All language subtitles for ENGMoonlightMystiqueE23

May I be like the stars

and you like the moon.

As long as the world remains,

so shall we.

I only wish to stay with the one I love,

watching every sunrise and sunset.

I want to be with you forever.

Eternals and demons walk different paths.

You and she are ultimately different.

Have you ever

truly cared for me?

No.

Never.

In this life and the next,
through all lifetimes…

May we live and die together,

and share life and death as one.

[Moonlight Mystique]

[Episode 23]

Is Yue okay?

Actually, I shouldn't have

told him about those things from the past.

Yue's reserved and quiet.

He didn't have many friends

when he was in the Baize Clan.

Now,

I'm so glad to see him be friends

with you, Ms. Bai.

Hope you can help cheer him up.

Actually,

it's not all his fault.

What happened to the Baize Clan

is the greatest pain
and regret in his heart.

He has been missing you all these years.

I'm also happy to see you two

reunited now.

Yue is now

the esteemed Demon
King of the Polar Region.

He's shared the past

and his weaknesses

with you.

I bet you matter a lot to him.

He also means a lot to me.

Have a good rest.

I'll take my leave.

You're awake.

I

Was just passing by.

Come in.

If you have anything to say,

just go ahead.

You had a sudden headache yesterday.

How is it now?

Are you worried about me?

As you said,

we are in the same boat
here at the Cold Spring Palace.

Of course I should care about you.

I fought my way out of those
extraordinarily treacherous places.

Injuries are nothing new to me.

A little headache

is nothing.

But it's quite weird.

I've had headaches for no reason.

Pretty sure

yesterday was the third time.

Do you have any other symptoms

besides the headache?

Some images

flashed through my mind,

but I couldn't see clearly.

There seemed to be some sounds as well,

but I couldn't remember now.

Did I

say something

that made you so concerned?

You were

actually mumbling something.

But I didn't catch it.

You're hiding something from me.

What can I hide from you?

Looks like your headaches

are just from your overthinking.

If I didn't think too much,

I wouldn't have made it this far alive.

Are you leaving already?

I have something to attend to.

The tranquilizer.

You've been up all night?

Tastes good.

I hope you're really letting it go

instead of pretending.

Knowing the truth

is to face it better,

but not to be stuck in past guilt.

Don't forget that

we came to the Stone Clan's
place not only to investigate the case

but also to gather the Contemplations.

Only by gathering the Five Contemplations

and undoing the Seven Stars Soul
Burning Seal on you as soon as possible

can you protect the
people around you better.

I'm so lucky to have you

by my side.

The Stone Clan's place

is full of danger now.

After dark,

let's go to the stone forest

for investigation.

I also want to know why these victims

were all killed in the
stone forest at night.

Seems that you got here

one step ahead of me, Ms. Bai.

I'll head out and leave you

to your meal.

Why not join us?

I remember

you used to love these bamboo-stuffed buns.

I asked Mrs. Cang.

She told me

the bamboo shoots here
only grow in the back mountain.

So I went there early this morning
to dig these fresh bamboo shoots.

Give it a try.

You don't have to
over-exert yourself for me.

Qi Feng,

you just came here, so you may not know

it's not safe

in the Stone Clan right now.

You'd better not go out alone.

Now that you and Fan
Yue are finally reunited,

your safety is very important to him.

My bad for being reckless.

I just wanted to let Yue

try my cooking.

I'm not blaming you.

You're right, Ms. Bai.

Now I'm disabled

with weak spiritual power.

I'd be pretty helpless

if I really ran into danger.

Qi Feng,

Shuo is caring about you.

Don't worry.

I'm here,

and I will protect you.

Since it used to be Fan Yue's favorite,

let me try it too.

Thank you, Qi Feng.

Ms. Bai, with your amazing cooking,

Yue can enjoy

a lot of delicacies from now on.

Mrs. Cang,

let me help you.

Don't bother, Ms. Bai. I can do it myself.

It's okay, Mrs. Cang.

We're lodging in your house.

Helping out is the least we can do.

Thank you.

I heard from Shi Lei that

the Stone Clan has no grudges outside

with peace inside.

