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[Episode 26]

Your Highness, please rest assured.

We... are on the same side.

Your Highness, there's one more thing.

When I entered Jiuyi, I could feel shaking at the bottom of the mountain.

A white light pierced the sky at the top of Left Peak.

In that case, we must hurry and find the Heavenly King's tomb.

Miss Li Zhu, please lead the way.

General.

I wonder what Lord Qing Jun wants to discuss with me.

The Splitting Sword has been pulled up.

General, have you caught them already?

They haven't left Jiuyi Mountain yet, we still have an opportunity.

I will... definitely do my best to cooperate with you.

There's one thing I'd like to clarify with you.

When I was at Monument of Fallen Tears,

I discovered a Spirit Mirror Stage there.

There's a barrier, right?

That's right. Only descendants of the Kongsang royal family

can touch the barrier. Anyone else who touches it

will suffer severe harm from the barrier.

Only Kongsang's royal family can touch.

Then, if that's so,

how did Su Mo pull out the Splitting Sword? Did Bai Ying pull it out?

They say the Splitting Sword is made from the dragon deity's fang.

Su Mo has obtained it. The Splitting Sword is in their hands now.

I'm afraid it'll be even harder to get, right?

Don't worry about this My Lord, I'll get it sooner or later.

But there's one thing. I only saw Su Mo and Bai Ying.

The Kongsang Crown Prince, Zhen Lan,

does your lordship know his whereabouts?

I have not received any news about the Kongsang remnants.

But I noticed recent marks of Kongsang outside the palace.

What... What mark?

Don't pretend. I already know you met with some people of Kongsang.

General, you accuse me wrongly.

I am loyal to Cangliu!

After you came, I transferred all the troops in the city under your command

- to help you capture— - I said, no more pretending Lord Qing Jun!

Is it worth your effort to conceal a half-baked crown prince like Zhen Lan?

Did you ever think

that he is only using you to find the Six Directions Seal?

Once the mission is accomplished,

do you think he will give the throne of Prince Qing

to you, someone who pledged allegiance to Cangliu a hundred years ago?

Or give it to the young and devoted

Qing Yuan who has saved Kongsang lives?

I know that you've waited a long time for that throne.

So how much longer do you want to wait?

That Qing Yuan...

is really young.

I've ruled Jiuyi for many years, and the people live in peace and comfort

with a prosperous life.

Am I not suited to become King of Jiuyi?

- I cannot accept it! - That's why I have an idea

that can help you secure the King of Jiuyi's throne.

Please guide me, General.

This pathway will lead to the royal tomb.

Will there be more traps on this pathway?

Since Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't trust me, I'm willing to go first to show my sincerity.

Once I pass through it safely, you can follow.

Then won't you be in danger yourself?

Judging from Miss Li Zhu's movements just now, you must have studied martial arts from childhood.

Just simple fighting skills for self-defense.

I am a guide, so this is what I should do

and hope to remove the doubts from Your Highness.

Careful everyone.

There's a trap here. Everyone, avoid the bricks with patterns under your feet.

Patterns?

This has no patterns. Let me see.

Probably only the Seven Star Lamp can show the patterns.

Li Zhu and I will go in front. Everyone else, follow my footsteps.

Wherever I step, that's where you step.

Stay close to me.

All right.

Careful.

What if it's weak water?

It's just regular water.

You must have thought it was weak water, that's why you blocked it.

Don't do that again.

I'm going ahead to have a look.

We're here.

[Life and Death Pavilion]

It's right here.

This is weak water?

It is.

- Na Sheng. - It's hot!

Be careful. Don't be rash.

You won't be able to see Yan Xi again if you're not careful.

- I won't touch anything at random. - I won't.

This weak water is very deep. The evil aura of Yunhuang is in here.

It flows to the end of the sky to be cleansed.

If you fall in, there's probably no chance at all of survival.

There's a mechanism here.

We can't get out!

What's happening?

Miss Li Zhu!

Crown Prince. Zhen Lan. I am sorry.

Tell me. What is this place?

Why did you lead us here? Where exactly is the Heavenly King's tomb?

Sorry, Crown Prince Zhen Lan.

However, this is indeed the only path to go to the Heavenly King's tomb.

