Original subtitles

At dawn

I open my eyes

At long last, the night is past

The story has ended

If someone ever asks the question

I'll say I never regret it

Where I touch you

Is marked with the trace of our entanglement

Goodbye is not farewell

Why always focus on results?

In an instant, my longing for you

Spilled to the horizon

The barren land is singing

The ground is remaining silent

Light penetrates the sea

Flowers bloom among the dust

The mayfly gazes upon the sky

Swearing to pursue the light

My soul is searching

For the time rift

And you

[Back From The Brink]

[Adapted from the novel of the same name in jjwxc.net by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang]

[Episode 24]

It's so beautiful.

These are the guardian flowers of the state.

In order to celebrate

the marriage between Tianyao and Yanhui,

my second uncle made the guardian flowers bloom

across Qingqiu.

This is the highest form of respect

in Qingqiu.

Young Master,

Miss Yan wants to thank you

for the wedding gown you gave her.

I'm glad that she likes it.

We didn't have much time

to prepare a wedding gift for them.

We can treat this

as Qingqiu's wedding gift to them.

Stop right there!

Mr. Yan, what do you mean by this?

Hurry!

Take off your cloak!

Ridiculous.

You want me to take off my cloak in public?

You're trying to humiliate me.

Reveal your true self!

Let go!

They are going overboard!

Calm down!

What's wrong?

This is...

How could this be?

This is impossible!

The Crown Prince behaved rudely in front of everyone.

Second Young Master,

are you not going to punish him?

Second Uncle, I...

And Mr. Yan.

You acted arrogantly

on the Dragon King's wedding day

due to your seniority.

Judging from your actions,

you don't seem to be the most respectable person around.

This is utterly ridiculous!

You!

You!

Zhuli!

It's the Dragon King's wedding.

How could you fool around here?

Second Uncle.

I...

Mr. Yan,

we must not miss the auspicious hour.

Hey,

don't you think Mr. Yan

was being too much there?

He wanted him to remove his outfit in public.

So, it wasn't Zhao Yu?

Do you even know what you're doing?

I...

I'm sure something's fishy

with him!

If so, why doesn't he have any ink stains on his body?

I believe Mr. Yan.

I'm sure something's fishy with Zhao Yu.

Now that friends and families have gathered around,

the wedding will begin.

Let the ceremony

begin!

Congratulations, Dragon King.

Congratulations.

Congratulations, Dragon King.

Dragon King, congratulations on your wedding.

Congratulations, Dragon King.

Dragon King, congratulations on your wedding.

Congratulations, Dragon King.

They're a perfect match!

Miss Yan looks gorgeous!

They're a match made in heaven!

Precisely.

Qingqiu is honored

to witness the Dragon King's wedding.

Congratulations, Dragon King.

Qingqiu is lucky

to witness the Dragon King's wedding.

Congratulations, Dragon King.

Congratulations, Miss Yan.

A vow to old age,

thou nuptial vow shall be announced in words.

Swear a vow

upon your nuptial agreement.

(Nuptial agreement?)

(I think it wasn't included)

(in the six rites.)

Dragon King,

bestow her the nuptial agreement.

(When did he prepare this?)

Consume the nuptial wine.

Rise.

Friends and families,

thank you for your blessings.

Newlyweds, bow to them.

Qingqiu, deliver your blessings!

Dragon King, Dragon Queen, congratulations

on your marriage.

Now that all six rites have been completed,

happiness will ensue!

This is a joyous occasion for the Dragon King and Dragon Queen.

Their blessing extends to the entire Qingqiu.

As everyone knows,

Tianyao and I

had acquired the secret treasure

left behind by Her Majesty,

which was the Ghostly Eulogy.

Today is my wedding with Tianyao.

It's a joyous occasion.

I would like to request Mr. Yan

to interpret the Ghostly Eulogy for us

so that everyone can admire it together.

Admire it together?

