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At this point, don't you have even a trace of remorse?

Remorse?

That's something only fools possess,

especially fools like you!

You only think of others.

How pitiful.

Do you know...

what your father said to me before he died?

Please...

report...

to...

the Emperor...

that in Bronze County,

Young Master Gao...

and the magistrate

are in collusion,

tyrannizing the people there.

Please beg His Majesty...

to seek justice...

for the people...

of Bronze County.

I've never seen such a foolish person.

At death's door,

he was still thinking of others.

What did he want?

What did he want?

He wanted peace of mind.

He wanted to sleep soundly.

He wanted to enjoy every meal.

The rose's in her hand, the flavor in mine—

that's something venal people like you

will never understand.

You can ignore others' suffering,

but you have no right to mock those who help others in need!

If this world is to be better,

there has to be more people like them

and fewer people like you!

How touching.

I was almost moved by you.

Gongsun Hao,

if you have any humanity left,

please...

tell me...

where my father's body is.

Please.

Have you heard of...

corpse-dissolving liquid?

There was nothing left of his body.

I'll kill you!

Xiangjiu!

Xiangjiu, are you alright?

I'll kill you!

Gongsun Hao!

Do you dare kill me?

I'm different from you.

You're a cultivator.

Once you take a life,

your body and soul will be destroyed completely.

No matter how many people I kill,

as long as I put down my knife,

I can achieve salvation.

You're merely a mortal.

What's going on?

Master.

If a cultivator takes a life,

their body and soul will be destroyed completely.

I'm a loyal dog.

I should be the one

doing this kind of thing of course.

Mao Jin!

Mao Jin.

Have you forgotten your aspiration?

Didn't you say you wanted to guard the South Heavenly Gate

with Lord Howling Celestial Dog?

You're...

my South Heavenly Gate.

Master.

Now I finally understand

what Lord Howling Celestial Dog has been guarding

is perhaps never that gate.

Bai Yu,

did you see that?

My master...

never killed your ancestors.

Master.

I didn't let you down, did I?

I really am a loyal dog, right?

You are my family.

Whose dog is this?

I'll beat you to death!

Thank you.

Why are you here all alone?

What's your name?

You look a lot like the Howling Celestial Dog.

From now on,

would you like to follow me?

Don't be afraid.

I'm here with you.

Mao Jin,

you're unbelievable.

Of course!

I'm unquestionably a loyal dog!

You really are a lackey.

Yes.

That's the highest praise for me.

So tell me,

what's so great about your love?

My love

expects nothing in return.

As long as she's happy, I'm happy.

As long as she's well, I'm well too.

Just like how I treat my master.

But I don't know how to sample dishes.

There's nothing difficult about that.

Just take a bite of each dish,

and if you find something you like, eat your fill.

Your Majesty,

the remaining followers of Prince Fuying

who should be handled have been handled.

Tell them

not to expand the scope of punishment,

to avoid implicating the innocent.

Punish the principal offenders severely,

the others leniently, or not at all.

Your Majesty, you're wise.

Where is Mochen?

He still refuses to see me.

Lord Feng said

the bond between you and him has ended.

There is no need to meet again.

If he stays here,

will he really suffer tribulation every day?

Three days from now,

unless he can ascend,

otherwise...

for the rest of his life...

he will suffer tribulation every day.

This isn't fair.

This isn't fair.

Why must he suffer all this?

He is a demon.

This is the price a demon must pay to become an immortal.

What is a demon?

If we're talking about demons,

Gongsun Hao is the real demon.

You're right.

But his origin

is his original sin.

If he doesn't want to accept fate's arrangement

and live his life like all other animals,

he must endure these hardships.

You think this is unfair.

But if anyone could easily become an immortal,

do you think that would be fair?

Now you have only 2 choices.

Either help him ascend,

or let him stay and suffer tribulation.

Old Fox, you're back.

I've tidied up the Fucang Palace nicely.

That bastard Gongsun Hao

made this place a complete mess.

I have something to tell you.

Wait a moment.

Let me go light some incense first.

