1 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:28,440 {\an8}LOVE IN THE CLOUDS 2 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:30,960 {\an8}ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S "LOVE IN THE CLOUDS" 3 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,920 EPISODE 1 4 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:36,280 I am 5 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:38,840 Ming Xian, Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain. 6 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:39,840 Since I was 13, 7 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,920 I have fought in the Qingyun Tournament. 8 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,440 I've brought victory to Yaoguang Mountain for seven consecutive years. 9 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,440 Since childhood, I've used magic to disguise myself as a man. 10 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,040 In the eyes of others, I am a man. 11 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,680 They call me the mightiest Warrior God of Hexu 12 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:58,800 and see me as a hero. 13 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,000 But I am no hero. 14 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:01,920 MING ZHENGHUI, EMPEROR OF YAOGUANG MOUNTAIN 15 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,760 I simply never dared to relax, 16 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,400 because winning the Blessed Rain is my duty. 17 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:11,840 Ever since I could remember, 18 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:14,400 I've been told that I could only win, 19 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,400 that I must win, and that I must keep winning. 20 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:21,640 - Ming Xian! - Ming Xian! 21 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,440 JI BOZAI, A WARRIOR OF JIXING ABYSS 22 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,480 I knew there was a fish that slipped through the net. 23 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,160 Why do you not strike? 24 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,160 Why have they both vanished? 25 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,040 Ming Xian can't lose to Jixing Abyss, right? 26 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,280 Of course he won. 27 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,560 Your Highness, can we really defeat Ming Xian this time? 28 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,600 My spiritual power is restrained in this space. 29 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,360 I can't even maintain my armor. 30 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,840 This man is no ordinary fighter. 31 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,160 A Jixing Abyss warrior with such spiritual power… 32 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,520 Who are you really? 33 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,840 You are trapped in my Spirit Well, 34 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,680 yet you still speak with such conceit? 35 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,360 Even within your Spirit Well, 36 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,800 I can defeat you with weakened strength. 37 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:12,320 Is that so? 38 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,440 Impressive, Warrior God. 39 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,160 You even forged a weapon with your own blood. 40 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:04,920 I will win. 41 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,000 That is the only thing I know. 42 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,600 Everyone can lose. 43 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,240 You can too. 44 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,400 JING SHU, EMPRESS OF YAOGUANG MOUNTAIN 45 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,280 - Ming Xian is defeated? - Look, Father! 46 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,200 He's severely injured. 47 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:03,240 - Yes. - How disappointing. 48 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,320 In this tournament of two realms, 49 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,240 Jixing Abyss wins! 50 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,160 Jixing Abyss rises. 51 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,800 Yaoguang Mountain falls. 52 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,320 Let the Blessed Rain descend! 53 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,280 Your Highness, we have won! 54 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,320 I knew I did not misjudge him. 55 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,120 {\an8}- Blessed Rain! - It's the Blessed Rain! 56 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,400 {\an8}- It really is the Blessed Rain! - It really is the Blessed Rain! 57 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,520 Seven years have passed. 58 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,400 The Blessed Rain has finally descended upon Jixing Abyss! 59 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:31,360 How dare this loser show his face? 60 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,800 - Exactly! - Right! 61 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,120 - It's all his fault! - How dare he? 62 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,160 Right! 63 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,280 The Blessed Rain was within reach, yet he let it slip away! 64 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:38,320 Without the Blessed Rain, 65 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,040 Yaoguang Mountain's spirit light will fade, 66 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,200 and the land will dry up! 67 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:42,200 Without the Blessed Rain, 68 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:43,480 no spirit stones will form. 69 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,080 How are we going to live? 70 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,400 Exactly. 71 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,760 You don't deserve to be our Warrior God! 72 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,960 How can we survive? 73 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,400 We are doomed. 74 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,400 I am Ming Xian, Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain. 75 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,480 Since I was 13, I have fought in the Qingyun Tournament. 76 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:10,880 I won for seven consecutive years, 77 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,360 yet it feels as though I never won at all. 78 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,480 YAOGUANG PALACE, YAOGUANG MOUNTAIN 79 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,480 CHAMBER OF EASE, YAOGUANG MOUNTAIN 80 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,559 Ming Xian! 81 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,240 Ming Xian, what happened to you? 82 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,480 TWENTY-SEVEN, MING XIAN'S COMPANION BEAST 83 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:44,400 Twenty-Seven, 84 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,320 my spiritual veins are broken. 