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[Veil of Shadows]

[Episode 28]

You Chi.

You Chi?

Wu Shiguang,

ever since we were kids,

I've been

your little tagalong.

I was your playmate.

I left home with you

and braved danger with you.

Why can't I remember it?

I even followed you to the Shilin Sect.

Have you seen Wu Shiguang?

I've got something really fun

to tell him.

Master Dragon Deity?

He's busy.

Don't bother him.

He's still got a lot to deal with.

The people at the Shilin Sect are all pretty nice.

You little weasel,

keep that Shilin Sect token on tight.

Or you'll be wiped out.

But the Shilin Sect isn't my home.

A weasel demon like me

shouldn't be here.

Is that the Dragon Deity?

- Look. - He has to be.

Even the demon hunter commander

is standing behind him.

- He has to be. - That's right.

Exactly, he must be the Dragon Deity!

Being here,

I feel like I'm in a skin

that doesn't belong to me.

It's uncomfortable.

Now you've got

so many demon hunters

following you.

Maybe

you don't really need me anymore.

I need to talk to you.

Commander Li wants to see me.

Let's talk later.

♪Up the hill, arms open wide, we sing♪

♪You and me, we fear not a thing♪

♪Life may sigh, but with our flesh and bone♪

♪We brave the storm, and claim the truths we own♪

♪We brave the storm, and claim the truths we own♪

So

I'm leaving,

Wu Shiguang.

You idiot weasel.

Formless Moon,

hear my command.

Go.

Activate the Nuwa Formation

and reveal the Four Pillars

that uphold the earth.

Yes.

Have you seen You Chi?

Wangyan!

Canyue.

Canyue!

Canyue.

Stop her.

Canyue.

Wangyan,

what happened?

Jiu Ying...

Jiu Ying isn't dead.

He possessed Wuyi.

Do you remember

the four divine trees

that uphold the earth I told you about?

The Tree of Water grew beneath the sea.

Its trunk

is now the throne in Formless Moon's main hall.

Go.

Yes.

The Crying Elm,

now reduced to a broken stump,

is the Tree of Earth.

The Firefluff Tree hidden

in the axle of Wei mansion's weaving workshop

is the Tree of Fire.

Why does Jiu Ying

want to destroy

the Four Pillars?

He wants the earth to collapse,

all living things to perish,

and this world

to be left with nothing but fear and despair.

Where is the Tree of Metal?

The Shilin Sect's Golden Scale Tree

is the Tree of Metal.

Good thing

there is the Eternal Formation

keeping them away.

No.

Wuyi

has a Shilin Sect token.

Wu Shiguang, why haven't you come to find me?

If you don't

show up today,

I won't be so easy

to cheer up!

Ye Changsheng,

bring the nearby townsfolk

into the Shilin Sect

for protection.

Yes.

Hurry!

Watch your step!

This way!

Quick!

Keep up!

Be careful!

- Hurry! - Go!

Move!

- Go! - Keep up!

Inside!

Go!

If the Four Pillars collapse completely,

heaven and earth, including the Shilin Sect,

will topple.

We have to stop Jiu Ying,

but...

Master Dragon Deity.

♪In this world of black and white, there's always one flower blooming bright♪

♪The weak may bow, but someone always steps ahead♪

♪As the moon shifts, blade-like scales cry out with gleaming edge...♪

My soul I devote. Long live the dragon.

♪We swear to cut down every demon and every fiend...♪

Master Dragon Deity,

we await your orders.

♪We take life and death in stride, with no fear and no sorrow♪

♪We raise our bowls to the sky, hot blood burning, cold tears gleaming♪

Members of the Formless Moon

can draw on the elemental power of the Four Pillars.

The possessed sisters

will be much stronger

and hard to defeat.

Only spells that counter

the pillars' elements

can oppose them.

Mo Yuntan,

your artifact, the Spirit Brush,

uses ink-based

water magic.

It can counter fire.

Leave the Firefluff Tree to me.

The Crying Elm

is the oldest tree,

the ancestor of all trees.

My artifact, Golden Resonance,

counters wood.

Perfect.

My blade is a divine weapon left behind by a mountain demon.

For centuries, it'd drawn on

the essence of the soil from the peak of Mount Nandang.

Earth counters water.

I'll handle the Formless Moon's Tree of Water.

That leaves the Golden Scale Tree.

Hua Qi...

What,

are you going to attack your sister?

It's Jiu Ying I'm going to strike at.

Give my sister back!

What happened?

You Chi,

leave.

No way.

How can I leave

when you're like this?

Hua Qi,

I'm no healer.

Is there any way I can help?

Yes.

Take my place

and save the Golden Scale Tree.

Save the Golden Scale Tree?

How?

Should I

catch bugs or water it?

Always

keep this token on you.

Otherwise,

the ancient formations

all over the Shilin Sect

will reduce you to ashes in an instant.

Remember:

no matter what you are

or how capable you are,

always give it everything you've got

and do your best.

Only then can you have no regrets.

A little weasel

thinks he can fight a nine-tailed fox?

Haven't you heard?

Fire counters metal.

Hua Qi,

you're draining your power.

