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Adapted from "Demon In Kaifeng" Author: Wei Yu

No Boundary

Episode 19

I wonder how Duanmu's doing now.

Worry not, High Immortal.

She'll surely return.

Duanmu has apprehended the mole.

It's the Black Cat, Jiang Mo.

Unfortunately something bad has befallen Sect Leader Duanmu.

She's fine.

It was her idea

to pretend losing her powers

in order to bait the culprit.

So, she was pretending?

What's your problem?

Nothing.

I was just worried for her.

I'm glad she's fine.

So, she has found out the truth?

That's right.

It was Jiang Mo's doing all along.

However,

the real cause of it still needs unearthing.

Father,

it is my fault.

Once I've atoned for my crimes,

I'll return to see you.

Even if it takes thousands of years,

I won't regret it.

Once Penglai's investigations are done,

they'll probably send you to the Ninth Hell.

It'll be unlikely for you

to return then.

The Ninth Hell?

You're going to send me down there?

Then why aren't you arresting

the Elder of Ninth Hell?

He's the one

who gave me instructions.

Yue Long Men, the Elder of Ninth Hell?

He told me,

once I've killed you,

my father will regain his divinity.

Then he won't suffer from illness and old age.

Even if I die,

Godfather will still not regain his divinity.

Unless he's been reinstated as a deity.

Do you know what the Elder seeks then?

He's after the Penglai Drawing.

Watch out!

Protect Godfather.

Be careful.

Mo'er.

Protect Lord Jiang.

Fa... Father....

I...

I failed you.

I can't assist you in the path to Penglai.

But at least,

you'll remember me.

Back then you told me,

even as a cat,

I should have a tiger's heart.

Now,

I'll help you remember your past.

Whether to be a cat or tiger,

that'll be up for you to decide.

Mo'er.

What are you doing?

Father,

the least I could do

is to pass

all my memories to you.

So you may recall what happened thousands of years ago.

Father.

Thousands of years ago,

you were Jiang Yi, the prime minister of human race.

Duanmu Cui dan Yang Jian

were both your godchildren.

Along with Gu Chang,

they were all remarkable generals under your command.

March out!

You lead the humans against the Demon Clan.

Finally, the Demon King was slayed

and the Demon Clan was defeated.

Unfortunately, Duanmu Cui was wounded badly

from battling the Demon King.

She was on the verge of death.

You couldn't bear losing her.

So during the apotheosis ceremony,

you passed the divinity to her

and remained a mortal instead.

But you're supposed to be a deity,

to be the leader of Penglai.

I'll never forget

that rainy night when you took me in.

Even after thousands of years,

your appearance and scent

remain the same.

You're all alone by yourself

in this world too?

You're all black.

That'd go well with my surname.

I'll call you Jiang Mo.

Jiang Mo.

You may just be a cat,

but you should have a tiger's heart.

A cat is confined within a cage.

A tiger roams freely in the jungle.

As an aspiring individual,

one ought not to remain within the earthly realm.

I've lost my chance

at being a deity.

But if you train hard enough,

that opportunity is still open for you.

I guess that's

my final aspiration.

Mo'er.

I'm old and dying.

I won't be able to accompany you any longer.

Train hard.

Perhaps we'll meet

in the next life.

Father.

Don't die.

Father.

Mo'er.

Father.

Father, you remember me.

Finally you remember me, Father.

Father.

Don't be sad.

I won't die.

Father.

Seeing you,

I have no regrets.

Cats have nine lives.

A few years later,

I'll... I'll revive.

Father.

I won't die.

Father.

I won't die.

He's committed many crimes,

but he still has an innocent heart.

Godfather.

Lord Jiang.

Duanmu.

I'm your godfather.

Godfather?

You useless thing.

You're an idiot.

You good-for-nothing.

I told you before.

I don't tolerate scrap like you.

You're down to your last life.

Yet you traded it off

for a mortal's?

Tell me.

Was it worth it?