[Life and Death Pavilion]

We've sent many people in the past to try

to enter the Heavenly King's tomb through the Life Death Pavilion.

Unfortunately, none ever came back.

Qing Yuan, what's the meaning of the Life and Death Pavilion?

Excuse me, Your Highness. Even though I am from the Qing Clan, I'm from a side branch.

As to the secret passages of the tomb of the Heavenly Emperor in Jiuyi Mountain,

only the princes through the generations knew the secrets.

I ascended the throne in such a rush

and haven't even seen the ascension book of the princes of Qing. So I don't know the secrets to the tomb.

It's not your fault. You accepted the command in a time of crisis.

Tell me. Why did you do what you did?

I'm sorry, but I can't tell you.

So... this was a trap from the beginning?

Yes.

You bold treasure thieves! How dare you barge into Queen Bai Wei's tomb!

I was at Queen Bai Wei's tomb on purpose.

I waited for everyone to arrive and gained your trust.

Are there any other ways out?

I really don't know if there are other exits. Lord Xi Jing, even if you kill me now,

you can't go back anymore.

You can only keep going forward.

You are lying to us.

She must be in some trouble and can't say it out loud.

Even if she is, she's still a liar.

She trapped us all in here. We can't find a way out either!

Miss Li Zhu, you wanted to use us to figure out how to get to Heavenly King's tomb.

But why were you certain that we could definitely get in?

If we get killed by the traps, you wouldn't be able to go back either.

This bet of yours isn't a safe one.

Since I'm with you, I've already been prepared to die.

If... If we really can't find a way out,

I'll accept my fate.

You're very... Forget it. I don't know what to say about you.

All right. In this case, let me see

what makes the Life and Death Pavilion so amazing.

Your Highness.

Are you sure you want to keep going forward?

We have nowhere else to go now,

why not keep going and see how it goes

and defeat whatever we encounter?

Na Sheng, follow me.

Why did it turn into this?

Uncle, we're not in danger, are we?

We're fine.

There's a barrier here. We can't get out.

It looks like this pavilion is our only way.

Let's take a look.

Xi Jing, I'm so glad you're here.

[Life and Death Pavilion]

Water and Sky for Life.

Dawn and Dusk are everywhere.

I didn't expect the barrier to be so powerful.

I can't even see the path we took to get in.

What exactly is this?

Na Sheng, don't touch it!

The arrows are heading that way.

But... what's over there?

- Are you okay? - I'm fine.

Watch out!

The arrows are here again. Can we go back?

We can't keep doing this.

Brother Crown Prince, you're amazing.

Qing Yuan, find the key for the mechanism.

Right now, I want you to tell me everything, including your next steps,

who exactly is over there and why are they attacking us.

If those people successfully made it into the Life and Death Pavilion,

that should be... them.

Are you saying it's A'Ying?

Is that Sister Bai Ying?

A'Ying! Is that you?

It's His Highness the Crown Prince.

Your Highness, I'm Bai Ying. Su Mo and I are in the pavilion.

How are things on your side?

We don't have arrows shooting towards us anymore.

There's a thing at the pavilion that can shoot arrows.

Same here.

So we were fighting Brother Ice Cube and Sister Bai Ying.

Fortunately, you didn't make a huge mistake.

Yes, it was my fault.

But it's so foggy here that they must want us to attack each other.

The traps here are designed for people to attack each other.

It's so foggy that we can't see the entire pavilion.

If we hit the traps by accident, it'll be more dangerous.

If the fog could be dispersed, that would be great.

The weak water here is too strong. The wind from the sword of light is unable to remove the thick fog.

This thick fog is created from the vapors of the weak water. It's purged evil.

I'm afraid only powerful techniques can make the fog go away.

Let me try.

With all the fog here, we can't find a way out.

We're stuck at the pavilion right now. If we stay longer,

there's no telling what kind of danger we'll be in.

The fog here is from purged evil spirits.

We have to come up with a way to make it go away.

Another stronger killing intent?

- Your Highness. - Brother Crown Prince, are you okay?

I'm fine. It's no use, I'm still too weak.

I can't get rid of all this fog.

The fog has gone away.

Thank you all.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

What happened?

