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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 18=

So you've run off here to live in comfort, huh?

I'll send you and that demon to the underworld right now.

(You heartless son!)

A ghost!

Get over here!

You actually broke free of the gu worm's hold

and woke up on your own?

Please save my child.

Okay.

Do you want to kill our child that badly?

What's in your belly

is a ghost!

No!

It's my child!

I heard her.

She's the one talking.

Zhao Qing,

why should our child

pay for your sins?

What did he do?

Tell me.

Only then

can I save your child.

Shut up!

You mustn't tell!

I can't hide it anymore.

It was him.

He abandoned his own mother.

He left my mother-in-law deep in the mountains

to starve to death.

(Half a Month Ago) My son!

Don't leave me behind!

(Zhao Qing's Mother)

You've been living off me for years.

Now you're sick and costing me money.

Why don't you just die already?

My son,

I am your own mother!

You're my mother,

so you shouldn't be a burden to me!

My son!

Let go, you old hag!

My son!

My son!

Where's Mother?

I haven't seen her in two days.

Didn't you take her to see a physician?

She's a grown woman.

Why do you care so much?

Mother is old.

Her legs are weak,

and now she's sick.

What if she falls somewhere outside?

What then?

Go bring her back!

Where am I supposed to find her?

What?

She's your own mother!

How can you not care at all?

Exactly.

She's my mother, not yours.

Why are you worrying for nothing?

Go lie down.

Don't hurt my son.

Where on earth did Mother go?

I took her up the mountain.

She walked slowly,

so I came back first.

What?

How could you do something so monstrous?

Mother!

Mother, where are you? Mother!

Mother!

Go take your revenge.

Mother!

Mother!

Mother! What happened to you? Mother!

Zhao Qing...

He broke...

my legs.

How could he do such a thing?

I'm taking you home.

Mother, let me take you home.

I'm taking you home.

Mother!

Mother!

For the child's sake, I didn't dare speak out.

I could only leave Mother's body in the wilderness.

Zhao Qing!

She was your own mother!

How could you do such a thing?

She was useless anyway.

She should've died sooner.

My child is about to be born.

There's no money to treat her illness.

(I regret it!)

(I regret it!)

I heard it clearly.

It's Mother's voice.

She's in my belly.

It must be that man in white

who used shamanic arts on your mother,

attaching her resentment

to the child in your belly.

Then...

Then how can I put Mother's resentment to rest?

Miss Chu Li,

I beg you,

please save my child!

Mother,

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Mother.

I beg you,

save me!

My head hurts so much!

Keep kowtowing.

I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry!

Save me!

Save me! Save me!

Save...

He's dead.

Dying was too easy for him.

My belly hurts so much.

Is the baby coming?

For her child's sake,

Mrs. Zhao actually broke free of the gu worm's hold.

A mother's love

is truly awe-inspiring.

Yes.

In this world,

some mothers love their children deeply.

But there are also

mothers who don't.

Thank you, Diviner Song and Miss Chu Li,

for saving my daughter's life.

Your determination got you through it.

Otherwise,

we couldn't have saved you either.

Still, thank you both.

Mrs. Zhao,

what are your plans now?

I plan

to return to my family home in Yan City.

Then set off soon.

And this is...

Mrs. Zhao,

this is Fusheng.

He's like a little brother to me.

Greetings, Mrs. Zhao.

Where did you go?

Just out having fun.

You never bring me along anyway.

Why would we bring you?

I...

Is everything arranged?

Yes.

We've already spread the word

about the coming natural disaster throughout the city.

Some people have already left Jinan City.

But

many still don't believe it.

If it were you,

would you believe it?

I...

I only trust you, Master.

Shiqi,

you and Chu Li will both leave Jinan City.

Guard Chu Li for me.

Remember,

she must stay safe.

Go.

(6 Days Before the City Falls)

(Let it all end)

(at its most beautiful moment.)

♪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♪

From this moment on,

we are husband and wife.

One heart between us.

If I live,

you live.

♪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♪

(Song Ziyuan,)

(this time, let me protect you.)

Why leave so early?

Chu Li is still asleep in the carriage.

I was afraid she couldn't bear to leave.

Just go.

(Song Ziyuan,)

(you have to stay alive.)

(As for the rest,)

(let me do it.)

(4 Days Before the City Falls)

(If I can't stop that disaster,)

(at least I can stop one person first.)

Song Ziyuan?

You're back again.

What do you mean?

What exactly are you?

What am I?

Don't you know already?

So it really is you.

What,

you want to team up with Yaohua against me again now?

She's still alive?

What are you saying?

You don't know?

You're not Song Ziyuan.

You're Chu Li.

♪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♪