Original subtitles

♪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 27] [Now I Am Strong Enough to Fight Lightning Too]

Get up, Sima Jiao.

No!

Sima Jiao

is dead.

He's dead.

♪Why must we suffer all this?♪

♪Piercing us through every season♪

♪Longing runs wild in endless void♪

♪Then wish upon the stars♪

♪Reborn beyond souls♪

♪May this chain of enduring fate♪

♪Never replay heartbreak again♪

Yan.

Seeing that you have come to see me off,

I can leave in peace now.

Sima Jiao won't die.

You can't die in peace.

That is not for you to decide.

Oh well,

lies or truth,

life or death...

Let them all drift away with the wind.

To have lived this long in defiance

was worth it.

Yan!

The blood pool is full. The blood sacrifice is upon us!

We have succeeded.

Sima Jiao is dead.

No one can stop our lord from becoming the Immortal-Demon Ruler now!

Have I

entered my Soul Manor again?

Yes.

I've waited so long for you.

Who are you?

We are the same person.

Are you my lost memories?

You could say that.

Together, you and I make up

the complete memory

of our time in this cultivation world.

Greetings, Masters and Madams.

A snake!

Watch out!

It's cheered you up, hasn't it?

Don't you like it?

My destiny

is to live a carefree life, eating, drinking,

and enjoying myself.

Jiao!

Come!

I'm doing this

because I cherish you so much.

I don't want you to be harmed in the slightest.

Now, you are the one closest to me

in this world.

When I saw you cry,

I felt regret for the first time in my life.

From now on, you will not just be my boyfriend.

Sima Jiao,

this time,

I can't wait for you to come home.

I remember now.

I remember everything now.

How do we get out of here?

Sima Jiao is injured.

I need to save him.

Sima Jiao is injured?

Was it your doing?

The cold energy here

awakened my assassin instincts as the Frost Fish,

and I lost control.

I...

I stabbed him.

How could you hurt the one

I cherished the most?

Now,

what matters most is finding a way

to leave the Bone Pool and save him.

The Bone Pool is bottomless.

Before you woke, I tried to swim out,

but I failed.

Then together,

we will succeed.

My lord, I have slain Sima Jiao.

The blood of the Fengshan Clan is ready.

But the barrier at Yin-Yang Lake remains.

That means Sima Jiao isn't dead yet!

What?

You can't even handle Sima Jiao.

Had I been in command,

I would have rallied the Demonic Army

and personally led a march into the Gengchen Celestial Palace.

My lord,

don't waste time

arguing with him.

Feng Qi, do it!

Are you ready?

I will make every moment

of death's approach

so painfully real

that you will recall

each and every sin you ever committed.

Feng Qi, let me go!

Yan!

How dare you use me to harm him?

As expected of the assassin I raised with my own flesh and blood.

Shut up!

Feng Qi,

quicken the sacrifice!

You want to take what is mine?

I won't let you!

Liao Tingyan, remember this:

I was the one who gave you form.

From now on, you will fight for me, You Chi!

You fool! What are you doing?

Stop her!

No!

My lord!

What happened?

The Frost Fish

has merged with the Demon Lord's core!

What?

Doesn't that make her

our new ruler?

What are you talking about?

Ridiculous. I don't want to be your ruler.

How is the Grandmaster?

How is he?

His spiritual power is severely depleted,

and he has lost too much blood.

I fear

he cannot be saved.

How could that be?

The Grandmaster is gravely injured, and Yan is missing.

What are we supposed to do?

Bai Zhu, you take care of the Grandmaster.

We will think of a plan.

Yes.

I knew that woman couldn't be trusted.

I wondered why she could ease

Sima Jiao's pain from the Spirit Fire.

Turns out she didn't ease it. She just suppressed it.

Now that her extreme-cold nature has been fully awakened,

if she wants him dead, he'll die at any moment!

Tingyan would never harm the Grandmaster.

At the end of the day, she is from the Demon Race.

There's no way she truly cares for him!

You...!

And he, foolish as ever, used his own heart-protecting bone

to make her a protective artifact.

In the end, he left himself riddled with wounds

and barely able to control the Spirit Fire.

Could you not

say such pointless things

at a time like this?

Liao Tingyan is a Frost Fish assassin by nature,

while Sima Jiao is the Spirit Fire's host.

The two were born enemies,

yet they insisted on being together.

Wasn't that a losing battle they were fighting?

He is in terrible condition. If you don't

wake him soon,

he will burn himself alive!

