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♫ If the world did not have you, if answers had no questions, ♫

♫ If there were eyes, but no scenery? ♫

♫ If fate had really and truly not arranged and planned for us to meet, ♫

♫ Then perhaps our palms' lines of divination would not permit our roads to meet. ♫

♫ A heartfelt gathering of just the two of us, in a vast sky full of stars ♫

♫ A love no mortal can comprehend, a mystery known only to heaven ♫

♫ Always beneath the surface, clearly fated emotions are in orbit ♫

♫ The Big Dipper has turned and the stars have moved because of you. ♫ (T/N idiom - time flies)

♫ This fate is calculated then to the ultimate degree. ♫

♫ This love is destined to be. ♫

♫ Every strength and weakness, all cast aside, all pressed down firmly are yours. ♫

♫ Every frown and smile, every word and action are in a dream. ♫

♫ All of them sad and happy, intoxicated and sober, growing and multiplying without end. ♫

♫ Beautiful and incomparable. ♫

[ Love and Destiny ]

[ Episode 55 ]

Just like that, she went through hardships.

When the demonic aura within her had dispersed, she came here to our Tianxi Palace

and has been taking care of you.

Every day, she serves you tea and water, cleans you up, and cooks your medicines.

She refused to leave by even a step.

Never thought...that I...would still have a day like this.

That I will still have this great fortune for us to reunite.

Your good days are yet to come.

She went to cook your medicine. I will go call her now.

Do not rush.

Do not tell anyone now that I am awake.

Why?

Could it be...

State Master, I heard that State Preceptor

saved you from the hands of Zhonghao. Is that true?

State Preceptor saved me?

If he knows that I am awake,

I am the first one he will kill.

State Preceptor.

Xiao Fu, hand me a bowl.

Yes.

State Master, you are awake.

State Preceptor, you came with such good timing.

Of course I would come now that you are awake.

If I am late, I fear that...

I will be talking to you in prison.

You are quite honest.

We are already people at odds with each other.

No need for us to be pretentious.

Did you come to kill me?

I really do not want to.

Do not want to.

It's just that if I do not kill you,

you will kill me then.

You were the one who manipulated Zhonghao to open the Spirit-Binding Abyss?

At the start, I wasn't. But later on, circumstances changed.

I could only push the boat along the current.

Opening up the Spirit-Binding Abyss is a crime of treachery.

My Xuan Bird Clan has been loyal to our master ever since.

Moreover, I could not open it.

You know that the reputation of my father was completely destroyed, and he died from injustice!

My whole Xuan Clan was harmed and my family fell!

The helplessness in between,

State Master, can you understand it?

If you want to kill me,

why did you not make a move when I was unconscious?

The reason for that

is hard to say in a few words.

If it were not necessary, I would not make this step.

I just wanted the witch doctor to do some maneuvers

and make you have a good dream.

To sleep for a very long time.

To sleep forever.

Until one day, when we can sincerely face each other and let go of our past grudges,

maybe...

Too bad. All of it was found out by someone.

Master? When did you sincerely treat me as your State Master?

For you, I am just a tool for you to accomplish your wild ambitions

and to be able to hold great power.

It is my fault

for realizing it too late.

Have you forgotten your promise to me?

It was you who lied to me first.

It was you who disappointed me.

Forget it. Everything is in the past.

I know that your innate temperament is pure and kind. You are not good with scheming.

This is also the reason why

I chose to help you.

Yuandu is my birth father.

Even if he killed my husband, how could I be conscienceless like he was

and kill him too?

Forget it.

The matter has come to this.

I made a wrong move and fell into your hands.

I have nothing to say.

Just that it's a pity for that daughter of mine

who I have not seen yet and has just returned, Ling Xi.

And also, my Qing'er.

They both do not know about these matters.

After I die, you must not hurt them.

Ling Xi is kind. Baoqing is naive.

I will surely respect and love them, not have any evil intentions toward them.

