01x20 - Episode 20

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[Love of the Divine Tree]

[Episode 20]

Zhang.

Zhang.

Zhang!

Zhang!

Don't leave me behind.

If I'm alone,

I'd rather die!

It's all my fault.

Let the Heavenly Way punish me,

Zhang.

Zhang.

Zhang.

Meng Zhang iwa willing to bear
all heavenly punishment for Mr. Liu,

but Mr. Liu's obsession runs too deep.

He doesn't want to live on in disgrace.

He has harmed so many people.

He deserves his punishment.

If the evil being hadn't influenced him,

things might not have turned out this way.

Even Grandmaster, who had
reached the Transcenence Realm

couldn't avoid being affected
by the Spirit Spring.

We still need to quickly find a way to help Master

return the Spirit Spring
to the netherworld for peace of mind.

You all helped Meng Zhang.

I have no way to repay you.

This is my reverse scale as the Green Dragon.

It's used to craft the Heavenly Book.

Even mortals

can use it to glimpse

a fleeting vision of the future.

What has already happened

cannot be undone.

But if the next life can be foreseen,

it may help you avoid calamities and disasters.

You all,

please take care.

Heavenly Book.

[Modest and Receptive]

Master, what did you see?

Ranran,

you haven't touched it yet, have you?

There's no need.

It doesn't matter what the Heavenly Book says.

One's fate belongs to oneself.

In the end, we must walk our own path.

I won't look at it.

Our business here is finished.

Once we've rested and regrouped,
we'll return to Mount Wester.

- Yes, Master. - Yes, Master.

Since finding the Spirit Spring,

Master has been a bit off.

With the Heavenly Bottle temporarily
sealing the Spirit Spring, Master should

not be in any immediate danger, right?

Ranran.

My soldiers

have almost fully recovered.

We're preparing to set off now.

Mr. Yu,

take care then.

Actually, I came

to take you with me.

Don't you want to go to the capital?

I do want to go to the capital to have a look,

but my body

and spiritual power

are still too weak.

I can't leave Mount Wester yet.

If you're unwell, then you
should return to the capital

with me even more.

I can find you

the best doctors.

I can ensure that you're healthy and worry-free.

Mr. Yu, there's no need to worry.

It's just that my heart is unstable.

If I cultivate well and form my Golden Core,
everything will be fine.

An unstable heart...

Ranran fell from the
Reincarnation Tree before 18 years.

Could this be the reason why

Su Yishui insisted on bringing Ranran
to cultivate in Mount Wester?

Su Yishui said that after you form
your Golden Core, everything will be fine?

After I gain more experience,
I should be able to build my Foundation.

Then the Golden Core stage won't be far off.

How can I let you stay by his side for so long?

Ranran, do you know that soon

it will be the once-every-19-years

Marrow-Cleansing Pool Trial?

Marrow-Cleansing Pool?

Yes.

Hundreds of years ago, a great savior

chanced upon a pool of spiritual power
on Heavenly Meridian Mountain.

Bathing in it could transform one's body,
greatly increasing spiritual power.

So after he attained ascension,
he specially opened up this place,

naming it the Marrow-Cleansing Pool.

He left it as a blessed land
for future cultivators.

But this Marrow-Cleansing Pool
opens once every 19 years.

Among all Heavenly Sect disciples,
only those who compete

and take first place will have the chance

to enter the pool and cleanse their marrow.

So you're saying if I win
the Marrow-Cleansing Pool Trial,

my spiritual power can advance?

Yes.

Then you'll be able to form your Golden Core,
finish your training, and leave Su Yishui.

[Natural Residence]

The spell formation set has been triggered.

Xi'er!

Xi'er, what's wrong? Xi'er!

Xi'er!

The might of heaven is awe-inspiring.

Empyrean Bone Sacrifice!

Empyrean Bone Sacrifice Formation?

My Empyrean Bone Sacrifice Formation
may not be as powerful as it was

when the four great
Heavenly Sects' masters gathered

to control the power of nine sacred relics,

but it's still enough

to completely decimate you.

