ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S LOVE IN THE CLOUDS
Add two more hours.
There's no one watching us.
Why are you extending your punishment?
I was wrong today.
Mother was right to punish me.
You only ran out to buy scallion pancakes.
Mother was right.
I cannot slack off.
As the Crown Prince,
I should behave like one.
Do your best!
I'll buy scallion pancakes for you later.
I'll buy two for you.
Do your best!
Twenty-Seven.
Someone recognized me today.
That's impossible.
With the Veil of Illusion,
everyone will see you as a boy.
How could they recognize you?
Moreover, you'd look like a boy who looks completely different.
You won't be discovered, no matter what.
You are right.
How could anyone recognize me?
No one knows who I am at all.
Ming Xian.
Ming Xian?
Is this my name?
What else?
The Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain.
Warrior God Ming Xian.
They are all your names.
You win every battle you've fought
and have a mighty companion beast, Twenty-Seven.
You sound amazing, no matter what.
Here you go. Dried fish.
You shouldn't look so gloomy.
The most important thing is to be happy every day.
I'm here for you, no matter what.
Understand?
Twenty-Seven.
Do you think the name list mentioned by Xinliu
was hidden by Mu Qibai in the Sunken Abyss?
Why don't I go to the Sunken Abyss?
The earlier we know who from Yaoguang Mountain is related to Mu Qibai,
the earlier we can find the person who poisoned you.
Don't.
Ji Bozai used Ruo Shui
to uncover a dark side of the Sunken Abyss
and made it seem like order has returned to the Sunken Abyss now.
But I think Mu Qibai won't give up so easily.
I'm afraid it's still dangerous.
What are you afraid of?
I walk silently. No one will discover me.
No. Let me think about it. I…
This child…
Caught you.
Ming Xian's kitty.
Talk.
Is your master in Jixing Abyss as well?
You are quite stubborn.
Stop playing dead.
Is he dead for real?
Something's not right. This feeling…
Did something happen to Twenty-Seven?
Twenty-Seven!
It's all right. I'm here.
I'm here.
-Don't be afraid. Who did this to you? -Sorry.
Ming Yi, sorry.
-I was caught. -Stop apologizing.
Twenty-Seven, stop talking. Let me heal you.
You'll be fine.
You can't use your spiritual power.
I'm fine.
Cats have nine lives.
As if!
Let go of me.
Twenty-Seven.
You're fine. I'll bring you back.
Great. All of you are here.
Are you the ones who hurt Twenty-Seven?
I won't let any of you leave.
Lord Hanfeng.
Do you plan to raid Wugui Sea
because His Lordship is still at Shouhua Academy?
Ming Yi.
With me around,
none of you may enter.
Granny Xun, you have misunderstood.
I've received news
that Yaoguang Mountain's Ming Xian
has trespassed into Jixing Abyss.
We've been searching everywhere in Jixing Abyss
and caught Ming Xian's companion beast.
He was very sly and escaped by playing dead.
Little did he know, with how weak he is,
he only escaped from Dragon Carp Terrace
because Lord Hanfeng willed it so.
Lord Hanfeng wanted to see
where he was hiding in Jixing Abyss.
Do you think it's a coincidence
that the companion beast ran back to Wugui Sea?
Granny Xun, take a look.
This is the Search Mirror that will react to Ming Xian.
Granny Xun,
why does the Search Mirror
point to Fairy Ming Yi directly?
Does it mean Fairy Ming Yi
is actually Yaoguang Mountain's Ming Xian in disguise?
This is impossible.
This is never-ending.
Why are there so many pointless
and useless tasks
that are just for show in Judgment Hall?
I won't have time to find the medicine.
Guards!
You there.
Please get a few guards on duty
to help me mark these documents as read.
I know everyone is busy,
but it's different for guards on duty.
Even if they're on duty, they are just standing there.
Come inside, have some tea, and take a break
while helping me out.
But there's no one else in Judgment Hall.
No way.
They are better at slacking off than I am.
Not at all.
Actually, all of them are very responsible.
However, Ji Bozai was harboring Ming Xian,
so Lord Hanfeng took them away
to capture Ming Xian at Wugui Sea.
Ji Bozai is harboring Ming Xian?
When did that happen?
Ming Yi, what's going on?
How surprising.
Immortal Ji married Fairy Ming Yi not long ago.
Right now,
not only did Ming Xian's companion beast escape to Wugui Sea,
but the Search Mirror points at you too.
