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♪Heavens strike with thunderous wrath♪

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♪Mountains and rivers shatter before my eyes♪

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♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes♪

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♪Turns to dust between my fingers in an instant♪

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♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪

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♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

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♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

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♪I defy fate♪

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♪Just to remain by your side♪

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♪Falling into love's abyss♪

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♪Like heavy rain pouring down♪

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♪Drunk on romance♪

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

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♪Falling into endless love♪

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♪Stirring waves upending a lifetime♪

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♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

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♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

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♪Through all lifetimes♪

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[When Destiny Brings The Demon]

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

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[Episode 2]
[Struck by an NPC's Fate, But Can't Go AFK]

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Chuhui's cultivation was so high, yet she failed the selection.

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Someone must've meddled with the process.

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Please calm your anger, Madam.

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Among those chosen,

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is a disciple named Yu Rongrong.

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Her skills are passable.

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If she and the chosen others

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can steal the Bloodseal Bloom,

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it will grant Moon Palace millennia of cultivation.

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Why worry?

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Congratulations, Master.

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Anxue and Tan Muying made the cut,

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just as we planned.

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Never thought that slave-born Ye Ruling

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would also be selected.

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Though not as good as Anxue,

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she's the most gifted among the captives

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from the Demon Realm.

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She'll be our second bargaining chip.

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Mu Nisheng is exceptionally talented.

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She'll surely fulfill your task.

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As expected of your sisters,

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Misses Xiyue and Wanqing made it in.

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Once they bear Sima's children,

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we'll have the Spirit Fire

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in our own hands.

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Then all we need to do is kill Sima Jiao

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and take his place as master

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of the Gengchen Celestial Palace.

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Anyone here?

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Nice spot.

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Not too high,

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far from Central Tower.

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No colleagues dropping by.

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I'll lay down a thick quilt here

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for my own luxury suite.

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[Stargazing Terrace, Three Saints Mountain]
Plenty of sunshine too.

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Much better

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than the place I used to rent.

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This Qiankun Pouch may be low-grade,

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but it's more than enough

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for daily supplies.

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Remember:

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Don't make enemies in Three Saints Mountain.

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Just mind your own business

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and never stick your neck out.

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Oh, Master...

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This isn't about showing off.

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I almost had my own funeral!

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Wow, you can really hold a lot!

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Such a tiny Qiankun Pouch, yet it holds so much!

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I should've packed all my belongings.

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Here's someone even bolder.

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Surviving the big bad Grandmaster's wrath,

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I'm truly blessed.

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The one you went to all that trouble

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to send

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is weaker than average

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and nothing special.

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Still no news after all this time.

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All you need to know is,

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[Mingli, Demon Realm's Preceptor]
she's the only one who can kill Sima Jiao.

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If you have time to test me here,

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better spend it thinking

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how to use the Bone-Eroding Venom in her

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to fulfill our pact sooner.

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Didn't think I'd finally get it here,

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my long-awaited vacation!

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She's actually sleeping.

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Is Gengchen Celestial Palace sending her

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to provoke me on purpose,

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or are they really this useless,

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not even realizing she's a Demon Realm spy?

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I'm innocent, Grandmaster...

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Stupid snake.

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Why would I get a headache

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over a mere Demon Realm woman?

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It's clearly the Spirit Fire in me acting up.

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I want to see what she's really after.

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How can she sleep so soundly?

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Smelly.

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Let's go.

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Why didn't my alarm ring?

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These flowers are odd.

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They even glow at night.

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Isn't that the girl

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Grandmaster blasted away the other day?

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[Lantern Pavilion, Gengchen Celestial Palace]

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Oh no!

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Yu Rongrong's life flame has gone out!

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Return!

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Luckily,

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her soul hasn't scattered yet.

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Madam.

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I told you to be careful in all things.

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How did you die so soon?

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I died?

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I saw so many flowers at Grandmaster's place.

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I just wanted to pick one,

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and then I ended up here.

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Could it be the Moonshade Bloom?