Na Sheng hit the trap by accident, some stones fell from under us,

and Li Zhu fell. But fortunately, she's fine.

A'Ying, how did you two get here?

After getting the Splitting Sword, we found a passage.

We followed the passage and came here.

Your Highness, how did you all get here?

It's a long story. I made a mistake and got us all in danger.

Miss Li Zhu, since we just saved you,

now can you tell us

why you led us here?

You're a merperson, right?

No wonder you're the Emperor of the Sea.

You saw through me right away.

I'm a merperson.

In addition, I am from Kongsang's Qing Clan.

You knew our identities from the beginning.

Yes. From the moment you came up the mountain,

we knew everything.

Who else?

Since you acknowledge me as the Emperor of the Sea,

then tell me everything you know.

Miss Li Zhu, what exactly is this pavilion?

This is the first time I've seen the Life and Death Pavilion.

I really don't know what it's about.

As I've said already just now,

this is the only path toward the Heavenly King's tomb.

Therefore, the two doors across from us

is the entrance towards the Heavenly King's tomb?

It is indeed this way.

Life and Death Pavilion, one life and one death.

You die, I live.

You live, I die.

That's right.

Ever since the start, you knew that we would come up from both sides

to open the Heavenly King's tomb for you.

But has no one entered it in the past?

No. We dispatched people to try many times.

- They all failed. - Why?

Because the people in both pavilions wanted to live.

So, to live,

they have to attack the people in the other pavilion.

Yes.

Then, no one can live if an exit can't be found.

Didn't those trying to find a path die for nothing then?

That's right. They simply died.

So cruel.

One always has to pay a price to reach one's goal.

Why don't you do it yourself then?

Me?

How do you know that I haven't paid a price!

Li Zhu.

You know what I want.

After you've killed him,

you'll get your freedom.

But he's been hiding in the Heavenly King's tomb this whole time.

All these years, haven't you been trying

to enter the Heavenly King's tomb through the Life and Death Pavilion?

But we've never succeeded.

We didn't succeed,

but it doesn't mean others won't.

The Emperor of the Sea, Su Mo, and Kongsang's Crown Prince, Zhen Lan

will soon arrive at Jiuyi to obtain the Splitting Sword

to unseal the Six Directions Seal.

This is a great opportunity.

What do you need me to do then?

I want you to guide the way for them

and lead them to the Life and Death Pavilion,

to the Heavenly King's tomb.

I want you to use the mechanism in the Seven Star Lamp.

Will you do it?

We'll set up a blood pact

If I renege, I will die.

Of course, if you renege, you will die.

Once it's accomplished, please fulfill your promise

to return my freedom to me.

Good.

It's a deal.

Miss Li Zhu, what are you thinking about?

Prince Qing Jun told me to lead you to the Life and Death Pavilion.

Use you to open the entrance to the Heavenly King's tomb.

Why do you have to enter the Heavenly King's tomb?

It's probably because Prince Qing Jun has always been bothered that he isn't the real King of Jiuyi

and can't obtain the secrets of the Heavenly King's tomb.

If it's only because of Prince Qing Jun's insistence,

then, Miss Li Zhu, you're paying too high a price.

- This Seven Star Lamp— - Your Highness,

it is my own choosing.

He promised that he'd grant me freedom after I'd completed the mission and let me go home.

All right then. Since it's your own choosing, I won't make it difficult for you.

Once I return to Yunhuang, I will lead everyone home.

Li Zhu, don't be controlled by Qing Jun anymore.

But, Emperor of the Sea,

I met you too late.

At the moment right before now,

when you hadn't entered the Life and Death Pavilion,

perhaps there was room to change everything.

But now, you're already inside the pavilion,

there is no turning back.

Besides, I already made a pact with Qing Jun.

So what? Just go back on your word.

Quanxian always stay true to promises. Once a pact is made, we never break it.

Have you discovered something strange here?

The weak water is rising.

Why is the water level getting higher and higher?

Its temperature is increasing, too.

We must hurry to find a way out.

That smoke is...

The Splitting Sword has been taken out.

All the mechanisms in Jiuyi Mountain will be activated.

Everywhere they go, if they touch a mechanism,

five-colored smoke will be released to report their location.

