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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 22]

[What's your lover Liao Tingyan got to do with my Shi Yan?]

[Rouge Terrace]

Young Master, please sit.

Mr. Ghost, I won't be taking jobs for now.

Is it because your friend Yan has gone missing?

You know something about it?

Lately, someone from the Zhihun clan in Winter City was killed.

I heard

the killer was brought before Sima Jiao,

the Celestial Palace man

who just took over Winter City.

The Zhihun clan holds sway in Winter City.

I wondered who'd dare act so recklessly,

so I looked into it.

The killer should be Yan, no doubt.

You mean she's been caught?

I had people investigate yesterday,

and found her identity isn't simple.

Turns out she was Demon Lord You Chi's assassin

to kill Sima Jiao.

She's a Frost Fish from White Bone Abyss.

Given Sima Jiao is merciless,

your friend may be

in grave danger.

She really is that Frost Fish?

I almost forgot.

Back then, Preceptor saved you

right from the White Bone Abyss.

Sounds like you've known that Frost Fish before.

So...

Yan's truly the one I've been searching for.

Young Master,

your father once followed the former Demon Lord You Yan,

fighting for the Demon Realm's cause,

and even raised You Chi.

Yet he ended up discarded

once he'd served his purpose,

thrown into the Nine Nether Purgatory.

Since you chose to hide away here,

it means you don't want to be entangled

in any power struggles.

Don't do anything foolish

like opposing Sima Jiao.

Am I just supposed to watch her die?

Young Master, don't take it so hard.

Besides, now she seems

to have forgotten her Frost Fish memories,

so she didn't recognize you.

What a pity for such a bond.

Yan, wait for me.

I'll get you out!

Preceptor,

Feng Qi has set out for Winter City.

Good.

I knew he'd never forget that Frost Fish.

Lucky we never told him

that she saved him

on my orders.

And by then,

she'd had her emotions stripped away.

Even if her memory returned,

she'd still be a heartless assassin.

Now, with his obsession with her,

perhaps he can pull Liao Tingyan

away from Sima Jiao.

Then should we tell the Demon Lord

where Liao Tingyan is?

Do you think he even cares?

I spoke out of turn.

For now, what matters most is Feng Qi.

When You Yan's soul returns one day,

we'll still need the Chang family's bloodline

to help activate the blood array.

Keep a close eye on Feng Qi.

We mainly need him to bring out the Frost Fish,

but don't let him come to any harm.

Yes, sir.

Sima Jiao has no reason to lie to me.

He could've just killed me outright.

My original host really had something with him?

No wonder

my father refused to restore my memories.

So Shi Yan and Sima Jiao

are Romeo and Juliet,

star-crossed lovers bound by family feud.

No way...

Sima Jiao says my surname is Liao.

My father says it's Shi.

So who's telling the truth?

Ms. Yan, may I come in?

Ms. Yan, I finally see you!

You are just like my mother said,

so warm and familiar.

I specially prepared these new clothes for you.

Hurry and take off

that dirty outfit.

You are...?

I'm Zhou Yueqing,

daughter of Zhou Qing'er.

You and Grandmaster

saved me once eighteen years ago.

Now, you're the closest people I have.

Why say we're the closest to you?

You really don't remember?

Grandmaster and I share the Fengshan bloodline.

He's like family to me.

And since you and he are cultivation partners,

you're my family too.

I'm really his cultivation partner?

My mother said

you and Grandmaster are a perfect match.

Then do you know what my name was back then?

Liao Tingyan.

Don't put it there.

Why do they all say the same thing?

Could Sima Jiao have gathered people to trick me?

What's he after?

What's this about?

Grandmistress,

Grandmaster asked us to make the room more festive.

Does this look good?

I'm not the Grandmistress.

This is clearly a bridal chamber.

Sima Jiao wants to marry me?

That must be it.

I'd better get everything ready

for your wedding.

Hurry!

What's good about it?

If my father finds out,

he'll be furious!

