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♪Heavens strike with thunderous wrath♪

♪Mountains and rivers shatter before my eyes♪

♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes♪

♪Turns to dust between my fingers in an instant♪

♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪

♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

♪I defy fate♪

♪Just to remain by your side♪

♪Falling into love's abyss♪

♪Like heavy rain pouring down♪

♪Drunk on romance♪

♪In a blink, love and hate vanish into illusion♪

♪Falling into endless love♪

♪Stirring waves upending a lifetime♪

♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

♪Through all lifetimes♪

[When Destiny Brings The Demon]

[Based on the JJWXC novel "When Destiny Brings The Demon" by Fu Hua]

[Episode 19] [Immortal and Demon on Separate Paths, Parted by Life and Death]

[Taiwei Mountain]

That's a powerful barrier.

The Spirit Fire

must be inside.

A Bloodmist Array.

A pool filled with the blood of the Fengshan Clan.

You are but a guard dog.

Promise me.

Don't tear open your wounds

or bump into anything,

or I will be heartbroken.

Come in.

Who are you?

Jiao,

come in,

and I will tell you.

[Black Jade Lotus Pond]

The Spirit Fire

really is here.

Jiao,

you've finally come.

Are you Sima Shi?

I've been waiting for you.

So you didn't die in the fire at White Deer Cliff.

So E did as I asked

and merged the Spirit Fire with you.

I am so glad that you managed

to pull through.

I'll get you out of here.

Don't bother.

I didn't wait for you

because I wanted to leave.

With this broken body of mine,

I could never leave again.

I lingered here, waiting,

just to tell you

what really happened back then.

The ascension curse

made the Sima clan dwindle further.

We, despite our precious blood,

fell from leaders

to mere tools of the Eight Palaces.

By my generation,

all freedom had been lost.

To produce

a more refined Fengshan bloodline to nourish the Spirit Fire,

the Eight Palaces forced your mother and me into marriage.

Soon after,

you,

with the purest Fengshan atavistic blood,

were born.

Seeing such purity,

the greed of the Eight Palaces

grew insatiable.

They wanted more offspring of this bloodline,

so they sealed your mother and me in White Deer Cliff.

The Sima clan must remain here to guard the Spirit Fire.

Grandmaster, please stay on White Deer Cliff.

You are treating us like prisoners!

Do you even have the slightest respect for us Grandmasters?

I had intended to merge with the Fengshan Spirit Fire

so that I could gain its power

and put an end to their scheme.

But the Spirit Fire was too powerful.

I could not endure the agony

and even fell into madness at one point.

In the end,

I had to give up.

And even knowing the pain,

you still chose to have me merge with the Spirit Fire?

I... I had no other choice.

With your rare and pure

Fengshan atavistic blood,

you could withstand the Spirit Fire

and become the first to break the ascension curse.

But during the fusion, we realized

that your blood was so pure

that you needed a stronger Spirit Fire to merge with.

Otherwise,

your blood would devour

the Spirit Fire entirely during the fusion.

So,

the other Sima clansmen and I

made a collective decision.

If our deaths

can help Jiao successfully merge with the Spirit Fire,

then the Eight Palaces

will no longer dare to harm the Sima clan!

That's right!

We're willing to help Jiao merge with the Spirit Fire!

Me too!

Yes, me too!

- Me too! - I'm in!

The Sima clan no longer allowed themselves to be pawns

for the greed of the Eight Palaces.

So we decided to feed the Spirit Fire with our blood

to form a Spirit Fire strong enough

for you to merge with.

But

once the blood sacrifice began,

we found that the Spirit Fire was like a bottomless pit.

Over 100 clansmen gave their lives one after another.

Not a single one gave up.

In the end,

the clansmen poured every drop of their blood into it

and finally formed the most powerful Spirit Fire in existence.

Sacrificing the entire clan

and leaving such a heavy burden on a child...