You guys have no enemies.

But with no enemies,

your clan members were
actually tortured to death.

You went all the way
to the Unbridled Pavilion

and anxiously asked Master Fan for help.

But we've been here for two days.

Yet you didn't urge us
to find your husband.

Aren't you worried?

Or

Are you waiting for something?

What's the use of worrying?

Master Fan

has his own way of investigation.

I'm just

an ignorant woman.

So I can only wait for
him to solve the case.

But you don't look like you know nothing.

Mrs. Cang,

the murder case of the
Stone Clan is still unsolved.

I hope you don't hide any information.

I...

Mrs. Cang,

I heard that the wind chimes
under the eaves are broken.

I made you a new one.

Hope you like it.

What?

You don't like it, Mrs. Cang?

I've got soup simmering in the kitchen.

I'll go take a look.

I'll leave the space for you.

Mrs. Cang,

the kitchen is that way.

Well, I'm getting old.

I can't even tell the direction.

Why are you looking
at me like that, Ms. Bai?

Nothing.

I just think your craftsmanship

is way better than I thought.

Although God took away my legs,

I've still got a pair of
hands to make a living.

That's kind of him.

If you need anything,

just tell me.

At least,

I can help with something this way.

The Heavenly Sky Fan?

You are the Master of Cold Spring Palace?

He's even set a barrier.

Looks like this mirror

means a lot to Zhen Yu.

You shouldn't be here.

Master,

I came to report the recent movements

of the Eternals and demons

and didn't find you in the room.

I planned to...

Is this what you meant when you said

you'd be the strongest
among the Ladies and Lords

by my side?

So strong that

you could even enter my room

and pry into my secret at will.

Do you know that,

with a little squeeze,

I could just

crush your head?

I didn't intend

to pry into your secret, Master.

I just accidentally hit it.

Master!

Master...

Chong Zhao broke into your room

for...

It was for me.

For you?

Chong Zhao knew I was
punished and was worried,

so he broke into your
room to look for the elixir.

He definitely didn't mean
to offend you, Master.

Please forgive him

and spare his life.

Really?

Yes.

Don't think that

you're indispensable to
the Cold Spring Palace.

In this world,

no one

is irreplaceable.

I understand.

I understand.

Get lost!

I told you

everything in the Cold Spring Palace

is under the Grand Master's control.

How dare you break into
his room without permission?

And as I said,

we're even now.

You don't have to speak up for me anymore.

Do you really want to die?

Sometimes, it may
seem like a path to death,

yet it might actually give more
people a chance to survive.

Back in the Outlanders' City, Zhen Yu

already ignored the order
of Eternals and demons.

What is the plot he's working on now?

This concerns world peace.

I have to dig into it

even at the risk of my life.

So,

what did you find?

An ancient mirror with cracks.

Have you heard of it from him before?

An ancient mirror?

I've never heard the Grand
Master mention it before.

But why did he

let you go so easily today?

You already went against his order

and saved me from the secret chamber.

Today, you even pried into his secret,

yet he just accepted the
excuse I made up and let you go.

I think he found something

on me.

Did the Grand Master also spot

the black forehead mark on Chong Zhao?

I think I also sensed

another sort of power from him,

something other than demonic power.

Something other than demonic power?

You've never noticed it before?

Am I the only one who can sense it?

Why on earth did Zhen Yu let me go?

Chong Zhao,

You were lucky to be spared

by the Grand Master.

I'm afraid

you can't dig up any secrets

in the Cold Spring anymore.

I suggest you

go back to Lanling.

Your soup smells so good, Mrs. Cang.

Why are you so nervous?

You've been acting well

these past few days, haven't you?

As you requested,

I've lured the Master of Bright Moon here.

When will you release my husband?

It depends on whether
you listen to me or not.

After so many years,

you're still so into bones, Mrs. Cang.

Judging from the scratches

and the holes all over these stones,

it's clear that the murderer
wielded some sharp

steel weapons

that could kill people with one blow,

yet the murderer chose

to break their bones and veins.

Aside from torturing them,

what else was the murderer up to?

