The Blossoming Love (2025) s01e16 Episode Script
Episode 16
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[Episode 16]
Ningxi,
this is the Sword of Vitality.
It's yours now.
Sword of Vitality.
[20 Years Ago]
That's a beautiful name.
I don't understand
why do you have to go back
and you won't let me come with you.
If your master hears
that you are leaving with me,
he will make it hard for you.
She wants you to marry Gao Fengxu,
the leader of the Immortal Alliance.
[Su Ningxi]
I'm worried that you might be in danger.
This is the only thing
that I can't let my master decide.
After I say goodbye to Master and Zhen,
we can go to a place
where no one can find us.
What do you think?
Great.
When I'm not with you,
this will keep you safe.
Ningxi!
Why?
Because you disgust me.
So,
everything that happened between me
was just you tricking me.
Eliminate all survivors of the Canglang Clan!
Yes.
This is a trap
from the beginning.
I am the young madam of Mirage Palace.
How could I fall for a despicable Spirit Clan member like you?
Saintess.
I am surprised to see
that there are things that can make my master
brood by himself.
Why did you ask me
to come here, master?
Your Demonic Vine of Judgement
was confiscated by the Immortal Alliance.
This is the new artifact that I made you.
The name is Disassociation.
Its power
is so much stronger
than the Demonic Vine of Judgement.
Disassociation.
I like the name.
Thank you, Master.
Master.
The Decaying Immortal Pavilion has acquired the Chaos Pearl.
When are they going to deactivate the Immortals Array?
I want to pay the bunch
of the Immortal Alliance back.
The Chaos Pearl in Snow City
is a fake.
The Chaos Pearl has always been sealed
in Snow City.
How could that be a fake?
Is the master of the Decaying Immortal Pavilion
trying not to pay us with an excuse?
He's not
that stupid.
Master.
I can go to the human world again
to find the real Chaos Pearl for you.
That's not urgent.
Your Jade Vault Technique
is not mature yet.
You'd better stay in the Dark Abyss
and train for a while.
Mr. Xie
pitied you for losing your demonic power
and taught you the Jade Vault Technique,
you shouldn't waste
his kindness.
Yes.
The beacon of righteousness?
Detached sword cultivator?
With a little love scheme
and he is losing catastrophically.
Why didn't I
just kill him in one strike
and be done with it?
How nice would that be?
Yes.
Why didn't you
just kill him?
It's easy.
When my Jade Vault Technique is ready,
I will take Xie Xuechen's head down
and hang it in the Temple of Divine Execution
as a keepsake for you.
To guard the Chaos Pearl, the Immortal Alliance
paid a great price.
All that just for
a fake!
But when was
the Chaos Pearl switched.
I think it was a fake
that was put in the Pearl Tower in the first place.
I believe
that with Leader Xie's integrity,
he will never do something like that.
Besides,
he guarded the Chaos Pearl
with his life.
So,
we can remove him
from the list of suspects.
Then it must have been switched
before it was put in the Pearl Tower.
Is it
Moonlight Heights?
What we can be sure of
is that the real Chaos Pearl
is not in the Decaying Immortal Pavilion.
That's one thing to be glad about.
The Chaos Pearl was lost in Snow City.
I will be responsible
for finding the real one
and give everyone closure.
But you guys should understand
that the Immortal Alliance
is never about guarding
one specific artifact.
It is guarding the tranquil life of humanity
and peace of the world.
Whether the Chaos Pearl is real or not,
our goal
will never change.
I'm just glad that Mr. Xie is okay.
We are waiting here today
because we want to
ask Mr. Xie of something.
The Jade Sky Palace hopes
Mr. Xie can succeed as the alliance leader.
Mr. Xie put aside your personal safety
and saved humanity multiple times.
You are the one with the most credit
in the Immortal Alliance
and the one that we trust the most.
The Jade Sky Palace would like to follow Mr. Xie
to keep guarding humanity.
The Osprey Island would love to follow Mr. Xie.
The Xuantian Sect would like to follow Mr. Xie.
The Mirage Palace would like to follow Mr. Xie.
I have no intention in that position.
I have to ask you
to find another candidate.
Mr. Xie.
When Sang Qi
and the Decaying Immortal Pavilion attacked,
we didn't have enough power to fight them
and brought danger to the people and the Chaos Pearl.
That's our failure,
and the fault is ours.
Thanks to you,
it was not all ruined that night.
We know what we saw.
We can't live up to
the code of the Immortal Alliance.
Mr. Xie
may not be interested in the position,
but the Immortal Alliance is in urgent need
of a new leader
to keep going,
and humanity
can have hopes and a future.
Therefore,
we plead with Mr. Xie
to accept the position.
Please accept the position.
I can be the acting alliance leader for the time being.
After all of this is over,
we'll have to select another leader
for the Immortal Alliance.
For the time being?
The news that the Chaos Pearl has been missing will get out.
Masters,
please return to your cities
and ease people's minds.
I will take the disciples of Snow City
to guard the Two Realms Mountain
and watch out for any actions from the Dark Abyss.
Mirage Palace is the closest to the Two Realms Mountain.
Madam Su,
please send help.
Yes.
Yes,
Leader Xie.
The Immortal Alliance does respect you,
but they are also pushing you to the frontline.
The imposed position
brings no benefit.
Your experience boils down to five words.
No good deed
goes unpunished.
The Two Realms Mountain is just by the Dark Abyss.
That means she's close.
Do you want to save her?
How about you?
Are you acting on your own or coming with me?