Furthermore, once you are gone,

since I am done with my vengeance, there is no longer any threat.

Shanling Tribe will be at peace.

Remember your promise.

Lingyue! When have I broke my promise to you?

State Master, no!

You ungrateful rebel. If not because State Master begged for leniency on your behalf,

you would have long ago died with your family!

How could you still be alive until now? You ungrateful—

Grandma Shi!

She must leave with you.

Jingxiu, you will not be this arrogant for eternity.

One day, you will eat the ill fruit you have planted!

Maybe that day will indeed come.

What a pity that you will not be able to see it.

Grandma Shi.

Grandma Shi?

Is it Ling Xi?

- Mother! - Ling Xi. - State Preceptor.

- Princess. - Ling Xi.

Mother. You are awake.

You are awake.

- Ling Xi. - Mother.

- You are finally awake. - My daughter.

For so many years,

I was unable to take care of you. You have suffered.

I did not. It is good enough that you are awake.

It is good that you are awake.

My daughter is back.

State Master, you have just woken up and recovered from your illness.

You should not get too excited.

Ling Xi, State Master's body and complexion are weakened.

She does not look good.

How come your pulse is so disordered?

Your spiritual power is dispersing rapidly.

Mother, do you feel unwell anywhere?

I am fine. Do not worry.

But you,

you have been serving tea and water by my bedside.

You must take good care of yourself.

Do not let me worry.

Okay?

Ling Xi. Why not ask your Senior Sister to come here again and check State Master?

Mother, my medical skill is limited.

I will go to Peach Forest and ask my Senior Sister to come check you.

Rest well. I will be back very soon. Wait for me, okay?

Wait for me.

State Preceptor, please do take care of my mother.

Come back quickly.

Ling Xi!

What is it, Mother?

Nothing. Travel slowly.

Wait for me.

We were master and subject once. Now that the grudges between us are over,

I surely will take good care of the two princesses on your behalf,

bring blessings to the citizens of the Shanling Tribe.

Princess! Princess!

For the State Master's death, the different clan leaders have arrived successively.

They are in the main hall now.

Princess Ling Xi has also returned.

Princess! Princess, quickly come out!

Stop hiding.

Princess! Princess!

Princess, quickly come out!

Princess!

Princess!

State Preceptor, Princess Ling Xi will not let anyone touch the body of State Master.

Lord Chibi is guarding over there. Both sides are in a deadlock.

Get out.

I told you to leave.

- Princess. - Get lost!

Princess, what are you doing?

What are you trying to do?

State Master has died. The different tribe elders are here to show their respect.

I have to transfer the corpse of State Master to the funeral stage.

Who told you that my mother is dead?

- Witch doctor— - Do not mention any witch doctor to me.

My mother was almost harmed by one before.

How could you believe their words?

Princess, you came from Peach Forest.

Your adoptive father is Immortal Doctor Le Bo.

You also know a bit of medical skill. Whether a person is alive or not,

can you not discern it?

The spiritual energy of State Master has completely disappeared. She now has no pulse. Can those be fake?

Within the Six Realms, there are numerous drugs that can make a person fake his death.

- Princess, you are being reasonable. At this— - Get out.

- Princess Ling Xi— - Get out!

State Preceptor. Princess Ling Xi will not let us touch State Master.

Wait here for me.

Yes.

The dead person has gone. Do not grieve too much.

My mother was still well before I left.

How could this happen?

The State Master was gravely injured. After you left,

her spiritual spirit started to disperse.

This is the sequelae of the Spirit Absorption Technique. (T/N medical aftermath)

To stabilize her soul, we prepared a huge amount of magical pills,

but it did not work.

In less than an incense stick of time, she was gone.

Being able to see you after she woke up

was already a great blessing for State Master.

Blessing?

Ling Xi, the high ministers of Shanling Tribe are all in the main hall now.

After State Master dies, her funeral must be done immediately.

Stay strong.

Before my Senior Sister arrives, no one is allowed to touch my mother.

