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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 11=

This place...

I feel like I've been here before.

Maybe it was in that illusion.

Who's there?

Why are you sneaking around?

Zhilou?

Uncle Qingyun?

I finally found you.

Where did you go?

Are you alright?

Did you get hurt?

I'm fine.

Patrols are everywhere.

I just saw a group

forcing a bunch of girls

onto a carriage.

Their cries sounded awful.

Should we help them?

Did they head toward the cave in the back?

I heard

they were taking some mountain path to Wujing.

Wujing?

What's going on?

Zhilou,

something's off.

We need to split up.

Fei Yuan, Bai Lu,

go with my uncle and stop that carriage.

I'll check the cave with Chu Moshang.

Zhilou,

that cave is dangerous.

I won't allow you to go.

Uncle Qingyun,

I'm not that useless girl I used to be.

Don't worry.

I'll keep her safe.

Even through the barrier, I can feel the chill coming from inside.

Looks like this is the Frigid Zone.

Feng Zhilou,

your body can't stand it.

We're already at the entrance, and you're trying to stop me?

I know

you've always wanted to fight alongside the Dragons.

♪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♪

♪The tears froze into a blade's edge♪

♪Healing wounds that fate engraved♪

♪One life to live, one final goal♪

♪I would not ask for love that shakes the soul♪

♪I only wish fate would echo♪

Are you still cold?

What did you feed me just now?

A dragon pearl.

A dragon pearl?

This sacred land was formed

from a thousand-year frozen spring.

It's the Frigid Zone.

Without the dragon pearl protecting you,

you'd freeze solid like a block of ice

in just a few minutes.

But the dragon pearl

is the foundation of your cultivation.

If you gave it to me,

what about you?

I'm a Dragon.

I'll be fine.

♪A burning heart tempers a blade of frost♪

But your pulse is getting weaker.

This has nothing to do with the dragon pearl.

Then what's going on with your body?

I already cleared the poison.

Why do you still have internal injuries?

I made a mistake.

Being punished is what I deserve.

It's my fault.

You came back

and I didn't even check on you.

I didn't notice

how badly you were injured.

I always thought

nothing could really harm the Dragons.

Once we get out of here,

I'll be fine

in a few days.

I can't take off my sigil right now.

I've sealed the Icebound Sword away.

And this dragon pearl...

No.

I need to figure out how to get it out.

Once the pearl circulates through your body for a day,

I'll remove it for you.

And what about you?

If I get cold,

just keep me warm.

Don't let me freeze to death.

You really know how to joke now.

So this is the Sacred Ancestor Cavern?

Feng Zhilou, you're scared of nothing...

except this?

These are human bones.

Do you think these bones

could belong to those innocent girls?

Doesn't look like it.

Someone actually

came all the way in here to bring me food?

Stop hiding

and show yourself!

Ignorant brat!

I am of the Dragons' Sacred Ancestors.

Only a sacred being like me

can survive in the Frigid Zone.

You trespass in my territory

and still dare speak disrespectfully?

He's a Dragon?

Just a flood dragon.

So what?

Give me a few more years, and I'll be a true Dragon.

Funny.

You're almost a Dragon,

but he's a true Dragon.

- Better come out and pay your respects. - How dare you underestimate me?

All bark and no bite.

I'll meet this Sacred Ancestor.

- Why don't you take a seat over there? - Okay.

You...

(Hunbao, Sacred Lord of the Serpents)

You nasty woman, how dare you bully me?

At your age and acting like this? Call me a nasty woman?

- Who taught you that? - You hit way too hard!

I'm the great Sacred Ancestor of the Serpents. No one's ever laid a hand on me!

A few more hits will do him good.

Spill it!

Why did you use such cruel methods

to force the entire Serpents

into worshipping you?

I nourished the Serpent Forest with my power.

They served me

and kept me satisfied.

How is that cruel?

You consume human blood and flesh to power your cultivation.

And you're saying you're not cruel?

Pah!

Human blood is disgusting.

I'd never drink that.

I only eat the livestock they offer me.

How dare you lie to me?

Roast chicken.

I love roast chicken the most!

This is embarrassing.

I've completely lost my pride.

I said I don't eat humans, and I mean it.

The Serpents

have always fed me livestock.

See it for yourself.

Here's a goat.

Here's some roast chicken.

Maybe a bit too much,

but I love roast chicken.

There are no human bones here.

How do you explain the Serpents

offering you live humans?

That's just a rumor!

