01x22 - Episode 22

[bunniefuu]

Are you still awake?

Have you been staying up

because you are worried about me?

Don't flatter yourself.

We are enemies.

If it weren't for String Bonding,

I'd gotten rid of you long ago.

Don't worry.

It's not that easy for me to die.

That's one more reason for me to worry.

I hope that the Lotus of Life dies

from the expl*si*n caused by Feng Xiang today.

You can give up

and I can stop wasting my time with you.

I will try again

no matter what.

I hope the Lotus of Life is fine

and we will see the day

that we get lotus seeds.

I will be back.

What if…

What if you can't get back?

In that case,

the String Bonding will disappear on its own.

If that happens,

you can get back by yourself.

Why didn't you start with that?

I don't want to hear anything else.

I think that since Feng Xiang

is dead now,

the danger in the woods must have disappeared with her.

Even if there are still any,

I've been here yesterday.

I'll be fine.

Mu Xuanling.

If we are in danger,

don't mind me.

You are telling me that?

The Lotus of Life is no common plant.

It's not damaged at all.

Even the plants around it

are recovering fast.

The Lotus of Life.

The Lotus of Life!

It does exist.

Feng Xiang?

Saint.

You are all right?

Who are you?

We met yesterday.

Don't you remember?

My memory is not so bad

that I can't remember things happened yesterday.

The Lotus of Life.

Life.

Who are you?

Who sent you?

What are you doing here?

Did Feng Xiang come back to life

because of the Lotus of Life?

Saint,

we got into this place by accident.

I wonder what that is?

You mentioned

that it's the Lotus of Life.

Absorbing the aura of the world

and forming the Waterless Land,

nothing can do that

other than the Lotus of Life.

Can people gain immortality

by taking the Lotus of Life?

Can they recover

even if they suffered

an unrecoverable injury?

Of course.

The Lotus of Life can give people immortality,

let alone physical injuries.

You are already in the spiritual form stage.

You will live much longer than common people.

Why are you after immortality?

Immortality

is the goal of all cultivators.

With enough time,

one might break through the spiritual form

and ascend to a higher stage.

Besides,

I don't have much time left.

According to the records in the Immortal Alliance,

when the Dark Clan invaded the human realm,

the Dark Abyss kept pushing its boundary

toward the human world.

The top cultivator, Qian Guang,

mustered the power of all immortal sects

and formed the Immortal Alliance.

They paid a great price

to form the Immortals Array

which stopped the invasion of the Dark Clan.

You are not aged.

You should still have hundreds of years to live.

Is your lifespan shortened

because of some severe injury?

That's correct.

But it has nothing to do with you.

I don't know how did you wander into this place,

but you don't belong here.

Please leave.

This is a place with sufficient spiritual power.

We want to

train here.

Find someplace far away.

I don't like seeing

strange people.

Are you suspecting

that Feng Xiang revived after died yesterday,

plus she has lived for 6,000 years

because she ate the Lotus of Life?

But why doesn't she remember anything

that happened yesterday?

I don't understand that either.

Maybe there is something strange

about the Lotus of Life.

When I saw her yesterday,

it was as if she saw the Lotus of Life

for the first time.

I even speculated

that she had an accident

that caused her lifespan to shorten.

She knew that she didn't have much time left,

so she relied on the Lotus of Life

to live longer.

She probably has guarded this place

for the last 6,000 years.

That means

she has attained immortality,

yet she doesn't know it at all.

She thought she needed to wait for the Lotus of Life to bloom.

In that case,

she might have tried

to get the Lotus of Life multiple times.

If she has kept any of the lotus seeds

which are useless to her,

then we wouldn't have to wait

for the lotus to bloom

or fear that we don't have enough time.

What do you plan to do?

Let's keep waiting

and see all the things

that are abnormal about her.

She's still there.

She… She disappeared!

Feng Xiang has disappeared!

How did she disappear into thin air?

The Dark Cloud Mountain

just keeps surprising us with strangeness.

The sun is going down.

If Feng Xiang is still around,

the spirit fog will move with her.

It seems that she's no longer here.

But she couldn't be far away

so that she could

get here first thing tomorrow morning

to get the Lotus of Life.

To figure this out,

we need to find her first.

Maybe we can find some lotus seeds

at her resting place for the night.

I'll go search for Feng Xiang's aura.

You wait for me in the cave we stayed.

Why?

I've been following you around for a whole day

and you are ditching me

when we are so close to the truth.

My eyesight is not worse than yours.

