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[The Legends of Changing Destiny]

Episode 22

Stop sulking.

I can teach you

many ways to steal Rocky's heart.

You see.

Women

should be gentle, affectionate.

Don't glower

all the time.

Stop.

Enough about me.

Let's talk about Yang Yan.

Hey! I was trying

to help.

You're so cold.

Sleep. Let's sleep.

I'm not done yet.

Get up.

I have many questions for you.

How did you meet him? Tell me.

Yao Cunxin might have come to Qilai Mountain

without an ulterior motive.

But we should exercise caution

since she is Yang Yan's wife.

Tell everyone

to monitor her movement closely.

But don't let her find out.

Noted.

I will take her

to Mirror Sea Yao Palace tomorrow.

Get ready.

We

owe our neighbor

a special gift.

A special gift?

Are you

talking about the crustacean soldiers?

Are you King Rocky of Qilai Mountain?

Yes.

Greetings.

Where is Tingxin?

Shouldn't she be here to welcome me?

There she is.

Cunxin!

You came early.

Tingxin!

Father went to the Heavenly Court

for the routine report.

So I'll be receiving you.

It's been a while,

and you are prettier than before.

I am Shi Youwu.

This is a gift from Qilai Mountain.

I hope you'll like it.

Do deliver it to the Sea King.

What's inside?

Just a simple gift.

We have many treasures here.

Does it

compare to them?

The Yao Palace here

is resplendent.

Is it possible

to visit it?

Blue Fin.

Give King Rocky a tour.

Yes.

Come with me, sir.

I heard you ran away from home again.

Naughty, aren't you?

Your father is getting old.

You shouldn't throw a tantrum at him.

I didn't run away from home.

I left him a letter

to tell him that I'll be at Guanjiangkou.

All right. Let's go.

What?

Yang Lan likes Rocky?

She won't admit it,

but it's obvious.

Rocky will be my brother-in-law.

Not now,

but soon enough.

Yang Lan fights arm in arm

with her brother.

She is a formidable fighter,

so she will hold her future partner to a high standard.

If she likes Rocky,

it can only mean that this demon has something extraordinary.

Either way,

it takes one heck of a person

to order Yang Lan around.

Your future brother-in-law

is quite something.

You read too much into it.

Qilai Mountain is a secluded place,

and he doesn't have a lot of underlings.

I think

he is just a bigger rock demon.

Don't overthink it.

This way, please.

Have a look.

I am a warrior.

I prefer to look at weapons.

Weapons?

The Yao Palace has them.

I heard this palace houses a treasure.

Can I take a look?

Sir.

We have many treasures here.

Which one are you talking about?

Nine-Dragon Staff.

Nine-Dragon...

The Nine-Dragon Staff?

Let's go.

There are no guards here.

Are you sure

it won't be stolen?

It is a hefty item.

No one can steal it.

Besides, who would steal it?

(Qilai Mountain is still not strong enough to fight against the Heavenly Court.)

(If I steal the Nine-Dragon Staff,)

(I risk reprisals from high above.)

(I need a plan.)

He detained our soldiers,

and he has the gut to show up?

How disrespectful.

Calm down, Your Majesty.

If the rock demon wished to wage a war,

he would have sent us their heads.

Not soldier tokens.

Holding our soldiers captive

is just

a diplomatic gesture.

No ordinary demons do that.

I think the rock demon is strong

and knows how to negotiate.

In addition, he borrowed the Third Princess's hands

to deliver the soldier tokens.

Suffice to say, he is close to Yang Yan.

Your Majesty,

I suggest we stay put

for now.

We can retaliate

when the rock demon

attacks us.

Otherwise,

we risk crossing Yang Yan.

Yang Yan?

Tingxin.

What does Cunxin know?

Cunxin seems to be an outsider.

And Yang Lan seems to harbor

some sort of feelings toward the rock demon.

The rock demon didn't do anything

other than browse around?

He isn't impressed

by the treasures we have.

Except

for the Nine-Dragon Staff.

The Nine-Dragon Staff?

The Nine-Dragon Staff?

What does he want?

We have such a rowdy neighbor.

What a nuisance.

I can't stand it.

Let's attack.

Let's rise up and save the marshal!

Yes!

We will attack the gate defenders.

They

can't fight us anyway.