What kind of nonsense is all this?

What's this?

You used

to love touching fish.

Touching fish?

Does he mean slacking off at work?

Maybe the original host just liked touching fish...

Still feels weird.

That's a pretty odd hobby.

You said you loved to touch fish.

Go on, touch it.

Fish time!

You're so lazy.

You like touching fish,

but only if someone catches one for you.

Guess you don't like it anymore.

I prepared food for you.

Why won't you eat?

I'm not hungry.

You once said

you eat not because you're hungry,

but because you enjoy it.

I don't enjoy it that much.

I eat just to fill my stomach.

You've reached Soulshift stage.

Do you still need to sleep?

No need, but I enjoy it.

Like food, no need to eat,

but I just enjoy it.

If a person can't even enjoy

sleeping or good food,

life loses much of its joy.

Well then,

why don't you try a little?

Afraid I tampered with the food?

No.

I've never seen someone look so pained eating.

It tastes bad. Forget it.

I'll find you something better.

No need.

Greetings, My lord!

[Wanted Notice]

Have you seen this person?

No, I haven't.

But no matter,

I'll help you find him!

Guys,

search for this one!

Yes!

This way, please.

Qianlv,

has Liao Tingyan been convinced by Sima Jiao

and turned on us?

Otherwise, how could he

find you so quickly?

Though Liao Tingyan

is a lazy good-for-nothing,

she's still loyal and true.

In the first two years after she lost her memory,

I kept her from meeting anyone.

That way I built her dependence on me.

Back then she was like a rabbit

thrown into a wolf's den,

and I was the only one she could trust.

Even now that she's lost her memory,

no matter how well Sima Jiao treats her,

I believe she'll never betray me.

So what do we do now?

All of Celestial Crane City is hunting us.

This place won't stay safe for long.

Let's leave Celestial Crane City first,

then plan our next move.

Boss, this is the place!

This is where we spotted them!

Search it!

Don't miss a spot!

Yes!

My lord,

no one inside,

but looks like they left not long ago.

No matter, the city's sealed.

He won't get out.

If he could escape from the Purgatory,

how could a little city gate

ever hold him?

Then what do we do?

The Demon Realm is vast,

fractured,

and full of hiding spots.

No matter.

We've got time

to wear him down.

Does Tingyan really eat

this plain every day?

If Grandmaster knew,

he'd feel awful.

Grandmaster looks fierce and ruthless,

but he's actually gentle and deep?

Depends on who it is.

I've followed Grandmaster four hundred years,

and he's never treated anyone else this gently.

I was born to be alone.

Over the years,

I never cared for anyone else.

But with you,

I gave all my heart.

In the end I was too arrogant,

and let you suffer all this.

Tingyan!

Yan, kill them!

Pathetic.

Give up your core,

and maybe I'll leave you and your father whole.

Yan!

Do it!

Please...

spare us...

Yan!

What are you waiting for?

If you don't kill them,

they'll kill you!

No...

Shut up!

Father...

Father...

Tingyan!

Strike!

No...

Do it!

Father...

Kill him.

Now!

Do it!

I taught her to kill like this.

Yan,

you finally struck back!

That's how you're meant to be!

Shi Qianlv.

I'll tear you limb from limb!

No!

Don't kill me!

It's you...

I thought...

No, wait.

Seeing him, I should feel more nervous.

Why do I feel relieved instead?

Does this body still remember him?

♪In the world of madness, love burdened with greed♪

♪Branded with scars too raw to hide...♪

He looks

like a sad, harmless cat.

♪This budding love is then severed♪

♪The tale of fate keeps winding on...♪

Shi Qianlv gave you that scar?

Wasn't it you?

Back at Taiwei Mountain,

you set fire trying to burn me alive.

That scar you left

was seared by Spirit Fire,

and it won't fade.

♪Through every trial we've endured...♪

If you don't deny it,

then it must be true.

I never meant to harm you,

but you were hurt because of me.