You need to find the Chaos Pearl,
guard the Immortals Array,
stay vigilant about the Spirit Clan and the Dark Clan,
and save her.
If I don't go with you,
you will be the first leader of the Immortal Alliance
who dies overworking.
Before we set off,
there's an arrangement that I need to make.
Miss Gao, do you know
how the Chaos Pearl was delivered to Snow City?
Sang Qi and his demon troops
attacked Moonlight Heights.
I was young.
My memory is a blur.
All I know is that the then-lord of Mirage Palace,
Saint Miaohua got there.
I was saved,
and the Chaos Pearl was brought away.
Saint Miaohua is Madam Su's master, right?
Yes.
My mother
and my master are sisters.
She was also Saint Miaohua's disciple.
It's just that
my mother died
when giving birth to me.
Saint Miaohua was the one who brought the Chaos Pearl
to Snow City.
My father was also there
when the pearl was sealed in the tower.
I asked Elder Cang.
The Pearl Tower was never opened over the years.
No abnormalities as well.
What are you trying to say?
My father guarded the Chaos Pearl until his last breath.
Snow City has nothing to do with this,
no doubt.
There's only one possibility left.
The Chaos Pearl that was delivered to Snow City
was a fake.
Are you saying
that the Mirage Palace is the thief
and that Saint Miaohua and my master
faked the pearl
to take the real one for themselves?
The Mirage Palace is not my enemy
or the Snow City's enemy.
I just want to find the Chaos Pearl
to stop Decaying Immortal Pavilion and the Dark Clan.
I'm having this talk with you
not to blame anyone.
I need a favor.
Do you want me
investigate my master for you?
Yes.
Shortly after what happened to Moonlight Heights,
Saint Miaohua gave the leadership
to Madam Su
and was never seen again.
Madam Su
is the one most likely to know what happened.
Sang Qi and my master
must have been good friends.
One brought massacre upon Moonlight Heights
while the other stole the important artifact.
In that case,
why did Sang Qi
come to Snow City?
If you have no doubts,
you wouldn't have come to see me.
You also want the truth,
don't you?
Mr. Xie.
I've collected all the things
that Xuanling left behind.
Should we seal them off
or…
Classes, chores, and shifts.
Life in Snow City
is so boring.
The process of becoming a common human
is so long.
[I drank tea water from his cup.]
[He brought a lot of swords to me, and I didn't like any one of them.]
It's strange.
I found the boring people
and events in Snow City
are interesting in a way.
Did they become more interesting
or have I become boring?
It turns out
that I have never escaped
Sang Qi's control.
Am I never
getting what I want?
In the past
and in the present.
Never mind.
Let death come.
I will help Xie Xuechen
to guard the things he wants to guard for this once.
Put everything back as they were.
Keep
everything.
Mr. Xie, are you saying
that she might come back?
Yes.
Understood.
I heard that the Saintess managed
to activate spiritual channels as a Spirit Clan member!
She's training
with spiritual power today, right?
I wonder between spiritual power
and demonic power,
which one is stronger?
Since you are so curious about the spiritual power,
you can taste it yourselves.
Cultivations with spiritual power and demonic power
are similar.
They are both about accumulating power
and master it.
The key
is to keep practicing.
Saintess!
Spare us!
I just need to keep a fine control
over spiritual power,
to not kill a Dark Clan member in an instant.
Just like fire
won't burn a candle down in an instant.
Saintess!
It's been a while.
Ignorance Demon and Anger Demon
have been avoiding me.
Do you still mind
what happened in the human world?
Or
you think less of me since I've lost
my demonic power.
How ruthless are my comrades?
Don't be ridiculous.
His Grace trusts you as always.
We heard that
you've been busy cultivating spiritual power,
and we didn't want to disturb you.
Do you think you have the right
to stick your noses in my business?
You said
that you didn't want to disturb me.
What's so important
that changed your mind?
His Grace summoned you.
Now?
Master.
Are you finally letting me go to the human world?
I heard
that you took quite a few Dark Clan members.
I was just focusing on improving the Jade Vault Technique
as you've requested.
It seems
that you did well.
Go, then.
Do you know where to get started?
Mirage Palace.
Their young madam, Gao Qiumin,
is a good friend
since Moonlight Heights.
I believe
that she will help me find the Chaos Pearl.
Good.
Master.
Do you trust me?
Where did that come from?
No reason.
I'm just worried
that I failed
to get the Chaos Pearl
from Xie Xuechen,
you might doubt
my loyalty because of that.
You shouldn't worry about that.
Go.
Mu Xuanling is a Spirit Clan member,
yet she acts
like she's a Dark Clan member.
She's a little different after she returned.
No.
Maybe she has gotten better at pretending.
His Grace is also a member of the Spirit Clan.
If you ask me,
no one is more like a Dark Clan member
than His Grace.
She betrayed us for a human,
and she will do it again.
I will never believe that she'd be loyal to His Grace.
Your Grace.
What is the Saintess's…
You don't need to know that.
What about you?
I have
acquired the Jade Vault Technique
and activated spiritual channels.
I just need to train for a few days longer
to completely control
both spiritual power and demonic power.
I will defeat our enemies
with their weapon.
Isn't that interesting?
Yes.
I didn't get such a warm welcome
the last time I came to the human world.
Mu Xuanling!
Her Grace
asked us to inspect the Two Realms Mountain every day
to avoid the Dark Abyss and the Spirit Clan
invade the human world again.
Look what the cat dragged in!
Isn't it the Saintess of the Dark Abyss?
