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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 18=

I heard from the elders

that you finally recognized

your place and duty beneath the Tree of Life.

No matter whether Moshang or I become Dragon King,

we will never forget

the mission we were born with.

We should support each other

and safeguard both the sanctuary and the mortal realm.

Today, the sanctuary

will hold the Wujing Saintess'

inspection ritual together.

Father, please grant me one more chance.

If that is your wish,

then you and the elders

shall travel to Wujing City to represent the sanctuary.

Watch Moshang complete

the Wujing Saintess' inspection ritual as promised.

No mistake is allowed.

It is my honor to offer my humble efforts

to the sanctuary.

I will ensure the ritual goes smoothly

to ease the burdens

of you and Moshang.

Young Master,

it's time to depart for War God's Hall.

Have you seen Zhilou?

(Youyun Pavilion)

I hope...

everything goes well today.

I will await your return.

Young Master.

Wait for me.

Moshang,

you don't look

very happy.

Oh, right. Where is that village girl you nearly died protecting?

Did she not come to witness the ritual?

I warn you.

Don't touch Feng Zhilou.

Moshang,

you are truly pitiful.

You stand so close to her,

yet she has no right to stand by your side.

In the end,

you are destined to become another's husband.

What's wrong?

Struck a nerve?

You're displeased?

Greetings, Your Highness.

The Wujing Saintess' inspection ritual now begins!

It worked.

It worked.

Look.

Seems like

Princess Liluo of Wujing

truly bears the Wujing Saintess' bloodline.

Your Highness,

Elders,

the inspection ritual is complete.

Princess Liluo of Wujing

is indeed the Wujing Saintess' descendant.

In that case,

we shall return to the sanctuary

and begin preparations for my brother

and Princess Liluo's wedding.

We kindly ask the sanctuary to oversee

Liluo's wedding with His Highness.

(Why does she look exactly like my mother?)

Hold on.

Before we return to the sanctuary,

I must resolve a question in my mind.

This matter

concerns the safety of the sanctuary and the mortal realm.

Li Yue,

at your age,

how do you still look so young?

Do none of you find this strange?

I didn't think so before.

Now that he mentions it,

it seems quite strange.

Right.

He's right.

Your Highness, you know the truth.

It's because I carry the Wujing Saintess' bloodline

and have taken life-prolonging tonics for many years.

Is it tonics...

or forbidden arts?

Moshang,

today is supposed to be your big day.

Do you understand what you're saying?

Today is just the Wujing Saintess' inspection ritual.

Where is this "big day" of mine?

Rongzhi,

do you even understand

what you're saying?

Young Master,

with the Wujing Saintess' bloodline

and years of martial cultivation,

even as a human,

her lifespan

far exceeds that of ordinary people.

Remaining youthful

for decades is normal.

If you hadn't long consumed human blood

and used forbidden arts to preserve your looks,

tainting yourself with blood poison,

you wouldn't look like a withered crone

or suffer unbearable pain

when the poison flares.

Is that true?

She consumed human blood?

Your Highness,

do not heed such rumors.

I stand before you healthy.

And Liluo

has been confirmed as the Wujing Saintess' descendant.

I am the Wujing City Lord.

Why would I consume human blood?

In truth, my visit here today

was not only to confirm

the Wujing Saintess' identity.

More importantly,

I came to inform Wujing

that I am canceling my engagement to Liluo.

Moshang,

there are so many people here today.

Are you really announcing that you're ending your engagement,

giving up marrying the Wujing Saintess,

and abandoning your claim to the Dragon King's throne?

Marrying the Wujing Saintess

was always the sanctuary's decision.

Don't forget the Dragon King's Decree.

Only the Dragon Prince who weds the Wujing Saintess

can become the true Dragon King.

I'll say it again.

Whether I marry the Wujing Saintess

has nothing to do with whether I'm worthy

of becoming Dragon King or whether

I can save the sanctuary and all life

in the world.

Chu Moshang,

you acted on your own,

disrupting the union between the sanctuary and Wujing.

How do you plan to answer

to us and to the Dragon King?

I will

return to the sanctuary

and explain everything to Father.

You need not worry.

Very well.

Moshang,

you said it yourself.

When the time comes,

don't blame me for being ruthless.

Why...

Why is this happening?

I have already passed

the inspection ritual.

Why did the Dragon Princes leave?

Why would Prince Shang give up

his engagement to me?

Give me an explanation!

Elders,

is this the sanctuary's idea

of sincerity toward Wujing?

Breaking your word

and toying with us like this?

This is an emergency.

Just wait for news from the sanctuary.

Elders,

for the sake of the sanctuary

and the future of the mortal realm,

you would not dare go against

the Dragon King's Decree, would you?

Of course.

Elders!

My lord!

She fainted from shock.

Send her back to the Longevity Hall.

You wretch! How dare you disregard the safety of the sanctuary

and the mortal realm?

On your knees!

Father,

every word I said is true.

Li Yue's strange illness

has worsened over the past 18 years.

Those who served her and treated her

have died one after another.

