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{\an8}ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S
LOVE IN THE CLOUDS
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What about that child?
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You mean
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my child?
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He is dead.
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Back then, I ordered Bo Yulan
to take him somewhere safe
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and protect him well.
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But who could have known?
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He died
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on the way.
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Retribution.
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Retribution.
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All of it is retribution.
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He died?
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That is the whole truth.
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I have told you everything
you wanted to know.
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You are not the real Ming Xian.
You are not my child.
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The strict training, the harshness,
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and the obsession with victory and defeat
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were all because
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you were merely a tool
to secure my position.
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From the very beginning, I never once
saw you as my own child,
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so I will not leave with you.
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Go.
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The fact that you are still alive now
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means you have found a way
to suppress the Heavenly Grief.
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Find a place and live in peace.
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Ming Xin will soon be
officially named Crown Prince.
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Everything is set in stone.
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To me,
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and to Yaoguang Mountain,
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you are no longer of use.
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Mother…
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Someone's coming.
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Master She has gone to hold them off.
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We must leave at once.
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Let's go.
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Ming Xian?
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Ming Xian!
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Let's go.
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- Find the intruders in Yaoguang Palace!
- There's an ambush.
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They've taken Xin!
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Don't let them leave
Yaoguang Palace alive!
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It's Madam Meng.
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Could we please leave now?
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You little rascal!
How many times have I told you
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not to go back on impulse?
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Why can't you ever listen?
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No matter what happens, you just shake
that useless Messenger Bell!
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Do you know how busy I am?
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I've been running
back and forth because of you!
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- Master She.
- What now?
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I'm scolding my disciple.
Why are you stopping me?
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Let go. If you don't, I'll hit you too!
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What are you doing?
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Looking all pitiful won't stop me
from punishing you.
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I…
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Oh my, I stewed a hen for you,
and now it's almost burned!
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I know everything now.
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Stop running, Old Man She.
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Whenever you sneaked me scallion pancakes,
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Mother would punish me.
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I thought she only feared
I'd grow spoiled.
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But now I know she was afraid
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that if I got too close to you, I'd see
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that the way you treated me
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was how real parents
would treat their child.
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You…
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You're my real…
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My… My real…
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Come.
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I'll take you somewhere.
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The Bo clan's ancestral home?
Zhangwei Mountain?
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Isn't it said that only descendants
of the Bo clan can enter?
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I built this place.
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Master,
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you… you built an exact replica
of the Bo clan's ancestral home?
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I couldn't enter the real one,
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so this was the only way
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I could have a residence
that belonged to her.
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Here,
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I can preserve
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the most precious memories
of your mother and me.
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Come on.
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Here, my child.
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Years ago, your mother Bo Yucen
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and her sister Bo Yulan
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escaped from Zhangwei Mountain.
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By chance, I saved them.
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Then your mother and I grew close,
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and in time,
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we had you.
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But misfortune struck.
The Empress discovered our relationship.
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For a warrior to consort with a fairy
from another realm was a grave offense.
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I was thrown into prison.
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By the time I was released,
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it'd become far too late
to change anything.
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You
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had been recognized
by the Emperor as his eldest son,
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and there was no turning back.
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I could only promise the Empress
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that I would never reveal the truth to you
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in exchange for a chance
to stay by your side.
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So,
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I trained tirelessly,
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rising from an ordinary warrior
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to the Venerable of the warrior ranks
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and eventually, your master.
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I remember
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you once said you knew
nothing of forging artifacts.
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And since Yaoguang Mountain
despised such craft,
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there was no skilled Forger
who could teach me.
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But I loved forging.
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So, you studied it on your own,
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just so I could learn more.
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You gave me all the best things.
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How could I not have known?
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Father.
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Daughter.
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My daughter.
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Father.
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Yucen, did you hear that?
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This is our daughter.
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Daughter.
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My daughter!
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Do you know
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what I've been through all these years?
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Do you have any idea?
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Old Man She, this is the first time
I've seen you cry like this.
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Don't cry, Father.
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This is so embarrassing.
I must not cry. It's too embarrassing.
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A father shouldn't cry like this.
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It's not embarrassing.
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I feel like I forgot something important.
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Right.
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You wrote in your message
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that Ming Xin had been colluding
with Zhushui Spiritual State.
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Is that true?
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I sensed the spiritual power
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of Zhushui Spiritual State
within his spiritual veins.
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He also admitted it himself
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that the Emperor of Zhushui
told him about my identity.
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Then… Isn't this bad?
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If the Emperor of Zhushui
knows who you are,
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he will surely take action.