I'm sure you're upset.
He's your companion beast after all.
Unfortunately,
the proof is irrefutable.
I have no choice but to believe
that our proud warrior, Ji Bozai,
is colluding with Yaoguang Mountain
to harbor the enemy of Jixing Abyss, Ming Xian.
Sun Liao, capture them.
Try me.
The contraption and the key are here.
This is the full layout of Zhuojin Tower.
In every Qingyun Tournament,
there will be a Gudiao beast in the arena.
Many warriors died to it.
This is…
A way to defeat the Gudiao beast?
Get all of them to learn it.
I'm sure it's possible, even for a fool.
-Your Highness. -What are you doing?
We are here on Lord Hanfeng's order
to capture the criminal, Ji Bozai.
Coming at me again?
What is Lord Hanfeng accusing me of this time?
Lord Hanfeng has found
that Ji Bozai is harboring
Ming Xian of Yaoguang Mountain at Wugui Sea
by disguising him as a woman
under the identity of Ming Yi.
Ming Yi is Ming Xian?
When did Lord Hanfeng make this story up?
Even then, do you believe in that story?
Have all of you gone senile?
How could you say something so absurd?
Everyone in the Six Realms knows
that Ming Xian's companion beast is a white cat.
That cat was captured in Wugui Sea.
Moreover, Lord Hanfeng has a Search Mirror
that only reacts to Ming Xian.
-Search Mirror? -Take a guess on who the Search Mirror
pointed to.
This fairy is suspicious.
She triggered a reaction from our Search Mirror.
Please move.
Lord Hanfeng will take Ming Yi away for questioning.
Once she confesses, we'll know
if you ever harbored Ming Xian.
However, the current situation
indicates that you are an accomplice.
You cannot stay in Shouhua Academy
and be the exemplar for warriors.
Immortal Ji, please cooperate.
Everyone,
Ming Xian and his companion beast are resisting capture.
I have no choice but to kill them all.
As for Ji Bozai,
we have irrefutable proof of his collusion with the enemy.
His identity as a warrior will be stripped and be demoted to a criminal.
Ming Yi is just a weak fairy.
It is easy for you to get a confession out of her through torture.
All of you are just trying to slander Ji Bozai.
Lord Hanfeng, you are trying to slander His Lordship.
But you have to go through me first.
Granny Xun, do you have a death wish
and hope Ji Bozai will join you in the underworld later?
Your loyalty moves me.
In that case, I will grant your wish.
Where is he?
Wugui Sea.
SHEDDING THE OLD AND EMBRACING THE NEW
Ji Bozai.
I sent my men to bring you in for questioning.
Did you resist and escape?
In that case, my allegation of your collusion
and treason isn't a false accusation.
I have no time to talk to you.
Wait.
Uncle.
What's going on?
Ming Yi is obviously a normal fairy.
How can she be Ming Xian?
It's just nice that the people of Shouhua Academy are here.
I will make things clear right here.
Today, a young man trespassed into the Sunken Abyss
and was captured alive by Sun Liao.
He is over there.
Do all of you know that he is a companion beast?
-A companion beast? -Companion beast?
-He's indeed a white cat. -He's a white cat.
Why is this companion beast in Ming Yi's arms?
Why is Ming Xian's companion beast in Wugui Sea?
Right.
-Ming Xian's companion beast. -Does it mean…
I'm sure all of you know clearly
what the companion beast of Ming Xian is.
Within the Six Realms,
the only one who has a white cat companion beast
that can turn into a human is Ming Xian.
This is indeed Ming Xian's companion beast.
How come his companion beast appears in Jixing Abyss?
Ji Bozai,
I told Sun Liao
to deliberately let this companion beast go.
He saw it run back to Wugui Sea immediately.
Your new wife is even more interesting.
She's hugging Ming Xian's companion beast tightly.
Sun Liao.
You are a joke!
You were a warrior in the last Qingyun Tournament.
However, Ji Bozai defeated you easily,
so you had a grudge against him.
That was why you spread false information to my uncle.
I…
Uncle, I think there's a misunderstanding.
Ji Bozai has nothing to do with Ming Xian.
In my opinion,
this companion beast must have escaped to Wugui Sea by accident
when it was in a panic.
Sun Liao wanted to use this
to frame Ming Yi, a fairy, as Ming Xian?
How ridiculous.
Besides, you don't care about Ming Yi at all.
