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What a pity.

We were this close to finding the answer.

The prayer ceremony begins now.

Isn't the prayer ceremony supposed to be held two days before the wedding?

Besides,

I've already stolen the Radiant Moon.

What's going on?

People always say that the past can't be changed

and that years flow like water.

This is the first time I've felt it so vividly.

Humans

and demons alike,

even the Dragon Deity himself,

are so small before fate.

Inside the Star Stone is an illusion of the past.

Since it's the past,

it cannot be reversed or changed.

The moment something that could alter the past happens,

the illusion will shift and leap,

correcting itself automatically to erase the traces of error

and move on to the next

destined moment that cannot be changed.

You keep looking at me without saying anything.

What do you want?

If you'd known

you couldn't use demon magic just now,

would you still have stepped in front of me without hesitation?

Of course not. I'm not stupid.

What are you looking at?

The moon.

Don't be ridiculous.

The sky is pitch-black. Where's the moon?

It's there.

It's called Hui.

I've heard that everyone in the Formless Moon

has a mark on their arm.

Why don't you have one?

Because my moon phase is Hui.

Hui?

When you can't see the moon at night,

that moon phase

is Hui.

You said

that even if you were shattered to pieces,

you could still be reborn.

But will the reborn you

still be the original you?

The Primordial Sacred Spring can share

and preserve memories.

We are all reborn with memories.

That's incredible.

What does it feel like

to share memories with others?

It's hard to explain.

Is it really?

The Golden Scale Tree in the Shilin Sect has always had a special fragrance.

-You know that, right? -Of course.

Then how would you describe that scent to someone

who's never been to the Shilin Sect?

I think

I understand what you mean now.

Take

the special scent you carry for example.

I can't describe what it's like either.

You've described it plenty of times,

comparing it to wildflowers in a mountain valley

and heavy snow at an ancient temple.

Do I really carry a scent?

You do. You always think I'm lying to you.

Maybe it's just my natural scent.

There's no new moon in the sky,

just like I didn't exist in the Formless Moon either

at the very start.

When I was first born,

I always dreamed

that my sisters couldn't see me

when I was with them.

Wangyan,

thank you.

You're the only one who can see me.

You always hide in the dark.

Of course, the others can't see you easily.

But I can.

My heart

can feel where you are.

Later,

Wangyan always took me with her wherever she went.

And I never had those lonely dreams again.

Though the new moon exists,

barely anyone can see it.

Only those who care about it

will keep looking up

and search for it in all that darkness.

I can see it.

Whether it's the waxing and waning moon

or the stars spread across the sky,

they all have their own orbits.

No place

can ever replace another.

You're the Dragon Deity. Of course you wouldn't understand.

But even the Dragon Deity will fall.

My eight elder brothers

are all gone.

And one day,

I will

step down from this divine throne too.

Are you afraid

of falling,

of no longer being a deity revered by all?

Who would've thought?

The stone we've been searching for

is actually a person.

But didn't the Star Stone shatter in that Meteor Blast long ago?

Master Chi Wen,

the Dragon Deity, saved me.

I am disaster itself.

I am the abyss.

Why did you save me?

If all it takes is one pebble falling to break the silence,

then it is no longer an abyss.

You bear extraordinary power from beyond the heavens.

Slaughter is not your only choice.

Now that your chains are gone,

you are free.

So is your will.

It is up to you to choose

between slaughter and protection.

I hope that one day,

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

after crossing countless galaxies.

Master Chi Wen even gave me a dragon fang

and taught me how to control my power.

But in the end, countless lives were still lost because of me.

I couldn't forgive myself.

After that,

I became a monk and shaved my head.

From that day on, there was no more Star Stone and no more Tian Di.

Later, I wandered the mortal world, punishing the wicked.

And before I knew it, I had earned myself a new fearsome name.

No wonder people say

you returned to worldly life, fell into demonhood,

and became the demon monk

known as Xie Lingxi.

I was a demon to begin with. How could I "fall into demonhood"?

I had no name in the first place.

It makes little difference

what the world calls me.

But why did you come back here?

Why do you refuse to help Wu Zhiqi

lift the Petrification Curse from the Green Ape clan?

You're tormenting him

to take revenge on him, aren't you?

I've never resented him.

Why would I want revenge?

I came back

because of a promise I once made to Chi Wen.

