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It's you?

It's me.

We meet again,

old friend.

You once told me

that besides the Spirit-Binding Ring on your hand,

the other half of the Spirit-Storing Jade

had been sealed inside the Mist-Blood Cave,

the most treacherous, perilous place in the world.

One wrong step,

and you'd die without a trace.

But look.

I still went there, took the jade,

and turned it into a magical artifact.

Pretty, isn't it?

You're going to such lengths

to obtain the Dragon Deity's Power.

What exactly is that for?

I don't believe you're only acting on Jiu Ying's orders.

What for?

Naturally,

to drag you down from that hollow divine throne.

Ji Ling!

Stay.

Don't force me to use Word Magic on you again.

My power may be weaker than yours,

but I'm on guard against you every second now.

It won't be that easy

for you to control me.

Shiguang.

Shiguang.

Shiguang.

Wu Shiguang?

Wu Shiguang.

Wu Shiguang.

Wu Shiguang.

It's all right. I'm right here.

I… I…

You don't have to say anything.

I understand.

I…

I'm just…

a little tired.

I want you to stay…

with me.

Why didn't you leave earlier?

I'm blind.

Where could I have gone?

It's so cold here.

I want to go home.

I'm afraid

we won't

get the Star Stone after all.

It's all right.

At least Wu Shiguang

has left

safely.

Do you remember?

You still owe me a favor.

How about this?

Grant me one request after we get out.

All right.

Go ahead. Whatever it is,

I promise I'll do it.

I'll do it.

Don't…

Don't hate me.

Why isn't it working yet?

It worked!

Lucky us. Now we can save them.

Let's go.

What happened?

Is this discrimination against demons?

With lustrous light, let all evil be undone!

Good thing I got sent here.

Had it been the skinny Hua Qi instead,

he wouldn't have been able to carry you.

Open up!

Open up! Open up!

I'm still out here! Open up!

Master… Master Xi?

Father?

Chi, get back.

That isn't Xie Lingxi.

That's Jiu Ying.

How did Jiu Ying turn into Master Xi?

Before Xie Lingxi died,

he left behind the last of his power in his own tombstone

to protect Wu Shiguang.

But unexpectedly, his great power

also drew in Jiu Ying's spirit fragment.

Who would've thought? After 1,000 years,

I still got the chance to take root in the Star Stone.

All these years,

those double-flower hunters

have destroyed so many of my spirit fragments.

Despicable.

And now they've delivered themselves right to my door.

I'll let them all die in there.

Father.

Father, what do we do?

I can't beat him.

Don't give up.

Stop making a fool of yourselves here.

The Star Stone is about to shatter.

They'll be trapped inside forever.

Even a tiny ant

can bring down a mighty dragon or elephant.

Even a mayfly

can shake a towering tree.

Chi,

do you remember our family motto?

"Do your best."

I know

that even though you say it all the time,

you've never truly lived by it.

But today,

I will teach you what it really means

to do your best.

This fire striker is the sacred artifact of the weasel clan.

Its name is Ember.

If it senses that you truly mean to give everything you've got,

it will unleash a power

that can burn through anything.

Weasels should crawl back into their holes.

No!

Father!

Wonderful, Father!

You were amazing. You beat Jiu Ying.

Our clan is finally going to be famous.

We've produced a great hero.

This is such an honor.

What's wrong?

You silly child,

after today, no one will beat you

ever again.

-Have you forgotten the family motto? -No, I haven't.

Didn't you fail to do your best?

-I… I really did try my best. -You…!

Father. Father, what's wrong?

Good boy,

I hope you'll keep

your feet on the ground,

take everything seriously,

-and always do your best. -Father…

Father, get up.

I'll take you to Wu Shiguang. He has the Dragon Deity's Power.

He can save you, Father!

Father!

Father!

Father…

Father!

Father…

Father…

Father…

I promise…

I promise I'll do my best.

Father…

I'll never be like that again.

Father…

-Remember. -I promise…

-No matter what you are -Father, I promise…

-or how capable you are, -Father…

always give it everything you've got and do your best.

Only then can you live with no regrets.

You Chi.

I… I don't have a father anymore.

We're out of the illusion now.

Why is he still unconscious?

Take him back to the Shilin Sect first.

I'll examine him there.

I already put the fragment in my pouch.

Why can my artifact still sense Jiu Ying's evil aura?

Let's take them back to the Shilin Sect first.

Once we turn in these two spirit fragments of Jiu Ying's,

there will only be

three left in the world.

But those last three still haven't been detected at all.

What a headache.

We're taking Commander Li back to the Shilin Sect first.

You Chi,

your father was a hero.

He saved all our lives.

Take care.

Shiguang.

You again?

Master.

You've grown up.

This is only a trace of power

I left behind to protect you.

I can't hold this human form for long.

Protect me?

So you've been protecting me all along.

No wonder Wu Shiguang always manages to escape danger.

It was thanks to your protection

that I wasn't killed

by the curse on that beast trap.

Am I right?

No wonder it only worked with Wu Shiguang's blood.

As you probably know now,

my hands were once stained with blood.

Among the blood of sinners,

mine is there too.

I, too, was one of the guilty.

All the memories I had when I was alive are stored inside.

My blood resonates with my true form

and awakens the memories buried within.

And that

accidentally dragged all of you into my memories.

Master, in the Star Stone illusion,

you said you promised Chi Wen

you'd protect someone for him.

