance my cultivation too quickly.

♪Autumn winds sigh♪

♪Moon and stars dapple the sky♪

♪Brushing the loneliness of bygone days♪

♪Candlelight flickers low♪

♪Shadows sway♪

♪Shimmering in the night♪

♪With a brush I draw♪

♪The color of light♪

♪To warm your frozen soul♪

♪Memories anchor here♪

♪Longing is engraved♪

♪Yet cannot be touched♪

♪Following♪

♪The veins of gravel♪

♪I turn into spirit fire♪

♪Burning away♪

♪All these karmic ties♪

♪To save you♪

♪To save me♪

♪To cross over all suffering, I'll break through♪

♪The laws of heaven♪

♪The vortex of reincarnation♪

♪What of life and death?♪

♪To save you♪

♪To save me♪

♪To redeem all beings, I'll let pass♪

♪Right and wrong♪

♪Rumors and tales♪

♪To seize fate♪

♪With my own hands♪

♪For you♪

♪For me♪

♪For the healing of wounds♪

♪I'll stir the murky seas♪

♪And strive against the heavens♪

♪To protect the vastness♪

♪For you♪

♪For me♪

♪For the light of dawn♪

♪I'll face promises♪

♪Like a moth to a flame♪

♪And use my body to shine♪

♪On even more♪