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{\an8}ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S
LOVE IN THE CLOUDS
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Your Lordship!
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Your Lordship.
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What is this?
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What happened?
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I killed him.
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What?
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I killed him.
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Your Lordship,
even if you wish to help Ming Yi,
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you must look after yourself.
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I'm fine, Fuyue.
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Don't worry. I'm perfectly fine.
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Come on.
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Your Lordship,
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you've opposed Mu Qibai
time and again for Ming Yi's sake.
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I fear you've already
become a thorn in his side.
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Mu Qibai has more than one enemy.
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The enemy of my enemy is a friend.
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Since that's the case,
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I'll lend this friend a hand.
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The Judgment Hall reports
that you abducted Fairy Ming Yi
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and even carried out a private punishment.
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Is that true?
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Through investigation, I discovered
that Ming Yi carried spiritual veins,
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and Ji Bozai concealed and sheltered her,
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so, naturally,
I had to get to the bottom of it.
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It's true she has spiritual veins,
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but the one who covered
up for her wasn't Ji Bozai.
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It was me.
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I've long intended for her
to serve at Shouhua Academy.
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Absurd!
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A fairy born
with spiritual veins is a jinx,
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yet you want to bring her
into Shouhua Academy?
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Such a foolish rule
should have been broken long ago.
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Soon, as the Venerable
of Shouhua Academy, I will decree
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that all women within Jixing Abyss
who bear spiritual veins
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need not hide any longer
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and may compete to be warriors.
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Uncle, instead of worrying
about such a trivial matter,
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perhaps you should explain
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why a charred corpse found in this case
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came from Zhushui Spiritual State.
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He's dead?
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Who
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was he?
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Whoever he was,
it's not your place to question me.
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Then never mind… the corpse.
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But think about this, Uncle.
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Why did the Judgment Hall
report this matter to me so quickly today?
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Uncle,
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Jixing Abyss
is no longer yours to control alone.
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Uncle Qibai is growing ever more brazen,
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even consorting with people
from Zhushui Spiritual State.
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Your Highness, what should we do next?
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Now that the Judgment Hall
no longer obeys Lord Hanfeng,
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can we not accuse him directly?
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Though he is no longer what he once was,
it's still not easy to bring him down.
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We must awaken my father,
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no matter
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what it takes.
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You really don't understand your master.
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He'd never turn his back on Ming Yi.
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You're so loud.
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Last night, His Lordship
took your master's fiancée
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to the hot springs to heal and keep warm.
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Instead of gossiping here,
you'd better keep an eye out
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before your master
ends up getting cheated on.
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I can't be bothered.
It's not me who'll get cheated on.
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Th-Thanks.
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You may dislike us most of the time,
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but knowing the danger, you went with me
to Dragon Carp Terrace to rescue them.
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You're actually a decent person,
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loyal when it counts.
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If you had gone alone and been caught,
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you might not have withstood the torture
and revealed secrets about Wugui Sea.
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That would've brought
real trouble upon His Lordship.
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Besides, when His Lordship was struck
by the Netherbeast-Luring Caltrop,
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Fairy Ming Yi helped us.
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So, by that reckoning, I owe her one.
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Then by your logic,
since you helped me beat Sun Liao,
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I owe you a favor too.
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- No need…
- How about this?
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I'll grant you three wishes.
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No need. Don't make a big deal out of it.
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Tell you what. For the first wish,
I'll go fishing with you.
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Sounds like you're the one
who wants to fish.
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And don't you dare
steal my dried fish again.
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Fine. That counts as the second wish.
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What?
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Very well.
Then you'll buy the fishing rods.
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I just sent a message to Master She,
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asking him to study
the Soul-seizing Technique
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to see if it can suppress
the Heavenly Grief,
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since you used your spiritual veins
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but didn't suffer
any aftereffects this time.
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Thank you for worrying about me.
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Why are you being so polite? You…
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What's wrong?
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Ming Yi, no matter how much you like him,
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stay focused on what truly matters.
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You have only one life.
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True.
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If one dies,
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any amount of love won't matter.
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When I finally steal
the Golden Millet Dream,
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he'll think I've been
lying to him all along
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and will hate me for it.
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And everything will be over.
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He's always been cold and decisive.
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It won't take long for him to get over me.
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It won't.
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Master.
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After everything that's happened,
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I find myself no longer concerned
about her past.
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Her true identity no longer matters to me.
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As long as I know
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she truly cares about me,
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that is enough.