Almost done,

Master Dragon Deity.

Hold on a little longer.

Wangyan!

Wangyan,

did you think

I couldn't beat you?

Shiguang,

you are the only one in this world

I still can't let go of.

Though I am gone,

the Star Stone remains.

If you find yourself in dire straits one day,

it may yet help you once.

But remember this.

The Star Stone's power is too great.

Do not use it rashly.

Master...

"Heaven and earth tremble.

Chaos fills the world.

An old soul returns against time.

A new moon reshapes the world."

"Heaven and earth tremble.

Chaos fills the world."

The last share of Chi Wen's Dragon Deity's Power

took Ji Ling's heart stone

to the Dragon Abyss.

Perhaps thousands of years from now,

it may take human form.

"An old soul returns against time."

"An old soul returns against time."

Hua Qi.

Go to the Dragon Abyss.

Give me your hand.

Go to the Dragon Abyss.

Use my blood to activate

the Star Stone illusion

and bring Ji Ling's

heart stone inside.

Go, now.

All right.

♪The dancing light, the shattered wave♪

♪Are all my helpless, drifting haze♪

♪The boiling frost, the stubborn stare♪

♪Are all the pride I'll never wear♪

♪Your shoulder, your tear-bright eyes♪

♪Are the strength that lifts my dreams to the skies...♪

This...

isn't my limit yet.

♪Let's gaze above♪

Do my best

and leave no regrets!

You only know fire counters metal.

But do you know

that ice counters fire?

♪The dancing light, the shattered wave♪

♪Are all my helpless, drifting haze♪

♪The boiling frost, the stubborn stare♪

♪Are all the pride I'll never wear♪

♪Your shoulder, your tear-bright eyes♪

♪Are the strength that lifts my dreams to the skies♪

♪Stay with me♪

♪Let's gaze above♪

♪It's your light, your storms♪

♪Your watchful eyes, that set the night alight♪

♪And lead me♪

♪Sailing afar♪

A fleeting moment in the mortal world

is a thousand years in the illusion.

Master Dragon Deity,

I will bring Ji Ling back.

Your weapon's gone,

and you still won't give up?

The blade's gone,

but I'm still here.

Today, I am going to defeat you!

Who says

a weasel

can't beat a nine-tailed fox?

Wu Shiguang,

this time,

I...

I didn't

hold you back.

You'd better not

lock me

inside the Cosmic Pouch again.

♪Clad in golden scales, I gaze from the valley high♪

♪Wiping away the dark to let the moonlight shine♪

♪Through all joys and sorrows♪

♪Bitter and sweet♪

♪The moon stays by my side♪

♪Its light is my most precious scale♪

♪The moon accompanies me as I roam the mortal world♪

♪She looks at me and says, you're not alone tonight♪

"An old soul..."

[The old dragon falls. The new dragon rises.]

[Heaven and earth tremble. Chaos fills the world.]

[An old soul returns against time.] "Returns against time."

[A new moon reshapes the world.]

You're back.

I am.

And

so are they.

♪If you're the moon, I'll be falling snow...♪

Master.

♪I truly miss the taste of your tears♪

♪So please♪

♪Don't say goodbye before the sun fades from view♪

♪So please♪

♪Don't say goodbye before the sun♪

Why are you all back?

Because Ji Ling has already awakened the people

of the Formless Moon.

Wake.

♪Asking the night why it keeps me bound♪

♪Has anyone heard my call?♪

♪Like a feather waiting for its final fall♪

♪I would buy osmanthus and wine again, but I'm no longer young♪

♪A speck of dust weighs heavy on my heart and throat♪

♪I pace back and forth, counting footprints, too afraid to look up♪

♪Trapped like rainwater in a lake♪

♪So many dawns and dusks in pouring rain♪

♪Twilight weighs down beyond our sight♪

♪Trapping us small souls so tight♪

♪So many lives, like a speck of dust♪

♪Yet every tiny me speaks loud and just♪

Wang,

the Four Pillars have been corrupted

by the evil energy inside Jiu Ying.

Only by sacrificing

the Formless Moon power within us

can we cleanse that evil energy.

The wrong was ours.

Let us make amends ourselves.

Wang,

we leave

the rest to you.

Save this world

we have guarded for a millennium.

What is it?

What did the Moon Summoning Pearl say?

Nothing.

The sisters have all come to their senses.

They're repairing the Four Pillars.

The collapse has stopped.

Looks like they're all restored.

I'll check on the Golden Scale Tree.

Be careful.

I've got it covered here.

You're still alive?

Too bad Lu Wuyi thought

you were truly dead.

She was so heartbroken

that even her soul

scattered into nothing.

Jiu Ying,

you killed Wu.

Today,

I will make sure your soul is utterly destroyed.

Lu Wuyi,

you woke up again?

I told you,

the one who should get out

is you.

Wu.

Ji,

Jiu Ying has been trying to take control.

Ji,

do it.

Kill me.

Since I was created, I've been controlled

my whole life.

This time,

I want to be my true self.

Help me,

Ji.

Form up.

Qisha of the Southern Dipper.

Tiantong of the Southern Dipper.

