Original subtitles

♪Heavens strike with thunderous wrath♪

♪Mountains and rivers shatter before my eyes♪

♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes♪

♪Turns to dust between my fingers in an instant♪

♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪

♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

♪I defy fate♪

♪Just to remain by your side♪

♪Falling into love's abyss♪

♪Like heavy rain pouring down♪

♪Drunk on romance♪

♪In a blink, love and hate vanish into illusion♪

♪Falling into endless love♪

♪Stirring waves upending a lifetime♪

♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

♪Through all lifetimes♪

[When Destiny Brings The Demon]

[Based on the JJWXC novel "When Destiny Brings The Demon" by Fu Hua]

[Episode 5] [The Key Player and Survivor in the Grandmaster's Revenge Plan]

Master Yin,

why haven't the elders

from your palace come back yet?

Could it be that I was right,

and the Grandmaster's spiritual power hasn't weakened?

Everyone, keep calm.

Just wait patiently.

Do you remember what I taught you?

Where should you stab for the best effect?

Do it.

Do it!

Why are you all forcing me to do things?

Boss,

are you trying to frame me?

No...

I've killed someone.

I've killed someone.

The spirit vein really has weakened.

Perfect chance!

You're not getting ahead of me.

Madam Xing,

aren't you going in?

Sect Master Shi,

you are the Grandmaster's guardian.

If even you are not going in,

how could I act rashly?

You were there

when the Grandmaster was sealed.

You know better than anyone how powerful he is.

Is it true his spiritual power weakens on the night

of the new moon?

I don't know.

But I don't think the Grandmaster will allow himself to be prey.

Grandmaster, wake up.

Grandmaster.

Grandmaster?

Wake up!

Grandmaster!

You're noisy.

Are you all right?

Scared?

Of course I'm scared.

I've never even killed a chicken,

and you told me to kill you.

Why did you run into my blade?

Relax.

It's just a necessary step to break the seals.

What do you mean?

The real show is about to start.

Grandmaster,

how did you end up so badly injured?

Grandmaster,

are you well?

The one next to the Grandmaster.

You.

Check his pulse.

How do I do that?

I've never studied Traditional Chinese Medicine.

No need to check.

Just look at him.

He's clearly at his limit.

Indeed.

I am gravely wounded,

and my spiritual power is almost gone.

I suppose that's why

you've all shown up.

Everyone is here, huh?

Good.

I am right here.

Come and take my life.

Grandmaster,

where is this confidence coming from?

I almost killed you earlier,

and now we're facing death together?

If I don't let you die,

you won't die.

Sima Jiao,

even now, you're still so arrogant.

We sent our disciples here to serve you out of goodwill,

yet you killed them without cause.

Why?

Which palace are you from?

After being locked away by you for 500 years,

I can hardly tell you people apart.

Of those old fools who sealed me back then,

why are there only three of you here?

Without everyone present,

how can my desire for revenge be satisfied?

He's picking a fight even now?

He's really something else.

I'm impressed.

Everyone,

you all heard him, right?

Sima Jiao wants to settle old scores with us.

If we join forces tonight,

we can finish him.

If we let him live,

he'll kill us all sooner or later.

Fools. Absolute fools.

If I die,

there will be no one left to sustain the Spirit Fire.

Are you sure you want that?

Once you are dead,

with the Bloodseal Bloom and your corpse in our hands,

we can still protect everyone in the Gengchen Celestial Palace.

By Bloodseal Bloom, do you mean this?

It's a trap!

Sima Jiao lured us here

to use our blood to break the seals.

Run!

Where are you going?

It's the Spirit Fire!

We're trapped.

Grandmaster,

this must be a misunderstanding.

We have no ill intent.

At least we of the Heaven Palace

mean no disrespect to you.

So it's true.

Your supposed weakness on the night of the new moon was a lie.

You're only realizing that now?

Far too late.

Let's fight him!

