WEBVTT 01:27.160 --> 01:30.600 ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S LOVE IN THE CLOUDS 01:40.280 --> 01:41.600 Ji Bozai! 01:44.000 --> 01:46.000 The ancient divine stone's rebound effect… 01:46.080 --> 01:47.520 What can your meager cultivation 01:48.160 --> 01:49.119 do against it? 01:51.360 --> 01:52.839 If we do nothing, your primordial spirit will be damaged. 01:52.920 --> 01:53.960 I can't stand by and watch. 02:08.720 --> 02:10.440 You have spiritual veins. 02:13.359 --> 02:15.359 What else have you been hiding from me? 02:22.320 --> 02:23.160 Speak! 02:25.000 --> 02:26.480 Who are you? 02:37.760 --> 02:39.720 I did come from Yaoguang Mountain, 02:41.239 --> 02:42.560 and I have ties to Ming Xian. 02:47.760 --> 02:49.480 I am Ming Xian… 02:54.640 --> 02:55.880 Ming Xian's betrothed. 02:59.560 --> 03:00.840 I'm sorry. 03:00.920 --> 03:03.160 I can't tell you the whole truth yet. 03:08.320 --> 03:10.840 The woman who bound a heart imprint with me 03:12.239 --> 03:14.200 was betrothed to Ming Xian. 03:15.040 --> 03:17.000 After everything that's happened, 03:17.079 --> 03:19.120 do you think I'd still believe you? 03:24.519 --> 03:26.959 Give me Twenty-Seven back. 03:27.040 --> 03:27.880 I'll prove it to you. 03:29.280 --> 03:31.720 He was badly wounded at Mu Qibai's place. 03:31.799 --> 03:34.280 If he doesn't get treatment, he'll die. 03:35.480 --> 03:36.440 Please. 03:43.840 --> 03:44.799 Twenty-Seven! 03:53.359 --> 03:54.720 It's all right. 03:54.799 --> 03:55.840 You're going to be just fine. 04:03.160 --> 04:05.079 Ming Xian's companion beast 04:05.160 --> 04:06.880 responds to me 04:08.040 --> 04:09.959 because Ming Xian and I 04:10.040 --> 04:12.280 grew up together. 04:12.880 --> 04:14.920 We were like twins from the same womb, 04:15.000 --> 04:16.079 inseparable. 04:17.640 --> 04:20.599 That's why Ming Xian's companion beast answers to me 04:20.680 --> 04:21.800 and resonates with me. 04:32.560 --> 04:33.680 Twenty-Seven! 04:38.120 --> 04:39.760 What was your purpose from the start 04:41.320 --> 04:42.919 in approaching me? 04:45.719 --> 04:46.840 I… 04:46.919 --> 04:47.880 Ming Xian lost to you 04:48.479 --> 04:49.760 at the Qingyun Tournament 04:51.000 --> 04:54.840 because someone sabotaged him. 04:55.919 --> 04:57.159 Siblings at Yaoguang Mountain 04:57.240 --> 04:59.520 were scheming against each other. 04:59.599 --> 05:02.320 Ming Xian has a half-brother, Ming Xin. 05:03.440 --> 05:05.200 He framed Ming Xian as a traitor of his realm. 05:05.280 --> 05:07.560 After that, Ming Xian went missing. 05:08.560 --> 05:12.479 I suspected someone in the Jixing Abyss colluded with forces in Yaoguang Mountain 05:12.560 --> 05:13.680 to take him down. 05:14.280 --> 05:17.039 Now, it looks like that person could be Mu Qibai. 05:18.320 --> 05:19.599 To survive 05:19.680 --> 05:21.479 and to get revenge, 05:22.840 --> 05:25.800 I had to conceal my spiritual veins 05:25.880 --> 05:26.719 and leave Yaoguang Mountain. 05:28.240 --> 05:30.800 Then, I joined Moonlit Blossoms 05:30.880 --> 05:32.039 to get close to you. 05:34.159 --> 05:37.760 Admittedly, I had ulterior motives, but 05:38.440 --> 05:40.520 our objectives align. 05:41.039 --> 05:43.039 Mu Qibai is suspicious. 