Pojun of the Northern Dipper.

In positions!

♪In this world of black and white, there's always one flower blooming bright♪

♪The weak may bow, but someone always steps ahead♪

♪As the moon shifts, blade-like scales cry out with gleaming edge♪

♪A vow of double flowers, to guard tomorrow together♪

♪Moon and scales shine in radiant splendor♪

♪As the winds rise, dragons and foxes cry in strife♪

♪At the world's end, the destined soul rides proud and free♪

♪Soaring high on the wind♪

♪I will gather the stars and cradle the moon for you♪

♪Bearing treasured fragments of wonder♪

♪Behold the moon and scales in radiant splendor♪

♪There's always one flower blooming bright♪

♪The weak may bow, but someone always steps ahead♪

♪As the moon shifts, blade-like scales cry out with gleaming edge♪

♪A vow of double flowers, to guard tomorrow together♪

Master.

You Chi.

Wangyan,

I did great

this time.

She said

a weasel

couldn't beat a nine-tailed fox,

but

look,

I still beat her.

I helped, didn't I?

Oh, right.

Look.

I was

so smart this time.

Wu Shiguang

won't get to call me

an idiot again.

Do you know?

Wu Shiguang

always says

that when danger comes,

I'm the type to dig a hole and hide in it.

Before you came,

I was so sad,

because I was going to die here alone,

and no one would ever know.

Wu Shiguang

must think I ran away again.

Oh,

right.

Remember to tell him

that I...

I really...

really did my best.

I did...

I did my best.

You Chi.

You Chi!

♪And through the winter cold, it stayed with me♪

♪Up the hill, arms open wide, we sing♪

♪You and me, we fear not a thing♪

♪Life may sigh, but with our flesh and bone♪

♪We brave the storm, and claim the truths we own♪

♪Life may sigh, but with our flesh and bone♪

♪We brave the storm, and claim the truths we own♪

How?

Lu Wuyi's soul was unusually resilient.

I was never able to find

a way to erase it completely.

I should thank you,

Wu Shiguang.

With your Dragon Deity's Power,

you wiped out

the last trace of her soul

and let me own this body completely.

Why won't Lu Wuyi's body die?

[The old dragon falls. The new dragon rises.]

[Heaven and earth tremble. Chaos fills the world.]

[An old soul returns against time. A new moon reshapes the world.]

The Oracle Stone is missing a piece.

The Oracle Stone!

Besides a fragment

of Jiu Ying's spirit,

a fragment of the Oracle Stone is in her too.

Wu's body

was made from the flesh and blood of nine-tailed foxes.

It has the power of rebirth

granted by the Formless Moon.

If she also has the Oracle Stone's

ever-living divine power,

then...

Is there really no other way?

"An old soul returns against time.

A new moon reshapes the world."

A new moon...

There is still one way.

And it's the only way.

You've thought of it too.

What is it?

Turn back time

and go back to the past

to stop Lu Wuyi from ever being born.

In other words,

erase Lu Wuyi's existence completely.

Didn't Lonescale tell you?

The recent past of a few days can be changed.

But Lu Wuyi was born 50 years ago.

To go back that far

and change the past?

A fool's dream.

"A new moon reshapes the world."

Since the Oracle Stone

gave such a prophecy,

it means

this is destined to happen.

I was a fallen star from beyond the heavens.

I'm not bound by the laws of this world.

There was one question

I spent my whole life pondering.

Even after bitter years of cultivation,

I could never solve it.

You bear extraordinary power from beyond the heavens.

Slaughter

is not your only choice.

I hope that one day,

you'll find the true meaning of coming to this world

after crossing

countless galaxies.

For the past thousand years,

I have asked myself

why I came to this world

and what

I could do for it.

Now I understand.

After I crossed the galaxies

and came to this world,

I brought disaster upon it

and gave rise to Jiu Ying.

So

it should be me who brings him to an end

and saves this world.

♪It's your light♪

♪Your storms, your watchful eyes♪

♪That set the night alight♪

♪And lead me through the fight♪

♪Jade in the lake, sand in my hand♪

♪Let bitter seeds grow, let fate bloom♪

♪Face in the mirror, veiled in mist♪

♪Till snow has kissed dark hair to white♪

♪Night lamp burning by the old table♪

♪Stitch by stitch, mending moonlight♪

♪The dancing light, the shattered wave♪

♪Are all my helpless, drifting haze♪

♪The boiling frost, the stubborn stare♪

♪Are all the pride I'll never wear♪

♪Your shoulder, your tear-bright eyes♪

♪Are the strength that lifts my dreams to the skies♪

♪Stay with me, let's gaze above♪

♪Nowhere to rest, nowhere to hide♪

♪Bare in body yet boundless inside♪

♪Nothing to seek, nothing to erase♪

♪Like water gone, like the formless moon♪

♪Let every dream and wild desire♪

♪Forge the edge that lifts us higher♪

♪Bells through endless time, sun and moon alike in shine♪

♪Love and hate all earn their crown♪

♪It's your light♪

♪Your storms, your watchful eyes♪

♪That set the night alight♪

♪And lead me sailing afar♪