1 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,630 [Fate Chooses You] 2 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:43,610 [Episode 35] 3 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,210 I'm Lu Qianqiao. 4 00:02:03,230 --> 00:02:04,090 What happened? 5 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,490 Qinghong Sect's 6 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:08,900 Lord Baori is here. 7 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:13,680 Behind the Qinghong Sect 8 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:15,880 is indeed the Tianyuan Sect. 9 00:02:36,150 --> 00:02:39,460 ♪ Hear the Gu curse turn into cries for help ♪ 10 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,430 ♪ Blood-stained hand, sword drawn ♪ 11 00:02:43,460 --> 00:02:46,930 ♪ Trapped in Qianyan Cave ♪ 12 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,430 ♪ Even hell must be broken free from ♪ 13 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,740 ♪ With every stroke of hatred ♪ 14 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:52,960 Take it off. 15 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,780 ♪ Let it grow into a dagger I wear ♪ 16 00:02:56,630 --> 00:02:57,400 Take it off. 17 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,040 ♪ No need to show me mercy there ♪ 18 00:03:01,070 --> 00:03:04,900 ♪ Let me take every blow ♪ 19 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,620 ♪ Drag my wounds through the hollow road ♪ 20 00:03:10,650 --> 00:03:13,930 ♪ I'll pluck the passion locked in my brow ♪ 21 00:03:13,950 --> 00:03:17,320 ♪ At the end of the mountains, I pick up fireflies now ♪ 22 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:21,490 ♪ Burn me down, I feel no pain ♪ 23 00:03:21,530 --> 00:03:23,120 ♪ I believe Heaven sees all ♪ 24 00:03:23,140 --> 00:03:25,410 ♪ Its wrath shines upon demons ♪ 25 00:03:25,590 --> 00:03:28,970 ♪ But who will show me mercy? ♪ 26 00:03:29,130 --> 00:03:30,650 ♪ I believe I'm innocent ♪ 27 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,980 ♪ Turned into dust and scattered away ♪ 28 00:03:36,730 --> 00:03:38,310 ♪ I accept the blame of numerous accusations ♪ 29 00:03:38,329 --> 00:03:40,790 ♪ I offer no defense ♪ 30 00:03:40,820 --> 00:03:44,290 ♪ I accept this as my only choice ♪ 31 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,960 ♪ I admit my heart is as hard as iron and stone ♪ 32 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:48,260 ♪ Call me cold if you must ♪ 33 00:03:48,390 --> 00:03:51,010 ♪ Until I die ♪ 34 00:03:51,550 --> 00:03:54,760 ♪ I accept this trial of love fate has given me ♪ 35 00:03:54,940 --> 00:03:59,370 ♪ I take in both love and hate alike ♪ 36 00:04:06,630 --> 00:04:08,030 She can't hold on any longer. 37 00:04:08,030 --> 00:04:09,000 Go get the medicine! 38 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:09,860 What medicine? 39 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:11,590 The medicine in the medicine box downstairs. 40 00:04:11,590 --> 00:04:12,560 Bring every last one of them, 41 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:13,150 all without exception! 42 00:04:13,150 --> 00:04:13,430 Hurry! 43 00:04:13,430 --> 00:04:13,800 Okay. 44 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:30,040 Who is there? 45 00:05:06,850 --> 00:05:11,420 [In Perfect Safety] 46 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:15,550 Young Master, 47 00:06:15,950 --> 00:06:17,000 you're dressed so thinly. 48 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,130 Are you heading out? 49 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,310 I'm waiting for someone. 50 00:06:19,310 --> 00:06:20,510 Waiting for someone? 51 00:06:24,070 --> 00:06:25,730 Are you waiting for your wife? 52 00:06:29,190 --> 00:06:30,810 This manor has fallen into disrepair over the years. 53 00:06:30,810 --> 00:06:32,430 Only passing travelers and hunters 54 00:06:32,430 --> 00:06:33,680 take shelter here from the rain temporarily. 55 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:34,740 It's cold outside. 56 00:06:34,750 --> 00:06:36,040 Don't catch a cold. 57 00:07:07,630 --> 00:07:08,430 Young Master, 58 00:07:08,430 --> 00:07:09,390 you're still here. 59 00:07:09,390 --> 00:07:10,850 Hasn't your wife come yet? 60 00:07:13,830 --> 00:07:14,890 Go inside and wait. 61 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,070 Don't get wet. 62 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:04,310 Senior. 63 00:08:05,270 --> 00:08:06,530 You're finally awake. 64 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:08,950 Sheng, 65 00:08:10,430 --> 00:08:12,090 what happened to you that day? 66 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:14,580 You went completely obsessed. 67 00:08:14,580 --> 00:08:15,910 You lost consciousness 68 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:17,770 and just kept lashing out at me. 69 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:19,780 I barely managed to wake you up 70 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,120 with the Seven-Star Acupoint Extraction Art. 71 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,120 Then I passed out. 72 00:08:23,510 --> 00:08:25,040 I don't remember anything. 73 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:28,870 What exactly happened, 74 00:08:28,870 --> 00:08:29,390 Sheng? 75 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:31,680 Senior, 76 00:08:32,470 --> 00:08:33,200 I'm fine. 77 00:08:33,909 --> 00:08:35,169 Give me a few more days, 78 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,020 and I'll solve my own problem. 79 00:08:37,150 --> 00:08:38,280 Don't overthink it. 80 00:08:38,750 --> 00:08:40,679 Just focus on recuperating, okay? 81 00:08:48,790 --> 00:08:49,840 How did I advance? 82 00:08:50,670 --> 00:08:53,000 How come I have the power of the Void Stage? 83 00:08:55,390 --> 00:08:55,960 Sheng. 84 00:08:57,510 --> 00:08:59,370 I saved you with the golden lotus. 85 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:00,500 What golden lotus? 86 00:09:01,670 --> 00:09:03,670 Jin Lun's soul-bound golden lotus. 87 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,100 Your life was at stake. 88 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,760 Only the golden lotus could save your life. 89 00:09:07,790 --> 00:09:09,190 It's just a golden lotus. 90 00:09:09,510 --> 00:09:10,770 It's nothing serious. 91 00:09:11,220 --> 00:09:12,200 Even without the golden lotus, 92 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,600 Jin Lun can still live on. 93 00:09:13,910 --> 00:09:14,600 Doesn't Tianyin Mountain 94 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,070 always claim to deliver all living beings 95 00:09:16,070 --> 00:09:18,150 and cherish every creature under heaven? 96 00:09:18,150 --> 00:09:19,480 Have you lost your mind? 97 00:09:19,670 --> 00:09:20,480 Do you know 98 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,740 you'll get him killed? 