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♪Black hair twines around bone♪

♪Night dew cold♪

♪Bronze mirror cracks through three lifetimes♪

♪Shines on the sleepless♪

♪Yunmeng Marsh ebbs and flows♪

♪Vows sink deep♪

♪White-hair curse turns to snow♪

♪Covering the realm♪

=Reunion Across Time=

=Episode 3=

What did you do?

Why have we ended up like this?

It's all because of you.

Everyone has three souls and seven spirits.

Why do you only have a wisp of your soul left?

To save you,

I had to trade my soul for yours.

That wisp of your soul

can't sustain this body.

So from now on,

we're stuck like this?

In your dreams.

Once I return to the Shaman Clan and retrieve the Myriad Souls Lamp,

I'll make your soul whole again.

Then we can switch back.

Myriad Souls Lamp...

By the way,

let me ask you something.

Did we know each other before?

Didn't we

just meet last night?

Really?

You and I

have never met before?

Not that

I remember.

(Then those images in my memory...)

(where did they come from?)

(Could it be)

(the future?)

Don't touch me!

Then... is there no other way?

So from now on,

by day you'll attend court in my place,

while I

act as a shamaness in yours?

You'd better do as you're told.

Otherwise,

who knows what mischief I might do

with your body?

Miss,

now that we can keep each other in check,

such threats

aren't really necessary, are they?

You call that a threat?

Let me tell you,

soul-swapping isn't the only trick I know.

Have you heard of the Shaman Clan's forbidden art, the Chu Phoenix Call?

Watch it, or I'll use the Chu Phoenix Call,

reverse time, go back to when you were little,

and torment you from childhood on.

You must never use the Chu Phoenix Call!

Why not?

No reason.

Why are you yelling at me?

I shouldn't have saved you.

What's wrong?

It's telling me

there was something else back there.

We've already come this far.

Don't tell me

we have to go back.

This is...

What character is this?

There are characters you don't know?

Miss Chu Li,

you really hold a grudge.

This is Shaman Clan script.

It should be an incantation.

I'm not sure exactly what it says.

But the color of these characters...

Why is it red?

Is it blood?

Seems like more than that.

The reason this moonflower turned into a demon

is very likely connected to this bamboo slip.

I'll take it back and ask the Grand Shaman.

She might know.

(I also need to ask her...)

(She's been hot and cold with me for years. I could overlook that.)

(But this time, why did she let Yun Hua)

(drive me out of the Shaman Clan?)

(Does she even see me as her own daughter?)

Diviner Song,

now that you know the whole story,

and you're occupying my body,

you should

go back and clear your name now, right?

Then...

Then what about my face?

We'll deal with it when we get back.

You dared to break out of prison?

You've got a death wish.

Yun Hua,

our master is in seclusion.

You were only appointed acting Grand Shaman.

What right do you have to punish Chu...

punish me?

Don't tell me you think

you have a chance at becoming Grand Shaman.

Chu Li,

shall I remind you?

Breaking out of prison is a grave crime.

You...

I was the one who let her out.

Diviner Song, you...

I have now investigated the matter.

The one causing trouble in the city was a Flower Demon.

That Flower Demon had immense power,

but Miss Chu Li

risked her life

and nearly died

before subduing the Flower Demon.

She's truly a heroine.

What Flower Demon?

Diviner Song, don't let her fool you!

Yun Hua, what are you doing?

Song...

I've already testified for her.

Yet you won't let it go.

What's your motive?

You...

Don't "you" me.

True or false,

the Grand Shaman will decide.

What right do you have to punish her?

And what right do you have to question me?

I...

I've said my piece.

I'm going with Miss Chu Li to see the Grand Shaman.

You can't!

Isn't the Grand Shaman in seclusion?

Why can't we see her?

She...

She can't be disturbed.

Diviner Song, what's the meaning of this?

If you wish to see the Grand Shaman,

we'll announce your arrival.

Why such disregard for propriety?

- You... - Yun Hua.