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And there's something even worse.
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Ming Xin and the Emperor of Zhushui
are working together.
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If Ming Xin truly becomes Crown Prince,
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Yaoguang Mountain will be doomed.
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And two days from now,
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Father will hold
Ming Xin's investiture ceremony.
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Yes, he has fallen into our hands,
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but I am not Ming Xian.
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Even if we bring him down,
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what will become of Yaoguang Mountain?
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The Emperor of Zhushui
had Mu Qibai raise netherbeasts
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and has already gained immense power.
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Why is he still going
to such lengths to make
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the Heavenly Grief
and the Golden Millet Dream?
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What else do you know?
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I've told you everything I know!
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Ji Bozai, you animal!
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Is the Soul-seizing Technique
the only thing you can use?
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Not necessarily.
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There are plenty more ways
to make you suffer.
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I came from the Sunken Abyss.
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That place has no shortage
of torture methods.
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The most unique one
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is burning someone with Phantom Fire.
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Your skin will be peeled away bit by bit,
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rotting and scabbing
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over and over again,
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until a scar
that can never heal is formed.
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Here it is.
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Want to try it?
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No…
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I'll talk!
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I think they have another plan anyway.
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The Heavenly Grief
and the Golden Millet Dream
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aren't just for winning
the Qingyun Tournament.
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Right.
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I once overheard them talking
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about something inside the Zhuojin Tower.
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Something called
the Sky-Swallowing Array, I think.
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That's all I know.
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Would they really share their secrets
with an outsider like me?
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You should've said that sooner.
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Come to think of it,
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since I am not the real Ming Xian,
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I have no ties
to Yaoguang Mountain anymore,
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which means
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its future has nothing to do with me now.
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None of this concerns me now.
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If even the Warrior Goddess
who brought it seven consecutive victories
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has no say in its future,
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then who has?
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Ming Yi and Ming Xian.
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Those are just names.
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You grew up as Ming Xian, didn't you?
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True, you are not the Empress's son,
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but wasn't it you who fought
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for Yaoguang Mountain
and protected its people?
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You wish to fight for peace
among the Six Realms
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and make the Qingyun Tournament
fair again.
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Are you going to give up
just because you're not Ming Xian?
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Whether you are a foolish girl
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or a reckless boy,
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a wise fairy or a stubborn fool,
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what difference does it make?
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As long as you can face heaven
and earth with no shame in your heart,
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you are who you are.
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Ming Yi.
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Remember this.
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You are my disciple,
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the best child
your mother and I could've hoped for,
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and someone with an unyielding spirit.
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Do you understand?
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I took the portrait of Fairy Bo
and visited the places she had once been.
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To my surprise, someone
at the border of Yaoguang recognized her.
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They said that when Fairy Bo was alive,
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she often came there to gather herbs
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and would ask about a child
with a mark between his brows.
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So,
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when Master saved me
from the Sunken Abyss,
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it wasn't by chance.
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Perhaps Fairy Bo always knew
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who you truly were.
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Then maybe
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when Master said she owed me,
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it wasn't just because
she kept secrets from me,
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but also because…
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After Fairy Bo gave me the recipe,
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I begged her to meet with you.
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But she said she owed you
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and that she'd hidden
the truth right before your eyes,
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somewhere within your reach.
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But the truth was unbearable.
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She feared that once you learned it,
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you would lose faith
in people and in the world.
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Somewhere within my reach?
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Father, did you say
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this place held the most precious memories
of you and Mother?
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The portraits left behind
by the Bo clan after death
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carry the memories of their owners.
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The memories of how your mother and I met
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are within this painting.
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Master said the truth
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was somewhere within my reach.
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If not for you,
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the Empress would never
have plotted to take my sister's child.
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Father, do you know
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if the child Fairy Bo Yulan sent away,
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the Empress's own son,
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really died?
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When Yulan returned,
she told the Empress herself
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that the child
did not survive the journey.
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I escorted the young prince
away as ordered,
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but he was too frail.
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He died
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on the way.
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I failed in my duty.
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Punish me as you will.
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Retribution.
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It is retribution indeed.
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Retribution!
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But Mother and I
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were her last
remaining family in the world.
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Mother died giving birth,
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and the Empress took me in as her own.
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Did she really accept that task willingly,
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without a single word of complaint?
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The Empress used you as leverage.
She had no choice but to obey.
273
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After learning the child had died,
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the Empress once searched for a child
with a mark between the brows,
275
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but she found none
that bore her son's presence.
276
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You once said you had
a mark on your forehead.
