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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 28] [Will It Only Be Happiness From Here On?]

Then why don't we start with a celebration?

It would lift everyone's spirits.

What is there to celebrate?

How about a marriage between an immortal

and a demon?

Are you

proposing to me?

If you think of it that way,

I cannot deny it.

How dare you tease me?

Then, when shall we marry?

Since you have asked,

the sooner the better.

It need not be so soon.

I'm not in such a hurry.

Is that so?

The Demon Mistress can wait.

The Immortal Lord can't.

I'll take you over there.

They have candied hawthorns.

Come and take a look.

It seems the uniting of immortals and demons in Yan City has borne fruit.

If only every place in the world could be this harmonious,

how wonderful it would be.

You sounded like a ruler of the Demon Realm.

Chestnut steamed cake.

Crystal Fish Slices!

Peony meatballs.

Crispy honeyed fruit.

How did you know this is what I have been craving?

Does this not surpass

the food street you are so familiar with?

It totally does.

I can stay home

and still taste the finest delicacies.

It's as if you live in my mind like a parasite.

How bold.

Did you call me a parasite?

Yan.

It has been a while.

Jiao.

Why have you come?

Yan's inner core can't merge with the demon core.

If it continues, she is going to die.

I can help her.

How can you help her?

Our Chang family has a secret technique for merging cores.

Perhaps I can try that.

Where is Mingli?

The last time I saw him was in

the forests of the Demon Realm.

He may have already fled by now.

Why does your Spirit Fire mark look so strange?

Weren't your wounds already healed?

It's nothing.

I only need some rest.

It was the same before.

You don't need to worry.

What matters most right now is your inner core.

You shouldn't be too anxious.

Feng Qi said

there's still hope.

Feng Qi,

are you really willing to save me?

Yan,

I lured you to the White Bone Abyss.

I abused your trust.

I'm sorry.

But this time, I want to make amends.

Please give me a chance.

Jiao.

Why not give Feng Qi another chance?

He has a good nature.

He was only being used.

Besides,

the only one who knew the Soul Cleanse,

Shi Qianlv, is dead.

With your Truth Spell,

he can't lie.

Feng Qi.

I'll entrust the matter of merging the cores to you.

I'll give it my all.

Well?

No discomfort.

It's only stabilized for now.

The Demon Lord's inner core is too powerful.

To merge it completely

will take some time.

I'll brew you some medicine

to strengthen you.

Shouldn't you check the cores?

The two cores have already started to merge.

It seems we misunderstood Feng Qi.

It's best if he has come around.

I can't help but feel

the lead is too good to be true.

You're overthinking.

From this day forward,

only good days await us.

I never realized before

that our Celestial Palace had such good wine.

And why should this wine be said to come from the Celestial Palace?

The Demon Realm also has such fine wine.

How laughable.

All the spirit food on today's banquet table

was gathered by our Grandmaster.

Even this wine is brimming with spiritual energy.

How could the Demon Realm possess it?

What the Demon Realm has

is nothing but sorcery

and poisonous miasma.

Say that again if you dare.

You dare

assault a general!

Stand down!

This banquet in Yan City was held

to celebrate peace between the Immortal and Demon Realms.

And yet you behave in this manner.

Do you mean to go against the command of the Grandmaster

and the Demon Mistress?

Enough.

It's getting late.

Go home now.

Don't cause any more trouble.

Yes.

You heard the General.

Let's go!

Yes.

Rest assured, General.

We'll find a way

to have payback!

Right.

The Gengchen Celestial Palace is nothing!

Nothing but hypocrites with flowery words.

Enough.

I was too rash.

Our Demon Mistress must keep the land safe.

Let her enjoy some peaceful days.

If you want to hold your head high before those of the Celestial Palace,

then lead your people under your care

and show them some worth.

Let's go.

Yes.

This wound

was indeed the cause of Commander Niu San's death.

Yes.

It came from General Chi's technique.

Chi Anhe,

I knew it.

You killed our commander while he was drunk.

Despicable! Shameless! Vile!

You'll pay for this!

That is utter slander.

If I, Chi Anhe, wanted to kill someone,

I'd do it righteously and make it clean.

Why would I hide it?

Stop denying your crime!

Hongluo, Nianjiu!

This is the resentment they left behind.

It seems only I see it.

Bah!

Those of the Celestial Palace

may look fancy on the surface,

but in truth,

you're nothing

but cowards who won't admit your crime!

Spineless clowns!

I dare you

to return

the pork knuckle I gave you!

Spit it out!

Despicable wretch!

You'd even harm the common folk of the Demon Realm.

This man clearly fell on his own.

Nonsense!

The demon core in your body is unstable.

It's disturbing your mind.

Your inner power is conflicted.

Hence, the discomfort.

And Master,

when I was in meditation, I found

the core had grown much larger.

It must be linked to the resentment you mentioned.

Immortals thrive on spiritual energy.

Demons feed on malice.

