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[The World of Fantasy]

[Episode 1]

[Qin Lie]

It's Yao Yao's father.

Watch out.

There's a spirit beast.

[Ling Ying, Ling Xin]

Silver Flame Spider.

I think it's the one that killed Yao Yao's father.

Look out!

[Icestone City]

I heard that at this time of the year,

[Young Master of Xingyun Pavilion, Du Shao Yang]

the moon at Ling Borough is the prettiest

and the brightest.

Have you ever seen it?

If you want to know if it's true or not,

go and find out for yourself.

Father.

[Acting Master of Xingyun Pavilion, Du Hai Tian]

Shao Yang,

Go to Ling Borough and marry a woman.

Yes, Father.

Aren't you curious about

what kind of woman I'm asking you to marry?

It's just a woman.

[Ling Yu Shi]

Watch out!

He's exhausted his thunder energy.

Qin Lie, use the Thunder Storage Jade Plate.

Yu Shi.

Yu Shi, what are you doing here?

Yao Yao is sick.

So I went to see her.

I learned that her father and brother

have come to the snowfield to hunt for beast cores

to cure her illness.

Unfortunately,

I was too late.

She's so silly.

She could've just told us she needed the beast core.

We'll get it for her.

Yao Yao is an outlander.

She's prideful

and hates being looked down upon.

In this land of ice and snow,

whether you're an outlander or a cultivator,

the only way to survive is by helping each other out.

Don't cry.

If you cry,

it means you're resigning yourself to fate.

Father of Yao Yao,

you were too reckless.

One more day,

and it'll be full moon.

Outlanders

are born without Natal Palaces.

So what?

We're all part of the Ling family.

Come on, let's go home.

Let's watch this year's moon together.

Then we can say our goodbyes.

The spirit tide hasn't been receded yet.

It's dangerous in the snowfield.

Besides, you haven't recovered from the fire poison yet.

Next time...

I'm worried about you.

If I'm really in danger,

worrying about me won't help.

[Ling Borough]

[Hua Yu Xin]

Qin Lie, you're awake.

You again.

Who else would care so much about you other than me?

Were you having that dream again?

You saw yourself

dressed bizarrely and

standing in front of that palace again?

And there were also those four puzzling paintings?

The book says

you're having this dream

because you're thinking of moving into a new house.

The last book said

I was thinking of women.

This time,

it's houses?

My friend,

stop reading that claptrap.

It's messing with your head.

Qin Lie,

do you think maybe your dream

has something to do with

the Soul Suppressing Orb in your head?

This Soul Suppressing Orb is sealing

my memories from before I was ten.

I have no idea who put it in my head.

I need to practise my artefact forging skill.

And find out

how to seal the orb.

Then I'll use Thunderbolt

to crack it open.

Natal Opening Realm, Manifestation Realm, Netherpassage Realm.

In each new realm, one faces a thunder tribulation.

Surviving the thunder tribulation is one thing.

But with the Soul Suppressing Orb sealed inside your head,

you might miss it

and strike yourself dead instead.

If I can crack the orb open

before it kills me,

then at least I'll die with my memories.

It's worth it.

You have your reasons,

but I have mine too.

Please listen to me first.

Have you written it?

I have.

What did you write this year?

Xuan Xuan.

Xuan Xuan?

Why would you write Xuan Xuan's name?

I'm sensing hostility.

Hostility?

Qin Lie,

[Ling Xuan Xuan]

let's hunt for Feathered Beasts in Qiongying Hollow.

Xuan Xuan, the Feathered Beast

is the apex predator of the Refinement Realm.

Young Lady Xuan Xuan, if you want to kill yourself, have it your way.

Excuse me, but I intend to live longer.

There's a peddler in town.

The Feathered Beast fur cloak he's selling can keep out the cold and dust.

I really like it.

But Sister said

you've spent all the money on the Thunder Storage Jade Plate.

Even so, you should help me to hunt down the Feathered Beast.

Xuan Xuan, stop. Put it down.

The Thunder Storage Jade Plate

is filled with thunder energy. It may explode.

Then I'll blow up this shack

for my own satisfaction.

Look, this is Yu Xin's note for the Moon Ritual tonight.

How could you do this to Xuan Xuan?

I...

I'm so disappointed in you.

Xuan Xuan,

see for yourself.

Hua Yu Xin,

what did you write?

-Let me read it. -No.

-Hand it over. -No.

Hand it over.

Hua Yu Xin,

what did you write?

Stop there.

Stop right there.

[Ling Borough, Herb Mountain]

Yu Shi,

this is the morning dew collected

from Zhufuqing leaves.

Put it away carefully.

Qiongying fruit is delicate.

Only water it three drops every six hours.

Its flower takes three years to bloom

and three years to bear fruit.