Just follow the smoke to find them.

Very good. Where are they now?

The Life and Death Pavilion.

The Emperor of the Sea and Kongsang's Crown Prince are both very cunning.

If we want to capture them, I'll still need to make preparations.

I will help you, General, to capture the remnants of the traitorous Land-Sea Nation Alliance.

Gather all the troops. Let the first and second units

separately guard all the exits on the east and west sides of the Jiuyi Royal Palace.

All the entrances must be sealed and no one is allowed to escape.

General, are you sure they'll survive

and walk out of the Heavenly King's tomb?

Whether it's the Emperor of the Sea or Kongsang's Crown Prince, neither one is easy to deal with.

Not to mention that they have two Kongsang's Holy Sword Sect masters with them.

So we must seal off all the exits,

so that we have the chance to capture them all at once.

General, you are wise.

The third unit will go up the mountain with me

and be ready to fight at any time. Once it's accomplished,

you will be the real King of Jiuyi.

Good luck, General.

Gather the troops now. We don't have much time left.

Yes.

I really am General Fei Lian.

Master Lang ordered me to come and assist Yu Huan. [Banbu City - Military Camp]

I need half the troops in Banbu City.

You don't even have any credentials to prove your own identity.

Are you new? Tell your commander to come. He'll recognize me!

I only acknowledge the command token.

You are unreasonable. Stubborn!

If you continue to cause trouble, don't blame me for being impolite.

What are you looking at?

Su Mo,

what are you doing?

Even though Life and Death Pavilion is split between life and death,

but at least it gives each other a way to live.

That's right.

I'll stay.

I'm alone, without any ties in life.

I am the most suitable person.

No, if we go, we'll go together.

Your Highness, it's enough that I've journeyed this far with all of you.

I was originally a Kongsang general and Kongsang's sharp blade.

I am willing to open the pathway for Your Highness.

You're talking nonsense.

You're my general, my senior, my friend.

I think of you as family.

But you want me to use you like a blade to open up a path?

Your Highness.

You are, above all, Kongsang's crown prince, before you are Zhen Lan.

Same with me. I am Kongsang's general before I am Xi Jing.

Why do we want Kongsang to see the sun again?

It's not for an empty symbol,

but for 100,000 living souls!

Xi Jing, you are also a living soul.

Being hot-blooded will never make you a king.

Then I won't be.

Su Mo, I...

I disagree.

Why do you always want to sacrifice yourself to save others?

Don't you know there are people who want you to live?

I want to live, too.

But if my life can be used in exchange for Na Sheng

and His Highness' lives to bring hope to Kongsang,

to me, it's just dying once more.

It's just that, I feel...

the only person that I've let down...

is you.

How have you let me down?

I shouldn't drag you down.

Actually, I was already...

Already what?

Sorry.

I shouldn't be the one to decide life or death for the two of us.

Not until we get to the last moment,

don't give up the last bit of hope. All right?

Your Highness, all of you go first.

No! We will go together!

This is our only way out.

There must be another way.

This is not a trap, but a test.

We'll find a way out!

A'Ying!

Time's running out!

If we wait any longer, nobody will be able to get out.

Your Highness, don't forget

that you're responsible for 100,000 Kongsang people!

Then why...

A'Ying!

Use this Sea of Stars leaf to view it.

Sea of Stars?

This leaf has a name?

Sea of Stars.

This is the only gift you gave me a hundred years ago.

I'll give you another one in the future.

- Are you afraid? - I'm not.

You jumped from such a high place a hundred years ago.

I couldn't be there with you.

This time I'm here.

I was the one who was too weak,

so before,

I never dared to tell you my true feelings.

What do you want to say again?

Something like what to remember or forget?

I don't want to hear those words again.

If I don't say it now, I probably won't have another chance.

Do you remember, in the miasma forest,

what you said to me?

I said...

I wanted to become a Holy Sword Sect master and help people.

You said you would rather come with me...

and not return to Jing Pagoda.

- Su Mo. - Promise me.

If we manage to survive,

to always be...

honest with me in the future.

I promise...

to always...

be honest with you.

Then say, "Everything will turn out as I wish."