That resentment will only fuel the demon core within you.

As the core grows stronger,

once it surpasses your own inner core,

you'll begin to lose your mind

and lose control.

Wouldn't that mean I'd be under this cursed core's control,

and become a mindless shell?

Is there any solution?

To keep you alive,

the demon core has started merging with your inner core.

It can no longer be removed.

If the two cores don't merge, I'll die.

But if they do,

the resentment within will make me a threat.

For now,

we must first resolve the case of Niu San.

Easing the resentment of both realms

might stabilize the demon core for a time.

It's only a stopgap measure.

But as your master, I swear I'll find a cure for you.

Master,

until we do find a way,

don't tell Sima Jiao.

He's only just recovered.

I don't want him worrying about me.

To prove whether Niu San

was truly killed by General Chi

isn't difficult.

However,

to verify it would put General Chi

in an unjust position.

To calm the public uproar,

General Chi, will you prove your innocence?

I have nothing to hide.

Of course I will.

I'll use the Soul Search,

and let everyone see what really happened that night.

Say that again if you dare.

You dare

assault a general!

Stand down!

This banquet in Yan City was held

to celebrate peace between the Immortal and Demon Realms.

And yet you behave in this manner.

Do you mean to go against the command of the Grandmaster

and the Demon Mistress?

Rest assured, General.

We'll find a way

to have payback!

Right.

The Gengchen Celestial Palace is nothing!

Nothing but hypocrites with flowery words.

Enough.

Let's go.

Yes.

I'll show you who the real hypocrites are.

A true man doesn't strike the helpless.

Once you're done,

we'll have a proper match.

- Where are you taking me? - General Chi.

Tell him.

I can still drink!

You, come out here!

General Chi.

I can still drink three days and three nights straight!

How are you feeling?

It's nothing.

It seems the most crucial memory is gone.

The technique used to kill Commander Niu San

looked the same as General Chi's.

But the aura within it

matches the demonic energy in me.

Nianjiu,

join me in tracking the demonic trace left

on Niu San's wound

and find out where Mingli is hiding.

He can't be innocent in this.

Yes.

You think swallowing a demon core makes you the Demon Mistress?

Keep dreaming.

Sooner or later, you'll be nothing but my puppet.

What's going on?

Wasn't I just resting in the hall?

How did I end up here?

Yan.

Hongluo.

The streets outside are desolate.

If this matter isn't resolved soon,

Yan City will become a ghost town.

Hongluo.

Here.

I feel there's more

to Niu San's death.

I know.

You think someone is pulling strings in the shadows,

trying to stir up chaos.

Not just that.

I suspect the real target

is me.

On the day of Yan City's upheaval,

the people's resentment fed the demon core.

My master said,

as the demon core grows,

I'll lose my reason and fall under its sway.

That is why I've been irritable and full of spite these days.

I've even lost pieces of memory.

How so?

Just today, one moment I was in the hall,

the next I was in the tavern.

I don't even know how I got here.

During my meditation,

I found out

the demon core has nearly devoured my inner core.

What?

Does Sima Jiao know?

If he knew my inner core was damaged,

he'd be frantic.

I don't want him to worry.

What about Feng Qi?

Have you asked him?

The day after the Yan City banquet,

he asked to go to Ghost City to restore order.

I thought he felt ill at ease in Yan City,

so I let him go.

No! If this drags on,

the demon core

will seize your mind for good!

I'll send word to Ghost City at once,

and send Feng Qi back.

Wait here.

Where's You Yan?

I don't know.

No more lies.

In the mortal realm,

at the entrance to the Nine Nether Purgatory.

The Nine Nether Purgatory?

He wants to release the Demonic Army sealed there.

Where is the entrance?

No spell you use will work.

I don't know where the entrance is either.

And Bi'an?

She's already been possessed by the former Demon Lord.

Are you involved

in Niu San's death?

Yes.

I infused Feng Qi with demonic energy.

That energy let me use his obsession to control him.

So, Feng Qi was helping Liao Tingyan merge her cores

because you planned it.

The Chang clan's secret art can indeed merge cores,

but the Demon Lord's core is too powerful.

Even if they merge, the evil one will devour the other,

never the other way around.

When that happens, she'll be utterly reduced

to the former Demon Lord's puppet.

Grandmaster.

Was he involved in Niu San's murder?

Yes.

Tingyan is in danger.

Yan.

Sima Jiao!

Tingyan.

Why did you kill Niu San?

By using his death to stir up chaos between Immortals and Demons,

resentment would spread in the world.

That would strengthen the Demon Lord's core

inside Yan.

Only then could I kill Sima Jiao.

And only then would nothing stand between me and Yan!

When chaos engulfs both realms,

Liao Tingyan will be nothing more than my puppet. I, You Yan, pull the strings.

Everyone,

you all heard him.

So he was the real culprit!

Only your death will ease our anger!

- Kill him! - Finish him!

You brought them here to eavesdrop?

Despicable.