Should I call you pitiable, or despicable?

If we had to choose again,

we would still walk the same path.

Then why are you here?

I feared the Eight Palaces would figure out our plan,

so I feigned madness and set a fire,

making them believe I had gone insane

and burned the whole clan alive.

The final step for merging the Spirit Fire into you

required your mother to absorb it for you.

I thought our plan

would end there.

He's dead.

Oh, no. Where is Sima E?

- Hurry! - But in the fire at White Deer Cliff,

a spy the Shi family had planted in the Eight Palaces

found me, barely alive,

and secretly took me away.

At first, the Shi family truly meant to save me.

But once I was rescued,

I was desperate to find you,

and from me, Shi Yongyou learned

the secret of how to break the ascension curse.

That greed consumed him.

Shi Yongyou and his disciple, Shi Qianlv,

stole a dying flame of the Spirit Fire's avatar

from White Deer Cliff

and used my body as the wick to keep it alive,

and at the same time...

At the same time,

Shi Yongyou and Shi Qianlv

secretly built Baifeng Mountain,

gathering the blood of the Fengshan Clan

to feed that Spirit Fire.

Exactly.

Now that you've come here,

it is time for all of this to end.

Jiao, remember this.

We are the Fengshan Clan.

The Fengshan Clan is born extraordinary,

destined to share life with heaven and earth.

Share life with heaven and earth?

Look around you.

Now the Sima clan

has only me left.

So what if there is only you left?

As long as you can live for tens of thousands

of years,

as long as you don't die,

the Fengshan Clan will never vanish,

and the glory may one day be ours again.

Consume this Spirit Fire,

and not only will your wounds heal,

but you will also have two Spirit Fires inside you.

But beyond becoming stronger,

there is another possibility.

If I consume it,

the Spirit Fire might reduce me to ash in an instant.

Isn't that right?

You carry the atavistic Fengshan bloodline, a marvel unseen in ages.

You can accomplish what none of us ever could.

♪I'd bear no resentment or regret♪

♪Let my mortal heart fall to the human world♪

♪I'll trade it for a lone, fearless self and let the past drift away♪

♪With every regret I once held onto♪

♪I'll survive countless trials and tribulations♪

♪Let my mortal heart sink into the sea♪

♪I dream of a weightless self, soaring to the heavens♪

♪Neither alive nor gone, I'm bound only by endless loneliness♪

♪Watching the world change♪

♪Yet still unable to see through the long night♪

Now your wish is fulfilled.

There's trouble

at Taiwei Mountain.

Sect Master,

Madam Ye sent word that Liao Tingyan had been found.

Order Ye Ruling to seize her and bring her to Taixuan Peak at once.

Otherwise, all her clansmen at the Yin Palace will die.

Understood.

I can sense that something

has happened to the Spirit Fire at Taiwei Mountain.

Sima Jiao may have already found it.

I'll go there first to check.

Notify the palace heads to gather at Taixuan Peak

and set up an array.

Once Sima Jiao shows himself at Taiwei Mountain,

I will use Liao Tingyan

to draw him to Taixuan Peak.

Then, the palace heads

will capture him together.

Understood.

Could this mean something unexpected

will happen to Sima Jiao?

What kind of fool curses her own cultivation partner?

He's so powerful.

No one in this world could kill him.

He might suffer a small injury,

but nothing serious will happen.

If only I still had the Transvision Mirror.

Then Jiao would be able to tell me he's safe.

Ruling!

Nianjiu?

Ruling!

Ruling!

Nianjiu!

Tingyan!

Tingyan!

Capture her!

Madam Ye,

I didn't expect us to meet again so soon.

How did you even find me?

In the Immortal Realm,

only I can recognize the traces of your extreme-cold nature.

Your cultivation has advanced rapidly lately,

and the traces have become clearer than ever.

So I should thank you for not coming to capture me sooner?