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Whatever the future holds,
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I trust her.
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Your Lordship, though you've refined
the netherbeast core successfully,
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your body is also weakened by it.
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Please take care of yourself.
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Don't worry. I know my limits.
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Sun Liao, Jixing Abyss
had no chance in the first place.
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If not for the miasma of the Sunken Abyss
perfect for breeding netherbeasts,
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Father would never have entrusted
such an important task to Lord Hanfeng.
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Now, the netherbeast army is gone,
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and my elder brother has died
so strangely in Jixing Abyss.
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How am I supposed
to explain this to Father?
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Your Lordship…
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Please, I beg you
to keep this matter secret!
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Look, your father has so many sons.
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If they all stay alive,
how could he ever value you?
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Don't you think so?
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In our realm, brothers
and friends respect each other.
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But lowlifes like you
have corrupted our relationship.
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Anyway, since the netherbeasts
have already been refined by Ji Bozai,
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it's time for your realm to fall.
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Let's start with you.
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Your Lordship, spare me!
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Please spare me!
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In fact, Lord Hanfeng
still has a trick up his sleeve.
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He's secretly kept
an unformed netherbeast.
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Chao Yu hasn't returned
to Zhushui for so long,
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so Father sent me
to check on the situation.
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But who would've thought?
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Chao Yu actually died.
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What is this awful tea?
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Anyway, this is a simple matter.
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I can just go back and say
that to form a netherbeast army,
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my elder brother unexpectedly
exhausted his spiritual power
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and decided to make
the ultimate sacrifice.
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Touching, isn't it?
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This will make a great story to tell!
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It will also solve a big problem for you.
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I appreciate your kindness, Your Lordship,
but I'm afraid I don't understand.
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The netherbeasts
have been refined by Ji Bozai
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and disappeared from the world.
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How can we come up
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with a satisfying explanation
to your father?
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Even now,
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you are still lying.
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Sun Liao already confessed.
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Listen carefully.
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Hand over the netherbeast you've hidden.
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Only then can I cover for you
in front of Father.
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Your Lordship, you listen carefully.
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The beast is in my hands.
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If you want my help,
you should say "please".
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"Please"?
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- You…!
- Do you even know how to use
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what I have?
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If you cooperate with me
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and pin everything on that mute corpse,
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once my great cause is accomplished,
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everything in Jixing Abyss
will be credited to you.
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Then you'd better hurry.
Father doesn't have my patience.
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Where's the "please"?
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Please hurry.
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Ming Yi, how are you feeling now?
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I'm fine. Thank you
for your concern, Immortal Situ.
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But I'm curious.
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How did you know about it so quickly?
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Even Princess Tianji and the others came.
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I just regret I couldn't come sooner.
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By the barrier, they found
a body that couldn't be identified.
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The Judgment Hall has examined it,
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but we still can't confirm its identity.
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Was there a wound
on the wrist of that body?
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I didn't see the person's face,
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but I saw a cut on his wrist.
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Yes, there was indeed.
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Right?
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But I heard the body was burned
into a charred skeleton by magic.
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Immortal Situ, how could you tell
there was a wound on his wrist?
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Perhaps…
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Ming Yi,
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if I didn't kill him,
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he would've killed you.
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She cares about me after all.
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NOTICE: THE SOUL-HIDING NAIL LAW FOR WOMEN
HAS BEEN ABOLISHED IN JIXING ABYSS
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From now on, women
with spiritual veins in Jixing Abyss
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don't need to have
Soul-hiding Nails anymore!
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That's great! Does this mean
there will be female warriors?
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The Princess did a great thing!
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- Madam, I'll take this one.
- All right. Thank you.
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Zhang Tai, you were gravely injured.
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Are you really okay now?
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Don't worry.
Princess Tianji treated my wounds.
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You also had your young friend,
Twenty-Seven, send me medicine,
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and I took it.
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I've never felt better.
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Don't worry about me.
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- Madam, I'll take this too.
- Sure.
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- It was all my fault.
- Thank you.
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If something serious
had happened to you, I really…
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Don't say that.
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By the way, did you notice
anything different about me today?
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You've applied red blush
and painted your eyebrows dark green.
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No, it's not that.
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Look, I can use spiritual veins now!
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After I got injured,
Princess Tianji's people treated me,
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and they discovered my Soul-hiding Nail.
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They asked if I wanted it removed,
and, of course, I said yes.
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So now, I also have spiritual veins!