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Madam Yue,

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fortunately, our disciples

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each get one chance at rebirth.

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You'd best prepare

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and send her on her way.

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Two life lamps

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out in a single day.

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Grandmaster is still as ruthless as ever.

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He must still hold old grudges

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and will vent them on the disciples.

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You think he cares about them?

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He still remembers old scores with the Eight Palaces!

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Back then, our fathers...

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I feel awful!

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I feel awful!

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Grandmaster!

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I feel awful!

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- Grandmaster! - I feel awful...

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Grandmaster.

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Take this fire out of me.

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Bear it, Grandmaster.

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Let the blood out and it'll ease.

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The Eight Palaces once drank his blood,

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then locked him in Three Saints Mountain for 500 years.

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His hatred only grows by the day.

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If he shows no mercy to them,

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imagine if he faces us directly,

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he'll be even more ruthless.

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Master Yin is right.

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He means we should strike first.

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This...

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With Spirit Fire in him,

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his power far exceeds ours.

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If we provoke him now,

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we'll only die a miserable death.

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Though he's forged a Spirit Fire avatar,

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the mountain's seal still holds.

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I urge you all

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not to act rashly.

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Why do you think these disciples came?

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They're just following orders from those old fools

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in Gengchen Celestial Palace,

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here to take my blood and my life.

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They don't dare come here.

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Yet that one

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strolls right in

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and relaxes in my place.

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Grandmaster...

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Wait...

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Grandmaster...

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You're watching me.

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No.

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I'm just cross-eyed.

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I was looking...

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I was looking over there!

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Tell me,

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what are you really here for?

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To fix my schedule and relax.

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In short, vacation.

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What's going on?

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Why did my words change?

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That guy's behind this!

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This fantasy world even has a spell

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that forces you to tell the truth!

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You don't want to kill me?

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No.

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Why not?

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I'm just an innocent slacker.

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With cultivation this low,

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why would I want to kill you?

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Really?

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What else?

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Are you scared of everything or what?

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Is your brain broken?

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I'm doomed.

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This spell is deadly.

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Help!

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Are you killing me or not?

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Make it quick!

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I wouldn't dare.

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Has he been in seclusion so long

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that his mind's gone?

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Gengchen Celestial Palace

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had it wrong from the start.

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Why send in disciples to serve him?

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They should've sent a doctor

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to fix his head.

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Get off.

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Don't lick me, you mangy mutt.

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Mr. Snake,

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look at my scrawny arms and legs.

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Spare me, will you?

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I'd only get stuck in your teeth!

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You want to drink this?

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You should've said so.

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Here you go.

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Sorry about that.

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I wasn't thinking.

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Actually,

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this is a specialty of our Serene Vale.

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This Spirit Bamboo

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keeps producing Spirit Dew.

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I usually drink it like milk tea.

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Didn't think you'd like it too.

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Why's this snake acting like a dog?

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To raise a giant serpent into a loyal hound...

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Grandmaster truly lives up to his name.

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Looks like I've bought myself another day?

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I feel awful!

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I feel awful!

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I feel awful!

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You dare drink something from the Demon Realm?

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Tired of living, are you?

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Just because you ate with her twice,

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you're speaking up for her now?

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All men are greedy,

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let alone those from the Demon Realm.

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They either want the Spirit Fire

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or covet the Bloodseal Bloom.

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She's just better at pretending than the rest.

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Aunt-Master Nisheng,

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Yu Rongrong from Moon Palace vanished last night.

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Not even a body was found.

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And once you enter this mountain, you can't leave.

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[Xiao Jincheng, Disciple of Heaven Palace]
No way back to the palace now...

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No one can guess Grandmaster's temper.

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Don't panic yet.

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No matter what,

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staying alive is what matters.

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If one of us

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can win Grandmaster's favor

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and become his consort,

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our Heaven Palace

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will rise to lead the Eight Palaces.

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Sima Jiao is just as the Master said,

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cruel and lawless.

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We must find his weakness

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and kill him as soon as possible.

