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(Back From The Brink)

(Episode 21)

(Yanhui's Promissory Note)

I lost money

at the gambling stall

and owed you some money, right?

But I don't have money now.

Let me give you a promissory note first.

I'll definitely pay you back when I have the money.

Sit down first.

Sit down.

Yanhui,

you're so nice to me.

It's only right to repay debts.

All I did is give you a promissory note.

Is that considered nice to you?

Of course.

But I don't think

this promissory note is necessary.

No, you must keep it.

A loan is a loan.

My gambling luck may be bad.

But I still need

to keep my word.

All right, then.

I'll keep it then.

I also have something to discuss with you.

Our relationship

did not make much progress

in these few days.

But we do know each other better now.

I don't have much time left.

So let's go and give it a try.

Who knows, maybe we'll succeed?

All right, I'll do

whatever you want to do.

As expected from a professional.

You sure can adjust your state in such a quick manner.

I should do the same too.

We can leave once you're ready.

Xiaosheng, let's go.

(Sacred Texts of Sun and Moon)

(About Mechanism)

(Compendium of Spirit Clan's Magical Artifacts)

Is this not the right technique?

I still can't activate it.

How am I supposed to activate you?

It's working now.

It is.

It's heading in that direction.

After it.

That direction is...

What's wrong?

It's the place my father goes into seclusion.

Your father? The Great Leader?

Could the visual spell master your father?

That's impossible. Don't talk nonsense.

I'll go over and take a look first.

How dare you stop me?

This is where His Majesty, the Leader of Qingqiu practices in seclusion.

Your Highness,

please go somewhere else to play.

I'm not here to play.

Move aside!

What...

Zhuli.

Tell me.

Who is he?

His Highness, the Crown Prince.

Then who's inside?

The Leader of Qingqiu.

What's their relationship?

Why? Don't you know?

They're father and son.

The son comes to visit his father

out of filial piety.

Why are you two trying

to stop him?

That's right.

I haven't seen my father for more than ten years.

I came by to visit because I miss him.

How dare you stop me?

Let me pass quickly.

But...

Mr. Zhao ordered us to guard this place

and not let anyone disturb His Majesty's cultivation.

I hope Your Highness

won't make things difficult for us.

I was wondering who gave you the order.

It turns out to be that old man, Zhao Yu.

Are you saying

Qingqiu has a new ruler now?

-Please forgive us. -Please forgive us.

-We don't think of it that way. -We don't think of it that way.

The compass wants to break in.

Could it be that the visual spell master

is inside?

Who is making a commotion?

Why are you here?

Give me back the compass!

Give it back!

Your Highness, please stop making a scene.

You're the one making a scene.

This is my mother's compass.

The compass points to a place

where dark aurae and evil spirits are at work.

Mr. Zhao, you first hindered me in every way,

and now you snatched my compass.

Could it be that you're sheltering evil spirits?

That's utter nonsense.

Qingqiu has been peaceful for many years.

How could there be evil spirits?

It must be this inferior object

that you found somewhere

that misled you.

It should be destroyed.

Don't you dare!

You're trying to destroy it because you're guilty.

Let go!

My mother's magic artifact.

Mr. Zhao,

His Majesty has long decreed

to treat Madam Xuelin's possessions well.

But you...

Her belongings have been properly preserved

in her chamber

in an orderly manner.

Back then,

His Majesty personally sealed and stored them.

How could there be

such an inferior object scattered elsewhere?

Your Highness is used to behaving ridiculously.

You actually wanted

to use such an unfounded reason

to slander me.

Forget it.

If I pursue this,

it'll disrupt His Majesty's cultivation.

Your Highness,

please leave.

What's wrong?

What's happening to the screen?

I don't know.

This never happened before.

The illusion inside the screen is abnormal.

I'll go with you.

Why are you here?

How did you get in here?

Breaking your illusion formation wasn't difficult.

Our priority now

is to take the book.

I'll help you break the formation.

We must go now.

I know I shouldn't show up in front of you.

But the situation is urgent.

After you get the Ghostly Eulogy,

I'll leave

after you've recovered.

This will be the last time.

After obtaining the Ghostly Eulogy,

we will go

our separate ways.

Can three people

enter this screen?

There's no rule stating that we can't.

It's the same in here

as it is outside.

It's getting unstable now.

You're right.

It seems like we can't afford to lose anymore.

How do you plan to pass the test?

So there are three of you now?

Listen to me, old man.

This screen's secret realm

is not stable right now.

I think it's about to collapse.

If you don't want to perish

with this screen,

I suggest you

just give me

the secret treasure.