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Although I can't break through
to a higher stage,
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my cultivation has still improved a lot.
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In the future, making hairpins
will be much easier for me.
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It must've hurt a lot
to remove the nail, right?
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At least now you can do what you love.
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All right, you've seen me.
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Now hurry back.
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Immortal Ji has been waiting
for you for so long.
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What's going on between you two?
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Oh, please don't ask.
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I don't want to lie to you,
but I can't tell you either.
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I…
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Actually, I've known for a long time
that you have many secrets.
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I don't want to ask about them,
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but I can tell
Immortal Ji really likes you
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and treats you well.
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Of course, that doesn't matter.
What matters is how you feel.
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You like him too, don't you?
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Yes.
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Despite everything, I've fallen for him.
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But it won't last.
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But Ming Yi, you know what?
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In this world,
moments of happiness are rare.
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You may part ways in the future,
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but you still feel overjoyed
to see him now, don't you?
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Madam, please wrap this up for me.
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Sure.
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It seems you're unwilling to do it.
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No worries. I won't force you.
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After all, even if you don't do it,
I have other ways to get it done.
257
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,680
But once it's done,
258
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I will still tell everyone
that you did it.
259
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,320
You must be joking, Lord Hanfeng.
260
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,720
I am but a humble physician
with little skill.
261
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,480
If you spread such a story,
no one will believe it.
262
00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:35,760
How could that be?
263
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,520
That's exactly what makes it believable.
264
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You, a humble physician
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with little skill,
chose to serve me for your own good.
266
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Then one day,
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you made your move against
the Emperor to pledge your loyalty.
268
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Doesn't that sound reasonable?
269
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,280
Since you'll end up the culprit anyway,
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why not just do it
and take full credit for it?
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Immortal Yan,
the Princess wants to see you.
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JADE RABBIT HALL
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00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,120
Immortal Yan, please go over there.
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SERENE BEYOND
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Your Highness.
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Your Highness,
why have you called for me today?
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I'm feeling unwell,
278
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,200
so I want you to check on me.
279
00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:11,960
You look fine.
280
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:13,720
How could you be unwell?
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I had a nightmare.
282
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I dreamt that you killed my father,
283
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and it left me unsettled.
284
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,440
Your pulse is rapid and tense.
285
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,160
I don't think the nightmare caused it.
286
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:42,880
It's more like you are…
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nervous.
288
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,680
Why would I be nervous?
289
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,480
I think you are the one who's nervous.
290
00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,160
Did Your Highness
summon me just to tease me?
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00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,200
You may leave now.
292
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:28,880
Father!
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00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,480
Your Highness, give it back to me.
294
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,480
What do you mean?
295
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:45,720
I don't understand.
296
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:49,880
You can play dumb now,
but I will report to Lord Hanfeng
297
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,800
and sabotage whatever you plan to do.
298
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,280
Then go ahead and tell my uncle.
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00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:05,520
I will say
300
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:08,520
that you gave it to me willingly.
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00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,040
Take a guess.
302
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,920
With you leaving
my Jade Rabbit Hall at midnight
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00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:17,880
and me
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00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,520
looking so disheveled,
305
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,560
who will he believe?
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00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,360
Your Highness,
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00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:36,760
do you know what you're doing?
308
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,120
Do you think I'm too afraid to act?
309
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,160
I just miss my father too much.
310
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,280
What's wrong with that?
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00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,720
I will return it to you.
312
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:02,320
No one will know what happened.
313
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,800
Just help me this once.
314
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,080
Just once.
315
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,000
Please, Xiao?
316
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:20,880
Why?
317
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,680
Why are you doing this? I trusted you!
318
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,360
You know full well
319
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,240
that Uncle Qibai caused
my father's unconsciousness.
320
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,560
He only assigned you
to monitor my father's condition
321
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,120
so you could keep him unconscious!
322
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,600
I know
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00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,960
most of Jixing Abyss
now follows Uncle Qibai's orders
324
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,600
because he can offer them
a path to power and keep them safe.
325
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:51,800
But that's their choice.
326
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,640
I don't care about what they choose.
327
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,160
But you can't do this to me.
328
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,280
Why are you doing this?
You can't do this to me!
329
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,120
Fine. I'll only ask one thing of you.
330
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,720
Sooner or later,
Uncle Qibai will take my father's life.
331
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,480
When that day comes,
332
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,480
please help me keep my father alive.
333
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,960
Will you do it for me?
334
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,880
I'm begging you, Xiao.