Who was it?

You already know the answer,

don't you?

He asked you to look after me

and guide me.

Was it because he felt guilty after slaughtering

the flood dragon clan?

Didn't you see the truth

in the illusion?

Chi Wen wasn't the one

who slaughtered the flood dragons.

The culprit

was always searching for a dragon's descendant.

I…

Am I Chi Wen's child?

Of course not.

You are his younger brother.

You are the Tenth Dragon Son.

Shiguang,

you remember the dragon-scale birthmark on your chest, right?

Before the Nine Dragons sacrificed themselves

and transformed into a vast mountain range to seal Jiu Ying away,

each of them removed their most precious reverse scale.

Those scales fused together

and became the Dragon Stone.

I stood watch as that Dragon Stone gave birth.

And so you came into being.

You are the world's

tenth dragon.

I'm a dragon?

Ever since the flood dragons were wiped out,

for all these decades,

I've spent every day and night training in the spells you taught me.

My hatred for dragons was what kept me going,

dragging out this painful life.

And now, after all this time,

you're telling me

I'm a dragon?

I'm a dragon?

So the flood dragons weren't wiped out because of Chi Wen.

It was because of me!

Even I didn't realize

those Shilin Sect hunters

were actually Jiu Ying in disguise.

I thought the Dragon Deity…

Chi Wen?

What about him?

Nothing.

Master,

why didn't you tell me sooner?

Shiguang,

your birth was tied to a heavy duty from the start.

I wanted you to have

a carefree childhood

before you learned the truth.

I never expected

your identity would bring disaster to the flood dragons.

The Dragon Deity's Power

has already begun entering your body, hasn't it?

His body?

Isn't the Dragon Deity's Power stored in the prayer beads?

Of course not.

First the scales.

Then the claws.

Then the horns.

And finally, the eyes.

Each time one share of the Dragon Deity's Power enters your body,

a petal-shaped scale mark

will appear on your forehead.

It is the sign

that you're gradually becoming a dragon.

Once you gather all four shares of the Dragon Deity's Power,

you'll become a true dragon.

Then,

you'll naturally understand everything.

For now, let me give you a hand

in obtaining the second share of the Dragon Deity's Power.

Will he end up like Xiaowei?

Once the Dragon Deity's Power leaves the body,

there's no turning back.

Old friend,

I'm here.

I did it.

The Star Stone is whole again,

and it's shining again.

Can you free my clansmen

from petrification now?

I can't.

Do you still hate me?

You were born the Star Stone with the whole world in your heart.

But because of me,

the world came to see you as evil.

You should hate me.

I'm a sinner.

But please,

save my clansmen.

They're innocent. They're in too much pain.

I've never hated you.

I just can't do it.

The petrification spell cannot be reversed.

Since ancient times,

that has always been the case.

That's impossible.

That's impossible.

Master Chi Wen told me

to find the Star Stone.

As long as the Star Stone still exists in this world,

there is still hope.

Find the Star Stone,

undo the petrification, and make amends for your sins.

He said

the Star Stone could save my clansmen.

I asked Chi Wen to say that.

Back then,

you imprisoned yourself in the Blackwater River.

Your will had collapsed.

All you wanted was to die.

So I thought

that maybe if you had hope,

you'd keep living.

I understand now.

You kept lying to Wu Zhiqi,

saying you hated him,

but really,

you were afraid that once he learned that petrification couldn't be undone,

he would lose the will to live.

You chose to die

so Wu Zhiqi could keep living.

Master…

Hope is like a tree that grows in the Ruined Sand.

Take the Crying Elm for example.

Though it takes root deep in scarred and battered soil,

its branches still climb toward the light.

Only with hope

can dead wood put out branches again.

Hope is also like a seed.

It needs time to grow

and time to heal.

When winter passes,

-reunion will come. -Xizai?

But what you gave me

wasn't a seed.

It was a lifeless stone.

That's why I've come to tell you the truth.

The grudges of these past centuries

should come to an end now.

Bai Ze,

I have one final wish.

Please ask Master Dragon Deity

to destroy my petrified clansmen.

Destroy them.

Put them

out of their misery.

Old friend.

Old friend…

You old geezer.

When we were drinking earlier,

for one moment,

I really felt like you were a friend I could tell anything to.

Master…

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…

Stop.

Yuan Wuhuo,

your name was meant to be a blessing.

But now, you have become Jiu Ying's pawn,

bringing disaster upon the world.

Xiaowei and Wu Zhiqi,

driven by your manipulation,

both walked down a path of self-destruction.

Master Dragon Deity,

you've got it wrong.

My name is now Yuan Wuhuo.

"Wuhuo" as in "to gain nothing."

I've long come to a realization.

Life is fleeting and filled with every kind of suffering.

Whatever one spends a lifetime chasing, in the end, it all amounts to nothing.

Only by no longer clinging to gain and possession

can one stop fearing loss.

Only with neither loss nor gain

can one remain true to one's real self.

I never thought

you would come back.

You should never have returned.

What is it?

Are you starting to feel the strain?

You don't have much demon power left, do you?

The water of the Blackwater River

can absorb demon power.

Wu Zhiqi imprisoned himself here back then

because he wanted to die.

So,

that's why you lured me here on purpose.

So many years have passed,

but you're as unguarded as ever.

Wrathful sandstorm, grant me your power.

Dragon Deity's Power?