99 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:24,580 You owe him such a debt, 100 00:09:25,190 --> 00:09:26,590 such a bond of affection— 101 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,610 how will you ever repay him? 102 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,140 I can't worry about all that anymore. 103 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:32,510 Senior, 104 00:09:33,270 --> 00:09:34,200 the debt I owe him 105 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:36,670 is far beyond repayment. 106 00:10:01,910 --> 00:10:02,640 Sect Master. 107 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:04,720 What is it? 108 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,340 Senior Bai committed suicide in prison. 109 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:36,920 The wound has been bandaged. 110 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:39,620 They know their place well enough 111 00:10:39,620 --> 00:10:41,480 and have shown you no disrespect. 112 00:10:42,670 --> 00:10:43,440 Why? 113 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,550 Why is that? 114 00:10:46,910 --> 00:10:48,770 You cut your wrist to lure me here, 115 00:10:49,510 --> 00:10:50,910 just to ask me why? 116 00:10:56,150 --> 00:10:56,910 Fine. 117 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:58,960 I'll tell you. 118 00:11:00,390 --> 00:11:01,320 Back then, 119 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,670 when I first reached the Deity Transformation Stage, 120 00:11:04,670 --> 00:11:05,720 I had 121 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:06,840 a horrible dream. 122 00:11:08,150 --> 00:11:08,810 In my dream, 123 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,320 I walked on the street alone. 124 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,180 Tall buildings lined both sides of the road. 125 00:11:14,750 --> 00:11:15,880 On the wide streets, 126 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,670 small wooden carts 127 00:11:17,670 --> 00:11:18,400 raced along. 128 00:11:19,670 --> 00:11:21,270 They needed no one to push them, 129 00:11:21,270 --> 00:11:22,600 nor horses to draw them, 130 00:11:22,630 --> 00:11:24,560 yet they raced as swift as the wind. 131 00:11:25,670 --> 00:11:26,960 I lifted my head. 132 00:11:28,530 --> 00:11:29,650 Gigantic airships 133 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:31,010 drifted across the sky, 134 00:11:31,630 --> 00:11:32,960 swooping past above me, 135 00:11:34,390 --> 00:11:36,520 as if about to blot out the sun and moon. 136 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,200 I had never seen 137 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,330 such a sight before. 138 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Merely crafted from a few planks of wood, 139 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:42,910 they wielded power 140 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:44,360 rivaling that of gods. 141 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:50,550 I walked onward, 142 00:11:52,390 --> 00:11:54,590 yet my heart grew increasingly uneasy. 143 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,790 The ability to traverse heaven and earth 144 00:11:57,790 --> 00:11:59,030 was meant to be the power 145 00:11:59,030 --> 00:12:00,830 only we cultivators possessed. 146 00:12:00,910 --> 00:12:02,640 How is it that they all wield it? 147 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,640 Where then does that leave us cultivators? 148 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,030 I searched and looked for them desperately. 149 00:12:09,030 --> 00:12:09,630 In the end, 150 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:12,090 I found that in this world, 151 00:12:13,630 --> 00:12:15,830 there was not a single cultivator left. 152 00:12:16,910 --> 00:12:18,840 Not a single cultivator left, Bai. 153 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:20,090 Aren't you afraid? 154 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,120 Where were all the cultivators? 155 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:26,000 But you should not 156 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,200 exterminate them all 157 00:12:28,270 --> 00:12:30,730 for something that hasn't even come to pass. 158 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,790 The "Unparalleled Secret Magic" 159 00:12:32,790 --> 00:12:34,590 is no demonic or forbidden arts. 160 00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:36,230 It's Craftsmanship, 161 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,060 Astronomy, and Calendar, 162 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,440 the very knowledge 163 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,870 that can prosper and strengthen the Human Race. 164 00:12:41,870 --> 00:12:42,730 You're afraid. 165 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,150 You're afraid that the Human Race will become stronger. 166 00:12:46,150 --> 00:12:46,870 But don't cultivators 167 00:12:46,870 --> 00:12:48,270 belong to the Human Race? 168 00:12:49,390 --> 00:12:50,990 We share the same bloodline. 169 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,800 We have the same appearance, 170 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,270 language, 171 00:12:54,630 --> 00:12:55,690 and civilization. 172 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,080 We're one. 173 00:12:57,150 --> 00:12:57,550 No. 174 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:00,340 We are better than them 175 00:13:00,390 --> 00:13:02,120 and stronger than them as well. 176 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:03,600 Bai, 177 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:04,840 do you know 178 00:13:05,630 --> 00:13:07,080 what the most similar animal 179 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,210 to the Human Race is? 180 00:13:09,870 --> 00:13:10,670 It's a monkey. 181 00:13:12,630 --> 00:13:13,630 You must have seen those 182 00:13:13,630 --> 00:13:16,120 monkey entertainers wandering the streets. 183 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,580 Trained by their masters, 184 00:13:17,650 --> 00:13:18,320 those monkeys 185 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,380 can not only understand human speech 186 00:13:20,950 --> 00:13:22,430 but even learn to count 187 00:13:22,790 --> 00:13:23,390 and dance. 188 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,670 Yet in the eyes of humans, 189 00:13:25,910 --> 00:13:27,640 aren't they still mere beasts? 190 00:13:28,910 --> 00:13:30,960 We are born with immortal perceptions 191 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,020 and are inherently superior to them. 192 00:13:35,910 --> 00:13:37,510 Hypocritical pretense, 193 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,780 nothing but absurd nonsense. 