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Episode 18

Changsheng, let's begin.

Please.

Seems Chen Changsheng is gonna lose.

As expected.

How could a man who just achieved Astral-projection stage

defeat Gou Hanshi, who is at Erebus- insight stage?

It's an entirely stage between them.

It's still too early to tell.

I know him.

He will do his best

Until the last minute of the game.

Changsheng.

Admit it, you're defeated.

Running? Is that all he can do?

Interesting. He is not just running.

Take a closer look around them two.

This....this is...

Changsheng.

You're only running.

You will be exhausted.

And lose the game anyway.

Maybe not.

Sequence reverse, leaves be chains.

Dragon Chain!

Changsheng, you've forgotten.

I'm from Lishan Academy.

My Skyfire sword

Happened to be the bane of your formation!

Pope.

These two kids are so reckless.

Don't burn my green leaves world.

Why the pope is watering his green leaves world?

Something happened?

No idea.

Maybe they caused fire in there.

So he's watering.

Your holiness, do you really think

A man at Astral-projection stage

can win an Erebus-insight stage?

Astral-projection stage?

What if he made advancement in a sudden?

Advancement in a sudden?

How is that possible?

Will that happen or not.

That depends on whether he could

understand the meaning of my green leaves world.

Changsheng

If this is all you've got.

I'm afraid you're gonna lose.

Indeed.

But...

I'm not giving up yet.

The book is right.

The world outside is really marvelous.

After I left that mountain.

In these few days.

I've met so many people

Seen so many things.

I don't want to leave this world behind.

You...

A flower is a world.

A leaf has glory and gloom.

In this small world.

All the predestined fate can all become Taoist formations.

I understand!

Hanshi.

You lose.

So that leaf chain is just a feint.

You used that to block my vision.

Your water cloaking clone is the real move!

I got lucky.

Just comprehend the Erebus-insight stage.

Thank you for let me win, Hanshi.

What?

Shifu, you win!

I knew it!

Me, Tang Thirty-sixth know you'll win!

He made it!

Yourong.

Between you two,

is that just an old debt of gratitude?

I hope you will not

fall in love with him.

-Shifu, -We win!

Hanshi, what happened?

Hanshi, did you let him win on purpose?

I know Chen Changsheng saved me.

But it's a competition.

In competition, it'll test all our aspects.

I lost. That's all.

Hanshi, I'm not that good.

I just got lucky.

Even in one hundred aspects,

I'm better than you in ninety-nine aspects.

But that one aspect will also count in winning me.

The first place in the Imperial Examination

is very important to me.

I have to win.

Congratulations.

You've gained your chance.

The Lishan Academy, they lost but still have dignity.

Still, I'm so happy you've won!

So proud!

I just got lucky.

Gou Hanshi is a gentleman.

And a worthy opponent.

I knew it.

My Shifu is the best!

Sit.

You did well!

I didn't expect you can bring

so many changes to Guojiao Academy.

And

You won the first place of the Imperial Examination.

I did what I can do.

That's all.

Hope I didn't let my Shifu down.

Back then, your Shifu

supported the Royal Chens against the Great Empress.

Brought Guojiao Academy to the bottom

After so many years.

Now Guojiao Academy can finally rise again.

Chengsheng, remember.

Don't make the same mistake again.

Don't get involved in the fight of imperial powers.

Don't worry, your holiness.

Changsheng has no interests in the fight nor powers.

That's good. Let's drop that.

You're the only successor of our school.

I must take care of you.

At that time,

Your Shifu almost destroyed our inheritance.

Now it's your duty

to pass on this inheritance.

That...

I'm afraid it's not what I need to do now.

I...

You can call me Shishu in private.

You can tell me anything.

Since I was born.

The Force of Stars is in my blood.

My Shifu can do nothing about it.

Said I will die before twenty.

Changsheng knows

Shifu has high expectations on me.

But now I'm about to die.

I'm afraid I'm not the right successor.

That's the force of stars.

