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♪No one left to lean on♪

♪No way out, no place to run♪

♪Tears held back inside my eyes♪

♪I run against the wind and time♪

♪Loved and lost, regrets remain♪

♪But tears fall down like gentle rain♪

♪I look up strong, I grow with pride♪

♪Living life with heart untied♪

♪Holding tight♪

♪The burning faith you gave♪

♪Healing wounds that fate engraved♪

♪That light inside my restless soul♪

♪One life to live, one final goal♪

♪I'll love with courage, wild and free♪

♪Break through the noise, let them hear me♪

♪Holding tight♪

♪The burning faith you gave♪

♪Healing wounds that fate engraved♪

♪That light inside my restless soul♪

♪One life to live, one final goal♪

♪I'll love with courage, wild and free♪

♪Break through the noise, let them hear me♪

=Dragon King's Decree=

=Episode 8=

Haven't you been wanting to leave the Feng family?

Go.

Don't ever come back.

Feng Qingfeng...

what's that supposed to mean?

Qingyun,

hurry.

Get Zhilou back to the council hall.

What are you trying to say?

Feng Qingfeng,

answer me!

Feng Qingfeng,

what do you mean by that?

Surround them!

Yes, sir!

I, Lenghou Ye, head of the Lenghou family,

have come to offer congratulations!

You and your family aren't welcome here!

That's some attitude you've got.

Do you honestly think someone

with your martial cultivation can address me this way?

My martial cultivation is indeed beneath yours.

For years,

your family has pushed mine around at every turn.

I've put up with it

to keep my family safe.

But I didn't expect you to keep pushing

and go this far!

Today,

no matter where my cultivation level stands,

as long as I'm standing here...

I'm not backing down.

Fine.

I'll give you that chance.

You can be the first

to join my son in the grave!

You actually have four spiritual roots.

You're good at hiding things, you sly old schemer.

But even then,

you're still no match for me.

How about now?

Six spiritual roots?

You forced your spiritual roots awake.

Win or lose,

it'll kill you.

I don't need heaven-defying power.

Standing guard over the people I cherish

is the greatest purpose of my life.

The sanctuary is on the brink of life and death,

and you're here making a scene!

Guards,

take Zhi

to the Tree of Life and seal him inside

to reflect on his actions.

No one's allowed to treat his injuries.

Shang,

your duty

is to follow the Dragon King's Decree's prophecy,

inherit the Dragon King's throne,

marry the Wujing Saintess,

and protect the sanctuary.

Yet now,

you first lost the sigil

because a human girl

saved your life,

then went

and married her in the mortal realm,

and even handed her the Icebound Sword!

You...

You've truly...

disappointed me.

Father,

the sigil somehow formed a bond

with Feng Zhilou when the Yang poison

nearly killed me,

and I haven't been able to remove it.

I left her the Icebound Sword

upon returning to the sanctuary,

all to safeguard the sigil.

The sigil is your reverse scale.

If it can't be removed,

it means you formed a blood oath with that woman.

Unless she dies and her soul's destroyed,

the blood oath won't break,

and the sigil won't return to you.

Father,

Zhilou saved my life.

I can't repay kindness with betrayal,

and I won't leave her to die.

So...

So, are you willing

to give up the sigil and abandon

your marriage to the Wujing Saintess,

all for a human girl from the mortal realm?

Will you just stand by while the sanctuary falls,

the Demons invade,

and the world burns?

Father,

I can't believe

you'd pin the fate of every living being...

on a single marriage.

Do not talk back!

Father,

I'm only trying

to protect the sanctuary

and all living beings in my own way.

Kill Feng Zhilou,

reclaim the sigil,

and marry the Wujing Saintess.

Those are the only choices

you have left.

Father,

Zhilou is one of those countless lives, too.

She's also the one who saved me!

Even without the sigil,

I can still protect the sanctuary

and everyone in this world!

Uncle Qingyun,

what's Feng Qingfeng trying to do?

Silly child.

All these years, your father's done far more for you than you realize.

He may seem strict,

but it's only to keep others from hurting you.

When the Lenghou family tried to come after you last time,

he had to discipline you first,

so they wouldn't take the chance to go too far.

Qingyun, promise me,

no matter what happens,

you'll take good care

of Zhilou for me.

Every time he scolds you,

he feels awful about it afterward

and always has me bring you soup and medicine.