The physician closest to her

is a mute girl.

I sent you to the mortal realm to retrieve the sigil

and verify the Wujing Saintess' bloodline.

Not to meddle

in the petty schemes of the Humans.

If every human dispute

required our intervention,

why would the heavens grant power

to us Dragons?

Father,

this concerns the Dragon King's Decree.

What does it

have to do with Li Yue's illness?

Or with your refusal to marry?

Wujing City Lord, Li Yue,

is not of the Wujing Saintess' bloodline.

That is why

she suffers from blood poisoning.

If that's the case,

then Liluo is not the Wujing Saintess.

Moshang,

we've all witnessed

the verification

of Princess Liluo's identity

as the Wujing Saintess that day.

Now you're denying it

and making up such a bizarre excuse?

This isn't just about refusing the marriage, is it?

Is this

for your beloved,

Feng Zhilou?

I merely did what I believe is right.

Princess Liluo

lacks virtue.

She is cruel and violent.

She is unfit to bear

the title of Wujing Saintess.

We Dragons

can never take such a woman as Dragon Queen.

Seems like

you want both Feng Zhilou

and the Dragon King's throne.

Are you going to say

that the real Wujing Saintess

is Feng Zhilou?

Stop fanning the flames.

Whoever Feng Zhilou is

and whoever the Wujing Saintess may be,

the only one I long for

is Feng Zhilou.

Then today's inspection ritual

has become nothing but a joke.

Shang,

marry Liluo

and inherit the Dragon King's throne,

or be with Feng Zhilou, that human girl.

You can choose only one.

Father,

if inheriting the throne

means marrying Liluo,

then I would rather give up the throne.

I placed great hopes on you.

You're shouldering the fate of us Dragons

and the lives of all living beings.

Father,

have you ever considered

what the Wujing Saintess truly represents?

In ancient times, was she also

nothing more than a tool

to be married off to us?

Could a marriage alliance really summon the Dragon King's Decree,

restore the sanctuary's barrier,

and save the world?

I don't care who the Wujing Saintess is.

I care only for the barrier.

Liluo's bloodline has already been verified.

She is the Wujing Saintess.

That means she can fulfill

the Dragon King's prophecy. That is enough.

I will ask you once more.

Are you sure you want to give up

the Dragon King's throne

for an ordinary human girl?

Father,

the throne was never what I wanted.

What I want is to fail neither the people nor you.

Moshang,

you may have given Feng Zhilou

the sanctuary's sigil and the Fire Phoenix pendant,

but you cannot disregard

the Dragon King's Decree for her.

By doing so, you place our sanctuary

and the mortal realm in danger.

Young Master,

you actually gave Feng Zhilou

the Fire Phoenix pendant too?

Yes.

The Fire Phoenix pendant

is the token a Dragon Prince gives his wife.

It belongs to me.

I can give it to whomever I choose.

Besides,

Feng Zhilou is no ordinary girl.

She is the one I have chosen as my wife.

Calm down, Father.

Moshang was just like that in the mortal realm.

He rejected the marriage in public, abandoned the Saintess,

and disgraced Wujing City.

And now he dares defy me as well.

I believe Moshang acts this way today

only because he was blinded

by Feng Zhilou saving his life.

Our top priority now

is to calm Wujing City

and continue the alliance between us.

I'll leave the matters of Wujing City to you.

Don't disappoint me.

Yes, Father.

I endured all this suffering

to marry a Dragon.

And what did I get in return?

Public humiliation.

Your Grace,

nothing is decided yet.

Though Prince Shang acted impulsively,

as long as the Dragon King remains,

this marriage, meant for all life in the world,

must be fulfilled.

But haven't you seen

that he is starting to suspect

Mother's blood poisoning?

But today, you have proven before all

your bloodline as the Wujing Saintess.

Next, we just need to quickly finalize the marriage.

Everything will be settled.

Who could possibly go back on it?

It seems I have been far too soft-hearted.

I should have had Feng Zhilou killed

before she entered Wujing City.

Feng Zhilou must not be killed.

Yue's power as the Wujing Saintess

is pitifully weak now.

Feng Zhilou

is your spare blood vessel.

She must not be killed?

She must not be killed,

so I must let her walk over me?

Once I become the Dragon Queen,

I will have her turned into a dried corpse

to vent my frustration.

Inform Chu Xiaoyu

to prepare the blood-restoring tonic

and come with me to the dungeon.

That wicked woman is truly hateful.

Zhilou,

you have formidable martial skills.

Just storm in

and rescue your mother.

I can't.

Even if I fight my way

through the heavily guarded dungeon,

taking my mother out with me

would be difficult.

She has no martial skill now,

and her mind is clouded.

She could easily be harmed.

I can't take even the slightest risk.

Then what shall we do?

Just watch helplessly

as your mother

is bullied by that wicked woman?

The Dragon Prince

rejected the marriage publicly at the War God's Hall.

Liluo will surely draw blood again.

Let's enter the dungeon again.

(Liluo told me to prepare the tonic)

(and go to the dungeon with her.)

♪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♪