The Dragon King and Queen

are trying

to reveal the Ghostly Eulogy to the public.

The Ghostly Eulogy?

Is that the true Ghostly Eulogy?

Mr. Yan,

please interpret it for us.

We actually

received a gift like this from attending the Dragon King's wedding.

This is unexpected.

This is truly unexpected.

All right.

Today,

I will translate

the Ghostly Eulogy in front of everyone.

Is he serious?

Great!

Right here?

This is an unexpected reward

from attending the Dragon King's wedding.

There's an assassin!

Young Master, be careful.

Seal off the exit!

No one is allowed to leave!

Seal off the main hall!

Stop right there!

Let us leave!

Let us leave!

Nobody moves!

There it is!

The ink stain!

I would never recognize the wrong person.

You were the one

who stole the Ghostly Eulogy yesterday.

Zhao Yu!

What exactly is going on?

Last night,

someone wanted to steal the Ghostly Eulogy.

Mr. Yan sprayed some ink

on his body.

And now,

the thief has been arrested.

Mister, don't worry.

You can use our wedding tomorrow as an excuse

and invite everyone from the palace to attend it.

After that, we'll arrest him when he's trapped.

(Since he's forced)

(to attend our wedding tomorrow,)

(he'll definitely be prepared.)

Stop right there!

Let go!

It wasn't him!

Calm down.

I sense hints of visual spells in the hall.

If so, the thief

that Mr. Yan couldn't capture

must be the visual spell master.

That's right.

If the thief

passes your inspection,

we have to use another way

to force him to reveal himself.

Dragon King,

I assume you wish to lure him out, right?

(If he wishes to steal the Ghostly Eulogy,)

(that means he doesn't want other people)

(to read it.)

(We can capture him)

(when he launches an attack.)

All right.

Today,

I will translate the Ghostly Eulogy

in front of everyone.

(But we must protect the Brush Sprite.)

Mr. Zhao?

What...

That's right.

This can't be true.

Second Uncle,

Zhao Yu

is the evil visual spell master!

He harmed the Phantom Clan.

And now, he intends to steal the Ghostly Eulogy.

I'm sure he's up to no good.

You must capture him and interrogate him!

I'm going to avenge my clan!

Miss Huan!

You mustn't kill in the main hall.

I should've killed this brat

long ago!

Someone!

Lock him up for now.

Move it!

Move!

He's the visual spell master.

This thief remained hidden for a long time.

Let's go!

This is infuriating!

Kill him!

Mr. Zhao,

you've suffered.

Lord Changlan.

Such powerful visual spells.

Master Lingxiao,

you must've waited for a long time.

(He cast a spell)

(even when he's under the effect of my visual spell?)

Your eyes

are much cloudier

than when I last saw them.

You have blood and qi deficiency too.

Young Master, what have you been doing lately?

The Crown Prince kept saying

that he wanted to seek out the visual spell master.

It seems the Dragon King has started to suspect

that there's a visual spell master in Qingqiu too.

Let him find one then.

If I must say,

the evil practitioner

you want to find

doesn't exist in Qingqiu.

Changlan, how have you been doing all these years?

I was just barely surviving.

That direction is...

My father is training there!

Great Leader?

Don't tell me your father is the visual spell master?

The Great Leader, he...

He broke out of my spell

and escaped when I was wounded.

How dare you guys obstruct me?

His Majesty is on a retreat at the moment.

Your Highness,

please play somewhere else.

I'm not here to play!

Get out of the way!

It's inside.

Do not let him come inside!

Yes, sir.

Second Uncle?

Old man, what are you doing here?

Zhuli.

Second Uncle, he...

He...

I'm going to the study.

Second Uncle wants to test my cultivation.

I'm going to the study room.

Second Uncle wants to test my cultivation.

I saw Bai Xiaosheng on my way out.

He said...

He was brokenhearted

about the wedding tomorrow.

He said he needed some time alone.

He won't attend the wedding tomorrow.

