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[Fate Chooses You]

[Episode 36]

Xin Mei,

is Lu back?

He's not here.

Didn't he go to Chongling Valley

to transform his heart?

Grandmaster didn't return to the Valley.

What?

Lu is missing.

He knocked me out.

After I woke up,

I went to Chongling Valley,

only to find he never went.

Therefore,

out of concern for him,

we came here together.

Landlady.

What month is it?

Why have the flowers outside

suddenly bloomed?

They really did.

We were in a hurry and didn't notice.

A Great Completion Stage cultivator is dispersing their cultivation.

Cultivators practice between heaven and earth,

absorbing the essence of the sun and moon.

They contend with all creation for spiritual energy.

If one day I pass away,

I will disperse my cultivation

and return it to the world.

You're so powerful.

You won't die.

No one can live forever.

Everyone has to die eventually.

When that time comes,

don't cry.

Master!

♪ Spending a lifetime, I ask myself what I first sought ♪

♪ What is it my heart truly desires? ♪

Senior.

Good.

Great.

Wonderful.

♪ Step by step up the immortal stairway ♪

♪ Paved with countless lost souls ♪

Senior,

I didn't fail your trust.

♪ Who would dare destroy the ladder to immortality and end the path? ♪

I finally found

your child.

♪ The sun blazes over the earth ♪

♪ Yet it cannot warm every cold home below ♪

♪ I've heard cries that rend the heavens ♪

♪ I hear the shame of parting ♪

♪ This immortal path admired by all ♪

♪ Can exist, or not exist ♪

♪ Once again I see the world's cold indifference ♪

♪ Bending what I've cherished all my life ♪

♪ Illusions and vanity blind the eyes, how could one still care ♪

♪ So that all may share in ♪

Master!

♪ The road to immortality ♪

Master!

♪ I fear not defying immortal laws and sacred precepts ♪

Master!

Master!

♪ I'm mocked for being laughably confused ♪

♪ My solitary voice will echo through the valley ♪

♪ They speak of immortal grace and mystic arts ♪

♪ Is there still a trace of compassion? ♪

♪ Realize my heart seeks no personal gain ♪

♪ Realize my hands remain unstained by blood ♪

♪ Realize this life still, as always, pursues the Dao ♪

♪ Having seen the widespread devastation ♪

♪ How could I look on and ignore it? ♪

♪ I do not fear returning to dust ♪

♪ I walk this path alone ♪

♪ To let all walk ♪

♪ The road to immortality ♪

♪ I fear not defying immortal laws and sacred precepts ♪

♪ Let sin be punished, let desire be destroyed ♪

♪ Yet the heart must never be forsaken ♪

[Xin Xie Manor]

Aren't you going back

to your auntie's house in Wei County?

Why haven't you left yet?

But I can't bear to leave you, Master.

And Sheng.

Why can't you?

You'll be back in a few days.

If I'm not here,

who's going to cook for you?

There are restaurants in town.

I'll just take her out to eat.

Any chef

cooks better than you.

But...

But...

Be honest with me.

Are you a bit scared?

It's natural to feel anxious about going home.

What's there to be afraid of?

Master.

After I left home,

my father passed away.

Not long after,

my mother also passed away.

And later,

the elders of the clan

passed away one after another.

Only I remained unchanged since I left home.

Sometimes I feel

very close to Wei County,

because it is my hometown.

But at other times,

it feels unfamiliar,

because it is completely different

from the hometown in my memory.

How about this?

You go back first.

If you feel uncomfortable,

just come back.

If someone bullies you,

come back too.

I will always stand up for you.

But you must remember,

Xin Xie Manor will always be your home.

For a person,

having a place to return to brings peace of mind.

Thank you, Master.

Go now.

Then take good care of yourself.

Go now.

I'm leaving.

Go ahead.

Master,

wait for me to come back.

I will bring you

peach blossom wine. Your favorite .

Here.

Have some soup.

Where are they?

Is everyone there?

They are also eating.

We still have some time.

Actually, I had long known

that my master's life was coming to an end.

This time, I came out

to find the Immortality Pill

to prolong his life.

But I didn't expect

that not only did I fail to bring back the Immortality Pill,

but I couldn't even see him

one last time.

It was my fault.

I should have returned to Xin Xie Manor earlier.

It was all my fault.

If I hadn't

forced your marriage,

it wouldn't have ended up

like this.

This matter cannot end like this.

I will kill Li Mofu

to avenge my master.

