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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 17=

Young Master,

the demonic energy invasion is far worse than before.

You fought on your own.

Your wounds are serious.

You should return to the sanctuary to heal.

I'm fine.

Zhilou will treat me here.

Zhilou again.

She's all you ever think about.

Is that a problem?

Do you expect him to think about you?

Young Master has his own plans.

Plans?

This is what you call plans?

What's that supposed to mean? Are you blaming me?

I would never blame you.

- Watch your attitude. - I...

- It's all your fault. - It's all your fault.

Young Lord.

Just call me Li Yan.

The salve Xiaoyu made for you

slowly formed

a protective layer over your eyes over the years.

Using Xiaoyu's medical texts,

I looked over your past condition

and wrote this prescription.

As long as you keep using it,

perhaps one day you'll see the light again.

Thank you, Zhilou.

You know my mother's temper is unpredictable.

Yet, you still risked your life to treat her.

And now you're trying to restore my sight.

I don't know how to repay you.

You owe me nothing, Young Lord.

(I wonder)

(when he'll finally see again.)

All I can say is he may regain some vision.

But I'm not sure how much.

He...

may not fully recover.

How much will I be able to see?

Only what's right before you.

It's okay.

If that's the case,

I can see the one standing before me.

Dragon God, it has only been a day.

How are you already this drained?

Where's Feng Zhilou?

We need her to treat Young Master.

She's treating Young Lord's eyes.

She's very busy.

Bai Lu,

go fetch Feng Zhilou.

I'll go.

Don't disturb Feng Zhilou

while she's treating patients.

You're injured and still have

the energy to get jealous?

What do you know, kid?

Hey, I'm 900 years old.

What 900-year-old plays with a bamboo-copter?

It's called experiencing the mortal way.

Have you even tried it? You stupid bird.

You're the stupid bird.

- You stupid flood dragon. - You're stupider.

You're worse.

- Stupid! - Stupid!

You overgrown snake!

Childish.

You stupid overgrown snake.

Your Grace,

our situation is becoming dire.

Yue is growing weaker by the day.

Her blood

barely sustains Her Lordship now,

let alone you.

Taking blood from Feng Zhilou

is not possible.

Chu Moshang will keep a tight watch on her.

That makes Yue's blood even more precious.

If that day really comes,

the only one I can look out for is myself.

The most important thing now

is to have the sanctuary confirm my identity.

So Yue will willingly cling to life

until my wedding day.

Your Grace,

once you begin,

you'll end up just like Her Lordship.

Do I even have a choice?

The only person

I can rely on is myself.

Only by becoming the true Dragon Queen

can I gain real power and status.

(Yingyue Palace)

(Youyun Pavilion)

Miss Zhilou,

Young Lord and Chu Xiaoyu have already left.

May I speak with you?

Go on.

It was wrong of us to hide Young Master's true identity.

But he's injured now.

Could you set aside your grievances

and help treat him?

How is...

your wound?

How do you feel?

Better.

Then rest early.

Zhilou. There's something I want to tell you.

What more is there to say?

After I was wounded by the Demons,

I remembered the first time

I held the Icebound Sword

and accidentally cut myself.

Back then, my father did not comfort me.

He told me

that as his eldest son,

guarding the sanctuary

was a duty I was born with.

If the sanctuary ever falls

and the Demons invade,

I shouldn't hesitate

to give my life.

And if I want to become Dragon King,

I'll have to follow the Dragon King's Decree.

Marry the Wujing Saintess.

Back then, I treated it only as an order.

I doubted it

but didn't know how to resist.

You think of everyone else,

except yourself.

Heaven showed me mercy

by letting me meet you when my life hung by a thread.

Zhilou,

I am fond of you.

You're the only one I wish

to spend my life with.

There's no affection between me and Liluo.

If we marry blindly,

it wouldn't

be fair

to you, me,

or even her.

But...

I will complete the task my father assigned.

I will attend the Wujing Saintess' inspection ritual.

But after the ritual ends,

I will report to my father

to dissolve the betrothal with Liluo.

I know what you're worried about.

But don't you think...

entrusting the safety of the world

to a political marriage

is absurd?

Even without this marriage,

I am still a Dragon.

Ever since I took up the Icebound Sword,

guarding the sanctuary

has been my purpose in this life.

But if you do that,

your path will only become harder.

People only care about the outcome.

They never see the struggles

you faced along the way.

They will only scold you

for forsaking your duty

for a human girl.

You'll be insulted as well,

possibly even more than me.