194 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,940 When I first entered the sect, 195 00:13:47,390 --> 00:13:48,510 you once told me 196 00:13:49,150 --> 00:13:50,000 cultivators 197 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,370 shall take the world as their duty, 198 00:13:53,070 --> 00:13:55,510 and uphold righteousness and banish demons as their calling. 199 00:13:55,510 --> 00:13:57,440 Even at the cost of their own lives, 200 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,400 they must protect all living beings under heaven. 201 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,030 Yet what you do now 202 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,140 bears not the slightest resemblance 203 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:06,630 to what you once said. 204 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:10,720 The Tianyuan Sect 205 00:14:11,270 --> 00:14:13,000 is the foremost leader of the righteous path, 206 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,390 a Taoist sect standing for 100 years, 207 00:14:14,390 --> 00:14:15,910 revered by all under heaven 208 00:14:15,910 --> 00:14:17,960 and worshipped by countless mortals. 209 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,220 Yet who could ever know 210 00:14:19,630 --> 00:14:20,910 beneath that immortal, 211 00:14:20,910 --> 00:14:21,790 saintly guise 212 00:14:22,150 --> 00:14:24,360 lurks a heart long rotten 213 00:14:24,790 --> 00:14:26,520 and crawling with corruption— 214 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,550 utterly hideous 215 00:14:30,930 --> 00:14:32,330 and repulsive. 216 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,000 Bai, 217 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:37,840 you are 218 00:14:39,030 --> 00:14:41,630 the disciple in whom I place the highest hopes. 219 00:14:41,790 --> 00:14:42,390 For you are 220 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,160 truly so much like me. 221 00:14:47,270 --> 00:14:48,480 I was once young too 222 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,530 and once burned with the passion of youth. 223 00:14:51,620 --> 00:14:52,720 Back then, the War Demon 224 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,000 launched the Battle of Pinghu 225 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,120 to hasten the growth of the Jianmu Heavenly Ladder. 226 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,480 The Twelve Immortal Sects 227 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:58,550 allied with the Youhu Clan 228 00:14:58,550 --> 00:15:00,150 to fight against the War Demons. 229 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:01,960 Three of our sect's tribulation-crossing elders 230 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,080 chose to seclude themselves behind closed doors, 231 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,700 refusing to join the battlefield. 232 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:06,350 Only my brothers and I 233 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,060 rushed forth, risking our lives. 234 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:11,720 Why? 235 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,770 When I returned to the sect, 236 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:17,510 I once asked the very same question 237 00:15:17,510 --> 00:15:18,240 you do now. 238 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:18,910 Why? 239 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:20,150 They could wield the power 240 00:15:20,150 --> 00:15:20,940 to traverse heaven and earth, 241 00:15:20,940 --> 00:15:22,390 but why did they refuse to lend a hand, 242 00:15:22,390 --> 00:15:24,750 standing by and watching as the sect's disciples 243 00:15:24,750 --> 00:15:25,950 perished one and all? 244 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:27,930 Yet they claimed 245 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:30,970 that staying away from the fray 246 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,260 was the greatest help they could give us. 247 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,480 Many years later, 248 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,260 I finally understood. 249 00:15:39,910 --> 00:15:41,000 Had they joined 250 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,730 the Battle of Pinghu back then, 251 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,040 they would most likely 252 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,840 have lost control of themselves 253 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:48,770 and sided with the War Demons. 254 00:15:49,150 --> 00:15:49,810 For they too 255 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,240 craved immortality— 256 00:15:55,030 --> 00:15:56,240 a temptation 257 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,910 even they could not resist. 258 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:00,750 Back then, 259 00:16:02,570 --> 00:16:04,910 I once severed the Jianmu Heavenly Ladder with my own hand. 260 00:16:04,910 --> 00:16:06,000 I thought I had won. 261 00:16:06,510 --> 00:16:08,440 Yet only today do I finally realize 262 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:10,140 that what I severed 263 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,920 was not merely the War Demons' path of survival 264 00:16:14,510 --> 00:16:17,040 but also the very lifeline of us cultivators. 265 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:18,800 What do you want to do? 266 00:16:27,570 --> 00:16:28,920 You want to rebuild the heavenly ladder? 267 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,670 Ninefold palace realms and blessed immortal abodes 268 00:16:30,670 --> 00:16:32,030 are where we belong! 269 00:16:32,390 --> 00:16:33,840 Born with immortal perceptions, 270 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,440 we ought to ride the wind and soar, 271 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,390 treading the boundless starry sky and vast rivers and mountains 272 00:16:37,390 --> 00:16:38,390 beneath our feet, 273 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,840 instead of lingering in this narrow realm, 274 00:16:41,550 --> 00:16:43,080 wasting away until our end. 275 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,120 Are you crazy? 276 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,720 I think you're really crazy. 277 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:51,550 Bai, 278 00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:55,680 this is a struggle of the great Dao, 279 00:16:55,910 --> 00:16:57,370 a clash of civilizations, 280 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,440 and above all, a fight for survival. 281 00:17:00,790 --> 00:17:01,790 One day, 282 00:17:02,390 --> 00:17:03,790 you will understand me. 283 00:17:05,609 --> 00:17:06,869 I won't kill you today. 284 00:17:07,349 --> 00:17:09,010 But if you wish to die again... 285 00:17:13,790 --> 00:17:14,829 I won't stop you. 286 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:12,810 You guessed right. 