But what of it?

Liao Tingyan is already under the demon energy's control.

Sima Jiao, you might suppress it for a time,

but never for life.

Liao Tingyan,

arise!

Kill him!

Yan!

Grandmaster!

Tingyan.

It's me, Tingyan.

Wake up.

Tingyan!

What happened?

Tingyan.

I didn't hurt you, did I?

No.

Yan.

Feng Qi.

I know your heart still clings to that Frost Fish.

But I'm not her.

She and I are two completely different people.

Do you understand?

Yan...

You are now

happy,

right?

That's

enough.

Feng Qi.

Yan...

I'm sorry.

His cultivation has been destroyed,

and he will soon perish.

He paid a heavy price for this.

This concludes the case.

Yes.

As usual.

The slow one...

treats the rest to wine.

Both of you,

take care.

Tingyan.

Are you alright?

A little better now.

But the demon core still carries demonic energy.

There's still a risk of being controlled.

You Yan has only a shred of soul left.

He is no threat.

I will be in seclusion for a month.

When I emerge,

the demonic energy in you will be gone.

Why must it take so long?

Why can't we get married first?

You wanted us to hold

the ceremony soon.

Is the demonic energy in me too hard to purge?

Or has the wound you took in the White Bone Abyss

relapsed?

Who is Sima Jiao?

Sima Jiao is the greatest Grandmaster the Gengchen Celestial Palace

has ever known.

Then, put your heart at ease.

When I return,

we will be married.

Alright.

I've never seen this design before.

Good.

Great.

Great.

A little higher.

Come again next time.

- Great. - I'll take two.

Thank you.

Take this.

Don't get emotional.

It's leftovers.

Hold it tight.

Come again next time.

Who said I'm touched?

It's ruined embroidery.

Step right up, take a look.

Grandmaster once said,

as long as you uphold

peace between the two realms,

and respect the new Demon Mistress,

you'll be granted endless spiritual power.

Yet you ungrateful fools

not only stirred up strife between Immortals and Demons,

you even plotted to have her killed!

Are you so tired of living?

What's so great about her?

Why should she be our ruler?

Slaughtering the weak.

Is that what you call strength?

The weak deserve to die anyway.

We follow the Demon Mistress.

Out.

Yes.

Grandmaster.

What's wrong?

Didn't your wounds heal in Thunder Valley?

I have only just recovered.

I still need rest.

Hence, the seclusion.

Don't tell Tingyan of this.

Yes.

Sima Jiao.

Snuff out whatever foolish idea

you have in your head.

I don't care if you die, I still want to live!

You are becoming more and more like her now.

You even eavesdrop now.

Grandmaster.

What did the little flame mean

by its words?

When was it your place to question me?

Even if I must defy you,

I still have the right to ask for answers.

Do you really think

Thunderbolts could truly heal him?

It only slowed

Spirit Fire's drain on his life.

Grandmaster.

Then, how will you

ever recover?

What recovery is there?

There's none.

If he hadn't sought death himself,

he could've lived another 70 to 80 years.

Now he can't even endure another year.

That's nonsense.

Grandmaster and Tingyan are living happily.

Why would he wish to die?

Grandmaster still means to purify Tingyan's demon core.

Purify...

Purify the demon core...

You've not been a city lord for nothing.

Grandmaster.

Be honest with me.

Must Tingyan's demon core be purified

at the cost of the Grandmaster's life?

I am not dead yet.

It's not your time to mourn.

Grandmaster.

Then we...

we still have other ways, right?

But if you actually leave us one day,

what will become of Tingyan?

In both realms now,

there are only the ones she loves.

I've already carved their fear of the Spirit Fire

deep into their very bones.

They fear the Spirit Fire.

They fear me too.

When word spreads that she slew me and seized the Spirit Fire,

her name as Immortal-Demon Ruler

will be unshaken.

But if that happens,

you won't survive.

Grandmaster.

Grandmaster.

Grandmaster.

Grandmaster.

If she lives,

then I live.

Don't let her know of this.

Good. The hands are still cold.

If they were warm, it'd be an ill omen.

What is it?

Weren't you in seclusion?

Why are you sleeping like a log?

This is my method of relaxing in seclusion.

I learned it from you.

Where's the little flame?

I haven't seen it around lately.

It's noisy.

I locked it away.

I am still in seclusion.

Yet you barge in.

What if I lose control?

You're the greatest devil of all.

What's there to fear?

Quite the nerve.

My cultivation partner,

shall I enter your Soul Manor?

♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes...♪

If that's your wish,

so be it.

♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

♪I defy fate just to remain by your side...♪

Why does your Soul Manor look more and more

like mine?

Last time there was only a small cluster of flowers.

It's changed so much since then.

All thanks to the Grandmistress who took thunderbolts from the heavens.

That's right.

♪Upending a lifetime♪

♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

♪Through all lifetimes♪

Let's go.

Are we leaving already?

Do you really want another round?

♪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♪