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I think
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my mother planted it there
when I was still an infant.
279
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It holds some vague memories of her.
280
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I can't see her face clearly,
281
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but she told me
282
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this mark
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was formed from her blood and mine.
284
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:41,960
I, too, once suspected
285
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,440
that Yulan might have killed that child.
286
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:46,920
The Empress had her doubts as well.
287
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:48,920
But
288
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since you were the Empress's only hope,
289
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,440
they each had something to lose
290
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,320
and could no longer
turn against each other.
291
00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,800
What is that mark between the brows?
292
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,240
The Empress wished to reunite
with her own son one day,
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so she left
a Tracing Mark between his brows.
294
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,640
Then, could Fairy Bo
295
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,160
have temporarily sealed that mark,
296
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,520
causing the Empress
to believe her child had died?
297
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,040
With the Bo clan's arts,
298
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,320
it could be done for a short while.
299
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:39,520
Your Lordship, you are actually the son
of the Empress of Yaoguang.
300
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,240
Fairy Bo risked her life to save you,
301
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,600
yet it was she herself
who abandoned you back then,
302
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,320
leaving you to grow up in the Sunken Abyss
303
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,160
as a prisoner.
304
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,880
Yesterday, my husband went
to the Sunken Abyss to deliver food.
305
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,000
He said he saw a poor child down there.
306
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,800
He looked barely ten years old.
307
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,000
Right.
308
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:13,760
I heard he'd been there
since he was little.
309
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,480
He must've been taken there.
310
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,160
When they beat him,
311
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,520
didn't a mark appear on his forehead?
312
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,320
Yes.
313
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,960
But it didn't seem
like the overseers left it there.
314
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,400
Maybe his family did.
315
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,280
That makes sense.
316
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,680
- Come on. Let's gather herbs over there.
- All right.
317
00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:00,760
I must find him and atone for my sin.
318
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:16,880
The portrait caught fire on its own.
319
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:19,240
Your Lordship.
320
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,640
Your Lordship, your heart imprint
resonated with Ming Yi's.
321
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,400
You're doing this
so she wouldn't see this, right?
322
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,280
Your Lordship.
323
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,280
There have been signs
that the Heavenly Grief in you
324
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:19,720
might stir again.
325
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,480
You must take care of yourself.
326
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:28,880
I'm fine.
327
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:38,840
Wait!
328
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,080
You came after all.
329
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:47,880
I never thought
330
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,160
I would see you again.
331
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,000
Why are you turning away?
332
00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,520
What I came to confirm
333
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:01,800
has already been confirmed.
334
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:09,800
It was my fault.
335
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,560
I truly believed
336
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,640
that you were gone.
337
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,040
I heard
338
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,280
you had fallen into the Sunken Abyss.
339
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:26,760
Do you not want to see me
340
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,200
because you still resent me?
341
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:55,600
I hold no resentment.
342
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,600
I lived 20 years
without my parents around.
343
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:01,520
Meeting you today
344
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:03,760
was unexpected for me as well.
345
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,040
But right now, you are just
346
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:09,560
a stranger in my eyes.
347
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:14,640
I know
348
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,360
I have failed as a mother.
349
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,360
But tell me, is there anything
I can still do for you?
350
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:35,960
Ming…
351
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:39,880
My child…
352
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:51,680
Your Lordship,
353
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:54,760
as you instructed,
354
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,080
I turned a blind eye
355
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:57,720
and let Madam Meng rescue Ming Xin.
356
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,000
The investiture ceremony is approaching.
357
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:03,280
Letting him escape
358
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,400
is necessary for my next move.
359
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,760
Your Lordship already has a plan in mind.
It is not my place to say more.
360
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,160
But please remember this.
361
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:14,880
No matter what happens,
362
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,160
you must not open the Spirit Well
363
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,120
until your spiritual power
is fully restored.
364
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:20,240
Otherwise,
365
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,280
you might really suffer a relapse.
366
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,000
Everyone,
367
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,320
today is the Sunlight Festival.
368
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,760
We give thanks to the gods for blessing
Yaoguang Mountain with the gift of light.
369
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,000
Today also marks
the investiture ceremony of Ming Xin.
370
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,560
From this day forth,
371
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,640
Lord Chengyun will be formally named
Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain
372
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,640
and assume the post
of Honorary Warrior of the warrior ranks.
373
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:52,800
This decision is final.
374
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:55,320
Wait!
375
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,040
- Who is that?
- No idea.
376
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:02,640
What's going on?
377
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,800
- That mask…
- That's Ming Xian's mask.