85 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,000 How can that be? 86 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:53,920 It seems I have been poisoned, 87 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:55,960 by something potent. 88 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,200 He did it. 89 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,360 Despicable. 90 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:21,720 Mother. 91 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,640 I order you to leave. 92 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,080 Depart Yaoguang Mountain at once. 93 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,520 Mother, are you banishing me? 94 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,880 Your spiritual veins are severed. 95 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,440 If you remain here, you will only die 96 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,480 at the hands of those coveting the Crown Prince's seat. 97 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:41,960 Mother, 98 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,880 I can restore my spiritual veins. 99 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,000 At the next Qingyun Tournament, 100 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,440 I will win back a thousandfold 101 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,360 of what Yaoguang Mountain has lost. 102 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,520 I can still be of use to you. 103 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,520 Please, do not send me away. 104 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,560 Ming Xian, listen. 105 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,080 I am not casting you out. 106 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,920 I just want you to live and be safe. 107 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:02,720 How laughable my life has been, 108 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,920 ever cautious, walking on thin ice. 109 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,880 From the moment you were born, 110 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:09,280 I made you use the Veil of Illusion 111 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,000 to take on the guise of a prince. 112 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:16,120 You could have lived as a simple fairy maiden. 113 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,080 This supreme art of deception 114 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,120 has made you appear to all 115 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,760 as a man. 116 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,280 But with your spiritual veins broken, 117 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,080 all we've done is now in vain. 118 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:34,920 Ming Xian, 119 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,760 staying in Yaoguang Mountain 120 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,360 will only bring you danger. 121 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:39,840 I am letting you go. 122 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,720 Remove the Veil of Illusion 123 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,680 and return to your true form. 124 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,760 No one will know who you are. 125 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,320 Live well, 126 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,760 and never come back. 127 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:01,720 Mother, don't worry. 128 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,080 I will restore my spiritual veins 129 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,040 and rejoin the tournament one day. 130 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,080 TWO MONTHS LATER 131 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:17,040 MOONLIT BLOSSOMS, JIXING ABYSS 132 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,440 MOONLIT BLOSSOMS 133 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:52,040 Immortal Ji? 134 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,360 I am going to another immortal then. 135 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:56,280 Don't go. 136 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,920 Immortal Ji, you really treat Moonlit Blossoms as your own home. 137 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,760 The moment the Qingyun Tournament ended, 138 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,080 you came here. 139 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,960 You've even stayed here longer than I have. 140 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,920 I fought bitterly in the tournament 141 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,760 for no other reason 142 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,320 than to have whatever I wanted. 143 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:17,920 No, you want 144 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,640 whatever I have. 145 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:22,440 Oh? 146 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:24,360 Then tell me, 147 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:29,600 what do you have? 148 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:36,000 Immortal Ji, have a grape. 149 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,560 With so many fairies waiting here for me, 150 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,560 I shouldn't favor one over another, right? 151 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,760 Many thanks, Immortal Ji! 152 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,880 Sir, please. 153 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 MING XIAN, CROWN PRINCE OF YAOGUANG MOUNTAIN 154 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,400 MING YI, AN ATTENDANT OF MOONLIT BLOSSOMS 155 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,760 That Ji Bozai… 156 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,480 Since winning the Qingyun Tournament, 157 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:14,280 he's spent his days in debauchery. 158 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,640 As expected, he is a shameless scoundrel. 159 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,600 Two months have passed, yet I still cannot get close to him. 160 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,200 Today, he's hosting a grand banquet to celebrate 161 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:23,680 being named the Qingyun Warrior. 162 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,840 I must seize this chance to approach him. 163 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,440 I heard from my friends about the Qingyun Tournament. 164 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,560 You know how it is in places like this. 165 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,880 One tale can turn into hundreds of versions. 166 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:41,160 They say you fight valiantly and are unmatched in battle. 167 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,080 SUN LIAO, A WARRIOR OF JIXING ABYSS 168 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,720 Surely you couldn't have been 169 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,480 defeated by Ming Xian with a single move. 170 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,960 Who said I was? 171 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,520 Was it Ji Bozai? 