I, Feng Zhilou,

grew up under people's contempt.

I'm not afraid.

Then if one day,

the Demons invade,

will you stand with me against them?

That was already my dream

before I met you.

If I cannot even protect the one I love,

how could I protect all life in the world?

Li Yue

has a face far older than her years

and is riddled with sickness.

Her voice

sounds like that of a 100-year-old woman.

Not only that,

her skin and body

are like withered wood,

far too aged.

I noticed this condition

in the Demons during my recent

demon hunt as well.

When demonic energy invades humans,

it causes rapid demonization.

If they don't drink human blood in time,

they wither like dead branches

and suffer excruciating pain.

This is why the Demons

could wipe out human villages.

So you're saying

she was never taking

any life-prolonging tonic,

but human blood?

The blood she drank

couldn't fuse with her own,

so it poisoned her from within.

Did Li Yue

keep a human blood vessel

just to feed her blood needs

and keep herself young?

That is horrifying.

(I remember something. Come with me.)

(Li Yue isn't of the Saintess bloodline.)

(She must drink the Saintess' blood to stay young.)

Those who drink blood inherit its powers,

but long-term use

causes backlash,

leading to blood poisoning.

In the end,

they die violently.

That old fiend is close by.

Search every corner!

Xiaoyu,

I can't escape this time.

No.

- Stay hidden here. - No, Grandpa.

Come out when it's quiet outside.

Remember the medical texts

and prescriptions I left you.

Remember every single word.

This is the final hope

I passed down to you.

Grandpa!

Don't go.

Let's go together.

Xiaoyu,

life will be very hard

in the days to come.

But

you must also remember.

You are a physician.

You can cure others,

and you can cure yourself too.

Keep searching!

Yes.

No.

Hurry!

Grandpa!

Go in.

Grandpa.

Can a green hand

really treat my headache?

Mother,

she's the apprentice

that old quack left behind.

We were going to kill her with him.

But she turned out to be an orphan,

and she knows medicine well.

I figured

she might be more useful than that old man.

Can you read and write?

I can only read

the labels in the apothecary,

but I can't write.

Because...

they won't let me write prescriptions.

Without a voice,

she can't speak out.

Xiaoyu,

don't be afraid.

With me here,

no one will ever bully you again.

Good thing you secretly learned to write

and recorded everything.

Otherwise,

what they did to you

would never be known.

The Wujing City Lord

and that Dark Dhuta beside her

are truly vicious.

I must report this to my father.

Don't act rashly yet.

Find evidence first.

No.

I'm not worried about the ritual

or the engagement.

I just don't want to spook them.

I don't want to endanger

the poor soul giving Li Yue her blood.

Zhilou,

welcome back.

Hunbao?

Zhilou,

why didn't you have Young Master

wipe out those villains in Longevity Hall

all in one go?

Are you still mad at him?

Of course not.

The inspection ritual

for the Wujing Saintess is about to begin.

No matter how many

cruel things Li Yue has done,

the Saintess exists

to protect the sanctuary

and the mortal realm.

I don't want to trouble Chu Moshang.

In the end,

you're still thinking for Young Master.

Those villains

should just be bitten to death by vipers.

No, wait.

We snakes wouldn't want to bite her.

One day, I'll reveal the truth

about the blood poisoning

and give justice

to the victims.

Zhilou,

to support you,

I'll give you a treasure.

What treasure?

This was formed from the century-old

snake skin I shed.

Why are you disgusted?

It'll help you big time.

Zhilou, my cloak is magical, right?

With this on,

we can slip right in.

Hunbao,

you're unbelievable.

Zhilou,

how do we find the person

who provides blood for Wujing City Lord?

The inspection ritual is about to begin.

Li Yue may feel better after taking

the new tonic I made.

But if she wants her youth back, she'll have to drink blood again.

She'll definitely

entrust such secret matters

to her most trusted daughter, Liluo.

We'll just

wait for them to act.

Wait here.

Liluo.

Is that you?

Mother, it's me.

Zhilou,

it's your mother.

It's been days.

Did they do anything to you?

No.

It's almost the Wujing Saintess' inspection ritual.

Her Lordship wouldn't dare harm me.

Once my identity is confirmed,

I can get you out of here.

That's wonderful.

Liluo,

it's all my fault.

I made you

suffer with me in Wujing all these years.

Soon it will all be over.

Mother,

you've suffered worse.

Liluo.

Mother,

I'll take my leave now.

♪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♪