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The Fengshan Spirit Fire has merged with Sima Jiao.

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[Tan Muying, Disciple of Yin Palace]

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If Sima Jiao dies,

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the Spirit Fire will go out too.

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Then

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all of Gengchen Celestial Palace

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will lose its spiritual energy.

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How will we cultivate?

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The Bloodseal Bloom is grown by the Spirit Fire

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feeding on Sima Jiao's blood.

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Eat the Bloom and his blood,

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and we can still raise our power.

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Have you forgotten what the Master said?

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Back then, he offended Sima Jiao.

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If one day

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Sima Jiao decides to settle old scores,

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we'll all die miserably.

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What cultivation's left?

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So, you called me here

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just to discuss

281
00:18:25,410 --> 00:18:26,720
this impossible task?

282
00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:28,280
Ye Ruling,

283
00:18:29,100 --> 00:18:31,040
stop acting like it's none of your business.

284
00:18:31,370 --> 00:18:32,150
Don't forget

285
00:18:32,780 --> 00:18:35,800
your clansmen are still in the Master's hands.

286
00:18:47,930 --> 00:18:49,870
I've prepared this for Mr. Snake.

287
00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:53,040
Hope he won't wake me tonight

288
00:18:53,060 --> 00:18:54,560
so I can get a good night's sleep.

289
00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:14,090
Why does this feel so familiar?

290
00:19:15,130 --> 00:19:17,150
Do cultivators get period cramps too?

291
00:19:20,650 --> 00:19:21,800
It hurts so much...

292
00:19:23,340 --> 00:19:25,000
Why's it getting worse?

293
00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:31,840
Didn't Mingli say

294
00:19:32,540 --> 00:19:33,590
this Companion Bell can trigger

295
00:19:33,610 --> 00:19:34,950
Liao Tingyan's Bone-Eroding Venom?

296
00:19:40,060 --> 00:19:41,390
Why has she shown no reaction

297
00:19:41,410 --> 00:19:42,560
after hearing the call?

298
00:19:43,970 --> 00:19:45,000
Does she really think

299
00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:47,800
that by clinging to Sima Jiao,

300
00:19:48,060 --> 00:19:49,560
she can escape our control?

301
00:19:52,370 --> 00:19:52,910
Fine.

302
00:19:54,370 --> 00:19:56,190
Let's see how long you can survive

303
00:19:56,890 --> 00:19:58,350
this Bone-Eroding Venom!

304
00:20:54,170 --> 00:20:55,040
Stupid snake,

305
00:20:56,860 --> 00:20:58,000
what did you bring back?

306
00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:15,080
She's been poisoned by demonic venom.

307
00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:20,520
Why do you want to save her?

308
00:21:20,860 --> 00:21:22,570
Do you even know why she's here?

309
00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:26,080
You brought her to me this cluelessly?

310
00:21:26,580 --> 00:21:27,600
Are you looking to die?

311
00:21:32,410 --> 00:21:33,110
This poison

312
00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:34,950
is just a demonic trick

313
00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:37,350
to control puppets.

314
00:21:56,650 --> 00:21:58,000
She actually fell asleep.

315
00:22:01,410 --> 00:22:03,320
The Demon Realm went to all that trouble,

316
00:22:05,580 --> 00:22:06,590
only to send someone like this?

317
00:22:07,410 --> 00:22:08,080
Looks like

318
00:22:08,610 --> 00:22:10,110
she's smarter than those other fools.

319
00:22:11,210 --> 00:22:12,840
Instead of rushing to my face to die,

320
00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:15,320
she won over that stupid snake.

321
00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:18,760
Such deep scheming

322
00:22:20,890 --> 00:22:21,950
suits that face.

323
00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:11,520
Grandmaster...

324
00:23:23,930 --> 00:23:27,040
Why am I in your hall?

325
00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:33,240
Nice act.

326
00:23:35,340 --> 00:23:37,110
You dared use that stupid snake

327
00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:39,430
to bring you to my Central Tower?

