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(Back From The Brink)

(Episode 3)

(What's this?)

(It's her blood.)

Get up!

Get away from me!

So tell me.

Why did you bite me last night?

Previously,

I had not passed my tribulation.

So I've been suffering from pain until this day.

For the past ten years,

I've been suffering from excruciating pain

when there is a full moon.

Blood from a Taoist

can alleviate the pain a little.

You have no evidence to prove what you said.

I can't tell if you're telling the truth.

We should find a way

to get out of here.

You're the Millennium Spirit Dragon, right?

Even if you have no spiritual power,

I'm sure you know

about some ancient formations, right?

Seriously?

Can this snake spirit's formation

trap you?

If I took you away from here,

would you do me a favor?

What is it?

There was no Flame Orb

stolen by the snake spirit

in the barrier we went to before.

But it has an object

that can help me relieve

my sufferings

during the full moon.

I want to take you with me.

I see.

We're not in a hurry to see Madam Xiao,

right?

When we left home yesterday,

we were supposed to catch some chickens.

But now,

we neither caught a chicken

nor made it home.

I'm sure Madam Xiao is worried.

Aren't you worried?

That figures.

You're her fake grandson.

Even the tenderness you showed her

was also fake.

Since you're not in a rush,

I'm not in a rush, either.

It's time

for you to fulfill your promise.

Fulfill?

Promise?

Snake spirit,

let me give you a piece of advice.

This man

has lied to me many times.

Before you let him fulfill his promise,

do you want to reconsider this matter?

I can give up my life

as long as I can save Yun's life.

You're indeed a monster obsessed with love.

I must take her to enter the barrier with me.

How dare you try to take advantage of me again!

I'm not going.

But...

Didn't you come here

for these?

It's all yours now.

So come with us.

My conscience suddenly got the better of me.

Let's go.

We're here.

This barrier sure is powerful.

This formation relies mainly on water.

You can use water magic

to break the barrier.

There's a spell on the barrier.

Watch out!

This formation is protected by the Five Elements Seal.

But such a formation is used

to seal something evil.

What exactly is in the barrier?

Something that can save me,

that's all.

(He said he's a dragon.)

(Could it be a lie?)

Go inside now.

I can't hold on for too long

with my spiritual power.

Let's go.

Follow my steps.

Have you been here?

I dreamed about it.

The thing you want to obtain

is under this formation.

This formation is so powerful.

The person who set this formation

should be one of the best

among the Taoist clans.

I heard the dragon was killed

by Master Suying 20 years ago.

It has nothing to do with you.

Looks like it's true.

What kind of love-hate relationship

between you and Master Suying have

that she had to use such cruel means on you?

Do you really want to know?

Twenty years ago,

I fell in love with Suying.

I was willing to sacrifice

everything I had as a spirit for her,

including my longevity,

cultivation,

and responsibilities.

But it was a shame

that what I wanted to give

was not what she wanted.

She deceived

and hurt me

just to make dragon-scale armor

for the one she loves.

So she could save the one she gave her heart to.

You're not lying to me again, are you?

Dragon-scale armor can save lives?

A dragon

is invincible to all things.

Armor made

from dragon scales

gives people longevity.

I didn't know that.

She decided to take

what she wanted from me herself.

At Snow Peak

on the night of the full moon,

she held her long sword

and killed me.

Like what I'm doing right now.

You

did everything to trick me into the formation

just

to kill me.

I don't have the intention of killing you.

How can you deny it

when you already tried to kill me?

I need to use your Heart Blood

to break this formation.

You're trying to use

the blood of a Taoist

as a sacrifice for the formation.

I won't do it

for other reasons today.

But I'll kill you

for stabbing me with this sword!

Can you stop causing trouble?

You'll be safe with the Heart Protecting Scale.

Again?

You stabbed me once.

Now, you're doing it the second time.

We're running out of time!

Only your Heart Blood

can break the barrier.

The dragon bone!

Luckily, I have a healthy body

from eating and sleeping well.

That's how I managed to take two strikes.

That hateful Millennium Evil Dragon.

How dare he plots against me.

Stop right there.

What's your problem?