If you weren't so incompetent,

I would have already had the complete Penglai Drawing.

Zhang Long, Zhao Wu.

What are your orders, Lord Shangguan?

After the Black Cat case,

has the streets of Qifeng regained its peace?

Peace?

I guess that doesn't

include our prefecture then?

What do you mean?

How is it not peaceful here?

Take a look at Lord Jiang.

He's been in isolation for so many days.

Since then, Cheng Ou and Zhu Ran

have been standing guard outside his room.

And then there's Madam Jiang.

She hasn't been cooking for three days.

Now I get it.

From now on, Zhang Long will patrol the streets.

You'll be in charge of the kitchen.

That's not what I meant.

That is what it will be.

I want sweet and sour chicken fillet

and steamed fish too.

Yan Yan.

What do you want to eat?

Anything will be fine.

I'm not a picky eater.

Lord Zhan.

Don't treat me like this.

That'll be all.

Off you go.

Let's go.

Sect Leader Duanmu.

You travelled underground all the way here?

I was just about to fill the pits.

I walked here.

Just focus on your cooking.

Make me a vegetarian dish.

All of you are treating me as a cook?

You're better than a cook.

Way better than a cook.

Sect Leader Duanmu.

You're here, Sect Leader.

We're honoured with your presence.

I'm here to settle some matters

about the previous case.

The previous case?

That's what Yan Yan is handling too.

Seize the opportunity.

Talk it through with her.

Sect Leader Duanmu.

I'll pass Yan Yan to you.

Does Qifeng Prefecture have the list of villagers

who were killed by Jiang Mo?

Why do you need that list?

They were harmed by demons

who escaped from Xihualiu Sect.

I'll recompensate them as much as I can.

Godfather mentioned the same thing.

He already had condolence funds

sent out to their families.

Godfather...

Lord Jiang.

How is he?

He's devastated.

He won't leave his room.

Moreover, Jiang Mo had always been more obedient

than Shangguan and me.

Therefore...

Lord Zhan,

are you jealous?

-You... -You...

You're stepping on my foot.

You're blaming me?

Let's take a walk and chat outside, shall we?

Zhuque Street

So sweet.

I'll have another one.

The osmanthus flavour.

Coming right up.

Cancel that order.

This one is osmanthus flavour.

How do you know

I'd still want some more of it?

Of course I know your habits.

Drink up.

I'll buy it.

Which sugar figurines would you like?

-The one that looks like her. -The one that looks like him.

Well...

Sect Leader Duanmu.

Are you planning to eat me up

to vent out your anger?

Aren't you planning the same too?

♫ Smoke floats in the world ♫

♫ Obscuring my sight ♫

Zhuque Street

♫ Obscuring my sight ♫

♫ I wish we could meet ♫

Taste it.

Quick.

♫ Ask the mountain top and ocean crest ♫

♫ Is it wrong to be love sick ♫

♫ It must have become a catastrophe ♫

♫ For us to give up our inseparable love ♫

♫ Those years of confusion ♫

♫ Turn yearnings into a cocoon ♫

♫ Despite being far apart ♫

♫ Our hearts call out each other's a million times ♫

♫ In this vast universe ♫

♫ There's no place for this longing ♫

♫ If we can grow old sleeping together ♫

♫ We'll write poetry for the remaining life ♫

Baixiang Pavilion

I do miss

Baihua Pavilion's vegetarian dumplings.

They're delicious.

I'll get them for you.

No, don't.

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Xihualiu Sect

Thanks.

I'm home.

Yes, you are.

Thanks for sending her back, Lord Zhan.

You're welcome.

Duanmu.

Goodbye.

Qifeng Prefecture

Are you hungry?

Lord Jiang is in such despair.

Yet you're thinking of food?

It's getting late.

Take a rest.

There's food reserved for you two in the kitchen.

Thank you, madam.

It's already so late.

How about calling it a day?

I'm not tired.

I'm just missing Mo'er a little.