05:44.520 --> 05:46.599 I wanted to start with him 05:46.680 --> 05:48.159 and find out 05:48.240 --> 05:50.039 who in Yaoguang Mountain harmed Ming Xian. 05:51.359 --> 05:54.159 I never once meant to harm you. 05:54.240 --> 05:55.280 I want to take down Mu Qibai 05:55.359 --> 05:56.960 as much as you do. 05:58.880 --> 06:00.159 I understand. 06:01.680 --> 06:03.960 You want to stay in Wugui Sea 06:04.039 --> 06:04.880 and go after Mu Qibai. 06:07.240 --> 06:08.080 Yes. 06:12.719 --> 06:13.599 I see. 06:14.880 --> 06:17.120 Allow me to guess what you'll say next. 06:18.400 --> 06:19.919 You'll claim 06:20.760 --> 06:23.960 Mu Qibai has ties to Yaoguang Mountain. 06:24.039 --> 06:26.520 If I keep you as my aide, 06:26.599 --> 06:29.599 we might uncover who's behind Mu Qibai sooner. 06:29.680 --> 06:30.880 Or maybe you're saying 06:30.960 --> 06:32.159 that to outsiders, 06:32.240 --> 06:33.840 we're already of one heart and one mind. 06:33.919 --> 06:35.359 If I kill you, 06:36.080 --> 06:38.919 your sudden disappearance would raise suspicion 06:39.000 --> 06:40.280 and tie my hands. 06:41.359 --> 06:43.440 So, it's better to keep you around 06:43.520 --> 06:44.960 as cover 06:46.120 --> 06:48.080 while I keep probing the netherbeasts, 06:49.680 --> 06:50.760 right? 06:54.440 --> 06:57.760 I see that you do know 06:58.840 --> 07:01.599 keeping me around is the wiser choice. 07:04.080 --> 07:04.919 Ming Yi, 07:06.200 --> 07:08.080 I'd rather kill you 07:09.840 --> 07:12.200 than Mu Qibai right now. 07:25.200 --> 07:27.280 Immortal Ji, I'm sorry I lied to you. 07:27.359 --> 07:30.039 But the bigger problem right now is the netherbeast forces and Mu Qibai. 07:30.760 --> 07:31.599 Immortal Ji! 07:40.440 --> 07:41.960 Are you going to keep pretending? 07:45.840 --> 07:47.200 I'm not. 07:47.280 --> 07:48.239 My… 07:48.960 --> 07:51.280 My spiritual veins aren't hidden with Soul-hiding Nails. 07:51.359 --> 07:52.680 I used another method, 07:52.760 --> 07:55.560 which is why I overexerted myself earlier. 07:56.080 --> 07:58.880 Why put on that weak, helpless act anymore? 08:05.760 --> 08:07.039 Even if you die, 08:08.359 --> 08:09.679 what's it to me? 08:12.599 --> 08:13.880 Twenty-Seven! 08:13.960 --> 08:15.359 Ming Yi, are you all right? 08:24.799 --> 08:25.640 Ming Yi. 08:41.559 --> 08:42.640 Twenty-Seven, 08:44.240 --> 08:46.439 we really are partners in misery. 08:47.920 --> 08:49.280 I just healed your wound. 08:50.000 --> 08:51.680 You just got a bit better, 08:51.760 --> 08:53.360 and now you're protecting my life. 08:56.880 --> 09:00.000 I never thought the repercussions would intensify with each occurrence. 09:02.040 --> 09:04.600 Ming Yi, it's my fault. I'm to blame. 09:04.680 --> 09:06.920 I was too careless, and I fell into their trap. 09:07.000 --> 09:08.319 I'm sorry. 09:09.560 --> 09:11.360 If I caused your death… 09:13.400 --> 09:15.240 Don't say those depressing things. 09:15.319 --> 09:17.280 I'm still alive, aren't I? 09:18.959 --> 09:20.120 See? 09:20.680 --> 09:22.959 I'm fine. You're fine. 09:23.040 --> 09:24.720 We're both here. 09:24.800 --> 09:25.720 This is the best outcome. 09:26.319 --> 09:27.920 And how could it be your fault? 09:28.000 --> 09:30.120 Our enemies were just too cunning. 