I do not trust the witch doctors here.

I only trust my Senior Sister.

Okay. We will follow what you want.

Huayan.

Princess.

My Senior Sister is not in Peach Forest, she is in the mortal world.

I left a message for her,

but I fear that she cannot return that quickly.

Immediately go to Peach Forest now

and tell Chengyan what happened here. Tell him to look for my Senior Sister.

Okay.

I do not believe that my mother would die just like this.

Something I do not know must have happened in between.

Did she get poisoned? Or is this some other evil scheme?

I cannot see it.

I can...

Okay. I will go. I will go now, Ling Xi.

You must protect yourself well.

Quickly go.

State Preceptor, Huayan has left.

Based on her direction, she seems to be going to the direction of Peach Forest.

Princess Ling Xi seems to be suspicious of State Master's death.

It is just normal for her to suspect.

It will be over once she has investigated it and things are clearly explained.

State Preceptor, what about Grandma Shi?

Her old master is gone. She definitely must go with her.

Senior Deity.

Doctor Qingyao is here.

I will go instead.

Yes.

There are no external injuries and signs of poison.

She indeed died because all her spiritual energy has disappeared and her soul has scattered.

That still does not prove that there is nothing fishy about this matter.

There are many ways to make a person lose his spiritual energy.

You said it right. But right now, we still could not find any evidence.

I remember that State Master Lingyue has a personal attendant.

She is an old woman. Where is she?

Are you talking about Grandma Shi?

After State Master died, she also fell ill and was bedridden.

Take me to see her.

Yes.

Wait!

God of War.

Who is this?

- Grandma Shi. - What has happened?

I also do not know.

I just suddenly heard that Grandma Shi vomited blood due to extreme grief.

When I rushed there, she was already dead.

Who told you about it?

Who came to visit this grandmother today?

Talk!

This... Lord Chibi came.

Move aside!

God of War, what do you mean by this?

You did it.

Did what? I do not understand.

You killed State Master Lingyue.

Killed the State Master?

Do you have any evidence?

You killed Grandma Shi.

God of War Jiuchen, you are acting wildly here without any evidence.

You think I am afraid of you?

- If you want evidence, I will give it to you. - The Heavenly Race has a massive force.

Our tribe cannot compare with it,

but it still not your turn to intervene with our affairs.

Whether it is real or not, you know it very well.

If I find evidence, I surely will make you answer to the law!

You'd better behave. Do not give me a chance to kill you.

You are saying that Senior Deity went to look for State Preceptor?

Yes. I saw how Senior Deity was really furious. I am afraid that bad things might happen.

I will go take a look.

Senior Deity.

Leave us now.

Yes.

You went to see State Preceptor?

Yes.

I suspect that your mother's death is related to him.

Oh right. Doctor Qingyao has come.

There are no external injuries, and she did not die from poison.

She indeed died of losing her spiritual energy and dispersal of her soul.

My sister once said

that my mother would soon recover and wake up.

I believe in my Senior Sister's judgment.

After my mother woke up, I saw her once.

Although she was still weak, she did not seem like an exhausted candle.

That time, Jingxiu was also by her side.

That is why I left at ease.

Never thought that after I left,

something bad would happen to Mother.

State Preceptor is now of high god level.

He is also a very meticulous and clever man.

I believe that no one could have hurt my mother under his watchful eye.

If Mother did not die of her injuries

and was killed by someone,

he indeed is the most suspicious.

When I went down the Spirit-Binding Abyss that time,

I saw Chibi, the trusted aid of Jingxiu.

I sensed that something was wrong with his reaction.

If I had arrived a bit later, your mother would have died then.

I never heard you mention this.

You had just regained your body and returned at that time.

You were still on your guard with me.

I was afraid that you would not believe me even if I said it.

But just relying on the strange reaction of Chibi,

how can we conclude that Jingxiu is the murderer of my mother?

Jingxiu is a very scheming person.

It would be hard for us to find obvious evidence.