Since you managed to leave the formation,

why are you...

I want to kill him!

Hey!

Get away!

Stop it!

What are you doing?

Don't get in my way!

Move aside!

He tried to kill me.

Shouldn't I kill him for that?

You can't kill him!

Listen.

He retrieved what he wanted.

I can finally recognize

his scent.

He was the Spirit Dragon, Tianyao,

who protected the creatures

in Luochuan Dragon Valley

twenty years ago.

He's the Dragon King of the Spirit Clan.

If he's the Dragon King,

he can definitely

repair the Flame Orb.

Yun is waiting for me

to save her.

I have to go now.

I don't care if he's a dragon.

After we save her,

I'll cut him into pieces.

His injury came into contact with water.

His wound seemed to have opened up.

Could something bad happen to him?

He'll live.

He's the Millennium Evil Dragon.

He looks like

he's still harboring a lot of resentment.

Just ignore him.

Do you have dry clothes?

It doesn't matter if they are men's clothes.

My clothes are sticky and wet.

I can't stand it anymore.

Yes, I'll get them for you.

Wait here.

You better don't hurt him!

I need him to save someone's life!

(You'll be safe with the Heart Protecting Scale.)

(What did he mean?)

(Guanghan Sect)

Leader,

the formation that sealed the dragon bone

has been broken.

I've ordered

the Guanghan Sect's disciples

to guard the remaining formations that seal the dragon's limbs.

Do you have news on the Heart Protecting Scale's whereabouts?

(Immortal Yunmeng of Guanghan Sect)

Forgive me for my incompetence.

We still have no clue.

However,

Elder Lingfei of Chenxing Mountain

has caught the nine-tailed fox.

There was someone with the fox spirit.

It was Demon-suppressing General Lu.

Lu Musheng.

Bring him here.

Yes, ma'am.

Your needlework is pretty exquisite.

Well, practice makes perfect.

All these years,

Yun had been unconscious after she was severely wounded.

I've been taking care of her.

You treat her really well.

She saved me once.

How did you two meet?

Well, it wasn't anything special.

Several decades ago,

a few clansmen of mine and I

traveled from Sanchong Mountain to the Central Plain for our cultivation.

Unfortunately,

we ran into several Taoist disciples.

To avoid their pursuit,

I got separated from my clansmen

and got lost in the barren mountain.

According to the age of the Spirit Clan,

I was eight

that year.

That snake spirit has low cultivation.

He can't run far.

Leader Qiyun,

we were going after a snake spirit

who snuck into the Central Plain.

Have you seen him?

He went that way.

Thank you, Leader Qiyun.

Let's head out.

You can come out now.

Next time,

find a bigger branch.

Immortal.

(Master Qiyun, Leader of Qiyun Monastery)

You're pretty brave

as a spirit with low cultivation.

Immortal, can you be kind enough

and save my life?

Please send me home, Immortal.

I'll definitely repay you

your kindness.

Do you know.

I'm from a Taoist clan?

All right.

Come with me.

(Not only did she not mind)

(that I'm from the Spirit Clan, )

(but she also saved me.)

After that,

she sent me

somewhere nearby Spirit City

and let me return to the southwest alone.

Until this day,

I still remember

the flowers in the air and the warm breeze along the way.

So, was that

how you fell in love with her?

Oh, no! Not at all.

I didn't... I was...

I dare not.

But

she saved my life back then.

Now, I'm willing to repay her with my life.

The Taoist and Spirit Clans are at odds now.

After helping her for so many years,

I'm sure you won't be able

to return to your clansmen.

It doesn't matter.

I only want to save her.

Then...

What if she doesn't want to be with you

after she regains consciousness?

She was someone

who originally stood on the misty mountain.

As for me,

I'll be satisfied as long as I can give her

what she wants.

You sure are one of a kind spirit

who's obsessed with love.

Then I wish

both of you well.

You...

You even gave me your blessing.

You're also

one of a kind Taoist.

It won't end well.

You can repay her kindness.

Don't think

about anything else.

Are you...

Are you feeling better now?

Since you're awake,

don't waste time and do what you need.

One with the dragon soul.

Hearken to me, the scorching flame.