Master,

my body

feels like it's being drained!

The Black Dragon Jade Pendant?

It's Su Yu.

Why is Su Yu here?

The formation isn't complete yet.

You must stop now!

That's not possible.

I promised that today,

everyone here would die.

How can I go back on my word?

The formation is broken.

Master!

Master!

Ranran!

Ranran!

Ranran, are you alright?

It was Mr. Zeng's

protective armor that saved me.

Su Yishui, have you gone mad?

The formation had clearly been broken.

Why didn't you stop?

Do you realize that Ranran
almost died by your hand just now?

If anything had happened to her,

I would never forgive you.

Master,

I just suffered some minor injuries.

Were you alright earlier?

Master?

I have suffered a great loss of spiritual power.

It's unwise to take any more risks.

Every injustice has its perpetrator.

This was all her idea.

If you want to settle scores, do it with her!

Su Yishui,

don't be so arrogant.

Resentment Liquid!

You—

Yes.

I've been secretly controlling
the Resentment Liquid in your body.

If you had behaved yourself,

I wouldn't have touched the Resentment Liquid.

You brought this upon yourself.

I was wrong.

I was wrong, Su Yishui.

I won't dare to do this again.

For Qingge's sake,

please forgive me.

In your previous life, your sister
catered to your every whim,

protected, and indulged you.

But I'm not her.

I won't be soft-hearted.

Although I can't k*ll you,

I have countless ways

to make you wish you were dead.

Su Yishui.

I know

you are the real Demon's child.

In the previous life,

Qingge took the blame for you.

If you don't stop now,

I'll reveal this secret to the world.

You think I care

if others know?

You're not afraid of this,

but don't you care about Xue Ranran?

I already found out.

Your disciple, Xue Ranran,

is my sister,

Mu Qingge,

right?

You don't care if the Heavenly Sects find out

about your identity
as the Demon's child and seek revenge,

but Xue Ranran is different.

She's your disciple now

and has little spiritual power.

When the time comes, she will surely
become the target of everyone's attacks,

never knowing peace in her life.

If at that time,

you're also in deep trouble,

will you still be able to protect her?

Su Yishui, neutralize my
Resentment Liquid immediately

or I'll draw my sword and end my life.

Qingge and I are connected
by the Soul-Devouring Lock.

If I die,

she dies too.

With her going down with me,

it'll be worth it.

If I can make the Reincarnation Tree
bear fruit once, I can do it a second time.

But you won't have another chance
to come back to life.

Go ahead and try.

Making the Reincarnation Tree bear fruit once
requires you to use up half a Golden Core.

Do you still have enough Golden Cores to spare?

What's wrong?

Did I guess correctly?

Wanting to resurrect my sister

isn't that easy,

right, Su Yishui?

I can neutralize the Resentment Liquid.

But I want you to make a soul oath.

You must not reveal Ranran's
and my identities to anyone else.

Play your role as Mu Qingge well.

If you break this oath,
may heavenly lightning strike you down

and your soul be forever destroyed.

How dare you make me swear such a vicious oath!

Before that drop of dew hits the ground,

you still have a chance to make the oath.

Otherwise, I'll k*ll you first.

At worst, I can give up the remaining half
of my Golden Core too!

I swear!

I will never reveal

Xue Ranran's and yours identities.

If I do,

may heavenly lightning strike me down
and my soul be forever destroyed.

Su Yishui,

you madman!

To neutralize the Resentment Liquid,
follow me to Mount Wester.

Your Highness.

I've brought the wound medicine.

You're wounded too.

Let's tend to your wounds first.

Su Yishui almost seriously injured you,

and now he's disappeared

without an explanation.

The way he was just now...

Never mind.

I think you should leave with me.

Master must have discovered something,

so...

He won't abandon us.

Mr. Yu.

Your Highness, the army has urgent matters

that can't be delayed any longer.

Ranran, since you're still unwilling

to come with me this time,

I won't force you.

After you form your Golden Core
and complete your training,

we'll discuss it again.

I must leave today.

Take good care of yourself.

Mr. Yu.