♪All beings are but fleeting mayflies, deceived♪

♪Only with both love and hate can one fight relentlessly♪

♪To forge the boundless Great Way as its creator♪

♪Rewrite the starry tides of time♪

♪Dye the moon and sky in crimson light♪

Sima Jiao,

your cruelty is beyond measure.

You are a devil!

Sima Jiao,

may you die a miserable death!

Sima Jiao,

for all your scheming,

you never expected Xing Hecan to be absent, did you?

♪So what if we perish?♪

Only the blood from the direct bloodlines

of all Eight Palaces can break the seals.

Xing Hecan has always been a coward,

but that cowardice just ruined your plan.

I would say that counts as a great service!

What makes you think

missing one person would doom my plan?

Of course I've made good use

of the people you sent in.

At last, the moment has come.

Grandmaster,

are you all right?

I have endured these cursed seals

long enough.

♪If I could become a mortal being♪

♪Forget the grudges of past lives, and feel neither joy nor sorrow♪

♪I'd bear no resentment or regret♪

♪Let my mortal heart fall to the human world♪

♪I'll trade it for a lone, fearless self and let the past drift away♪

♪With every regret I once held onto♪

♪I'll survive countless trials and tribulations♪

♪Let my mortal heart sink into the sea♪

♪I dream of a weightless self, soaring to the heavens♪

♪Neither alive nor gone, I'm bound only by endless loneliness♪

♪Watching the world change♪

♪Yet still unable to see through the long night♪

Grandmaster,

so we've broken the seals, right?

Correct.

Good to hear.

The seals have actually been broken.

I knew it.

The claim that his power would weaken was a lie.

If the Grandmaster spread that rumor, he must have had a plan.

There must be a sea of blood up there now.

Enough.

Let's go and check.

Look at them.

Each one would be a figure to be feared outside.

But look at them now.

How pathetic.

What are your thoughts on this?

Your waist is so slim.

What?

I think you must have been locked away too long

and starved into this shape.

You are not wrong.

The pain I've endured will be repaid.

Every bit of it.

That's not what I meant.

Master Yin!

Grandmaster,

does this mean I don't have to be buried with you?

Do you not want to die?

Of course not.

I was nearly scared to death just now.

Come on.

Hurry.

The Grandmaster is out.

Come on.

Welcome back from seclusion, Grandmaster!

Welcome back from seclusion, Grandmaster!

Liao Tingyan, your neglect in service

nearly brought ruin to the sect's lifeblood.

Grandmaster,

allow me to cleanse the sect for you today!

Oh, no...

Grandmaster, please forgive him.

How dare you act with such impudence before me?

Spare me, Grandmaster.

I was only concerned for you.

What are you afraid of?

I told you,

if I don't let you die,

you won't die.

Is this disciple from the Four Seasons Palace?

Why has she earned such favor from the Grandmaster?

I've never seen her before either.

He slaughtered the disciples

we sent into the mountain without hesitation.

Why is he keeping this low-level,

three-spiritual-root disciple?

What use could she be?

You know perfectly well what you were thinking

when you sent in the disciples

in the first place.

You!

Grandmaster,

with the Three Saints Mountain in ruins,

why don't you stay at White Deer Cliff for now?

Once the disciples have repaired this place,

we will invite you back.

You plan to drag me back and seal me for another 500 years?

That's not what I meant, Grandmaster.

I just...

Enough.

Grandmaster,

you're not going to kill me

because I saw you

kill someone, right?

What are you thinking?

If you want to kill me, go ahead.

Stop playing with my mind.

If you're tired of killing,

why not wash up and get some sleep?

Very well.

Sect Master Shi,

what does the Grandmaster intend by this?

Boss...

Grandmaster,

I still want to live.

Please don't kill me.

Then I will spare your life.

I didn't see it coming at all.

Is that so?

Well, I have prepared for that moment for 500 years.

I have always known I would need the blood

of the direct bloodlines of the Eight Palaces

to break the seals and barriers.