With the Grandmaster unconscious,

what if...

what if the Demon Race attacks us now?

What should we do?

Perhaps... perhaps I can try something.

Nianjiu,

the Grandmaster once cast a protective spell on me

to conceal my aura as a Fengshan descendant.

Now that he is in danger,

I ask you to lift the spell

so I may replenish his blood through Blood Infusion.

I know it may have little effect,

but this is the only way I can help him.

Bi'an, I will perform the Blood Infusion carefully.

You won't be harmed. Don't worry.

It doesn't matter.

If it can save the Grandmaster

and protect peace between immortals and demons,

my death would be worth it.

But your life is precious too.

Bai Zhu is right.

Even if you gave all your blood to the Grandmaster,

we couldn't be sure it would work.

Besides,

if he knew,

he would never allow you to sacrifice yourself this way.

Are you all right?

His condition has somewhat stabilized.

But if he doesn't wake soon,

it will still be very dangerous.

Still, this much improvement means there is hope.

Bi'an, thank you.

This is what I should do.

Dear gods,

I pray to you

that the Grandmaster will wake safe and sound.

I smell Fengshan blood...

And please let Ms. Yan return safely soon.

So besides Sima Jiao,

another Fengshan descendant still lives.

Why are you following me?

Do you really want me to be your ruler?

You have absorbed the Demon Lord's core.

Only you can be our ruler now.

Besides, it was you who gravely injured the Grandmaster of the Celestial Palace.

That makes you our new ruler.

Greetings, Madam!

But the Grandmaster of the Celestial Palace is only injured, not dead.

I heard she and that Grandmaster

had a murky relationship.

What if this is just a trick to deceive us?

Madam, now that Sima Jiao is gravely injured,

why don't we help you kill him

and destroy the Spirit Fire?

If you can kill Sima Jiao,

I will acknowledge you as Demon Mistress.

I can't let them

go after Sima Jiao at a time like this.

If you all go, it will draw too much attention.

While he is gravely injured,

I will kill him alone.

Then everything will be solved.

What do you say?

Then we shall wait here for your triumphant return, Madam.

Sima Jiao!

This is impossible.

Did I really kill him?

Sima Jiao,

wake up.

Look at me.

Sima Jiao,

wake up and look at me.

Yan, he isn't dead.

Calm down.

Senior Sister Tingyan,

everything here is to help keep the Grandmaster's vitality steady.

We have been waiting for your return.

Tingyan, only you can save him now.

Sima Jiao!

Sima Jiao!

No!

It's been hours. Why hasn't anything happened?

Sister Tingyan may have fallen into the Grandmaster's dreamscape.

If she cannot find the way out,

she will be trapped there

until she fades away.

I'll go wake her.

No, don't!

If interrupted by an external force,

the Grandmaster's Soul Manor will close immediately,

and the two of them will never come out again.

Tingyan,

don't give up.

This is the night when the Sima clan was wiped out,

the beginning of Sima Jiao's lifelong nightmare.

If I save him here,

he should awaken

into another fate, right?

No!

You cannot take Jiao away.

Do you want to watch him die here?

As long as Jiao remains here, he still has a chance.

If you take him away,

he will vanish without a trace.

Then how can I save him?

The Spirit Fire.

The Spirit Fire?

Only the Fengshan Spirit Fire can save him.

It is both the curse of our clan

and the thing that can save our lives.

If so, why haven't you acted?

He's already...

The fire seed is about to die out,

but I can't take him back to Thunder Valley either.

Jiao...

Thunder Valley?

If I take him back there,

will the Spirit Fire be restored?

Grandmaster.

Tingyan,

how is he?

Where are you taking him?

Thunder Valley.

It will probably take thunderbolts to reignite the Spirit Fire.

But there is no tribulation to go through now.

If I want lightning,

I must defy the way of heaven myself.

Look at how chaotic the Immortal and Demon Realms have become!

Why haven't you intervened?

Sima Jiao struck down You Yan for you.

Why do you want his life in return?

You call this the way of heaven?

How are you worthy of people's worship?

I haven't even gotten to the point,

and you strike already?

Oh, I see. The Demon Lord's core is inside me.

You are furious that a demon

has entered

the holy Immortal Realm, aren't you?

Immortals and demons

are all living beings.

What difference is there?

So what if this is a holy place?

I am not leaving.

Strike me down with your 81 thunderbolts, I dare you!

If you don't, I will destroy this so-called heaven

that has no mercy!

I can't die yet.

It's really working.