I promised him

I would protect someone for him.

So,

I've hated the wrong person all along.

The slaughter of the flood dragon clan wasn't Shilin Sect or Chi Wen's doing.

Iced lotus seeds?

You can use demon magic again?

I made them in my room after the prayer ceremony.

When I was little,

Wangyan used to make them for me all the time.

They're crisp and refreshing.

It feels

like I've been apart from Wangyan forever.

Go on. Try them.

Once you've finished, we'll go get the Star Stone

and get out of here.

I forgot.

Master Chi Wen never eats what others give him.

I shouldn't have bothered.

Sometimes I think

about the real Di Zhu from over 1,000 years ago.

Do you think

she was foolish?

People often say that love is a gamble and that the heart is the stake.

But some people will wager everything they have,

even when they're battered and bruised.

But Di Zhu lost that gamble.

In the legend, Man Man was a killer.

But I think

Man Man truly loved Di Zhu.

Whether he did or not,

Man Man still deceived Di Zhu.

And I

hate deception more than anything.

Are you implying something?

You…

In the end, I still can't

leave this Star Stone illusion, can I?

A Star Stone illusion?

You mean

this is an illusion created by me?

I understand now.

In this illusion,

there is a truth that you don't want him to know.

So you want to kill the Star Stone

and see whether that can break the illusion.

My hands are already stained with blood.

A little more won't matter.

My weak point

lies one cun below my left collarbone.

Go on. Strike here.

Why?

Child,

the shackles in your heart

were not forged from your sins.

Your heart

has lost its way under pressure and self-torment.

That's why I cannot see your heart.

I'm willing to help free you from this sea of suffering.

The splendor in a dream

is, after all, illusory.

Only when the dream ends

does the truth appear.

But the truth

is too bitter.

For the past millennium, I've been asking myself

why I came into this world

and what

I could do for it.

Master Chi Wen, you're finally awake.

You were so well-behaved while you were asleep.

You poisoned the iced lotus seeds?

Don't make it sound so bad. It was only a sleeping draught.

Still,

getting you to lower your guard and obediently eat food from someone else

was truly difficult.

A fox really can't be trusted.

What exactly are you trying to do?

How can you sound so self-righteous

when you were the one who played tricks first?

Tell me.

Why did you pour out the realgar powder from my sachet?

Why are you dawdling? Come in.

I'm coming.

Are you that reluctant to leave?

Don't tell me you really want to stay and marry me.

Don't flatter yourself.

I just want to catch the killer.

Then I'm even more baffled.

What's the point?

This is an illusion of the past. None of this has anything to do with us.

What happened in the past can't be undone or changed.

So why go to all this extra trouble?

Don't you think it's suspicious?

A demon that can possess people and control them at will

has always been exceedingly rare.

Doesn't that remind you of anyone?

Jiu Ying?

You know the Star Stone better than anyone.

Do the illusions inside it belong to anyone?

Like dreams, whose memories are these illusions of the past

they've entered?

Among those who've entered the same illusion,

one of them is the master of that illusion.

It is a past they once lived through.

But the wonder of the Star Stone

is that the master's consciousness

enters someone else's body

to relive it all

as an observer.

That way,

the things that have confused them for years

can finally make sense when seen

through an outsider's eyes.

Take Wu Shiguang.

He traveled to his own childhood.

But he's reliving it

through his father Cang Hao's perspective.

So Wu Shiguang wants to find

the truth behind the destruction of the flood dragon clan?

No.

It's the Star Stone that wants them to know the answers.

-The Star Stone? -Didn't you see it too?

It's Xie Lingxi.

But the world Master Chi Wen and Lu Wuyi entered

was from 1,000 years ago.

It has nothing to do with either of them.

Who is the master

of that illusion?

Bai Ze,

why don't you ask me

who the master is

in Li Jie's illusion?

So you do know.

Who would've thought that Master Bai Ze, who knows everything under heaven,

would have secrets too?

Yuan Wuhuo.

Yuan Xizai.

How interesting.

How did you find out where the Star Stone was hidden?

Are there any other spies among the Green Ape clan?

Report!

Master Wu Zhiqi, Master Six-Eyed Butterfly has arrived.

-He's here to take the Star Stone. -All right.

This cage, like the chains on Tian Di,

is made of tough spirit sand.

Only the hardest obsidian can break it.

You can't escape.