Let's attack.

Yes, let's go.

Silence!

You serve the Heavenly Realm.

How could you say that?

No.

I quit.

I will save the marshal.

Who wants to come with me?

Me!

Me!

Me too!

Me too!

What are you doing?

Remember your promise

to the marshal when he was taken away?

Huh?

I will do this even

if he'll behead me.

Tianren!

Tianheng!

You...

You...

Sound the drum!

Your Majesty!

The Tianhe Army is besieging the Nine Heavenly Gate.

They demand Beichen's freedom.

and his reinstatement.

They also demand that the traitor, Taibai Jixing, be punished.

How dare they?

How can this be?

Impossible.

Do they

truly view me as an incompetent ruler?

Per His Majesty's edict,

the Tianhe Army will be given a pardon

should they retreat from the Nine Heavenly Gate immediately.

Please release Marshal Beichen.

Or we won't leave.

Rid His Majesty of all unscrupulous ministers!

Rid His Majesty of all unscrupulous ministers!

Unbelievable!

How did it turn out like this?

(At the moment,)

(regardless of the outcome,)

(losing Beichen)

(would mean)

(losing our brightest man.)

Your Majesty.

Beichen's Moon Tree has blossomed.

No one can deny that.

He should be demoted to a mortal.

Your Majesty.

What Beichen did another day

already constituted the crime of irreverence.

Your Majesty, the mutinous Tianhe Army

proves that Beichen

has long wanted a rebellion.

He should be be headed and be served as a cautionary tale.

What is a mutiny if not an army

turning its back on its ruler?

Beichen

deserves capital punishment for that alone.

Why are you hesitating, Your Majesty?

We have enumerated his crimes.

Please give us an order.

Your Majesty.

If I may

say something...

Go ahead.

Thanks, Your Majesty.

There is a flower bud

on the Moon Tree.

After Fairy Nichang passed away,

it didn't wilt. Instead,

it blossomed.

It is a very suspicious phenomenon,

and I believe that even

the Moon Tree can be wrong at times.

It'll be a terrible waste if we lose a good marshal like this.

Hush!

You don't know what you're talking about.

Beichen is a traitor.

How is he a good marshal?

The Tianhe Army has achieved many feats.

Everyone bears witness

to Beichen's loyalty.

How is he a traitor?

You're just an assistant general.

How dare you desecrate the court with your deceptions?

The Moon Tree was wrong, you said?

Beichen confessed that he had feelings.

So the Moon Tree was never wrong.

A good marshal,

you said?

Who is pointing their weapons at us

before the Nine Heavenly Gate?

The way I see it,

General Flying Dragon.

General Flying Dragon

must be a mole Beichen planted here.

Since he's colluding with Beichen,

he should be incarcerated

and interrogated.

I'm sure we can find something.

Settle down, my ministers.

Flying Dragon is not wrong.

Moon Tree is a gift from the Heavenly Path.

Like the Book of Death of the Underworld.

Now that the Heavenly Path has been altered.

We have to take that into account.

I

will consult

the Venerable Master Wuji

before deciding.

But the Venerable One is traveling.

No one knows when he's coming back.

The Tianhe Army

is threatening us.

Your Majesty, you need to be decisive.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You must!

Or or enemies' morale will grow.

We await your judgment.

Your Majesty, please do not hurt your loyal servant.

Five days.

If the Venerable One does not appear in five days,

I will give all of you

a satisfactory answer.

It is a promise.

Chug!

Drink!

Oh, Beichen.

Look at him now.

That's right.

He acts all mighty before us,

but in front of the Heavenly Emperor and other deities,

he's nothing.

In fact,

he's their lapdog.

Exactly!

I don't feel for him at all.

Serve him right.

What's so nice

about being a deity anyway?

Touch a woman and you lose your head.

We here

can do whatever we want.

By the way,

now that the gate defenders and the Tianhe Army are fighting each other,

it's our time

to rise up.

Right.

Brother,

let's return to our base

and gather our forces.

Also,

don't forget

elixirs and artifacts.

Saurian demon.

Tell Yuzhen

to supply elixirs

and artifacts to us.

I count on you.

No problem.

Why her?

She only knows how to cozy up to someone.

Right.

She lays a mean honey trap.

That's right.