Su Ningzhen.
It seems that she has been thinking
about Master and I.
I didn't expect to be spotted
right after arriving in the human world.
Well,
to avoid my whereabouts getting out,
maybe I should kill you all.
How are you using spiritual power?
Isn't that interesting?
I wonder if your soul
burns faster
than Dark Clan members.
Mr. Nan,
I knew it was you.
Ms. Mu!
Here we meet again.
How did you manage to escape?
Escape?
After Sang Qi took you,
I've been worried that he might hurt you.
Mr. Nan, I think you've misunderstood something.
I was trapped in Snow City,
and Master was here to bring me home.
He has treated me really well.
How could he hurt me?
Go home?
Mr. Nan,
we have spent time together.
But if you are going to help
those cultivators from the Immortal Alliance,
I will not go easy on you.
Ms. Mu.
Why don't you tell me
what happened
after you got back to the Dark Abyss.
To think back,
Nan Xuyue seems to care about me in a way.
Mr. Nan,
I've let my master down.
I need to find a way to make it up.
Mr. Nan,
since you care about me,
maybe you can help me out.
You are…
What
do you want me to do?
To start with,
deactivate all the arrays in this forest
and let me kill all
of those cultivators.
Then what?
Keep trying to take the Chaos Pearl?
You are always so smart.
I always knew
that you are different from Xie Xuechen.
You don't care about the Immortal Alliance
or humanity.
You are helping Xie Xuechen
because you want to see
what interesting things you can find
in this boring world.
What you really
care about
is me.
Am I right?
I can see you,
and you can see me as well.
Mr. Nan,
join me.
I can give you what you want.
That includes
that "little affection."
The Spirit Clan's life span is over a thousand years.
It is a wide world
full of men.
Why would I give up my life
for Xie Xuechen, who is just a guy.
I've played
your admirer for long enough.
It has become tiring.
Enemies always meet.
I don't think Xie Xuechen
will cut me any slacks anymore.
Mu Xuanling!
Mu Xuanling!
Since you have gotten out,
why are you running?
You are trying to kill me.
It's a shame
that I failed.
Why not pursue her?
Xie Xuechen is there.
She won't get away.
She's a little weird.
The mole under her eye
is called Mundane Tear.
It's the sign of drinking the Disillusion Water.
The Disillusion Water?
It is documented in the Greenview Archive.
It's a type of medicine that makes people forget about love.
Forget about love.
Why would she take it?
Should we let Xie Xuechen know?
No matter what the reason might be,
she has forgotten all kinds of personal feelings.
If it's you,
would you tell Xie Xuechen?
But she doesn't love Xie Xuechen
or you.
I know.
You saw it in your divination, didn't you?
The ending of Xie Xuechen and her.
How will they end?
A relationship with no results.
The coldness and the intention
to kill in her eyes was real.
Is it because I left her behind
and that hurt her?
That was a bad beginning.
Why does it have to be the most difficult target in the Immortal Alliance?
Xie Xuechen
is a shrewd man.
Fighting him head-to-head will not do.
I need to be smart about this.
Xie Xuechen.
Say something.
Stop reading.
Do you want to know
why I attacked you earlier?
You know this.
Sang Qi put Heartstring on me.
It wasn't me who tried to kill you.
He controlled me.
Xie Xuechen.
What I said that day
was not my intention.
How could I not love you?
I went through all kinds of dangers
to escape the Dark Abyss
just so that I can get back to you
and be with you forever.
What happened to you?
We haven't seen each other for so long.
Don't you miss me?
They say that a short time apart makes the couple miss each other more.
You've set a barrier outside.
No one can get in.
How about…
I have other plans.
You should rest.
Just as expected.
This is the way to make him leave.
Master.
Luck did not favor me.
I met our nemesis, Xie Xuechen.
What?
Already got caught when you just arrived in the human world
and you want me to save you?
That's not necessary.
But
I do have another plan.
Xie Xuechen will not give up
on searching for the Chaos Pearl.
With him.
I don't need to go to Mirage Palace
and find Gao Qiumin.
So,
I want to stay close to him.
Even if I couldn't
get the Chaos Pearl directly,
I will get clues.
Are you sure
that he will allow you?
That's why
I'd like to ask you to do something for me.
If Xie Xuechen can witness
that I suffer from Heartstring,
how could he
leave me here by myself?
All right.
Tonight, I will
help you put on another show.
I always knew that
that you are different from Xie Xuechen.
You don't care about the Immortal Alliance
or humanity.
What you really
care about
is me.
Am I right?
I can see you,
and you can see me as well.
Mr. Nan,
join me.
I can give you what you want.
That includes
that "little affection."
I knew you would visit.
Do you also feel that there's something
strange about her?
Her tone, behaviors,
expressions, vibe,
and the grey mole under her eye…
Everything is strange.
But her mind is clear.
There's no sign of her being controlled
like when we were in Snow City.
Just ask
what you want to know.
What were you talking about
in the forest?
She said that she was here for the Chaos Pearl
and she wanted me to help her.
In return,
she will give me what I want.
What you want?
Her affection.
Nan Xuyue.
You do know how to annoy people.
You asked.
I was just telling the truth.
She has betrayed the Dark Abyss and joined me.
She never liked human beings.
Yet for me,
for the people I want to protect,
she risked everything
including her life.
I left her behind that day
and allowed her to be taken by Sang Qi.
That was all my fault.
I left her behind once.
That will never happen again.
If the Immortal Alliance won't tolerate her,
I will protect her.