The Sect Master said

that if we could not catch Sima Jiao,

we must at least bring Liao Tingyan back.

Tingyan!

Tingyan!

You're courting death!

Madam Ye,

whose side are you really on?

How dare you, a mere disciple, question me?

Yes, Sect Master Shi ordered you to watch me,

but he didn't tell you to command me,

and I certainly don't need to explain my decisions to you.

Let's get back to business.

Take her away!

Move.

Let her go!

Tingyan!

Tingyan!

Let me out!

Ruling!

Let Tingyan go!

Ruling!

My Spirit Fire...

You are finally here.

You absorbed my Spirit Fire!

Centuries of planning, and you walked away

with the prize.

Sima Jiao,

you vile, despicable man!

I am flattered.

[Taixuan Peak]

Sima Jiao harmed my daughter,

causing me endless pain.

Now, I'll make him taste the same.

How can this be?

She has such powerful defenses.

I can't wound her at all.

Madam Yue,

we're against a strong enemy.

Don't act rashly.

Madam Yue,

if anyone here

destroys this tool

meant for the capture of Sima Jiao,

I will have to treat them as a saboteur

of the Eight Palaces' grand plan.

Ye Ruling, whose side are you really on?

Even now, you still have sympathy for Liao Tingyan, don't you?

Madam Yue, now is not the time for personal grudges.

We must focus on our task.

Master Ri is right.

Fellow palace heads, there is no time to waste.

Let's form the array.

Please notify Sect Master Shi at once

that Liao is in place,

and tell him to hurry and lead Sima Jiao to Taixuan Peak.

Qianlv, Madam Ye did it!

No!

No!

My... my Black Jade Lotus Pond!

A blood pool made from the blood of the Sima clan

will also be destroyed by the blood of the Sima clan.

Shi Qianlv,

this is only the beginning.

What are you trying to do?

Listen.

What's happening?

The spirit veins are burning!

Disciples of the Moon Palace,

move away from the veins at once!

Spirit veins burning?

That must be Sima Jiao.

I wonder how he is holding up.

Liao Tingyan must not be spared!

We don't have time. We must leave now!

The Shi clan's spiritual peaks,

temples,

and tombs,

and even your Taixuan Peak,

will all be engulfed in fire.

From this day forward,

your entire clan

and every spiritual peak you own will be gone.

Shi Qianlv,

how does it feel to see everything you worked for

reduced to ash?

Sima Jiao,

you've been planning this all along.

You will regret it!

Tingyan, get up.

Go now.

Why are you saving me?

I told you I never wished to harm you.

Go.

Let's leave together.

I can't.

In order to manipulate me,

Shi Qianlv brought my clansmen here.

I must stay with them.

Look out!

There's no way out.

Sima Jiao,

you think you've won,

but hear this:

the woman you keep by your side

is also on Taixuan Peak.

If we die, she will die with us!

What did you say?

You schemed and schemed,

yet you never foresaw

you would be the one to kill the person you care for most, right?

How does that feel?

Your arrogance has brought you retribution!

Watch out!

Sima Jiao,

this time, I can't wait for you to come home.

Tingyan.

Tingyan.

Tingyan.

Tingyan.

Tingyan!

Tingyan...

The artifact couldn't withstand my Spirit Fire...

♪Why must we suffer all this?♪

♪Piercing us through every season♪

♪Longing runs wild in endless void♪

♪Then wish upon the stars...♪

Why can't I find you?

Why can't I find you?

Why can't I...?

♪Never replay heartbreak again♪

Your soul must still be here.

I will find it.

♪The tale of fate keeps winding on♪

♪I'm unafraid though memories are gone♪

♪Through karma's journey, all lifetimes share one gaze♪

♪I believe in each life we'll fall in love again♪

♪Through every trial we've endured♪

♪No matter who has sought the cure...♪

Grandmaster!

Grandmaster!

Grandmaster.

Have you found Tingyan's soul fragments?