Take care.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness,

we were delayed here

for too long.

The pills left by the Exotic Pavilion
have all been used up.

I'm afraid the poison in your body
can no longer be suppressed.

Don't make a fuss about it.

Return to the capital immediately.

Yes.

Your Highness,

there's one more thing.

The collapsed waterway here

has unexpectedly been cleared.

Excellent.

I can't wait anymore.

Let's depart.

Could Master

be in some kind of trouble?

Senior, take good care of Xi'er.

I'll go out and have a look.

Alright.

Master,

Master!

Are you alright?

Long time no see, Xue Ranran.

Master Mu.

I happened to be passing by.

I sensed that Shui was nearby,

so I came to check on him.

Master, you suddenly left just now.

Was it to look for Master Mu?

I have stabilized Xi'er's primordial spirit.

She still needs to take medication and rest
for several days to recover.

Let's return to Mount Wester first.

Yes, Master.

What about Master Mu?

I'll go with you all.

Mr. Yu just left.

Won't you go catch up with him?

I naturally want to spend more time with Shui.

Master!

You didn't look

very well earlier.

Were you affected by the Spirit Spring?

Master!

This matter doesn't concern you.

I can handle it myself.

Don't ask any more questions.

You,

come with me.

Can't Grandmaster

fly by herself?

Ranran, then I'll take Xi'er away first.

Be careful on your own.

Who on earth wanted to

set up a formation here to k*ll us?

The Alcohol Immortal is proficient
in rune cultivation.

Perhaps he can help find out something.

- Master. - Guardian.

Clean up the room

next to mine.

Master Mu will be staying
at Mount Wester for a few days.

- Yes. - Yes.

Bring the high-quality soul-transferring
pills from the alchemy hall.

Help Xi'er take them daily.

Yes, Master.

Follow me.

You were in such a hurry to pull me away earlier.

Were you worried that I might
accidentally say something wrong?

Keep your mouth shut.

I can keep my mouth shut,

but can you control your heart?

You're so guarded against me.

What's the use?

I saw everything earlier.

You lost control

and almost k*lled Qingge.

You are the Demon's child,

and now, you're carrying the Spirit Spring.

Could it be that you're being influenced

by the evil Spirit Spring again?

But it's still several years

before the netherworld's gate opens.

As long as this Spirit Spring
can't be returned and stays with you,

who knows when

you might lose control again

and k*ll Qingge?

How is Xi'er doing?

I must catch

the one who set up the trap to harm us

and get revenge for Xi'er.

If it can be implanted
from the outside into the heart,

then there must be a way to remove it.

Why isn't it working?

Why?

[Carefree Pavilion]

Mr. Yu Chen,

is Master here?

The Guardian is not here.

Yesterday, the Guardian instructed me
to tidy up the alchemy hall.

He said he would prepare it for Mu Ran—

Mu Qingge for alchemy today.

He probably

went to the alchemy hall early
to start the furnace.

Master actually

went to start the furnace himself.

She's about to build her Foundation.

If she advances, won't my spiritual power

be drained and decrease again?

I can't let her succeed.

Before advancing,

one's true energy is unstable.

It's the easiest to go astray at this time.

I can't attack her,

but if

her own true energy goes haywire

and something goes wrong,

then it can't be blamed on me.

Ranran.

Master Mu.

Bringing snacks to Shui?

There's no need.

His mind is all on me.

He'll be refining pills for me in the coming days.

He has no time for irrelevant people.

You came here early in the morning
just to brag about these things to me?

Alright.

I got it.

Why are you in such a hurry to leave?

Did I expose those unspeakable thoughts

of yours?

Let me remind you,

don't forget your place.

Don't go coveting

those you shouldn't.

In his eyes,

you're just a disciple he took in

to pass his idle time.

When he's happy,

he'll dote on you.

When he's bored,

he'll discard you.

Don't ever

take yourself too seriously.

Then tell me,

people say Mu Qingge

is obsessed with me.

Is that true?

Don't think I don't know what you're up to.

If you can't let go of your delusions,
I'll give you a hand.