328
00:23:42,130 --> 00:23:44,480
Maybe I passed out last night

329
00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:45,630
from the stomach pain.

330
00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:46,870
I guess Mr. Snake got worried

331
00:23:47,210 --> 00:23:48,430
and wanted you to save me.

332
00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:50,520
I didn't mean to trouble you.

333
00:23:53,130 --> 00:23:54,150
My stomach doesn't hurt anymore?

334
00:23:55,260 --> 00:23:56,110
You drank my blood.

335
00:23:57,130 --> 00:23:58,110
Of course it won't hurt.

336
00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:01,000
I drank your blood?

337
00:24:05,890 --> 00:24:07,150
If you dare spit it out, I'll kill you.

338
00:24:13,130 --> 00:24:15,390
Your blood even works as a painkiller?

339
00:24:16,780 --> 00:24:17,760
Not only eases pain,

340
00:24:19,370 --> 00:24:20,720
it boosts cultivation too.

341
00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:22,350
No one in this world doesn't want it.

342
00:24:22,820 --> 00:24:24,040
Count me out.

343
00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:25,800
I'm not that interested.

344
00:24:33,890 --> 00:24:35,110
Looking at you now

345
00:24:35,930 --> 00:24:37,870
makes me want to finish you on the spot.

346
00:24:42,330 --> 00:24:43,140
No...

347
00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:44,390
I...

348
00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:46,150
I may dirty your hands...

349
00:25:01,690 --> 00:25:03,040
If it hurt that much,

350
00:25:05,370 --> 00:25:06,910
why didn't you just kill me?

351
00:25:07,890 --> 00:25:10,350
Because no reason, no grudge.

352
00:25:19,210 --> 00:25:20,560
In this world,

353
00:25:21,370 --> 00:25:22,520
killing doesn't need a grudge,

354
00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:26,110
much less a reason.

355
00:25:28,210 --> 00:25:29,000
Like right now,

356
00:25:30,260 --> 00:25:31,800
no grudge, no reason,

357
00:25:32,610 --> 00:25:34,000
I just want to kill you.

358
00:25:36,890 --> 00:25:37,910
And what can you do about it?

359
00:25:38,930 --> 00:25:40,110
Nothing.

360
00:25:40,130 --> 00:25:41,430
I can't beat you anyway.

361
00:26:03,970 --> 00:26:04,870
You want me to kill you?

362
00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:07,870
Well, I won't.

363
00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:15,110
From now on,

364
00:26:16,650 --> 00:26:17,760
you'll serve me.

365
00:26:20,860 --> 00:26:21,630
Me?

366
00:26:30,690 --> 00:26:31,870
I'm leaving now.

367
00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:48,390
No grudge...

368
00:26:51,370 --> 00:26:52,280
no reason...

369
00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:55,430
so she won't kill me?

370
00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:05,910
Everyone in Gengchen Celestial Palace is after my blood.

371
00:27:07,450 --> 00:27:09,520
If not for the fact that only I can feed the Spirit Fire,

372
00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:15,110
if not for the Spirit Fire nourishing the whole palace,

373
00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:18,630
if not for the fact they can't defeat me,

374
00:27:19,650 --> 00:27:21,560
I'd have been torn apart long ago.

375
00:27:23,740 --> 00:27:25,870
The Demon Realm has always wanted to destroy this palace

376
00:27:27,020 --> 00:27:28,150
and extinguish the Spirit Fire.

377
00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:31,320
They should want to kill me.

378
00:27:32,370 --> 00:27:32,910
So why...

379
00:27:34,580 --> 00:27:35,720
doesn't she want to?

380
00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:38,670
After such a nerve-racking day,

381
00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:41,800
I won't sleep well tonight.

382
00:27:51,740 --> 00:27:52,800
Ridiculous.

383
00:27:53,410 --> 00:27:56,240
The Truth Spell never lies.

384
00:27:58,060 --> 00:27:59,430
If she truly has no intent to kill,

385
00:28:01,210 --> 00:28:02,760
perhaps I can use her.