287 00:18:14,270 --> 00:18:14,930 Where is it? 288 00:18:15,270 --> 00:18:16,000 If it exists, 289 00:18:18,590 --> 00:18:20,590 it must be at the Rainwatch Terrace. 290 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:45,830 The Jianmu Tree is a spirit 291 00:18:45,830 --> 00:18:47,230 born of heaven and earth. 292 00:18:47,780 --> 00:18:49,110 To hasten its maturity, 293 00:18:49,270 --> 00:18:51,070 it requires immense resources. 294 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:52,720 At the heart of the desolate wasteland, 295 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,180 where the springs run dry, 296 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:55,930 there lies the Jianmu Tree. 297 00:18:56,970 --> 00:19:06,630 [Tianyuan Sect] 298 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:05,790 Does it look like 299 00:19:05,790 --> 00:19:06,850 it's going to rain? 300 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:07,920 Rain? 301 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,570 Don't get your hopes up. 302 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:44,350 I was wondering 303 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,550 you'd fear me so much 304 00:19:46,790 --> 00:19:48,520 as to walk straight into a trap. 305 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,270 So you really came here for it after all. 306 00:19:59,270 --> 00:20:00,730 Back at the Qinghong Sect, 307 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:01,720 Fan asked me to help him 308 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,400 translate the War Demons' scroll. 309 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:04,660 Now it all makes sense— 310 00:20:04,790 --> 00:20:06,450 it was meant for you all along. 311 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:07,640 Why have you secretly been nurturing 312 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,200 the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree? 313 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,800 You want to ascend to the sky? 314 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:11,960 Not just me. 315 00:20:13,070 --> 00:20:14,400 Who among all the immortal sects 316 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,720 and cultivators in this world 317 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:16,920 would not long for it? 318 00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:19,680 Don't you want to ascend to the sky? 319 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:20,830 You're a War Demon. 320 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,360 Others may refuse it, 321 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:23,920 but you should long for it more than anyone. 322 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:24,790 How can you be so certain 323 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:26,030 that there are none of your own kind 324 00:20:26,030 --> 00:20:26,960 left in this world, 325 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,030 lingering on in desperate survival 326 00:20:28,030 --> 00:20:29,830 and living a life just like yours? 327 00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:31,400 Do you not long to ascend to the sky 328 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,470 to beg the deities above 329 00:20:32,470 --> 00:20:33,930 to lift the curse upon you? 330 00:20:34,110 --> 00:20:35,350 And then ask them— 331 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,310 why cast you down into the mortal world 332 00:20:37,310 --> 00:20:38,870 and abandon you without a care, 333 00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:42,030 letting you live a life of utter humiliation and degradation? 334 00:20:42,030 --> 00:20:42,720 But I will never 335 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:43,590 pave my own way 336 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:45,780 at the cost of the lives of others. 337 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,110 How hypocritical. 338 00:20:48,350 --> 00:20:49,610 Do you not understand? 339 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:50,960 Whether it be the War Demons, 340 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,030 the Youhu Clan, 341 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,100 or the Twelve Immortal Sects, 342 00:20:54,550 --> 00:20:56,750 all who cultivate with spiritual energy, 343 00:20:56,750 --> 00:20:58,440 we are of the same kind. 344 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:01,200 The same kind? 345 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,280 For the clothes you wear, 346 00:21:04,310 --> 00:21:06,070 silkworm farmers need to tend silkworms with great care 347 00:21:06,070 --> 00:21:07,000 to reel raw silk, 348 00:21:07,110 --> 00:21:08,030 and weavers need 349 00:21:08,030 --> 00:21:09,160 to spend hours on end 350 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,480 just to make a single garment. 351 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:11,830 For the spirit rice you eat, 352 00:21:11,830 --> 00:21:12,790 an entire mu of land 353 00:21:12,790 --> 00:21:14,120 yields but a small bowl. 354 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,550 And this Rainwatch Terrace 355 00:21:15,550 --> 00:21:17,030 cost countless craftsmen's efforts 356 00:21:17,030 --> 00:21:18,240 to build it to completion. 357 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,100 Yet you claim we are the same kind. 358 00:21:22,830 --> 00:21:24,430 You call us kindred spirits, 359 00:21:24,790 --> 00:21:26,270 yet you grow reliant on them 360 00:21:26,270 --> 00:21:27,270 and oppress them. 361 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,070 You are no different from a parasite, 362 00:21:29,070 --> 00:21:29,880 sustaining your own life 363 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,960 by draining the very blood and flesh of those you look down upon. 364 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:32,960 Do you want to die? 365 00:21:37,710 --> 00:21:39,230 I knew you'd use this move. 366 00:22:16,550 --> 00:22:17,110 Stop it! 367 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:44,820 Senior Bai. 368 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:47,380 Senior Bai. 369 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:48,980 I'll take you away. 370 00:23:21,070 --> 00:23:22,800 Were you at your full strength, 371 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:24,620 I might not even be your match. 372 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:26,920 But you've brought this upon yourself. 373 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:28,400 Instead of being a War Demon, 374 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,860 you insist on being human. 375 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Don't you know 376 00:23:31,270 --> 00:23:32,600 humans die eventually? 