I can't figure out what should I do to solve it, either.

The first place in the Imperial Examination

Can get you in Lingxu Pavilion for a night.

This is your chance.

There're sculptures of all the sacred generals in there.

I hope you can find your way of survival.

That's what exactly my Shifu said.

The night in Lingxu Pavilion

is my last chance.

Reading from your appearance.

Still full of vitality.

You must hang in there.

Don't be pessimistic.

I won't give up any possibility.

Our real enemies are in the North.

After Saintess and Qiushan Jun

find that key item.

Our Empire will need you to better it.

You mean the key of Zhou Garden?

Since you knew it.

There's no need to hide anything from you.

There's something very important in Zhou Garden.

You must get it.

What's that thing?

When the time is right.

I'll tell you.

Before that,

Remember, don't tell anyone.

Right, you must never

let the others know your real identity.

Does the Great Empress know my identity?

Mo Yu has sent men to Xining town

to run your background.

That can't be a secret forever.

But I'll try to cover it for you as long as possible.

Thank you, your holiness.

Your majesty, I think you've heard Chen Changsheng from Guojiao Academy has won.

Tomorrow, he'll be granted the title.

I hope your majesty can give him the honor.

I've heard

Yourong stepped in the Imperial Examination?

There were demons penetrated in the Examination.

To assassin the candidates.

Saintess did it for the students.

I think she is very kind.

She did it for emotional reasons.

And made that man become the champion.

Chen Changsheng earned it by himself.

Not by luck.

Besides.

Luck also counts in winning.

Do you know Chen Changsheng is dying?

I will find the effective medicine for him.

The ultimate goal of the Imperial Examination is

to select and cultivate talented young men.

To reserve strengths for the war against the demons.

Young men like Gou Hanshi is what I want.

He can become a leader in the future.

Not a man who can die at any minute.

Your majesty.

Since you knew the personal things about Chen Changsheng.

Then about things like war against the demons.

I have to speak for him.

Fine.

I'm all ears.

See what reasons you have.

Chen Changsheng do have blood issues since he was born.

But no one can see through fate.

He trained the beast princess.

Improved their beast meridians.

That kind of contribution.

Isn't that the most effective strike against the demons?

He did it by chance.

The demon individual fighters are too strong.

Humans and beasts can only defeat them by outnumbering them.

All bloody battles.

Thousands of years ago.

Our Emperor Taizong already knew that

we can only gain the overwhelming superiority

by training more powerful fighters.

That's why he established the six academies.

The beast clan is getting stronger.

That'll benefit our human clan.

What the Imperial Examination values

is the talent and ability.

Vales the future.

There's no future for Chen Changsheng.

It's too early to tell.

Since he won the first place surprisingly.

Maybe he will survive as well,

And live well!

You do believe in him.

That young man broke my sword formation.

And also won the Imperial Examination.

Of course I believe in him.

Fine

Guojiao Academy has won.

Of course you're happy about it.

Those elders of Chens must think

things are gonna change in court.

By granting him the title

can embarrass me.

Your majesty, you worried too much.

There's one more favor

I came here to ask today

Since the Guojiao Academy is reopened.

The position of the principal can't be vacant for too long.

Some elders of Chens

might still have grudges about the history.

But Chen Changsheng

He doesn't choose any side.

He has no ambitions.

He is the right person for that position.

Fine then.

There's no need to fight against a dying kid.

No one has the courage to be the principal expect him.

They're afraid of offending your majesty.

You're the only one

who dares to talk to me like that.

Your majesty, please grant him the crown and title tomorrow.

A 19 years old kid

has become the principal of one of the six academies.

Are you sure

you want him in that position?

That kid Chen Changsheng.

If he can change his destiny to survive.

A title of academy principal

will not be a big thing for him.

The top three of the Imperial Examination!

The third place

Thirty students.

Wang Dong from Zhaixing Academy!

Xiao Feng from Tiaodao Academy!

Qiu Chen from Lishan Academy!