172 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,080 No, Immortal Sun. 173 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,560 Ji Bozai is full of nonsense. 174 00:13:58,520 --> 00:13:59,560 What… 175 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,480 What does this have to do with Immortal Ji? 176 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,400 Then why did you say such things to me? 177 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,000 You're mistaken, Immortal Sun. 178 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,000 I only meant… 179 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,360 Now. 180 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,400 First, play the damsel in distress. 181 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,000 Then I'll get close to him. 182 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:31,600 Excuse me. 183 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:34,640 He didn't fall for it? 184 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,000 Did you think Immortal Ji would take your side? 185 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,200 Immortal Sun, this is a misunderstanding. 186 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,360 Immortal Ji never said a word about you to me. 187 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,080 Please, don't blame him. 188 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:56,960 Ji Bozai, 189 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,960 have you been spreading rumors about how I fared in the tournament? 190 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,160 You, a former Sunken Abyss prisoner, only gained spiritual veins by chance 191 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,440 and became a warrior through Princess Tianji's favor. 192 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:07,040 What, 193 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,520 is gossip behind people's backs all you're good for? 194 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:22,440 Sun Liao, 195 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:24,600 you are actually quite skilled. 196 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,440 It's just that Ming Xian struck too quickly. 197 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,360 You…! 198 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,640 What a pity. You are a step too late again. 199 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:38,560 You… 200 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,000 Well, well, once again I see you 201 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,560 fighting for the sake 202 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,240 of a fairy maiden, Immortal Ji. 203 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:55,800 Sun Liao, 204 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,840 this is Immortal Ji's celebratory banquet. 205 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,040 Don't make a scene. 206 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:06,440 Consider yourself lucky. 207 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,800 This man is truly hard to approach. 208 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:24,960 I must think of another way. 209 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,280 Immortal Ji, the food and wine are ready. 210 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:33,360 The banquet may begin. 211 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,680 Congratulations, Immortal Ji, on winning the Qingyun Tournament. 212 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:43,720 May I have the honor of toasting you? 213 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,000 Immortal Ji, your valor in the tournament 214 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:48,920 brought the Blessed Rain to Jixing Abyss. 215 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:49,960 It is an honor to see you today. 216 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,360 Allow me to toast you. 217 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,600 Master said my time was running out. 218 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,720 Ming Xian, let me see your injury from the Qingyun Tournament. 219 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,320 Master, I don't know what poison it is, 220 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,600 but my spiritual veins are broken. 221 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,520 Listen. The poison in you is called 222 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:09,720 Heavenly Grief. 223 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,079 For those with spiritual veins, it destroys them. 224 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,440 For those without, it grants them. 225 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,440 From now on, don't use your spiritual veins again, 226 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,240 or the poison will only spread faster. 227 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:22,440 This mark is called the Grief Blossom. 228 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,000 When all seven petals fall, 229 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:25,880 your primordial spirit will be burned out. 230 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:30,360 So, within a year, 231 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:31,800 you must find the antidote, Golden Millet Dream, 232 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,200 and take it to restore your spiritual veins, 233 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,760 or you will die. 234 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,480 Since the poison came from Ji Bozai, 235 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,560 he may hold the Golden Millet Dream. 236 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:43,920 Go to Jixing Abyss and find him. 237 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,560 Once I get rid of the pursuers, I will come to you. 238 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,440 He refuses food and drink from others because he fears they might be poisoned. 239 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,000 Truly, an evil man sees evil in all things. 240 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,800 Lord Hanfeng has arrived! 241 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,080 No need for formalities. 242 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,360 I cannot stand them. 243 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:09,760 Hands down, all of you. 244 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,400 From now on, act like Bozai. 245 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,360 Wherever you see me, 246 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,080 greet me as you would an old friend. 247 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,480 Wouldn't that be nice? 248 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,640 Lord Hanfeng, was that a dig at me? 249 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,320 I wouldn't dare disrespect you. 250 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:22,240 When I was still a prisoner, 251 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,960 I had to kneel even to a noble's pet. 252 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,440 Though I am better off now, 253 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,040 I ask only for a life where I need not bow. 254 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,680 I've always liked this side of you. 255 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,280 Today is a fine day, Bozai. 