If Mo'er

sees you like this,

he'll feel sad too.

He won't know any of this now.

My Lord.

Our ties with other beings are determined by the Heavens.

Mo'er is a good kid.

It's just that

our time with him was a little short.

Don't be sad, sir.

But then again,

is this really because of the loss of Mo'er

or is there something else bothering you?

What do you mean by that?

We've been married twenty over years.

I can see through your heart.

You're an ambitious man.

The reason you settle for Qifeng City

is that

this is your ancestral land.

Now that Yan'er and Shangguan have grown up,

you no longer need to worry about them.

Should you desire striving new heights,

I won't hold you back.

Is there still a chance

for me to start anew?

Choose between being a cat or a tiger.

Either way,

it all depends on whether

you're truly ambitious or not.

I'm afraid there won't be another opportunity for me.

What opportunity?

Your body is weak.

Put this on.

Head back and rest.

I'll go out for awhile.

It's late.

Where are you heading to?

Duanmu Residence.

Stop moving.

If you move again,

I'll send you down to drive millstones.

But I'm a Qilin,

not a donkey.

Both are

the same.

You have four hooves, don't you?

It's just that you have an extra pair of horns.

Look at your messy hair.

Next time,

don't tell others you're my divine beast.

Star Lord.

I can do it myself.

You can't do it better than me.

Back then,

Duanmu would always

let me comb her hair.

She'd say,

"Big Brother,

you have such talented hands."

But look at her now.

She finds me annoying

when I try to chat with her.

Star Lord.

You miss your sister?

Then why are you torturing me instead?

Stop talking nonsense.

Stop moving.

It's almost done.

I hate intruding upon this father and son moment.

But I've good news.

The demons have been apprehended.

One more thing.

Jiang Wen Qing now has

our godfather, Jiang Yi's memories.

He wants to see you.

Godfather?

Godfather.

Star Lord,

I'm merely

an immortal, Jiang Wen Qing.

I'm just

a little emotional.

Little sister.

He looks

exactly the same as that time.

To reply your question, Lord of Justice,

I may feel familiar but I don't really recognize him.

Furthermore,

I have no recollections of memories before being a deity.

Why are you being so formal?

You're not calling me "Big Brother" anymore?

Of course not.

Apparently someone forgot

about being someone else's brother.

I was just putting up a show.

I wasn't really blaming you.

Don't be mad.

He

really is our godfather?

He's our godfather in the aftertime.

Therefore he's able to recall those memories.

Blackie sacrificed himself

to let me know of

what happened in the past.

But Blackie has nine lives.

That was his last.

After this,

he won't be returning anymore.

His last life?

Yes.

Blackie passed on his memories to me.

I saw everything back then

and remembered many things too.

That's how I know

Blackie thought that his time was short.

Hence he fell easily

when Yue Long Men tempted him.

What is Yue Long Men coveting?

Through Blackie's memories, I discovered that

the reason he was targeting you

was to obtain the Penglai Drawing.

The Penglai Drawing?

When there is an ascension,

the Penglai Drawing will appear

to open the doorway to Penglai.

At the same time, it is also the seal

that secures the Ninth Hell.

Once it's destroyed,

the imprisoned demons will escape.

If that happens,

one can easily come and go

between Penglai and the mortal realm

without any restrictions.

You're saying that

the Elder of the Demon Clan is doing all of these

to release all the demons from the Ninth Hell?

But I only have one fragment

of the Penglai Drawing.

That's weird.

The fragment retrieved from the Mirror Spirit

is missing.

You're so clumsy.

Look properly.

How does it look like?

It's the one transformed from Madam Jiang's hairpin.

Why isn't it here?

It's not here.

Who's there?

It's me.

I guess everyone's thirsty.

So, I made some tea.

Why is it so messy in there?

It's because you cramped these things into it.

You have any more business here?

Do you have any orders for me, Star Lord?

No, I don't.

Look again.

Try going through it again.