378
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,800
- That's strange.
- But this is a fairy.
379
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,360
Right. Is she…?
380
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,320
Why is she wearing Ming Xian's mask?
381
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:13,360
Is she Ming Xian?
382
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,760
- I don't know.
- Ming Xian?
383
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,400
- Who is she really?
- Is she Ming Xian?
384
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:17,679
- I don't think so.
- She… She…
385
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,120
- Isn't that a fairy?
- Yeah.
386
00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:21,040
That's a fairy.
387
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,760
- But why is she wearing Ming Xian's mask?
- Ming Xian?
388
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,920
- She really is Ming Xian!
- She's Ming Xian?
389
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:29,840
- Yes.
- Yes.
390
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,120
- How can Ming Xian be female?
- Exactly.
391
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:36,679
Sinner Ming Xian!
392
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:38,560
You defected from Yaoguang Mountain,
393
00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:41,080
and yet you still have the audacity
to interrupt my investiture?
394
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:43,840
Very well.
395
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,760
Today, before everyone,
396
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,400
I will expose your true identity!
397
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:52,920
Father,
398
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,239
the evidence is undeniable.
399
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,080
Even if the Empress refuses to admit it,
400
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,360
the truth is already before us.
401
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,080
Back then, the Empress, Jing Shu,
402
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,800
used an infant girl
to impersonate the Crown Prince!
403
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,520
- What?
- She did?
404
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:08,920
- What?
- How dare she?
405
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,840
- That's reckless.
- Is this true?
406
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,200
- Unbelievable!
- How could that be?
407
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,920
Lord Chengyun is right.
408
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,360
I am indeed a fairy.
409
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,600
Years ago, the Empress defied
the laws and practiced immortal arts,
410
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,560
disguising me as a male immortal
to take the real Crown Prince's place.
411
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,560
- She actually did that?
- How could this happen?
412
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,920
You deceived His Majesty. What audacity.
413
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,040
Your Majesty,
414
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,480
if it became known
that this jinx impersonated
415
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,240
the Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain
416
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,520
and fought in the Qingyun Tournament
417
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,680
for eight consecutive years,
wouldn't it make
418
00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:59,360
Yaoguang Mountain a laughingstock?
419
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,520
Naming Ming Xin Crown Prince today will be
420
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:03,960
what truly makes
Yaoguang Mountain a laughingstock.
421
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:12,240
In my hand is the Recording Mirror.
422
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:16,440
It holds proof of Ming Xin's collusion
with other realms.
423
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,360
He took the Heavenly Grief from Mu Qibai
424
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,880
and poisoned me
before the Qingyun Tournament,
425
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,320
causing Yaoguang Mountain's defeat.
426
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:29,720
Here's the Heavenly Grief you need.
427
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,200
Thank you, Lord Hanfeng.
428
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,200
With this Heavenly Grief,
429
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:34,840
Ming Xian
430
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,640
will no longer be the Warrior God
of Yaoguang Mountain.
431
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,440
Now, he has become a pawn
of Zhushui Spiritual State
432
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,560
and even schemes to have
the Emperor of Zhushui help him
433
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,360
secure the Crown Prince's seat.
434
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,880
If we allow Ming Xin
to show a wolf into the house,
435
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,960
who is to say
the Emperor of Zhushui will not divide
436
00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,560
and devour
Yaoguang Mountain piece by piece?
437
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:01,960
Your Majesty,
438
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,960
Ming Xin did everything for you
and for Yaoguang Mountain.
439
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,080
Please don't be swayed
by the one-sided words of this jinx
440
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,000
and leave Yaoguang Mountain
without a Crown Prince.
441
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,160
Besides,
442
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:16,080
whose blood runs in this fairy's veins
443
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:17,720
remains to be verified, doesn't it?
444
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:27,880
Who I am no longer matters.
445
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,080
I came here today
446
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,320
to help Yaoguang Mountain
447
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,840
welcome back its true Crown Prince.
448
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:42,800
What do you mean?
449
00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:48,560
Lord Chengyun,
450
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,000
what you said earlier was only half true.
451
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,280
Back then, after the Empress
gave birth to her son,
452
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,280
she discovered
that he had no spiritual veins.
453
00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:58,720
So, she found another child
454
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,320
born on the same day
within the Yaoguang Palace
455
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:01,680
and secretly switched them.
456
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:03,960
The real Crown Prince
457
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,240
was kidnapped by bandits
on his way to the border
458
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,040
of Yaoguang Mountain
459
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,360
and ended up
in the Sunken Abyss of Jixing.