256 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:36,120 You've been named the Qingyun Warrior. 257 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,320 I've brought a small gift to express my congratulations. 258 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,560 Your Wugui Sea is far too desolate. 259 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,320 Even the one servant you have is already old. 260 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,240 That's hardly acceptable. 261 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,160 My niece Tianji is the one to blame. 262 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,200 Though she is in charge of Jixing Abyss's Shouhua Academy, 263 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,800 she has yet to live up to her station. 264 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:56,720 She didn't even think to assign you attendants. 265 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,840 Today, I've brought you two maids. 266 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:03,520 From now on, they can handle your accounts and household tasks. 267 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,800 Bozai, are you happy with this gift of mine? 268 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,800 Lord Hanfeng, must you keep such a close eye on Wugui Sea? 269 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,480 Just as I thought, there are rifts within Jixing Abyss. 270 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,560 It's not that I don't appreciate it. 271 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,800 Tonight's feast is hosted by Princess Tianji in my honor, 272 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,280 yet you suddenly arrived with two maids. 273 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:32,440 If I take them back, won't that upset Princess Tianji? 274 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,320 So you dare not offend Princess Tianji, 275 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,320 but you have no fear of offending me? 276 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,920 Bozai, are you sure you are turning down my gift? 277 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,400 Is Immortal Ji really turning down Lord Hanfeng's gift? 278 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:53,320 He's turning it down? 279 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,760 Won't Lord Hanfeng be offended? 280 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:56,680 This is my chance. 281 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,760 I object! Lord Ji, you just promised 282 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,560 to take me back to Wugui Sea. 283 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,840 Did I say that? 284 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:12,640 You did. 285 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,240 I must have made too many promises and forgotten. 286 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,520 Then why don't you take all three back with you? 287 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,760 - Wouldn't that make quite a story? - Right. 288 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,320 Yes, take all of them back. 289 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,600 That's a fine idea. 290 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,520 I will have carriages and boats prepared 291 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,640 to send you all back together. 292 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,080 - Great! - Good idea! 293 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,200 Take them all back! 294 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:40,960 Yes, take them all! 295 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:41,760 - Right. - Yes, take them all back. 296 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,120 - No way! - Exactly. 297 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,120 There isn't enough room! 298 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,640 Wugui Sea may be remote, 299 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,920 but as Immortal Ji's reward, 300 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,120 it is spacious and tranquil. 301 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,920 I'm sure it can hold more than a few people. 302 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:53,880 - Yes! - Naturally! 303 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,080 - Exactly! - Well said! 304 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,280 - Immortal Ji should take them all back! - Lord Ji… 305 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:58,920 That's right! 306 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:00,360 Hold on. 307 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,760 Everyone, Wugui Sea is not a fish pond. 308 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,680 Besides, my energy is limited. 309 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:08,880 Here's what we'll do. 310 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,400 Ladies, I will ask you one question, 311 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,400 and I will take the one who pleases me most 312 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:14,880 with her answer. 313 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,040 How about that? 314 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:17,680 - Good idea! - Great! 315 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:20,280 Let's do it! 316 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,160 Since you are to serve in my abode, 317 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,280 tell me, what spirit beasts are kept in Wugui Sea, 318 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,480 and how would you tend to them? 319 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,080 The water in Wugui Sea is stagnant. Nothing can survive there. 320 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,960 But if I give the right answer, I could draw suspicion. 321 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,960 You go first. Yes, you. 322 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,360 Wugui Sea… 323 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:46,280 Like rivers, lakes, and ponds, 324 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:49,400 it has… turtles, 325 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,320 fish, and shrimp, right? 326 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,760 Lord Ji, my loyalty to you 327 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:02,240 surpasses any spirit beast, 328 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,080 and my devotion is deeper than the Wugui Sea. 329 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:09,840 Your turn. 330 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,000 The water in Wugui Sea is stagnant. 331 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,600 Nothing can survive there. 332 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,360 There isn't a single spirit beast there. 333 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,360 That's right. 