386
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:06,430
Five hundred years...

387
00:28:08,650 --> 00:28:09,670
the night of the new moon.

388
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:15,910
Aunt-Master,

389
00:28:16,740 --> 00:28:18,670
[Central Tower, Three Saints Mountain]
we've waited here every day,

390
00:28:19,300 --> 00:28:21,760
but this door has never opened for us.

391
00:28:22,450 --> 00:28:23,350
Will Grandmaster

392
00:28:23,970 --> 00:28:25,040
really see us?

393
00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:28,320
Don't tell me you're as shallow as the others.

394
00:28:28,610 --> 00:28:29,480
If you're afraid,

395
00:28:29,610 --> 00:28:30,190
then leave.

396
00:28:30,370 --> 00:28:31,280
No, Aunt-Master.

397
00:28:31,890 --> 00:28:34,560
I just don't know how to face Grandmaster.

398
00:28:35,890 --> 00:28:36,910
The Master once said

399
00:28:37,540 --> 00:28:38,840
that before this Grandmaster,

400
00:28:39,370 --> 00:28:41,390
it's impossible to hide anything.

401
00:28:42,060 --> 00:28:43,630
All we need is the most humble

402
00:28:43,970 --> 00:28:45,190
and devout posture,

403
00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:47,320
laying all our thoughts bare to him.

404
00:28:47,890 --> 00:28:49,350
As long as I keep trying,

405
00:28:50,130 --> 00:28:52,320
Grandmaster will be moved by me.

406
00:28:57,690 --> 00:29:00,110
Mr. Snake really meant well but made trouble.

407
00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:02,840
I haven't even rested a few days,

408
00:29:03,860 --> 00:29:04,950
and it's back to work.

409
00:29:07,970 --> 00:29:09,430
I'm here to pay respects to you.

410
00:29:09,820 --> 00:29:11,950
Please accept me, Grandmaster.

411
00:29:16,170 --> 00:29:17,870
She's a brave one,

412
00:29:18,610 --> 00:29:20,150
volunteering to face

413
00:29:20,170 --> 00:29:21,590
that moody grandmaster.

414
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:24,430
No wonder she can lead the group.

415
00:29:24,970 --> 00:29:27,320
Her mindset is really something.

416
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,150
Wish I could trade places with her.

417
00:29:39,260 --> 00:29:40,430
You're still alive?

418
00:29:41,260 --> 00:29:42,870
What's wrong with you people?

419
00:29:43,690 --> 00:29:45,040
Everyone asks me the same thing.

420
00:29:45,780 --> 00:29:46,720
I'm not dying.

421
00:29:47,060 --> 00:29:48,080
I'm staying alive.

422
00:29:49,130 --> 00:29:50,280
If you want to stay alive,

423
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:52,670
keep your distance from here.

424
00:29:53,410 --> 00:29:54,800
I'd love to.

425
00:30:01,780 --> 00:30:03,390
What's with Grandmaster?

426
00:30:04,410 --> 00:30:05,320
He asks me to work here

427
00:30:05,340 --> 00:30:06,390
without even giving me a pass.

428
00:30:06,410 --> 00:30:07,280
How am I supposed to get in?

429
00:30:08,410 --> 00:30:09,040
Aunt-Master,

430
00:30:09,300 --> 00:30:11,870
she probably doesn't know Grandmaster's temper.

431
00:30:12,370 --> 00:30:13,350
Should we warn her?

432
00:30:13,690 --> 00:30:14,670
Why meddle?

433
00:30:15,060 --> 00:30:16,840
The only ones safe this close

434
00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:18,080
are you and me.

435
00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:21,040
She'll probably die under this tower today.

436
00:30:23,580 --> 00:30:25,960
Grandmaster, I'm here for work!

437
00:30:30,690 --> 00:30:31,110
How...

438
00:30:31,650 --> 00:30:32,240
how is this possible?

439
00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:36,480
You just knock and it opens?

440
00:30:37,060 --> 00:30:38,480
How did she get in?

