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[The Legend of ShenLi]

[Episode 21]

This man's skills haven't changed at all.

That's not his room, but I often see him coming out of it.

Is this food to your liking?

Is your wound healing?

If you are bored, you can play with the White Spirit Beast.

It won't hurt you again.

I have so much to say to you,

but I shouldn't.

And you won't give me the chance.

So this is how it feels...

to be at a loss.

Could there be some rare treasure in that room?

God Qingye.

God Luoxing.

God Guanyue.

So this is where the ancient gods are enshrined.

Greetings, Your Excellencies.

[God Qianji]

Qianji.

A new god has been born.

Is there a name given by Natural Law?

The name given to him by Natural Law is Xingzhi. [Sky Beyond Heaven, Qianji]

Xingzhi?

Good name.

What is his mission?

It's really strange.

Natural Law didn't give any divine revelation.

Little Xingzhi, I'm the ancient god Qingye.

From now on, we are family in the Sky Beyond Heaven.

Xingzhi.

This is what Xingzhi looked like when he was just born.

These are memories left by ancient gods.

Is there anymore?

Xingzhi, it's just a calculation contest.

It's not so shameful to lose to Qingye by a single vote.

By a single vote?

So who did you vote for?

What would you do if I didn't vote for you?

Let me show you something.

What is it?

Go and wash your brain!

Xingzhi!

Little Xingzhi. So naughty.

Come on.

Childish.

Is there anymore?

The place where the ancient gods are enshrined should be a tranquil place.

Is it really all right to set up such an important place in a random room?

People in the Immortal Realm live too comfortably

that they don’t even know how to set up a barrier at the door.

You can't just come in here.

Haven't I told you before?

I can leave right now.

It's too late.

It's not a big deal.

Now that you're here, let's pay respects.

It's been a long time since anyone came to visit them.

The view here is the same as the Sky Beyond Heaven.

They usually stay put in the formations of constellations.

Maybe they saw you here today and came over to join in the fun.

It seems they are very happy.

He is really happy now.

What I see are the names inscribed on the tablets.

But Xingzhi sees his former friends...

who can never return.

He has lived this long.

No one knows exactly how many years he has lived.

- He is revered as a god of the Three Realms, - Easy.

receiving the highest honor,

residing among the stars in the Sky Beyond Heaven, and watching over the world.

But no one can keep him company.

He stands too high,

beyond anyone's reach.

Do you feel lonely?

Why did you ask that?

I don't know what you are thinking.

But if one day, Demon Lord, Rouya,

my generals and subordinates...

end up as memorial tablets that can't speak,

and I have to guard the empty Demon Realm alone,

I surely won't survive.

Just get used to it.

I shoulder heavy responsibilities.

Be the loneliness or life and death,

they are all beyond my control.

Shouldn't the ancient gods have everything in the world in their palms?

One might say so.

But I myself am the exception.

A god is too powerful to be swayed by personal emotions.

I believe you know this.

Besides, life and death are beyond my control

until it comes to the day when my life ends,

and I return to the energy of Heaven and Earth and reside in world forever.

Otherwise, I can't die.

The day your life ends?

Even ancient gods can die?

Of course.

Everything that lives must also perish,

though my lifespan is long.

When my life ends,

I will follow the Natural Law and become energy between Heaven and Earth

to merge into the nature.

My divine form may perish, but my divine power remains to keep guarding all creations.

So you're saying...

that these gods all met their end

and became energy within Heaven and Earth?

Among them, 30% died in due course.

The remaining 70%...

encountered mishaps before their lifespan ended.

They broke the Natural Law

and were deprived of their divine power and banished

into the human world forever to experience endless suffering.

Their bodies and souls were destroyed, and their powers were gone.

The spells they left during their lifetime

vanished for good.

These spirit tablets were left by the Natural Law as a keepsake

for the others out of mercy.

And I watched those around me

leave one by one.

The spirit tablets increased in number here.

In other words, the gods who followed the Natural Law

get to keep their divine power in the world.

But those gods stripped of their divinity...

would leave nothing behind.

If anything happens to you one day, the Xutian Abyss…

The Xutian Abyss is a space I tore open.

If I were stripped of divinity and lost divine power to maintain spells,

it would disappear naturally.

Then thousands of Chimei like the Scorpion-Tailed Fox would escape.

It won't happen.

They will disappear along with the Xutian Abyss.

But meanwhile, the Demon Realm will be implicated and fall with the abyss.

Why?

It's extremely hard to create such a vast space

even for a god.

So I borrowed the power of the five elements of the Demon World

and used my divine power to create the Xutian Abyss.

That's when it started.

The Demon Realm will survive or perish with the Xutian Abyss.

How could you do something that could endanger our future generations of the Demon World?

If anything happens to the Xutian Abyss, wouldn’t the Demon Realm be the first to suffer?