I've been so busy lately...

I've decided not to ascend.

Why?

Actually,

after enduring so many tribulations,

I've gotten used to it.

It's not as painful as you imagine.

But I've never thought about spending the rest of my life with you.

You can call me a coward,

or say I'm heartless.

In short,

I don't have the courage

to entrust the rest of my life...

to a fox.

Actually, being with you before

was merely out of novelty.

In life,

how many people

get to encounter a fox?

But as time goes on,

I would also inexplicably feel on edge.

I'm worried

that I might accidentally say something to anger you,

and you...

would eat me.

I am human after all.

In the future, I will marry a human.

I want to live with a human,

not a fox.

In this world,

love that lasts a lifetime

is already rare enough.

But if that's the case,

love that lasts every lifetime—

wouldn't that be the greatest blessing in the world?

That's something I wouldn't even dare to dream of.

In my life,

if I could meet someone who loves me for a lifetime, that would be enough.

Wouldn't it be better

if it were for every lifetime?

You really don't understand love at all.

Getting love that lasts a lifetime

is already a rare blessing.

If that's the case,

if one could experience love that lasts every lifetime,

wouldn't that be the greatest blessing in the world?

Every lifetime?

That's something I wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Let's just consider each other...

as mere passersby in life.

Xiangjiu,

the meal is ready!

Wily Fox,

you're here too.

If I had known, I'd have had the Imperial Kitchen

prepare chicken for you.

He will soon ascend to immortality.

He must have many things to attend to.

We shouldn't disturb him anymore.

Look at your clothes.

They're so improperly worn,

always askew like this.

Alright.

Got it.

No.

I must punish you this time.

How?

Carry me on your back.

Why must you torment him like this?

Only in this way

can he leave without attachments.

Ningshuang.

Bai Yu,

we shouldn't see each other again in the future.

Ningshuang,

this is my fault.

If he loves me,

even without you,

he would still love me.

If he doesn't love me,

even without you,

he still wouldn't love me.

Xiangjiu,

I've had feelings for you since childhood.

That has not changed even now.

But what about you?

Have you ever felt anything for me?

In this world,

there are always many things beyond human power.

We call this helplessness and regret...

fate.

After Old Fox ascends,

I will leave the palace

and live in seclusion in the countryside.

Then what does that make me?

He will be with me

only because you won't be here.

Well,

that makes me seem too cheap.

This kind of love—

I don't want it at all.

You know that's not what I meant.

I know you mean well,

but to me, love

is just like one of the 4 limbs.

Limbs, once severed,

can hardly grow back.

But if I lose someone I love,

I can simply find another.

There's no need to torment myself,

much less to seek death.

In this world,

the only ones who will remain true to you

are your parents...

and yourself.

Living in this world,

why must we live so miserably?

When you're in love, confess your feelings boldly.

No need to be timid.

When you part,

wave goodbye decisively,

leaving no regrets.

Bai Yu,

let's...

part ways here.

Your Grace.

Your favorite dishes.

Now that Mao Jin is gone,

for the next few days,

let me serve you in his place.

Every meeting is a prelude

to a parting.

You don't need to grieve too much.

I just feel...

this parting came too suddenly.

If I had known earlier,

I would have cherished the final moments with him.

Partings in this world

mostly arrive unexpectedly.

Therefore,

when you meet someone worthy,

cherish them dearly.

It's just a pity

that I didn't realize it earlier.

From now on,

please take good care of Xiangjiu.

Don't worry, Your Grace.

Xiangjiu and I are like sisters.

Even without your request,

I will definitely take good care of her.

Le Ning.

Your family name

is Cao, right?

How did you know?

You have an ancestor

named Cao Yuan.

You peeked at my family tree?

It's a great blessing that Xiangjiu and you

became good friends.

I...

prefer to dine alone.

Oh.

Okay.

Please enjoy your meal, Your Grace.

Why are you smiling?

Living in this world,

why must we live so miserably?

When you're in love, confess your feelings boldly.

No need to be timid.