334 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,120 Ignorant fairy, 335 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:20,840 do you really know Immortal Ji at all? 336 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,320 Do you even know what he likes? 337 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,840 Lord Ji, please give me one more chance. I'll get it right this time. 338 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,080 She knows nothing. 339 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:29,920 Even if he gave her another chance, it would be wasted. 340 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,080 Lord Ji… 341 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,440 She's asking for a second chance? 342 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,160 This fairy keeps pestering Immortal Ji. 343 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,320 Could it be…? 344 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,040 Immortal Ji would never choose her. 345 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:42,880 Those two know Immortal Ji so well. 346 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,200 Surely he'll pick either of them. 347 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,360 Lord Hanfeng's choices are never wrong. 348 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:49,880 I choose… 349 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:55,840 her. 350 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:58,880 What? 351 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:00,680 - Her? - I envy her. 352 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,360 - Me too. - I was once a prisoner, 353 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,600 so I know all things in this world are meaningless, 354 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,480 and only true devotion deserves to be valued. 355 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,600 This lady… 356 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:13,960 - Your name? - Ming Yi. 357 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:14,920 Ming Yi. 358 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,240 Fairy Ming Yi is so devoted to me, 359 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,000 laying bare her heart to me. 360 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:21,360 How could I let her down? 361 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:23,880 Rest assured. 362 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:25,680 I will never fail you. 363 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:30,440 As for you two, 364 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,960 it seems we are just fated to be strangers. 365 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,240 He is tough to handle. 366 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,240 Still, I'm one step closer to my goal. 367 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,720 WUGUI SEA, JIXING ABYSS 368 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,200 GRANNY XUN, STEWARD OF WUGUI SEA 369 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,640 Your Lordship, you're back. 370 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:19,240 Lord Ji, 371 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,560 why did you cover my eyes 372 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,200 the moment we arrived? 373 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:40,080 Because I like it. 374 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,080 Lord Hanfeng, 375 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,280 Ji Bozai carried that fairy into the chamber. 376 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,160 Lord Ji, 377 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,080 it must be nearly dawn. 378 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,000 Why not take this blindfold off me? 379 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,240 Lord Ji… 380 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,280 Tonight, you went to great lengths, 381 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,360 putting on a show, 382 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:35,680 just so you could follow me back to Wugui Sea, right? 383 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,280 You got what you wanted. 384 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,760 You saw right through me, Lord Ji. 385 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:44,320 Well done, 386 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,920 keeping the acts coming one after another. 387 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,480 I dismissed two fairies, and then you showed up. 388 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:01,240 And your little scene with Sun Liao? Truly well-coordinated. 389 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,080 That's unfair, Lord Ji. 390 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,880 Questioning my devotion to you 391 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,120 by bringing up Sun Liao is just humiliating! 392 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:14,480 That's true. 393 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,200 Could you remove the blindfold for me? 394 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,800 I don't like this. It feels like an interrogation. 395 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,280 Answer my question first. 396 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:28,760 Lord Ji, 397 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,720 do you enjoy questioning women like this? 398 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,600 I never thought you had such a hobby. 399 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:41,840 Thank you, Lord… 400 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,000 Lord Ji? 401 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:55,440 Lord Ji, 402 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,400 is it really so strange that I want 403 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,800 to follow you back to Wugui Sea? 404 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,240 Once a Sunken Abyss prisoner, 405 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,440 you rose to fame in one battle. 406 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,280 You are a living legend in Jixing Abyss, 407 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,960 the man we fairies of Moonlit Blossoms admire most! 408 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,640 I've given you all my heart, 409 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,680 yet you are so cold to me. 410 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,480 I am heartbroken. 411 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:14,920 Don't treat me this way again. 412 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:19,960 Your name 413 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:22,440 is Ming Yi? 414 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,160 "Ming," as in "bright," like the moon in your heart. 415 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,320 and "Yi," as in "feelings," like the deep ones I hold for you. 416 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 Before you worked at Moonlit Blossoms, 417 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:38,000 what did you do? 418 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,960 He's still interrogating me. 419 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,560 The more I say, the more risk I take. 420 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,520 I need to silence him somehow. 421 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,440 My family once lived by gathering herbs. 