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ADAPTED FROM ZHU YAN BY CANG YUE

You told me to protect all living beings.

But are you seeing this?

This unlawful world

and these heartless scums

don't deserve

your pity and forgiveness.

I will avenge you!

Shi Ying!

What's wrong with you, Shi Ying?

Get lost!

This flower…

Have I been here before?

And this lake.

I think I've seen it before.

Could I have seen it in my dream?

Lord Chong Ming,

why are you here?

Divine Bird Chong Ming.

You…

You can actually transform into a human.

I think I've said this before.

Shi Ying was once moved by this lady.

Maybe she can save Shi Ying.

Come. Follow me.

Where are we going?

Aren't you looking for my immortal friend?

- He's in there. - What?

Who are you talking about?

They won't let you off.

They won't even let you

rest in peace.

I'll avenge you!

Quick.

Stop!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Bai Yan doesn't deserve it.

She doesn't deserve a tribute.

Watch out!

You're finally awake.

Divine official.

I always feel

that I've seen you before.

Stop talking.

Save your breath.

Don't frown.

You don't look handsome in this way.

It was me who wounded you.

You did hit me hard,

but it's all right.

My mother said I'm tough.

I haven't seen my mother for a month

and I've already missed her.

I think I heard you say

that you can never see your mother again?

Divine official.

How…

How do you feel?

I'll be all right.

If you don't believe it,

promise me this.

When I wake up,

you have to do me a favor.

All right?

All right.

It's a deal.

Chong Ming, speed up.

XILENG RIVER, JIUYI MOUNTAIN

His power and the glacier contain both the supreme Yang and Yin.

Yin and Yang will meet

and the Starflower will bloom.

You must kill her then.

Otherwise,

she'll become

the person who kills you.

Starflower.

Isn't that Starflower?

When Yin and Yang meet, the Starflower appears.

The prophecy has come true.

Stop it, Shi Ying.

This lady is your predestined doom.

It's not her.

You and Grand Preceptor have read the Elixir Book.

Her birthdate isn't the date stated in the prophecy.

I guess it's just

the abnormal phenomenon caused by the conflict

between my power and that of Crimson Clan.

There's no such thing as a coincidence.

If you can't do it,

I'll do it for you.

What's wrong with you?

You can't even take this.

Did you transfer all your spiritual power to her?

It's still uncertain whether she's my predestined doom or not.

She saved our lives just now.

This is certain.

If we kill her now, it's incompatible with morality.

I'm a bird, not a human.

I don't care if it's incompatible with morality.

Just leave such an ungrateful bad deed to me.

If there's any retribution,

I'll take full responsibility for it.

You'll kill her over my dead body.

If she's really your predestined doom,

she'll kill you someday even if she has saved you today.

I've lived for thousands of years.

An indecisive person like you

normally doesn't end up well.

Decisive?

If you were a decisive bird,

you wouldn't have clung to an unfortunate divine official like me.

You're infuriating me that it causes my wrinkle to sprout up.

Were you the only person

who did the one thing for me

when I was accused

and cast aside by the nation?

Divine official.

What is this place?

Why am I soaking wet?

You're a mortal.

You can't withstand the pure Yang energy.

I bring you here

to use the coldest water of Xileng River as a media

and transfer the spiritual power to you.

Did you transfer your spiritual power to me in order to rescue me?

Will it hurt you then?

It's not a big deal.

Besides,

this is my fault.

It's all right.

Let's not bring up the past anymore.

Divine official,

you're so amazing.

You can still cast a spell even after transferring your spiritual power to me.

It feels like

I'm full of energy now.

I feel even more energetic

than I used to be.

It's fascinating.

I can't believe I can jump this far.

Lord Chong Ming,

today is a really great day.

I saw you transform into a human for the first time

and I met your immortal friend in a fight.

Right.

I was dying just now.

This divine official can easily cure me.

He has got the power

to bring someone back to life.

He's the hidden master I'm looking for.

Lord Chong Ming.

Are…

Are you mad?

Aren't we friends?

I guess it's because we've been out here for too long.

Chong Ming is getting impatient.

Since your wound has been healed,

we've got to go back now.

Divine official.

Have you recovered?

I mean here.

Chong Ming, let's go.

We're going to fly back.

That's great.

I didn't get to see the view on my way here.

I must feast my eyes on it on my way back.

It's just that…

Where would you like to sit later?

Since you're so tall,

if you sit in front of me,

you'll surely block my view.