An example would be Grandma Shi's death.

But if he really is the murderer, what is his purpose?

Ling Xi, I think the most important thing now

is to prepare for your mother's funeral.

Okay. As for the truth,

I will find it out sooner or later.

This is the only thing I can do for my mother.

Sending the State Master off!

What is the netherworld like?

They say that there is a River of Oblivion there.

When people die

and drink water from that river,

you can forget about your past life.

Say, could my mother

already have drunk the water from there and forgotten about me?

Ling Xi.

I am really a person with bad luck.

Right after I was born,

my birth father died.

My mother and I got separated for fifty thousand years.

It was not easy for us to reunite,

but she died before we had the chance to have a chat.

All this are not your fault.

How can I be at fault?

I just have bad luck.

You are leaving?

Will you leave with me?

Now that the State Master position is vacated, the court situation is unstable.

I fear that Shanling Tribe will be welcoming a bloody storm.

At a moment like this, I must stay.

I will visit you often.

Once we find out the truth behind your mother's death,

let us be together.

My mother was a generous person.

She rarely had interactions with other people. Who would kill her?

I do not know about her past.

I can only start my investigation elsewhere.

Mother was the State Master. Now that she is gone,

who would use this opportunity to become the next State Master?

Let us just wait and see.

These are memorials from the various clan elders,

supporting you to be the next State Master.

Also, pledges of service from the generals and soldiers of the military.

All are here?

There are also some tribal elders recommending Princess Baoqing to succeed the throne.

But the number is that many, I have already removed them.

Is there anyone who recommended Princess Ling Xi?

Princess Ling Xi? Of course no one has.

She has just returned here for a few days. Her foundation is unstable.

Also, she has never undergone a formal acknowledgment of her ancestors.

State Master also never acknowledged her identity in front of our tribe's people.

I will be saying some offensive words.

If not because of you,

no one would be acknowledging her as a princess.

State Preceptor, the arrow is already set on the bow. You must fire it!

Whether we can go further after obtaining great success

will depend on this matter.

Princess, did you have a nightmare again?

In all living creatures, if there is good, then there is also bad; if there is righteousness, then there is evil;

if there is life, then there is also death; if there is a visible form, then there is something hidden.

The bad thoughts of being greedy, detesting,

being malicious, hating, killing.

Obstructing one's cultivation, karmic hindrance burdening you, then that is the demon.

Although you lost your immortal skeleton, you still have your qihai.

Although you cannot learn immortal techniques, you can cultivate demonic martial arts.

You have the foundation for such martial arts to begin wtih. With my help now,

you will achieve success with less effort. With the power to defend yourself, you can leave this place.

Go look for the new Demon Lord!

State Preceptor, Jiuchen has left.

He comes and leaves as he wants.

He really treats our Shanling Tribe as a place without a ruler.

State Master is gone.

I am guessing that Princess Ling Xi will not be staying for that long.

State Master Lingyue was generous and benevolent.

Compared to her father, she governed in a gentler manner.

Under her governance, Shanling Tribe was at peace and in harmony.

Rarely was there any problem.

Now that she is gone,

I fear that Shanling Tribe will be facing

a bloody storm.

Ling Xi, why do you seem to be depressed lately?

Do you have problems?

Jiuchen suspects State Preceptor as the killer of my mother.

State Preceptor Jingxiu?

Jingxiu?

Senior Deity is not a person who would speak at will.

If he suspects someone, he must have a reason.

I know.

But in the mortal world, he took good care of me.

He was also severely injured because of me. I owe him.

I should not suspect him.

If you say that you should not, it means you already suspect him.

Not possible. Not possible.

Huayan. Do you have anything you want to say?

Princess, Fairy Qingyao, I...

I...heard that when you were in the mortal world going through your trials,

when your death trial was about to happen, it was State Preceptor Jingxiu

who took out his life bead to continue your life.

He was wholly devoted to you.

He would even sacrifice his own life.