I just did that.

It's not here.

Impossible. It was here but now it's gone?

Big Brother,

you think it's Hong Luan?

Who else has access to your Qiankun bag other than her?

You know that better than anyone else.

But accessing Qiankun bag

is beyond Hong Luan's powers.

She wouldn't be able to even touch it.

When the gnat demons sucked your blood

and your powers were weakened,

did she ever approach your Qiankun bag?

My apologies, Sect Leader.

I didn't mean to touch it.

It's so messy.

Why did you hoard everything in there?

And you couldn't have organized them better?

Hey.

You were the one who did this.

I...

You'll never know when

there's an emergency right?

I didn't know it'd be this much.

There's so many.

Where to start?

Penglai Drawing is a spiritual item.

It shapeshifts.

But before the Ninth Hell encounter,

the enemy has never approached Xihualiu Sect.

This means that the fragment wasn't in your possession then.

Duanmu.

What was the previous case that you handled?

Qifeng Prefecture knows about that case too.

The Liu Xi Mei's case.

Speaking of which...

That reminds me of something.

Back when Zhan Yan was in danger,

I obtained an item.

Let me look for it.

Found it.

But that hairpin would shapeshift

when it's placed on the palm.

This isn't showing any changes though.

Could it be that Qiankun bag

has nullified its magic?

Qiankun bag is indeed a wonderful magic tool.

I had to talk

to Lord Lao

into gifting it to me.

So now you know

how nice I am to you.

Duanmu.

Cast your divine powers into it.

See if it changes.

It's a Penglai Drawing fragment.

It's the Penglai Drawing after all.

Why does it feel like

it's trying to move somewhere?

It may have detected another fragment.

That's why it's so excited.

You mean

with one fragment,

we'll be able to recover the rest?

They can sense each other?

If we follow it,

we can then find the remaining ones.

However, we must retrieve them

before the Elder of Ninth Hell does.

No.

For your safety.

Duanmu,

you should return to Penglai.

Let me handle

the rest of it.

There's no running from this.

If the Penglai Drawing has reappeared,

the fragments will congregate

and be restored.

This is inevitable.

I understand what you mean.

Since I'm already involved,

if the Penglai Drawing will be restored,

I should be the one collecting the fragments.

Let me out.

Let me out.

Release me.

Stop screaming.

Who threw this one in.

Is this one crazy?

How should I know?

The Elder did it himself.

Her hands must be badly burnt

from knocking on the cell doors.

My biggest mistake

was trusting all of you useless things.

Especially you.

You may have brought me

the Spirit Demon's fragment,

but you still failed to retrieve

the Silkworm Phantom's fragment.

That's why I have yet to achieve

my ultimate goal.

What are you up to now?

I'll roam the world as you

to restore the Penglai Drawing

without the help of idiots like you.

I'll won't let you get away with this.

And I'll get Wengu this time.

From now onwards,

I'll be you

while you

rot down here.

I can't let this happen.

I must escape.

You scared me.

What's this about?

You...

Why are you here?

Lord Zhan didn't come here early.

I think he's been here all night long.

Look at the dew all over his body.

I'm on street patrol today.

So, I got out earlier.

I heard from Godfather that

you're leaving?

The news

does reach you fast.

I really don't want to part ways...

With Duanmu Residence.

The residence will still be here.

I need to talk to you.

Let's go inside.

You're packing?

Let me help you.

Food will be on the left.

Magic tools on the right.

Toys at the bottom.

Same goes for the doll too.

It'll always be

within your reach.

Food on the left.

Magic tools on the right.

You mean your left

or mine?

Your left.

I'll do it myself.

I want to show you something.

What is this?

I need your help on this.

Don't underestimate it.

It happens to be the greatest magic tool

within this pouch of mine.

Zhan Yan.

Take a look.

Do you know where this is?

The houses, the streams,

scenery and outfit...

It's Wenshui County, at the northernmost of Qifeng City.

North?