The Great Empress said.

I'll not be on the list this time.

Luoluo, that list means nothing to you.

We want to be on the list

To get us in the Tianshu Tomb to learn the Daoism.

There're forty-three on the top three list.

Means forty-three ways to the Tianshu Tomb.

You're the beast princess.

Don't fight with us.

How can you say that?!

We're all from Guojiao Academy.

I want to go there with you guys.

I don't care.

I will go ask the Great Empress

I wonder whether she'll permit or not.

The second place.

Ten students!

Tiandao Academy

Zhuang Huanyu

Guojiao Academy

Tang Tang

Lishan Academy

Qi Jian.

Although your family are involved in a scandal,

those girls in Sacred capital still like you so much.

You should join the Qingyao Academy.

I represent myself.

Not the Tangs.

I told you.

I won't take advantage of the fame of my family.

Besides.

Judging from the appearance of all people in here.

I should be the champion here!

Fine, fine.

You're too modest!

You're always the fashion icon of the sacred city.

No matter what happened.

Why your compliment always make me feel so weird?

Bravo!

Lishan Academy

Guan Feibai.

Zongsi Academy.

Ye Heze.

The first place.

Three students.

The third

Tiandao Academy

Tianhai Ya'er.

The second

Lishan Academy

Gou Hanshi.

Well done!

Bravo, Hanshi!

The top of the list.

Shifu...Shifu...

Guojiao Academy.

Chen Changsheng!

Shifu wins! Shifu wins!

She...

She is that woman in Herbs Garden.

If you won't bow down.

Then no one will be able to crown you.

You look good

With that crown.

Thank you, your majesty.

Stand by my side.

The champion of the Imperial Examination.

Guojiao Academy, Chen Changsheng.

As from today

He will be the principal of Guojiao Academy.

Shifu is our principal now! Our principal!

- Shifu, you're the best! - Bravo!

That's way out of the line.

What was the Great Empress thinking?!

The reason the Great Empress did that

is because of the Saintess or the Holiness?

Young Lord Ya'er

You're her majesty's nephew.

But you didn't have that glory.

Today

I named you the principal of Guojiao Academy.

Do you have doubt about that?

Of course I have.

But I'll do my best.

You might have heard what happened to Guojiao Academy before.

Yes

I killed many people.

Because they were against me.

Since I was reviewing documents

for the Emperor Taizong.

They started to oppose me.

A decade ago.

The demons invaded the south.

The Emperor Taizong was ill

That was torturing him inside.

But he insisted to act against me

regardless of the invasion.

Now

There's no one against you.

That's because

My hands are covered by blood.

I know what did they say about me.

But I can't care less.

Because this position.

Need one to decide things without regrets.

As for you,

You're the principal of Guojiao Academy now.

In the future.

You'll face the situation to make choice for yourself.

Killing will not bring happiness.

Is that all you can see from that?

I cherish lives.

No matter it's my life.

Or the others'.

Then, what about the demons?

They're the common enemy of the humans and beasts.

If you encounter them in the battlefield.

Will you cherish their lives?

I cherish no lives in the battlefield.

You should carry forward of your academy.

You're the youngest principal in the six academies.

Show me a young man's aspirations.

But I have to remind you one thing.

Don't be too close with Xu Yourong.

Why?

She is cultivating for the Right Cause.

You two are not from the same world.

If you get too close to her.

You'll hurt her.

3000 ways of Right Causes. Cultivation should follow their heart.

I will only follow my heart.

Follow your heart.

Does that mean

the others should also follow your heart?

If their ways and yours are the opponent,

Which one should they follow then?

Your Right Cause.

You're only being selfish.

My way is only about surviving

If you call my surviving as selfish,

I guess I'll only act selfishly.

What matter what might happen.

I will not give up my life.

What if the demons can keep you alive.

Will you betray the human clan?

Gentlemen have their own rules.

That's good to hear!

You must remember

What you've said today.

Mo Yu

You may leave now.