09:34.439 --> 09:35.680 Right now, 09:35.760 --> 09:37.760 we need to convince Ji Bozai 09:37.839 --> 09:38.920 to collaborate with us. 09:43.520 --> 09:44.600 He defied the divine stone, 09:46.439 --> 09:48.920 carved the inscription for your sake, 09:49.520 --> 09:50.720 and was badly hurt, 09:51.240 --> 09:52.600 forming a heart imprint with you. 09:54.040 --> 09:58.079 You're a huge threat to him, 09:59.240 --> 10:01.360 yet he can't bring himself to kill you. 10:03.640 --> 10:04.520 Ming Yi, 10:05.839 --> 10:07.640 our plan worked. 10:09.280 --> 10:11.400 He's fallen for you. 10:13.600 --> 10:14.720 Yes. 10:15.240 --> 10:17.480 I'm the heartless one. 10:18.959 --> 10:20.880 But what could you have done? 10:20.959 --> 10:23.120 Love won't save your life. 10:25.560 --> 10:28.800 You two finally formed a heart imprint. 10:29.319 --> 10:31.160 We have to get to the Spirit Well 10:31.240 --> 10:33.240 and seize the Golden Millet Dream, right? 10:36.319 --> 10:38.800 We wait until he calms down 10:38.880 --> 10:40.280 and agrees to join forces with us. 10:40.800 --> 10:42.120 I think we still have a shot. 10:49.520 --> 10:54.160 For now, we've got to find a way out of here first. 10:56.040 --> 10:58.000 Ming Yi has formed a heart imprint with Your Lordship. 10:58.079 --> 11:00.079 Once she finds out where the Golden Millet Dream is, 11:00.160 --> 11:01.160 she can use that connection 11:01.240 --> 11:03.040 to enter Your Lordship's Spirit Well anytime she wants. 11:03.120 --> 11:04.280 We should kill her. 11:09.240 --> 11:11.240 I have a way to stop her from taking the Golden Millet Dream. 11:12.360 --> 11:13.560 As expected of Your Lordship. 11:14.600 --> 11:15.600 But we still have to deal with her, right? 11:18.839 --> 11:19.880 She's still useful. 11:21.719 --> 11:22.760 Then, I'll get rid of the cat first. 11:24.360 --> 11:25.959 What good will that do? 11:26.920 --> 11:27.800 The cat doesn't have a heart imprint. 11:29.400 --> 11:31.160 Then, we should kill her first? 11:31.920 --> 11:33.040 Buxiu, 11:33.120 --> 11:35.199 you can't solve every problem by killing. 11:35.280 --> 11:36.240 Even if killing her 11:37.600 --> 11:39.199 might solve some of them. 11:41.120 --> 11:42.719 -Understood. -Come back. 11:43.480 --> 11:44.920 I do understand. 11:45.000 --> 11:46.560 You don't. 11:47.520 --> 11:48.520 Go to Yaoguang Mountain 11:49.079 --> 11:50.280 and find out what happened to Ming Xian. 11:52.120 --> 11:52.959 Understood. 12:04.240 --> 12:05.839 And here I was, talking about Ji Bozai 12:05.920 --> 12:07.480 like he was madly in love with you, saying how much he cared. 12:07.560 --> 12:09.760 After all this time, he hasn't even shown his face once! 12:09.839 --> 12:11.040 Master She was right. 12:11.120 --> 12:12.839 He's a scoundrel! 12:16.920 --> 12:20.240 Immortal Ji! Immortal Ji, please, hear me out. 12:20.319 --> 12:22.719 Mu Qibai controls the netherbeast army. 12:22.800 --> 12:24.360 Do you even know how to deal with them? 12:25.160 --> 12:26.280 I do. 12:26.959 --> 12:29.360 I'm willing to offer you the method to suppress them 12:29.439 --> 12:30.400 as a sign of good faith. 12:31.160 --> 12:32.240 Good faith? 12:39.920 --> 12:41.400 How can I trust someone whose history 12:42.040 --> 12:43.079 I don't even know? 12:43.920 --> 12:45.319 When you're ready to tell me the truth, 12:45.920 --> 12:47.079 we can talk about cooperation. 