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[The Unclouded Soul]

[Episode 18]

Once I showed my true form

they all ran away, scared.

But I didn't mean to.

It's okay.

You were trying to protect everyone.

They all understand that.

Then...

will anyone still play jianzi with me?

Of course.

I'll play with you.

Aren't you afraid of me?

Let me tell you something.

I know an old demon who's thousands of years old.

He taught me that

seeing isn't always believing.

Many things need to be felt from here

to be truly understood.

And I can feel that

you're just as kind-hearted

as him.

By the way,

why do you love playing jianzi so much?

Because of Jin Ge.

Jin Ge?

She's my friend, just like you all.

My mission from heaven

is to guard the Kunlun Mirror fragments on Mount Qiansui.

I've been guarding this mountain for thousands of years,

and it's been terribly lonely.

A thousand years ago,

I couldn't resist taking human form and coming down the mountain.

Throw it to me!

To me!

Pass it here!

To me!

Pass it!

Kick it to me!

Kick it over here!

Can I play with you?

Go away!

That looks fun! Could you teach me?

Line up!

Mount up!

-Go! Go! -Attack!

Hit him!

-Go! -Go! Go!

Hit him! Hit him! Hit him!

Get him!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

I don't want to play anymore.

I'm too tired.

I'm always the horse!

I'm always the horse!

I quit.

I'll be the horse!

Let me join you!

Who's this stranger?

Go away!

Come on, come on.

I can do it.

Come.

Line up.

Mount up.

Attack!

Hit him.

Go.

Charge.

Hurry.

Hit him, hit him.

Go.

Attack.

Hit him quickly.

Hurry up.

Hit him now.

Go get him.

Lansheng, dinner's ready!

Time to eat!

Come home for dinner!

Come back now.

Hurry up.

Come back quickly.

Dinner time.

Who are you?

I'm Jin Ge.

And you?

Why are you sad?

Is someone bullying you?

Nobody wants to play with me.

I can play with you.

More.

Are you hidden?

I'm coming to find you!

Found you!

Why are you crying?

Without realizing it,

it's all dark already.

I came here

to find fragments of the ancient Kunlun Mirror.

If I can't find them,

I won't be able to return.

Then that's perfect!

You can keep playing with me.

But I'll die that way.

Why?

I was originally a mayfly,

with only one day to live.

I never knew what was dawn

or dusk.

After touching a drop of immortal dew,

I accidentally achieved human form.

But my lifespan is only one year,

and 11 months have already passed.

I'll die soon.

Unless...

you can drink from the Yuli Spring?

Since achieving human form,

I've been searching for the fragments of the ancient Kunlun Mirror.

Only by collecting all the fragments

can I find the Yuli Spring.

I've gathered seven pieces now,

but I can't find the last one.

I'll die soon.

With me here, you absolutely won't die.

Here's the eighth piece.

You are Taotie?

Yes.

Once I find the celestial mountain

and drink from the Yuli Spring,

I'll come back to play with you right away.

It's a deal.

But what if when I return,

you've already grown up,

and I can't recognize you anymore?

I'll stay looking just like this

and wait for you here.

Okay.

Just see me off here.

You should change your name.

With a new name,

humans will be willing to play with you.

Change to what?

How about Zixiu?

Okay.

Zixiu, practice playing jianzi well.

We'll compete again when I return.

Okay!

Once you become immortal like heaven and earth,

we can play together forever.

It's a promise.

I gave the ancient mirror to Jin Ge without permission.

I deserve to be punished,

but I promised I would wait for her here.

So, for a thousand years,

there has only been Zixiu, not Taotie.

You really believe she'll come back?

I promised to wait for her, so I must.

Will you keep waiting forever?

Yes.

But Jin Ge

has already reached the celestial mountain

and drunk from the Yuli Spring.

You know better than anyone

that she won't come back.

I promised to wait for her.

You also came to Mount Qiansui for the mirror fragments?

Yes.

But there aren't any left here.

It's alright.

Zixiu protected us,

and that's why we survived.