♪Destiny leads where my heart belongs...♪

Grandmaster, you've searched the entire Celestial Palace,

but there is still no trace of her soul.

Perhaps she really is...

She's not dead.

She cannot be dead.

Grandmaster...

The two Spirit Fires in your body

haven't fully merged yet.

If you keep this up,

you'll be in danger.

Keep looking for her.

Grandmaster...

Grandmaster!

Grandmaster!

Grandmaster...

Grandmaster!

Grandmaster!

[Eighteen years later] That battle at Taiwei Mountain

shattered the spirit veins and toppled the Celestial Palace.

After the Lord of Mercy lost his cultivation partner, his spirit collapsed,

and he gave in to inner demons, never waking again.

Just then, the Immortal-Demon Barrier cracked, and demons broke in.

The Gengchen Celestial Palace was on the brink of destruction.

[Chi Anhe, Celestial Palace General] Anhe, we can't hold out much longer.

Take the men back and fortify the defenses

to protect the Grandmaster.

What about you, Nianjiu?

I can still hold out a little longer.

Go!

You Chi, the Demon Lord, and his Preceptor, Mingli,

recently seized another city.

If the Grandmaster doesn't wake soon,

the Celestial Palace might really fall.

Who would have thought that a place once so glorious

would end up like this?

If only the Grandmaster were awake.

Yeah.

They say

the Grandmistress's death

struck him hard,

and something went wrong with the new Spirit Fire inside him.

That's why he fell into a deep sleep.

If she were still here,

perhaps he would have awakened sooner.

Yeah.

Grandmaster.

Tingyan.

Grandmaster!

Grandmaster!

Boss.

Sima Jiao.

Jiao.

Jiao.

Jiao!

Come!

♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes...♪

Good morning, Jiao.

♪When the line between good and evil is clear...♪

I told you,

as long as I don't let you die,

you won't die.

Your soul must still be here.

I will find it.

♪I still choose to be entangled with you...♪

Take it slow.

Master Yuan.

How are things at the front?

Hundreds of demon soldiers have invaded the front line.

They will soon reach here.

Hundreds? Even with the disciples from the reserve force,

we only have a few dozen soldiers here.

Master Yuan, please place all remaining forces under my command.

Together with Hei Nianjiu,

I will defend the Celestial Palace to the death.

Defend the Celestial Palace to the death!

Very well.

We've cultivated for so long.

If we die now protecting the Celestial Palace,

it will be a worthwhile death.

They're here.

Everyone,

protect the Grandmaster!

Yes, General!

The Spirit Fire? It's the Grandmaster.

Did you really think I was dead?

Greetings, Grandmaster!

Greetings, Grandmaster!

Grandmaster.

Grandmaster,

you're awake.

Why are you crying?

Grandmaster, have the two Spirit Fires in your body

completely merged?

Where's Tingyan?

Have you found her?

Grandmaster, have you forgotten?

Tingyan left behind no fragments

of her soul at all.

She cannot be reborn.

And Ruling

met the same fate.

What about the Shi clan?

After the battle at Taiwei Mountain,

the Shi clan was nearly annihilated.

But we searched every corner of the Celestial Palace

and never found Shi Qianlv's body.

I believe he must be living under another name,

hiding somewhere in the Celestial Palace.

Having caused such upheaval,

Shi Qianlv cannot remain here.

The breaches in the barrier

were perfect for him to escape.

Grandmaster, are you saying...?

We'll go to the Demon Realm

to root out the trouble.

Grandmaster,

though my medical skills are modest,

I beg to accompany you

to safeguard your health.

Grandmaster, you have only just awakened.

Are you sure about this?

Do you object?

I wouldn't dare.

But I have one request.

During the Immortal-Demon War,

many people of the Celestial Palace were taken into the Demon Realm

and went missing.

Grandmaster, I humbly ask

that you build a refuge for them

within the Demon Realm

if you encounter them there.