You saved Qingge and gave her a second life.

Do you want to repeat the same mistakes?

Master?

Why were you so careless?

You didn't even notice
that you're about to build your Foundation?

Master,

I...

Focus your mind, close off your five senses,

eliminate distracting thoughts,

and channel your energy to build your heart.

The lightning tribulation has come.

I just wanted to

savor every moment

with you before sealing the Spirit Spring.

Even if the Ice Lotus Technique hurt me, so what?

But now I realize that the
drop of Spirit Spring in my heart

wasn't completely erased.

I won't allow myself
to get close to you again.

I've fallen from the Nascent Soul stage.

Mu Qingge,

were you born

to oppose me?

I'll make sure you won't have it easy.

That was the Spirit Spring just now.

Ling Xiao.

Could you be the Demon's child?

You still don't remember?

No,

I need to see clearly who you really are.

What is this place?

This is me from my past life?

Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao?

No,

these are my memories.

Could it be that I've reached the Foundation Phase
and my spiritual power has increased,

unlocking memories from my past life?

I've moved from Ling Xiao's memories into

my own memories.

I never thought

you'd venture into the netherworld.

Ling Xiao,

I've also entered the netherworld.

What was I doing in the netherworld?

Could my past life be connected
to the Spirit Spring?

What exactly is our connection?

Ling Xiao,

see if you can

remember anything else.

Why is everything so different
from what I imagined?

Who am I really?

And who are you?

This time,

we miscalculated a bit.

Su Yishui

found the whereabouts of the Spirit Spring,

but it didn't go as we planned.

He wasn't possessed by the Spirit Spring again.

However,

as long as he still has

that drop of Spirit Spring in his heart,

everything can be managed.

I have another plan.

I know

it's hard for you to accept it too.

If you really are the Demon's child,

yet you were deeply entangled with my past life

and even split your spiritual soul to protect me,

it's indeed quite complicated to process.

No wonder Master was reluctant

to tell me about my past life.

You say you won't look for your soul
owner anymore and you won't go back?

That won't do.

Ling Xiao, regardless of whether
your soul owner is the Demon's child

or whatever else, you are still my friend.

Your kindness in protecting
me all this way still stands.

I will send you back.

Besides, the Demon's child
is just a regular person born

at a special time, nothing more.

Right or wrong, good or evil,
I can discern it for myself.

Moreover,

I need to advance faster now.

This way,

I can find out

how I entered the netherworld before

and help Master return the Spirit Spring
as soon as possible.

The fastest way to advance...

It opens once every 19 years.

Among all Heavenly Sect disciples,
only those who compete

and take first place will have the chance

to enter the pool and cleanse their marrow.

Ranran.

Mr. Zeng.

Ranran,

congratulations on
successfully building your Foundation.

Mr. Zeng, you've come
to congratulate me so quickly.

Since you've successfully built
your Foundation, you should have

a suitable weapon.

The sword you used to defeat
the Nine-Headed Kui'ao last time

was indeed a divine weapon.

That sword also acknowledges you.

That's Mu Qingge's Qingming Sword, isn't it?

I've already given the sword
to Master for safekeeping.

Master must cherish it very much.

This sword has an owner.

I don't want it.

Alright,

that's fine.

I will custom-make

a better one for you.

Thank you, Mr. Zeng.

You're so kind to me.

However, I already

have my own weapon.

I want to call it

Divine Tree.

Someone once told me

that planting a tree somewhere

means you have a home there.

Mount Wester will be your home from now on.

You are no longer homeless.

This Reincarnation Tree shares your life force.

If you forge it into a weapon,
there won't be anything

more suitable for you.

With your Formless Spirit Root,

you should be able to make it
transform more freely at will.

With my current spiritual power,
it's probably not possible.

However,

if I use spirit pills to supplement my power...

Brilliant!

Perhaps different spirit pills
can give it different transformations.

I'll try it next time.

[Consonance Palace]

Stiffly Su.

What's going on with you?

I couldn't stop you from falling in love before.

Why the sudden change now?

It's nothing.

I think you're right.