I'm entrusted with the task of guarding the secret treasure here

by an old friend.

I won't abandon it

even if the world falls apart outside,

or if this screen's secret realm disappears

in the next moment.

I can't let unworthy people

take it away

even if it means I have to perish

with the secret treasure.

I am willing to take the risk.

Stubborn fool.

If that's the case,

please give us your questions.

We don't have time to waste.

Three of you.

No wonder I felt something was off between this young lass

and this little sly fox last time.

So it's about the relationship

between the three of you.

In that case,

I have a question

that I can ask now.

All right. Be quick about it.

Can you just cut the crap?

In this love triangle relationship

between the three of you,

if the other two people

abandoned you

and got together,

what would you do?

(They two in a relationship?)

(Won't it be weird?)

(I'll choose to leave quietly.)

(I tried)

(so hard)

(to bring them two together back then.)

(But this dragon)

(dug her heart out.)

(Can they still be together after that?)

(Of course I must separate them.)

(This dragon doesn't deserve her.)

(But I do.)

Are you done thinking?

I'll count from three to one.

Three.

Two.

One.

-Of course I'll leave... -I'll separate them.

I'll wish them happiness.

The correct answer

is to wish them happiness.

What?

Wish them happiness?

The chemistry

between the three of you is a mess.

None of you

can stay together

peacefully.

Wait a minute, old man.

This thing

is subjective.

There's no correct answer.

That's right.

How can one wish them happiness?

How big-hearted can a person be?

He... He doesn't count.

He's an exception.

There's no right or wrong answer

since it's subjective.

There's no point arguing.

In my opinion,

I guess the person

whom the former owner anticipated

didn't come to take the treasure.

All the grudges and grievances

should end here.

No, you can't do that.

Please give us another chance.

Let us try one more time.

Just one more time.

(The screen can't hold up)

(for much longer.)

Flaming Dragon Fang?

You're the Spirit Dragon, Tianyao?

What do you want to do?

You...

Please forgive me.

What are you doing?

We can pass the trial this way too?

We have no second chance here.

You must obtain the Ghostly Eulogy.

I won't let anyone

get in your way.

I'll make sure

you live well.

How dare that old fool

to humiliate me like that!

When I become the Leader,

I'll humiliate him in return!

How do you plan to humiliate him?

Pull down his pants

and carve "Screw You"

on his bottom.

"Screw you?"

Then make him run

five hundred laps around the palace.

Five hundred laps?

You...

I was messing with you.

With a crown prince like you, I wonder

if the Qingqiu is blessed or cursed.

What did you say?

I said

you're a grown-up now.

You'll have to ascend the throne one day.

You can't cry

when someone bullied you.

Don't you feel ashamed at all?

I'll stop crying.

There, there.

Do you think

Zhao Yu is the person

I want to take revenge on?

In any case, he's definitely my enemy.

I'm being serious here.

He's always at the palace.

If he really practices evil arts,

everyone in the palace

would know about it.

There must be more to it than meets the eye.

What do you mean?

Have you forgotten

that your compass can absorb dark aurae?

Yanhui! Dragon King!

(Last time, the Dragon King and the rest)

(were sucked into the compass.)

(Didn't it take us a lot of effort)

(to get them out?)

However,

this time the compass didn't seem to be reacting.

(I thought it was strange.)

(Since the compass)

(was following the dark aura, )

(why didn't it suck him in?)

(Or is it because he is not)

(the one the compass is looking for?)

But besides him,

there is no one else

where the compass is pointing.

Could it be the Great Leader

who's cultivating inside?

Don't talk nonsense.

I know it's not your father.

Isn't it obvious

who's the most suspicious, right?

If it really is him,

then Qingqiu will be in danger.

"Completing this path will lead to victory."

That's it?

This is the first time

I'm facing the second trial's disruption technique.

I don't know what secrets are hidden within it.

The spiritual energy on the screen

is getting weaker and weaker.

We don't have time to think, let's go.

It's so dark here.

Everyone, be careful not to get separated.

This is my first time here too.

Yanhui.

Yanhui, what's wrong?

That's weird.

They were walking in front of me.

Why am I alone now?

Where are they?

Why are they gone?

(This place)

(is not as simple as it seems.)

It's not working.

I can't use magic here.

I'll move forward, then.

"Completing this path will lead to victory."

"Completing this path will lead to victory."

(Could it be)

(that they're also trapped in this darkness like me?)

Go back.

Who are you?

I am a guide.

If you are a guide,

why are you advising me to stop?

I do not wish to see others

get trapped in this place.

Who are you?

I'm a guide.

You sure are a pitiful man.

I don't want to see you fall into the abyss.