441
00:30:56,370 --> 00:30:59,480
What will Grandmaster have me do?

442
00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:00,240
What's in that bag?

443
00:31:06,890 --> 00:31:08,320
These are just

444
00:31:08,340 --> 00:31:09,670
my everyday essentials.

445
00:31:10,210 --> 00:31:12,150
I took them out of my Qiankun Pouch.

446
00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:14,430
I'm not great with spiritual power.

447
00:31:14,450 --> 00:31:15,950
I can only take things out,

448
00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:17,240
not put them in.

449
00:31:17,410 --> 00:31:18,670
Drop your junk

450
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:19,800
and follow me.

451
00:31:40,210 --> 00:31:40,870
Grandmaster,

452
00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:45,110
is that person outside dead?

453
00:31:45,860 --> 00:31:46,670
What do you think?

454
00:31:48,970 --> 00:31:50,350
Why kill her?

455
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:54,040
Worse than obvious greed,

456
00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:57,110
I hate

457
00:31:57,130 --> 00:31:59,390
mindless puppets with no soul.

458
00:32:01,580 --> 00:32:03,590
Killing her didn't even interest me.

459
00:32:05,170 --> 00:32:06,800
Then why?

460
00:32:07,340 --> 00:32:08,350
She was too noisy

461
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:13,150
and got on my nerves.

462
00:32:14,020 --> 00:32:16,150
You kill over annoyance?

463
00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:19,000
This grandmaster's crazy.

464
00:32:30,890 --> 00:32:32,110
I'm exhausted.

465
00:32:33,060 --> 00:32:34,950
This is worse than rush hour.

466
00:32:45,540 --> 00:32:46,320
You can't go on?

467
00:32:48,130 --> 00:32:48,800
Grandmaster,

468
00:32:49,650 --> 00:32:51,040
may I ask

469
00:32:51,450 --> 00:32:52,630
why we are

470
00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:55,000
climbing this high?

471
00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:56,480
No reason.

472
00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:01,150
Looks like he's just too bored

473
00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:03,000
and wants to work me to death.

474
00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:06,150
At least I was still human in my old job.

475
00:33:06,860 --> 00:33:08,480
Now in the cultivation world,

476
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:11,150
I'm just the boss's plaything.

477
00:33:11,820 --> 00:33:13,000
Start by cleaning this floor.

478
00:33:27,610 --> 00:33:30,430
I'll admit, the view here is pretty nice.

479
00:33:30,930 --> 00:33:32,760
It's just that Grandmaster's mood swings

480
00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:34,350
spoil the work experience a bit.

481
00:33:48,890 --> 00:33:52,280
But after 500 years alone in this tower,

482
00:33:53,020 --> 00:33:55,000
it's no wonder his mind's twisted.

483
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:03,940
Grandmaster,

484
00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:05,390
I'm working hard!

485
00:34:05,450 --> 00:34:06,280
I'm getting things done!

486
00:34:13,090 --> 00:34:15,280
Oh, Mr. Snake, it's you.

487
00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:18,030
I thought the boss was here. You scared me.

488
00:34:23,530 --> 00:34:24,430
What's this about?

489
00:34:25,260 --> 00:34:26,510
Are you taking me somewhere?

490
00:34:27,820 --> 00:34:29,760
Or has Grandmaster done something again?

491
00:34:34,090 --> 00:34:35,910
He dumped me here earlier

492
00:34:35,930 --> 00:34:37,950
without even telling me my work hours.

493
00:34:40,490 --> 00:34:42,350
Are you taking me straight to him?

494
00:34:48,860 --> 00:34:49,990
If he's not sealed,

495
00:34:50,180 --> 00:34:51,870
he'll wipe out the whole palace.

496
00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:58,550
The Spirit Fire has merged with him.

497
00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:00,280
All we need is to keep him alive

498
00:35:00,930 --> 00:35:02,760
to supply us with spiritual energy.

499
00:35:07,340 --> 00:35:09,720
Better add another seal on top of this one.