The challenge was

gathering the blood from all eight bloodlines.

I could not leave,

so I had to make them come to me.

I forged the Spirit Fire's avatar

and improved my cultivation

for the sole purpose of igniting fear in the Eight Palaces.

Grandmaster, please quell your anger.

Grandmaster, please quell your anger!

They feared I would break the seals and barriers,

so they sent people into the mountain.

I am Wan Ling. I worship you, Grandmaster,

and wish to serve you.

Once the disciples they sent were killed,

their fear grew

and drove them to act.

The Grandmaster must still be holding onto past grudges.

Then we should strike first.

Remove the barrier outside the tower.

Mice will slip in

through the cracks.

The first new moon night

is when I am at my weakest.

Those disciples who slipped out to report

lured the palace heads to strike at me in my moment of weakness.

Master, the new moon night is the one rare time

in 500 years when he is truly weak.

But rumors alone were far from enough.

We just have to see if the spirit vein

will weaken on the night of the new moon.

The sealing nails within the Grandmaster

prevent him from taking his own life.

That much cannot be faked.

Today, you don't need to do any chores.

You need only learn one thing:

a killing technique.

Do you remember what I taught you?

Where should you stab for the best effect?

Do it.

Why are you all forcing me to do things?

I am one with the Spirit Fire.

When my heart is damaged,

the spirit vein connected to the Spirit Fire

also gets affected.

Only when the Eight Palaces saw with their own eyes

the signs of my weakness

would they rush into the mountain without hesitation.

The spirit vein really has weakened.

Perfect chance!

You're not getting ahead of me.

Letting you stab me

was the final step to making this plan succeed.

Then why didn't you stab yourself?

Why did you make me do it?

Those old fools of the Gengchen Celestial Palace

were afraid I would

take my own life and make the sect's spiritual power vanish,

so they placed restrictions on the sealing nails,

making it impossible for me to harm myself.

That is why the sword

had to be wielded by you.

Besides,

had I not made you do it,

how could I have truly confirmed

whether you meant me no harm?

So you bet your life on it?

You really are ruthless.

♪Autumn winds sigh. Moon and stars dapple the sky...♪

Do you want to curse me?

Not at all.

♪Candlelight flickers low. Shadows sway...♪

Do you want to curse me?

Yes.

Let me hear it.

You murderer. You jerk.

Are you satisfied now?

♪Memories anchor here. Longing is engraved♪

♪Yet cannot be touched...♪

Do you

want to kill me?

No!

♪I turn into spirit fire♪

♪Burning away all these karmic ties...♪

Didn't you say you were tired?

Go to sleep.

♪The laws of heaven. The vortex of reincarnation♪

♪What of life and death?♪

♪To save you, to save me♪

♪To redeem all beings, I'll let pass♪

♪Right and wrong, rumors and tales♪

♪To seize fate with my own hands...♪

Another day survived.

♪For you, for me♪

♪For the healing of wounds♪

♪I'll stir the murky seas and strive against the heavens♪

♪To protect the vastness♪

♪For you, for me♪

♪For the light of dawn...♪

Sima Jiao has been sealed here for 500 years,

yet now that he's free,

he doesn't look happy at all.

The Celestial Palace must be hiding many secrets.

I will let those people cling to life a little longer.

Master.

Master.

Master.

This lowly servant is trying to take the Master's place!

Who are you?

How could you absorb the Master's core?

Are you

from Master Yin's direct bloodline?

Could she be Master Yin's daughter?

Master Yin's daughter?

Otherwise, how could I have absorbed his core?

Greetings, Madam.

Greetings, Madam.

Greetings, Madam.

From today on,

the Yin Palace will be under my control.

If any of you refuse to accept it, come and fight me.

We would not dare.

Greetings, Madam Ye.

Sima Jiao, you have actually done one good thing.

She really is a strange one.

It's just sleep.

Why is she so obsessed with it?

What happened?