You only want to incriminate Immortal Ji.
Your Highness, I--
Uncle, what do you think?
It fled in a panic, and it chose Wugui Sea?
This is too much of a coincidence.
Besides, how do you explain this?
This is an artifact made by Ming Xian, the Search Mirror.
If Ming Xian appears nearby,
the mirror will react
and point to his position.
-Look. -It reacts.
-It does point at her. -Yes.
She really is Ming Xian.
This is impossible.
-But she's a girl. -That's right.
Ji Bozai's new wife is not a fairy at Moonlit Blossoms at all.
Perhaps Ji Bozai learned some evil spell from somewhere
and turned Ming Xian into a girl
to hide his identity so he could be by his side.
Ji Bozai,
this is irrefutable proof of your collusion with the enemy.
Surrender now.
Why is it going backwards?
Lord Hanfeng, you went through all the hassle
just to incriminate yourself?
Ji Bozai, have you gone mad?
You dare manipulate the Search Mirror
in front of everyone?
Yes. I did it.
Since the Search Mirror can be manipulated so easily,
it means you can also manipulate it.
Besides, it's just a stupid mirror.
Can it really point to Ming Xian because you said so?
You're trying to slander me by using such a broken artifact?
Lord Hanfeng,
I think you are the one who has gone mad.
This mirror was made by Ming Xian indeed.
When Ming Xian was 16,
he made this artifact
after winning the Qingyun Tournament for the fourth time.
If a criminal escapes,
this mirror can connect with that person's belongings
and pinpoint the criminal.
That is how it gained the name Search Mirror.
The criminal, Hou Zhao, was the one
who offered it as tribute to Yaoguang Mountain.
Lord Chengyun of Yaoguang Mountain, Ming Xin,
used this mirror to make fun of Jixing Abyss,
saying they loved crafting artifacts yet they couldn't even make
a decent artifact for locating criminals.
Hou Zhao was angry
and recorded this with the Recording Mirror.
I've seen the Search Mirror through the Recording Mirror.
It is indeed this mirror before us.
Hou Zhao did commit a grave crime,
but he did one good thing after all.
Otherwise,
Lord Hanfeng would've been wrongly accused.
Ji Bozai, do you have anything else to say?
However, I don't understand one thing.
The Search Mirror has always been kept in the Yaoguang Palace.
How did you get it, Lord Hanfeng?
You accused Ji Bozai of collusion,
but you, the one who has the Search Mirror of Yaoguang Mountain,
are even more suspicious.
Situ Ling.
Why are you questioning me instead?
As expected. Ming Xian created this for fun when he was young.
Even someone like me, who has no spiritual veins,
can control this mirror and manipulate it as I wish.
This is too easy.
Immortal Situ.
What are you doing?
Trying to uncover the truth, obviously.
Today, you redeployed all my guards at Judgment Hall
without my approval.
How odd.
Judgment Hall ought to investigate cases independently,
yet you can order my men as you wish.
With your support,
they even captured
the only warrior who defeated Ming Xian in the past seven years.
My title as the chief
feels toothless.
How interesting.
Out of nowhere,
you accused a girl
of being the Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain
and even framed me for harboring Ming Xian.
All right. I'll admit it.
Ming Xian begged me to collude with him
and wanted to serve me
so that Yaoguang Mountain would lose its Blessed Rain.
He even turned into a girl to marry me.
This is such an elaborate ruse.
-Right? -Uncle, please tell us
who gave you the Search Mirror.
That person must be the mastermind
who colluded with Yaoguang Mountain.
Uncle, you must not be tricked by evil people.
Worry not.
No traitors or suspicious people
can get away under my nose.
However, isn't our priority now
to confirm Fairy Ming Yi's identity?
Perhaps Ming Xian used some evil spells to transform himself.
Besides, it's also strange that Fairy Ming Yi insists
on protecting this young man.
I must take her back for questioning.
Sure.
Twenty-Seven.
Ji Bozai, what are you doing?
After I defeated Ming Xian that day,
I took his companion beast as a trophy.
The owner of this white cat now…
is me.
That was why he returned to Wugui Sea after he was seriously injured.
Lord Hanfeng,
you falsely accused my wife
of being the Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain
without any evidence.
If I also let you take my pet away,
I will no longer
have a place in Jixing Abyss in the future.
What a joke.
I've never seen you capture Ming Xian's companion beast
at the Qingyun Tournament.
You're now trying to protect a companion beast.