When you part,

wave goodbye decisively,

leaving no regrets.

You must be thinking something bad about me.

Didn't you go eat

with Bai Yu?

Bai Yu's cooking...

His cooking

isn't good?

Then let's enjoy our meal.

Mm.

You eat more too.

Here.

After you go to the celestial court,

you probably won't be able to enjoy so many delicious dishes.

How would you know?

Of course.

Have you ever heard

of a cook who cultivates immortality?

If no cook has become an immortal,

how could there be cooks in heaven?

That makes sense.

You said before

that Qiaoru cultivated

because

she fell in love.

She fell in love with Xiaofu.

Then...

who did you fall in love with?

Someone.

Was she...

pretty?

Was she cute?

Was she brave and kind?

Was she clever?

Since she was so good,

why did you fall in love...

with other women?

Old Fox,

you've lived for so many years.

How many women have you loved?

One.

You're lying to me again.

As the price for my help,

tell me

about all the women

you've loved.

All of them.

I'm afraid that would take at least 3 days and 3 nights.

Then...

you'd better...

hurry up.

Before

the next tribulation,

finish telling all.

Then I must start

from a few thousand years ago,

when I was still a little white fox.

Back then,

I was caught by a hunter

and locked in a cage.

He had a kind and lovely daughter.

Those years,

I stayed by her son's side,

helping his parents take care of him.

I was worried he might go astray.

Then it would let his parents down.

When he no longer needed me

and I returned to her,

she was already very old.

This time,

everyone thought she was a fairy.

But actually,

she was just an uneducated little girl.

But she was kind,

lovely,

and quite clever.

Unfortunately, at that time,

the royal power fell

into the imperial advisor's hands.

The imperial advisor wanted to marry his own daughter to the king.

Guess

what the king did.

The king

actually...

wanted to castrate himself.

She was a woman.

Her father,

to avoid turmoil within the royal clan,

raised her as a boy from childhood.

In the end, she actually inherited the throne.

But she...

through a strange twist of fate,

met the Emperor of an enemy state.

The two of them fell off a cliff.

I cast a spell midway

to save them,

leaving them hanging on a tree.

I saw them

kissing on the steps.

They got married.

They must have lived very happily.

She was a noble princess,

betrothed by the weak Emperor to a foreign state.

That was an important matter concerning the people of 2 states.

She was unwilling to abandon the people

for the sake of her own happiness.

I was appointed as the envoy to escort her,

personally sending her to the foreign state.

The tribulation is coming.

The tribulation is coming.

Hurry.

I'll help you ascend.

I'll help you ascend.

There's still one person I haven't told you about.

Let's just stop there.

You've already told me about 6 women.

That's enough.

Just stop there.

We don't have much time left.

Le Ning told me before.

It's like this, right?

I'm not doing it wrong, am I?

The seventh one— I tried my best to avoid her.

I was worried if I met her again, I would be unwilling to leave.

I wanted to appear directly before her

as a stranger

and ask her to help me ascend.

But when I actually saw her,

I couldn't let go again.

Feng Mochen,

stop talking and focus, okay?

The tribulation is coming soon.

Primordial forces stir.

Nine stars move in order.

Descend upon me your radiance.

I'm sorry.

Please stop talking!

I can barely remember it!

I'm sorry.

It's been 7 lifetimes...

and I couldn't make you happy.

What?

Little White Fox,

who locked you in here?

Is becoming an immortal

really that important to you?

Becoming an immortal

is my destination,

but not my purpose.

Why didn't you...

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Knowing these things

might not necessarily be good.

But isn't that how you've always been?

You've endured all the pain.

Why have you never told me?

I was worried that would...

make you stay farther away from me.

That would

make me help you ascend sooner

and spare you from the pain of tribulations.

Have you forgotten?

I didn't cultivate

to become an immortal.

Moreover, the tribulation

isn't that painful for me.

Do you remember what you said?

Love that lasts a lifetime

is already rare.

If one could experience love that lasts every lifetime,

wouldn't that be the greatest blessing in the world?