Maybe the victims

share something in common.

Something in common?

No.

They are all from different families.

I got it.

Before I left the Stone Clan,

a host of clan members fell ill.

I remember they were the ones
who went out to find the elixir

and cured everyone.

Why didn't you tell us earlier?

What disease did they get?

And what elixir did they find?

I don't know.

I have to ask my mother.

Who's there?

Get him!

Where are we?

Why's the resentment aura so strong here?

Master,

Bai Shuo,

let's go.

This is the Forbidden Stone
Formation of the Stone Clan.

Are you okay?

Master,

I'm fine.

I cut the man in black on the shoulder.

That's so weird.

That man in black seemed to have

deliberately lured us here,

held the two of us back,

and only attacked Cang Shan.

What on earth is his purpose?

Let's go back first.

What on earth is that stone formation for?

Actually, we Stone Clan

didn't live here before.

Ten years ago,

the Demon Race was awash with slaughter.

Many clans were
destroyed by the Tiger Clan.

We Stone Clan were no exception.

To avoid the hunting of the Tiger Clan,

my father led the clan
members to migrate everywhere.

First, we reached a valley in the south.

It abounded with spiritual energy,

hidden in the mountains

as a perfect place to live in seclusion.

Our people wanted to settle there,

but we found

it was the home of another ancient clan.

What ancient clan?

I don't know.

When we arrived,

they were already wiped out.

Only one young man was left,

guarding the tombs of his family there.

Our people had been wandering for too long.

They didn't want to leave there.

They wanted to occupy that valley by force.

But that was the young man's home too.

How would he let that happen?

At the resting place of his family,

if he had any guts left in him,

he wouldn't give in.

What did you do?

That young man would rather
die than leave his homeland.

My father

killed him.

What?

After he died,

the resentment aura started to permeate

and make trouble for the
people of the Stone Clan.

Our clan couldn't continue living there,

so we had to migrate again

to this place.

But that young man's resentment aura

followed us all the way,

sticking around.

My father

and the other clansmen

erected the stone
pillars in the stone forest

to suppress the resentment aura.

That's the Stone
Formation we've just been to.

Seized someone's residence,

killed the innocent,

and suppressed his soul.

No wonder that Stone
Formation is a forbidden area.

Did you refuse to return home

because of this past incident?

I had a big fight with my father.

After that,

I left the Stone Clan

and never came back.

The resentment aura in that Stone Formation

is definitely not from the young man alone.

Are you hiding anything else from me?

I swear I've come clean.

Master,

please trust me.

But if the last one

of that ancient clan's
bloodline was killed,

who else would come to take revenge?

Did you see

that young man get killed?

My father

broke his legs.

He bled all over the
place with a hemorrhage.

He couldn't survive.

Your father broke his legs?

Qi Feng's legs have suffered
from an old injury as well.

The timing of his appearance
was too coincidental.

What if...

The world is full of coincidences.

There are plenty of
people with leg problems.

This alone

can't prove anything.

I've checked it in person.

Qi Feng's legs are indeed totally broken.

The man in black

we just saw in the Stone Formation

has fully functional legs.

He can't be Qi Feng.

Fan Yue, don't think too much.

Coincidences may not
necessarily be the truth.

Don't stress yourself out.

Cang Shan,

how old was that young man

when his legs got broken?

About 14 or 15 years old.

In other words,

he is about the same age as Fan Yue.

Bai Shuo,

didn't you just talk like
you didn't suspect Qi Feng?

It's not that I don't.

I just don't want to suspect
him in front of Fan Yue.

He lost his entire family

overnight that year.

Now that he's finally got Qi Feng back,

it's torture for him

to suspect Qi Feng of the murder.

Currently, it's pure
speculation with no evidence.

Before we find out the truth,

there's no need to make Fan Yue sad.

I see.

Like this?

The divination of three special children

is about the ultimate secret of the world.

We'd better not do it.

You shall either divine

or die.

I'll do it...

Let me do it...

What does this mean?

Baize Clan,

purple-eyed boy.

What's wrong with you?

Oh, no...

This divination is against God's will.

I will get backlash!