I'm not afraid

after nightfall.

I'm just worried about you.

What for?

Now that we've traveled so long,

I have to know.

Don't even try to exclude me.

Fine.

Let's go check things out together.

What is she doing here?

Let's get closer.

Is she dead?

She's just feeble.

She'll wake up when the sun is up.

Isn't it dangerous for her

to be defenseless like this?

Even if she dies,

she'll revive tomorrow.

Right?

If there are lotus seeds left,

where could they be?

He…

Is he a human or a ghost?

Qian Guang!

Yes.

I am Qian Guang.

[Qian Guang]

How did you recognize me?

According to historical records,

Qian Guang was the first leader

who founded the Immortal Alliance.

He and Feng Xiang are companions.

They fought evils together

and were nightmares for the Dark Clan.

Yet, the two top spiritual form cultivators

disappeared after setting

the Immortals Array

and were never seen again.

The legend has it

that Qian Guang and Feng Xiang

are in love and formed a bond.

They were in seclusion.

No one has seen

these two saints again.

When I saw Feng Xiang,

I wondered about you.

Who would have thought

that my guess was right?

It has been 6,000 years.

If you didn't barge in here,

I'd have forgotten the time.

Sir,

how did you and Feng Xiang

get trapped in the Dark Cloud Mountain for 6,000 years?

Besides, it seems that Feng Xiang

is in a cycle.

Is it because of the Lotus of Life?

You have accurate intuition.

You are close to the truth.

Every day when the sun comes out,

Feng Xiang

would wake up here.

And when the sun goes down,

she would lose all her consciousness and memories

and get back here.

Then she'd begin

another repeated day here.

So,

she lived for 6,000 years,

yet it's just

one repeated day for her.

Is this the immortality brought by the Lotus of Life?

People dream about immortality.

They go to extremes for that.

But how can there be no cost?

Feng Xiang and I

encountered an evil cultivator

who tried to steal the Chaos Pearl.

He seemed young and decent,

yet he claimed that he learned

an evil method that absorbs the souls of others

to get immortality.

I can't believe that someone would cultivate

that kind of evil method for the Chaos Pearl.

To achieve immortality

with the Lotus of Life

also requires

a great sacrifice.

When Feng Xiang

ate the Lotus of Life,

she didn't get immortality.

She entered

a Realm of Power Inhibition.

There's nothing

but a lofty ladder

in that realm.

The cultivators' spiritual channels will be sealed off,

and have to take

the 38,000 attacks

from the blade-like wind

and get to the end of the lofty ladder.

Cultivators who haven't reached the spiritual form stage

will be shredded into dust

by a mere touch of the wind.

Those who are in the spiritual form stage

still have to suffer from the pain of slow-slicing

to end up meeting

the High Cyclic Divinity.

The High Cyclic Divinity?

He claims to be the deity of time in the divine realm

and has been guarding the realm for ten thousand years.

He said that he was waiting for someone.

Maybe a human,

or maybe not.

There are…

still Divine Clan members in the world.

I heard of a legend

that ten thousand years ago,

the Divine Clan protected all living beings

and was worshiped by them.

Yet, a human emperor, Zhao Ming,

misguided the inner demons of human beings

and attacked the Divine Clan.

The Divine Clan put him down

and he was reduced to a degenerated deity.

He was kept under the Lava

and thus the Dark Clan was born.

The Divine Clan found human beings repellent because of that

and stopped offering protection to the world.

So, how could there

be a Divine Clan member who's still guarding the world?

When I saw him,

he was filled with divine power.

If he's not a Divine Clan member,

who could he be?

He told me

that Feng Xiang ate the Lotus of Life

and bore the pain of countless slices

to meet him.

The High Cyclic Divinity

claimed that he was a kind deity.

Whoever meets him…

Whoever meets me

can make a wish.

I will make the wish come true.

But you have to know

that fate has its way.

If you are wishing for too much,

fate will make you pay.

That's the cost of wishes.

The more you wish for,

the greater the cost.

Do you understand?

Yes.

I wish

for immortality

and forever youth.

Once your wish is granted,

it can never be revoked

no matter what happens.

The same

with the cost.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Yes.

Since then,

Feng Xiang has been stuck

on the same day forever.

The realm of the High Cyclic Divinity

only opens once for an individual.

It doesn't matter

how many Lotuses of Life

she eats after that.

Immortality

is where the Divine Clan's power lies.

It's not for human beings to get.

Immortality in that form

is a punishment.

That is the cost

that Feng Xiang paid.