I also want everyone in Tianyuan Sect

involved in this matter

to be held accountable.

Okay.

They definitely will.

After the battle at Sihe Library,

we fell into the hands

of Qinghong Sect.

They

could have just captured us,

but instead

they've been trying to deceive me.

It was just to get me

to help them translate

the ancient book written in War Demon script.

Is there something wrong with this book?

Look.

This...

This is Wusheng Formation!

Back then, the War Demons used this formation

to open the heavenly ladder.

That's right.

Wusheng Formation means

creating existence from nothing.

This formation uses human vitality

to stimulate the growth of plants.

A strand of hair just now

was enough to promote its growth.

But for a massive spiritual plant

like the Jianmu Tree,

it requires the sacrifice

of more human lives

to stimulate its growth.

Grandmaster,

the book you translated back then

also had this formation?

At that time,

he dispersed the parts of the text

related to the formation

and hid them in other sections of the book.

It was only afterwards,

when I recalled many

inconsistent parts,

that I vaguely guessed

he wanted this formation.

I have also been wondering

who exactly is behind

Qinghong Sect.

Later, I inferred

that after we came back,

the first immortal sect to cause trouble

was likely the mastermind behind it all.

So you knocked me out

to find out

the person behind them?

It's Tianyuan Sect.

After I went up the mountain,

I found Bai Zongying imprisoned.

Through him,

I found the truth.

They also want to grow the Jianmu Tree?

Back then, when the War Demons grew the Jianmu Tree,

if it weren't for the Twelve Immortal Sects

and the High Priest of Youhu Clan

joining forces to suppress it,

I'm afraid this world

would have already been plunged into misery and suffering.

How dare Tianyuan Sect

risk universal condemnation

and do such a thing?

Well, they did it anyway.

What can you do about it?

I used the Sunblock

to deal a heavy blow to the Jianmu Tree seed.

But I still couldn't

completely destroy it.

Next,

they will definitely take action.

We...

Qianqiao,

what's wrong?

Qianqiao!

Qianqiao, what's wrong?

What's going on?

Lu Qianqiao!

Lu Qianqiao!

Qianqiao!

Qianqiao!

Why sigh over

what you have never had?

Like an illusion, a dream wakes to emptiness.

By the misty river, the music rises.

I only regret that we may never meet again.

Young sir,

where are you heading?

Lanshui Town.

Lanshui Town?

Lanshui Town in Xiangzhou...

is my hometown.

Old sir, why are you laughing?

You say that is your hometown,

but you can't even get the name right.

It used to be called Lanshui Town.

But later, in a provincial exam,

3 scholars from that place passed in a single year,

so it was renamed Sanyuan Town.

It has been many years.

You haven't been home for a long time, have you?

Indeed, it has been quite a while.

So this time you are going home to visit your parents?

My parents passed away early.

As for my relatives,

I haven't contacted them for a long time.

I don't know if they are still alive.

You don't know the name of your hometown,

nor whether your relatives are still alive.

If your parents and relatives are gone,

can that place

still be considered your hometown?

Why are you going back?

Then where do you think

I should go?

The path you came from is unseen,

and the final destination is unknown.

Worldly affairs are ever unpredictable, coldly passing by.

Who cares about rise and fall?

Walk your own path.

Go to your final destination.

Walk your own path.

Go to your final destination.

[Jin Lun's spiritual sea]

Dozing off again.

I've been calling you for ages.

What sweet dream did you have?

I...

I dreamed that

I went to a very mysterious place.

Where did you go?

Where?

Where did I go?

Where did I go?

Where do I go?

Where do I go?

Your parents just passed away.

Where are you going again?

What are your plans next?

You can't

keep following me like this.

Don't you have things you want to do

or places you want to go?

Where is your final

destination?

Master?

You never joined the sect, so why call me Master?

Let me ask you,

you lingered at the foot of the mountain for a long time that day

but ultimately didn't come up.

Why was that?

My desires were too strong,

and lust had blinded my eyes.

I could not see the path ahead.

You think

what really stopped you

was lust?

Please enlighten me, Master.

All dharmas are without self.

All things return to stillness.

What is emptiness?

No words, no thoughts.

No abiding, no affairs.

Nothing to gain.

No contention, no display.

The wise do not argue.

When the mouth opens, spirit scatters;

when the tongue moves, disputes arise.

This is "no words."

When a pure mind stirs,

the five poisons and seven emotions extinguish.

Evil thoughts and delusions do not enter the mind.

This is "no thoughts."