Don't give me that evasive nonsense.

Why did you bring

Mu Ranwu back?

With all your mood swings,
what will Ranran think?

You must explain it clearly to me today.

Hey,

what can't you tell me?

Alright.

Let me guess.

This must've started when you rescued Ranran
from those b*stards of the Scarlet Sect

at the foot of Mount Cuiwei
and couldn't suppress

the violent energy inside you.

I heard you lost control
in Puxin Village too.

It's related to this, right?

So the Spirit Spring can still affect you.

When I was young, a drop
of Spirit Spring was planted in my heart.

It has always been there,

impossible to remove or eradicate.

It resonates with the Spirit Spring.

Before long, I won't be able
to suppress it anymore

or seal off the Spirit Spring.

Are you saying

you're afraid the Spirit
Spring will possess you again?

But

there are still three years
before the netherworld reopens.

Can you hold out until then?

I don't know, but I absolutely won't

let myself be repossessed.

We must quickly find another way
to enter the netherworld.

Is there any way?

I haven't found one yet, but when
Qingge entered the netherworld back then,

it wasn't during the key opening time either.

So there must be other ways.

So that's why you're here,
looking through these records.

Is this also the reason

why you pushed Ranran away?

She can't be

dragged down by me again.

I can't keep her by my side anymore.

I can't let her stay at Mount Wester.

She must form her Golden Core as soon as possible.

This way, the Soul-Devouring Lock won't have

too much of an effect on her.

After she completes her training,
she'll have the ability to protect herself

and pursue

the life she wants.

This isn't something that can be rushed.

Besides, Ranran is still far from
forming her Golden Core.

It'll be possible if she can
enter the Marrow-Cleansing Pool.

How many elite talents

from various Heavenly Sects participate
in the Marrow-Cleansing Conference?

Only one person might be able
to enter the Marrow-Cleansing Pool.

They'll definitely use all sorts of tactics.

Even if Ranran has the ability,
she may not necessarily win.

What are you pondering now?

You should take it easy.

Being too obsessive will only
make your emotions unstable.

If your Ice Lotus Technique breaks,
you'll lose your Transcendence Realm power.

Even if you find a way to enter the netherworld,

you won't be able
to seal the Spirit Spring anymore.

Nothing can change

my plan.

Even if my Ice Lotus Technique breaks
and I fall from the Transcendence Realm,

I can still use my body to seal the Spirit Spring
to prevent future troubles.

So what you said before was all true.

Xi'er,

stop sleeping.

Don't you like liveliness?

Wake up quickly.

I'll take you to the market.

I'll buy you your favorite food.

Please wake up, okay?

Senior Gao, As soon as I built my Foundation,

I started the furnace and refined this
Foundation Stabilizing Pill for Xi'er to try.

Okay.

Ranran,

you seem quite different
after you built your Foundation.

I feel like I've seen you somewhere before.

Senior Gao, are you confused from exhaustion?

I don't understand what you're saying.

It's just that the current you
reminds me of someone,

but I can't quite put my finger on whom.

- Xi'er. - Xi'er.

You're awake?

Come,

take it easy.

Xi'er,

are you alright?

We're back at Mount Wester?

Here, have some water to soothe your throat.

Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?

You want to know what happened to us, right?

To be honest, we're not sure either.

That wave came out of nowhere.

Master didn't say much about it.

But the important thing is we're all fine now.

There's also some good news.

Ranran has successfully built her Foundation.

Impressive.

We've fallen behind again.

Don't worry.

You just focus on getting better.

I'll practice hard with you.

We'll try to catch up with her.

Ranran.

Ranran.

Xi'er,

you're awake?

That's great!

Here's a letter from the Alcohol Immortal for you.

Come, have some more.

Ranran,

the runes you sent are
the Empyrean Bone Sacrifice Formation.

This is the very formation that the Heavenly Sects
used to k*ll Mu back then.

Who would dare use this formation
to harm the people of Mount Wester?

This formation is intricate and mysterious.

Apart from the sovereigns
of the Four Sects who set it up before,

no one else should be able to master it precisely.