It's the guiding herb that keeps Old Master alive.

Ling Ying,

Ling Borough relies on Xingyun Pavilion for survival.

For generations, we've grown herbs for a living.

We can't afford any mistakes here.

[Herb Mountain, hillside]

You're here.

You're only at the Refinement Realm,

and you could already produce so much thunder energy.

It'd probably take me

two years to achieve that.

The incantation Grandpa Qin Shan gave you is really amazing.

I assume it can only be found in a high-rank

continent above the Silver Class.

You're envious of me?

I offered to teach you long ago.

But you refused to learn.

I was born with a water spirit constitution,

and I'm suffering from fire poison.

I can only suppress with water spirit powers.

As for other types of spirit powers,

forget it.

Here, you must be hungry.

What do we have today?

All your favourite dishes.

Did you have that dream again last night?

The same dream.

That dream has been haunting you for ten years.

And you've been cultivating for ten years.

Since I've improved my Thunderbolt skill,

I must improve my artefact forging skill, too.

I need to open the Soul Suppressing Orb

to find out who I am

and everything that occurred in my dream.

Most importantly,

I need to find my grandfather.

You want to leave Ling Borough that badly?

I must keep cultivating.

I must go higher and farther.

For example,

the Artefact Forging Sect.

So

there is

nothing in Ling Borough

that's worth staying for?

By the way,

do you still have the Yixin leaf I gave you last year?

I used it up last night.

So I threw it away.

I'm sure you have more.

Your Yixin leaves only last a year.

Why don't you grow leaves

that can last a lifetime?

A lifetime is very long.

It's not that easy to grow something like that.

At least grow something that lasts ten years.

By the way, Yu Shi,

it'll be lively at the town tonight.

Today is the Moon Ritual. Of course it'll be lively.

After all, Ling Borough only gets

to see the moon once a year.

Have you written it?

I have. You?

I've written mine too.

What did you write?

Only the moon knows it.

But

don't you want to find out what I wrote?

Only the moon knows it.

I'm not finished yet.

You've eaten enough.

You'll be overstuffed if I don't stop you.

If you want to hug him, just do it.

Run to him

and hug him.

The Yixin leaf's spirit fire

burns as brightly as a certain someone's infatuation.

But all fires go out eventually.

Yet someone here simply refuses to let it go out.

Although he doesn't even care,

you insist on giving him a leaf every year.

But don't you realise

he's only treating you as an arm,

which he can cut off and abandon anytime.

People can't live without their arms.

But people have two arms.

Sister,

he's a Thunderbolt practitioner.

He could be struck dead anytime.

But he is never afraid.

It means he cares

about no one in this world.

Including you.

What do you really like about him?

Ling Borough only sees the moonlight once a year.

Have you ever seen a shooting star

that only appears once in a century?

Ten years ago, the shooting star coincided

with the spirit tide, and we were overwhelmed by spirit beasts.

I was seriously wounded,

so I didn't see it.

I saw it.

With Qin Lie.

[It's the shooting star.]

[Qin Lie, make a wish now.]

[If you have a wish, you should seize it yourself.]

This man

is looking at the heavens,

yet he asks nothing from it.

I get it now.

Sister,

what this man wants to achieve

isn't in Ling Borough.

If he stays,

I'll stay with him.

If he wants to leave,

I won't hold him back.

Be it the snowfield of the far north,

or the land of gold and silver,

I love him

and only him.

Chief is here.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Today is the day we see the moon

which appears only once a year in Ling Borough.

Let's hear what our chief has to say, shall we?

Yes.

Everyone,

I'm not going to make a speech this year.

[Chief of the Ling Family, Ling Cheng Ye]

Instead,

I'm going to sing you all a song.

Yes, yes.

Xingyun Pavilion?

Du Shao Yang, Young Master of Xingyun Pavilion,

and Zhuo Qian, Deacon of Ye family, are here.

Where is the chief of the Ling family?

I, Ling Cheng Ye,

greet you, Young Master Du,

on behalf of Ling Borough.

Deacon Zhuo.

Which one of you is Qin Lie?

Seize him.

Stop.

Kneel.

You haven't explained anything.

Why should I kneel?

Kneel.

Three months ago, on the ninth day of the month,

where were you?

Can you remember

what happened three months ago?

Deacon Zhuo,

did Qin Lie do anything wrong?

All the people of Ling Borough

ever do is plant herbs and hunt beasts.

Nothing else.

As for what we have done on a certain date,

those are the only things that we did.

If you want a specific answer,

I'm afraid it's a bit difficult for us to provide it.

Difficult to answer?

That means you have no answer.

In that case,

Qin Lie has no alibi

for slaughtering 33 outlander villages

with Thunderbolt.