13:05.040 --> 13:06.079 Immortal Ji! 13:06.160 --> 13:07.079 Immortal Ji! 13:07.160 --> 13:08.920 Immortal Ji, just hear me out. 13:09.959 --> 13:10.920 Immortal Ji… 13:12.800 --> 13:13.839 My love, please wait! 13:13.920 --> 13:16.240 I can leave Ming Xian behind. I… 13:26.920 --> 13:28.760 It's freezing. How can anyone survive in a place like this? 13:33.439 --> 13:34.640 Immortal Ji, 13:34.719 --> 13:36.439 this cell is freezing. 13:36.520 --> 13:39.040 Ming Yi overexerted herself last night. 13:39.120 --> 13:40.280 I think she's fallen ill. 13:40.360 --> 13:41.760 Please, let us out. 13:42.800 --> 13:44.439 Immortal Ji, 13:44.520 --> 13:47.120 it's too cold in here. 13:47.199 --> 13:50.079 Why don't you come in and see for yourself? 13:52.319 --> 13:53.520 Talk properly. 13:55.560 --> 13:56.839 Immortal Ji, 13:56.920 --> 13:58.760 I'm telling the truth. 13:58.839 --> 14:01.280 Ming Xian is my betrothed. He and I… 14:03.079 --> 14:04.520 Immortal Ji? 14:04.599 --> 14:07.000 -Immortal Ji. Immortal Ji! -Oh, woe is me… 14:11.680 --> 14:14.319 Immortal Ji! Ming Yi fainted! 14:14.400 --> 14:16.280 Ming Yi fainted! 14:16.360 --> 14:17.640 Ming Yi fainted! 14:18.800 --> 14:20.040 Drop the act. He's gone. 14:24.959 --> 14:26.400 How stubborn can he be? 14:44.920 --> 14:47.040 At least he's not completely heartless. 14:51.240 --> 14:52.079 Your Lordship, 14:52.599 --> 14:54.000 after the Qingyun Tournament, 14:54.079 --> 14:56.439 Ming Xian vanished from Yaoguang Mountain. 14:56.520 --> 14:57.920 No one knows where he went. 14:58.839 --> 15:01.719 There's no record of him having a betrothed, 15:02.920 --> 15:05.280 but he did have plenty of romantic rumors 15:05.360 --> 15:07.280 back in the divine capital. 15:07.360 --> 15:08.920 It wouldn't be unexpected 15:09.000 --> 15:10.000 if he were involved with someone. 15:14.880 --> 15:16.240 Ming Yi appeared in Moonlit Blossoms 15:16.920 --> 15:18.599 right after the tournament. 15:18.680 --> 15:20.360 She and Ming Xian 15:21.199 --> 15:22.040 must be connected. 15:27.520 --> 15:28.680 For now, Ming Yi's still useful to us. 15:29.280 --> 15:31.880 Things are complicated, so we'll have to keep her. 15:33.360 --> 15:36.400 Your Lordship, are you concerned about her relationship with Ming Xian? 15:42.560 --> 15:43.800 What's that got to do with me? 15:45.319 --> 15:47.040 Whatever their relationship is, 15:48.160 --> 15:49.240 Ming Xian 15:50.040 --> 15:52.319 won't be reappearing anytime soon. 15:54.120 --> 15:57.479 I used to think he was an upright man. 15:58.240 --> 15:59.920 If he's in hiding, 16:00.560 --> 16:01.959 it's clear something's amiss. 16:02.560 --> 16:03.920 Xiuyun, let's go. 16:09.560 --> 16:10.599 Your Highness. 16:11.959 --> 16:13.640 Is your Highness heading to Wugui Sea? 16:14.839 --> 16:16.839 Xiuyun, wait outside. 16:21.280 --> 16:24.000 You should worry more about yourself. 16:25.920 --> 16:28.439 You've failed several tasks my uncle gave you recently, haven't you? 16:31.319 --> 16:34.680 Can a dog like that still be trusted by its master? 16:36.079 --> 16:37.800 How unlike Immortal Ji. 16:38.400 --> 16:40.640 The more capable someone is, 16:40.719 --> 16:44.120 the less they'll submit to control. 