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=Love Beyond the Grave= (Adapted from the novel by Li Qingran)

=Episode 12=

Hurry.

- Do it. - Hurry.

- Kill her. - Hurry.

Kill her.

Kill her now.

Kill her.

Don't you want to go to war?

Kill her and you can go.

Be quick.

Kill her.

Kill her now!

- Do it now! - Hurry!

- Do it now! - Kill her!

Kill her!

Kill her now!

Kill her!

Kill her!

Do it now!

You...

I knew it.

You aren't the real Xiaoxiao.

Xiaoxiao is a nice person.

She would never make me kill anyone!

You're the real Xiaoxiao.

Take it back.

Very well.

Since you refuse to kill her,

you'll die with her!

Captain Han,

you go on scouting.

Qingsheng and I will join you in three days.

Yes, General.

Qingsheng, we're going back to Shuozhou.

- Let's go. - Yes.

Why did you protect me?

You may die.

But I can never die.

I just feel pain.

Xiaoxiao, please don't die.

I... I promise I'll grow stronger.

The General said

those who always protect others

are very lonely.

The General and I

will protect you together

just like how you protected us.

All right?

Xiaoxiao, please don't die.

Take it.

With this,

no spirit can ever hurt you.

Go find Meng Wan.

Don't get in my way here.

You...

- He... - He has the Lantern.

I can't hurt him.

You go after him.

But I... I...

Go after him.

Or I will kill you now.

Fine.

All right.

I...

I'll... I'll go after him.

You just gave that boy

the Spirits Lantern?

What if it gets him killed?

Chenying...

He's no worse than any of you.

Before the sun rises

when I get back my power,

if you still can't find

my vital center,

prepare to vanish.

Fang Chang,

take off this guise.

So you knew it was me,

Your Grace.

Without your obsession with being a mortal,

I wouldn't have this great opportunity.

After I knew

you were controlling that woman,

I kept watching secretly

until you abandoned her body.

Stay back!

I found her.

With your lingering power in her body,

I took your form

and manipulated her.

When you have no spirit power,

I'll kill you

to avenge Yinyin.

I've sensed your aura

all along.

I was just wondering

what kind of trick

you were going to play.

I never thought

it could be so boring.

As for Shao Yinyin...

She violated the Golden-wall Decrees

and reaped what she sowed.

She was your lover.

To secure your position as Vice Lord,

you killed her yourself.

But now you seek revenge on me.

Isn't that ridiculous?

Shut up!

Fang Chang,

you've lived for centuries.

Is this all you've got?

He Simu!

To uphold the Golden-wall Decrees

and protect mortals,

you prey on spirits, your own kind!

So today,

I'll make you die

at the hands of the mortals under your protection.

I didn't know

you could do the Puppet Technique.

Die, He Simu!

Stop!

Don't run!

Stop right there!

Stop!

If I catch you, I'll get rude!

Stop!

Stop right there!

If I catch you, I'll show no mercy!

Keep running.

Try if you can.

Boy,

give me the jade pendant.

After I kill that woman,

I can give you some money.

Give it to me.

You wish!

It belongs to Xiaoxiao.

I won't give it to you unless I die!

You little brat.

We aren't enemies.

But today,

one of us has to die.

Don't blame me.

Who? Who did that?

Who?

Chenying.

General.

Who are you?

You...

Who... Who are you?

You hurt him?

So what?

Want a fight?

General,

Xiaoxiao...

Xiaoxiao...

She...

Clean up the mess.

Are you all right?

Without the puppets,

can you not even

find my vital center?

Don't talk tough.

When I make the puppets

pierce you all over,

I'll find your vital center.

(My sense of touch is back.)

♪Spirits are intoxicated♪

♪With obsessions♪

♪Forget the form to achieve♪

♪Yet I can't♪

♪Today, a home is granted♪

Got any more moves?

Bring them on.

Stay back.

Or I'll kill her.

She's no threat to me.

Say something else.

Why don't you tell me

where you managed to learn

the Puppet Technique?

You'll never know,

He Simu.

Simu.

Simu.