500
00:35:10,340 --> 00:35:12,470
Tie it into all his meridians

501
00:35:12,780 --> 00:35:15,030
so he can't kill himself.

502
00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:18,430
No matter the pain, he can't seek death.

503
00:35:54,090 --> 00:35:54,870
Grandmaster, spare me!

504
00:35:54,890 --> 00:35:55,720
I didn't do anything.

505
00:35:55,930 --> 00:35:57,430
Your pet brought me here.

506
00:36:12,010 --> 00:36:12,720
Grandmaster,

507
00:36:14,180 --> 00:36:15,200
my spiritual power's too weak.

508
00:36:16,050 --> 00:36:17,130
I can't help you.

509
00:36:18,140 --> 00:36:19,600
Maybe I should clock out early?

510
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:28,120
What on earth is going on?

511
00:36:35,780 --> 00:36:36,430
Grandmaster,

512
00:36:37,780 --> 00:36:39,280
are you running a fever?

513
00:36:46,260 --> 00:36:47,550
Let me check.

514
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,240
♪Gripping the rope to the far shore♪

515
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,960
[Sima Jiao's Soul Manor]

516
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,280
♪Mysterious, brewing resolve♪

517
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,960
♪Solidifying into amber♪

518
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:20,520
♪Watching the leaves fall before me♪

519
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:23,560
♪With a stroke of ink I paint...♪

520
00:37:23,570 --> 00:37:24,840
Grandmaster, let me explain.

521
00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:26,800
Your pet brought me in here.

522
00:37:27,010 --> 00:37:28,680
I never meant the slightest offense.

523
00:37:31,820 --> 00:37:32,880
She can actually ease

524
00:37:33,740 --> 00:37:35,430
the burning pain from my Spirit Fire.

525
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,400
♪Autumn winds sigh♪

526
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,640
♪Moon and stars dapple the sky♪

527
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:48,360
♪Brushing the loneliness of bygone days♪

528
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,200
♪Candlelight flickers low♪

529
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,240
♪Shadows sway♪

530
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,480
♪Shimmering in the night♪

531
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:06,600
♪With a brush I draw♪

532
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,120
♪The color of light♪

533
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,920
♪To warm your frozen soul♪

534
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,520
♪Memories anchor here♪

535
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:53,880
♪Longing is engraved♪

536
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,080
♪Yet cannot be touched♪

537
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,520
♪Following♪

538
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,800
♪The veins of gravel♪

539
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,000
♪I turn into spirit fire♪

540
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,680
♪Burning away♪

541
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,880
♪All these karmic ties♪

542
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
♪To save you♪

543
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,080
♪To save me♪

544
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,720
♪To cross over all suffering, I'll break through♪

545
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,120
♪The laws of heaven♪

546
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,160
♪The vortex of reincarnation♪

547
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:25,640
♪What of life and death?♪

548
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:31,440
♪To save you♪

549
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:33,880
♪To save me♪

550
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:35,920
♪To redeem all beings, I'll let pass♪

551
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,320
♪Right and wrong♪

552
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,040
♪Rumors and tales♪

553
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,000
♪To seize fate♪

554
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,880
♪With my own hands♪

555
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,040
♪For you♪

556
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,080
♪For me♪

557
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,520
♪For the healing of wounds♪

558
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,000
♪I'll stir the murky seas♪

559
00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,920
♪And strive against the heavens♪

560
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:03,560
♪To protect the vastness♪

561
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,760
♪For you♪

562
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,000
♪For me♪

563
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,000
♪For the light of dawn♪

564
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,400
♪I'll face promises♪

565
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,920
♪Like a moth to a flame♪

566
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:19,920
♪And use my body to shine♪

567
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,520
♪On even more♪

568
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:25,480
♪For you♪

569
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:27,680
♪For me♪

570
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,080
♪For the light of dawn♪

571
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,520
♪Facing promises♪

572
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:35,560
♪Like a moth to a flame♪

573
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:39,160
♪I use my body to shine♪

574
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,240
♪On even more♪