01x19 - Episode 19

[bunniefuu]

[Love of the Divine Tree]

[Episode 19]

Mr. Yu?

Mr. Yu?

Mr. Yu?

Ranran.

Luckily, it was severed in time.

Only half of your soul was taken.

It will come back.

Thank you.

Master.

Master!

There seems to be an exit over there.

Let's go.

Quickly, let's go.

Are you hurt?

I'm fine.

Xue Ranran.

I was wrong.

I didn't listen to you.

But that monstrous head

almost devoured

Mr. Yu's soul.

I couldn't just stand by and watch.

Master, please punish me if you want.

Ranran fell into danger

for saving me.

However you plan to punish her,
please punish me instead.

Who do you think you are?

Since when do you have a say
in the Wester Sect's affairs?

If it weren't for your incompetence,
how could you have been bewitched by a devil?

Didn't you

hear her voice?

Shui.

Didn't we agree to never meet again
in this life and all lives to come?

Why are you

showing up in front of me again?

You're not her.

You made her suffer so much back then,

and you feel no guilt at all.

How could you be so indifferent

when you saw her?

You believe that because you're stupid.

You...

We still haven't escaped from this formation?

The formation

has probably already expanded to the village.

You three, form the Five
Elements Sword Formation with me.

Yes, Master.

What exactly is this monster?

Why is it so powerful?

This thing is likely

Nine-Headed Kui'ao,
a vicious beast that devours souls.

- It has nine heads and a turtle's body.
- Not only can it bewitch people,

but it can also create illusions
and trap people in its formation.

The shell on its back
is the center of the formation.

So this thing is a giant turtle?

We've been fighting it
for so long and have only seen

a few of its heads.

We haven't even seen its body or shell.

What should we do?

For now,

we can only use the Five Elements
Sword Formation to suppress its power

and keep it from breaking through the ground.

Xi'er!

Xi'er!

Are you alright?

So it's you.

Don't even think about stopping this formation!

Let the Nine-Headed Kui'ao

devour everything!

Oh no.

It won't be long

before it succeeds!

The Green Dragon Divine Power?

We can't keep going like this.

Hurry up and head east!

Yes!

Why is there a barrier here?

Why can't that thing enter,

but we can?

- Master! - Master.

It seems someone has set up

a powerful spiritual barrier here,
preventing both mortals and evil beings from entering.

That's why the Nine-Headed
Kui'ao's formation is ineffective here.

I never expected that the
one controlling all of this

behind the scenes would be Mr. Liu.

How does he have such strong power?

I secretly investigated before,

and there was no demonic aura on him.

He must have been bewitched by some evil being
and gained some kind of power.

If he really was bewitched by an evil being,
then everything he's done

is to create resentment

and nourish that evil being.

This formation is expanding.

I don't know how long this barrier can hold.

I wonder if there's some hidden secret here.

Let's split up

and look for a way to escape.

Heaven is truly on my side!

I never expected such
a powerful evil being to be here now.

This is the perfect opportunity

to get rid of these nuisances.

This spell is...

Back then, they used this formation against me.

Now, I'll return the favor

in kind.

Won't that be interesting?

It looks like no one has
lived here for a long time.

Being able to set up such
a powerful barrier, the owner

must not be an ordinary person.

But we can't just keep hiding here forever.

Otherwise, we'll be trapped
to death sooner or later.

Oh, right.

That Nine-Headed Kui'ao can call people's names,

and only when you respond does it bewitch you.

So let's each choose a codename
and only call each other by that.

If you hear someone calling your real name,

don't answer

and don't look.

That way, we won't fall into its trap.

Mr. Yu, how about calling you "Taro?"

Master,

you'll be "Pumpkin."

What a coincidence.

Qingge's

favorite dish

used to be taro, and the one she liked the least

was pumpkin.

Change it.

Also,

he's not allowed to be called "Taro."

It's just a temporary codename.

Alright.

Well, Master, you can be...

"Ice Lotus."

Mr. Yu,

you can be "Lingxi."

Change it again.

Then you can be Su the First,
and you can be Su the Second.

Why is he the first

and I the second?

No.

A Crown Prince

and an immortal master.

Two prominent figures

are arguing over something so trivial.

Mr. Yu,

let me help you with your wound.

Yu,

bear the pain.

Ranran,

you resemble an old friend of mine.

Crown Prince,

the Crown Princess is waiting
for you in the palace.