Mr. Xie,
you are finally living like a common person.
Just like when I first met you.
You have desires,
persistence,
and do not accept restraining.
Always
trying to win.
It's not about win or lose when it comes to her.
I will never
let her go again.
Even if you have feelings for her,
I will not cut you any slacks.
I know.
I knew that when you decided
to come to the Two Realms Mountain.
Oh, right!
I need to talk to you about something.
There's an emergency
that requires me to go back to Greenview Heights.
I'm leaving early in the morning.
What is it?
It's a secret.
Fine.
Don't tell me.
It's just that
I haven't thought this through myself.
If I want to share
this secret one day,
you will hear it.
Okay.
What about the Chaos Pearl?
Any news?
I asked Gao Qiumin to help me with the investigation.
She might be the young madam of Mirage Palace,
she was also once the young madam of Moonlight Heights.
I believe
that she doesn't want the truth buried as well.
Master.
Be careful, it's hot.
You've been trying to say something lately.
Spit it out.
Master.
What's the connection between Sang Qi and my mother?
Why did the Sword of Vitality deem him as the master?
How can you connect him to your mother?
She was obsessed with my sister
and gave her the Sword of Vitality.
How could my sister ever
fall for a Spirit Clan member?
She was just too kind.
She felt sorry after driving him off
and kept the sword.
Is that
the whole truth?
Qiumin.
Master.
You are born with nine apertures.
Though not as talented as Xie Xuechen,
you are still one of the best among your peers.
But you've been too easy on yourself.
Until now,
you are still in the Golden Core stage.
I asked you to come here
to channel my power to you.
Master.
You are not fully recovered.
If you give me your power…
You don't have
time to waste.
I will train harder.
Sang Qi and Mirage Palace
have a life-and-death vendetta.
Since he won't
stay quietly in that small Dark Abyss,
he will be looking for a chance to pay us back.
Besides, now that the Chaos Pearl is missing,
he's not the only one
watching Mirage Palace right now.
The world is different.
It's getting more and more dangerous.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Master!
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Master,
your hair…
Leave me.
Master.
Go.
[Plantation Pavilion]
Elder Zai Xi.
Have you been waiting for long?
I'm here to talk to Madam.
It seems that I'm too late.
Go back.
Yes.
Now that the Chaos Pearl is missing,
he's not the only one
watching Mirage Palace right now.
The world is different.
It's getting more and more dangerous.
Do you understand?
Madam Su
is the one most likely to know what happened.
You also want the truth,
don't you?
By danger,
is Master referring to Sang Qi
or Xie Xuechen?
Why are you in a rush to give Qiumin your power?
The Chaos Pearl is missing.
A lot of eyes
are on Mirage Palace.
The Immortals Array can no longer constrain the Dark Clan.
The rodents lurking in the darkness
will come to Mirage Palace sooner or later.
I can face my death,
but not Qiumin.
Moonlight Heights is no more,
and Ningxi is dead.
Sang Qi may not come to Mirage Palace.
He can't wait to burn Mirage Palace
to the ground
and remove the one who cost him his arm completely from this world.
Why wouldn't he come?
If your sister didn't fall for that Spirit Clan member…
My sister did nothing wrong.
It was Sang Qi who lured her…
And Miaohua made her marry Gao Fengxu.
Miaohua
did it for Mirage Palace.
Otherwise,
how would Gao Fengxu agree to leave the Chaos Pearl
with Mirage Palace for a hundred years?
Yes.
Gao Fengxu wanted to restore the power of the Chaos Pearl
and Mirage Palace coveted
that piece of unparalleled treasure.
Why not
sacrifice just one person?
Miaohua never saw her
as a disciple.
She cared for my sister
because
she has the body of a Primal Celestial Maiden.
The body of a Primal Celestial Maiden?
That kind of body contains endless vitality.
Reviving people
are already magical for common people.
Who would have thought
that she could be
the container that nourishes objects!
Are you still holding on to all that?
You've made Miaohua pay a great price.
That's far from enough.
It's all in the past.
You are the lord of Mirage Palace now.
Qiumin knew
that Sang Qi shares a connection with her mother.
She will not let this slide.
She will ask the wrong questions.
Once someone gets curious,
the buried secret
will be revealed.
Can you risk letting her know?
If anyone learns
that the real Chaos Pearl…
All the people who know that secret
cannot talk anymore.
I will not tell Qiumin.
Even when I die.
That place is still there.
Traces from back then can be found in Moonlight Heights.
I know
that you don't want to be anywhere close
to the place your sister lived.
But considering the situation,
we'd better make plans in advance.
Someone is there.
Is that real?
My mother loved Sang Qi.
She was forced to marry my father
to nourish the Chaos Pearl.
Qiumin!
♪Searching for your face in the cycles of life♪
♪If the tears in my heart remain unseen♪
♪Can I still remain tireless?♪
♪Because my heart holds longing♪
♪A devoted soul asks not how far the road goes♪
♪For love, braving the storms, crossing the years♪
♪Never regretting our meeting♪
♪Only wishing for thousands of blossoms♪
♪To bloom for you that day♪
♪Gazing at that one person, those eyes♪
♪I desire nothing else♪
♪A life with no worries or regrets♪
♪Staying by your side♪
♪For love, braving the storms, crossing the years♪
♪Never regretting our meeting♪
♪Only wishing for thousands of blossoms♪
♪To bloom for you that day♪
♪Gazing at that one person, those eyes♪
♪I desire nothing else♪
♪A life with no worries or regrets♪
♪Staying by your side♪
[Episode 16]
Ningxi,
this is the Sword of Vitality.