Simu.

So this is how much it hurts

when you're injured.

I didn't lend you this sense

to make you feel pain.

It doesn't hurt anymore.

Calm down,

young general.

I'm calm enough.

I cleaned you with three buckets of water.

Luckily, you aren't a mortal.

Or you would have bled out.

Meng Wan.

How do you feel?

Is anything hurting?

Feel?

I can't feel anything.

Soon, these wounds

will heal on their own.

A spirit

heals quickly.

Besides,

I'm the Sovereign.

I never die.

General Duan,

isn't it very rude

when a mortal like you

stares at a lady like this?

What on earth happened?

The mortal

I used to possess

is Qiao Yan.

Before dying of illness,

her mother made a deal with me

that I'd protect her.

So, I kept her by my side

and nurtured her with aura of my lantern.

Later, her health

improved a little.

Besides,

during the spell of senses,

my own body was needed.

So,

I let her leave.

You protected her.

Why did she hurt you?

She was just being manipulated.

In Shanling Temple,

someone called Fang Chang

hated me for killing her lover.

So when I didn't have power,

he manipulated Qiao Yan's body

and did such a thing.

How is Miss He?

Her wounds are healing quickly.

She'll be fine.

What a surprise.

So Miss He really is a spirit.

Her identity doesn't matter.

I just know

she did a great service to us.

That makes sense.

Without her,

we wouldn't have taken Shuozhou.

Miss He.

She's a good spirit.

She really is.

Well, I'm quite curious.

How did he know

I lost my power?

You didn't tell him, did you?

You suspect me?

I swear to you

by my past,

my future,

my body, my heart,

my family,

my dream,

my name,

and everything I have,

I will never

ever

do anything to hurt you

even if I die.

You can just deny it.

Why are you overreacting so much?

Oh, you're angry.

I've never seen you angry before.

Marshal Qin exiled you to the north,

Wu Shengliu questioned you,

and Qin's soldiers isolated you,

but you were never angry.

Now you're angry

over such an ordinary question.

Funny, indeed.

But this time,

I experienced what felt like dying.

I felt this pain

to its very limit.

Getting this sense

is worth it.

Only someone who never dies

would say something so arrogant.

When I saw fresh and old wounds on you,

I never felt anything.

But since I've experienced

such wounds,

it breaks my heart to see you like this.

Mortals like you

are really fragile.

If only I had found you

when you joined the All-Knowing.

In that case,

you would have had fewer wounds

and less pain.

No.

If you had met me at that time,

you wouldn't have been interested.

Now I've met you.

I think

it's the perfect time.

You don't want me to save you earlier?

No.

Back in the All-Knowing,

I was in pain and confused.

And I was always fearful.

My soul was a crucible.

There was no room for love.

I'm glad that you see me as I am now.

Now I'm clear-minded

and resolute.

I need no redemption.

I'd rather fall,

survive rough times,

rebuild my body, reshape my soul,

and get worldly-wise,

in exchange for...

♪Miracles, eternity, and radiance♪

Meeting you again.

♪Worth more than any barren land♪

♪I might as well spend the rest of my life♪

♪Walking with you through eternity♪

I just asked casually.

Don't be so serious.

This is how I honestly feel.

My heart only holds evil thoughts

instead of true love.

Say that to someone else.

♪A dream I'm lost in♪

♪If I could kiss your hand♪

I've recovered.

♪I'd bear your feelings♪

♪Thanks to fate♪

♪I'm blessed to have met you♪

♪Then I won't let you go♪

♪I wish I could be a firework♪

♪To burn out for the moment you turn♪

(Since you've come,)

(don't expect)

(to disappear from my life.)

Help me, Your Lordship!

Help me!

Your Lordship.

What makes you so flustered?

I'm too old

to hear or see well.

So I entrusted Fang Chang

with all the affairs of my branch.

I never thought

he could do something so terrible

in the Mortal World.

He manipulated some mortals

to assassinate Her Grace.

The older you grow,

the more cowardly you get.

Since Her Grace took the throne,

being assassinated

has been like a daily occurrence.

Not this time.