The King has always valued the Shaman Clan.

Now that the Grand Shaman has been in seclusion so long,

it's only natural for Diviner Song to worry.

Exactly.

The Grand Shaman is in seclusion.

No one may enter.

When Miss Chu Li was subduing the demon,

she found something strange

and would like the Grand Shaman to identify it.

Why is that not allowed?

Step aside.

(What's all the noise?)

Grand Shaman,

are you all right?

(I'm fine.)

(Thank you for your concern, Diviner Song.)

(Diviner Song,)

(please take your leave.)

Grand Shaman,

then we'll take our leave.

Grand Shaman,

as Diviner of Chu State,

it's my duty to care for your wellbeing.

Please grant me an audience,

so I can report back to the King.

Diviner Song,

why put us in such a difficult position?

(If it must be so,)

(then let Diviner Song enter.)

(Yaohua, Grand Shaman of Chu State)

Diviner Song,

I'm unable to greet you properly.

Please forgive me.

Grand Shaman,

I meant no offense.

Please forgive me.

Thank you for your concern, Diviner Song.

Grand Shaman,

since Chu Li is innocent,

may she return to the Shaman Clan?

Chu Li has been unruly since childhood.

The Flower Demon wasn't her doing,

but she's caused plenty of other trouble.

I've already had Yun Hua expel her from the Shaman Clan.

She must leave Jinan City.

Why must you drive me...

drive her out of the city?

Please reconsider, Grand Shaman.

Diviner Song,

though we fall under your jurisdiction,

the internal affairs of the Shaman Clan

are not for you to meddle in.

You...

Thank you for speaking up for me, Diviner Song.

But I don't wish

to defy the Grand Shaman's order.

Let's not disturb the Grand Shaman any further.

Diviner Song, please take your leave.

Yun Hua, see him out.

Diviner Song, please take your leave.

Chu Li.

You're no longer welcome in the Shaman Clan.

Don't come back and make a nuisance of yourself.

If you cause any more trouble,

don't blame me...

Yun Hua,

even if I'm no longer part of the Shaman Clan,

I still have Diviner Song backing me.

It's not your place to lecture me.

You...

That's right.

I'll always back Miss Chu Li.

(Song Residence)

Watching you write with my face

feels so strange.

What are you writing?

I need to ask the King for leave.

I can't attend court for the next few days.

I can't possibly

have you go in my place.

Why can't I attend court in your place?

Do you know palace etiquette?

Do you know my duties?

Do you know how to answer the King?

Aren't you afraid you'll say the wrong thing

and the King might...

Never mind.

I don't want to go anyway.

Now,

I need you to have this

delivered to the palace.

Don't forget,

right now,

you're Song Ziyuan.

Fine, I'll go.

(47 Days Before the City Falls)

Mr. Zhong,

why are you so busy lately?

(Zhong Jiang) The palace ordered a batch of vessels.

Diviner Song is coming to inspect tomorrow.

I have to get them finished.

No wonder.

Business must be booming, Mr. Zhong.

By the way,

I haven't seen

Wan out and about in a while.

I brought her something.

Where is she?

My daughter...

She's ill.

Then she needs to get plenty of rest.

Well,

I'll leave this here.

Pass it to her for me.

♪Night rain falls in the courtyard, shining on mortal partings♪

♪Strangers meet again, past lives gleam in endless hues♪

♪A sharp arrow pierces memory♪

♪Longing spreads like dye♪

♪Beaded curtains keep love and hate apart♪

♪Through boundless grief, love remains hard to sever♪

♪A past bond, a parting dream; when cold ends, purest joy remains♪

♪That year, pear blossoms, verse, and laughter♪

♪One night, snow fell in wild flurries♪

♪All perfection in this world hides regret♪

♪A drop of heart's blood seals love♪

♪No more longing enters dreams♪

♪When all turns to mist, may you and I be safe forever♪

♪Through boundless grief, love remains hard to sever♪

♪A past bond, a parting dream; when cold ends, purest joy remains♪