It's yours now.
Sword of Vitality.
[20 Years Ago]
That's a beautiful name.
I don't understand
why do you have to go back
and you won't let me come with you.
If your master hears
that you are leaving with me,
he will make it hard for you.
She wants you to marry Gao Fengxu,
the leader of the Immortal Alliance.
[Su Ningxi]
I'm worried that you might be in danger.
This is the only thing
that I can't let my master decide.
After I say goodbye to Master and Zhen,
we can go to a place
where no one can find us.
What do you think?
Great.
When I'm not with you,
this will keep you safe.
Ningxi!
Why?
Because you disgust me.
So,
everything that happened between me
was just you tricking me.
Eliminate all survivors of the Canglang Clan!
Yes.
This is a trap
from the beginning.
I am the young madam of Mirage Palace.
How could I fall for a despicable Spirit Clan member like you?
Saintess.
I am surprised to see
that there are things that can make my master
brood by himself.
Why did you ask me
to come here, master?
Your Demonic Vine of Judgement
was confiscated by the Immortal Alliance.
This is the new artifact that I made you.
The name is Disassociation.
Its power
is so much stronger
than the Demonic Vine of Judgement.
Disassociation.
I like the name.
Thank you, Master.
Master.
The Decaying Immortal Pavilion has acquired the Chaos Pearl.
When are they going to deactivate the Immortals Array?
I want to pay the bunch
of the Immortal Alliance back.
The Chaos Pearl in Snow City
is a fake.
The Chaos Pearl has always been sealed
in Snow City.
How could that be a fake?
Is the master of the Decaying Immortal Pavilion
trying not to pay us with an excuse?
He's not
that stupid.
Master.
I can go to the human world again
to find the real Chaos Pearl for you.
That's not urgent.
Your Jade Vault Technique
is not mature yet.
You'd better stay in the Dark Abyss
and train for a while.
Mr. Xie
pitied you for losing your demonic power
and taught you the Jade Vault Technique,
you shouldn't waste
his kindness.
Yes.
The beacon of righteousness?
Detached sword cultivator?
With a little love scheme
and he is losing catastrophically.
Why didn't I
just kill him in one strike
and be done with it?
How nice would that be?
Yes.
Why didn't you
just kill him?
It's easy.
When my Jade Vault Technique is ready,
I will take Xie Xuechen's head down
and hang it in the Temple of Divine Execution
as a keepsake for you.
To guard the Chaos Pearl, the Immortal Alliance
paid a great price.
All that just for
a fake!
But when was
the Chaos Pearl switched.
I think it was a fake
that was put in the Pearl Tower in the first place.
I believe
that with Leader Xie's integrity,
he will never do something like that.
Besides,
he guarded the Chaos Pearl
with his life.
So,
we can remove him
from the list of suspects.
Then it must have been switched
before it was put in the Pearl Tower.
Is it
Moonlight Heights?
What we can be sure of
is that the real Chaos Pearl
is not in the Decaying Immortal Pavilion.
That's one thing to be glad about.
The Chaos Pearl was lost in Snow City.
I will be responsible
for finding the real one
and give everyone closure.
But you guys should understand
that the Immortal Alliance
is never about guarding
one specific artifact.
It is guarding the tranquil life of humanity
and peace of the world.
Whether the Chaos Pearl is real or not,
our goal
will never change.
I'm just glad that Mr. Xie is okay.
We are waiting here today
because we want to
ask Mr. Xie of something.
The Jade Sky Palace hopes
Mr. Xie can succeed as the alliance leader.
Mr. Xie put aside your personal safety
and saved humanity multiple times.
You are the one with the most credit
in the Immortal Alliance
and the one that we trust the most.
The Jade Sky Palace would like to follow Mr. Xie
to keep guarding humanity.
The Osprey Island would love to follow Mr. Xie.
The Xuantian Sect would like to follow Mr. Xie.
The Mirage Palace would like to follow Mr. Xie.
I have no intention in that position.
I have to ask you
to find another candidate.
Mr. Xie.
When Sang Qi
and the Decaying Immortal Pavilion attacked,
we didn't have enough power to fight them
and brought danger to the people and the Chaos Pearl.
That's our failure,
and the fault is ours.
Thanks to you,
it was not all ruined that night.
We know what we saw.
We can't live up to
the code of the Immortal Alliance.
Mr. Xie
may not be interested in the position,
but the Immortal Alliance is in urgent need
of a new leader
to keep going,
and humanity
can have hopes and a future.
Therefore,
we plead with Mr. Xie
to accept the position.
Please accept the position.
I can be the acting alliance leader for the time being.
After all of this is over,
we'll have to select another leader
for the Immortal Alliance.
For the time being?
The news that the Chaos Pearl has been missing will get out.
Masters,
please return to your cities
and ease people's minds.
I will take the disciples of Snow City
to guard the Two Realms Mountain
and watch out for any actions from the Dark Abyss.
Mirage Palace is the closest to the Two Realms Mountain.
Madam Su,
please send help.
Yes.
Yes,
Leader Xie.
The Immortal Alliance does respect you,
but they are also pushing you to the frontline.
The imposed position
brings no benefit.
Your experience boils down to five words.
No good deed
goes unpunished.
The Two Realms Mountain is just by the Dark Abyss.
That means she's close.
Do you want to save her?
How about you?
Are you acting on your own or coming with me?