Although we can't stay

and play with you forever,

we can teach you some new games.

Really?

Really.

"We?"

One, two, three,

freeze!

One, two, three, freeze!

One, two, three, freeze!

One, two, three, freeze!

Xiao Yao,

are you scared?

No!

Higher!

Don't let that stinky man touch you!

Higher!

I have to go now.

Thank you for playing with me.

This is the second happiest day

I've had in a thousand years.

The happiest

was the day I met Jin Ge.

But by tomorrow,

today will become the happiest.

Tomorrow will be exactly one thousand years, right?

Yes.

I can't wait for Jin Ge anymore.

Time's up.

I must go face my punishment now.

Xiao Yao,

if someday

you reach the celestial mountain

and see Jin Ge,

could you

tell her something for me?

Go ahead.

I've gotten even better at jianzi than before.

I'll definitely tell her.

Isn't the Kunlun Mirror gone?

This fragment must have been left by Taotie's lingering obsession.

Life has Eight Sufferings:

Birth, Aging, Sickness, Death,

Love and Separation,

Lasting Resentment,

Unattainable Desire, and Unresolved Attachment.

This must be his Unresolved Attachment.

Everyone says Taotie was vicious,

but he actually sealed himself in such a small form

for one thousand years

so Jin Ge could recognize him

when she returned.

That Jin Ge...

I've heard

that a thousand years ago, Dreamshard gathered

the fragments of the Kunlun Mirror

to save someone she loved. Jin Ge must be her incarnation,

who tricked Taotie and took the mirror fragment he guarded.

Oh, Zixiu...

Did she manage to save her lover?

It was just a trap set by her lover.

His purpose

was to obtain the Kunlun Mirror

and claim credit from the emperor.

After Dreamshard learned the truth,

she melted her heart into a crystal heart,

transformed into a spirit,

and killed the traitor's entire family.

Only then did she transcend the Three Realms

and create this Realm of Mist and Void.

How pitiful.

Therefore,

when you meet Dreamshard,

don't make any moves.

Just observe quietly.

What are you planning to do?

Don't worry.

No matter what I do,

it won't involve you.

Don't do anything foolish.

I know my limits.

We have retrieved the mirror fragment.

Please appear before us, My Lord.

I can't believe you actually found it.

I hope you

will keep your promise.

Tan'er and Pianpian...

Which one do you choose?

Tan'er!

Before you left,

you kept saying

you wanted to restore Lu Pianpian's appearance

in exchange for her freedom.

But now that you returned,

you only think of your own sister.

I beg you, My Lord.

Please release Tan'er.

My sister and I

are willing to collect all mirror fragments for you.

Tan'er!

Is she willing to listen to you?

Tan'er,

I've voluntarily pledged allegiance to the Immortal Lord.

You must behave yourself too.

Please, My Lord,

examine the mirror fragment

as proof of our sincerity.

Tan'er,

hurry!

Xiao Yao,

help me take Tan'er

and Pianpian away.

Dali!

How foolish.

You think I couldn't see through

your suicide attack strategy?

Xiao Yao.

Dali!

Die!

Dali.

Xiao Yao.

Why is it you?

Perhaps

from the moment I chose the Immortal Lord,

the ending was already decided.

Xiao Yao.

Am I beautiful?

You are the most beautiful.

You're the most beautiful one.

Go back...

and tell Luoluo

that

I'm cultivating

somewhere far away.

Dali.

Dali!

Xiao Yao,

you're the one who made her feel inferior

and crave attention.

The one who truly killed her

is you.

It's because you don't trust anyone.

That's why there's no one trustworthy around you.

You do trust people,

but the person you trust

won't wait for you anymore.

Hong Ye,

come out.

Thank you for your kindness, My Lord.

How have you been feeling these days, Demon King?

I'm grateful to you

for curing my Heart-Devouring Poison.

I've been feeling refreshed these days.

Looking back at my former obsession now,

it seems utterly absurd.

Your poison is cured?