460
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,840
There, he suffered endless torment
461
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,440
and was afflicted with the Heavenly Grief,
462
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:18,920
which later awakened
spiritual veins within him.
463
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,200
His spiritual veins
were formed after birth?
464
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,120
Then that man is the real Crown Prince!
465
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,520
- Right!
- True!
466
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:31,480
Then, who is that child?
467
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:54,920
Ji Bozai?
468
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,240
- Right, he is.
- What is he doing here?
469
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:58,560
- Ji Bozai?
- He's here too?
470
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,360
Why is he here?
471
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,560
What is his relation to Ming Xian?
472
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:13,760
Your Majesty.
473
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:15,880
Your Majesty!
474
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:32,160
Are you truly…?
475
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,440
Before sending the child away,
476
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:37,160
the Empress left a mark
477
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:39,240
between his brows with her own blood.
478
00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:45,440
- How can that be proven?
- Yes.
479
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:46,480
Is it really him?
480
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,400
Is it true?
481
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:53,680
- Is he really…?
- It really is him!
482
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,120
It's him!
483
00:39:58,240 --> 00:39:59,480
Right, he is!
484
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,040
Nonsense!
485
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,560
You two conspired to deceive His Majesty
486
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:06,480
just to stop me
487
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,480
from becoming
Yaoguang Mountain's Crown Prince!
488
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,520
- Xin…
- On the basis of a single mark,
489
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,080
you claim Ji Bozai
is the true Crown Prince?
490
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,320
How utterly ridiculous!
491
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,360
If my father, She Tianlin, testifies,
492
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,360
might that prove it?
493
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,680
Before Your Majesty, I would not dare lie.
494
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,560
Ji Bozai is indeed the Empress's son,
495
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,960
while Ming Xian
is the child of me and a physician.
496
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:43,840
All right.
497
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,240
Everything is clear now.
498
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,480
Yaoguang Mountain has at last
seen its true Crown Prince.
499
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:56,240
Shall we proceed
with the investiture ceremony?
500
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,160
Ming Xian!
501
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,040
Xin!
502
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,160
Xin.
503
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:18,240
Your Majesty.
504
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:20,960
Your Majesty,
505
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:24,680
for the sake of the years
you've shared with Xin,
506
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:26,880
please spare him this once.
507
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,120
Ming Xin and his mother
colluded with Zhushui Spiritual State.
508
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:34,880
The evidence is conclusive.
They shall face the Ultimate Punishment!
509
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,600
Your Majesty,
this has nothing to do with Xin.
510
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,640
It was all my fault.
511
00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:49,840
He knew nothing.
512
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,440
Let me take the punishment instead.
513
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,040
He is your flesh and blood.
514
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,680
I beg you, spare him this once.
515
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,520
As his mother,
516
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,840
were you truly unaware
of your son's deeds?
517
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,200
How dare you plead for him before me?
518
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:09,520
That Recording Mirror
519
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:12,680
holds solid evidence
of Ming Xin's involvement.
520
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:15,080
Wretch!
521
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,000
- Seize them both!
- Yes!
522
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:31,760
As for the Empress of Yaoguang,
523
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,280
strip her of rank at once.
524
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:35,520
Since she is
the Crown Prince's birth mother,
525
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:36,800
she shall not be executed.
526
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,480
Confine her to the palace for now.
527
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,040
I will decide her fate later.
528
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,520
As for She Tianlin and Ming Yi,
529
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:44,560
they deceived all of Yaoguang Mountain.
530
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,320
Their crimes are unforgivable.
531
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,520
She Tianlin shall face
the Thunder Punishment,
532
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,480
and Ming Yi shall be stripped
of her spiritual veins
533
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:53,920
and banished from the realm.
534
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,800
- Guards!
- Yes!
535
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,320
Seize them!
536
00:42:58,360 --> 00:42:59,200
Wait.
537
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,080
Why not let the two of them go?
538
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,680
Now that I have returned,
punishing them seems pointless.
539
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:07,160
No.
540
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:10,760
If we let them go,
how can we command respect?
541
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,280
We cannot show mercy just because she once
542
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:14,760
stood as Crown Prince.
543
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,320
Besides, Ming Yi
has immense spiritual power.
544
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,200
We cannot risk her fleeing to the enemy.
545
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,720
For the welfare
of Yaoguang Mountain and its people,
546
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,440
I have no choice
but to make such decisions.
547
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,320
Seize them both!
548
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:30,360
Yes!
549
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:31,680
Stop!
550
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:35,480
How dare you resist?