But you have also existed for 6,000 years.

So,

did you make a wish to the High Cyclic Divinity as well?

You are brilliant.

Yes.

In the second year that she left,

I searched the world

and finally found her here.

She was already in the cycle.

I tried to take her away,

but once the sun went gown,

she would be brought back here.

I kept her company

for a hundred years.

That was over 36,000 days and nights.

But whenever she woke up,

her memories reset,

and she forgot what happened the day before.

Humans have a short lifespan.

I was out of time,

and I didn't want to

leave her alone in this world.

So,

I took the Lotus of Life

when it was

mature again.

Eventually,

I met the High Cyclic Divinity.

A hundred years ago,

she also came here

and wished for immortality.

I gave her that.

But she's stuck

in the same day forever.

Isn't that also immortality?

She got what she wished for.

So,

what is your wish?

Can I wish for her to get rid

of immortality like that?

Wishes granted cannot be changed.

Otherwise,

I'd be breaking my promise to her.

Can you restore her memories?

That would be the jurisdiction of the High Fate Divinity.

He never gives back

what he took away.

You should focus

on a wish for yourself.

I'm not

quite patient.

I wish

I could live and die with her

and never be apart.

Granted.

Feng Xiang.

Feng Xiang.

Since then,

I have become her shadow.

I'm always close by,

yet she never knows.

Are you and Feng Xiang

a couple?

I owe her.

Back then,

the Dark Clan overrun the human world,

and I traveled around

to found the Immortal Alliance.

I heard of

Feng Xiang often.

They said that she made a name for herself at a young age

and that she's outstanding.

The Strike of Phoenix she developed

is a horror to the Dark Clan.

There were a lot of saints

who expressed their love

openly or secretly,

hoping to become

a couple in cultivation with her.

Yet Feng Xiang

was famously cruel and detached.

Cultivation was the only thing she cared about.

Romance

was the most annoying thing for her.

Having a no-good partner

will only delay my cultivation progress.

Men are always a drag.

You are different from them.

You are foolish,

yet you have more talents than me.

If you focus on your cultivation,

you might break through

the spiritual form one day

and achieve immortality.

Yet you are wasting your time

in fighting evils.

When bothered by all the trivial things,

you get distracted from your cultivation.

That slowed down your progress.

Your goal in cultivation

is to explore the limits of humanity.

My goal

is to maintain peace on this land.

Immortality

is not what I'm after.

I want to do as many things beneficial

to humanity as possible

in a limited lifespan.

So,

what's your answer?

Will you join the Immortal Alliance

and fight the Dark Clan with us?

Why would I?

I'm not attached to the mundane world in any way.

Cultivation

is the only thing I'm after.

Have you ever thought about

why you haven't broken through

the spiritual form stage

after a hundred years of cultivation?

Do you know the reason?

If you don't know the mundane world enough,

how can you break through the spiritual form stage?

If you don't do things that matter at the moment,

how can you achieve immortality?

You

are interesting in some ways.

So,

are you agreeing?

Come on.

I'll follow you

to get to know the mundane world

and deal with what matters at the moment.

You and Feng Xiang

are always together.

Are you

a couple now?

Saint Feng Xiang

is divine-like.

How can I offend her?

Since you don't have a partner,

what do you think of my sister?

Thank you

for your kindness.

I already

have someone on my mind.

By that, did you mean

Saint Feng Xiang?

Yes.

Have you told her?

No.

During the time we were together,

she never expressed any interest

in a romantic relationship with me.

I thought

she didn't see me that way.

After that,

I got busier

with affairs in the Immortal Alliance.

Feng Xiang

showed up less and less.

Someone else told me

that she was in seclusion in the East Sea.

She didn't even tell me

that she was leaving.

Feng Xiang!

How's your life

on the Osprey Island?

Thank you for showing your care, Leader Qian Guang.

I'm fine.

Since you love Feng Xiang so much,

why didn't you tell her?

Is it because

you were angry?

I've never been angry with her.

I didn't say anything

because I thought I'd die.

When forming the Immortals Array,

ten saints shall each take a star position

and face the power of retribution

of the array with the help of the Chaos Pearl.

That's how the array can be connected.

In the ten star positions,

one of them is the death position.

The one who takes that position

will take a lethal strike.

I kept that position to myself.

I thought

about telling her my feelings

before I die.

Maybe she'd laugh at me,

or

feel annoyed.

Or, maybe,

she also feels something for me.

But what then?

I had no chance to survive.

Why bring her bad feelings?