33 villages.

Thousands of lives.

All killed by the Thunderbolt skill.

In all of the far north,

the only person who practices Thunderbolt

is you, Qin Lie from Ling Borough.

The snowfield is vast.

How can you be sure there isn't a second Thunderbolt cultivator?

Qin Lie,

where were you last night?

We were hunting in the snowfield last night.

We even killed a Silver Flame Spider.

We, and the spider's corpse,

are your witness and proof.

I was talking to Qin Lie.

Why are you answering?

Young Lady Yu Shi, you and Qin Lie are close.

It's understandable that you're covering up for him.

Ling Borough is a tight knit family.

Besides, my sister is telling the truth.

She isn't covering up for him.

Why didn't you say anything?

Aren't you going to defend yourself?

Don't you know what day it is?

I do.

Let's not ruin the festivities.

After tonight,

you can ask me whatever you want.

You won't run away?

I won't.

Good.

No.

Why not?

What if he finds a chance to escape?

Lock him up.

The Lings always were harmonious people.

No one has committed a crime before.

So we don't have any jails here.

Put him in the woodshed.

The men of the Ye family will guard the inner court.

The men of the Du family will guard the outer court.

Lead the way.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

Recently,

several outlander villagers

have been killed by Thunderbolt.

Everyone

[Ling Xiang, Ling Bo, Ling Kang An]

thought Qin Lie was the murderer.

After the investigation,

Qin Lie was vindicated.

It was just a misunderstanding.

Yes, yes.

Just a misunderstanding.

A misunderstanding.

We apologise.

Misunderstanding.

I know you feel indignant.

But to us,

your defence is only a joke.

If Du Shao Yang says you're the murderer,

then you're the murderer.

The old master is suffering a serious injury.

The Du and Ye families are fighting for the new master's seat.

So the Du family wants to gain the Ling family's support.

If the Ling family wants to protect me,

they have no choice but to side with the Du family.

So you're not stupid.

Kid, I can save you.

But I have one condition.

No need.

Lock the door.

l'm going to sleep.

-Lock it up. -Yes.

Yu Xin.

Yu Shi, have you seen Xuan Xuan?

Where is Xuan Xuan?

I'm not dead, bookworm.

Qin Lie has been locked up in the woodshed.

He...

I suggested the place.

Get what I mean?

You mean the tunnel I used

to meet with you when we were kids?

Later, when no one is looking,

you'll help him escape.

Qin Lie will not come out.

Is he trying to get himself killed?

Qin Lie,

if you don't work with me,

you will have no chance to live.

Qin Lie?

You're pretending to be asleep?

You're going to die, and you're pretending to sleep?

Qin Lie,

you've escaped.

Come on. Let's leave Ling Borough.

Leave?

Why should I leave?

I sneaked out to see the moon.

Not to run away.

Yu Shi really does know you well.

Xuan Xuan said you're going to die for sure.

You must leave.

Go back. I have things to think about.

Leave me alone.

Are you waiting for the moon or are you thinking about things?

Can't I do both?

Why haven't you passed out?

Yu Xin,

carry my message to the chief.

Tell him the Ye family wants to use me to get Ling Borough's support.

Ask the chief how he wants to handle it.

Go now.

Sneaking out as a suspect

just to see the moon.

Is it worth it?

We can see the moon at Xingyun Pavilion every night.

I heard the moon at Xingyun Pavilion

is faint

and dim.

Nothing compared to the moon at Ling Borough

which appears every year

clear and bright.

Where do you set your sights at?

Purple Mist Sea?

Artefact Forging Sect.

That far?

It's just the starting point.

Are you curious what's there?

Here in the far north,

people would kill

to get into Xingyun Pavilion.

They think Xingyun Pavilion

is the most glamorous place in Chilan Continent.

Little do they know that Xingyun Pavilion

is the lowest

Bluestone Class in Chilan Continent.

People have no idea

how big the world is.

Do you have bigger ambitions?

All my life, I've been looking

for a kindred spirit.

Someone with high aspirations like me.

An equal with whom

I can explore

heaven and hell.

I noticed you

watching from the sidelines.

You obviously came here to convict me,

but you let Deacon Zhuo

do all the talking.

You're a scheming person.

Looking for a kindred spirit?

More like

looking for a

partner in crime.

The Spirit Realm is huge.

The Chilan Continent

is just a little speckle

at the edge of the realm.

And in the vast far north,

your family

is even more insignificant.

What's the use in having high ambitions?

Without anyone to help you,

you might not even survive tonight,

let alone get out of Ling Borough.

You came all the way here

just to investigate the case?

You have no other purpose?

Why did you change the subject?

Because I don't think we're hitting it off.

Get back to the woodshed. Don't make me attack you.