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I didn't expect you to come.

I didn't either.

You came to ask who you really are,

right?

No.

I came to find you

to ask

where Wu Wangyan is.

Even this Moon Summoning Pearl can't find her.

Look at this Shilin Sect.

Over a thousand years,

there are too many power seals here.

Even I can't undo them.

And the Formless Moon

has existed since Nuwa's time.

There are also too many ancient seals there.

A tiny Moon Summoning Pearl could hardly do anything.

Greetings, Master Chi Wen.

What's wrong?

To our surprise, inside the Shilin Sect,

there is a fragment of Jiu Ying's spirit.

And it's hidden on one of us.

So it's you!

You must know what I want to discuss with you.

Yes.

This secret

has long been kept in my heart.

You were afraid the other members would find out,

so you asked to see me alone.

Stop pretending, Jiu Ying.

Stop defiling her merciful face.

You are braver than I thought.

If I really carry a fragment of Jiu Ying's spirit,

then doesn't that mean…

Jiu Ying knows everything about me?

Bai Ze's Eastern Purple Lightning can suppress evil spirits.

Wear it,

and it can temporarily suppress Jiu Ying's spirit.

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

Aside from the two fragments inside the Oracle Stone,

we've gathered all 78 fragments in this world.

I didn't expect the one that remained lost all this time

would be on you.

I'm going to the Formless Moon to save someone.

Maybe we can go together.

We can destroy the last two fragments in the Oracle Stone.

The Oracle Stone is a sacred stone created by Pan Gu and Nuwa together.

Ordinary power can hardly damage it.

Only by gathering the Dragon Deity's Power

might there be a chance to destroy it.

What about Wu Wangyan?

I promise you.

She will be saved.

And

Lu Wuyi is there too.

We're about to enter the Sacred Spring.

Why did the Queen summon Wangyan alone?

Hui,

you're the closest to Wangyan.

Do you know what's going on?

I don't know.

Wangyan…

didn't tell me anything.

It may be out of your reach

to deal with me.

I've been wondering

why your memories were always fragmented

every time we entered the Sacred Spring.

Turns out you suspected me all along

and removed some memories you didn't want me

and your sisters to know.

Right?

Yes.

But tonight, if I share my memories with them,

all of them will know

that you are Jiu Ying.

You won't get the chance.

The Tenth Dragon Son

can help you kill Chi Wen.

You know too much.

You deserve to die.

Keep me alive…

and I can help you.

I am his weakness.

He'll obey you for my sake…

I need your help?

Have you forgotten

what I'm best at?

When I wiped out the Flood Dragon clan,

I transferred the spirit fragment in you

into Wu Shiguang's body.

No way…

Then how did you appear in the Oracle Stone?

The Oracle Stone has three fragments.

Back then,

one fragment was used to control you to slaughter the Flood Dragon clan.

The rest remain

in the Oracle Stone.

You're right, though.

Keeping you alive can indeed be his weakness.

No.

Get close to Wu Shiguang.

Try to get his prayer beads and bring them to me.

So you and the Dragon Deity

have been plotting all along.

I will find out the truth and prove Wangyan hasn't betrayed us.

Wangyan,

why are you so fragrant today?

You deceived Wangyan, using her to do your work.

What's your purpose exactly?

When we go back and enter the Sacred Spring,

your plan with Wangyan

will be known by the Queen.

Without memory sharing,

would you tell your Queen?

Wangyan.

Everything I said to the Dragon Deity was a lie.

I was just playing along

to carry out the Queen's mission.

Really?

Greetings, Master.

I'm sorry, Master.

I ask to quit the Dragon-Slaying mission.

See?

The fated one can't escape fate after all.

Master,

what exactly does

"fated one" mean?

When the time comes, you'll understand.

Where's Wangyan?

Where did she go?

She's…

in quiet reflection.

There's no moon tonight.

The moon is always there, just hiding for now.

The other moons are all bright and clear.

Poets write verses praising them.

Do you think

that moon no one can see

would feel sad?

What other moons?

There is only one moon, just in different phases.

We…

are one.

Wangyan,

if one day,

no one can see me anymore,

will you remember me?

Silly,

we'll be together forever.

Wuyi,

I'm sorry…

I lied to you.

No need to apologize.

I lied to you too.

The Queen had me watch you.

I know about your partnership

with Ji Ling.

So you told the Queen?

Do you hate me?

No.

I could never hate you.

Aren't you going to ask why I'm here?

If the Queen sent me to kill you,

you wouldn't hate me?

No.

If I die by your hand,

at least it wouldn't hurt.

Wu Wangyan…

What do you really want?

I don't know.

But I know

what I don't want.