Fuse!

Go and save her. Travel by water.

There are fewer Taoists, so it'll be safer.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Yun is saved.

I'll be on my way.

Now,

it's time to settle scores.

Tell me.

Why did you try to kill me?

I never had the intention to take your life.

To retrieve the dragon bone,

I must use your Heart Blood

to break the seal.

That's something new.

You need my Heart Blood

to retrieve the dragon bone?

It's true.

Your body

possesses my Heart Protecting Scale.

Heart Protecting Scale?

What's that?

Twenty years ago,

Suying failed to make the dragon-scale armor.

Do you know why?

How am I supposed to know?

Because

to make dragon-scale armor,

the most important thing

is the Heart Protecting Scale,

which I hurled into the sky.

What?

(When Suying ripped out my dragon scales, )

(I used all that was left of my cultivation)

(to draw out the Heart Protecting Scale)

(from the barrier of the formation.)

Your plot

is a wasted effort!

Without the Heart Protecting Scale,

that dragon-scale armor

is useless.

So 20 years ago,

none of you

got anything

after fighting all day.

But it saved your life.

I found out after checking your pulse.

(You were born with a weak heart.)

What are you doing?

Did you try to enter my mind's eye?

(You weren't supposed to live this long.)

You have yet to unlock your mind's eye.

But you've skipped and jumped about

until now.

That's because

my Heart Protecting Scale

has been protecting you.

(Come to think of it, )

(the blast I set off)

(in Chenxing Mountain)

(was because of his Heart Protecting Scale.)

If that's true,

why didn't you tell me earlier?

Someone who fears death like you,

you would have run off

if I told you.

Then why are you willing to tell me now?

Don't...

Don't tell me you want to take it back.

The Heart Protecting Scale

is only a scale to me.

It doesn't matter if I don't take it back.

But...

You're planning to blackmail me,

so I'll accompany you to retrieve

your limbs that were sealed in four directions.

Can't you?

No.

By favor,

I may owe you for acquiring

this Heart Protecting Scale by accident.

But

you've used me

to retrieve the dragon bone

by stabbing me twice in the chest.

So

I've already paid this favor, anyway.

By reason,

you're someone who explains after you act.

If you could take your Heart Protecting Scale back,

you would have taken it back.

You didn't take it back

because you can't take it back.

Since you can't take it back,

I won't be able to give it back to you, anyway.

After I settle one last thing

in Tongluo Village,

it would be best if we have nothing to do with each other.

Where are you going?

Catch some chickens!

Grandma!

Grandma!

Grandma.

Grandma.

Grandma, we're home.

Grandma?

Grandma.

What's wrong?

You're back.

You're...

You're home.

Grandma, I'm here.

I'm glad you're back.

I'm glad you're back.

Grandma,

we caught many chickens

and got many eggs, too.

Next time,

you can eat them without worries anymore.

Grandma, look.

Granddaughter-in-law,

let's eat first.

A table is full of dishes.

Full of dishes.

Here come the eggs.

After staying in Tongluo Village for so long,

I finally got to eat some meat.

Grandma, look at these dishes.

We have eggs and chicken.

I'll peel the egg for you.

Would you like that?

Grandma, here.

Such a blessing.

How fortunate.

Grandma, have some meat.

Fu,

you're lucky.

When you're together,

don't fight.

When you're together,

don't fight.

All right.

Grandma,

we won't fight.

Grandma?

Grandma,

how can you sleep while sitting?

Grandma,

lie down and sleep.

Grandma?

Come.

Lie down and sleep.

Grandma.

What's wrong with Grandma?

Grandma...

She's gone.

It turned out.

Grandma had been waiting for us

to have a last meal with her.

(The Virtuous Madam Xiao's Soul-guiding Flag)

(Tomb of Old Madam Xiao)

(One Hundred Thousand Taels)

What's this?

Shouldn't we burn joss paper

at this time?

I made you some.

Why don't you offer them for Grandma?

Will Yama accept this?

Yes.

I'll burn it, then.

On the day of the full moon,

Grandma wanted me to go home early.

She knew I would be in pain.

She also knew.

I wasn't Fu.