Everything will turn out as I wish.

"We will survive this."

We... will survive this.

We will definitely survive this.

Don't be afraid.

We will definitely...

survive this.

♫ All beginnings comes at the expense of having endings ♫

♫ I once walked over waves to borrow a bit of starlight ♫

♫ Yet, no matter what I do, I cannot see you clearly ♫

♫ I thought that closing my eyes would make my heart clear ♫

♫ Yet I'm just lost in a reverie ♫ ♫ All beginnings comes at the expense of having endings ♫

- Let's go. - Let's go!

♫ However, love makes even breathing so difficult to do ♫

♫ So let love be silent ♫

♫ Help each other expand our horizons ♫

♫ Let the ocean breeze take my place ♫

♫ in lightly caressing your long hair again ♫

Come on.

I'm not scared of you all!

What noise was that?

What?

Brother Crown Prince, Sister Bai Ying and Brother Ice Cube fell in there.

Hurry and save them!

- Your Highness. - Hurry and save them!

Oh, right! I have the Heavenly Ring.

We can use the Heavenly Ring and save Sister Bai Ying.

- Na Sheng. - What's going on?

- Stop messing around. - Why...

Why can't I save them?

What's going on?!

- Na Sheng. - Brother Crown Prince, is this broken?

Why won't it work?

- Why can't it save– - Stop it!

If they're alive,

we should be looking for the seal

and then save them.

If they're already...

we should...

break the seal all the more...

and retrieve the Splitting Sword

then finish what they wished.

Your Highness, upfront, seems to be the entrance to the Heavenly King's tomb.

Stop it.

Let's go.

[Banbu City - Military Camp]

Why are you here again?

[Command Token]

I failed to recognize you. General, please forgive me!

Cut the crap. Arrange a small troop and follow me to Jiuyi Mountain.

As for the rest, rush to the entrance of Jiuyi Mountain before sunset.

Yes, but the commander...

You go. Do I have to do it myself?!

I'm pressed for time. If I can't complete the mission on time, I'll blame you!

I understand. I'll respond to the commander immediately.

Luckily, I rushed here and he didn't see my token clearly.

General, this is a token I had a craftsman make.

With so little time, we could only do this much.

If you gave me more time, I could make it even more realistic for sure.

The real owner wouldn't even be able to tell it apart.

That's it. Good enough.

Na Sheng,

did the Heavenly Ring

do anything?

Na Sheng.

The Heavenly Ring seems to sense something.

It should be right in there.

I've found it.

Why won't the door open? Is it a trap?

It doesn't look like a trap.

Why is that?

- I don't know. - It must be blocked inside.

- Let me do it. - Your Highness, let me do it.

This tunnel does look strange.

How are you going to do it?

Xi Jing, ever since we got to Jiuyi Mountain,

you've been shielding me at every moment.

Look at you. You're ready to die at any time.

If you keep doing this, I'll really be mad at you.

I don't want...

I don't want to see anyone else leave me.

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Wanting to Return by Zhou Shen

♫ Among the frosty clouds is the cold moon ♫

♫ A strange light in the night ♫

♫ In the dream, there is longing and fear ♫

♫ The layers of waves build up ♫

♫ Repeating the promise ♫

♫ Yet they disappear in the end ♫

♫ We've met several times ♫

♫ Yet it is hard to mention our fated relationship from the past ♫

♫ Sighing over the past is as frivolous as smoke ♫

♫ Split open the cocoon in my heart ♫

♫ You live in there ♫

♫ and have never been discovered by anyone ♫

♫ Ask time to borrow a chapter ♫

♫ The unforgettable memories ♫

♫ have disappeared, disappeared ♫

♫ I once thought there was a deep bond ♫

♫ Using ten fingers to painstakingly ♫

♫ play the ancient chords ♫

♫ In exchange for only a moment of your smile ♫

♫ Use a lifetime to love only one person ♫

♫ How do you calculate the debt between each other? ♫

♫ Yet unwilling, unwilling ♫

♫ to make an exchange for a promise and apology ♫

♫ Our next lives are too far away ♫

♫ I would rather turn into ash and be lost in a reverie ♫

♫ When I want to return, it will be time for my dream to come true ♫