377 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,560 How are you going to fight me? 378 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:51,960 Xin Xiong, 379 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,850 you gave me your word 380 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,000 never to set foot in the Tianyuan Sect again. 381 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Five days ago, 382 00:23:57,650 --> 00:23:58,650 a letter 383 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,830 was delivered to Xin Xie Manor. 384 00:24:01,350 --> 00:24:03,010 It was written by my disciple, 385 00:24:03,020 --> 00:24:04,060 Xin Mei, 386 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,350 laying bare the entire truth 387 00:24:06,350 --> 00:24:08,070 of what happened in North Xiang. 388 00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:09,170 After I learnt 389 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,110 the full story behind the Qinghong Sect, 390 00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:13,270 suspicion of you has taken root in my heart. 391 00:24:13,270 --> 00:24:14,960 Yet I still clung to hope, 392 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,590 unwilling to believe 393 00:24:16,590 --> 00:24:18,350 that Li Mofu—the man who once 394 00:24:18,350 --> 00:24:19,400 bore compassion for all living beings— 395 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,530 could have turned into who you are now. 396 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:22,880 So, 397 00:24:23,270 --> 00:24:25,930 I hurried to Tianyuan Mountain that very night, 398 00:24:26,350 --> 00:24:27,790 determined to uncover the truth 399 00:24:27,790 --> 00:24:28,960 with my own eyes. 400 00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:32,150 I kept watch at the Tianyuan Sect for 4 days, 401 00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:34,800 yet found no trace of wrongdoing on your part. 402 00:24:35,070 --> 00:24:36,350 I already planned to leave. 403 00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:38,270 I'd already made up my mind to leave, 404 00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:39,880 yet it was right then 405 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,600 that you gave yourself away. 406 00:24:43,310 --> 00:24:44,840 You should never have come. 407 00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:46,370 I shouldn't have come? 408 00:24:46,590 --> 00:24:47,270 Should I just be supposed 409 00:24:47,270 --> 00:24:48,930 to stay fooled by you forever? 410 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:51,720 Back then, 411 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,310 you somehow obtained 412 00:24:53,310 --> 00:24:55,480 the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree from who knows where, 413 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,200 planted it at the Rainwatch Terrace, 414 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,310 and sought to nurture it to full maturity. 415 00:24:59,310 --> 00:25:00,370 I refused at first. 416 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,600 But you swore to me 417 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:04,000 you would never offer human lives as sacrifice; 418 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,960 you'd only let the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree 419 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,920 draw spiritual energy from Tianyuan Mountain. 420 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,480 Fine! I agreed. 421 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,790 So I left the Tianyuan Sect 422 00:25:12,990 --> 00:25:15,050 and founded a new sect at the foot of the mountain, 423 00:25:15,050 --> 00:25:15,880 all for one reason: 424 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,680 to keep a close watch over you 425 00:25:17,790 --> 00:25:20,550 and stop you from straying down a path of no return. 426 00:25:20,550 --> 00:25:22,410 Yet my watch was not tight enough, 427 00:25:22,510 --> 00:25:24,220 and still you went on 428 00:25:24,250 --> 00:25:26,250 to commit unspeakable atrocities! 429 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:28,600 For everything 430 00:25:29,310 --> 00:25:30,270 I've done, 431 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,140 I have a clear conscience. 432 00:25:32,350 --> 00:25:33,790 Have a clear conscience? 433 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,290 Before the immortal ancestors of the Dao, 434 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,880 before the countless souls 435 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,740 who perished for the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree, 436 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,000 dare you stand before them 437 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:48,400 and still claim 438 00:25:49,110 --> 00:25:50,640 your conscience is clear? 439 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:52,680 Back then, 440 00:25:53,510 --> 00:25:55,960 you too fought in the Battle of Pinghu, 441 00:25:56,110 --> 00:25:58,390 bravely charging into the fray on the battlefield. 442 00:25:58,390 --> 00:25:59,590 You witnessed firsthand 443 00:25:59,590 --> 00:26:01,850 just how brutal and harrowing it all was! 444 00:26:02,830 --> 00:26:04,070 Why... 445 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,110 Why are you doing this? 446 00:26:10,030 --> 00:26:12,000 All great undertakings in this world 447 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:12,960 are forged in blood 448 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:13,820 and sacrifice. 449 00:26:14,830 --> 00:26:15,440 Junior, 450 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,210 you berate and resent me today, 451 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,750 but when the Jianmu Tree fully matures in time, 452 00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:22,270 its grace will bless all under heaven. 453 00:26:22,270 --> 00:26:23,750 Then you will see 454 00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:26,150 how right my choice truly is. 455 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:28,480 Senior, 456 00:26:29,710 --> 00:26:31,770 you have strayed down a crooked path, 457 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:33,790 and there is no turning back now. 458 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,200 Today, 459 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,880 I shall keep the vow I made long ago 460 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,200 and take your life with my own hands. 461 00:27:07,310 --> 00:27:07,920 Xin Xiong, 462 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,640 out of our shared brotherhood as disciples, 463 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,680 I have held back my blows time and again. 464 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,280 You leave me no other choice. 465 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:29,550 Sir! 466 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:56,920 Senior! 