He's not coming?

He said he wouldn't attend the wedding tomorrow.

Good boy.

Mr. Zhao,

I need you

to do me another favor.

Anything for you, Young Master.

I want you

to put on an act for me.

What kind of act?

But you see,

if we want to make the act convincing,

I'm afraid I might have to put you in danger, Mr. Zhao.

Mr. Zhao, you put on an excellent act

during the wedding.

I already used the opportunity

to cast my visual spell

on the audience.

Look at the flower petals!

It's gorgeous!

It's so beautiful!

It's so pretty!

Look at the flower petals!

All these years,

Mr. Zhao,

you did well in every act

when you were with me.

[Ghostly Eulogy] (Now,)

(the entire Qingqiu)

(thinks)

(that you're the visual spell master.)

Run!

Mr. Zhao,

you're my trusted aide.

I didn't want things

to end up this way either.

We have to blame Yanhui and Tianyao for this.

They came to Qingqiu all of a sudden,

and they actually managed to retrieve

the Ghostly Eulogy.

For the act in Qingqiu,

now,

we need to complete the last chapter.

In the future,

I won't be able to help you again.

My child,

take care.

(If the royalty of Qingqiu gives birth to twin sons,)

(that makes an inauspicious sign.)

(they have to gouge the eyes of the second son)

(and imprison him for the rest of his life.)

(Only then can Qingqiu be at peace.)

Listen.

Guess what toys I bought for you today.

Mr. Zhao,

did you buy them at Qingqiu Market?

Second Young Master,

when you're bored,

you can try

to solve this nine-ring puzzle.

I'm sure

the market is a fun place.

Mr. Zhao,

I want to go to Qingqiu Market.

Mr. Zhao,

do I still have a chance

to get to know the outside world?

You do.

Of course you do.

[Tales of Strange Beasts] I even brought a book here for you.

You can touch it.

Sun.

Very good.

Light.

Father.

(After that, you were finally released.)

(You got to explore the world.)

(I thought you would never return.)

(But you did.)

(You returned in a shabby state.)

(I didn't know what you had gone through.)

(I felt)

(that you had changed somehow.)

(However, I felt glad)

(to see you in Qingqiu again.)

Young Master Changlan.

Mr. Zhao.

It's been a while.

(If we want to make the act convincing,)

I'm afraid I might have to put you in danger, Mr. Zhao.

Young Master,

I'm willing

to sacrifice my life for you.

Farewell,

Young Master.

We finally achieved something.

We did great.

We still have chemistry.

It was official business.

Don't get the wrong idea.

Yanhui.

Dragon King.

What is this?

It's my gift of thanks.

I would never be able

to catch the visual spell master this quickly

without your help.

You guys are my benefactors.

You guys are his benefactors too.

Am I right?

You guys did great.

You two have contributed to the state of Qingqiu.

You guys have contributed to the state too.

Here.

Eat up.

Speaking of which, where did Bai Xiaosheng go

after the wedding ceremony?

I'm sure he's still angry.

He's angry?

It was just an act.

Why should he be angry?

After my second uncle checked my homework,

I met Bai Xiaosheng on my way out.

He said he didn't want

to see you two get married.

He left out of spite.

What did you say?

Bai Xiaosheng.

After my second uncle checked my homework,

I met Bai Xiaosheng on my way out.

He left.

He...

Something's off.

He left.

He left.

Bai Xiaosheng is fine.

He left.

He's under a visual spell.

He's angry.

He's indeed under a visual spell.

When did this happen?

How could I not realize it at all?

I'm sure it happened

when Bai Xiaosheng went missing.

Bai Xiaosheng is in danger.

I need to look for him!

Dispel the visual spell

and look after him.

I will.

Bai Xiaosheng!

There are no hints of any visual spells here

and no signs

of a struggle.

After him!

Let's go!

Isn't this the place

where Leader Chenyi is training in seclusion?

Let's check it out.

Stop right there!