Why don't you check on Xi'er and the others?

The matter between Master Mu and Mr. Yu
has already been settled.

Master still can't let go of Master Mu

and keeps clashing with Mr. Yu.

Do your job as the Crown Prince well
and stay away from my disciples.

Is it staying away from your disciples

or just from Ranran?

You clearly

don't care about anything,

but you're so concerned about Ranran.

Could it be that Ranran's identity

is very special?

Why should I explain to you

how I treat the people

around me?

You,

a treacherous person,

only hurts those who treat you well.

How could Ranran, such a pure and kind girl,

stay by your side?

She can only have the life she wants

if she comes with me.

Don't you dare come near her again.

Could it really be that the drop of Spirit Spring
in my heart hasn't been fully removed,

so now, the closer I get to the Spirit Spring,

the stronger the reaction?

Master,

Ranran found a hidden compartment.

There's a hidden compartment?

Ranran, how did you know about it?

I don't know why,

but I just couldn't resist tapping it.

Immortal, please forgive us.

This is...

It's her.

Qingge doesn't like using
sound transmission talismans,

so she made wooden figurines specifically

to send messages for her.

This wooden figurine looks
almost identical to the ones she made.

Could it be...

that this is really the place
where Qingge once lived?

There's a booklet here.

It does look like

Master Mu's handwriting.

Sister Wu?

It really is hers.

[Tranquility Pavilion]

This seems to be

some of Master Mu's notes.

Could there be information
about the Nine-Headed Kui'ao?

In March of the Year of Yuangui,

I received help from Uncle Ye Xin.

So it seems that Master Mu learned
all of her abilities

from this person named Ye Xin.

He must be someone who's incredibly capable.

This must be Uncle Ye Xin's portrait.

Master.

It's strange though—

where...

did Uncle Ye Xin go later?

How come he never appeared

during major events

like Master Mu's death

and resurrection?

Since he's a master,

could it be that he completed
his cultivation and ascended

when he was traveling the world?

This person...

looks familiar.

Portraits

always make everyone look the same, I guess.

In May of the Year of Tianyi,

unexpectedly, I met
the young master from years ago

who once gave me a meal.

He was suppressing bandits with the army.

Days ago, you and I worked together
to eliminate the bandits.

We can be considered friends
who have faced hardships together.

From now on, just call me by my name.

Alright.

I'm a few years older than you.

From now on, I'll call you Yu.

Turns out, Master Mu and
the Crown Prince had known each other

even before meeting Master.

Back then, I just gave Qingge some pastry.

Qingge said she would repay this kindness,

but I thought she was only saying it casually.

I never expected her

to work so hard in cultivation

just to fulfill her promise.

Back then, Qingge obviously came
to me out of gratitude,

but I pushed her away with my own hands.

Perhaps this time,

I'll still have a chance.

She cultivated because it was her ambition.

Repaying your kindness was just
something she did along the way.

You don't have to relate everything to yourself.

There are a few letters here.

This one seems to be

from the Crown Prince to Master Mu.

When I was reunited with Qingge,

I found we got along like old friends.

We often exchanged letters.

Affairs in the royal family

rarely make one happy,
so I unconsciously wrote to her

to confide in her.

And every time Qingge replied,

she cheered me up.

At that time, Qingge was like

a light in my heart.

Sounds like

the past Master Mu was quite nice.

But why does she

seem different now?

Looks like the Grandmaster was
truly devoted to the Crown Prince.

She even carefully treasured
the letter he had written to her.

I sense a hint of jealousy.

It must be Master being jealous
of the Grandmaster and the Crown Prince again.

Wait a minute.

There's also the damp,

rainy scent of the monsoon season,

and the sharp, spicy smell of hot peppers.

Wait.

Are you...

eating...

No, I'm not.

Don't talk nonsense.

Put the letters back.

It's just some casual pleasantries

with an acquaintance

she doesn't often see,

nothing to make a fuss about.

Pleasantries?

No matter where she was,

Qingge always shared the
interesting things she came across with me

and cared about whether I was facing any trouble.

She even sent me her favorite waxberries.

Master Mu likes waxberries?

But why did she tell me that she never eats
sour things the last time she saw me?

Of course she doesn't like sour things.

After being Qingge's disciple for so long,

you don't even know

what she likes to eat.

Strange.

One said she likes sour things,

and the other said she doesn't.

Why is that?