I don't know

how Fang Chang did that,

but he severely wounded her.

She was injured

from head to toe.

- Chenying. - General.

- Awake? - General.

How is Xiaoxiao?

Don't worry.

She's fine.

But General,

that imposter

pierced through Xiaoxiao's body.

She bled a lot.

Is she really fine?

She must be in pain.

It's true.

She's formidable.

She's the Sovereign.

Nothing can harm her.

She's resting now.

You can have something to eat

and see her when she wakes up.

Sovereign?

Xiaoxiao told me

the Sovereign is the head of spirits

with great power.

That's right.

General,

I've made up my mind.

I must grow stronger.

I'll learn martial arts from you.

I will protect both of you

so that you won't get hurt

and you can do greater things.

But I remember you wished

to eat eight pancakes at a time.

With meat filling.

I don't want pancakes anymore.

I...

I wouldn't wind

eating no more pancakes.

All I want is to protect you.

This will be my only wish.

All right.

I'll make you stronger.

What's wrong?

General,

if Xiaoxiao is a spirit,

does it mean she can't

stay with us forever?

Will she leave us?

General,

Xiaoxiao...

She... She really likes you.

Because of you,

she's been lovesick.

Don't... Don't you like her?

If you have feelings for each other,

she will stay.

Lovesick?

She said that?

She says anything

that comes to mind.

Chenying,

I'll tell you something.

Can you keep it to yourself?

Yes.

I won't tell anyone.

All right.

Xiaoxiao often says

she likes me

or adores me,

but that's all fake.

She doesn't like me at all.

Those are just jokes.

To her,

I'm merely a special mortal.

I'm special enough

to make her forgive my offense.

But I'm not special enough

to make her love me.

I've never said

that I like her.

Actually,

I really like her.

Really.

Are... Are you sure?

You promised me

you'd keep this secret.

You must not tell her.

I... I won't tell her.

Then General,

let's try together

to make her stay.

Shall we?

We'll make her stay.

Eat up.

Xu,

Commandant Xia is ready.

You can leave anytime.

Watch over Mingfeng.

Take care of the manipulated citizens.

Keep this under wraps.

Wait until I'm back.

Take care of Xiaoxiao.

(Yiyuan Courtyard)

Great Ancestor,

you've finally summoned me.

Tell me.

What does it feel like to have senses?

Which sense did you have this time?

Fengyi,

I experienced

what death felt like.

I had the sense of touch.

When I lost my power,

some evil spirits knew about it

and tried to kill me.

It was really fun.

Having a sense

will make you lose all your power?

Then Great Ancestor,

will you continue

to get other senses?

Why wouldn't I?

It's a rare opportunity.

And the time

when I had the sense of touch

left a deep impression on me.

And thankfully,

those brainless fools

added to the fun.

Great Ancestor,

it seems

you've been away for so long

that you can't suppress

those ambitious spirits.

I've never suppressed them.

I've just killed them,

haven't I?

They have to bow to me

unless they defeat me.

I just never thought

Song Xingyu was behind this,

as the long-lost lord

of Jiling Temple.

What exactly happened?

Fang Chang from Shanling Temple

colluded with Song Xingyu

and learned his unique skill,

the Puppet Technique.

When I lost my power,

Fang Chang set up

that clumsy trap.

Song Xingyu has hidden

in the Mortal World for so long

without being caught.

As master of the Starhaven Sect,

aren't you being irresponsible?

Spirits like you

didn't catch him either.

Sorry, Great Ancestor.

I'll widen the search scope immediately.

Once we get news of Song Xingyu,

I'll let you know.

Confess.

How did you wound Her Grace?

A lot of spirits want to kill He Simu.

This time,

I waited until she lost her power.

I shouldn't miss that chance.

Do you know

how great it felt

when I was torturing

our sovereign?

The bright red blood

kept streaming down!

She was trembling all over with pain!

Though she was the Sovereign,

she lost her power and felt the pain.

I really should have let you see

how she looked as she was dying.

She was truly pitiful.

Who conspired with you?

Your death is upon you.