You have the play it smart.

And a honey trap isn't that easy to pull off.

Sometimes,

you have to have a brain,

not just brawn.

Don't you agree?

You lizard hag.

Enough.

Settle down.

Come.

Stop arguing.

Come.

Let's drink.

Hear, hear!

May

the six of us rise up again

and may Beichen suffer eternally.

That's right.

Right?

May we rise up again.

and may Beichen suffer eternally.

Come.

Come, saurian demon.

Come.

Take a break.

Don't overwork yourself.

No need.

The pill Dantong taught us to make

should be done by tonight.

I have to stay here all night.

It requires rare ingredients.

The rarest of which is the Pool of Wisdom, which you found.

So it should work.

My old man gave me the recipe

for this pill via Dantong.

I bet he just wants to make the situation worse.

Не

never misses his shot, does he?

Now that the gate defenders

and the Tianhe Army are fighting each other,

I have to use this time

to bolster our numbers.

But that

is not enough to fight the Heavenly Realm.

What's the matter?

Watch out!

What's going on?

No... It isn't what it looks like.

Carry on. Don't mind us.

They left!

Don't get the wrong idea!

Yang Lan.

It was... a close call.

I have to go now.

I have to admit

that everything feels easier.

in human form.

That's right.

Yes.

Yang Lan.

It's all thanks to your pills.

Exactly.

Do you need my help?

Sacred Mother.

Make your bet now.

Big or small...

Let's open it.

I won. I got the smallest number.

Pay up. Pay up.

Come.

Again.

What are you doing?

Sacred Mother.

It is just a casual game.

That's right.

Is it a gamble?

No, just some light-hearted fun.

Yes, yes.

What are the rules?

Sacred Mother, you want to join us?

Why? I can't?

Of course, you can.

So... the one who gets

the smallest number wins.

Is that so?

Okay.

Let's begin.

Come.

Come.

Reveal it!

Open it up! Two one.

Wow.

Anyone is lower than that?

Anyone?

Pass me the liquor.

Pay up. Pay up.

Pay up.

Hurry.

Pay up.

I'm all dry.

Continue.

Make your bet now.

Again.

Come.

Reveal it!

Come.

- Reveal it! - Open it up!

One one.

What was that?

Pay up, everyone.

I lost so much money.

Lend me some. I have no more money.

Look at my empty pouch.

Continue.

Again.

Come.

Hurry.

Make your bet now.

Come.

Watch carefully.

Open it up!

It was reduced to dust?

Not even one point.

Give me all your money.

Pay up.

Pay up!

Come.

Give it to her.

I'll take the money.

Hey, you!

Where are you going?

Sacred Mother.

What should we do?

I'm penniless now.

Penniless?

I'll punch you until you pay up.

No!

Die!

Pay up now. Pay up.

Stop her.

Pay up.

Sacred Mother.

Stop hitting me.

Don't stop me.

My lord.

Sacred Mother already looks scary enough.

But she is even scarier when she's drunk.

Yes.

I won't let her drink again.

Slowly.

Oh my goodness.

You freaked me out.

I feel sick.

That's what you get for drinking.

It's all your fault.

I drank because of you.

Yes, it's all my fault.

Do you think I'm pretty?

Yes, you're the prettiest of them all.

That's right.

I am Yang Lan, the Sacred Mother of Lan Mountain.

My beauty

is unparalleled.

You are just a pebble.

You aren't even as handsome as my brother

or as strong as my brother.

You don't deserve me.

Besides, we can't

be together anyway.

So why do I think about you this much?

Yes, you are noble.

I am just a pebble.

We are not meant to be together,

but here we are,

united by a promise.

Sorry, I dragged you into this.

At the moment,

we

can't get rid of each other.

Get rid of me?

I

will get rid

of your life first.

You already kissed me,

so you should take responsibility for it.

Or are you trying to run away from it?

I...

I'm going to cut you up.

But in the end, you'll still come and patch me up.

Last night...

Besides, we can't be together anyway.

So why do I think about you this much?

You already kissed me,

so you should take responsibility for it.

Or are you trying to run away from it?

Oh no.

Or are you trying to run away from it?

Tell me!

- I... - I...

You know, that day,

I...

We...

I...

What are you talking about?

You

shouldn't have visited the alchemy alcove.