If I hadn't done so,

your realm would have long ceased to exist.

I know...

To gain certain benefits in a battle,

we must make sacrifices.

But such sacrifices…

Nothing can happen to you.

Not even a bit.

You must live long and die in due course.

Of course.

Moreover, I'm the only god left in the Sky Beyond Heaven.

I'm maintaining this place with my divine power alone.

If I were no longer here,

the Sky Beyond Heaven would collapse.

Stars would fall like tiles, all crashing upon the Ninth Heaven,

surely crashing this place and endangering the people of the world.

There is only one god left in the Three Realms.

No one can bear the cost of losing him.

Youlan was right.

Nothing should happen to Xingzhi.

No one can bear the cost of losing him.

Because he is no longer merely himself.

Such a heavy responsibility is truly difficult to bear.

Therefore,

ShenLi,

I can't fall in love with you.

Stop kidding.

How dare I still fantasize about you at this point?

Just please stop teasing me from time to time.

But I can't control it.

I can't control the urge to tease you.

This guy…

What do you mean?

You are the one who said that you had heavy responsibilities and cannot fall in love.

Now you are the one who is trying to tie me down by saying such things.

You are the one who pushes away, and you are the one who holds tight.

Is there something wrong with you?

Maybe... there is something wrong with me.

Is that an admission of something?

His words are so ambiguous.

But the meaning behind it is so clear.

I should calm all of my emotions.

But he says he can't do it.

Then… In that case,

I will surely cure this problem for you.

It's not something I can control alone.

But I have no choice.

A god entrusted with heavy responsibilities is acting like a rogue in front of me.

Then let me handle it.

There is nothing I can't sever.

Then I'll be relying on you.

I hope you can treat the problem rather than the symptoms.

I won't let you down.

Your Lordship, I have one more favor to ask.

I don't know how much longer I can live.

If my divine form dissipates one day,

leaving behind a tablet,

I hope that you can come clean it and visit in your free time.

Why? Why me?

Because...

you happened to see this place.

Divine Lord will have a long life.

I'm afraid that I won't be able to wait that long.

If you can't wait,

then this desolate world would be rather too cruel to me.

I know very well that memories don't last long.

Once that day comes,

I hope she can come to see me.

If you can see me,

you will remember me a bit longer.

If she forgets me early,

how lonely I will be.

​♫ Melting into the starry sky ♫

♫ I return with my wishes ♫

♫ Traveling across the jade seas and enjoying the blue skies ♫

Can I starve to death in this huge Immortal Realm?

The peaches in this Immortal Realm are not big either.

Indeed, our peaches are not big. But they are sweet.

Try one if you don't believe me.

This means that I can eat whatever I want?

You can eat whatever you want.

What on earth does Youlan want?

Is she hoping I will choke on the peaches?

Or will she frame me for stealing the immortal fruits?

Youlan said I could have it.

It's not considered stealing. Right?

My Lord, you jest. Since it was given by the Goddess, it certainly doesn’t count as stealing.

The wine in the Immortal Realm is a bit too strong.

Oh no! The Hundred Flowers Banquet has started.

I'm representing the Demon Realm. It's a disgrace to be late.

He didn't even wake me up.

Forget it.

It's best not to have any feelings of abandonment.

This is a celebration?

Divine Lord rarely attends the Hundred Flowers Banquet.

Divine Lord, please take a seat.

The white jade chair is too cold. I'd rather not sit.

Since when do you fear the cold?

Come on.

Look! Whose carriage is that?

It looks so majestic.

I don't know, but it's really handsome.

What is this? So majestic.

- Slow down. - What's wrong?

- What's that power? - No idea.

- What's happening? - What's that?

What's going on here?

What a powerful fireball!

If I weren't a phoenix, I'd have been burned to ashes under such pressure.

Report!

Heavenly Lord, there's a fire attack at the Western Garden. It's on fire.

Western Garden? It enshrines the ancient gods' spritual tablets.

Azure Sky King is also there.

Divine— Where did he go?

Let's go.

I am here. No one shall undermine the majesty of the gods.

Xingzhi and those fools in the Immortal Realm.

They didn't even know how to set up a barrier to protect such an important place.

And it's been so long. Hasn't anyone noticed something is wrong here?

These idle divine beings have really been living comfortably for too long.

If the Demon Realm were to launch an attack one day on the Immortal Realm,

It won't take a day to make this group of drunkards and rice sacks to bow their heads.

He threw it back.

Now, I understand why Natural Law does not allow gods to have feelings.

If such a powerful power can be used in personal relationships as one wishes,

wouldn't the world be in chaos?

ShenLi.

Do you have a death wish?

I won't die.

I'm just a bit tired.

You exhausted yourself just for this shabby house.

What were you thinking?

I can't let you…

I can't let you lose the keepsakes.

