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Oh, where's your master?

Wu Zhiqi's here again.

Your master said if Wu Zhiqi can beat him,

your Star Stone will be Wu's.

Is that true?

Maybe the fragment of the Star Stone

that Wu Zhiqi has now was won from your master?

Hard to say.

Did it burn you?

I just can't see very well.

I'm not blind yet.

There.

Your mother's eye problem isn't your fault.

She was from a Flood Dragon branch.

They lived underground all year,

never seeing the light.

Then she fell in love with my father.

Ignoring her family's opposition,

she married him

and came to live on the surface.

She always said…

love…

can bring a person

from darkness to light.

Only,

her branch of the clan

had lived underground so long

that their eyes couldn't handle the sun's glare.

Slowly,

she went blind.

See?

Love can also bring a person from light to darkness.

Isn't that right?

My mother once said

two people

are like two different rivers.

To merge into one,

they must change their own courses.

Even if the world goes dark…

two people in love

can always see each other.

It's dark.

Let's head home.

It's already dark?

No wonder I can't see clearly.

Your master has extraordinary experience and skills,

yet even he doesn't know where you came from.

Still, the legendary demon monk

actually stays behind to watch the house,

teaching a child.

Aren't you curious?

I am.

I ask him often,

but he just stays quiet.

He probably has some unspoken pain.

Since I was young,

he rarely talked about himself.

He just taught me skills day after day.

I used to ask him,

what's the use of learning all this?

Can it catch more fish?

What did your master say?

He said…

it's to survive.

Do you think

Xie Lingxi knows

where the Star Stone is?

Possibly.

But it's been a long time

since you've mentioned the Star Stone.

Finding it

means leaving here.

You've changed.

Before, you'd say

finding the Star Stone

would allow you to leave.

After we get out,

will we still live like this?

Of course not.

Once we're out,

you'll become even more beautiful.

No more white hair.

And your eyes

will see the stars again.

Who says I can't see the stars now?

Actually, as time goes by,

I don't want to leave as much anymore.

I like it here.

That's why I need to find out

why those killers

destroyed such beautiful times.

What's wrong?

Thanks for the everlasting flower.

I lost the bet, fair and square.

I'm just curious,

why did you give me this?

Did Ji Ling tell you to?

When you said your love for me

is like this everlasting flower, that it'll never wither,

was that sincere?

I'm just good at acting. I've been around you.

I picked it up from you.

Sometimes good acting comes from true feelings.

Is it pretty?

Master Chi Wen,

the Star Stone is already within reach.

So,

how about

-we just get married here? -Hey…

How can you just do it casually?

I meant while we're at it!

Don't twist my meaning.

The real killer's still hidden.

That demon could possess you at any moment.

To avoid more trouble, I don't agree.

Once we get the Star Stone, we leave immediately.

So you're worried about me?

Don't worry.

I've already figured it out.

I… I smell it.

It's realgar.

As expected of a well-read pharmacology genius.

You can even smell that.

I am a well-read pharmacology genius.

It really works.

It works…

Stay there.

Here.

Enjoy your meal.

I'll pick it up.

Even getting a cup

needs someone's help.

So you're upset, right?

For centuries, you were a demon of legend,

now trapped in a body with weak magic

that can't even see the world.

If it were me,

I'd be upset too.

When we get out,

I'll blindfold you,

and then toss you onto the street.

Okay.

Deal.

Here.

Have your meal now.

Right here.

I made you a walking stick.

Try it.

See if you like it.

No.

Just try it.

No!

You old geezer.

I look like a young man.

You said it. Look like.

Just wait.

I'll get stronger and come back.

After all these years,

Wu Zhiqi has never beaten your master even once.

Though he comes to challenge you every month,

Master, you don't seem to hate him.

It feels more like old friends reuniting,

not enemies.

I am a fallen soul,

wandering alone in the world.

What old friends would I have?

I've been bored too long.

A bit of drama

is a nice change.

But Wu Zhiqi's obsession with the Star Stone runs deep.

What if he snaps and loses himself?

What are you worried about?

What if he resorts to murder

or outright theft?

Father.

Di Zhu?

Father. Go back now.

Get some good rest.

I was worried your Word Magic might suddenly fail again.

The Star Stone should be in there. Let's go.

Careful.

What are you waiting for? Get in here.

Coming!

Move.

I thought you wanted to spar again.

Why did you bring me here?

You'll know once we're inside.

Careful.

ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, STAR STONE CAVE

Move.

ONE HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS AGO STAR STONE CAVE

FIFTY YEARS AGO, STAR STONE CAVE

ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Let me go first. In case there's danger.

Who are you?

Why are you here?

Who are you?

My name is Tian Di.

Tian Di, as in "heaven and earth"?

What an arrogant name.

Why are you here?

I've always been here.

No reason.

But I've never seen strangers before.

Since you've been here so long,

tell me,

where is the Star Stone?

I…

am the Star Stone.

HURRICANE CATASTROPHE

Little spider,

where are you going today?

Tasty.

What's this?

It just rained, so some mushrooms grew.

I picked them from the mountain.

What's rain?

Thank you.