467 00:27:59,310 --> 00:27:59,830 Senior! 468 00:28:06,350 --> 00:28:07,030 Junior, 469 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:09,500 are you satisfied now? 470 00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:10,640 Satisfied? 471 00:28:11,110 --> 00:28:12,680 I'll only be satisfied after you die! 472 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:13,200 Senior. 473 00:28:13,750 --> 00:28:15,200 We're fellow disciples from the same sect, 474 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,260 and there's no need to strike to kill. 475 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,550 You all knew it long ago, didn't you? 476 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,680 About him cultivating the Jianmu Heavenly Ladder, 477 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,010 you've known all along! 478 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,440 If I hadn't uncovered 479 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,370 the truth today, 480 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,640 how much longer would you have kept this hidden from me? 481 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,240 Had we told you sooner, 482 00:28:32,830 --> 00:28:33,640 you would never have let me 483 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,300 bring the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree back to the Tianyuan Sect. 484 00:28:37,830 --> 00:28:39,480 Senior Mofu speaks the truth. 485 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,590 If the Jianmu Heavenly Ladder is restored, 486 00:28:40,590 --> 00:28:41,990 it will bring immense blessings 487 00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:42,400 to... 488 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,610 all of us cultivators, Senior. 489 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,590 He speaks the truth? 490 00:28:47,910 --> 00:28:49,700 Good for you! 491 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,070 I'll spread this matter 492 00:28:52,070 --> 00:28:53,000 far and wide at once 493 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,200 to let all the great immortal sects 494 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,240 and every living soul under heaven 495 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,400 be the judge. 496 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,720 You nurture the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree 497 00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,920 by draining mortal lives— 498 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,160 what kind of righteous reasoning is that? 499 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:03,160 Stop right there! 500 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,030 Why? 501 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,020 You want to kill me? 502 00:29:15,270 --> 00:29:15,880 Junior, 503 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,200 this is my fault. 504 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,440 If the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree 505 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,370 draws the wrath of the entire world 506 00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:25,680 and brings about Tianyuan Sect's ruin, 507 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,830 a hundred deaths would not atone for my sins. 508 00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:29,310 If you still insist on 509 00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:30,970 spreading this secret to all, 510 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,510 then strike me down with your own hand. 511 00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:34,910 We are fellow disciples. 512 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,960 Can't we just talk this through? 513 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,100 Must you and I really end up 514 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,790 as bitter enemies like this? 515 00:29:44,110 --> 00:29:45,030 The sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree 516 00:29:45,030 --> 00:29:47,830 is the lifeline for all cultivators under heaven. 517 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,240 Now that it is in my grasp, 518 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,180 I will never back down. 519 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:53,680 Senior, put it down! 520 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:54,680 Don't hurt yourself! 521 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,680 Let's talk this over calmly, Senior! 522 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:57,510 Senior! 523 00:30:09,590 --> 00:30:10,480 I promise you, 524 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,360 I won't spread this matter to the world. 525 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,780 But you must swear an oath with me by clapping hands— 526 00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:20,590 you may nurture the sacred seed and draw spiritual energy, 527 00:30:20,590 --> 00:30:23,240 yet you shall never step foot beyond Tianyuan Mountain. 528 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,640 Otherwise, I'll never let you off lightly. 529 00:30:26,070 --> 00:30:26,510 Fine. 530 00:30:27,110 --> 00:30:27,910 I promise you. 531 00:30:28,070 --> 00:30:29,070 Second, 532 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,200 I'm moving out of the Tianyuan Sect. 533 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,660 Xin Mei has to come with me. 534 00:30:34,030 --> 00:30:35,760 I want to establish my own sect. 535 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,350 From now on, 536 00:30:38,110 --> 00:30:39,400 I'll sever all ties with you 537 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,440 and with the Tianyuan Sect forever. 538 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:42,400 Senior, please think twice! 539 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:42,920 Fine. 540 00:30:45,030 --> 00:30:46,310 I promise you too. 541 00:31:01,030 --> 00:31:02,070 From now on, 542 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,720 I will never step into 543 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,200 the Tianyuan Sect again. 544 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,270 Then you stay and guard 545 00:31:08,270 --> 00:31:09,790 your sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree well. 546 00:31:09,790 --> 00:31:11,390 Step over the line even once, 547 00:31:13,190 --> 00:31:16,700 and do not blame me for claiming your head. 548 00:32:17,070 --> 00:32:19,000 We'll return to our sect tomorrow. 549 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,100 Having lost his golden lotus, 550 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,750 Jin Lun is as good as crippled. 