Not even your life?

Not even your own life?

I don't want my hands to be forever stained with blood.

I don't want Jiu Ying to keep controlling me,

stirring up killing and hatred in this world.

I don't want to be a moon…

that only lights up mass graves.

Do it.

Wuyi, what's wrong?

Wangyan…

I never told the Queen.

I would never betray you.

I came to ask you…

if you still remember…

the words you once said to me.

I have never forgotten.

Then why did you leave me behind and go alone?

Because this path…

is too dangerous.

I didn't want you to walk it.

Because my enemy is too terrifying.

So I couldn't tell you.

The danger…

the truth…

even my guilt toward you…

None of it could be said.

Enemy?

Danger?

You mean…

the Queen?

The Queen…

is Jiu Ying.

When the real Queen passed,

her power had faded.

We missed her so much,

so when Jiu Ying wore her skin and showed up,

we deceived ourselves into believing she had gained

the power of endless rebirth like us.

He impersonated the Queen,

faking the Oracle Stone's prophecy,

ordering us to sow killing and hatred in this world.

He called it the balance of the world,

and we believed it without question.

But Xiaowei saw through him.

Wangyan,

she is no longer the kind Queen we knew.

The Formless Moon is now filled with only cruelty and slaughter.

Let me go.

You should find a way and escape too.

Xiaowei is a traitor.

Can her words be trusted?

I am a traitor too.

Then do you believe my words?

Who dares trespass?

Aren't you afraid of perishing?

Dragon Deity?

Since you know who I am,

why don't you back off?

The Formless Moon is beyond this world,

not bound by its rules.

We respect what you've done for all living things,

but that doesn't mean we obey you.

Master Dragon Deity, please leave.

Where is Wu Wangyan?

-Let her out. -How dare you!

Moon spirit invoked, your radiance eternal, arise!

By the fox's call, lend me your souls!

Formless Moon members, come forth.

Kneel before me.

Obey me.

You guys go save them.

I'll handle things here.

Wu Wangyan?

Wu Wangyan!

I told you I would find you.

How did you know where the Formless Moon is?

Chi Wen knows.

He's here too?

Yes.

I want to know

who I really am.

Knowing who you can be

is more important than that.

All memories are paths you've walked,

a burden not worth turning back to walk again.

Forward is the way to go.

But if I don't know who I am,

I don't know which way to go.

If you really want to know it, just go ask that butterfly demon.

I'm teaching him reason,

but you're teaching him to break the rules!

Master Chi Wen strictly forbids

anyone to approach the butterfly demon.

Why be so obedient?

Li Jie, while Master is away,

sneak in and find out.

What do you say?

Do you really think you can easily take Wu Wangyan away?

Do you really think I'm here to save Wu Wangyan?

Dragon hearts as one,

all to source return,

all barriers break!

It worked!

Even the Dragon Deity's Power can't break Jiu Ying's seal.

Jiu Ying has been absorbing the Oracle Stone's power,

growing stronger.

And Wu Shiguang only has two pieces of the Dragon Deity's Power.

It's not enough.

I also have one piece inside me.

No!

If you give it up, you'll die.

Xiaowei and Wu Zhiqi died

because Yuan Wuhuo forcibly took their Dragon Deity's Power

and damaged their spiritual veins.

If I give mine willingly, I'll be fine.

Master Chi Wen saved me with this power

that was never mine.

Returning it is only right.

Dragon hearts as one,

all to source return,

all barriers break!

From now on,

you are neither demon nor human.

In this world, you will be a unique existence

and also the loneliest of its kind.

From this moment,

you are Chi Wen, the last Dragon Deity in this world.

So how long must I deceive the world?

Until the Dragon's tenth son awakens as a true dragon,

your duty will be done.

I didn't come here to be your enemy,

but to seek cooperation.

Don't trust me?

If I hadn't told you about Wu Wangyan's betrayal

and the Taotie artifact,

you might still be dancing in her palm even now.

Since she has betrayed you,

all her memories are stored inside the Taotie artifact.

If you don't believe me,

you can see for yourself.

Wu Wangyan is pitiful.

She trusted you, helped you,

but never knew she was just a pawn in your game.

For great goals, small costs are nothing.

But you're pitiful too.

You're just a pawn in Chi Wen's game.

That's right.

Chi Wen wants me to wait for the tenth son,

then hand over the Dragon Deity's throne I worked so hard to build.

All those centuries of suffering

would be a joke then?

So…

Jiu Ying, we should work together.

My goal aligns with yours,

to slay the dragon deity.

Even if Chi Wen dies, there's still the tenth son.

How could a false deity like you ever take the throne?