It doesn't seem right…

to ask you to sit behind me.

Wait for me.

He's feeling depressed

but can't vent out his emotions.

I feel so bad for him.

Help!

Let's take a detour.

Where are we now?

This is my deceased mother's cenotaph.

Can I

pay respect to her?

You were deranged because of your deceased mother

and I happened to meet you at that time.

It was my pleasure to solve your problems.

That was how I gained your precious spiritual power in return.

Now that we have landed here,

I guess it must be fate

arranged by your mother.

Is this

really predestined?

Is she

that person?

You and I had never met each other before.

We're two worlds apart.

However, fate brought me over,

so I came to pay my respect.

Wait.

Let me thank you on my mother's behalf.

Sir,

you're a hidden master who possesses great power.

I'm like a nobody

in front of you.

I'm not qualified to enlighten you.

It's just that I'd like to speak my mind.

I don't know how your mother died.

However, you sounded angry just now

and I saw no epitaph on the tombstone.

I think there must be some sort of grievance.

You were deranged because of this, weren't you?

She has passed away.

As a parent,

she must be hoping that her kid

could stay safe and go on living.

I appreciate the thought,

but you're still young

and naive.

There are many things

that you can't understand.

You're wrong, sir.

I became like this

because I didn't want to let my mother down

and let the bad guys have their ways.

My father's official wife didn't have kids.

She always perceived me as an eyesore and a threat.

All she thought about was to get rid of me.

In order to protect me,

my mother had suffered a lot.

There was one time when it was my birthday.

An abnormal phenomenon happened as it began to snow heavily.

I had never seen snow before, so I was surprised and excited.

I secretly built a snowman.

My father's official wife accused me

of making a puppet to hurt her.

Then my mother kneeled before her

and ate the snowman

bite by bite.

What happened then?

After that incident,

my mother fell seriously ill.

I swore to avenge her.

However, she had a sudden heart attack.

Before she passed out,

she said something to me.

I'll never forget it.

She said,

"Yan'er,

I didn't protect you

to make you live like a coward,

but to want you to live in a dignified manner.

If you waste your life

and go astray

out of pique,

that's what will sadden me the most.

That's also what those who bully you

most want to see."

Mother.

I'd like to grow up fast

to protect you.

You can't just protect me.

You have to become a man with honor

and protect the people in Kongsang.

Because of my mother's teachings,

I get to free myself from complicated thoughts

and have a healthy and happy life.

As for that official wife,

she ended up getting ill

when I was nine

as she was scheming and jealous.

Sir,

don't you think

I've offered you

a heartfelt word of advice just now?

However, there's one thing I can't understand.

Your birthday is in May.

It's summertime.

How could you build a snowman?

How did you know when my birthday is?

When I was at the Pavilion of Books,

I read the Saintess Elixir Book.

This isn't the point.

Answer my question.

I was really born on the coldest winter day.

I was brought to the residence when I was two.

My father worried his official wife would think that

the person who was born on the darkest day would bring bad luck,

so he told the public

that I was born in May.

Come here.

Her birthday is on the darkest day, yet she was born in the brightest place.

We've got it right this time.

She's definitely your predestined doom.

Shi Ying, you really should do it this time.

Sir.

Let me light the Changming Grass for you.

Actually, it has been five years ago

since I used a magic spell to light

the fire of commemoration.

Five years ago?

Who did you pay homage to?

You're an outsider.

I guess I can tell you that.

The person I paid homage to

was a mere acquaintance of mine.

Then…

Why did you pay homage to him?

Everyone said

that he was an evil who killed people,

but I'm the only one who knows it isn't true.

He made me learn magic spells

and protect the country.

How could such a person be an evil?

You were mere acquaintances,

but you had faith in him

and paid homage to him

when everyone spat on him.

If he knew it,

I'm sure he'd appreciate it.

I think he should know that.

That day, my tears dropped into the fire.

That Snowy Rosa

suddenly turned into a flame

and hit me between my eyebrows,

but I didn't get hurt.

I guess this was the response of his spirit of heaven

to me.

The magic spell of Crimson Clan is Yang.

The little girl's tear is Yin.

The prophecy of Grand Preceptor is fulfilled.

Do it.

However, the convergence of three coincidences

has become a calamity for you.

If you meet this girl before you turn 18,

you'll die in her hands in the future.

You must kill her then.

Sir.

Why do you look at me like this?

I must kill her this time.

You'll kill her over my dead body.

What's the matter?

Sir.

Sir, what are you doing?