♪All beings are but fleeting mayflies, deceived...♪

Liao Tingyan,

you really have

made something of yourself.

♪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?♪

Tingyan.

Sima Jiao.

♪Heavens strike with thunderous wrath...♪

Look.

You aren't the only one who can fight thunderbolts.

I did it too.

Impressive indeed.

♪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...♪

Are you trying to burn me, the Demon Mistress, to death?

As Demon Mistress,

you gave in to me quite easily.

Are you fully recovered now?

When I went into your Soul Manor earlier,

it was a wreck.

If you had been an ordinary man,

would the pain have killed you long ago?

But am I an ordinary man?

So you're all right now?

This is all my fault. I should never have gone to Grain Rain Vale.

I was too naive.

In a world like this,

how could there have been such a paradise?

How foolish I was.

And I nearly got you killed.

Once I clear away the filth from both the Immortal

and Demon Realms,

wherever you go will be like Grain Rain Vale.

You mean you want to unify both realms?

Did you ask the Demon Realm's ruler about that?

My cultivation partner is the Demon Mistress.

Do I really need to be worried?

I only stumbled into this position.

I have no real authority.

They let me be Demon Mistress

only because of the demon core inside me.

They obey on the surface,

but in truth, it all depends on how I behave.

The Demon Realm is a place where only the strong are respected.

You are the only one in this world

who can make me yield without a fight.

That makes you the strongest of all.

The people of the Demon Realm won't be so easily fooled.

I will sort everything out for you.

You just need to sit back and relax.

You are doing so much for me.

I can't just sit back and do nothing.

Whether in a civil war or a war against outsiders,

it is always the common people who suffer most.

Why don't we work toward uniting immortals and demons?

As for those who resist,

we can take our time dealing with them.

As you wish.

Master Yuan, what is going on?

It's the Grandmaster and the Grandmistress.

Sima Jiao is alive?

How did our ruler

become their Grandmistress?

I told you

she couldn't destroy the Spirit Fire.

Now she's even consorting with Sima Jiao.

Do you still want to accept her as Demon Mistress?

War is never a lasting solution.

The Grandmaster of the Celestial Palace and I have reached an agreement.

He will help us resolve

the Demon Realm's lack of spirit veins for cultivation.

Is that true?

That's wonderful!

For the Demon Realm,

this is an unexpected blessing!

Amazing!

There is one rule.

As long as you

no longer stir up conflict with the Immortal Realm,

you will be able to cultivate with spirit veins

just like those in the Celestial Palace.

There will be no more need for twisted practices

or spells that seize people's cores.

We won't have to eat people anymore!

If anyone dares to cause trouble...

We will follow your lead, Madam.

Then this is the day the Immortal-Demon War ends completely.

No more barriers will be raised.

People will move freely and coexist peacefully.

You must also set an example yourselves

to guide those outside the Celestial Palace.

Yes, Grandmaster!

Where has Bi'an gone?

Sima Jiao,

you are really hard to kill.

The aura of the Fengshan bloodline...

I've found her.

Bi'an, I've finally found you.

What are you doing here?

We've been looking for you.

You are not Bi'an.

How loyal you are.

Even on the brink of death, you still try to send word.

Bai Zhu is dead?

Yes.

After Bi'an went missing,

Bai Zhu and I

split up to search for her.

But just now,

Bai Zhu's life lamp went out.

His soul is completely gone.

It's my fault. I shouldn't have let him search alone.

Though the conflicts between immortals and demons have calmed recently,

the two realms are still in chaos.

Many demonic cultivators

are still trying to seize the cores of the Celestial Palace disciples.

Bi'an had her protective spell lifted.

Her blood aura

could easily be found by You Yan's lingering soul.

Judging by her sudden disappearance

and Bai Zhu's death,

I fear You Yan has already found Bi'an

and intends to use her body for rebirth.

So,

Bai Zhu's death was You Yan's doing?

I will do whatever it takes to find him

and avenge Bai Zhu and Bi'an!

Those traitors of the Demon Realm

must be hoping

for You Yan's return,

so they refuse to obey Tingyan.

Even with only a wisp of soul left, that filthy worm

still managed to cause such turmoil.

Mingli.

Mingli is You Yan's confidant.

If we want to find You Yan, Mingli is the key.

As for the other troublemakers, they are like weeds.

Rooting them out cannot be done in a day.

Go to the Celestial Palace

and find cultivators skilled in strategy and war,

preferably ones familiar with the Demon Realm.