16:45.199 --> 16:47.280 No form of control compares 16:47.359 --> 16:49.079 to the virtue of tolerance. 16:49.160 --> 16:51.319 Is it tolerance or merely endurance? 16:52.079 --> 16:54.400 You'd do better to summon Ji Bozai for an audience. 16:54.479 --> 16:56.520 That would be much more appropriate. 16:57.680 --> 16:59.719 If you came just to say that, 17:00.240 --> 17:01.640 you can leave. 17:10.040 --> 17:11.200 Your Highness may use Ji Bozai, 17:12.440 --> 17:14.079 but don't defend him, 17:14.159 --> 17:15.639 and certainly don't turn 17:16.639 --> 17:17.720 against Lord Hanfeng for his sake. 17:20.760 --> 17:22.399 Thanks for the reminder. 17:26.040 --> 17:27.599 There's something 17:28.240 --> 17:29.600 I should've cleared up long ago. 17:30.440 --> 17:32.480 It was my decision 17:32.560 --> 17:34.280 to include you in the warrior selection. 17:35.600 --> 17:37.280 I thought 17:37.360 --> 17:39.600 maybe one day I could turn you to my side. 17:40.440 --> 17:42.600 You had my uncle's trust, 17:43.120 --> 17:46.240 and he placed you with my father to watch over his health. 17:47.440 --> 17:49.120 I figured if you helped me, 17:50.000 --> 17:51.600 I could keep my father safe. 17:52.800 --> 17:54.520 But I was wrong. 17:55.120 --> 17:57.320 It's understandable 17:57.840 --> 18:00.280 that you'd ally with my uncle to secure your future. 18:00.919 --> 18:03.000 I shouldn't have expected anything else. 18:04.000 --> 18:05.000 I won't anymore. 18:09.399 --> 18:10.440 Oh, 18:11.720 --> 18:14.960 and if you don't wish to join the warrior selection, 18:15.040 --> 18:16.480 feel free to withdraw anytime. 18:21.840 --> 18:22.919 Tianji, 18:23.440 --> 18:24.440 I… 18:26.159 --> 18:27.000 Let go of me. 18:34.720 --> 18:36.200 You could've warned me 18:37.600 --> 18:39.679 about Ming Yi. 18:40.840 --> 18:43.760 Instead, you led people into Shouhua Academy 18:45.879 --> 18:47.960 and left me to humiliate myself 18:49.080 --> 18:53.240 in the only place I could control. 18:59.800 --> 19:00.879 I know 19:03.520 --> 19:06.520 it was foolish of me to expect anything from you. 19:08.159 --> 19:10.120 I never should've. 19:12.159 --> 19:14.200 But it's you. 19:16.399 --> 19:18.280 You know 19:19.120 --> 19:21.200 how I've always felt since we were little. 19:36.560 --> 19:38.040 It's time we put a stop to this. 19:40.600 --> 19:44.120 It's meaningless to me now. 19:58.280 --> 20:00.919 He really won't show up. 20:12.080 --> 20:13.240 -It's Ji Bozai. He's here. -Cut it out. 20:13.320 --> 20:16.480 Ji Bozai. Ji Bozai's here. 20:25.440 --> 20:27.840 My Lord, I've decided. I… 20:30.560 --> 20:31.720 Princess Tianji has summoned us. 20:31.800 --> 20:33.080 Come with me. 20:34.440 --> 20:35.760 Of course. 20:35.840 --> 20:37.720 As long as I'm useful to you. 20:37.800 --> 20:39.440 Say one more word and you'll be back in that cell. 20:47.080 --> 20:48.080 But… 20:49.040 --> 20:52.159 What about me? Ming… Ming… Ming Yi! 20:52.240 --> 20:53.120 You're just going to leave me here? 20:53.200 --> 20:54.440 This is abuse! 20:55.000 --> 20:56.080 Ming Yi! 21:08.760 --> 21:10.000 Is there a reason Your Highness 21:10.080 --> 21:11.280 wished to see us? 21:13.000 --> 21:15.240 After everything that happened, 21:15.320 --> 21:16.720 I must look into it. 21:17.679 --> 21:19.240 What else do you want to know? 21:19.320 --> 21:21.120 Mu Qibai 21:23.159 --> 21:24.399 set my wife up 21:24.919 --> 21:27.040 to strip me of my status as warrior. 