There's often a strange wind in the mountains that sweep people away.

No wonder.

I felt the wind just now.

Chong Ming, what's wrong with you?

Xiaoyingzi.

I was afraid that I might hurt you, so I withdrew my attack.

Yet you used the spiritual power you've left to bind me.

I'm really furious.

Chong Ming didn't get to avoid that strange wind

and caught a cold.

He can't open his mouth now.

He caught a cold so soon?

It was indeed a strange wind.

Have you ever seen a strange person who's so good-looking?

You're the strange one. Your entire family is strange.

Chong Ming, are you sure you're all right?

I've eliminated the cold pathogen for him.

Only then can he send you back.

Chong Ming,

you must send the princess

back to the mountain safely.

We can't run

the risk of any accidents this time.

Divine official,

it was me who didn't sit tight.

Don't blame it on Lord Chong Ming.

Well, you've got to sit tight this time.

What are you trying to do?

This gesture…

Why does it look so familiar?

I think I've been to Emperor Valley before,

but why can't I recall it?

I've met you before,

haven't I?

Are you trying to erase my memory?

Yes.

Because I don't want anyone to know about my existence

and I don't want anyone to know that I live here.

Are you going to do the same thing this time?

I'm sorry.

Don't do this.

We've become friends.

Don't…

Sir, did you already erase my memory?

Or will it only take effect after a while?

Promise me this.

When I wake up,

you have to do me a favor.

I've promised her something,

but I haven't fulfilled it.

That's why I can't erase her memory about this.

This is the rule of using a magic spell.

Divine official, I beg of you.

Don't erase my memory.

I swear

I won't tell anyone that I've been here.

We once had a deal.

When you're healed and wake up,

I've got to do you a favor.

What do you want me to do?

I want…

It's indeed inappropriate

to impudently ask

to be his apprentice

as he just gets over the pain

of losing his mother.

The clock struck five in the morning.

Divine official,

I must go back now

or I'll get caught by my father.

As for my request,

let's talk about it next time.

Don't worry.

I won't tell anyone that I came by.

Never.

All right. I trust you.

However, Emperor Valley is the forbidden spot of Jiuyi Mountain.

The trespassers will be sentenced to death.

Don't ever come here again.

Chong Ming.

I'm counting on you.

I didn't mean to give you the flower that day,

but you were so kind to pay homage to me.

It was an act of kindness to send me off,

yet you became the prophecy that will hold me back.

It was you who trespassed Emperor Valley

and activated the prophecy.

It was also you who helped me overcome my fear.

Our fates are entangled with each other.

Though I'll die because of you in the future,

I'm still the one

who's indebted to you.

What is this?

I'll tell you if you eat it.

I pushed that girl off the cliff

from the top of Jiuyi Mountain.

I used her seven spirits and three souls

to make this highly toxic fruit,

named Soul-Breaking Fruit.

I can guarantee that you'll die right after you eat it.

It's better than suffering

the heart-piercing pain a few years later.

If her soul was scattered,

then who'd pierce my heart

a few years later?

You knew that she was your predestined doom.

Why did you let her go

and seal my power?

Luckily, my flying ability hasn't been reduced.

It took me a day to fly to the coldest land

to get the Crimson Fruit to sustain your spiritual power.

Otherwise,

you couldn't have hidden it from Grand Preceptor.

You asked me to protect the people,

but did you see that?

This lawless world

and these ruthless vile people.

They don't deserve

your mercy and forgiveness.

I'll take revenge!

What do you think

I should do?

Kill her?

Kill a lady who risked her life

to pay homage to me back then

and rescued me

from going down an ominous path?

Wait until you've mastered the magic spell,

you can use it to protect the people.

That's my wish.

The prophecy has yet to be sanded.

Now, morality comes first.

Sorry. I can't do it.

Don't worry, Chong Ming.

I'll cherish my life

because I want to master the magic spell sooner

and use it

to protect the people like my mother said.

What about her memory?

Why didn't you erase it?

That's because I promised to grant her a wish,

so I can't cast a spell on her.

Actually,

she's just a teenager.

As long as I refuse to see her,

she'll forget about me

in a couple of days.

The problem is she can't forget it.

It has already been five years

and she didn't forget about Crown Prince Shi Ying.

Everyone said

that he was an evil who killed people,

but I'm the only one who knows it isn't true.

He made me learn magic spells

and protect the country.

How could such a person be an evil?

It has been five years.

She still remembers me.

It's indeed rare.