She wrote Collection of Entertainment,
but now she doesn't seem like

an interesting person at all.

Why do I always feel that something's off

with this Mu Qingge?

Xue Ranran, what are you thinking about?

Anyway, no matter what Mu Qingge is like,

the person Master cares about is still her.

You shouldn't have any more expectations.

Why are you spacing out here alone?

It's nothing.

I'm just thinking about
what to do after leaving here.

Oh, Mr. Yu,

what's the capital like?

I heard it's very big and bustling.

Do you think it would be a good idea
for me to open a restaurant there?

You want to go to the capital?

As long as you want to go there,
I can arrange everything for you.

I'll take you to explore
the entire capital, see plays,

watch the mountains covered in maple leaves,
and eat the best Eight-Treasure Duck.

Mr. Yu, I...

When did you get the idea to go to the capital?

Master, have you forgotten?

Haven't I always wanted to go to the capital?

You said it yourself, Master,

that once I settle down

and find a husband,
you would prepare a dowry for me.

I think

the capital is a great place to settle down.

Alright.

Ranran,

I'll wait for you in the capital then.

That's the person who drove us away earlier.

Be careful.

She has

the same energy as that old man.

I mean no harm.

I am him,

yet I am not him.

What do you mean by that?

Don't play tricks.

Two souls in one body?

You share the same body

with that Mr. Liu?

Actually,

it's more like my soul

resides in Mr. Liu's body.

However,

I can only appear at dusk and dawn,

when day and night

change.

Earlier, I didn't have much time.

Don't come in! Don't come in!

Be careful!

I couldn't explain it to you.

So

I thought it best to drive you away first.

Who are you?

[Meng Zhang, Green Dragon]

My name is Meng Zhang.

I was originally a Green Dragon
on Divine Dragon Island.

You're a dragon?

Many years ago,

I left the island on an errand.

Unexpectedly,

I met

the love of my life,

Liu.

Are you talking about that Mr. Liu?

I secretly stayed in the mortal world
and spent many happy years with him.

However,


of Fanyao, I lost a dragon egg

that I had been guarding for years.

While searching for the egg,

I was mortally wounded by a beast that escaped

from the netherworld and died.

Liu was devastated and unwilling to let me go.

Unexpectedly, he was deceived
by the Spirit Spring.

The Spirit Spring?

It's just to make him lose
consciousness for a moment.

The Spirit Spring must
not be known to more people.

The situation here

is indeed related to the Spirit Spring.

What did you mean

when you said that Mr. Liu was deceived

by the Spirit Spring?

The Seven Evil Transformation Spell?

The Spirit Spring entered
Liu's dreams and bewitched him,

causing him to practice this spell,

merging my dragon soul

with his body.

Because the Spirit Spring told him
that if he followed its instructions,

it could bring me back to life.

My lingering soul remained.

But from then,

Liu and I

have been sharing one body.

Although we are together,

we can never truly meet.

However, Liu became
increasingly obsessed after that.

He obtained the Green
Dragon Divine Power from my body

and used it to subdue a Nine-Headed Kui'ao.

Was it your Liu who controlled
the Nine-Headed Kui'ao

and stole the Spirit Spring from Wangxiang Pass?

Yes,

it was he who stole the
soul-sealing stele that was sealing

the Spirit Spring,

found nine evil swords,

and created the Soul Devouring Formation.

For over a decade, Liu has been constantly luring

living people here,
allowing the Nine-Headed Kui'ao

to devour souls and accumulate resentment.

Therefore,

the power of the Nine-Headed
Kui'ao has grown stronger and stronger,

and it has gradually merged with the mountain.

The Spirit Spring is truly despicable.

It actually took advantage of Mr. Liu's love

and lured him into doing evil things.

I never expected that the Seven Evil
Transformation Spell

could not only fuse a person with a beast's body

but also integrate
a dragon's soul into one's body.

It seems that the reason that the Spirit
Spring chose your Liu from the very beginning

was to use your Green Dragon Divine Power.

So, the Nine-Headed Kui'ao devouring souls

and accumulating resentment is actually to

nourish the Spirit Spring inside it,
allowing it to break through the seal.

Now, whether it's to break the formation to escape
or to find the Spirit Spring,

we must locate the body of the Nine-Headed Kui'ao.

I know where it is.

I can tell you where the body of the Kui'ao is.

If the formation is broken,
Liu will no longer be able to harm anyone.