The Immortals Array was a success.

The Dark Clan was sealed.

Peace was returned to the human world,

and I was lucky enough to survive the hit.

I passed out for days,

and when I woke up, I learned that…

Saint Feng Xiang was severely injured

and is in seclusion on Osprey Island.

What?

With Feng Xiang's power,

she shouldn't be severely injured.

Half of the saints in the other positions

are dead.

Let alone

the death position.

Even with Saint Feng Xiang's power,

the Thunder Trial Fire is still too much.

That's the karma used to slay deities.

It was me

who was in the death position.

Saint Feng Xiang

asked for the death position for herself.

She switched the array diagram

and asked me to keep that from you.

She said that she was more powerful than you.

She'd be able to

survive the death position

and complete the Immortals Array.

I'm going to her now.

Leader Qian Guang,

Saint Feng Xiang never got back.

Where could she be?

We don't know.

Her heart was never on the Osprey Island.

If she wants to leave,

we can't stop her.

So, where did she

put her heart?

Since you have no affection for Saint,

why act so sentimental here?

She risked her life to complete the array

and never wanted anything in return.

If you care about her,

how can you not know her affection for you?

She's such a proud and respected person.

If it weren't for her feelings for you,

why would she stay by your side the whole time?

The world sees you as a benevolent person

who takes the world on his shoulders.

Who knows that she…

For you,

she wasted her time

and delayed her cultivation.

Why do you think she did that?

Why?

I've never thought about that.

Maybe I just didn't have the courage.

How could I not love Feng Xiang?

But Feng Xiang said

that I was different from the others.

I didn't admire her or fastened onto her.

That's why she was willing to hang out with me.

If I told her

about my feelings,

I would have been no different

from the others.

I was afraid that I'd lose her.

Saint Feng Xiang

is divine-like.

How can I offend her?

Since you don't have a partner,

what do you think of my sister?

Thank you

for your kindness.

I already

have someone on my mind.

She heard my lie,

and I never had the chance

to tell her my feelings.

I have no chance to do that.

This is how the world works.

You don't always get

a second chance.

Qian Guang.

You've been guarding Feng Xiang for 6,000 years

and never left her side

I believe

that you value human connections.

If you know where the lotus seeds that were produced are,

please tell me

so that I can detoxify the Disillusion Water

and save someone's life.

People drink the Disillusion Water

to forget about sentiments.

Since she had a realization,

why force it?

If she did have a realization,

she doesn't need assistance to control her mind

and force herself to forget.

She was forced to become detached

and it's conflicting with her faith,

hurting her both inside and outside.

That's why she's in danger.

Xie Xuechen.

Who are you talking about?

What is

the Disillusion Water?

She and I were enemies.

We met by accident and got to know each other.

She risked everything to help me,

and I haven't gotten a chance

- to repay her. - The things

- that Xie Xuechen is talking about… - She was set up by a treacherous man

- are so familiar somehow. - and was forced to take the Disillusion Water.

- Now her life is in danger. - Is it because…

I'm worried that she can't wait

for the lotus to bloom.

When the lotus seeds fall, she'd be…

Xuanling!

Xuanling!

You want the seeds of the Lotus of Life

for me.

Qian Guang.

If it was her choice,

I could let go

as long as she could be free.

But you can see how she is.

The more she's suffering,

the more she's not willing to forget.

If we don't cure her,

the Disillusion Water will be lethal to her.

If you can tell me

where the seeds are,

I would be in debt to you.

I will pay you back,

wherever, whenever,

and however.

No need to feel that you owe me.

Feng Xiang got all the Lotuses of Life

that bloomed over the years.

She just doesn't remember.

I buried all the lotus seeds

that Feng Xiang left behind here.

Thank you, Qian Guang.

The seeds of the Lotus of Life

are also known as Worldly Bitterness.

The Disillusion Grass is a poison,

and the lotus seed is the medicine.

People think that becoming detached

and having their feelings cleared

is the realization.

But the true realization

is still being benevolent

and loving the world

after tasting all the bitterness of the world

and feeling all the sorrows.

That

is

disillusion.

Being benevolent

after tasting all the bitterness of the world.

That's the true disillusion.

You can have

the lotus seed.

Leave this place

and never come back.

Thank you.

Each lotus seed

represents a hundred years.

Qian Guang.

Is there anything we can do for you?

This is the power of divinities.

No one can change it.

I'm grateful

for your kindness.

Have you tried to communicate with the High Fate Divinity?