The abyss?

What do you mean?

This road has no end.

If you keep going,

you'll only fall into endless darkness.

Only those who turn back

can leave alive.

Please turn back now.

The person you love has already turned back.

If you keep going,

you'll never get out.

She'll not turn back.

Do you trust her that much?

Yes.

I may doubt the whole world.

But she's the only one I trust.

She's not worth your trust.

Whether she's worth it or not,

it's for me to judge.

Your companions have already left.

If you continue to go forward,

you'll be trapped here

like me forever.

(Sheng, )

(let's play hide and seek.)

Stand still.

Count to one hundred

and I'll come to find you.

I think I've been walking

for almost four hours now.

Why is it still so dark?

I've arrived.

(Xuelin?)

(Your mother is Xuelin?)

(Insolent!)

How dare you address my mother by her name?

(I didn't expect you to come to Qingqiu)

(Lin) (and ended up as the Queen of Qingqiu.)

You're the Queen of Qingqiu?

What are you doing here?

I don't wish to see anyone

trapped in this place.

This road has no end.

Only those who turn back

can leave alive.

They have all left.

If you don't leave now,

you'll be trapped forever.

But didn't the words at the entrance tell us

to just walk to the end?

You can't reach the end.

There is only endless darkness here.

Wait.

-If you continue moving forward, -Hold on.

You'll be trapped in here forever.

Wait a minute.

Thank you for your kindness.

But I still want to complete this.

Forget about this.

I have some questions

to ask you.

Do you have a secret treasure?

Is it a compass?

When I was inside,

I saw you and two men.

You were laying a formation.

Are you trying to seal someone?

What's going on?

Does that person

have a dark aura?

Is it related to "Ghostly Eulogy?"

Does shaking your head means you're related

or not?

Don't ask too many questions. Go now.

If you don't leave now, it'll be too late.

I asked you so many questions.

Can't you at least answer one of my questions?

Just leave.

The screen is yours.

This secret realm is also yours.

You're the one who told us to take the tunnel.

You're also the one who wants us to leave.

What on earth is this?

Do you want us to obtain the Ghostly Eulogy

or you don't?

I asked so many questions.

But she never answered them.

How could I forget such an important matter?

Madam Xuelin is already dead.

I'm sure it's an illusion created

by the disruption technique.

All she knows

is to tell me to turn back.

Where can I go if I turn back?

At least if I'm here,

I can obtain the Ghostly Eulogy

after I reach the end as the sign states at the entrance.

If I just turn back,

I would only have several days to live.

Then I'll...

So,

I came out just like this?

Why did I come back here again?

Where are they?

Don't tell me they're still inside.

They walked even slower than I did.

I can only leave

and not enter through this barrier?

Am I really

going to end up alone

after they abandon me as she said?

Am I the only one

who managed to get out of there?

Don't tell me

I'm trapped here.

They say the spirit dragon is raised and nurtured

as the most honorable.

But now it seems

he's nothing but a brute.

You forcibly expelled me

from the secret realm

just to break the first disruptive technique.

That's absolutely unruly

and ridiculous behavior!

Oh, it's you.

How dare you treat me

with such disrespect?

How did I end up here?

Where's Yanhui?

Where's the dragon?

They must have already passed it.

You're the extra one

among the three of you.

Did they pass it?

They didn't come out?

The second trial tests trust.

If you and your lover

don't trust each other,

why did you choose to go in?

Trust?

What's wrong? You don't agree?

It's not fair.

How is it not fair?

As long as you truly love each other,

you would naturally have trust.

Don't you know that?

Only those who have never been abandoned

have trust.

Stop! Don't come out!

Don't come out! Stay inside!

No...

Yanhui.

We're done for now. Even you came out.

What's wrong?

We're trapped here.

We passed the trial.

What?

We passed?

Didn't the wooden sign said,

"Completing this path will lead to victory?"

Then where's Bai Xiaosheng?

Yanhui.

You're... You're disappearing.

I...

Tianyao!

(Our swords subdue all evil spirits, and our chivalry will rid the world of demons.)

Chenxing Mountain?

How did I get back to Chenxing Mountain?

Yanhui!

Get up.

Zichen?

You're finally back.

Master descended

from Starhaven.

I've pleaded with him for you.

I've also explained

to him

what happened previously.

Master said you can come back now.

I've prepared

a new disciple ring and clothes

for you.

By the way,

I asked your favorite cook

to prepare

your favorite baozi.

(Your Majesty!)

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Go and wash up.

You're all dirty.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Tian... Tianyao?

Why...

Why did you kill him?

You killed me

for their sake.

So I killed them.