However, I want to ask you

to agree to two conditions.

First,

don't harm Liu.

All his crimes and heavenly punishments

will be shouldered by me alone.

Second,

I want to ask you to help me retrieve

the dragon egg I lost.

Would you...

agree?

Alright.

I promise you.

Xue Ranran.

Master,

I trust her.

Besides, if we find
the formation's core ourselves,

it will take a lot of time.

Since you've agreed,

please swear a soul oath
that you will help me find the dragon egg

and safely send it to the Dragon Island.

Otherwise, you will suffer the punishment

of your spiritual power dissipating completely.

Master...

The soul oath has been made.

Speak now.

Oh no.

Dawn is approaching.

Zhang,

go back.

Go back!

According to the map,
you can avoid the formation

and find the body of the Nine-Headed Kui'ao.

Destroy the nine evil swords,
and the formation will be broken.

Let's go.

Where are we?

There's a sword light.

The formation's core is indeed here.

It seems

the Kui'ao's shell is down here.

It's so large.

This formation has allowed it
to absorb a lot of resentment,

so it has grown enormous.

We must go down there
and destroy this formation

to restore everything to normal.

You all stay up here and wait for me.

You're asking for death!

Master, be careful!

I'll hold him off.

You go down and destroy the swords
to break the formation.

Master!

Go!

We are...

on the back of the Nine-Headed Kui'ao?

Everyone, help me block these resentments
and break a path open.

I'll charge in!

Don't waste your energy.

Those nine swords are exceptionally fierce.

How could your little disciples deal with them?

Go to hell!

He has the Green Dragon Divine Power within him,

making him no ordinary person.

He's not easy to deal with.

Soul-hosting Stone?

Ranran!

Master!

Qingge's Qingming Sword?

Qingming Sword can only be used by its master.

Only Qingge can resonate
with the spiritual power of Qingming Sword.

It's really you,

Qingge.

One Qi!

Break the galaxy!

Master.

I'm fine.

So, Qingming Sword was sealed here by you

to suppress the Spirit Spring.

Ranran.

Ranran.

Without the nourishment of resentment,

the spiritual power of
the Nine-Headed Kui'ao will dissipate,

and it will no longer be able to imprison
those souls it devoured.

They will return to their bodies on their own.

The bodies of those who were devoured

by the Nine-Headed Kui'ao
not long ago are still intact

and will soon awaken.

This formation has been destroyed.

The Nine-Headed Kui'ao will turn to stone
and merge with the earth.

Sure enough,

it's that drop of the Spirit Spring.

Su Yishui!

As long as you're alive,
you'll never escape the fate

of being the Demon's child!

Constantly refined

until it turns into bone and blood.

So, this drop of the Spirit Spring
can never be completely removed.

Master,

are you alright?

No matter what,

I should seal the Spirit Spring first.

Xi'er, Gao Cang, go
and keep an eye on that Mr. Liu

and take the villagers
who've awakened out of here.

- Yes, Master. - Yes, Master.

Your soldiers

should be waking up soon.

Ranran,

I'll wait for you outside.

Master.

Is this the spell seal?

This is indeed her spell seal,
the one she set up using her Golden Core

as the key back then.

You're overdrawing your
spiritual power with your lifespan?

Why...

is your Golden Core gone too?

The only one who would empty their own Golden Core
regardless of the consequences

is Mu Qingge.

Master,

let's get to the task at hand.

The seal has indeed loosened.

That's why the demonic nature of the Spirit Spring
has spread further and further

and affected Wangxiang Pass.

If we had come any later, the
resentment accumulated by the Nine-Headed Kui'ao

might have helped the Spirit Spring
break through the seal

and escape.

There seem to be

some words carved here.

Shui,

it must be you.

Remember what you promised me.

You must return the Spirit Spring
to the netherworld.

Don't have any other thoughts.

Remember that.

Oh, right.

I've also hidden a jar
of freshly brewed Mistaken Divine

behind the waterfall in Mount Wester.

♫ I've shed thousands of tears,
but my feelings haven't run dry ♫

I think

I may no longer be able to drink it myself.

Please enjoy it on my behalf.

♫ Hatred adds grayness to my hair ♫

Don't let the years of aging

go to waste.

July of the Year of Jiashen.

♫ Which side does destiny choose? ♫

Mu Qingge.