Good.

Go on.

The mind does not cling to forms.

Do not dwell on the past.

Past and future—

do not go or stay.

This is "no abiding."

As for "no affairs"—

the mind is inherently pure and unstained.

It is only ordinary people who bind themselves.

If my mind is like a calm lake,

then all things are easily resolved.

And what about "Nothing to gain?"

All living beings

and all things are but dust before the eyes.

The mind seeks nothing,

so naturally there is nothing to gain.

But you were born with everything.

Family ties,

wealth, background,

and this

golden ring on your arm.

That woman is not your tribulation,

but a sharp blade

that cuts through the mists of your delusion.

Master,

I don't understand.

People

come into this world naked,

walk through it,

and eventually leave naked too.

The final destination of all things

is a single word—nothing.

That is the freedom

of an infinite existence beyond life and death,

transcending time and space.

But since you were born

with a lotus flower on your forehead,

carrying a profound treasure,

how can you walk lightly through this world?

Jin Lun,

you have been deeply mired for decades.

You still haven't figured out

which path to take?

Think carefully.

Where does your true

destination lie?

Jin Lun.

Do you know

where you're going?

Have you made up your mind?

Where you are going,

I will not be.

I used to see you as a puzzle

that I wanted to solve.

But the deeper I went,

the harder it was to control myself.

Sheng,

I once truly cared for you.

I won't deny that.

But I've let it go.

No words, no thoughts.

No abiding, no affairs.

Nothing to gain.

You shouldn't be my tribulation,

nor the shackles that trap me.

The only thing truly trapping me

is myself.

What did you see?

Me.

A naked me,

with no attachments.

So where are you heading?

My heart has no desires.

♪ Honor and disgrace; rumors and prejudice ♪

I am emptiness.

Wherever I am needed,

that's where I'll be.

♪ Everyone has their own take ♪

♪ Fingers coated in blood and disasters brought about ♪

I have nothing,

yet I have everything.

♪ Were never what I wanted ♪

From now on,

♪ The great way is fading away, besieged by mysterious traps ♪

in this vast world,

nothing can

stop my footsteps anymore.

♪ Who dares to treat life and death as nothing? ♪

♪ In the blink of an eye, the body collapses, and the soul is destroyed ♪

♪ The fire starts raging across the land ♪

♪ What do you think is ♪

♪ The most impressive farewell in the world? ♪

♪ The endless slaughter and massacres ♪

♪ Do not wait until that thin snow on the eaves ♪

♪ Turns a young man's hair white before you regret it ♪

♪ When do you think ♪

♪ The bloody strife will come to an end? ♪

♪ Burn myself to prove it without looking back ♪

♪ Holding the morning glow in hand, I paint the world ♪

♪ The dawn light illuminates the vast sky ♪

Senior Brother Bai ran away?

They couldn't have gone far.

I'll take some men down the mountain

and bring them back.

There's no need.

It is destiny.

Let us just go with the flow.

You're coughing again?

Have some water first.

Prepare brush and ink.

What for?

I'll write to the senior uncles

and elders of every immortal sect.

Write to them?

I'm going to expose this.

Master is acting willfully,

disregarding all living beings in the world.

The only plan now

is to gather the strength of all immortal sects

to stop him.

Esteemed senior uncles and elders,

Li Mofu, the leader of Tianyuan Sect,

intends to use dark arts to grow the Jianmu Tree,

climb the heavenly ladder once again,

and reopen the Heavenly Gate.

He views all living beings as ants;

his arrogance is extreme.

The tragic Battle of Pinghu

is something we dare not forget even today.

If the Jianmu Tree is revived,

the world will face devastation

and endless suffering.

I hope you will all lend a helping hand

to save the people from this crisis.

I sincerely plead with you

and await your favorable reply.

Tianyuan Sect,

Bai Zongying.

You're awake?

Dr. Zhu Yu said

that you used the Sunblock for too long

and absorbed too much of its reversing power,

which your body couldn't handle,

causing the backlash.

Your heart meridian is damaged.

You must recover as soon as possible.

What should I do?

Prepare for the heart transformation immediately

and become an ordinary person completely.

Isn't this a good thing?

The heart transformation was originally

in your plan.

And Zhu Yu and the others

are already preparing for it.

After this heart transformation,

you will be free from the curse.

We can live a good life.

Qianqiao,

don't worry.

What you should care about most right now

is yourself.

I don't want you to take risks,

nor do I want you to abandon

your long-held wish

for some so-called sense of righteous duty

to save the world.