Then,

we'll be even.

Tianyao! What are you doing?

Zichen!

Master?

There's one more coming.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

I'm here, Your Majesty!

Don't come over here.

Go now!

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Tianyao,

she has become

the Lord of Dark Aura's puppet

with brutal and overbearing strength.

You can only use the Ghostly Eulogy

to go up against her.

The dark aura has consumed the spirit dragon's mind.

The Ghostly Eulogy

has a way to get rid of the dark aura.

Ghostly Eulogy?

Yanhui!

Use the Ghostly Eulogy and kill the spirit dragon!

Tianyao,

you must kill her.

Or else the world will be in grave danger.

Ghostly Eulogy.

(Something's not right.)

Kill him now.

(Something's wrong.)

Kill the spirit dragon!

(Master would never do this.)

(Zichen cares about me.)

I've asked the cook

to prepare your favorite baozi.

(But he's usually mean to me.)

(And Tianyao)

(would never be possessed)

(by the dark aura at all.)

(Why is Changlan here?)

(Our matters)

(have nothing to do with Changlan at all.)

(What's going on here?)

(These are all the things)

(that the disruption technique wants me to see.)

(It has been obstructing me)

(from obtaining the Ghostly Eulogy.)

(What kind of test)

(is the third trial?)

What kind of person

can obtain the Ghostly Eulogy?

No!

Tianyao.

Why?

It's because I let you down.

I'll bear

the consequences.

I should have repaid you earlier.

Tianyao,

no matter what happens,

I'll face it

with you.

(It seems that this final trial)

(is testing whether we have feelings)

(of reluctance and love for each other.)

(Tianyao, )

(what will your answer be?)

Yanhui, are you okay?

I'm okay.

I didn't expect to be thrown out

by this screen.

Everything

we do here

is unexpected.

I'm glad you're okay.

Your Majesty, Queen of Qingqiu.

Queen of Qingqiu?

I saw her before

in that compass.

That's how I recognized her.

It's probably an image left

by the Queen of Qingqiu.

After waiting for so long,

someone finally passed the four trials

and obtained the Ghostly Eulogy.

Four trials?

Wasn't it three?

This disruption technique

requires both Taoist and spirit to enter together

to activate it.

There was already a hidden trial

before the first trial began.

Without bias in the heart.

That's right.

The Ghostly Eulogy is a book for saving people.

I can only entrust it

to those with a righteous heart without worries.

Anyway, we finally passed.

The first trial in this illusion asked

if there is anyone in your heart.

If there is no one else in your heart,

it means you lack compassion.

So you can't have this book.

It turns out that it was asking about compassion.

Bai Xiaosheng misunderstood the trial

and thought he needed to find lovers.

The reason you passed the first trial

was also that you have compassion.

You didn't harm the person's life when you had the chance.

Great compassion.

The second trial

was about trust in an uncertain future.

To trust him is to trust yourself.

Those who lack trust

and consistency

cannot obtain this book.

The third trial was about making a choice.

Saving one person or saving the world.

How would you choose?

Saving one person

is the correct answer.

There are many who claim to save the world

but end up destroying it.

How can you save the world without saving one person first?

Then save me first.

Ghostly Eulogy.

You may not be of the same clan.

But you are of the same heart.

I am very pleased.

Cultivate well,

and I hope you

can accomplish

what Chenyi and I failed to do.

After all the effort,

we finally obtained it.

You can finally do something

about the dark aura inside your body now.

If I think about the time

we first met

in Tongluo Village,

it has been

a long time since then.

Along the way,

you may have harmed me

several times.

(She killed me)

(the way I'm doing now.)

Forgive me.

But you have also saved me

several times,

like

when Wujin was after my life,

and when I was trapped

in the Misty Forest.

Stay behind me.

You might have used

(an unusual way)

(to obtain the Heart Protecting Scale.)

But you also helped me

obtain the Ghostly Eulogy.

From now on,

we no longer owe

each other anything.

Then...

Then are you still afraid of me?

I don't feel

as afraid anymore.

After

all that has happened in Qingqiu,

I should let go.

All right, then.

I should go now.

Yanhui.

Will you keep

the promise you made

during the shadow play that night?

I'll lend you one for now.

After that,

I'll find the real one

for you.

What do you think?

With the tension rising

between the Taoists and the Spirit Clans,

it may be even harder for you

to obtain your body in the future.

I'm unable to help you anymore.

Take care of yourself.

I hope

you can retrieve your body soon.

Once you do,

I hope you

won't be fixated

on your past grudges.

And this.

People

should keep moving forward.

Then will you

give me your heart again?

(I already gave it to you once.)