♪Destiny leads where my heart belongs♪

♪Awakened memories will never fade again♪

♪Guiding the hope of love♪

♪The tale of fate keeps winding on♪

♪I'm unafraid though memories are gone...♪

Tingyan,

all these years past,

I've often been lost in dreams.

Yet in my dreams,

you never once appeared.

♪No matter who has sought the cure...♪

Later I realized...

the most frightening thing

isn't death itself,

but the parting it brings.

♪Guiding the hope of love♪

♪Why must we suffer all this?♪

♪Piercing us through every season...♪

Sorry,

I don't think we're that close.

♪Reborn beyond souls♪

♪May this chain of enduring fate...♪

What's this box?

Looks unusual.

It's for me?

An anklet.

I made it myself.

Do you like it?

Is this anklet meant

to trap me?

No, it's to protect you.

Then what about the barrier outside?

It's the same.

Now that you have this artifact,

the barrier outside isn't needed.

This defensive anklet

can block all harm done to you.

All harm?

Even from you?

But Spirit Fire can burn anything.

What defensive artifact in this world

can withstand Spirit Fire?

This one can.

What happened eighteen years ago

will never happen again.

So that makes me unstoppable now?

Well then, thanks.

I know deep down

you still want to trust me.

Is he too in love

with this body's original owner?

Your wound hasn't healed yet?

No big deal.

[Rouge Terrace]

My lord,

we're already here,

so why not take the guys in for a little fun?

Keep guard here with the others.

I'll be right back.

How's the drinking?

All right. I'll be back soon.

- My lord! - My lord!

- My lord! - My lord!

My lord!

What are you two doing?

My lord, forgive us for not welcoming you properly.

Where's the girl

who danced here last time?

You mean Hongluo?

Wasn't she killed by your two men?

You mean the girl killed

by those Zhihun guys was her?

Yes.

That day, Hongluo

was on her way to visit you,

but she was ambushed.

Why did she want to see me?

Because she admired you, of course.

She said you and she

were fated lovers from a past life.

A past life?

Do you have a portrait of her?

Ruling?

My lord, what did you call her?

You knew her?

That girl

was truly pitiful.

When I found her,

her spirit sense was badly damaged.

She remembered nothing.

All she had left was a tube whistle.

I spent countless demon stones

trying to heal her wounds.

And yet...

Tube whistle...

Where exactly did you find her?

By Yin-Yang Lake.

I haven't slept this well in ages.

Wait,

how am I sleeping so soundly in enemy territory?

But days without being forced

to cleanse my marrow or seek revenge

are really good.

Did you have nightmares?

No.

I actually slept till morning.

What used to be

so ordinary,

now...

feels rare.

Ms. Yan, taste this.

Why does it look like the braised pig's trotters in Celestial Crane City,

the ones Hongluo, Feng Qi, and I often ate?

It really is the same!

You like it?

Mostly because I had it often.

It just feels familiar.

Bi'an,

do you remember the cook who made this?

Yes.

Is he trustworthy?

All who enter the manor

have been vetted by Nianjiu.

I'll bring him here right away.

I always feel like I've stolen someone's boyfriend.

But I can't tell him I'm a time traveler.

What kind of trashy body-double drama is this?

If Sima Jiao finds out the truth,

will he wipe me out?

You really didn't need to find me a cook.

Once Hongluo is revived, I'll just leave with her.

No need to trouble you.

Where are you going?

Back to Shi Qianlv?

Even if you hate him,

he's still my father.

I plan

to take him and Hongluo somewhere safe,

and live the rest of our lives quietly.

We won't bother you anymore.

Where's the place

you speak of?

Afraid I can't tell you.

After all, you and my father are sworn enemies.

So in your vision of the future,

I have no place at all.

Things between us are awkward now.

About the past,

I probably forgot it.

Even though I live well here,

it still feels uncomfortable.

So maybe we should part ways,

and each live our own lives.

You've forgotten the past,

but that doesn't matter.