I intended to seize the Dragon Deity's Power

to stop Wu Shiguang from rising.

But Yuan Wuhuo meddled,

and things went awry, unexpectedly helping Wu Shiguang.

Since he's destined to be a dragon,

let him do the slaying.

Besides,

doesn't this play right into the self-protection

they set up out of fear?

Only the Dragon Deity's Power

can kill a dragon deity.

And that is such a grave crime

that the slayer, too, will be consumed by its curse.

Then the throne

will be mine forever.

What are you waiting for?

You've been trapped in Chi Wen's broken body

for so many years.

You should know I didn't lie.

Isn't that right?

The Dragon's tenth son…

Only the Dragon Deity's Power can slay a dragon deity.

So Jiu Ying will use the tenth son to kill me,

so his true form can break free from my body.

The Dragon's tenth son?

Interesting.

You also sent butterfly demons to seize the tenth son from the Dragon Abyss.

That's right.

That outer-world being, Xie Lingxi, is indeed something.

However, he's too confident.

He thought hiding the son among the flood dragons

with scales and horns too would be safe enough

to protect him.

Too bad.

I still found the tenth son.

You had the Formless Moon pose as the Shilin Sect

and slaughtered the Flood Dragon clan,

making Xie Lingxi suspicious of the Shilin Sect,

so he hid the son deeper.

The tenth son vanished without a trace.

Suspicion

is the best weapon against the human heart.

The Shilin Sect had no news of the tenth son,

but I always knew where he was.

That's because you planted a fragment of spirit inside him.

But Wu Shiguang has grown up,

yet he hasn't become a dragon, which made me suspicious.

So,

you sent the Six-Eyed Butterfly.

Yes.

I had him devour a person

to obtain his consciousness and memories.

I knew…

you would come.

Tell me, who exactly are you?

I am you.

And that person

was the former hunter commander of the Shilin Sect,

plagued by the Wasting Sickness

and long missing,

Yuan Wuhuo.

You should be familiar with him.

When I found Yuan Wuhuo,

he was a decaying man waiting to die alone in a cave.

Aging, gravely wounded beasts

will all, in their final moments,

go alone into hidden forests or deep caves.

They don't want their own kind to witness their death.

That is their final pride.

SERVE THE SCALES, UPHOLD THE RIGHT

Who are you? Where are you from?

I don't remember.

What do you remember?

It seems…

I have a younger brother.

It seems…

I need to find him.

To my surprise, it took the Six-Eyed Butterfly decades

to fully consume the consciousness and memories of Yuan Wuhuo.

His will was unyielding, rare in this world.

He truly was a stubborn man.

Even the most stubborn one can't outlast time.

The mortal lifespan is their greatest shackle.

Yuan Wuhuo is no more.

After that,

the Six-Eyed Butterfly roamed the world in his form.

When the Six-Eyed Butterfly returned to your side,

you learned of the tenth son's secret.

It's coming soon.

Master Chi Wen entrusted the tenth son to a very capable person to raise.

When he comes of age, he will come to you.

When he comes of age, will he become a dragon?

Like Master Chi Wen,

majestic and powerful, soaring through the heavens?

The tenth son is special.

He was created from nine reverse scales.

He needs four pieces of the Dragon Deity's Power

to awaken and become a dragon.

First, his scales form.

Second, his claws grow.

Third, his horns sprout.

Fourth, his eyes ignite.

You were eager to obtain the Dragon Deity's Power

to enter Wu Shiguang's body,

so you used the fragment of spirit planted within him.

And subtly,

you gave him hints, leading him to Luo'an City.

Every step after that,

it's hard to say whether it was Wu Shiguang's own will

or your influence driving him.

Everything you said is correct.

But for your spirit fragment to fully control him,

you still need to find the dark sides in his heart.

Wu Shiguang is not weak-willed.

After possessing him for so long,

you've never found a way to break his will.

Not before,

but now I have.

You mean Wu Wangyan?

Nothing breaks a person's spirit more than losing what they love most.

After all these years,

you still don't understand the human heart enough.

Wu Shiguang already knows about her role in slaughtering the Flood Dragon clan.

His feelings for her now are complex.

If you kill her now, it will only make him

more determined to fight against you.

You have a better idea?

Let him rescue Wu Wangyan,

let them rekindle their bond, let their feelings grow deeper.

Once he gathers all the Dragon Deity's Power

and his love for her runs deep,

I'll kill Wu Wangyan before his eyes.

He'll surely break down then.

You can take the chance

to seize his body.

Then go to the Dragon Abyss,

kill Chi Wen, and free your true form from within his body.

What do you think?

And you?

What do you want?

I want to remain the Dragon Deity.