Maybe he can

lift the curse.

Curse?

Right.

This wish is no different from a curse.

I thought about finding the High Fate Divinity.

But there's only

the High Cyclic Divinity in the vast divine realm.

There were no other divinities.

The High Cyclic Divinity

is strange.

He's not as kind as he claims.

Maybe

he was lying.

He did say

that someone

was lying.

Who is it?

He said…

[High Cyclic Divinity]

This world

is just a lie.

The sun is about to come up.

I wish I could enjoy

the sunrise with her.

Take the lotus seed.

What if I'm not recovered

after taking it?

What if I still don't like you?

This time,

I'm not letting you go no matter what.

I'm curious

how I feel

about you.

Mu Xuanling.

Mu Xuanling!

Mu Xuanling!

I said

that I would protect you no matter what.

I will stay by your side.

Enough!

Xie Xuechen!

Do not get closer!

Mu Xuanling!

Mu Xuanling!

I don't have romantic feelings for Mister,

but for you, I do.

So, you are able to avoid me.

Are you

willing to take me with you?

[Swirling Snow Pavilion]

You can live

a normal life here.

This is Snow City.

It's my decision.

I don't want to go back to the Dark Abyss.

I want to live under the sun.

When we have a chance,

I'll show you the real human world.

Mu Xuanling.

♪ Can I still remain tireless… ♪

Wait for me.

♪ Because my heart holds longing… ♪

Mu Xuanling.

Mu Xuanling.

Mu Xuanling.

Mu Xuanling.

♪ For love, braving the storms, crossing the years ♪

♪ Never regretting our meeting… ♪

Xie Xuechen.

Xuanling!

You remember now!

♪ Gazing at that one person, those eyes ♪

♪ I desire nothing else ♪

♪ A life with no worries or regrets… ♪

Xie Xuechen.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I hurt you so many times.

You must have hurt every time.

I remember everything now.

They didn't hurt.

Not at all.

I deserved all those.

Think of them

as my punishments.

No.

Not punishments.

They are…

What?

♪ If the tears in my heart remain unseen ♪

♪ Can I still remain tireless? ♪

♪ Because my heart holds longing… ♪

Xie Xuechen.

Thank you for bringing me back.

♪ 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… ♪

Mu Xuanling.

Thank you for coming back.

Thank you.

Guys.

Any reason that you are here?

We got into the Phoenix Perch Forest by accident.

We are leaving.

Saint,

I know

that you are searching for the Lotus of Life.

But it will be some time for the Lotus of Life

to mature.

You could go to the cave

in the southeast of the Phoenix Perch Forest.

I heard that the cave is extremely dark

and no light can get in,

but there are rare plants

that can prolong one's life.

You don't have to bring light

to discover

things that deserve your attention

more than the Lotus of Life.

She still went to the Waterless Land

to guard the Lotus of Life.

Is there no chance to break the curse

of the High Cyclic Divinity?

I know.

You are thinking that the cave is dark

and Qian Guang might be able to show his physical form.

Even so,

it's just one day of happiness for them.

Right?

For Qian Guang,

this one day

allows them

to live happily

and show their affection to each other.

That triumphs many days

in the past and the future.

Detachment doesn't mean freedom.

Sentiments don't mean pain.

For those who have loved,

even miserable death

can't change their hearts.

It's the same for Feng Xiang,

for Qian Guang,

and

for us.

Where are we going now?

Where can you go?

Snow City guards the Chaos Pearl,

and I will guard you.

No matter what you think about that,

you have to come back to Snow City with me.

I don't know if I should call you unreasonable

or scoundrel.

Call me whatever you want,

but you are not getting away.

Xie Xuechen.

Your String Bonding is still effective.

Why are you holding me so tight?

Are you worried that I might get away?

Does holding one's hand

mean keeping someone from getting away?

Don't you know that String Bonding

is the bonding of marriage?

Miss Mu.

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?

What are you doing here?

It seems that you've found the lotus seed.

It took some effort,

but we found it.

Xuanling has returned to her normal status.

She remembers everything now.

Shouldn't you be waiting in Greenview Heights

for our news?

What brought you here?

I sensed the alert

from the jade I gave Miss Mu.

It seems that some sort of attack

triggered the array on it.

I was worried that something might have happened,

so I rushed here.

Alert from the jade?

But I didn't sense

that alert.

Maybe I have triggered

the array by accident.

It might be me.

Let's not waste our time here.

Let's talk outside.

Sir,

she seems to be avoiding you.

♪ 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 ♪