Yes

Seems the Great Empress doesn't like me.

You know it.

Yourong and Qiushan Jun

They're the right choice for each other.

I've heard that so many times.

But only the people involved can know if they're truly the right match.

Principal.

I'm on the Great Empress' side.

Right

Luoluo want to throw a party to celebrate.

Thirty-sixth asked me

to invite you there.

Congratulations to you all.

Now Guojiao Academy has won.

People're watching.

I should keep some distance.

And...

Fortune really favors you.

That's what I thought.

Bye.

I hope the fortune can stay with you forever.

Yourong.

Chen Changsheng just left.

Did her majesty treat him well?

She was so mad.

That man is crazy.

Dares to speak anything on his mind.

That's who he is.

Sometimes, I think.

You two are the same!

So stubborn inside.

He has won the champion.

You still have bias against him?

Among those young students.

What he did is not bad.

But comparing with Qiushan Jun.

That is nothing.

Don't forget he didn't have any cultication

when he came to the Sacred Capital.

That speed.

Even so-called elites like us can't not achieve.

Let's go. Don't make her majesty waiting.

Her majesty told me

to take you to a place you've never been.

A place I've never been.

Is there a place I've never been to in the Imperial Palace?

Your majesty.

Come here.

Look

This is our Empire's secret.

In the entire Empire

Only me, Pope and Mo Yu know about this.

This Stars Formation

is related with our human clan's fate.

Although you an Mo Yu are close,

She couldn't tell you this without my permission.

I understand.

This starry sky

Is that related with our own stars?

Exactly.

Try it, find your own star.

Welcome our champion to return to Guojiao Academy.

Just the Erebus-insight stage.

Nothing to be proud of.

Comparing with the real masters.

That is nothing.

You kid.

Do you know what're you talking about?

Mister is a real master, okay?

Yeah.

Comparing with these Astral-projection guys.

He's awesome!

Say that again?!

Yet you want my bun?

Thank you for all your work.

If I didn't have you guys,

I would not win.

My great principal.

Shall we throw a big party to celebrate this?

I'll go book the entire Chenhu restaurant. What do you say?

Yes!

Sounds too low.

Shifu is right.

So low.

Very low!

Shifu, what shall we do then?

How about we going to the suburb and go hunting there?

Drinking and having a barbecue.

Let's have a good time

How is that?

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Shall I order some dancers?

And a dozen opera troupes?

Good! Yes!

And...

Didn't I tell you to invite Mo Yu?

What did she say?

Mo Yu, she...

Didn't you say you'll order dancers?

When you were five.

Your talent was waken.

You chose a random star as your destined star.

But that star

Its brightness is in top 3

among a hundred years.

I found it.

You should try to get familiar with the star formation.

I'll show you in person another day.

But...

About that day of the Imperial Examination.

I'm not satisfied with your behavior.

A cultivator should not fall in love.

Seems you forgot that.

At that time,

I just did what I should do.

What you should do

is to inherit this stars formation.

Your majesty.

Yourong.

The most respectful blood is running in your veins.

The greatness of phoenix and dragon's blood is beyond humans' imagination.

Every drop of your blood is like gold.

The power of the phoenix's blood in nirvana is immeasurable.

That's why I chose you since you were young.

Yourong has never forgotten the Right Cause.

Good.

What if I ask you

to stay away from all ordinary men?

Can you do that?

Qiushan Jun

is he an ordinary men?

He has the blood of the dragon.

Of course he doesn't count.

So your majesty wants me to choose friends according to their blood lineage?

Mo Yu is also an ordinary girl.

I mean all the males.

If that is an ordinary man

But he is willing to sacrifice his life for another.

Would you judge him according to his blood?

You...

You still can't pass personal emotions.

You're cultivating for the Great Cause.

Lost in the emotions will get backfired.

Should you think of the whole world

Or yourself.

It's your own decision.

Yourong.

I'm not ruthless.

I'm only worried about your safety.