I just took a nap,

and now I'm in the same bed with him?

I wonder how long he will keep being crazy.

To him, those people are as unimportant as ants.

I'm probably the same in his eyes.

Forget it.

One more day alive is one more day earned.

♪Turns to dust between my fingers in an instant♪

♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪

♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

♪I defy fate just to remain by your side♪

♪Falling into love's abyss like heavy rain♪

♪Pouring down♪

♪Drunk on romance. In a blink♪

♪Love and hate vanish into illusion♪

♪Falling into endless love. Stirring waves♪

♪Upending a lifetime♪

♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

♪Through all lifetimes♪

♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪

♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪

♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪

♪I defy fate just to remain by your side♪

♪Falling into love's abyss like heavy rain♪

♪Pouring down♪

♪Drunk on romance. In a blink♪

♪Love and hate vanish into illusion♪

♪Falling into endless love. Stirring waves♪

♪Upending a lifetime♪

♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

♪I still choose to be entangled with you...♪

This tiny patch of land

held me prisoner for 500 years.

♪Falling into love's abyss like heavy rain♪

♪Pouring down♪

♪Drunk on romance. In a blink♪

♪Love and hate vanish into illusion♪

♪Falling into endless love. Stirring waves♪

♪Upending a lifetime♪

♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪

♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪

♪Through all lifetimes♪

[White Deer Cliff] Grandmaster, the place is ready.

Grandmaster,

after the great fire back then,

I rebuilt this mansion

on White Deer Cliff.

Although it no longer has its former glory,

everything is still as it was.

You can stay here in peace with this disciple.

Come here.

I know you don't like being disturbed, Grandmaster,

so I've specially selected some puppet servants.

They have neither consciousness nor souls,

so you can command them as you wish.

Grandmaster!

While you were in seclusion,

I couldn't serve you at your side.

Now that you have left the mountain,

the Shi family should fulfill the duty that our ancestors

entrusted to us.

Otherwise,

we will not know how to conduct ourselves

within the Gengchen Celestial Palace.

Please allow it, Grandmaster.

Sect Master Shi.

You have always protected the Sima clan,

and yet you still managed to remain unscathed amidst the power struggles

of the Eight Palaces.

You have worked hard.

I will guard the Gengchen Celestial Palace for you

and wait for your return, Grandmaster!

The scenery is nice enough,

but I'm the only one here

to face this bloodthirsty Grandmaster.

Who knows how much longer I will survive?

Did you not rest well?

I'm well rested.

Then why aren't you the same as usual today?

What am I usually like?

Full of problems,

nonsense,

and all sorts of gibberish I cannot understand.

What are you thinking?

I'm wondering if those people really had to die.

You think I wronged them?

I just want to know why.

He's actually not mad?

His temper is as unpredictable as a cat's.

Do you like it here?

Yes.

I hate it here.

But it is

still my home.

I saw these flowers back on Three Saints Mountain.

That was close.

These flowers

are called Moonshade Blooms.

Their seeds are the bone pearls left in the bodies

of Sima clan members after death.

One bone pearl can grow into one flower.

So this is basically a cemetery?

There are so many flowers.

So many people have died.

The bodies of Sima clan members

vanish after death.

All that can remain is a single pearl.

I kept many pearls.

I scattered some of them in the Three Saints Mountain,

and others here,

and then they bloomed into these flowers.

That is both terrifying and romantic.

I will give you one.

Pick whichever you like.

If I pick a flower,

will you kill me?

One more thing.

The most unusual thing about the Moonshade Bloom

is that if the bone pearl comes from an evil person,

the flower will be a deadly poison with no antidote.

If it comes from a good person, it will be

a spiritual medicine that can neutralize poison.

But all the flowers look the same,

so no one can tell them apart.

Could mine be poisonous?

So far, everything seems fine.

So that night

on the Three Saints Mountain,

Yu Rongrong died because she picked a poisonous flower?

Greedy people never have good luck.