Then die!

No, I'll do it...

Let me continue.

And what does this mean?

You...

What exactly are you making me divine?

Don't ask about what you shouldn't know.

Say it.

Human Race,

Ning'an City,

Bai family.

Bai family?

Go on.

I really can't divine the third one!

Then die.

It takes abundant spiritual
energy for a Mystery Turtle

to divine the top secret of the world.

The first two children's information

has used up my spiritual energy.

Even if you kill me today,

it's still beyond my capacity.

Then I'll just kill you.

Five years...

Give me five years!

Once I fuel myself with
spiritual energy in five years,

I'll surely help you divine

where the third child is.

Fine.

Today I'll

trust you this time.

You have five years.

Five years later,

I'll come to you again.

Don't try to play tricks.

Otherwise,

I'll make sure to eliminate
all the Mystery Turtles

in the Eastern Continent.

According to the
Mystery Turtle's divination,

I've brought back the first two children

from the Demon Race and Human Race.

Do I really have to wait

for two decades for the third child?

The third child will be born...

Where?

The Eternal Race.

When?

Twenty years later.

Twenty years later?

Okay.

In these 20 years,

you should stay at the
Cold Spring Palace with me.

By then,

you shall wait

for the birth of that child with me.

The third child shouldn't be born yet.

But just now,

I clearly saw that black forehead mark

on Chong Zhao.

Did that Mystery Turtle lie to me?

My lord,

I've been waiting for you for 60,000 years.

It's been 60,000 years.

Everyone thinks that
all gods have perished,

and the Hidden Race has fallen.

No one knows that

I've been holding onto the
last bit of your hidden power

all the time, my lord.

I didn't have awareness 60,000 years ago.

Although I can't remember your appearance,

I've never forgotten your help.

I won't mistake that black forehead mark.

My lord,

is it really you?

My lord,

I will find the Contemplation Stone

and the three children

with the Divine Race destiny

as soon as possible

to bring you

back to the world.

Soon,

I won't need this Heavenly Mirror

to reminisce you anymore.

My lord,

wait for me.

Yue!

Have you finished the
investigation with Ms. Bai?

With a murder in the Stone Clan,

no one will feel at ease.

After what happened to
the Baize Clan back then,

I felt like I died inside as well.

You and I know the pain

of losing family.

If there's anything I can help,

just feel free to reach out to me.

Qi Feng,

where were you when
we entered the stone forest

last night?

I was in my room.

Yue,

are you suspecting me?

There's something I want to ask you.

Last time you didn't
give me a straight answer

about how your legs got broken.

Can you tell me now?

Who hurt you?

Do you want to know who hurt me,

or who I hurt?

Yue,

you don't trust me.

We are brothers.

Brothers never lie to each other.

That's why I chose to ask you directly.

Do you know what keeps
you from passing away

when the pain almost knocks you out?

It's hope.

I hoped I could survive.

I hoped I could see you again.

The Baize Clan was gone.

You were the last one I've got.

If I couldn't make it and died out there,

how would you manage to live alone?

This hope

helped me pull through.

But I didn't expect

you to suspect me now.

Qi Feng,

I...

What happened?

What's wrong?

I don't know!

Come and take a look.

He fell from the sky.

This man

just fell from the sky.

If I hadn't dodged in time,

he almost hit me.

It's the one who attacked us last night.

The attacker?

What's going on?

Who is it?

What happened?

Chief?

Didn't the Chief go missing?

What's going on?

It's the Chief!

Why is the Chief here?

Chief?

Is that true?

How could it be the Chief?

[Uncle Shi, Stone Clan, Demon Race]

Chief?

How could it be?

Why did this happen all of a sudden?

The Mountain-splitting Blade...

The Mountain-splitting Blade?

It was you...

It was you!

The wounds on the Chief

were caused by the
Mountain-splitting Blade!

The Mountain-splitting Blade?

Cang Shan,

you killed the Chief!

Father!

Don't talk nonsense!

Although the Mountain-splitting
Blade is Cang Shan's weapon,

how could he hurt the Chief?

Cang Shan,

explain it to us.

C'mon! Defend yourself!