21:27.639 --> 21:29.480 Isn't that obvious? 21:29.560 --> 21:30.720 What more is there to ask? 21:30.800 --> 21:32.040 Of course, there is. 21:35.560 --> 21:36.760 For example, 21:37.760 --> 21:39.639 when did you take in Ming Xian's companion beast? 21:41.360 --> 21:42.200 Ji Bozai, 21:43.120 --> 21:44.879 we're allies, 21:45.480 --> 21:47.240 but you hide too much from me. 21:51.879 --> 21:53.040 You worry for nothing, Your Highness. 21:53.120 --> 21:57.040 Lord Hanfeng's been trying to move against my husband, 21:57.560 --> 21:59.960 planting spies across Wugui Sea. 22:01.200 --> 22:02.399 When they found out 22:02.480 --> 22:05.560 my husband sheltered Ming Xian's companion beast, 22:05.639 --> 22:07.120 they used that to slander us. 22:07.720 --> 22:09.560 Fortunately, Your Highness stepped in. 22:09.639 --> 22:12.040 If not, we'd never wash that stain away. 22:13.399 --> 22:14.720 Is that so? 22:14.800 --> 22:16.520 I've been regretting it these past days. 22:17.120 --> 22:18.240 I should've let 22:19.159 --> 22:20.720 Lord Hanfeng take you away then 22:20.800 --> 22:22.040 and be rid of the trouble. 22:23.480 --> 22:25.480 Your Highness should know 22:25.560 --> 22:28.520 Lord Hanfeng targeted me 22:28.600 --> 22:30.480 because he thinks I'm Immortal Ji's weakness. 22:31.159 --> 22:32.480 But please rest assured. 22:32.560 --> 22:34.120 Despite its scale, 22:34.200 --> 22:35.840 the matter's been handled properly. 22:35.919 --> 22:39.200 I doubt anyone will dare exploit it again. 22:39.879 --> 22:42.240 Therefore, my presence will not pose an issue. 22:42.919 --> 22:44.399 Keeping me around 22:44.480 --> 22:46.679 will make Immortal Ji more willing 22:46.760 --> 22:48.760 to serve the Jixing Abyss in future. 22:55.639 --> 22:57.399 You're not as foolish as you look. 22:59.320 --> 23:01.159 Your Highness must have more to your position 23:01.240 --> 23:02.560 as Venerable of Shouhua Academy 23:02.639 --> 23:05.560 than people claim. 23:05.639 --> 23:06.639 Claims? About me? 23:08.560 --> 23:09.840 What do they say? 23:09.919 --> 23:12.120 They say you're good-natured, naive, and without guile. 23:13.240 --> 23:14.720 How offensive! How dare you-- 23:20.480 --> 23:22.000 Being described that way by others 23:22.080 --> 23:23.360 isn't necessarily a bad thing. 23:28.679 --> 23:32.200 The idea that Ming Yi is Ming Xian is ridiculous. 23:33.080 --> 23:34.560 My uncle didn't believe it either. 23:35.080 --> 23:37.639 He merely needed a reason to provoke action. 23:38.159 --> 23:39.960 Now that it's escalated this far, 23:40.480 --> 23:42.120 all eyes at Shouhua Academy are on us. 23:42.840 --> 23:44.200 Ming Xian's companion beast 23:44.840 --> 23:45.679 can't stay. 23:49.840 --> 23:50.720 Let it stay. 23:54.320 --> 23:55.720 I'll look after it. 23:55.800 --> 23:59.320 I thought that if Ming Xian ever returned, 24:00.159 --> 24:01.919 I'd use it to bait him. 24:02.000 --> 24:03.040 Will that explanation be enough 24:03.120 --> 24:05.639 to satisfy everyone at Shouhua Academy? 24:13.240 --> 24:14.399 Very well. 24:15.240 --> 24:16.439 But remember, Ji Bozai, 24:17.600 --> 24:21.280 to outsiders, you are of my faction. 