335
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,440
Your Highness, you've overestimated me.
336
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,720
Yes, Lord Hanfeng made me
His Majesty's physician,
337
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,520
but if he wants His Majesty dead,
338
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,280
what right do I have to oppose his will?
339
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,400
I never thought
340
00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,360
you'd be
341
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,200
so despicable and shameless,
342
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,720
only following the wind to gain favor.
343
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,880
You're truly pathetic.
344
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,240
I don't know anything.
345
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:42,840
I never came here.
346
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,400
GRANNY'S EATERY
347
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,320
It's ready. It smells great.
348
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,800
Here, Wheat,
take it to the table over there.
349
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,160
Sir, here's your scallion pancake.
350
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:41,400
Please enjoy.
351
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:43,840
He's all you can see, huh?
352
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:45,840
Madam.
353
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,600
You've grown taller.
354
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:49,720
Go on. Go back to work.
355
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,800
Since you refined the netherbeast core,
Mu Qibai has been lying low.
356
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,920
- I suspect he's up to something.
- Be patient.
357
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,320
He's in the shadows,
but we're not necessarily in the light.
358
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,440
I've had Buxiu keep an eye on Mu Qibai.
359
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,760
We'll find out
what he's up to sooner or later.
360
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,680
You said you brought me here
to discuss matters,
361
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,560
but I feel like it's just an excuse.
362
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:40,600
Really?
363
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:43,720
In fact,
364
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,520
that night, I was under the influence
of the Soul-seizing Technique.
365
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:49,760
That's why I said things I shouldn't have.
366
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,400
Shouldn't we talk about serious matters?
367
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,640
Otherwise, it'll seem like
I'm really after something else.
368
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,760
Father, you're awake.
369
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,680
Why have you lost weight?
370
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,160
In my dreams,
371
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,800
I kept catching you stealing candy.
372
00:33:58,920 --> 00:33:59,920
That's not true.
373
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:14,320
Lord Ji, you suffered greatly
refining the netherbeast core.
374
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,320
The netherbeasts must
have undermined your will, right?
375
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:32,800
They had been trying to tempt me
into accepting their power.
376
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,400
The netherbeasts are indeed tempting.
377
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,480
Whether it's Mu Qibai or the other realms,
378
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,760
none would willingly give up that power.
379
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,800
Without a strong will,
380
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,719
one would surely be corrupted
by the netherbeast core.
381
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:49,120
Luckily, it was you.
382
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:54,440
Luckily, it was me?
383
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:56,880
Do you trust me that much?
384
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,360
Immortal Ji, His Majesty summons you.
385
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:19,760
BENEVOLENCE, KINDNESS
WISDOM AND PROPRIETY
386
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,120
Greetings, Your Majesty.
387
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,720
You don't seem surprised
to have been summoned so suddenly.
388
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,400
Of course not.
I've been waiting for this day.
389
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,960
Tianji somehow cured
the illness that afflicted me.
390
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,520
Her Highness must have sensed the danger
391
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,320
and feared Your Majesty might be harmed.
392
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:54,960
Harmed?
393
00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,600
Are you talking about Lord Hanfeng?
394
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,080
While Your Majesty lay unconscious,
395
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,200
Lord Hanfeng's intentions
became clear to all.
396
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,840
Your Majesty, you must've heard
I refined the netherbeast core
397
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,520
and sensed Lord Hanfeng's moves.
398
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,920
Do you now see how urgent it is
399
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:19,960
to root out these hidden dangers?
400
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:25,960
I beg you to be resolute.
401
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,400
Bai is my only brother.
402
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,640
Of course, I know what he wants.
403
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:48,640
He's impatient and often plots against me.
404
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,200
He even sent a physician
to keep watch over me.
405
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,400
I know very well what he's been up to.
406
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:56,400
But when I remember
407
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,400
how naive and innocent
this younger brother of mine once was,
408
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,000
I can't bring myself to be harsh.
409
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,600
But never… Never did I expect…
410
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,840
Never did you expect him
to be so driven by greed,
411
00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:10,480
colluding with Zhushui Spiritual State,
412
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,040
breeding netherbeasts,
413
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,240
and endangering the Six Realms.
414
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,160
You have done much for Jixing Abyss,
and I'm deeply grateful.
415
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,440
But the netherbeast army
was a direct threat
416
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,040
to the Six Realms.
417
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,840
Yet you handled it alone
and did not report it.
418
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:28,920
Think of the consequences.