The Demon King found out

you eloped with a Feiyu Guard

and became depressed.

He no longer wanted to endure that Heart-Devouring pain.

Thus, he begged me

to detoxify him.

I won't keep making mistakes for someone so selfish.

The Immortal Lord has detoxified me of the Heart-Devouring Poison

and planted the luan and phoenix for me.

From now on, my heart is the luan.

The Immortal Lord is the phoenix.

Our hearts are connected.

We'll share weal and woe.

Hong Ye,

do you have unspoken difficulties?

Is it her illusion tricking you?

Shut up!

Immortal Lord,

let her go.

Don't let her disturb us.

Do you really have no feelings for her?

Your heart is in pain.

You still can't let her go.

I tried to suppress this Heart-Devouring Poison,

but you still sensed it.

Let her go.

I will find all the mirror fragments for you.

What if I don't let her go?

Xiao Yao,

run!

I won't leave.

Hurry!

This is madness.

Xiao Yao

Xiao Yao,

Hong Ye is reciting the Heart-Burning Incantation.

This spell concentrates all power into the heart meridian.

The heart meridian will rupture.

Since the Luan-Phoenix Poison creates a symbiotic link,

the Dreamshard Immortal's heart

will also shatter into dust.

Hong Ye, stop it now!

Xiao Yao.

Hong Ye!

Leave now!

No!

Hong Ye!

You think this little pain can harm me?

The suffering I've endured

is countless times worse than this.

Hong Ye!

Stop it now!

Xiao Yao!

Hurry!

Hong Ye!

Hong Ye!

In this Realm of Mist and Void,

the only one who can control my fate

is myself.

Dreamshard!

Why have you driven us to this point?

Xiao Yao,

I just want to tell you

to stop fooling yourself.

Hong Ye's sincerity toward you

doesn't mean that everyone

is sincere to you.

Who's fooling themselves?

Is it me or you?

In flower sea, there's one bloom

that's never watered,

yet covered in morning dew.

If I'm not mistaken,

that's the true heart you discarded before becoming a spirit.

I haven't watered you yet.

But why do you already have dew on you?

Where did your dew come from?

Among the thousands of flowers in the flower sea,

why are you the most special one?

You must have been a crybaby when you were human.

The dew on the flower

must be your unresolved tears.

You created all these trials

just to prove that

true feelings still exist in this world.

But there's someone who has been waiting for you,

yet you chose to ignore him.

Who?

Taotie.

He waited for Jin Ge for a thousand years,

without complaint or regret.

Jin Ge is gone.

She went away a thousand years ago.

Jin Ge never left.

She just wrapped herself

in a hard shell.

Now I've brought what you wanted.

I've also proven the true feelings you didn't believe in.

You can take my life easily.

But being able to die with the one I love,

I have no regrets.

I don't need anyone's sincerity.

Taotie has one more message for Jin Ge.

He said

his jianzi skills now

are even better than Jin Ge's were before.

Jin Ge!

Your appearance has changed,

but I still recognize you.

Do you remember me?

Xiao Yao must have told you

that my jianzi skills are better than yours were.

Would you like to compete with me?

♪ I still remember the light ♪

♪ In your eyes that night ♪

♪ It lit up all the most beautiful lies ♪

♪ I've ever seen ♪

You really

♪ The silence and heat of the moonlight ♪

never hated me?

Of course not.

I will always remember

♪ Fall on my shoulder ♪

that was my happiest day in a thousand years.

♪ The galaxy ♪

♪ Flow on my fingers ♪

♪ Those unrevealed wishes ♪

♪ My heartbeat is hiding, only the wind is shaking ♪

♪ The stars fall into the sea ♪

♪ Light up the light in your eyes ♪

No one wants to play with me.

I can play with you.

♪ The lies at this moment ♪

♪ Are so beautiful it's ridiculous ♪

♪ The youth is endless ♪

♪ Love grows in time ♪

♪ You are the old wound in my palm ♪

Zixiu, you must practice playing jianzi,

and we'll compete when I return.

Okay.