24:22.240 --> 24:23.879 From now on, 24:24.399 --> 24:26.560 run things by me first. 24:28.639 --> 24:29.560 Of course. 24:33.040 --> 24:34.320 Your Highness. 24:52.240 --> 24:54.960 Thank you for saving Twenty-Seven. 24:55.840 --> 24:57.240 You were the one who got Princess Tianji to summon us. 24:58.520 --> 24:59.760 If she wanted to see you, 24:59.840 --> 25:01.560 I had to let you out. 25:01.639 --> 25:03.560 You wanted her to remind me 25:03.639 --> 25:05.679 we're on the same side. 25:05.760 --> 25:08.760 I thought she'd want to meet us sooner or later, 25:09.560 --> 25:10.960 but I didn't make her do this. 25:11.560 --> 25:12.639 There was no need. 25:12.720 --> 25:14.040 A while ago, 25:14.560 --> 25:16.439 I sent you back to Moonlit Blossoms. 25:16.520 --> 25:19.760 You left, and Yan Xiao arrived right after. 25:19.840 --> 25:21.040 Pure coincidence? 25:27.120 --> 25:28.159 I'm sorry. 25:29.960 --> 25:31.199 Everything from the past, 25:31.280 --> 25:32.760 I owe you an apology for. 25:33.960 --> 25:36.760 Please don't hold it against me. 25:37.280 --> 25:39.240 For the sake of what I can do for you, 25:39.760 --> 25:41.320 work with me. 25:56.960 --> 25:58.000 You're clever. 25:58.919 --> 25:59.960 But Ming Yi, 26:00.919 --> 26:04.120 being clever isn't enough to ally with me. 26:05.439 --> 26:07.000 I need to see your skill and your sincerity. 26:07.080 --> 26:08.280 All right. 26:08.360 --> 26:11.360 To purge the unrefined netherbeasts, 26:11.439 --> 26:12.800 one must use the Netherbeast Refining Skill. 26:13.760 --> 26:16.879 This skill requires using one's own body as a netherbeast vessel 26:16.960 --> 26:18.840 to absorb the netherbeast core from the netherbeast, 26:18.919 --> 26:21.280 drawing it in with your body before refining it. 26:23.159 --> 26:26.320 But it risks damaging one's spiritual veins. 26:30.199 --> 26:31.399 You… 26:34.280 --> 26:36.960 If you'll join me, 26:37.040 --> 26:38.240 I shall serve as the netherbeast vessel 26:38.320 --> 26:40.000 and bear that burden. 26:46.480 --> 26:47.320 Get up. 26:55.439 --> 26:56.760 We'll set three rules. 26:57.919 --> 27:00.360 One. While you stay in Wugui Sea, 27:00.879 --> 27:02.040 you can't contact… 27:05.320 --> 27:06.639 You can't contact anyone from other realms. 27:08.159 --> 27:10.600 Two. Whenever 27:10.679 --> 27:13.280 I summon you, you must answer. 27:14.439 --> 27:15.360 Three. 27:16.040 --> 27:17.480 You only need to tell me 27:17.560 --> 27:19.639 how the Netherbeast Refining Skill works. 27:19.720 --> 27:22.480 The rest isn't for you to meddle in. 27:23.159 --> 27:24.000 All right. 27:25.879 --> 27:28.679 Mu Qibai and I were in conflict, both publicly and behind the scenes. 27:28.760 --> 27:30.040 He'll scheme again, 27:30.120 --> 27:31.679 now that that his plot has failed. 27:31.760 --> 27:35.040 Finding proof he raises the netherbeasts won't be easy. 27:35.560 --> 27:36.720 However, 27:39.080 --> 27:40.439 that cat has been to Dragon Carp Terrace. 27:42.399 --> 27:43.360 Got it. 27:43.439 --> 27:45.720 He's been attempting to infiltrate Wugui Sea with his people. 27:45.800 --> 27:47.679 We'll do likewise with his Dragon Carp Terrace. 