And don't even think about taking Tian Di with you.

You really shouldn't be trapped here by me.

The world is vast,

but it is cruel too.

You can resent me or hate me,

but some roads

were destined for you and me all along.

Don't be sad.

He wants to let you go.

Fortunately, the birthday gift my little brother gave me years ago

was obsidian.

Only the hardest obsidian

can break it.

Wu Zhiqi

was reminding us on purpose.

Good for you, Man Man.

You knew where the Star Stone was

and didn't tell me?

The Star Stone isn't yours.

Why should he tell you?

You look human enough. Have you no shame?

I knew something was off with you.

Turns out you really did betray me.

This woman is clearly pure trouble.

A vixen through and through.

Then, do you know

that foxes never forget a grudge?

I still haven't settled the score for you killing me.

Killing you?

What do you mean, killing you?

I'll kill you now!

You…

You're only human.

Why are you immune to my magic?

Looks like Lu Wuyi

is even more formidable than we thought.

Bai Ze, you know the secrets of all demons.

What kind of power is this?

The more she's attacked by the same kind of magic,

the more she's able to absorb its power and grow immune to it.

I've been away from the world too long.

When did the people of the Formless Moon become this powerful?

-Be careful. -What are you scared of?

You killed me last time.

Now it's time you paid back that life.

What nonsense.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

-Hand over the Star Stone. -Don't act rashly.

Give me the Star Stone,

or I'll kill her right now.

I was telling her not to act rashly.

Kneel and obey me.

Don't kill him. The illusion will go haywire!

THE DAY OF THE HURRICANE CATASTROPHE

I'll cut his chains.

You go outside the cave first and see if there are any Green Ape guards.

All right.

AN HOUR BEFORE THE METEOR BLAST

A moth will fly into the flame,

even knowing it's wrong.

I am no different.

Master!

Why?

All things flourish and fade in their time.

Life and death are nothing strange.

I had hoped to see you through this,

but it seems…

Master…

Master!

THE DAY OF THE GREAT FREEZE

What happened?

The illusion seems to be jumping on its own.

It's correcting itself automatically.

Move that one over there.

Time's jumped that far ahead?

Di Zhu,

here's the Star Stone!

‎What?

That's easy.

What's going on?

How did everything suddenly change?

I don't know either.

You're finally here.

You've done well with the task we assigned you.

Hand him over. I'll take him back to the Shilin Sect.

The Shilin Sect will take good care of you.

I'll go see you later.

What are you doing?

There's something hidden inside you.

I'll help you take it out.

Wu Shiguang is in my hands now.

So it really was him.

If you want him safe,

lift the Petrification Curse from my clansmen.

Master…

Shiguang always calls you Master,

but in his heart,

he's always seen you as family.

You're no child anymore.

Why are you suddenly crying like one?

Don't worry.

I'll get Shiguang out.

So Master went to save me.

If he hadn't gone with Wu Zhiqi that day,

would everything have been different?

Today

is the day the flood dragon clan

is wiped out.

They're getting married!

They're getting married!

They're getting married!

They're getting married!

-So this isn't a dream. -Why didn't you pinch yourself?

-Because I'm not stupid. -I…

You know, that wedding robe looks good on you, Master Dragon Deity.

A true dragon looks good in anything.

No need to be surprised.

A Dragon Deity above mortal concerns is suddenly decked out in gold and silver,

about to wed.

How's that not surprising?

By the way, Master Dragon Deity,

do you have any experience with the wedding night?

Nothing unexpected will happen, right?

Wait for me.

Just wait here.

I'm not getting jilted, am I?

What is it?

Something good.

Trust me.

This guarantees nothing can go wrong.

Why are you smiling?

-You smiled first. -No, you smiled first.

-You did first. -You did first.

I did first.

If you make me fall, you're dead.

‎-Bravo! ‎-Bravo!

‎-Congratulations! ‎-Be happy together!

By Sacred Heaven above,

first bow to heaven and earth!

-With the ancestors as witness… -Wonderful!

Second bow to your kin!

Let the holy mountain bear witness

and the sacred waters seal your vow.

Third bow to each other!

I'm fine.

Ceremony complete.

Now kiss!

Di Zhu,

here's the Star Stone.

Come out, Little Nine.

Hold your breath. There's sleeping powder in the sandstorm.

The Star Stone.