♫ Passing through the vastness ♫

♫ Looking directly at those who have perished ♫

♫ Over the rugged mountains, the phoenix roars ♫

♫ Its eyes become brighter ♫

Are you really helping me control it?

♫ The sandstorm is intense but common ♫

♫ Only the heart-pounding scene is hard to resist ♫

What…

- Divine Lord. - Don't come over.

I'll take Azure Sky King to have her wounds treated.

Compared to Divine Lord,

Azure Sky King who appears so strong is actually quite vulnerable.

ShenLi can be vulnerable?

A fire attack in the Immortal Realm? How dare them!

Investigate it thoroughly.

- Understood. - Understood.

Three days have passed.

We've dispatched groups of heavenly troops one after another.

It was a serious fire attack.

Yet no culprit was identified.

It seems that the today's Immortal Realm

has been complacent for too long.

All of you have become undisciplined.

It's time for a rectification. Right?

Reporting back to Heavenly Lord.

- Reporting to Heavenly Lord. The investigation of the attack has seen some progress. - Tell me.

The ministers followed the fireball thrown back by Divine Lord Xingzhi

and discovered traces of the invaders in the northern corner.

- It's just that… - Just what?

It's just that no one was alive when we got there.

They were lying there for you to find, dead.

And yet it took you so long to find them?

I feel ashamed.

Continue.

Who had the guts to launch an attack on the Immortal Realm?

The North Sea Clan.

The North Sea Clan? How is that possible?

The North Sea Clan?

They have always been a gentle-natured clan.

They have never been a war in thousands of years.

There must be a hidden agenda...

behind this crazy attack on the Immortal Realm.

- Wuyuan. - Here.

Look into it at the North Sea and return quickly.

Understood.

It looks like Furong has put some thought into where ShenLi is recuperating.

Why should I rest for so long for such a minor injury? It's a waste of time.

Let me out.

You're not going anywhere until the injury heals.

The heavenly fires weren't as fierce as imagined.

It's just that my spiritual power was washed away in the Cleansing Pool.

I'm fine now.

If the spirit tablets hadn't emitted energy

and my friends hadn't protected you with divine power,

do you think you could speak to me as you are now?

I see.

The spiritual power from the tablets leaked out and protected me.

These ancient gods are really amazing.

They have all been destroyed to the point that they're memorial tablets remain,

but they still have to find time to protect a few people.

In that case, please convey...

my gratitude the next time you visit them.

Besides, since they protected me, that means I should be all right.

- I can go out. - No.

Why do you keep me locked up?

Why do you have to go out?

It's been three days.

The Immortal Realm still hasn't caught the mastermind.

What do you mean by sending someone to find out the news?

Even if I set off the day before yesterday,

they could have made a dozen trips back and forth to the North Sea.

Don't tell me the investigators have fallen into the water and gotten lost.

What are they doing?

Those who should be anxious should not be anxious.

Why can you not see the picture?

I'm going blind if you keep me locked up here.

If it were the old days, I would grab my spear and wipe out those scoundrels in their lair.

The way I see it, you were bullied.

You are infuriated and want to get even with them.

You are not allowed to leave.

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"As Ever" - Zhang Bichen

♫ The snowy Heaven and Earth suddenly dispersed into wasteland ♫

♫ Suspended light enters the painting, reflecting the hope of a city ♫

♫ The cutting edge of the silver spear, its intimidation causes fear everywhere ♫

♫ Right and wrong are like illusions ♫

♫ When love falls into the world of mortals, one thought will turn into delusion ♫

♫ No matter how many emotions are poured into one's body ♫

♫ In the magnificent floating life's dream ♫

♫ You raise your wine cup to each other to forget ♫

♫ Respect, love, and hate are engraved in the upright one's bones ♫

♫ Living up to this fate of this world ♫

♫ Filling the vacancy in the heart ♫

♫ And then we can each take our vows ♫

♫ Respect to the fate that chains us for the rest of our lives ♫

♫ Cutting off obsession and creating strong boundaries ♫

♫ The stars are twinkling ♫

♫ The mountains and rivers share and reflect, as ever once spoken ♫

♫ Defend the sun and the moon ♫

♫ Give everything you have for your mighty long-cherished wish ♫

♫ It is difficult to fulfill your will ♫

♫ We can only protect everything from destruction ♫

♫ Respect, love, and hate are engraved in the upright one's bones ♫

♫ Living up to this fate of this world ♫

♫ Filling the vacancy in the heart ♫

♫ And then we can each take our vows ♫

♫ Respect to the fate that chains us for the rest of our lives ♫

♫ Cutting off obsession and creating strong boundaries ♫

♫ The stars are twinkling ♫

♫ The mountains and rivers share and reflect ♫

♫ As ever once spoken ♫

♫ The stars are twinkling ♫

♫ The mountains and rivers share and reflect ♫

♫ As ever once spoken ♫