♫ Demon or immortal? ♫

♫ With you by my side, I'm fearless
in the face of life's hardships ♫

♫ If love wants me to die ♫

♫ I won't give up because of you ♫

♫ Thousands of steps to cross the sky-high chasm ♫

♫ Reincarnation and fate can't be denied ♫

♫ Why does the world have everything but love? ♫

♫ Falling forever is like becoming immortal ♫

♫ I insist to be with you day after day ♫

July of the Year of Jiashen?

That was just before Master Mu was besieged
by the four Heavenly Sects.

In that case,

these words

♫ The moment between us is worth 10,000 years ♫

must be Master Mu's

last wish from her previous life.

This is what Mu Qingge left for Master.

Master must not

have wanted anyone else to pry into it.

Why did I look at it?

And I've said too much.

Forget it.

Anyway, I don't really want
to know more about them.

How carefree

must a person be,

knowing they're going to die,
yet the only thing they worry about

is just a jar of wine?

Master, do you think

Grandmaster's final words were too casual?

Worried about a jar of wine, but not about you?

So you're upset?

You truly don't care

about your life at all.

Master, if you have any resentment,
tell Master Mu about it

in the future.

The matter of the Spirit
Spring hasn't been resolved yet.

The Spirit Spring?

What's on this

is Grandmaster's Golden Core?

Demon's child.

It's the Demon's child.

I've been waiting for you for a long time.

Master, are you alright?

Demon's child,

are you really willing to seal me?

The drop of the Spirit Spring
in your heart is still there.

If you give me your body,

we can merge.

I possess supreme magical power

and can give you everything you desire,

including

that little disciple of yours outside.

Yes,

that's right.

Give me your body.

Master!

The Spirit Spring has been successfully sealed.

Master, what's wrong with you?

Why do you look so pale?

I'm fine.

This Heavenly Bottle
sealed the Spirit Spring very quickly.

It shouldn't have triggered the reaction
of the Yin Eye Stone from the Heavenly Sect.

Otherwise, we'd be in trouble.

However,

it can only temporarily seal the Spirit Spring.

We must send the Spirit Spring
back to the netherworld as soon as possible.

The Spirit Spring is of utmost importance.

Do not let anyone else know
about the Heavenly Bottle.

Yes, Master.

But Master,

the Spirit Spring is so dangerous,

and the Heavenly Bottle is so chillingly cold.

You're carrying it with you.

What if...

Using this bottle to seal the Spirit Spring
is not a perfect solution.

I can only carry it with me
and constantly suppress it with my spiritual power

to avoid any issues.

As long as we send the Spirit Spring
back to the netherworld as soon as possible,

I won't be in any danger.

Let's go out first.

Master.

The villagers and soldiers who were rescued

have been settled

and are slowly recovering.

Ranran,

it's all thanks to you this time.

I owe you another favor for this.

Mr. Yu,

please don't be so formal.

I once saw

this sword in a painting
at the Consonance Palace.

It should be Mu Qingge's

Qingming Sword, right?

It's indeed Qingge's sword.

The situation was critical earlier.

Perhaps Master Mu's sword
sensed the techniques of the Wester Sect

and flew out to help us.

Now that the crisis is over,

Mr. Yu,

please return this sword

to Master Mu on my behalf.

Since it was you who summoned Qingming Sword,

it means that you have a connection with it.

How about you

keep the sword with you?

Keep it.

It originally belonged to the Wester Sect anyway.

In that case,

I will keep it.

Master,

what about Mr. Liu?

No!

No!

Don't!

No, no! Don't!

My spiritual power!

Where's my spiritual power?

My... my...

It was close.

It was so close!

My spiritual power...

It was so close.

The Seven Evil
Transformation Spell has been broken.

It was so close.

Zhang!

Zhang!

I still can't save you,

Zhang.

Zhang, you can't come out!

You can't leave me!

You can't leave me, Zhang!

You can't leave me!

You can't leave me...

Liu.

Zhang?

Zhang!

Zhang!

I...

I can finally see you again.

You're still so beautiful.

Zhang,

why are you so foolish?

I could have saved you.

I could have.

I could have saved you.

Our sins are too grave.

Liu,

let it go.

Don't harm any more

innocent people for me.

Thank you all

for helping me put an end to all of this.

Zhang!

Farewell,

Liu.

No!

Zhang!

Zhang.

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Don't leave me!

Don't leave me alone!

I'd rather die!

It was all my fault.

Let the Heavenly Way punish me!

Zhang!