The sincerity he has shown is not at all inferior to that of Senior Deity.

How could a person like that harm State Master?

Harm your mother?

I frequently go to the mortal world.

Just to fight for power, the emperors, kings, generals, and ministers there

kill their own fathers or sons, their brothers, or their own husbands or wives.

Power is the greatest poison in this world.

Once you get obsessed with it, it is not strange for one to do anything.

That is also what Senior Deity said.

Let us just wait and see. The State Master's position will not be empty for long.

Stop right there!

- Princess. - Why were you acting so sneaky?

No...nothing. I was just...

just not feeling well.

That is good then. I know medical theories. Let me check you.

No. No. No need.

Thank you, Princess Ling Xi.

How is she a princess?

Is her name in the sacred scroll of the royal family?

There is always a bloody storm wherever you go!

Not only did you curse your father to die, you also did the same to your mother!

These past days, Princess Baoqing, you had shut yourself in your room.

During Mother's funeral, I saw how you have become frail.

I thought you harmed your health out of severe grief.

Never thought that you would recover this quickly.

Full of energy, very sharp tongue.

How dare you, Ling Xi! You dare insult me?

Is my name something that you can directly call? (T/N extremely rude address to the High God/Princess)

You are a princess, so am I. We both are Mother's daughters.

One is not nobler than the other.

Moreover, among the immortal realm, actual ability dictates seniority.

I am now a high god.

- You are just a measly earth immortal, and you dare make things difficult for me? - You...

Baoqing, I will not stay here for long.

I endured and tolerated you before out of consideration to Mother.

But that does not mean that I am afraid of you.

If you dare to speak without thinking again next time, act this menacing,

do not blame me for not being courteous.

- Princess. - Shut up!

You cannot even do a job well. Go back to your room!

Yes.

State Preceptor, I received news from the Heavenly Palace.

All the immortals are discussing

the matter of the successor to the State Master position of our tribe.

State Preceptor, you must decide quickly.

I heard that Elder Rongying of the Blue Bird Tribe

and General Lieyang of the White Bird Tribe are privately moving.

The bloodline of the Phoenix Tribe has been severed.

Now, the hearts of the members of each tribe are gathering and moving.

State Preceptor, if you do not grab hold of this chance now,

I fear that you will just be favoring other people to achieve success.

The bloodline of the Phoenix Tribe...

Timing and Translation carefully crafted by the Divine Destiny Team at Viki.com

♫ Three flasks, two small cups, a neglected shadow with a meticulous hairstyle, ♫

♫ a tear-soaked message that tears at my throat ♫

♫ After a few words, requesting time to flow backwards ♫

♫ for a split second, to see beyond the facade ♫

♫ Entirely acting happy, though all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing, ♫

♫ pity cannot be looked for ♫

♫ One's whole heart would have to be uninhabited to comprehend ♫

♫ how love can be noncommittal ♫

♫ Overlooking finality, reluctant to leave, at this moment one must not turn one's head around ♫

♫ Rushing at thin air with both hands, unbearably brandished tucked inside one's sleeves, feebly telling them again to cease ♫

♫ If forbidden by the ways of the world, torn apart by chance, a person appears then in denial ♫

♫ Unwilling to let go of a single morning, throughout one's life so hard to come by, because you've forgotten me ♫

♫ Having believed when going forward while being congenial, ♫

♫ in an infatuation for a very long time ♫

♫ I used this entirely to change, opening up words and thoughts, ♫

♫ made them truly into flesh. ♫

♫ How many times after that did the couple in the mirror, one wrapped around the other, ♫

♫ glance once again drowsy-eyed ♫

♫ My will used as if it were a chess piece, ♫

♫ I'm already changed into an amber stone ♫

♫ Only yielding to memories, as the thin streams flow forever (T/N working steadily little by little), allows me to enter another year ♫

♫ Dreaming that we'd stay together outside the dream is illusory, and in desperate times I look back ♫

♫ You're behind me still. ♫