Thankfully, I did not dare touch the flowers then.

But isn't having both an incurable poison

and an antidote for the poison

a complete contradiction?

Since you are still standing here,

you must have picked the medicine.

You are lucky.

Did I die from the flower's poison? Where am I?

Isn't that the Grandmaster's little flame?

- Little flame... - Get lost, all of you!

Just the sight of you irritates me.

Out!

This one sounds different.

Looks like it's not the same flame.

Why is your temper always so bad?

Nonsense.

You only ever come at the wrong time. That's all.

[Sima E]

She's also feeding the Spirit Fire with her blood,

just like the Grandmaster.

When I come tomorrow,

will I catch you in a good mood?

I've never taken my temper out on you.

It's the other Sima clan members

who keep annoying me.

So she's a member of the Grandmaster's clan.

[Zichen Hall]

This looks like White Deer Cliff in the past.

Sima E, stop being so stubborn.

I don't want to marry him.

I will not marry him!

Preserving the pure bloodline of the Fengshan line

to feed the Spirit Fire

- is the Sima clan's mission. - Her again?

Then I must have entered her memory.

But I don't love him.

Nonsense.

How can the clan's mission be weighed against personal feelings?

You and Sima Shi are of the same clan but different branches.

You were born to bear the duty of continuing the Fengshan line.

This marriage follows both propriety and custom.

You're forcing me to marry and bear children?

It must be the Eight Palace heads' idea again.

Look at us now.

Do we still look like we are in charge of the Celestial Palace?

We are nothing

more than puppets to keep the Eight Palaces' glory alive.

This concerns the prosperity and stability of the Celestial Palace.

E, stop being so obstinate.

Get out!

Leave now, or I will burn you alive!

How tragic. She has no freedom to choose whom to marry,

is constantly manipulated,

and shoulders the fate of an entire clan.

But why would the Eight Palaces

stoop to forcing marriages for heirs?

How is a life like this

any different from being a caged bird?

As long as I exist,

the fate of the Sima clan will never change.

People's greed has pushed us

to the brink of despair.

If one day,

the Fengshan Spirit Fire ceases to exist,

the Sima clan

might finally be free.

But now, the Grandmaster is still feeding the Spirit Fire.

A wedding?

She gave in after all.

Marriage should be a willing,

joyful thing,

yet here it feels so suffocating.

Today, Sima Shi and Sima E are joined as partners

to continue the bloodline of Fengshan

and nourish the Spirit Fire!

The Eight Palaces are truly revolting.

I can't believe

the Sima clan

was bullied like this back then.

Where am I now?

There...

E,

give our child a name.

Let's call him Jiao.

This baby is actually the Grandmaster?

♪Autumn winds sigh♪

♪Moon and stars dapple the sky♪

♪Brushing the loneliness of bygone days♪

♪Candlelight flickers low♪

♪Shadows sway♪

♪Shimmering in the night♪

♪With a brush I draw♪

♪The color of light♪

♪To warm your frozen soul♪

♪Memories anchor here♪

♪Longing is engraved♪

♪Yet cannot be touched♪

♪Following♪

♪The veins of gravel♪

♪I turn into spirit fire♪

♪Burning away♪

♪All these karmic ties♪

♪To save you♪

♪To save me♪

♪To cross over all suffering, I'll break through♪

♪The laws of heaven♪

♪The vortex of reincarnation♪

♪What of life and death?♪

♪To save you♪

♪To save me♪

♪To redeem all beings, I'll let pass♪

♪Right and wrong♪

♪Rumors and tales♪

♪To seize fate♪

♪With my own hands♪

♪For you♪

♪For me♪

♪For the healing of wounds♪

♪I'll stir the murky seas♪

♪And strive against the heavens♪

♪To protect the vastness♪

♪For you♪

♪For me♪

♪For the light of dawn♪

♪I'll face promises♪

♪Like a moth to a flame♪

♪And use my body to shine♪

♪On even more♪