No point in hiding it!

I'm going to die,

whether I confess or not.

Yan Ke,

you're just He Simu's lapdog!

Yan Ke,

you humble yourself

and obey her completely, and then?

She goes through men

one after another.

But you'll never be chosen!

(Yiyuan Courtyard)

Yan,

there you are.

Simu.

You're going out?

How's your injury?

Guan Huai is quick-tongued only when he wants to live.

You must have caught Fang Chang.

He's now in the Nine-Square Maze Prison.

He awaits your judgment.

I knew you'd bring me good news.

That's perfect.

Hey, Simu.

What exactly happened?

How did you lose power

and get wounded by him?

I hate it most

when someone wants to poke around.

It's been 300 years.

You're the Sovereign

and I help you rule the Spirit World

perfectly in sync.

Do you and I

have to be so precise about that?

Do you have feelings for that general?

Right Hand,

you know very well

that I am the Sovereign.

Sorry, Your Grace.

You should go back.

Keep our world in order.

When I'm back,

don't let me down.

Yes.

I shall be there,

awaiting your return.

(Yiyuan Courtyard)

(Liang)

Evil spirits. Evil spirits everywhere.

They eat people.

They're evil spirits.

They eat people.

General Duan.

Don't eat me.

What's all this about?

He's a mere swindler

who fools people.

He set up a stupid scam.

And due to those baseless rumors,

the one contributing greatly to our army

was thrown into prison.

Don't eat me.

General Duan,

there was a spirit in your army.

Marshal Qin dealt with her

and calmed your army.

Instead of feeling thankful,

you blame him now.

Don't tell me

you recruited that evil spirit.

He Xiaoxiao colluded with evil,

as everyone witnessed.

She's still alive

because Marshal Qin showed mercy.

General Duan,

don't you push it.

How come I didn't know

our soldiers

should be judged

by a swindler?

Don't eat me. Spare me.

Did someone deliberately

disrupt our morale

or did someone maliciously try

to frame my capable strategist?

You...

Evil spirits. Spare me. Don't eat me.

Now that it's a misunderstanding,

then have this swindler

taken away

and have him beheaded.

- Yes. - Yes.

Evil spirits.

They eat people.

So many evil spirits.

They eat people.

Evil spirits.

General Duan,

we'll have a major battle

against Chong troops

and we need talents.

We must make concerted efforts

to fight our enemies.

Let's not blow our recovery plan

over such trivial things.

This is the information I collected

as fast as possible

on reaching Yunzhou,

including city defense,

garrison troops, formations,

supplies, and weapons.

Take a look, Marshal.

Yunzhou is very far away

in a messy situation.

But you spied on the enemy

and returned safely

within only a few days.

Impressive, indeed.

Good job.

Thank you, Miss.

You gave all your salary

to someone else.

How will you survive this month?

I spared no effort

to predict the weather

and I was even in prison because of you.

With no compensation,

won't I at least get a raise?

Whatever you need

should be offered.

What did Miss Qiao say

before she left?

She's fully recovered.

She'll return to her hometown

for a peaceful life.

Your Grace, what does

your hometown look like?

I'd like to visit it.

When dead trees blossom,

I'll grant your wish.

♪Between black and white, ripples crossed♪

♪Light encountered shadow♪

♪It pierced the darkness and the time♪

♪The unbreakable fate♪

♪Suddenly cracked♪

♪Between black and white, ripples crossed♪

♪Light encountered shadow♪

♪It pierced the darkness and the time♪

♪The unbreakable fate♪

♪Suddenly cracked♪

♪Listen, all sounds are roaring♪

♪As cold ice turns into tides♪

♪A century's loneliness melts dreams♪

♪Following fate's guidance♪

♪By fate, our moments were exchanged♪

♪The heart wakes up all of a sudden♪

♪Watch fireworks fall like stars♪

♪This bond is tangled into a thread♪

♪Worldly reflections fade into mist♪

♪Borrowing one fleeting heartbeat♪

♪You drew me into mortal dust, till I'm enamored with its charms♪

♪The heart wakes up all of a sudden♪