419
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,560
Half of Jixing Abyss follows Lord Hanfeng.
420
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,120
Immortal Ji was only trying
to prevent news from leaking.
421
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,360
Besides, it was precisely because
you once let Uncle Qibai grow strong
422
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:41,920
that we are in this crisis now.
423
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,720
Under these circumstances,
it was only natural
424
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,000
that Immortal Ji found
Jixing Palace hard to trust.
425
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,360
I swore as a child
to do everything I could
426
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,160
to stop Uncle Qibai
from harming you again.
427
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,120
Now, no one knows what he will do next.
428
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,160
So,
429
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,680
no matter how reluctant you feel,
430
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,280
I ask you
431
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,840
to put Jixing Abyss first
and seize Uncle Qibai at once.
432
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,600
Immortal Ji, I'd also like to ask you
433
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,360
to trust us once more
and join us in protecting Jixing Abyss.
434
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,440
Jixing Palace is indeed hard to trust,
435
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:32,720
but not all who hold power
are slaves to it.
436
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,920
For the sake of the Six Realms,
I'm willing to unite as many as I can.
437
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,240
But Mu Qibai
has Zhushui Spiritual State behind him.
438
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,440
Alone, we can hardly rival them.
439
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,720
Please, Your Majesty,
think about the people of Jixing Abyss
440
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:50,920
and order Mu Qibai's arrest.
441
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,080
Please, Father, arrest him at once.
442
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,960
EMBRACE ALL SUMMITS AND SEAS
443
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,960
Yuanfeng, you haven't fully recovered.
You should be resting.
444
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,560
If there's anything you need,
just have someone send word for you.
445
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,240
I've been hearing
many disturbing rumors lately.
446
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,440
Most of them are about you.
447
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,120
Now that my condition has improved,
448
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,120
I'd like to hear
the truth from you directly.
449
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,160
What rumors?
450
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:46,560
I'm being subtle
because you are my blood brother.
451
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,560
But if you still won't confess
to forming a netherbeast army,
452
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,280
I will have no choice but to take action.
453
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,240
Who made up these rumors?
454
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,240
They're pure fabrications, nonsense!
455
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,360
Yuanfeng, are you going
to believe outsiders
456
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:04,760
over your own brother?
457
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:06,440
Qibai,
458
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,680
when did you become like this?
459
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:18,400
Like what?
460
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,760
You've been fragile since childhood.
461
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,040
You used to be gentle and considerate.
462
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,600
When we trained together back then,
you were so kind.
463
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:31,760
You'd rather get hurt yourself
than harm others.
464
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:33,600
"Rather"?
465
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,080
"I'd rather"?
466
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,360
I couldn't, Yuanfeng!
467
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:44,560
If I'd been a bit stronger,
I wouldn't have always been defeated.
468
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,760
If my elder brother
had been a bit more decisive,
469
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,600
we wouldn't have been constantly
hindered by those old fools,
470
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,720
unable to clean up the rot!
471
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,240
If you had been a bit more resolute,
472
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,440
Jixing Abyss wouldn't have kept
ending up among the Lower Three Realms!
473
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:04,680
And even now, you, my incompetent brother,
474
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:10,880
are still reminiscing about my so-called
kindness, gentleness, and mercy.
475
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,520
You don't deserve
to sit in this chair at all!
476
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:29,760
Yuanfeng, Jixing Abyss won't fall
because of the netherbeast army.
477
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,920
It will fall because of people like you.
478
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:57,560
Chao Yu is dead.
479
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:00,600
The news of the nameless
charred corpse at Dragon Carp Terrace
480
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,160
has already spread far and wide.
481
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,080
The Emperor of Zhushui
will surely investigate thoroughly.
482
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,280
Your Lordship, be careful.
483
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:08,760
Don't let them find out.
484
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,720
Don't worry. I won't.
485
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:19,520
To outsiders,
Mu Qibai is the one who last saw Chao Yu.
486
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:23,000
He is the perfect scapegoat.
487
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,760
Besides, with the netherbeasts
refined by Ji Bozai,
488
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,960
Mu Qibai no longer has value to them.
489
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,080
They won't let him off.
490
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,840
Today, the Emperor
of Jixing detained Mu Qibai.
491
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,320
- Today?
- Yes.
492
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:40,080
It hasn't been officially announced.
493
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:41,280
It seems that Ji Bozai
494
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,600
has gained the upper hand
in this game after all.
495
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:50,920
How could it have gone so smoothly?