She doesn't want to see me?

How could that be?

She loves me!

No, I should talk to her.

Thirty-sixth.

What's wrong?

Sit, sit.

Did you get hurt in the last test of the Imperial Examination?

No, no.

I'm fine.

What're you doing?

What's this?

It's not a tattoo.

It's nothing.

I ate a strange fish when I was young.

Then this strange silver line came out.

Look

I'm totally fine.

No internal injury nor external injury.

My god.

My god, you sacred me!

Why you didn't go celebrating

What're you doing here?

There're things pending.

I'm not in the mood of celebrating.

I'm glad you didn't forget your family affairs.

Of course.

I'll solve my family affairs.

Besides.

I have you.

Don't flatter yourself.

If you didn't back me up,

The Great Empress would already know!

Right, I need your help for something.

Why do you have so many favors to ask?

Always bring troubles for the others.

Not really.

Is there any imperial doctor, or famous doctor in Sacred Capital?

I want the best.

I want to ask him about some symptoms.

Did you play with too many women

and made you sick?

Is that possible?

I'm very strict with myself okay?

I'm worried about Chen Changsheng.

I saw a silver line in his hand.

I want to ask.

Chen Changsheng?

No doctors can help him.

He is gonna die soon.

What?

You didn't know?

He has incurable disease.

If he can't change his destiny.

Then he will die before twenty.

Thirty-sixth.

What's all this?

I bought this from our medicine store.

These're all thousand years old herbs.

I'll tell Xuanyuan to cook this for you.

You must eat them all.

What's wrong about you today?

What will happen if the silver line reached the Baihui point?

- Silver line... - You will die?

How did you find out?

Mo Yu told me.

It's been so long.

Why you didn't tell us?

It's a burden I've been carrying since I was born.

It's too heavy.

I don't want...

To share it with us?

Are we friends?

Or am I a crown to you?

You can play with me, but not through thick and thin?

That's not what I think.

But it's what you did.

I'm sorry, thirty-sixth.

To be honest,

I was so afraid.

I'm afraid I can't change my destiny.

Afraid that I will die without a sound.

Afraid that I will die when no one is around.

Chengsheng.

But after I met you guys,

I'm not afraid anymore.

Because I know

No matter what happened,

You'll always by my side.

So you should tell us.

We can find a way together.

But I'm more afraid of losing you guys.

More than death.

Changsheng.

Luoluo

Xuanyuan

And you.

I don't have parents.

Other than my Shixiong and Shifu.

You guys are the family I have.

I know.

We're best friends.

To change my destiny

I will fight against fate.

Nothing could be more dangerous than that.

I don't want you guys to get hurt because of me.

Promise me, Thirty-sixth.

Don't tell the others.

Okay.

I promise.

But you must promise me.

You'll eat them all.

Okay, I promise.

But you must remember.

You must act like nothing has happened.

We have a big party tomorrow.

Yourong.

Can you come out to meet me?

It's too late.

It's not convenient.

Say it, I can hear you.

I came this time

to thank you for what you did in the Imperial Examination.

It's nothing.

I just happened to be there.

You enhanced a stage in the test.

Did you get hurt?

I'm fine.

Thirty-sixth has bought lots of herbs.

You have a bunch of good friends.

If you have time.

You can also come to Guojiao Academy for fun.

You know me.

I like to be alone.

Right.

I forgot that.

Right, congratulations.

Principal.

I hope we're not some Principal or Saintess to each other.

You're still that carefree little Rong'er.

As for me,

I'm still that little Taoist who has fished with you.

It's very cold in the mountain at night.

You should go back.

She is not that affable as before.

Is that because of her cultivation?

A Saintess must discard all the emotions?

Yourong.

Qiushan has brought some medicine from Lishan

To help you concentrating.

Please accept this.

Qiushan, Yourong cultivates for the Big Cause.

Those normal things would not distract me.

You didn't need to do that for me.

Yourong, since I've brought it here.

Please accept it.