When you become immortal like the heaven and earth,

we can play together forever.

It's a deal.

♪ We stare at each other ♪

♪ And forget how long it has been ♪

This world isn't truly without feeling

or trust.

♪ All I want is this moment's bloom ♪

Xiao Yao,

you were right.

♪ Grow freely ♪

♪ The stars in your eyes are the only place ♪

♪ In the distance that I can see ♪

♪ Don't think about ♪

All things in the world

♪ Whether we end in a farewell or not ♪

eventually come to an end.

♪ Those unrevealed wishes ♪

♪ My heartbeat is hiding, only the wind is shaking ♪

♪ The stars fall into the sea ♪

♪ Light up the light in your eyes ♪

♪ The lies at this moment ♪

♪ Are so beautiful it's ridiculous ♪

♪ The youth is endless ♪

♪ Love grows in time ♪

♪ You are the old wound in my palm ♪

Why did I change back?

What's happening?

Why is it like this now?

What on earth is going on?

Did the Immortal Lord die?

How dare you!

Such slander will get your tongue cut out.

Hong Ye.

Hong Ye.

Hong Ye, wake up.

You're the Demon King.

You'll be fine, won't you?

Hong Ye!

Hong Ye!

Don't scare me, Hong Ye.

You're shaking me to death.

Hong Ye!

I knew it.

You wouldn't die so easily.

I haven't taken you to see scenic views

or explored the world yet.

How could I leave so easily?

Yes.

Xiao Yao.

My duty is finished.

Will you say goodbye to me?

Little Leaf.

Little Leaf.

Xiao Yao.

Kiss me,

and I'll forget all the bad things.

This one is

Unattainable Desire?

Indeed.

These two mirror fragments

should return to their rightful owner.

A hundred years ago,

the former emperor gathered all fragments of the Kunlun Mirror,

but before he could find the celestial mountain,

the Demon King destroyed it.

Now that the ancient Kunlun Mirror has reappeared,

it should return to the current emperor's hands.

Do you know that the ancient Kunlun Mirror from a hundred years ago

was obtained by your so-called former emperor

through despicable means?

A hundred years have passed

and it's still the same.

He's unable to disregard life and death,

all because of greed.

How dare you!

-Stop! -Xiao Yao, get out of the way!

-Xiao Yao! -What are you doing?

Assembling the ancient Kunlun Mirror

and eliminating the Demon King

are His Majesty's direct orders

and the duty of the Feiyu Guard.

He sacrificed the lives of a hundred women

to gain immortality for himself.

Do you think such a person

truly deserves your blind obedience?

I only follow orders.

I cannot defy the imperial decree.

Imperial decree?

If it weren't for the imperial decree,

why would Tan'er have been driven to such desperation?

Now, you only care about imperial orders

and have lost all sense of right and wrong.

Tan'er,

do you also think what your brother is doing is right?

This mirror fragment

has nothing to do with you.

And the one in your hand

wasn't obtained by you alone.

If you really want to take it,

either kill us both right now

or

wait until everyone has recovered

and you two can have

a fair contest.

Fine.

If that's the case,

these two mirror fragments

shall be in your keeping.

When all fragments are gathered,

I will take them back.

Hong Ye.

For what happened in the Realm of Mist and Void,

I owe you a favor.

But between us,

there will eventually be a battle to the death.

Go back and focus on your cultivation.

The Demon Slayer has returned!

The Demon Slayer has returned!

What's wrong?

Is he injured?

What happened to him?

I don't know.

Is he alright?

Can we go home now?

Yes.

The Dreamshard Immortal...

She has been killed.

We knew you're brave

and would keep us safe.

Throughout this perilous journey,

it was thanks to you, My Lord,

that we could survive.

Please, My Lord,

take us to reunite with our families quickly.

Yes, take us home.

My Lord.

Let's prepare to go home.

Please take us back soon.

-Okay. -We can go home now.

We can finally go home.

We can finally return.

My Lord, are you looking for Lu Pianpian?

She's with Zhirui and Pei.