I am very stubborn.

I just want the people I like

and care about

to be safe,

healthy, and live long.

So you must get better.

I will.

You've been waiting for him all day.

Leave now.

He won't come to see you.

I have something to say to him.

Tell me then.

I will pass on

your exact words to him.

What do you want to tell him?

No need.

Everything I want to say

is in this box.

Senior.

Is she still refusing to leave?

She asked me to give this to you.

This is her life-binding Gu.

She entrusted her life to you.

Whether she lives or dies

is entirely up to you.

He accepted it.

But now he has attained enlightenment

and taken the Path of Detachment,

distancing himself from worldly affairs.

He asked me to tell you...

All the past,

though still vivid in my mind,

feels like an illusion

when seen with a peaceful heart.

Love and hate leave no trace.

The past is like smoke,

dissipating entirely

in the wind.

Your bond is over.

You should go now.

Oh, right.

He said the celestial signs are unusual.

There will be a storm tonight.

He asked me to give you this umbrella.

Thank you.

Get lost!

Get lost!

Get lost!

Move!

Move!

Get out of my body!

Sheng,

you can't resist me.

Get out!

Get out of my body!

I am your father.

I gave you your life.

Today,

dedicate your flesh and blood to me,

and help my soul rest here

so I can be reborn.

[Rainwatch Terrace]

Father.

Did you receive the letter?

Bai Zongying

would risk the prestige of Tianyuan Sect

to expose Li Mofu.

This cannot be false.

Once the heavenly ladder is built,

disaster will descend upon the world.

The human realm

will surely be plunged into misery and suffering.

I will take people to Tianyuan Mountain now

to meet up with Junior.

Wait.

This battle will be dangerous,

and the future is uncertain.

Father.

This battle concerns the common people.

As the Young Sect Master of Lingji Mountain,

it's my duty.

I haven't let you unsheathe for many years.

Set off immediately

and march to Tianyuan Mountain.

Yes.

Senior Xia Xuanzi,

our Sect Leader would like to see you.

Lead the way.

I've long heard that you

are good at using Gu.

How did you end up like this?

I let my guard down for a moment

and was set up, and my physical body was destroyed.

My primordial spirit can only temporarily reside

in this body.

When I destroy

the soul of this body,

I will fully take control of it

and return to my peak.

This is your daughter.

You are really heartless.

If we talk about being heartless,

I can't compare to you.

As the head of all immortal sects,

behind the scenes, you actually...

Go on.

I've been hiding in

Sheng's spiritual sea,

fighting her for control of her body.

Back then in North Xiang,

I briefly

woke up for a short time

and learned about the whole story

of Qinghong Sect.

As for the immortal sect behind it,

I didn't think of anyone else.

Seeing you today,

my guess was indeed correct.

Sect Leader Li,

I came with sincerity.

Are you still not going to tell me the truth?

The people of the Wushuang Society say

that the collapse of the heavenly ladder

and the departure of the gods

are the greatest mercy of the divine race.

But although it's mercy to mortals,

it's an outright abandonment

of us immortal sect members.

They cut off the path to Ascension,

intending to trap the immortal sect

in the mortal world forever.

Fellow Taoist Xia,

you are an expert in Gu.

You should know what happens

when a group of bugs is placed

in a sealed jar.

This is a massacre for the immortal sects.

We absolutely cannot just sit and wait for death.

Fellow Taoist Xia,

are you willing to join me

to reopen the Heavenly Gate

and ascend to godhood?

What do you want to do?

Grow the Jianmu Tree

and reopen the Heavenly Gate.

What a lunatic.

However,

I like it.

Good.

There are truly too few

intelligent people in this world.

Most are hypocritical and foolish,

unfit for great tasks.

Fellow Taoist Xia,

you have both ambition

and ability.

You're similar to me.

This is a path of bloodshed.

I hope

someone can fight their way out with me.

Fellow Taoist Xia,

are you willing to join me?

Why not?

I'm late. I'm late.

Sect Master Lin,

please forgive me.

Hasn't Lingxu Sect

always been Tianyuan Sect's

lackey?

Why are you here today?

I do want immortality,

but I disdain using such methods

in exchange for my own life.

If I were to defy the natural order,

I wouldn't be able to face our founders after I die.

That sounds easy to say.

I'm afraid that if the Jianmu Tree spell is activated,

given your bad luck,

you might die.

You...

Miss Xin,

we are about to begin.

You may excuse yourself.

Don't worry.