You need to find the Chaos Pearl,
guard the Immortals Array,
stay vigilant about the Spirit Clan and the Dark Clan,
and save her.
If I don't go with you,
you will be the first leader of the Immortal Alliance
who dies overworking.
Before we set off,
there's an arrangement that I need to make.
Miss Gao, do you know
how the Chaos Pearl was delivered to Snow City?
Sang Qi and his demon troops
attacked Moonlight Heights.
I was young.
My memory is a blur.
All I know is that the then-lord of Mirage Palace,
Saint Miaohua got there.
I was saved,
and the Chaos Pearl was brought away.
Saint Miaohua is Madam Su's master, right?
Yes.
My mother
and my master are sisters.
She was also Saint Miaohua's disciple.
It's just that
my mother died
when giving birth to me.
Saint Miaohua was the one who brought the Chaos Pearl
to Snow City.
My father was also there
when the pearl was sealed in the tower.
I asked Elder Cang.
The Pearl Tower was never opened over the years.
No abnormalities as well.
What are you trying to say?
My father guarded the Chaos Pearl until his last breath.
Snow City has nothing to do with this,
no doubt.
There's only one possibility left.
The Chaos Pearl that was delivered to Snow City
was a fake.
Are you saying
that the Mirage Palace is the thief
and that Saint Miaohua and my master
faked the pearl
to take the real one for themselves?
The Mirage Palace is not my enemy
or the Snow City's enemy.
I just want to find the Chaos Pearl
to stop Decaying Immortal Pavilion and the Dark Clan.
I'm having this talk with you
not to blame anyone.
I need a favor.
Do you want me
investigate my master for you?
Yes.
Shortly after what happened to Moonlight Heights,
Saint Miaohua gave the leadership
to Madam Su
and was never seen again.
Madam Su
is the one most likely to know what happened.
Sang Qi and my master
must have been good friends.
One brought massacre upon Moonlight Heights
while the other stole the important artifact.
In that case,
why did Sang Qi
come to Snow City?
If you have no doubts,
you wouldn't have come to see me.
You also want the truth,
don't you?
Mr. Xie.
I've collected all the things
that Xuanling left behind.
Should we seal them off
or…
Classes, chores, and shifts.
Life in Snow City
is so boring.
The process of becoming a common human
is so long.
[I drank tea water from his cup.]
[He brought a lot of swords to me, and I didn't like any one of them.]
It's strange.
I found the boring people
and events in Snow City
are interesting in a way.
Did they become more interesting
or have I become boring?
It turns out
that I have never escaped
Sang Qi's control.
Am I never
getting what I want?
In the past
and in the present.
Never mind.
Let death come.
I will help Xie Xuechen
to guard the things he wants to guard for this once.
Put everything back as they were.
Keep
everything.
Mr. Xie, are you saying
that she might come back?
Yes.
Understood.
I heard that the Saintess managed
to activate spiritual channels as a Spirit Clan member!
She's training
with spiritual power today, right?
I wonder between spiritual power
and demonic power,
which one is stronger?
Since you are so curious about the spiritual power,
you can taste it yourselves.
Cultivations with spiritual power and demonic power
are similar.
They are both about accumulating power
and master it.
The key
is to keep practicing.
Saintess!
Spare us!
I just need to keep a fine control
over spiritual power,
to not kill a Dark Clan member in an instant.
Just like fire
won't burn a candle down in an instant.
Saintess!
It's been a while.
Ignorance Demon and Anger Demon
have been avoiding me.
Do you still mind
what happened in the human world?
Or
you think less of me since I've lost
my demonic power.
How ruthless are my comrades?
Don't be ridiculous.
His Grace trusts you as always.
We heard that
you've been busy cultivating spiritual power,
and we didn't want to disturb you.
Do you think you have the right
to stick your noses in my business?
You said
that you didn't want to disturb me.
What's so important
that changed your mind?
His Grace summoned you.
Now?
Master.
Are you finally letting me go to the human world?
I heard
that you took quite a few Dark Clan members.
I was just focusing on improving the Jade Vault Technique
as you've requested.
It seems
that you did well.
Go, then.
Do you know where to get started?
Mirage Palace.
Their young madam, Gao Qiumin,
is a good friend
since Moonlight Heights.
I believe
that she will help me find the Chaos Pearl.
Good.
Master.
Do you trust me?
Where did that come from?
No reason.
I'm just worried
that I failed
to get the Chaos Pearl
from Xie Xuechen,
you might doubt
my loyalty because of that.
You shouldn't worry about that.
Go.
Mu Xuanling is a Spirit Clan member,
yet she acts
like she's a Dark Clan member.
She's a little different after she returned.
No.
Maybe she has gotten better at pretending.
His Grace is also a member of the Spirit Clan.
If you ask me,
no one is more like a Dark Clan member
than His Grace.
She betrayed us for a human,
and she will do it again.
I will never believe that she'd be loyal to His Grace.
Your Grace.
What is the Saintess's…
You don't need to know that.
What about you?
I have
acquired the Jade Vault Technique
and activated spiritual channels.
I just need to train for a few days longer
to completely control
both spiritual power and demonic power.
I will defeat our enemies
with their weapon.
Isn't that interesting?
Yes.
I didn't get such a warm welcome
the last time I came to the human world.
Mu Xuanling!
Her Grace
asked us to inspect the Two Realms Mountain every day
to avoid the Dark Abyss and the Spirit Clan
invade the human world again.
Look what the cat dragged in!
Isn't it the Saintess of the Dark Abyss?
Su Ningzhen.