She knew everything.

But

she still treated me as her grandson.

(Spirits of heaven and earth, )

(I'm Tianyao, the Spirit Dragon.)

I fell into the hands of the enemy many years ago

and left with a strand of my dragon soul.

When I was vulnerable and helpless,

(I was fortunate to be cared for by Old Madam Xiao until this day.)

I'm greatly indebted to her

and unable to repay her kindness.

After I've found my body,

I'm willing to protect Tongluo Village

to make it peaceful for hundreds of years.

When you speak the truth,

you do look like a dragon.

You can say we were fated to meet.

After we bid farewell tomorrow,

let's not meet again.

I'll drink with you.

That was good.

Again.

I didn't know

a Millennium Evil Dragon like you

could be this unrestrained.

Let's drink!

When I carried you back to Tongluo Village,

you called "Master" again and again

when you were unconscious.

Who's your master?

The Leader of Chenxing Mountain,

Lingxiao.

But he's not

my master anymore.

I

was kicked out of the sect.

Why?

Because.

I disrespected the elders,

behaved recklessly,

and injured the sect's fellow disciples.

I'm sure that the elder

must have done something unreasonable.

How did you know that?

You may look fierce.

But you're not unreasonable.

You speak

as if you know me well.

Is your master

really important to you?

Of course, he is.

I wandered in the street for ten years

since I was a kid.

It was my master

who brought me back to Chenxing Mountain.

He fed me.

He taught me to read

and be good.

Enough of him.

Let's not talk about me.

Take a look at yourself.

You look shabby.

If you told people

you were

a dragon that has lived over time

for a thousand years,

who would believe you?

No one would believe me.

What kind of tribulation have you experienced

that you ended up like this?

(The one I love)

ripped my dragon scales,

gouged my dragon heart,

(chopped off my dragon horns, )

(pulled out my dragon veins, )

(took apart my dragon bones, )

(shackled my soul, )

dismembered and scattered my limbs in all directions,

and restrained me

forever and ever.

I want you dead!

From that day on,

(I was no longer the carefree)

(and powerful Spirit Dragon.)

(But I've become)

(a useless dragon without his dragon bones)

(who lost all his cultivation.)

That's too cruel.

It was such a terrible thing that happened to you.

I'll be here.

I'll definitely get justice for you.

About your body parts,

I

will help you find them all.

(From now on, )

(your problem will be my problem.)

(I'll go wherever you go.)

(Let's drink.)

But

how are you still alive

after she dismembered you?

I live so I can meet you.

You're up.

(Lu Musheng)

You're at Guanghan Sect.

Do you remember this place?

I used dragon scales

to make this armor for you.

You could have had a longer life.

But it's a pity

that it still lacks Heart Protecting Scale.

But even so,

it can still spare you

the sufferings from illnesses.

Don't worry.

I've cast

a magic spell on it.

No one

can undo it

unless I die.

Where's my wife?

I've imprisoned

that fox spirit.

Immortal, you've got it wrong.

She's not a fox spirit.

She's a human.

She's my wife.

Release her quickly.

It's been 20 years.

I've been looking for you for 20 years.

I didn't do that

to see you like this.

I don't know you.

You've mistaken me for someone else.

I don't recall

having any conflicts

with Guanghan Sect.

Mistaken?

How could I possibly be mistaken?

Back then,

I had a hard time subduing the spirit.

You came to rescue me

and were injured by that evil spirit.

Look.

This scar is the proof.

Trust me.

What... What are you talking about?

I've never met you before.

It's all that fox spirit's fault.

She's not a fox spirit.

She's a human.

She would never harm me.

You can't even tell between humans and spirits.

Lu Musheng,

look at yourself.

It's a disgrace

to the reputation of the Mortal Realm's Demon-suppressing General Lu!

I'm just a scholar,

not the Demon-suppressing General Lu.

Now,

I only want to take my wife home.

You see it this way

because you've completely forgotten the past.

Even if we had an encounter

twenty years ago,

as you've said,

this fate had ended.

You're an Immortal Cultivator.

You should know

no one can go against the law of heaven.

Why don't you let it go?

So it'll be best for both of us.