Have Tingyan choose those she trusts,

and leave them in the Demon Realm to serve her.

Now that the Immortal and Demon Realms

are temporarily at peace,

we can let

those long-displaced disciples of the Celestial Palace return home.

Yes, Grandmaster.

My lord,

word has it the Frost Fish and Sima Jiao are in league.

They even want to unite the Immortal and Demon Realms.

The demonic cultivators may obey him out of fear

for Sima Jiao's strength.

Though this body of the Fengshan descendant

can repair my primordial spirit,

I am too gravely wounded

to fully seize

her body for myself just yet.

I must enter seclusion to heal.

When my primordial spirit is whole again,

I will reemerge.

But with You Chi dead,

you won't be able to appear in your true form.

When this body is spent,

you will revert to a disembodied soul again.

Don't be so short-sighted.

For millennia, I have descended into the world again and again.

My purpose has never been mere survival,

but to open the Nine Nether Purgatory

and release the sealed Demonic Army.

When that day comes,

the Demon Realm will enter a new golden age.

Your wisdom is unmatched.

As for Liao Tingyan, she is not of the You clan.

She cannot hold the position of Demon Mistress for long.

Here's a wisp of my demonic energy.

It can take root in human desire.

Use it

to further our cause while I am away.

Guard the Demon Realm well

and wait for my return.

Yes, my lord.

What do you want?

Are you here to capture me for Liao Tingyan?

My father once told me

the Demon Lord's core can only be absorbed by those from the You clan.

Yan is an outsider.

Why was she able to merge with it?

Why should I tell you?

You don't have to.

But in that case,

I will take you to Sima Jiao

and let him ask you.

Preceptor, you and the former Demon Lord once saved my clan.

I am not ungrateful.

But I will never let Yan come to harm.

Fine, I will tell you.

You are right.

Without outside help,

Liao Tingyan could never have merged with the demon core.

If you use the Chang clan's secret technique to aid the fusion,

you'll exhaust your cultivation.

Moreover, she is already in Sima Jiao's pocket,

which makes her a traitor to the Demon Realm.

I advise you

not to waste your strength on her,

or you will only end up benefiting Sima Jiao.

[Yan City]

Master!

Senior Brother.

Tingyan.

Are you preparing your dowry?

That's right.

Sima Jiao said he built me a city, Yan City,

so it would be easier for us to meet.

It spans from Mount Daiying,

with its autumn-colored slopes

and cold sands along the streams,

all the way to the Lone Peaks.

He gave me such a grand gift.

I should return the gesture.

After much thought, I decided the best gift would be a proposal.

Oh, my girl has truly grown up.

That Black Serpent probably won't stay put either.

What do you mean?

Didn't you appoint Mu Nisheng as a general?

Now Hei Nianjiu can't stop fawning over her.

Mu Nisheng has strategy and vision.

She's perfect for a general.

You are clever and quick-witted.

Why don't you be my preceptor?

That way, Nianjiu would be chasing after you every day.

I could give it a try.

But it's not because

I want him around me all day.

Really, it's not!

All right...

I'm here for Hongluo.

Nianjiu,

when you first took human form, I told you

that feelings took time to grow.

But I left something out.

Once those feelings are deep enough,

you must seize the moment,

or you'll lose your chance.

Good luck.

Hongluo.

What is it?

This is Qiling nectar

I brought back from Serene Vale.

They say it strengthens the lungs

and nourishes the Seven Senses.

Maybe

it will help you

remember some of your past.

I don't like sweets.

Hongluo,

I know you want to turn it down again,

but this carries my feelings for you.

Back then,

you gave me a name

and stirred something inside me.

Since then, I've always been drawn to you.

But I was newly human then.

I didn't realize

you were someone who kept

everything hidden deep inside.

I'm sorry.

I let you bear

all those burdens alone

and swallow so much bitterness.

This time,

I want you to have a sweet, happy life.

Hongluo...

It sounds

as though our past was full of twists and turns,

almost like a storyteller's tale.

I meant to take the nectar.

Well?

Do you like it?

It's all right.

That's it?

"All right"?

Is there anything special about this city?

You've seen

every object

and every scene here before.

This city is built from our memories

since the day we first met.

Now that you mention it, I do recall.

But compared to this city,

Lord of Mercy,

I have a matter that concerns both immortals and demons

to discuss with you.

Do you remember my suggestion

about an exchange program between the two realms?

What do you think?

Too troublesome.

Too likely to cause problems.

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?

♪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♪