What's there to explain?

You bastard!

Before we get to the bottom of it,

no one can make a move.

Father...

It was me...

I killed my father.

I killed my father...

I killed my father...

I killed my father...

I killed my father.

I killed my father!

Cang Shan!

You have no conscience!

Leave it to me.

That bastard killed his father!

Bastard!

You bastard!

Bastard!

You are such a jerk!

Bastard! Kill him!

You watched Cang Shan grow up.

You should know him well.

Even though he was mad at his father,

he would never kill his father!

He wouldn't do it

if he were sober.

But when he relapses,

he can't control himself at all.

Everyone here knows that.

Yes, we all know that.

What do you mean

by "relapse"?

We Stone Clan members are born

with stronger power than other demons.

We don't know why

Cang Shan was born with
way more overwhelming power.

I killed my father...

He couldn't control this power before,

often losing control

and hurting our people.

I killed my father...

Since I met Cang Shan,

I've never seen him lose
control of his demonic power

or hurt any random people.

You haven't seen it,

but it doesn't mean he won't.

The Stone Clan has seen
frequent murder cases.

The Chief's mysterious death is fishy.

Before we find out the truth,

I won't let anyone do
anything to Cang Shan.

Master Fan, you are obviously biased.

So what if I am?

At least my bias is aboveboard.

Unlike you,

who have done plenty of selfish things

yet still faking

peace and love on the surface.

What do you mean, Master Fan?

You know

exactly what I mean.

I must

bring Cang Shan back.

You can try to stop me

if you want.

How arrogant!

You...

Father.

♫ What kind of flower
would never bear fruit? ♫

♫ What kind of fruit never sees a flower? ♫

♫ Withstanding the stillness,
you are a broken piece of me ♫

♫ I am the fruit to your flowers ♫

How much longer

are you going to mess
around just for an outsider?

You killed that young man,

and now you're even
trying to suppress his soul!

Why do you care about

an outsider?

Everything I've done

is for the Stone Clan!

Cang Shan,

I'm your father after all!

♫ Across thousands of miles ♫

No.

My father

is a great and righteous hero.

He protects his clan with a kind heart.

♫ The pain of parting lingers ♫

He would never occupy someone's home

and kill an innocent young man!

You

don't deserve to be my father!

♫ I light a lamp with no wick to
carry me through the rest of my days ♫

Fine.

I don't deserve to be your father, huh?

Get out of the Stone Clan then!

♫ Flowers in the wind, sand in the water ♫

Never come back.

I'll treat it like you're dead,

or I've never had a son like you!

Get lost!

♫ What kind of tree never takes root? ♫

♫ What kind of roots
never turn into trees? ♫

♫ To break the roots of love, to
look at the past and seal one's heart ♫

♫ I'm your wanderer ♫

♫ The flowers flew away ♫

Why didn't I recognize you?

Father...

♫ My tears are streaming down like rain ♫

♫ Light my heart's lamp, cast away
attachments, and ask the world ♫

♫ On the vast sea, you and I ♫

He has locked himself in
his room for quite a while.

I'm worried that if this continues,

he'll get stuck in overthinking

and hurt himself.

Mr. Cang Sr. has been missing for days,
and he suddenly showed up last night.

It was already suspicious.

What's even weirder is that

there's no way he couldn't
recognize Cang Shan.

So why would he attack Cang Shan?

This is definitely not
as simple as it seems.

It was too chaotic

to check it out just now.

I plan to go to the stone house

to check Mr. Cang Sr.'s body.

Let's go together.

Didn't you promise me

you would let him go

if I did what you said?

Why did you kill him?

Why?

You were going to tell Bai
Shuo the truth yesterday,

weren't you?

One

must pay for betrayal.

But I didn't say it.

Yet you went back on our deal.

Then let me fulfill my promise now

and send you to reunite with your husband.

Your bones and veins are complete.

Apart from the wounds on his body,

there seem to be no other fatal injuries.

But when he got injured last night,

he could still fight off
Cang Shan and escape.

Why did he suddenly die?

What is this?

There's something inside.