Is it far?

Is it very cold over there?

I need to pack more then.

A non-stop horse ride

will take two days and two nights.

But for you,

travelling underground, through water

or wind will take you there

in a jiffy.

I'm going to Wenshui County now.

Master.

What should I pack?

You stay here.

I've got no life.

Wenshui Country isn't too far away.

Why do you sound like

you're never returning?

Once the Penglai Drawing is restored

and the Ninth Hell is sealed once more,

there won't be any more demons in Qifeng Prefecture.

When the time comes,

I'll be returning to Penglai.

It's likely

we'll never meet again.

Is this journey

dangerous?

What danger could there be?

I'm a deity.

I can resolve any danger easily.

Honest advice may be unpleasant to the ears.

I hope

you don't find them annoying.

Don't eat too much at night.

You might have indigestion.

Also,

remember to keep warm.

You're pretty.

Despite wearing layers of clothings,

you'll still be elegant and poised.

So dress warmer

and don't catch a cold.

Once I'm back at Penglai,

my body won't be mortal anymore.

It won't catch a cold,

nor will it suffer from indigestion.

Fair point.

I'm making a fuss out of it.

I might not get used to

not having you mock my ideas.

Sadly I don't know any monks

who can help me pass my messages

to you up in Penglai.

I wonder if the imperial astronomer

would be capable of doing that.

Lord Zhan,

it sounds like you're trying to

commit jobbery.

This is

not like you.

I've been around bad influences.

You're the bad influence.

I never said you were.

The Qiankun bag is not with her.

I'm leaving now.

Have a safe journey.

Zhan Yan.

Without me in your life,

you'll be free from so much troubles.

What are you doing in Duanmu's room?

I'm here to bid her farewell.

You're leaving?

Where to?

I've made so many mistakes.

Although no one blames me,

I still feel ashamed of

staying here at Duanmu Residence.

Now that you are

almost fully recovered,

I can leave in peace.

But you're still inflicted with the Heart Devouring Curse.

Please don't worry about me.

The Ninth Hell is in a mess now.

Yue Long Men won't dare to act recklessly for now.

I'll seek a place with peach flower blossoms

to train and recuperate.

What if I allow you to stay here

and be by my side?

You don't have to persuade me, High Immortal.

Everyone must pay

for their mistakes.

High Immortal,

so long.

Why are the two of you here?

She's here to bid you farewell.

She feels guilty

towards all of us

and wants to find an inhabited place

to concentrate on her training.

I've tried persuading her.

So there's no point in you trying again.

Is that really true?

I believe if I concentrate and train hard,

I'll reach Penglai too some day.

Sect Leader.

High Immortal.

Please take care of yourselves.

You too.

Yan Yan,

something bad has happened.

The sky is falling.

Lord Jiang said he's going to send off Sect Leader Duanmu.

What's falling?

I'll handle it.

No.

I meant your sky is falling.

Sect Leader Duanmu is leaving.

Go over to her quickly.

I already know.

You knew?

Then why are you still sitting here?

What else can I do?

Stop her from leaving?

You've yet to try.

How'd you know it won't work?

When you're investigating cases,

you're not cowardly like this.

Stop reading

and get going.

Can't believe you're still reading the records.

Time experienced by deities

are way longer up there.

Once she's really returned to Penglai,

you'll never see her again for the rest of your life.

It's exactly because she's a deity

that I can't hold her back on earth

just because I want to.

How sure are you that she

doesn't want to stay here?

If she wanted to stay,

she wouldn't be leaving.

Zhan Yan.

That brain of yours is usually quite smart.

Why are you so dense

at this important moment?

She's a girl.

Don't tell me

you're expecting a girl to say,

"Zhan Yan,

I don't want you to go,

I want to remain by your side."

Does it even make sense?

Look at the time.

It's almost running out.

Let me remind you.

If you delay any further,

you won't even get the chance

to stop her anymore.

It's likely we'll never meet again.

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