I can look after myself there.

Fine then.

Next time, don't be so absentminded

when you're dealing with alchemy.

What do you mean I'm absentminded?

Qilai Mountain

is not a conducive environment for my concoction.

See? An explosion occurred when I was refining a pill.

Lan Mountain is far superior.

This place sucks.

I beg to differ.

Everything is amazing here.

Much better than Lan Mountain.

You should stay here.

I don't agree with you.

Qilai Mountain is on the Dongsheng Continent.

Lan Mountain is on the Xiliu Continent.

East is better than West. Period.

What nonsense is that?

What is this?

Oh, I almost forgot.

It's like an explosive.

It came to my mind when I was in the alchemy alcove.

I was meant to share it with you.

So you were engrossed by it

that day?

Do you think it's possible to manufacture it?

This is where you place the explosive,

which can be very destructive.

This is the trigger. Pull it

and you can shoot the explosive

to blow things up.

How big should it be?

This big.

That's too small.

You can't engrave many spells on it.

That's just the bare minimum.

If you want to enhance its power,

you need at least three spells.

So it's impossible to make it?

Not necessarily.

But I'll need someone's help.

Who?

My master, Saint Wuding.

While the gate defenders and the Tianhe Army are busy fighting,

the demons in the Mortal Realm multiply quickly.

Their numbers might have even threatened the peace of Kunlun Mountain.

That's why they set up a barrier.

Thank goodness I didn't barge into the clouds just now,

or I would have triggered the ward.

I would hate to find myself in a brawl here

since they

have 12 Golden Deities.

They noticed me.

Quite observant.

You'll be my target.

you ..

Did you see anyone suspicious?

Why ask him?

He's just a scrub in the Channeling Phase.

He can't detect anyone.

If we had had an intruder here,

he would have been dead already.

Keep looking.

Let's go.

Martial Uncle Wuding, are you here?

Who's there?

Which branch are you from?

You can't barge in like this.

It's impolite. Who's your master?

Hi, Wuding.

Rocky?

What?

What?

How did you get in?

They didn't stop you.

Get up.

I'm now a Taiyi Golden Deity in the Ascendance Phase.

They can't stop me.

You improved so quickly.

Yes, I did.

Jiekong found himself a talented disciple!

The ones here are very wary of demons.

More so than before.

And you,

who have a bad track record,

it's dangerous to show up here.

I have no other option.

Yang Lan's jade strip couldn't reach you.

So I have to show up in person.

My martial brother has been paranoid lately.

He's monitoring all jade strips,

so I threw mine away in case it got me into trouble.

You came for me.

How can I help?

I want you to come back to Qilai Mountain.

Qilai Mountain?

Where is it?

Qilai Mountain, Penglai Kingdom, Dongsheng Continent.

That's so far.

Just tell me what you want.

I want you to design

some artifacts for me.

Artifacts?

Stay behind me!

You lead the Tianhe Army

for 982 years.

Do you know why

I asked you to do so?

Back then, you were a soldier,

hailed from a waning faction in the Heavenly Realm.

You weren't a stickler for rules.

I figured that if I

sent you somewhere else,

you would be bullied.

To my surprise,

that decision gave rise

to a powerful army that is the Tianhe Army.

And it also brought about the current situation.

What a cruel joke.

I still remember

that during your third day with the Tianhe Army,

you had to head to the mortal realm to kill some demons.

You submitted a memorandum,

claiming that you ran into demons by the Heavenly River.

I was befuddled.

Why would demons linger

in the Heavenly River?

I summoned the then-commander.

He claimed ignorance at first,

but as I questioned him,

he came clean.

He surrendered the army seal to you.

But Your Majesty,

you didn't punish him.

You promoted him.

You're right.

I didn't punish him

because it was meaningless to do so.

For soldiers, getting assigned to the defense

of the Heavenly River

is akin to an exile.

Those who are sent there

are all demotivated, devastated.

Therefore,

I didn't punish him.

You, however,

are very interesting. I wanted to see

what you could do.

So I

gave him a chance.

I promoted him and assigned him

elsewhere.

And you would be the commander.

In the following years,

you impressed me.

You would hunt down demons in secret

and use the reward to expand your army.

If the military budget allocated wasn't sufficient,

you used your own money.