Ji Bozai, how dare you call yourself innocent?
Ji Bozai came from the Sunken Abyss.
Before I use him,
I've checked his background.
Uncle, if you don't believe him,
I can vouch for his innocence.
If you find Ming Yi and the companion beast suspicious,
you may capture them.
Why must you
slander the person I chose?
Fine. I have ways to make her speak
and find out who she really is anyway.
Ming Yi is my wife.
I know who she is more than anyone else.
If you harm her today,
I won't let you live to see tomorrow.
Since she is your wife, Immortal Ji,
I still have another way
to verify her true identity.
Marriage Stone.
Marriage Stone?
That is a good way indeed.
The Marriage Stone is an ancient stone.
It can be used to verify one's true identity.
Every soul has a name.
The name must match the body
before the name can be carved on the stone.
Ji Bozai is a warrior.
He is not supposed to form a heart imprint
and share divine consciousness.
However, since Immortal Ji trusts Fairy Ming Yi so much,
I do think
that this method of verification
is worth a try.
Fine.
I will prove it to all of you.
I will make up
for what I owe you previously.
If the visitors are lovers,
the Love Bridge will be connected.
Please get on the bridge.
They passed through Mengyuan Pond's barrier.
How is that possible?
Outsiders are not allowed in the Lovers' Domain.
Stay back.
Shao Qun.
Uncle, you know very well
that this barrier is impenetrable to all,
except for two people in love.
I'm sure they've passed the Magpie Bridge Domain
and entered the depths of Mengyuan Pond.
JI BOZAI
If I am not Ming Yi,
what are the consequences?
The Lovers' Domain only accepts true love.
If there is any deceit, divine punishment will follow.
At best, the primordial spirit will be shattered.
At worst, one will be reduced to ashes.
Do you want to die?
Are you stopping me
because you're worried that I might kill you
after I know the truth?
No matter who you are,
everything has gone your way.
We are now on the same boat.
If I cannot ascertain your identity,
I will also be in trouble.
No one can stop me from doing the things I want,
not even you.
JI BOZAI, MING YI
Wrong.
I knew it.
When it comes to weddings in Jixing Abyss,
according to tradition,
lovers must first pick an auspicious day and a blessed land.
They then make a wish to the starlight, to stay together for life.
If the Radiant Spirit scatters starlight upon them,
that's the greatest blessing of all.
After that,
under the witness of the mandarin ducks,
they carve their names upon the Marriage Stone.
How tedious.
This is the Radiant Spirit from the Radiant Galaxy in Jixing Abyss.
Lovers will make a wish upon the scattering Radiant Spirit
so they can be with each other forever.
JI BOZAI
JI BOZAI, MING…
JI BOZAI, MING YI
He has been struck by Divine Lightning many times
yet he still won't give up.
We are tired.
Whatever. Let him carve it.
JI BOZAI, MING YI
Ji Bozai!
Both of you, congratulations on tying the knot.
You now share a heart imprint and divine consciousness.
Let's go out first.
After I left the Sunken Abyss,
this is my first time
wanting to trust someone.
I'm an idiot.
Since the beginning,
you've been lying to me.
And now,
I can't abandon you anymore.
You got your wish.
Are you content now?
Every day, you watch
as you toy with my feelings.
Does it bring you happiness?
-No. -In your eyes,
I'm
just a fool.
Sorry.
-Ji Bozai, I-- -Enough.
No matter what it is that you want,
I've made it up to you
with this ritual.
I don't owe you anymore.
Ji Bozai, actually I… I--
Ming Yi,
whenever I feel pain,
I will make you feel it too.
JI BOZAI, MING YI
Congratulations! The newlyweds have carved their names.
Ji Bozai and Ming Yi
are a match made in heaven who will have lasting happiness.
It seems like the ancient stone
has verified Ming Yi's identity.
You see it yourself, Lord Hanfeng.
I'm sure you can cast your worry aside now.
If any despicable individual
tries to slander Fairy Ming Yi in the future,
the Judgment Hall will never forgive them easily.
Great.
Situ Ling, you're quite something.
Lord Hanfeng,
are you happy now?
Remember.
From now on,
no one else can question my wife's identity.
Naturally.
Immortal Ji and Fairy Ming Yi, congratulations
on verifying your identities.
Immortal Situ,
today's event must be recorded in the books at Judgment Hall.
Why don't I return to Judgment Hall with you? Judgment Hall.