It seems that she has been thinking
about Master and I.
I didn't expect to be spotted
right after arriving in the human world.
Well,
to avoid my whereabouts getting out,
maybe I should kill you all.
How are you using spiritual power?
Isn't that interesting?
I wonder if your soul
burns faster
than Dark Clan members.
Mr. Nan,
I knew it was you.
Ms. Mu!
Here we meet again.
How did you manage to escape?
Escape?
After Sang Qi took you,
I've been worried that he might hurt you.
Mr. Nan, I think you've misunderstood something.
I was trapped in Snow City,
and Master was here to bring me home.
He has treated me really well.
How could he hurt me?
Go home?
Mr. Nan,
we have spent time together.
But if you are going to help
those cultivators from the Immortal Alliance,
I will not go easy on you.
Ms. Mu.
Why don't you tell me
what happened
after you got back to the Dark Abyss.
To think back,
Nan Xuyue seems to care about me in a way.
Mr. Nan,
I've let my master down.
I need to find a way to make it up.
Mr. Nan,
since you care about me,
maybe you can help me out.
You are…
What
do you want me to do?
To start with,
deactivate all the arrays in this forest
and let me kill all
of those cultivators.
Then what?
Keep trying to take the Chaos Pearl?
You are always so smart.
I always knew
that you are different from Xie Xuechen.
You don't care about the Immortal Alliance
or humanity.
You are helping Xie Xuechen
because you want to see
what interesting things you can find
in this boring world.
What you really
care about
is me.
Am I right?
I can see you,
and you can see me as well.
Mr. Nan,
join me.
I can give you what you want.
That includes
that "little affection."
The Spirit Clan's life span is over a thousand years.
It is a wide world
full of men.
Why would I give up my life
for Xie Xuechen, who is just a guy.
I've played
your admirer for long enough.
It has become tiring.
Enemies always meet.
I don't think Xie Xuechen
will cut me any slacks anymore.
Mu Xuanling!
Mu Xuanling!
Since you have gotten out,
why are you running?
You are trying to kill me.
It's a shame
that I failed.
Why not pursue her?
Xie Xuechen is there.
She won't get away.
She's a little weird.
The mole under her eye
is called Mundane Tear.
It's the sign of drinking the Disillusion Water.
The Disillusion Water?
It is documented in the Greenview Archive.
It's a type of medicine that makes people forget about love.
Forget about love.
Why would she take it?
Should we let Xie Xuechen know?
No matter what the reason might be,
she has forgotten all kinds of personal feelings.
If it's you,
would you tell Xie Xuechen?
But she doesn't love Xie Xuechen
or you.
I know.
You saw it in your divination, didn't you?
The ending of Xie Xuechen and her.
How will they end?
A relationship with no results.
The coldness and the intention
to kill in her eyes was real.
Is it because I left her behind
and that hurt her?
That was a bad beginning.
Why does it have to be the most difficult target in the Immortal Alliance?
Xie Xuechen
is a shrewd man.
Fighting him head-to-head will not do.
I need to be smart about this.
Xie Xuechen.
Say something.
Stop reading.
Do you want to know
why I attacked you earlier?
You know this.
Sang Qi put Heartstring on me.
It wasn't me who tried to kill you.
He controlled me.
Xie Xuechen.
What I said that day
was not my intention.
How could I not love you?
I went through all kinds of dangers
to escape the Dark Abyss
just so that I can get back to you
and be with you forever.
What happened to you?
We haven't seen each other for so long.
Don't you miss me?
They say that a short time apart makes the couple miss each other more.
You've set a barrier outside.
No one can get in.
How about…
I have other plans.
You should rest.
Just as expected.
This is the way to make him leave.
Master.
Luck did not favor me.
I met our nemesis, Xie Xuechen.
What?
Already got caught when you just arrived in the human world
and you want me to save you?
That's not necessary.
But
I do have another plan.
Xie Xuechen will not give up
on searching for the Chaos Pearl.
With him.
I don't need to go to Mirage Palace
and find Gao Qiumin.
So,
I want to stay close to him.
Even if I couldn't
get the Chaos Pearl directly,
I will get clues.
Are you sure
that he will allow you?
That's why
I'd like to ask you to do something for me.
If Xie Xuechen can witness
that I suffer from Heartstring,
how could he
leave me here by myself?
All right.
Tonight, I will
help you put on another show.
I always knew that
that you are different from Xie Xuechen.
You don't care about the Immortal Alliance
or humanity.
What you really
care about
is me.
Am I right?
I can see you,
and you can see me as well.
Mr. Nan,
join me.
I can give you what you want.
That includes
that "little affection."
I knew you would visit.
Do you also feel that there's something
strange about her?
Her tone, behaviors,
expressions, vibe,
and the grey mole under her eye…
Everything is strange.
But her mind is clear.
There's no sign of her being controlled
like when we were in Snow City.
Just ask
what you want to know.
What were you talking about
in the forest?
She said that she was here for the Chaos Pearl
and she wanted me to help her.
In return,
she will give me what I want.
What you want?
Her affection.
Nan Xuyue.
You do know how to annoy people.
You asked.
I was just telling the truth.
She has betrayed the Dark Abyss and joined me.
She never liked human beings.
Yet for me,
for the people I want to protect,
she risked everything
including her life.
I left her behind that day
and allowed her to be taken by Sang Qi.
That was all my fault.
I left her behind once.
That will never happen again.
If the Immortal Alliance won't tolerate her,
I will protect her.
Mr. Xie,
you are finally living like a common person.