422 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,440 After my parents died, 423 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:51,960 I came to Moonlit Blossoms. 424 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,120 - So you… - Why so many questions? 425 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,080 Do you not trust me? 426 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:58,280 No, you simply don't like me. 427 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:00,800 If you dislike me, why did you bring me back here? 428 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,160 Are you all right? 429 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,960 I don't like women who come on too strong. 430 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,800 Seriously? How desperate is he? 431 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,200 Fine then. 432 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,280 What's Twenty-Seven doing? 433 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:34,640 Why hasn't he acted yet? 434 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,680 There's a fire outside. I'll go check. 435 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,440 Lord… Lord Ji, what happened? 436 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,880 Your Lordship, the pavilion at the back is on fire. 437 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,200 Please come and see. 438 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,360 Let's go and check. 439 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,080 I can't let you come along. 440 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,760 You don't know your way around Wugui Sea. 441 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:01,880 What if something happens to you? 442 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:05,520 I will be fine… 443 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,280 This barrier 444 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,320 can only be passed through by Granny Xun and me. 445 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:13,240 No one else can enter, 446 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,880 and you cannot leave either. 447 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:16,960 This way, you are completely safe. 448 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,280 Wait for me here. 449 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:25,520 Ugh, that man. 450 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:04,640 Ming Yi, 451 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,920 with your spiritual veins broken, 452 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,360 you are like an ordinary person now. 453 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,160 You only have a little power for simple spells. 454 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:12,760 Don't push yourself. 455 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,160 - I know. - Are you all right? 456 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,600 Didn't Master She warn you not to use your spiritual veins? 457 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,040 What if the Grief Blossom withers? 458 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,520 Using this little power won't stir my spiritual veins. 459 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:23,840 This is a complex barrier. 460 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,240 I have to break it myself. 461 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,520 I only asked you to make some noise 462 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:28,920 to keep him from staying the night. 463 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:29,840 Why did you go so far? 464 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,920 I am puzzled too. I did exactly as you said. 465 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,120 I cast a small spell on that pavilion over there 466 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,720 to create just a tiny flame. 467 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,360 But somehow, it grew into a blaze. 468 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,120 I don't understand how. 469 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,080 Never mind. Get down to business while he's out. 470 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,000 Where is the thing? 471 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,440 Trouble arose right after Ming Yi arrived. 472 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,320 Rest assured, Your Lordship. 473 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,080 - I will find the cause of the fire. - No need. 474 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:10,800 It is only a natural fire. 475 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:12,240 No need to alarm an outsider. 476 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,400 I don't like women who come on too strong. 477 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,680 I need to stall a bit longer. 478 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,320 Why are there so few layers to this robe? 479 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,680 Why hasn't Buxiu started the fire? 480 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,200 I will put the fire out myself. 481 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,680 WUGUI SEA, JIXING ABYSS 482 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,560 In these two months in Jixing Abyss, 483 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,760 we've learned that Ji Bozai's spiritual veins 484 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,720 were formed through Heavenly Grief. 485 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:00,720 Since he used it, 486 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,840 without the Golden Millet Dream, 487 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,320 he would have died already. 488 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,480 The fact that he's still alive 489 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,199 means he must have the antidote. 490 00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:24,320 It's not here. 491 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,639 And it's not here. Where could it be? 492 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,760 The Heavenly Grief and Golden Millet Dream respond intensely to one another. 493 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,280 Using this locator forged with your poisoned blood, 494 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,199 we should be able to find it. 495 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,560 - I'll check over there. - Your Lordship, mind the steps. 496 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,120 They are coming back! Hide quickly… 497 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:01,400 You ran off on your own? 498 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:05,120 We have been gone so long. 499 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,160 I wonder if that little fairy waited as she was told. 500 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:11,720 SHEDDING THE OLD AND EMBRACING THE NEW 501 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,080 The Confinement Barrier is broken! 502 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:47,080 Your Lordship, she's not inside. 503 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:54,240 SHEDDING THE OLD AND EMBRACING THE NEW