551 00:32:22,750 --> 00:32:24,550 We must find a way to make amends. 552 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:25,920 After we meet Master, 553 00:32:26,390 --> 00:32:27,190 we'll decide. 554 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,240 Do you not feel sorrow for him at all? 555 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,370 What's done is done. 556 00:32:35,070 --> 00:32:36,530 Sorrow serves no purpose. 557 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,840 Tianyin Mountain cultivates the Path of Detachment, 558 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,120 to attain the great Dao 559 00:32:40,270 --> 00:32:41,680 and deliver all living beings. 560 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:42,310 Senior, 561 00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:44,440 you and I are both living beings. 562 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:45,770 Jin Lun saved your life, 563 00:32:46,510 --> 00:32:48,170 and in turn saved mine as well. 564 00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:49,930 He traded his own life for two, 565 00:32:50,010 --> 00:32:50,830 which is a worthy exchange. 566 00:32:50,830 --> 00:32:51,400 Sheng, 567 00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:53,610 how could you say that? 568 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:05,700 You must be very angry, 569 00:33:06,830 --> 00:33:08,290 thinking I'm a bad person. 570 00:33:08,830 --> 00:33:09,830 But truth be told, 571 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:11,590 I was never much of a good person 572 00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:12,590 to begin with. 573 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,570 Don't speak of yourself like that. 574 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,110 I've long kept a secret hidden 575 00:33:17,110 --> 00:33:18,160 deep in my heart. 576 00:33:18,750 --> 00:33:21,010 In truth, my encounter with you back then 577 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,480 was all carefully planned by me. 578 00:33:27,790 --> 00:33:28,440 Senior. 579 00:33:30,270 --> 00:33:31,350 I've never properly told you 580 00:33:31,350 --> 00:33:32,590 about my past, have I? 581 00:33:34,270 --> 00:33:36,270 Xia Xuanzi was blessed with extraordinary talent. 582 00:33:36,270 --> 00:33:38,270 He unraveled the mystery of the womb, 583 00:33:38,270 --> 00:33:39,000 forging for himself 584 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,800 an almighty, supreme true form. 585 00:33:41,030 --> 00:33:42,760 Yet powerful as Xia Xuanzi was, 586 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,350 with the heavenly ladder severed, 587 00:33:44,350 --> 00:33:46,010 he lost all path to ascension. 588 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:47,100 After that, 589 00:33:47,550 --> 00:33:49,680 he believed the Crazy Taoist's prophecy 590 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:50,720 and set his heart on seizing 591 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:51,590 the divine fate 592 00:33:51,590 --> 00:33:53,850 destined for one of his own descendants. 593 00:33:54,110 --> 00:33:56,970 He believed the destined descendant had to be male. 594 00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:59,510 Thus he wielded magic to manipulate fate, 595 00:33:59,510 --> 00:34:02,110 ensuring every child born in his line was a boy. 596 00:34:02,350 --> 00:34:03,200 I alone 597 00:34:03,990 --> 00:34:05,230 was born a girl. 598 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:07,640 He thought his magic 599 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:08,440 had gone awry. 600 00:34:09,070 --> 00:34:10,130 Little did he know, 601 00:34:10,670 --> 00:34:12,110 I too had unraveled 602 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,060 the mystery of the womb just as he had. 603 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,670 I was raised in the Qianyan Cave from childhood, 604 00:34:17,670 --> 00:34:19,270 reduced to a menial servant, 605 00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:21,230 living a life of utter humiliation and degradation. 606 00:34:21,230 --> 00:34:23,290 Let my precious one take a small bite. 607 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:25,760 It won't kill you! 608 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,940 Inside this Qianyan Cave, 609 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,230 we're one. 610 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:32,920 Misbehave, 611 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,179 and you shall be punished. 612 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:38,550 Senior, 613 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,080 Qianyan Cave is a demon cave. 614 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,800 The father abandons his duty, and children forsake theirs. 615 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,030 Everyone is crazy. 616 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:46,850 When I was young, I made a vow 617 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,320 to burn the Qianyan Cave down. 618 00:34:51,070 --> 00:34:52,110 If the Crazy Taoist's prophecy 619 00:34:52,110 --> 00:34:52,760 is true, 620 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,880 that god must be me. 621 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,080 After all, the Demon God is a god, 622 00:34:59,510 --> 00:35:00,110 right? 623 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:04,920 Sheng. 624 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,850 You endured such bitter hardships back then, 625 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:11,360 yet I never knew a thing. 626 00:35:12,670 --> 00:35:14,200 Why didn't you ever tell me? 627 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,400 There are still many things 628 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:17,530 I've never told you. 629 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,410 Back then I fled to the Central Plains, 630 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,240 hoping to join an immortal sect. 631 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,440 The Twelve Immortal Sects held harsh entrance trials. 632 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,300 Only Xin Xie Manor was different. 633 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:28,840 Xin Xiong was originally 634 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,500 an elder of the Tianyuan Sect, 635 00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:32,550 a cultivator at the Great Completion Stage. 636 00:35:32,550 --> 00:35:34,210 He was eccentric and erratic, 637 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,810 with only you as his sole disciple. 