Just like when I first met you.
You have desires,
persistence,
and do not accept restraining.
Always
trying to win.
It's not about win or lose when it comes to her.
I will never
let her go again.
Even if you have feelings for her,
I will not cut you any slacks.
I know.
I knew that when you decided
to come to the Two Realms Mountain.
Oh, right!
I need to talk to you about something.
There's an emergency
that requires me to go back to Greenview Heights.
I'm leaving early in the morning.
What is it?
It's a secret.
Fine.
Don't tell me.
It's just that
I haven't thought this through myself.
If I want to share
this secret one day,
you will hear it.
Okay.
What about the Chaos Pearl?
Any news?
I asked Gao Qiumin to help me with the investigation.
She might be the young madam of Mirage Palace,
she was also once the young madam of Moonlight Heights.
I believe
that she doesn't want the truth buried as well.
Master.
Be careful, it's hot.
You've been trying to say something lately.
Spit it out.
Master.
What's the connection between Sang Qi and my mother?
Why did the Sword of Vitality deem him as the master?
How can you connect him to your mother?
She was obsessed with my sister
and gave her the Sword of Vitality.
How could my sister ever
fall for a Spirit Clan member?
She was just too kind.
She felt sorry after driving him off
and kept the sword.
Is that
the whole truth?
Qiumin.
Master.
You are born with nine apertures.
Though not as talented as Xie Xuechen,
you are still one of the best among your peers.
But you've been too easy on yourself.
Until now,
you are still in the Golden Core stage.
I asked you to come here
to channel my power to you.
Master.
You are not fully recovered.
If you give me your power…
You don't have
time to waste.
I will train harder.
Sang Qi and Mirage Palace
have a life-and-death vendetta.
Since he won't
stay quietly in that small Dark Abyss,
he will be looking for a chance to pay us back.
Besides, now that the Chaos Pearl is missing,
he's not the only one
watching Mirage Palace right now.
The world is different.
It's getting more and more dangerous.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Master!
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Master,
your hair…
Leave me.
Master.
Go.
[Plantation Pavilion]
Elder Zai Xi.
Have you been waiting for long?
I'm here to talk to Madam.
It seems that I'm too late.
Go back.
Yes.
Now that the Chaos Pearl is missing,
he's not the only one
watching Mirage Palace right now.
The world is different.
It's getting more and more dangerous.
Do you understand?
Madam Su
is the one most likely to know what happened.
You also want the truth,
don't you?
By danger,
is Master referring to Sang Qi
or Xie Xuechen?
Why are you in a rush to give Qiumin your power?
The Chaos Pearl is missing.
A lot of eyes
are on Mirage Palace.
The Immortals Array can no longer constrain the Dark Clan.
The rodents lurking in the darkness
will come to Mirage Palace sooner or later.
I can face my death,
but not Qiumin.
Moonlight Heights is no more,
and Ningxi is dead.
Sang Qi may not come to Mirage Palace.
He can't wait to burn Mirage Palace
to the ground
and remove the one who cost him his arm completely from this world.
Why wouldn't he come?
If your sister didn't fall for that Spirit Clan member…
My sister did nothing wrong.
It was Sang Qi who lured her…
And Miaohua made her marry Gao Fengxu.
Miaohua
did it for Mirage Palace.
Otherwise,
how would Gao Fengxu agree to leave the Chaos Pearl
with Mirage Palace for a hundred years?
Yes.
Gao Fengxu wanted to restore the power of the Chaos Pearl
and Mirage Palace coveted
that piece of unparalleled treasure.
Why not
sacrifice just one person?
Miaohua never saw her
as a disciple.
She cared for my sister
because
she has the body of a Primal Celestial Maiden.
The body of a Primal Celestial Maiden?
That kind of body contains endless vitality.
Reviving people
are already magical for common people.
Who would have thought
that she could be
the container that nourishes objects!
Are you still holding on to all that?
You've made Miaohua pay a great price.
That's far from enough.
It's all in the past.
You are the lord of Mirage Palace now.
Qiumin knew
that Sang Qi shares a connection with her mother.
She will not let this slide.
She will ask the wrong questions.
Once someone gets curious,
the buried secret
will be revealed.
Can you risk letting her know?
If anyone learns
that the real Chaos Pearl…
All the people who know that secret
cannot talk anymore.
I will not tell Qiumin.
Even when I die.
That place is still there.
Traces from back then can be found in Moonlight Heights.
I know
that you don't want to be anywhere close
to the place your sister lived.
But considering the situation,
we'd better make plans in advance.
Someone is there.
Is that real?
My mother loved Sang Qi.
She was forced to marry my father
to nourish the Chaos Pearl.
Qiumin!
♪Searching for your face in the cycles of life♪
♪If the tears in my heart remain unseen♪
♪Can I still remain tireless?♪
♪Because my heart holds longing♪
♪A devoted soul asks not how far the road goes♪
♪For love, braving the storms, crossing the years♪
♪Never regretting our meeting♪
♪Only wishing for thousands of blossoms♪
♪To bloom for you that day♪
♪Gazing at that one person, those eyes♪
♪I desire nothing else♪
♪A life with no worries or regrets♪
♪Staying by your side♪
♪For love, braving the storms, crossing the years♪
♪Never regretting our meeting♪
♪Only wishing for thousands of blossoms♪
♪To bloom for you that day♪
♪Gazing at that one person, those eyes♪
♪I desire nothing else♪
♪A life with no worries or regrets♪
♪Staying by your side♪