Feng Mochen!

Feng Mochen.

Nine stars move in order!

Primordial forces stir!

Afield the creeping grass,

with crystal dew overspread.

There's a beautiful lass,

with clear eyes and fine forehead.

When I meet the clear-eyed,

my desire is satisfied.

Afield the creeping grass,

with dewdrops overspread.

There's a beautiful lass,

with clear eyes and fine forehead.

When I meet the clear-eyed,

amid the grass let's hide.

Meeting you...

is the greatest fortune of my life.

Mine too.

Mine too.

You're free now.

You little beast!

You let it go?

Little White Fox!

Run!

Don't let my father catch you!

Little White Fox, run!

You can't hit it!

Little White Fox,

run!

Little White Fox,

if only...

you were human.

That way,

you could take me away.

You want

to transform into human form?

Though you're exceptionally gifted,

it will take

500 years at least.

Like the wind,

like ink,

like dust.

Feng Mochen.

Does it sound nice?

I exchanged your 500 years of cultivation

for her life.

And according to your wish,

I erased all her impressions and memories

of you.

It's so good to see you again.

Actually, when I first saw you,

I felt somehow familiar.

To transform into human form,

she exhausted all her cultivation.

If she had remained a little flower,

she wouldn't have suffered any of this.

She fell in love.

We could go to a rural village,

have children,

farm and weave,

and just live as ordinary people

for the rest of our lives.

Wouldn't that be nice?

That would be wonderful.

A life like that...

is what I dream of.

In my life,

if only I could meet someone

who would love me for a lifetime.

If that's the case,

if one could experience love that lasts every lifetime,

wouldn't that be the greatest blessing in the world?

Old Fox! Old Fox!

Feng Mochen!

Old Fox!

Feng Mochen,

now

you have shed your mortal flesh

and can join the ranks of immortals.

Immortal,

can I choose not to be an immortal?

Do you take the immortal realm as child's play?

I cultivated

never to become an immortal.

In my eyes,

immortals are worthless.

How dare you!

How insolent!

You show no respect for the higher immortals!

You impudent little demon,

how dare you say such outrageous words!

Am I wrong?

When the weak are bullied,

where are you?

When the sick suffer in pain,

where are you?

When parents lose their children,

where are you?

When evil people trample the good underfoot,

where are you?

Since you never care about the suffering in the mortal world,

aren't you utterly worthless?

Someone as arrogant and rude as you

doesn't deserve to join the ranks of immortals!

I indeed don't deserve

to be an immortal

like you,

looking down on the mortal world.

I only wish to be an ordinary person,

spending my life

with the one I love.

Even though human life is short,

just a few decades,

I would still be content.

Feng Mochen,

you should know

you can't have everything your way in this world.

I know.

In this world,

you're the ones in charge.

Then I'll do as you say.

Tell me what I must do to become human.

I'll do it.

Fine.

Since you want to become human so badly,

go suffer in the Avici Hell!

You'll suffer a tribulation there at every moment.

Perhaps for 100 years,

perhaps for 1,000 years—

God knows when you can transform into a human.

Do you dare?

Fine.

So be it.

Just like that,

to become human and truly meet

and fall in love

with the one

he deeply loves,

Feng Mochen walked into the Avici Hell

without hesitation.

Not even the greatest Chopin could express my sorrow.

What a heartbreaking fairy tale.

I think

my joke anthology is better.

Then read your joke anthology.

What took you guys so long?

It's Le's fault.

She ate all the snacks Mao bought.

We had to buy more.

They were so delicious.

I couldn't help it.

Bai,

did you learn any new jokes today?

Remember to tell me later.

Sure.

No problem.

Where's Feng?

Wasn't he with you?

I haven't seen him.

Look over there!

Feng,

all you know is acting cool.

Why did you stick on a few tails?

School asked me to play a nine-tailed fox.

What a coincidence.

This storybook is also about a nine-tailed fox.

It's really good.

Jiu.

Fairy tales are all lies.

And they're something adults

specifically use to fool children.