The Leader is training in seclusion here.

No outsiders allowed!

Stop right there!

You became more direct with your approaches

after coming to Qingqiu, huh?

I was influenced by you.

What should I do?

What should I do?

Dragon King!

Yanhui!

When will you guys come back?

I'm running out of strength!

Phantom secrets,

shapeless crescents,

conceal!

Bai Xiaosheng?

Be careful!

Were you burned?

Sorry about that.

I was intending

to return it to you later.

It's fine.

You don't need to return it to me.

I'm glad that you're fine.

Hey, don't forget about me.

Yanhui, I'm dying from the pain.

I think I'm done for.

Keep quiet.

We're trying to think of something.

There's a magical trap here.

Let me do it.

That was scary.

How are you?

Are you okay?

Here.

Why are you here? And why did you get hurt?

I discovered

a secret.

What secret?

The visual spell master that annihilated the Phantom Clan,

it was Changlan all along.

I thought Zhao Yu

was the visual spell master?

I think Zhao Yu was just a pawn.

Changlan

is just like you and me.

The three of us serve the Lord of Dark Aura.

The Lord of Dark Aura ordered him

to imprison Chenyi here.

Thus, he announced to the public

that the Great Leader was on a retreat.

So, no matter if it's

the destruction of the compass

or the disappearance of the screen,

it's all because

they harmed Chenyi.

Where's Chenyi?

Chenyi

has escaped.

But now,

there's something more urgent...

Bai Xiaosheng?

Bai Xiaosheng!

(Changlan.)

-Bai Xiaosheng? -(How did you end up like this)

(after we parted ways at the Dragon Valley?)

Wake up!

The show

has finally begun.

His Majesty has come out of his retreat!

His Majesty has been on a retreat for many years.

Why did he suddenly come out of his retreat?

Don't tell me it was because of the visual spell master?

I heard

that Zhao Yu took his own life

in prison last night.

He has been reduced to smoke.

He took his own life?

Second Young Master was unwise with his subject selection.

The Crown Prince indulges himself in worldly pleasures.

If His Majesty doesn't come out of his retreat now,

Qingqiu will be in danger!

Mr. Yan!

Since His Majesty has come out of his retreat,

Second Young Master,

you should return to where you belong.

If you keep standing here,

you'll go against the rules of Qingqiu,

and disaster will befall Qingqiu.

I'm afraid you cannot bear the consequences.

Mr. Yan, you're right.

I just wish

to bid farewell to my brother.

Your Majesty, welcome back.

Let's go.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Arrest the murderer from the Taoist clan!

Arrest the murderer from the Taoist clan!

This...

What is going on?

Arrest the murderer from the Taoist clan!

If he's speaking the truth,

if Changlan is the visual spell master,

that means we're...

I don't trust his words.

I will question Changlan myself.

Question him yourself?

But what if...

Right now, no one in Qingqiu

can hurt me.

I will protect you too.

What about him?

Let's bring him away for now.

The Taoist assassin is over there!

Stop right there!

Surround them!

What's going on?

What's with the hostility?

How dare you, you evil Taoist?

How dare you murder

the Great Leader of Qingqiu?

What?

I...

I murdered the Great Leader?

When?

We witnessed everything

in the main hall just now!

How dare you deny it?

Don't tell me we're blind?

That's impossible!

I wasn't even there just now!

How dare you deny it?

Arrest her!

Yes, sir!

Nobody touches her!

Dragon King,

you're muddle-headed!

Why are you still protecting the evil Taoist?

I didn't murder the Great Leader!

Shut up!

Changlan!

Tianyao.

You already had your heart broken once

by a Taoist.

Are you going to repeat your mistake?

The visual spell master, Zhao Yu,

had taken his life last night out of guilty conscience.

His body has vanished.

Miss Yan,

were you behind that as well?

It's you.

You're the visual spell master.

Why?

What?

He's blind.

How could he master visual spells?

You were tricked by him!