You taught me to speak,

to read,

to control my power,

and not to harm people.

You even cook all this good food for me.

Let me give you a spell in return.

This is a petrification spell.

It can turn anything into stone.

It can protect you

when you're in danger.

But I hope you never have to use it

and never face danger.

Why are you giving this to me?

Because you're a good person.

No.

The longevity peach should be in the left hand.

Chieftain,

may I take a look at this clay figurine?

This one's fake!

All things begin in chaos

and form heaven and earth.

That's the origin of my name.

Hundreds of years ago,

I was just a stone from beyond the sky.

By chance, I fell onto the land of Aodeng.

Because my surface shimmered like stars,

you called me the Star Stone.

Later, I took human form.

Through fate, I met Wu Zhiqi.

After that,

I've stayed here ever since.

Who are you?

Why are you here?

We're from the Shilin Sect.

We're here to save you.

Save me?

Wu Zhiqi has you tied up and locked away here for so long.

Don't you want to be saved?

He didn't imprison me.

He's protecting me.

Wu Zhiqi is a good man.

He said I'm a weapon.

Once out of control, I could bring great disasters.

So I can't leave.

Back then, I stole the Star Stone,

thinking it could cure illness

and raise the dead.

But it turned out

to be the most terrifying weapon in the world.

So you imprisoned him.

Yes.

I had no choice but to deceive him

and keep him locked away here.

Wu Zhiqi deceived you.

Am I not a weapon?

You truly are the most terrifying weapon in the world.

But he imprisoned you here,

not to protect you or protect the world.

He just wanted to use you.

Use me?

By midnight tonight,

he'll send you to the battlefield,

making you a divine weapon to slaughter humans.

I don't believe it.

He's a good man.

He wouldn't lie to me.

Fifty years ago,

the Star Stone exploded,

laying waste for miles.

Not a single human survived.

The Green Apes managed to survive

with demon magic,

but they fell to an incurable disease

due to the explosion's intense light.

My clan grew weaker,

like wilted plants,

losing all vitality,

suffering unbearably.

I couldn't cure them,

but I couldn't bear to see them in such pain.

So I used the petrification spell.

But later, I found out

I was wrong.

I didn't stop their suffering.

Instead, I brought them endless torment.

Who are you?

You've been deceived.

Though their bodies have turned to stone,

their spirits remain conscious.

They were supposed to die quickly

from the pain of their illness, freed from their misery.

But you trapped them here,

suffering for all eternity, with no end.

That's impossible…

That's impossible!

We were born with one more eye than others.

That's why we're called Six-Eyed Butterflies.

And we can hear sounds that others can't.

Do you want to hear them?

It hurts so much!

Wu Zhiqi, save me, please!

Just let me die!

For 50 years,

my people

have been stuck here, suffering endlessly,

without a glimmer of hope.

Moss covers their bodies.

Tian Di gave me the petrification spell,

but never told me how to undo it.

Why didn't you…

ask him?

Because Tian Di…

also died in that explosion.

I used the Heavenly Punishment Lock

to imprison myself in the Blackwater River,

praying the river would wash away my sins

until the end of my life.

Wu Zhiqi.

Wu Zhiqi.

But then,

Master Chi Wen found me.

The Star Stone still exists.

You still have hope.

Find it,

undo the petrification,

and make up for your mistakes.

When we were drinking earlier,

for a moment,

I really felt we were friends who held nothing back.

But for my people,

forgive me.

Don't touch the Star Stone.

It's mine.

I knew it.

You dared to lie to me!

You all conspired against me?

Is what they said true?

I once told you

the world is colorful and magnificent.

But in this world,

there are many choices

that can only be black or white.

I had no choice.

You also told me,

exchange sincerity for sincerity, that's friendship.

Exchange sincerity for sincerity,

that's friendship.

Exchange blades for blades,

that can also be friendship.

Exchange blades for blades,

that can also be friendship.

Then which one are we?

You and I…

are the latter.

You…

So your master…

Is the Star Stone.

Wu Zhiqi,

do you think he's still Man Man?

He was possessed long ago.

His target is the Star Stone too.

You've been used.

Why are you so quiet today?

Acting all solemn and mature.

Man Man,

what's the name

of my younger brother?

See?

Yuan.

Your younger brother's name is Yuan.

The war between humans and demons

began with the Yuan Clay Incident.

And "Yuan" comes from the name

of Wu Zhiqi's younger brother,

Yuan.

Trying to sow discord between us?

Man Man,

combine our power, the Gale-Swept Sand.

You don't even know that move?

You really aren't Man Man.

Lu Wuyi…

Who knows what happens if we die in the illusion?

Will the me out there…

die too?

Even the everlasting flower…

can't last forever either.

Everyone says

the Dragon Deity feels no joy or sorrow,

his heart like a sacred altar,

untouched by dust.

I've never seen…

that look on your face before.

You do care about me,

don't you?

I have one more thing to say.

Go ahead.

Lu Wuyi?

Lu Wuyi?

My love for Di Zhu

is like this beautiful everlasting flower!

It will never fade.

I want an honest answer from you.

Are you…

or are you not…

Ji Ling?

Lu Wuyi…