I never intended to destroy this place.

But in the end,

this is what it has come to.

This isn't your fault, Grandmaster.

Back then, the Immortal-Demon Barrier was suddenly destroyed.

And after you fell into slumber,

the Demon Lord set his sights on our territory.

That's why so many lives were lost.

Grandmaster,

did you just mend the Immortal-Demon Barrier?

The Grandmaster doesn't seem as fearsome as the rumors say.

The Grandmistress was kind, gentle, and disliked bloodshed.

It was because of her that he changed.

What a pity that fate was so cruel.

[White Bone Abyss, Demon Realm]

My lord.

Mingli, it has been centuries.

When will I be reborn?

My lord,

in the Demon Realm, White Bone Abyss holds the richest demonic energy.

Please rest and recuperate here.

Don't worry, my lord.

Everything is ready for the restoration of your soul.

Now we only need Sima Jiao's Fengshan blood.

He's slept for 18 years.

Eighteen years have passed,

[You Yan, former Demon Lord] and you still haven't brought him to me?

My lord,

he has awakened recently,

and he has even successfully merged the two Spirit Fires.

Useless fool!

Please calm your anger, my lord.

We still have the Frost Fish.

She can kill him and take his blood.

You have searched for her for so many years without success.

She must already be dead.

No,

I'm sure she is still alive.

The traces of her extreme-cold nature left at the breaches

of the Immortal-Demon Barrier

were proof that she

passed through the barrier into the Demon Realm

during the great disaster 18 years ago.

But she

must have been gravely injured,

which is why we haven't been able to track her down.

There is only one Frost Fish in existence.

She is the perfect weapon to kill Sima Jiao.

You must find her.

However,

now that Sima Jiao has two Spirit Fires within him,

even with the Frost Fish, we won't be able to kill him.

We'll need the aid of an ancient demonic artifact.

Follow the map to find the Xingtian Chain.

Once the Frost Fish is refined into a froststone

and set into the Xingtian Chain,

Sima Jiao can be killed.

Then you'll drain his blood and provide the sacrifice I need.

I will depart at once.

Rest assured, my lord. I will rally the strength of the entire clan

to find that Frost Fish, Liao Tingyan.

[Celestial Crane City, Demon Realm]

[Celestial Crane City]

Stop running!

Hand it over!

Pretty lady...

Let go of me!

Please, have mercy.

Out of the way!

Eat.

We're almost out of food again.

After finishing this job,

I'll need to find more work.

Winter City is far.

Leave early and return early.

Be careful on the road.

Don't get yourself hurt.

I won't, Father.

♪Autumn winds sigh♪

♪Moon and stars dapple the sky♪

♪Brushing the loneliness of bygone days♪

♪Candlelight flickers low♪

♪Shadows sway♪

♪Shimmering in the night♪

♪With a brush I draw♪

♪The color of light♪

♪To warm your frozen soul♪

♪Memories anchor here♪

♪Longing is engraved♪

♪Yet cannot be touched♪

♪Following♪

♪The veins of gravel♪

♪I turn into spirit fire♪

♪Burning away♪

♪All these karmic ties♪

♪To save you♪

♪To save me♪

♪To cross over all suffering, I'll break through♪

♪The laws of heaven♪

♪The vortex of reincarnation♪

♪What of life and death?♪

♪To save you♪

♪To save me♪

♪To redeem all beings, I'll let pass♪

♪Right and wrong♪

♪Rumors and tales♪

♪To seize fate♪

♪With my own hands♪

♪For you♪

♪For me♪

♪For the healing of wounds♪

♪I'll stir the murky seas♪

♪And strive against the heavens♪

♪To protect the vastness♪

♪For you♪

♪For me♪

♪For the light of dawn♪

♪I'll face promises♪

♪Like a moth to a flame♪

♪And use my body to shine♪

♪On even more♪