Otherwise,

why don't adults read fairy tales?

Why?

Because they know they're lies.

Those who believe in fairy tales

are children.

When you stop believing in fairy tales,

you'll be a grown-up.

If you don't believe in fairy tales,

why play a nine-tailed fox?

To make them believe

I'm still a child.

Come on, Jiu.

Let's bring food to Mao.

Let's go!

Mao!

You guys are so awful,

always giving my dog

my name.

Don't be angry,

Mao.

Because we think...

you and Mao are very alike.

Mm.

How could I be like a dog?

You just are.

I'm not playing with you anymore!

Let's go!

Surprise at the end.

♪ Mountains and rivers pass through cycles of time ♪

♪ Shining into the sleeping lake of my heart, awakening it ♪

♪ Alone, I watch the endless stars ♪

♪ Until the moment we meet, drawn by you ♪

♪ Walking alone through the mortal world ♪

♪ The nine-tailed fox endures it all, yet still seeks kindred spirits ♪

Are meant to be cherished.

Now I'm going to...

♪ Falling into a haze of memories past ♪

Now I'm going to...

Now I'm going to...

♪ Those promises once made are held tight again ♪

Now I'm going to help

Chief Steward Sun...

Come.

♪ Wandering clouds will awaken in spring ♪

Come on.

Say such words.

♪ After the rain comes clear skies ♪

♪ Can't hide the pounding of my heart, this uncontainable feeling ♪

♪ Clearly it's me, overjoyed, our echoes in harmony ♪

Action!

Don't jump! Don't jump!

♪ How I wish to spend all the seasons with you ♪

♪ Look at the tides under the starry sky ♪

Impressive!

♪ It's written in the stars ♪

One more time.

♪ Can't hide these loving eyes, can't hide this heartbeat ♪

My horse!

♪ Like the traces where sun and moon meet, filling heaven and earth ♪

There's an electric scooter behind.

Wait. Cut.

♪ Will tomorrow bring new adventures? ♪

♪ With you by my side, I'm certain ♪

♪ Love remains unchanged through the ages ♪

A mere charlatan...

Cut. Let's do it again.

You treat him so well.

Three, two, one, action.

I'm leaving.

Take care.

Shut up.

You shut up!

You...

One more time.

♪ Love itself needs no reason ♪

One, two, three!

♪ Through the long years that pour on, you are the prelude to my story ♪

Go!

♪ There were times of unease ♪

♪ It was you who descended from heaven and soothed my worries ♪

You...

♪ Wandering clouds will awaken in spring ♪

Huo Xiangjiu.

Am I beautiful?

♪ After the rain comes clear skies ♪

You...

You are Huo Xiangjiu.

♪ Can't hide the pounding of my heart, this uncontainable feeling ♪

♪ Clearly it's me, overjoyed, our echoes in harmony ♪

Why haven't they called "cut" yet?

♪ How I wish to spend all the seasons with you ♪

I want to divorce you.

♪ Look at the tides under the starry sky ♪

♪ It's written in the stars ♪

♪ Can't hide these loving eyes, can't hide this heartbeat ♪

You can't accomplish anything.

♪ Like the traces where sun and moon meet, filling heaven and earth ♪

♪ Will tomorrow bring new adventures? ♪

Let go of my hand.

I don't know this dance.

♪ With you by my side, I'm certain ♪

I'm not Huo Xiangjiu.

♪ Love remains unchanged through the ages ♪

♪ How lucky to witness two hearts that cannot be hidden ♪

What's wrong?

I'm not Huo Xiangjiu.

♪ Like fleeting light and shadow, leaning on each other, bearing eternal meaning ♪

I'm Feng Mochen.

The Heavenly Thunder! The Earthly Fire!

♪ Certain that tomorrow we'll still share this mutual understanding ♪

Wrong!

Again!

♪ Every time we stand side by side, I'm certain ♪

The Heavenly Thunder! The Earthly Fire!

♪ Love will never part ♪

The Five Elements! The Six Harmonies!

Commence the soul exchange!

Follow my command!