Guess it was this evil insect

that controlled Mr. Cang Sr.'s mind

and got him killed without
him even realizing it.

Controlled his mind?

This sounds like...

The Cold Spring Palace's trick.

Mr. Cang Sr. was the
Chief of the Stone Clan

with quite superior spiritual
power among the demons.

Yet this evil insect could
actually control his mind.

I'm curious

how this evil insect was raised.

Do you know how these evil insects

control humans?

There are many kinds of
poisonous insects in the world.

I've never seen this
sort of evil insect before.

But since it's a poisonous insect,

there must be another one paired with it.

With the parent insect,
the mastermind can just

control countless sub
insects at the same time.

If we find the parent
insect and destroy it,

will that disable all the sub insects?

That makes sense.

But the mastermind

won't hand over the
parent insect so easily.

Besides, the parent insect has
absorbed all the poisonous energy.

It can't be busted so easily.

Our collection of the Contemplation in
the Stone Clan is really risky this time.

As I said before,

so long as I'm here...

Who said only you can protect me?

I can protect you as well.

Cang Shan's still locking
himself in his room.

He might need you,

his master,

to help him work through the
trauma caused by his father's death.

Besides Cang Shan,

there's another person

who should spill the secrets

hidden by the Stone Clan all these years.

You mean

Mrs. Cang?

Exactly.

The mastermind controlled
Mr. Cang Sr. with evil insects.

Who's there?

He lured us to the forbidden
area of the Stone Clan first,

deliberately letting
Cang Shan hurt his father.

Then Cang Shan was
framed for killing his father.

Every step was carefully orchestrated.

There's no way the Stone
Clan doesn't have enemies.

I even think

the murderer's been targeting Cang Shan.

We're totally on the same page.

So we must

get to know the past grudges

of the Stone Clan before the next accident.

You lock yourself in the room

without sleeping,
resting, drinking, or eating.

Your mother will be worried.

"You don't deserve to be my father."

This is the last thing I said to him.

He asked me to get out of the
Stone Clan and never come back.

I've really been away for so many years

without coming back even once.

I thought I would never forgive him

for the rest of my life.

But when he died in front of me,

I realized that I didn't
want to lose him at all.

I know you feel so guilty and down,

blaming yourself for not
returning to the Stone Clan earlier,

not recognizing your father,

and striking that blow.

But I want to tell you that, Cang Shan,

it's not your fault.

Before your father attacked you,

an evil insect already controlled his mind.

He already couldn't recognize you.

Bai Shuo and I

found an evil insect

in your father's body.

It was the insect that controlled him.

And your father didn't
die from a stab wound.

He was killed by the evil insect
that devoured his demonic essence.

Master,

who on earth murdered

my father and my clansmen?

Just because we don't know who did that,

you must pull yourself together,
and let's find out the truth

to let the dead rest in peace.

But that can't bring them back to life.

I understand.

With the family gone,

all that's left is regret.

Even the strongest Eternals and demons
in the world will have their regrets.

Regret is just a part of life.

Since it's inevitable,

we can't let us get stuck in it.

We should learn to move on.

Let's try together.

Ms. Bai, where are you going

in such a hurry?

I need to talk to Mrs. Cang.

Mrs. Cang?

I think she went to the back
mountain to pick vegetables.

I saw her walking out with a basket.

Mr. Cang Sr. just died,

yet Mrs. Cang's already doing chores

like nothing happened?

I know

I'm an outsider.

There were multiple
murders within the Stone Clan

while I showed up at this time.

It's reasonable for you to
suspect me more or less.

Ms. Bai,

I can take my leave now.

May fate bring Yue and me

back together again in the future.

The world is big.

I believe there will be
a place for me to settle.

Please tell Yue about this.

I won't say goodbye to him face-to-face.

You and Fan Yue just
reunited in your real identities.

Do you really want to leave?

Do you want me to stop you?

Or do you want Fan Yue to
blame me for not keeping you?

Ms. Bai, you got me wrong.

I'm just afraid

I can't bear to bid farewell to Yue.

And I'm also worried

I might delay your investigation.

Watch out!

Qi Feng? Qi Feng!