Who gave you the right to use the family punishment?

I'm the head of the Feng family.

Do my words

mean nothing to you?

You're born unable to cultivate,

and yet you want to leave the Feng family

to fight alongside the Dragons.

Some people are born losers!

Let's go!

Do you know

how guilty he feels every time he sees

you being called a loser?

Do you realize you're wrong

for bullying Zhilou?

He could only discipline Feng Yunqiao in secret.

Perhaps that's why

Yunqiao resents you.

Mother.

Mother.

Is that you?

He wishes he could see your mother, too,

but he's powerless.

Your father was harsh and distant

only because he had no other way

to protect you.

He'd rather be the villain in your eyes,

but he's never forgotten

that he is your father

and you are his daughter.

My father...

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father, open the door!

Please come in here,

Father.

Feng Qingfeng,

I'll never oppose you again.

Father!

You're fueling this flame with your own life to fight against me.

As the seventy-second head of the Feng family,

I swear to protect it with my life!

Father!

Feng Qingfeng!

Mr. Feng.

(I let my pride get the better of me.)

Mr. Feng.

(Without Shang)

(and the Dragons,)

(I'm still the Feng Zhilou who has nothing.)

(This is who I am,)

(and the Feng family is the same.)

Feng Zhilou,

no one in your family

walks away alive today!

You survived?

Isn't that obvious?

Fear is finally kicking in.

Isn't it a little late for that?

Without the Dragons' protection,

you and the Feng family

are nothing but dust to me!

Utterly insignificant!

Father.

I will kill you!

I won't let you...

hurt anyone in the Feng family...

ever again.

Do you really believe

a loser like you is fit to stop me?

My father never bowed to you,

and I, Feng Zhilou,

won't either.

Nine spiritual roots?

That's nine spiritual roots.

Zhilou is the true martial prodigy!

Impossible.

Impossible!

This is all bluff!

Zhilou.

The phoenix isn't born dazzling

but will eventually soar.

Prepare for your rebirth.

♪Like fireflies flicker through wild grass, fleeting light♪

(Sky high, clouds light.)

♪Like evening breeze that stirs soft hair in twilight♪

(Southeast flows to the sea.)

♪Like fleeting thoughts that surge and then unwind♪

(One thought, all forgotten.)

♪Chance meetings fade, just empty rooms left behind♪

(Breeze chasing the moon.)

(A thousand miles of ice.)

(Mind and spirit as one.)

♪Light as a feather, yet it sank an island deep in me♪

(No thoughts.)

(No fear.)

(Unpredictable.)

♪In that one moment, life's grip I couldn't break or sway♪

♪Leaving me lost in memories, small and fading away♪

(I can feel)

(the power inside me.)

(This is your power.)

(It's yours to command now.)

♪Like fireflies flicker through wild grass, fleeting light♪

♪Like evening breeze that stirs soft hair in twilight♪

♪Like fleeting thoughts that surge and then unwind♪

♪Chance meetings fade, just empty rooms left behind♪

♪You brought a wave that stirred a wild, restless sea♪

♪Light as a feather, yet it sank an island deep in me♪

It seems your punishment was far too light.

My benefactor is in danger.

I only wanted to make sure she was safe.

Enough.

You've repaid your debt.

Your ties with her end here.

Now, you can focus entirely

on your marriage to the Saintess.

News just came from Wujing City.

The city lord's daughter,

Liluo,

carries the Wujing Saintess' bloodline.

In three days,

you'll go to Wujing City yourself and confirm it.

You shall show no further disobedience.

Yes, Father.

Don't waste any more time.

The moment that human girl dies and her soul's gone,

reclaim the sigil at once.

Understood.

♪Like petals fall, gone with the clouds♪

♪Like stars fade fast in open skies♪

♪Like snowflakes melting softly in the evening haze♪

♪Like your fleeting glance that gave me one brief dream's grace♪

♪Like fireflies flicker through wild grass, fleeting light♪

♪Like evening breeze that stirs soft hair in twilight♪

♪Like fleeting thoughts that surge and then unwind♪

♪Chance meetings fade, just empty rooms left behind♪

♪You brought a wave that stirred a wild, restless sea♪

♪Light as a feather, yet it sank an island deep in me♪

♪In that one moment, life's grip I couldn't break or sway♪

♪Leaving me lost in memories, small and fading away♪