I've been trapped here for centuries.

I've never seen anyone bring living sacrifices.

So you're trapped here?

That barrier

allows entry but no exit.

Both of you are stuck here too.

I know this place inside out.

With me, the Sacred Ancestor, here,

you won't be short of food or shelter.

Drop the "Sacred Ancestor" title, will you?

You can't leave

because your cultivation is too weak.

But

he's different.

He's about to freeze to death.

Chu Moshang!

Chu Moshang, wake up!

Don't scare me.

This place is full of frigid energy.

If he stays too long,

he'll freeze to death.

What should I do?

You both carry the Dragons' energy.

Do you have a dragon pearl inside you?

Your warmth could keep him alive.

You're right.

Miss,

are you kidding me?

You have to hold him.

Stay close and share your breath.

That's the only way the dragon pearl will work.

Hurry up.

Stop hesitating.

If not, none of us are getting out.

Then turn around.

Hurry up.

Take your clothes off.

You're not even human.

Don't you have any shame?

This is called being upfront with each other.

I asked for ten girls.

Why are there only a few?

Everyone wants sons now.

When a girl is born,

she's either sold or given away.

They're getting rarer and rarer.

Keep in mind.

Mr. Wang and Mr. Liu warned

that if they don't get enough people...

I'll think of another way.

You mortals are way too complicated.

Do it now.

Let's go.

Let's go.

What's wrong?

- Let's go now. - My legs are numb from squatting.

You're really good for nothing.

Who are you?

By seniority, you should call me great-grandpa.

And I'm your great-grandma.

Just call me Mr. Feng.

We can't let them get away!

Let them run a few miles.

Save the kids first.

Come on.

Come.

Take it slow.

Take these children somewhere safe.

I'll check again.

Let's go.

(You've finally come.)

Who?

Who's talking to me?

Where am I?

(I'll defend this sacred ground to my last breath!)

(No demon from the nether realm will dare harm my kind!)

You're awake.

Did you rest well?

How about you?

Are you okay now?

You already returned the dragon pearl to me.

Of course I'm fine.

Don't overthink it.

I just didn't want you to freeze to death here.

Do you

feel anything unusual in your body?

Right.

After I returned the pearl to you,

I felt my body

filling with power.

I had a dream just now.

I feel even more clarity in myself now.

I feel different

from before.

That means the dragon pearl

was working on your body.

Are you saying

you gave me the dragon pearl

to strengthen my cultivation?

Wujing is full of danger.

I just wanted you

to have a stronger way to protect yourself.

He's awake!

He's still alive!

Can we leave now?

Take me out of here!

Aren't you the Sacred Ancestor?

This is your domain.

Why do you want to leave?

Sacred Ancestor my foot.

I'm just a weak, helpless flood dragon.

It's been nine hundred years.

Countless beasts and venomous creatures tore each other apart.

In the end,

I'm the only pitiful thing left.

I'm begging you.

Please take me out of here.

Don't leave me locked up here alone.

You really have no idea

where the sacrificed girls were taken?

Miss,

I swear, I honestly don't know.

The Serpent elders

must have moved them somewhere else.

Maybe we can find the answers

from Fei Yuan and Bai Lu.

Miss,

can we please talk outside?

Sure.

But you have to promise me

that once we're out,

you'll help me expose the Serpents' lies.

If not, I'll...

Miss,

I'll do whatever you say.

You've always treated me well. Who else would I listen to?

I'm begging you.

Please take me out of here.

I may not have a dragon pearl,

but I still have my inner core.

I can protect you.

I'd risk my life for you.

Don't be afraid, child.

It's been nine hundred years.

I'm finally free.

Glory to the Dragons! Long live my saviors!

Farewell.

I... I was wrong.

Serpent tribesmen,

this foreign man attacked us

and ambushed our people.

He even freed the Saint Ancestor's offering

and has deeply offended our Ancestor.

For this crime,

we will bury this foreign man

and the mother and daughter

alive as an offering

to soothe the Saint Ancestor's spirit.

That's right.

Bury him!

Bury him!

He must be buried alive!

Let me go!

What are you doing?

Stop it!

Elder Luo,

you're killing innocent people.

Who do you think you are?

How dare you defy the Saint Ancestor's will?

Is this truly the Ancestor's will,

or just your decision?

You're in on it too?

Someone!

Tie her up!

She'll be buried with them!

Serpent tribesmen,

please listen to me.

Who is she?

♪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♪