I admit that I'm grateful to her,

but I've got it all figured out.

Whether she comes or not,

I won't see her again.

That'd be great,

but I think

you should still erase her memory.

Otherwise, Grand Preceptor won't let her go.

This is for her own good.

As for her wish,

it's easy to be fulfilled.

I know what she wants.

You know it?

Of course.

She has praised me for my feather several times.

What she wants

is my feather for sure.

This girl is a bit chatty,

but she has good taste.

Chong Ming's feather?

Chong Ming actually gave me his feather.

I wonder when he gave it to me.

I guess it was the divine official

who asked him to give me this.

You're awake, young lady.

What is this?

It's as white as snow

and as warm as velvet.

It's waterproof and fireproof.

It can cast the poison away.

Besides the feather of Divine Bird Chong Ming,

what else could be

this incredible in the world?

Young lady, I can't believe you got the feather of a divine bird.

As far as I know,

there are only two to three pieces in the imperial tribute.

I got it from a friend of mine.

Well,

they gave me such an amazing gift.

Does that mean they also want to be my friends?

Who are they?

I can't tell you that.

However,

I think that person could teach me the power

which can bring people back to life.

You can't tell anyone this.

Also, you're not allowed to tell anyone that Chong Ming has given me his feather.

Is there any progression in the magic spell

that you want to learn?

Could the spell really gather Crown Prince Shi Ying's primordial spirit?

Well,

I don't know that either.

However,

I'll try my best

whenever there's a glimpse of hope.

I'd like to meet him too.

Well,

I wish for you to get

what you want sooner.

By the way, Yufei,

get me paper and a pen.

I'd like to write Chi Yuan a letter

and ask him to prepare a marvelous gift for me.

It's a return gift and also a gift for my master.

It must be very special.

Yes, young lady.

Princess.

Princess Xueying is here.

Xueying.

Did you cry just now?

What's wrong?

The matron sent someone over to ask us to go to Star-Gazing Plaza.

She said she was going to pick the candidate for Star Gazer.

It's getting on my nerves.

Forget it.

I'm such a fool.

I should just forget about the Star Gazer.

Don't say that.

Give me a second.

Young lady,

he gave you this as a gift.

If you give it to another person,

he'll feel sad if he knows it.

Anyway,

Xueying is more important.

Look, Xueying.

This is the feather of Divine Bird Chong Ming.

If you decorate your dress with it,

none of those rarities could be a match for it.

Here you go.

It's extremely hard to obtain the legendary feather of Chong Ming.

Zhu Yan, how did you get it?

Don't ask so much.

Just take it.

No, I can't.

It's too expensive.

I won't accept this even if I have to give up on being the Star Gazer.

Xueying,

Star-Gazing Ceremony is held once every decade.

It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take the position of the Star Gazer.

Xueying,

do you want your mother's spirit in heaven

to feel sad for you?

This is valuable,

but it's a mere worldly possession.

It will be fine

as long as you promise not to tell anyone

that I give you this feather.

Zhu Yan,

thank you.

I won't let you guys down.

I trust you.

Lords and princesses,

Prince Shi Yu had just arrived at Jiuyi Mountain

and was tired after his journey.

He's not acclimated to the environment and falls ill.

He has canceled today's welcoming ceremony.

Half-Spring Mushroom.

Black Nightshade.

Dragon Buddha.

Cangshan Incense.

All of them are the herbs that taste sweet.

They can nourish the body and calm the mind.

Father, do you prepare these

for the important guest in the mountain?

I bought these valuable herbs at a high price

from the divine servant in the mountain.

You understand what I want as soon as you smell the herbs.

You're indeed smart.

Xueying.

You should learn from your sister.

Think about it when something happens.

Don't forget about your duty as White Clan.

Yes.

Xuelu.

I'll need you to send the herbs to His Highness.

You must seize this chance.

Yes.

Do you know why Father puts me in charge?

Because only my tricks

can handle Prince Shi Yu.

To make him obey us

and stabilize our top position among the six clans.

Now, you should know

who will take the position

as the Star Gazer.

Ying'er.

Greetings, Your Supreme Majesty.

You don't look good.

Have you reached a plateau in your training lately?

I've got some distracting thoughts lately.

It indeed slows down my training.

Ying'er should've been deranged

because of my trap.

He can only make up his mind

to take revenge after experiencing this hardship.

Why does he look so calm?

Was there anyone in the mountain

who helped him get through this?

I just went

to worship your mother.