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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 7=

Song Ziyuan,

there's a hidden passage here.

Song Ziyuan,

over there.

This clay figure

is different from the others.

Look.

Someone tampered with it here.

It's just like that bamboo slip

we found under the tree that day.

The same bloodstains.

The same aura.

So, in this city,

someone's deliberately doing harm.

Wait, no!

Don't kill me!

Who are you?

Why are you here?

Did Zhong Jiang capture you?

(Fusheng) My...

My name is Luo Fusheng.

I'm from Yan City.

I've studied carving since I was young.

I heard Mr. Zhong Jiang of Jinan City

was highly skilled,

so I came to apprentice under him.

But then

he locked me up here.

He locked you up here.

Did he do anything else?

He... He said...

He said he'd use me for soul molding or something.

I don't know either.

Where is he?

He...

He's dead.

Dead?

He only locked me up here.

He didn't deserve to die, did he?

What kind of people are you?

You...

You're not going to kill me too, are you?

Why would we kill you?

You can leave now.

Let's go too.

My saviors,

please help me a little more.

I...

I'm truly starving.

(Song Residence)

Are you a savage?

The way you eat is disgusting!

It's mainly because I haven't eaten in so long.

I was starving.

Also,

the food you prepared is delicious.

Slow down.

Go home after you're done.

There's a snake! Snake!

Just eat.

It won't bite you.

Fine, I got it.

You're talking to a snake?

None of your business.

Finish it all.

Don't waste it.

I know I was a bit rough yesterday.

But I had no choice.

Just give me two more days.

Just two more days, okay?

- Hey, stop. - You little liar.

- Stop scolding. - Stop trying to pluck me bald.

I don't even have leaves left.

You're awfully rude

for someone so old.

You...

How could you hit me?

Just hold on one more day for me.

Just one day.

I'll go steal the Myriad Souls Lamp.

What are you doing here?

Are you talking to a tree?

Yes.

Aren't you scared?

Chu Li...

Why haven't you left yet?

Can you teach me?

I'm willing to take you as my master.

What are you doing? Get up, now.

Chu Li,

please accept me as your apprentice.

I'll be your beast of burden,

following you through fire and water.

That won't do.

Chu Li,

just take me as your apprentice.

Please, just take me.

- Don't be like this. - Please?

It's not appropriate.

What do you think you're doing?

Buddy,

I'm trying to become her apprentice.

Buddy?

This is Diviner Song of Chu State.

Diviner Song?

Forgive me. I didn't know who you were!

Why haven't you left yet?

I...

I have nowhere else to go.

My family...

they're all dead.

I came to Jinan City

just to make a living.

But I never thought I'd get tricked.

Diviner Song,

Chu Li,

please take me in.

There are plenty of people trying to make a living.

If everyone came to Diviner Song to be taken in,

there'd be no room left

for anyone to stand.

You're able-bodied,

and you're not that young anymore.

Even by begging on the streets, you won't starve.

Figure something out yourself.

I'll have someone give you some money.

From now on,

you'll have to fend for yourself.

Diviner Song.

I never expected you to be so kind, Diviner Song.

And I didn't expect

you to be so perceptive, Miss Chu Li.

People respect the Shaman Clan,

yet fear and shun us

for who we are.

Since I was young,

I've seen as much coldness as you have.

Miss Chu Li, you understand the human heart so well.

You truly are the best candidate for Grand Shaman.

You've reminded me of something.

I'm afraid

we can't wait any longer.

Why?

Didn't I tell you?

I found some friends who've cultivated for years

and borrowed a wisp of spirit essence

to sustain your body.

But what happened yesterday

took too great a toll on their primordial spirits.

They said...

It can last at most one more day.

Then

after one day,

our souls will swap again?

Yes.

If we can't find the Myriad Souls Lamp,

I'm afraid we'll have to live forever

in each other's bodies.

But didn't you say

the Myriad Souls Lamp is your Shaman Clan's sacred relic,

only usable by the Grand Shaman?

That's right.

So I plan to...

Steal it.

This is your plan?

The Myriad Souls Lamp is kept in the ritual hall.

Yun Hua placed a ward on the hall.

If I take the lamp,

it'll alert her.

But you can't make me seduce her.

What's wrong with a little sacrifice?

I'm doing this for you.

If you made me Grand Shaman right now,

you could drop dead

for all I care.

Get up.

Go.

Who's there?

Diviner Song?

Why are you here at this hour?

Miss Yun Hua,

there's something about Chu Li

I'd like to discuss with you.

Chu Li?

Let's

talk somewhere private.

Honored ancestors,

please forgive me.

Diviner Song,

Chu Li has been unruly since childhood.

Now

you've finally seen her true colors, right?

Yes.

Diviner Song, do you know

where Chu Li is now?

She hasn't come back for days.

I don't know if she's causing trouble out there again.

About that...

I'm not quite sure.

Well, Diviner Song, since you have nothing else to discuss,

I'll get back to my duties.

Miss Yun Hua.

I actually

greatly admire how you handle all Shaman Clan affairs

with such dedication.

Do you truly think so, Diviner Song?

Of course.

I've noticed it all.

With the Grand Shaman in seclusion,

I believe the next Grand Shaman

must be you.

You flatter me, Diviner Song.

I'd like to

chat with you in detail.

This trick works.

Diviner Song?

Why are you back?

Where's Yun Hua?

What are you doing? What's wrong?

What are you doing?

Getting into trouble is one thing,

but now you dare steal Shaman Clan's sacred relic?

(Diviner Song,)

(I don't know what you and Chu Li are plotting,)

(but did you think a few words)

(would make me trust you?)

Diviner Song, I know

you must have been bewitched by Chu Li.

Rest assured.

Once I kill her,

I'll set you free.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Chu Li,

quick, think of something.

I'm thinking!

Consorting with demons all day long...

What makes you think you're worthy of being in the Shaman Clan?

You use puppets to control people.

You're no better.

You...

Xiuxiu, bite her!

Did she die from the bite?

No, she's not dead.

Xiuxiu's venom

only puts people into deep sleep.

She'll wake up tomorrow morning.

She'll wake up tomorrow morning?

Then what about the lamp?

We'll stay here

and repair your soul.

Once it's repaired,

we'll put the lamp back.

At worst, she'll scold us.

It's fine.

You Shaman Clan people

are truly terrifying.

Something's wrong.

What is it?

This...

This lamp has no wick?

It's a useless lamp.

♪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♪