Your ambition grew.

You hunt down any demons you can find.

And I just let you be.

You didn't even blink

when you lied to me

that you had to descend

to the Mortal Realm

because you were wanted by all demons.

I could have charged you

with a crime

of premeditated deceit.

Your Majesty, so you

already knew

the relationship between Nichang and me.

I dare not use people like you

unless I have all the information

I want.

But why

didn't you tell me?

I know many things.

But some

should only be revealed when the time is right.

Whether what's real or fake,

what I should

or shouldn't know,

who's loyal and who isn't,

I know it all.

Everyone has a dirty secret.

When you brought it up in the court the other day,

I then probed into Yuzhen.

He didn't resist.

He gave me all

the ledgers

and even added a message.

What did he say?

He said

he was fed up.

And he wished me all the best.

Can you read between the lines?

It means that he doesn't want

to attend the Gathering of Elites anymore.

Why can't you use some tact

in your handling of things?

And I have to suffer for it.

You

put me in a difficult position.

And that day,

you went overboard by going through.

all the ledgers in public.

What do you expect me to do?

Yes, their position

isn't irreplaceable.

But where do I find

the replacement for a court

full of ministers in such a short time?

I am the ruler of the Three Realms.

But I'm nothing without support.

The Heavenly Court

isn't mine alone.

If the framework that holds the Three Realms together collapses,

what should I do?

I value your loyalty.

But you are too straightforward for your own good!

Death is my only wish.

Please grant my wish, Your Majesty.

Death?

What do I do when you're dead?

What about the soldiers outside the Nine Heavenly Gate?

My strongest shield and my strongest blade

are fighting each other because of you.

I sent someone to mediate.

And they burnt my edict.

I know

they won't stop

until they see you.

And the memorandum

they submitted

sounds more

like an ultimatum.

No tact whatsoever.

Like marshal,

like soldiers, I guess.

All of you are too straightforward.

If you have the time,

don't just launch another military training.

Read something.

And my ministers...

They protest in the Heavenly Court

and demand your death.

If only they could stop and imagine

the chaos that would ensue

following your death.

Without you, my right-hand man,

how are we supposed to subdue demons?

The Nine Heavenly Gate is under siege.

Fortunately, it's by the Tianhe Army.

What if it is by a horde of demons?

Everyone will be panicking.

Maybe the demons won't get through the gate,

but the damage to the Heavenly Realm would have already been done.

Why can't anyone put themselves in my shoes?

So?

Do you still want

your position as a marshal?

The one I love

is already dead.

There is no one I wish to protect.

I am ill-suited for the job,

so please

grant my death wish.

So that I

can reunite

with Nichang.

Beichen.

Nichang is dead!

I can pardon you for falling in love.

But don't be too greedy.

Your Majesty,

I don't have the will to live.

I want to die.

I am not being greedy here.

If I say

I can give Nichang many prosperous lives

in exchange for your service, will that sweeten the pot?

Nichang was killed.

by the Lethal Nine-Alteration Pill.

I can give you my word

that I didn't do that.

Don't you want

to identify the murderer?

Will Gujing allow you

to leave the Heavenly Realm?

I could fight my way out

if I weren't injured.

Now, I need your help

to get me out of the Nine Heavenly Gate.

Can you do it?

Don't worry, sir.

We have a liaison waiting for us.

A liaison?

Yes.

Careful, sir.

This is...

How long do we have to wait?

End it now.

Your Majesty,

five days have elapsed.

The Venerable One did not return.

We pray

that you would give us

an answer regarding the Beichen affairs.

The day has not ended.

We have gone through the meeting agenda.

This matter can be adjourned.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Stop right there!

Nuojia?

Go!

They

have alerted the others.

Why are you helping us?

Taibai Jixing wants to demote you to a mortal.

And I bet 1,000 gold essences

that you'll become a beast.

I can't let him win.

Thanks.

No need.

It's a 100:1 payout.

I'm doing this for my money.

Who dares

to trespass the Nine Heavenly Gate?

Go!

I'm on duty today,

so I already knocked out the patrols.

I won't hold them off for long

one against four.

Thank you.

The Third Prince?

Cut to the chase.

I haven't fought in a long while.

Bring it on.

Rid His Majesty of all unscrupulous ministers!