Stop trying to deny your crime!

You murdered His Majesty

in the main hall!

Everyone witnessed it in person!

I

didn't.

Arrest her!

Tianyao,

if you keep protecting that woman,

that means you'll go against the entire Qingqiu.

If so,

Qingqiu will cease to respect

the ignorant Dragon King!

Wake up!

Wake up!

Come on, wake up!

Stop sleeping!

Something huge is happening out there!

Zhuli!

Zhuli!

Where are we?

We're inside the Phantom Ring.

Why did you drag me

into the ring?

Something happened.

We got the wrong person.

What did you say?

Just now,

Yanhui and Tianyao came to me

before they left.

Huan Xiaoyan and Zhuli

are missing.

Could they be in trouble?

I'm here!

-Huan Xiaoyan! -Dragon King.

Yanhui.

After you guys left,

the entire Qingqiu Palace

was filled

with hints of visual spells.

Seems like it happened last night.

I brought the little fox

and hid inside the ring.

After that,

we rolled ourselves outside.

I hid the entire night

as I was too afraid to come out.

And...

The little fox hasn't woken up yet.

He's still in the ring.

We got the wrong person.

Zhao Yu wasn't the visual spell master.

It was Changlan.

What?

Now, the entire Qingqiu Palace

is caught under his visual spell.

They thought

I murdered Chenyi.

If so,

what should we do?

They'll catch up to us soon.

You should leave with us.

Maybe

he'll slander you after this.

No.

I cannot leave.

The visual spell master annihilated the Phantom Clan.

I can't just leave him

run amok

and harm Qingqiu.

You'll be in danger if you stay here.

I have the Phantom Ring.

It's the secret treasure of the Phantom Clan.

When I'm inside,

visual spells won't work on me.

I can monitor Changlan's movements

if I remain in Qingqiu Palace.

In the future,

we can launch a two-pronged attack together.

Give me your hand.

If I'm in danger,

I will call for help.

Don't worry.

You must take care of yourself.

After Yanhui and Tianyao left,

I hid inside the ring again.

The guards that were passing by

said that Yanhui killed your father.

But how could Yanhui

kill your father?

No.

No.

You...

Maybe you were caught under the visual spell.

Speak for yourself.

When we and the Brush Sprite were keeping guard over the cave,

your second uncle told you to go to his study.

I'm sure he put you under a visual spell

and used you

to deceive the Dragon King and Yanhui

so that they wouldn't be able

to find Bai Xiaosheng immediately.

No.

That's impossible.

That's impossible.

No.

I'm going to clarify things

with my second uncle personally.

The palace is filled with visual spells now.

I don't believe it.

I will question him myself.

Once you go outside, you'll be placed under his control.

Also, Changlan

must be looking for you right now.

Do you have a death wish?

Let me out!

Cut it out!

You'll die if you go outside!

From now on,

you must do as I say.

Young Master,

I heard that Mr. Yan

had already put the dragon...

He already put them on the wanted list.

This is truly unexpected.

How could they

be this evil?

Yeah.

I didn't expect that either.

You are in the opposite direction, I can't see you clearly

My grey hair represents my longing for you

Each frame slipping through my fingers

Marks our history

The breeze blows, the pear blossom falls

The swan goose honks

I trace your silhouette

One portrait after another

I caress your cheek

One memory after another

I drown my nights with this forlornness

The wind blows as I sigh

Everything I've been through in my life

Is so that I can find you

Who has had the taste of a true departure?

Just like the moon, our reunion is few and far between

Among the green hills and the clear rivers

My love for you will never change

How easy it is to meet and part

Retelling our encounters to the endless rain

May the drifting petals scatter throughout the world

And the spring breeze remains the same

I carry the memory of you with me

And move forward

I look back a few times

Trying to look for the you I knew

We hold hands, reminiscing on our good memories

The mortal world is as bustling as always

Sometimes, it's just hard

To convey my feelings