Wherever you want to go,

I can take you.

Wherever I want to go,

I can go myself.

I'm grateful for your kindness,

but the Shi Yan I am now

isn't the Liao Tingyan you remember.

Do you understand?

I won't mistake you.

No, you don't understand.

Grandmaster, Ms. Yan,

I've brought the cook.

Greetings, Grandmaster.

Grandmistress kept you here.

You should thank her too.

Thanks for your kindness, miss.

Miss?

The braised pig's trotters you like

are made with a secret method.

If you're interested,

I can explain in detail

how to prepare them.

I'm very interested.

I'd love to discuss it with you.

Then I won't waste your time.

Please.

How did you know I was here?

Finding you wasn't hard.

Well?

Pretty loyal of me, right?

I came all this way to find you.

That's way too risky.

What if I hadn't eaten your food?

Then you'd have come for nothing.

We've known each other for years.

Don't I already know what food you like?

We've got that kind of understanding.

So confident, huh?

Go on, eat up.

Then come with me.

I'll leave only after Sima Jiao revives Hongluo.

He can revive Hongluo?

Why would he be so kind?

I think... I used to be his cultivation partner.

Either you were,

or you weren't.

What do you mean "think"?

Well,

you probably don't know

how I got this scar.

I once suffered a grave injury.

After that, the scar stayed on my face,

and all my memories were gone.

According to Sima Jiao,

before I lost my memory, I was his cultivation partner.

Then he healed the scar?

Did it heal completely?

Yan,

did you stay

just for Hongluo,

or are you drawn to how well Sima Jiao treats you?

He treats me well because of who I used to be.

I'm not that full of myself.

I'm glad you get that.

In a while, I'll find a way

to take you and Hongluo away together.

Who sent you?

Do you know her?

No...

Feng Qi, don't...

I don't just know her.

We ate and slept side by side, sharing life and death.

We're inseparable.

What nonsense is this?

Stop making trouble.

You're asking for death.

Wait!

Allow me to introduce.

- Yan... - This is Feng Qi, my friend.

Didn't you tell me

Hongluo was your only friend?

Different kind of friend.

Hongluo is my girlfriend.

And Feng Qi is...

Your boyfriend?

You know what "boyfriend" means?

You told me before.

That's impossible.

Is he

your boyfriend or not?

No, he's not my boyfriend.

Get out now,

and I'll spare your life.

Feng Qi.

Even if I die, I won't leave her.

Hopeless fool.

Courting death.

I...

Wait!

Stop this!

Why are you acting tough here?

Leave now.

I'll be fine!

I didn't come here

planning to leave alone.

Why don't you

kill me in front of her,

and see if that wins you her heart?

Don't you dare touch him.

Or I'll truly see you as my enemy.

Yan,

don't fall for his tricks.

People from the Celestial Palace are born liars.

Better than putting on a tough act like you.

What was that just now?

Don't tell me you've fallen for...

Now tell me,

you still think about that girl

who once saved your life, don't you?

That's right.

I've never forgotten her.

Good.

I thought you might feel something for me...

Why pretend we had something

in front of him?

Weren't you afraid he'd kill you?

I...

I just...

I just couldn't stand his smug face.

Lucky for you Sima Jiao isn't the ruthless killer

from the rumors.

Otherwise you'd be long dead.

So you already think he's not so bad?

Did Sima Jiao put some spell

on you?

No.

But honestly,

he's nothing like the stories say.

Not scary at all,

in fact, kind of considerate.

Almost like a little cat,

proud on the surface,

but quietly watching over my needs.

Maybe deep down he's softer than he lets on.

I plan

to take him and Hongluo somewhere safe,

and live the rest of our lives quietly.

We won't bother you anymore.

Things between us are awkward now.

About the past,

I probably forgot it.

So maybe we should part ways,

and each live our own lives.

I'm grateful for your kindness,

but the Shi Yan I am now

isn't the Liao Tingyan you remember.

♪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♪