638 00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:38,760 So I pretended to be bullied, 639 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,800 certain you would take pity on me 640 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:44,880 and bring me back to the sect. 641 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,150 At first, 642 00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:54,390 Master was wary of me. 643 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:56,590 Only you 644 00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:58,970 taught me to read and write, 645 00:35:59,510 --> 00:36:00,970 guided me in cultivation, 646 00:36:01,190 --> 00:36:03,120 and passed down martial arts to me. 647 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:05,510 Senior, 648 00:36:07,590 --> 00:36:09,670 everything I am was taught by you, 649 00:36:11,420 --> 00:36:13,280 all but this wicked heart of mine. 650 00:36:18,070 --> 00:36:18,710 Sheng. 651 00:36:20,510 --> 00:36:22,440 Don't speak of yourself like that. 652 00:36:22,510 --> 00:36:23,070 Sheng, 653 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:25,150 you're good. 654 00:36:26,110 --> 00:36:27,360 Truly, you are. 655 00:36:28,510 --> 00:36:29,280 Senior, 656 00:36:30,190 --> 00:36:31,150 I will never 657 00:36:31,150 --> 00:36:32,480 do anything to hurt you. 658 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:34,700 You have to believe me. 659 00:36:35,070 --> 00:36:36,800 I will always believe in you. 660 00:36:39,710 --> 00:36:40,960 I only ache for you 661 00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:44,430 and grieve for all you've been through. 662 00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:52,600 It's just ahead! 663 00:37:51,070 --> 00:37:51,590 Sir, 664 00:37:52,230 --> 00:37:52,890 how are you? 665 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,440 I've cast the Soul-severing Technique, 666 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,040 breaking Li Mofu's Wandering Soul Technique. 667 00:37:58,320 --> 00:37:59,400 Leave at once. 668 00:37:59,550 --> 00:38:00,360 Take Xin Mei with you 669 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,690 and find a place to hide. 670 00:38:02,190 --> 00:38:03,520 Li Mofu is a man who bears 671 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,150 every slight in mind and repays every grudge. 672 00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:06,590 He has suffered a crushing defeat 673 00:38:06,590 --> 00:38:08,230 at your hands, 674 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:09,190 and you nearly destroyed 675 00:38:09,190 --> 00:38:10,900 the sacred seed of the Jianmu Tree. 676 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:12,760 He will never let you off lightly. 677 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:14,960 Sir, 678 00:38:15,590 --> 00:38:17,190 let me take you to see Xin Mei. 679 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:18,760 No need. 680 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,150 I've read her letter 681 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,570 and known everything between you two. 682 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,630 With you by her side, I'm at peace. 683 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:35,380 I'll take good care of her. 684 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,230 My cultivation is fading away by the moment. 685 00:38:39,630 --> 00:38:42,320 Rather than letting it go to waste, 686 00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:44,670 I'll give it back to the earth. 687 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,440 Only then may I wander free and untroubled. 688 00:38:53,930 --> 00:38:55,980 ♪ What do you think is ♪ 689 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,280 ♪ The most impressive farewell in the world? ♪ 690 00:38:58,580 --> 00:39:01,710 ♪ The endless slaughter and massacres ♪ 691 00:39:02,550 --> 00:39:06,500 ♪ Do not wait until that thin snow on the eaves ♪ 692 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,750 ♪ Turns a young man's hair white before you regret it ♪ 693 00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:12,040 ♪ When do you think ♪ 694 00:39:12,070 --> 00:39:14,500 ♪ The bloody strife will come to an end? ♪ 695 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,850 ♪ Burn myself to prove it without looking back ♪ 696 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,370 ♪ Holding the morning glow in hand, I paint the world ♪ 697 00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:26,670 ♪ Someone's got to clean up this mess ♪ 698 00:39:47,150 --> 00:39:47,760 Sheng, 699 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:48,960 are you up? 700 00:39:49,590 --> 00:39:50,720 It's time we set off. 701 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:54,510 Sheng? 702 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:12,520 Landlady, 703 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:14,050 have you seen Sheng? 704 00:40:14,630 --> 00:40:15,430 No, I haven't. 705 00:40:16,190 --> 00:40:17,040 Honestly, 706 00:40:17,070 --> 00:40:18,320 she's all grown up now. 707 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:18,800 Must you worry about her 708 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,150 every single day? 709 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,300 I'd better go look for her anyway. 710 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:22,880 Xin Mei. 711 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:24,890 Has Lu come back yet? 712 00:40:25,550 --> 00:40:26,550 No, he's not here. 713 00:40:26,630 --> 00:40:27,510 Didn't he go to Chongling Valley 714 00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:28,670 to undergo the heart transformation? 715 00:40:28,670 --> 00:40:30,880 Grandmaster never returned to the valley at all. 716 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:31,440 What? 717 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:32,900 Lu's gone missing. 718 00:40:33,110 --> 00:40:34,400 He put me under a spell and knocked me out. 719 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:35,000 When I woke up, 720 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,320 I headed straight for Chongling Valley, 721 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,380 only to find he never showed up there. 722 00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:39,230 So 723 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:40,590 we couldn't stop worrying 724 00:40:40,590 --> 00:40:41,800 and came along here. 725 00:40:43,630 --> 00:40:44,230 Landlady, 726 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:46,090 what month is it now? 727 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,000 Why have all the flowers outside 728 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,060 suddenly bloomed? 729 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:50,000 It's true. 730 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,770 We hurried back and didn't notice. 731 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,440 A cultivator at the Great Completion Stage is dissipating their cultivation.