It can also be considered to fulfill a destiny.

Destiny?

Once you remember the past,

you wouldn't say such a thing.

(It's my chance.)

(I should leave while he's still drunk.)

With this bag of golden beans,

I don't have to worry

about expenses to Yongzhou.

I wonder if Xiange misses me.

Sword riding, fly!

Soar!

Sword riding, fly!

Soar!

Without unlocking the mind's eye to store spiritual power,

I can't even ride a wooden stick.

How long will it take to reach Yongzhou on foot?

Where are you going?

Where I'm going

is none of your concern.

Yesterday, you promised me

you would go wherever

I wanted to go.

Where did I promise

to accompany you yesterday?

Don't worry.

I'll be here.

I'll definitely get justice

for you.

Do you remember it now?

Yeah.

I'm a little confused.

If you don't remember,

I don't mind repeating what you said.

No, it's all right.

I do remember it.

But I'm sorry.

I can't help you.

You can't blame me for being heartless.

I have no choice in this.

I may be kicked out of Chenxing Mountain.

But I'm still a Taoist.

In the future, I need to make a living

by getting rid of spirits on the Bounty List.

It would be no problem to help

other spirits.

But

you're the Millennium Spirit Dragon.

If I help you,

it's equal to betraying my Taoist clan's honor.

When that happens,

all the Taoists will come after me.

So, what should I do if that happens?

I'm

just a nobody

who has no ambition.

I lost my parents when I was a kid.

I even lived as a beggar.

I don't want

to live a hard life anymore.

I can imagine

how difficult my life would be

if I were to help you.

The Taoist and Spirit Clans

are at odds.

Master Suying

was indeed vicious.

But maybe...

I just want to spend the rest of my life

without worrying about food and drink

and live free from worries.

It's no doubt dangerous

to help you.

So this is...

She may be cruel to you.

But from the Taoists'

point of view,

there must be a lot of Taoists

who applaud her.

Do you think this is funny?

If the Heart Protecting Scale

is on my body, as you said,

you'll stab me whenever you want

to break the seal.

That

isn't anything

anyone can endure, right?

Besides,

no one knows

how many pieces Master Suying cut off.

How long will it take to find them all?

Dragon horns, dragon heart, and dragon veins.

We only have three places to go.

I think it's better

that we bid farewell now.

Farewell.

Aren't you afraid I might make you suffer excruciating pain

by activating the Heart Protecting Scale?

I'm too timid and cowardly

to take on the responsibility

of helping you.

I will consider the pain caused

by the Heart Protecting Scale

to be the price for living longer.

If I die,

the Heart Protecting Scale will no longer work.

You won't be able to live, either.

Can you decide

on your life and death

at this moment?

As you said,

Master Suying sealed you

instead of killing you

because she wanted you to live.

She doesn't want the power of the dragon-scale armor to dissipate.

So the person she loves can live forever.

I don't think

you have the right to die, right?

Take care.

I admit I have no right to die.

But it's easy

if Suying wants you dead.

Along the way,

I heard Master Suying seemed

to have found

her missing lover.

She searched for so many years

and finally found him.

This time,

she would want

to seek eternal life for him even more.

Perhaps

she has already started looking

for the missing Heart Protecting Scale.

Without the Heart Protecting Scale,

you'll die within three days.

You wouldn't dare to betray me!

How is that betraying?

We are both

in the same boat.

If I wanted to betray anyone,

I could only betray myself.

But

it's not bad to use you

as a cover.

How dare you threaten me.

I'm not helping you.

You better tell Suying where I am.

So we can die together.

(I must not let her wander about.)

(It would be troublesome)

(if she ran into those from Guanghan Sect.)

The dragon horns can help the evil dragon

absorb the spirit power of heaven and earth.

Now that the evil dragon has retrieved the dragon bone,

he will next go for the dragon horns.

The Dragon Horn Formation in Yongzhou

has been reinforced.

As long as the evil dragon goes there,

he'll be knocked down in one blow.

Leader,

we'll be able to retrieve

the Heart Protecting Scale soon.

Mr. Lu has a chance

to stay with you forever.

I'll go

to Yongzhou myself.