27:48.399 --> 27:49.960 I leave it to you, then. 27:51.840 --> 27:53.360 I'll figure it out. 27:53.439 --> 27:54.760 I won't let you down! 27:58.199 --> 28:00.000 After the recent selection trials, 28:01.080 --> 28:02.280 Ji Bozai, 28:02.360 --> 28:03.520 Chen Xi, 28:04.439 --> 28:05.639 Meng Yangqiu, 28:05.720 --> 28:07.040 Sun Liao, 28:08.159 --> 28:09.120 and Yan Xiao 28:10.159 --> 28:12.879 are confirmed as the official warriors for the next Qingyun Tournament. 28:15.399 --> 28:16.919 We have our team. 28:17.000 --> 28:18.600 I'll ask one more time. 28:20.360 --> 28:23.040 Are you all joining Shouhua Academy of your own will? 28:23.760 --> 28:26.879 Anyone wishing to withdraw? 28:31.639 --> 28:32.679 Excellent. 28:33.280 --> 28:34.480 From today onward, 28:34.560 --> 28:35.560 I expect diligence and unity 28:36.159 --> 28:38.000 as you prepare for the next Qingyun Tournament. 28:40.639 --> 28:41.560 Your Highness. 28:42.159 --> 28:43.919 During the last tournament representing the Jixing Abyss, 28:44.639 --> 28:47.919 I noticed Immortal Ji prefers to act alone, 28:48.520 --> 28:49.840 which makes teamwork difficult. 28:50.480 --> 28:51.320 I suggest we live 28:52.320 --> 28:55.159 and train together to build rapport 28:55.679 --> 28:57.080 to guarantee another victory 28:57.159 --> 28:59.159 at the next Qingyun Tournament. 29:01.679 --> 29:03.040 That's a fine idea. 29:03.879 --> 29:05.000 Bozai's temper 29:05.080 --> 29:07.280 could use some softening. 29:07.879 --> 29:11.080 The four warriors ought to stay with Bozai 29:11.159 --> 29:12.399 in Wugui Sea, 29:13.159 --> 29:16.199 where they can eat and train as a group. 29:18.840 --> 29:21.760 Are you still trying to insert your people into my Wugui Sea? 29:22.439 --> 29:24.760 What's this? Another scheme since the first failed? 29:24.840 --> 29:26.199 Bozai, 29:26.280 --> 29:27.959 if you still hold that against me, 29:28.040 --> 29:30.000 I'll apologize. 29:30.800 --> 29:32.360 I only proposed it 29:32.439 --> 29:34.120 for Princess Tianji's sake. 29:34.919 --> 29:36.199 Don't you want 29:36.280 --> 29:38.439 the team to bond sooner 29:38.520 --> 29:39.600 and fight better? 29:42.000 --> 29:43.360 I appreciate your concern, Uncle. 29:44.199 --> 29:47.000 But since this is preparation for the Qingyun Tournament, 29:47.520 --> 29:50.080 having so many people stay at Wugui Sea isn't practical. 29:50.159 --> 29:51.280 Perhaps 29:52.639 --> 29:55.000 the five warriors should stay at Shouhua Academy instead. 29:56.560 --> 29:57.840 That would allow them 29:57.919 --> 29:59.679 to train without trouble, 29:59.760 --> 30:01.240 and I can supervise every day. 30:04.879 --> 30:07.879 How does that sound? 30:16.320 --> 30:17.560 Are you kidding me? 30:17.639 --> 30:19.560 We're all lodging together in one large room? 30:20.320 --> 30:22.480 A bunch of grown men sharing beds. 30:23.760 --> 30:24.639 Disgusting. 30:26.199 --> 30:29.000 Chen Xi, you take that bed. 30:29.080 --> 30:30.560 I'll sleep next to you. 30:30.639 --> 30:31.639 All right. 30:31.720 --> 30:32.760 Yan Xiao, 30:33.639 --> 30:34.840 you take this bed. 30:34.919 --> 30:36.399 I can't stand Sun Liao. 30:36.480 --> 30:37.320 I'm not sharing with him. 30:38.320 --> 30:39.520 It's comfortable, though. 30:40.040 --> 30:41.600 Ming Yi, watch your step. 30:43.199 --> 30:44.240 My Lord, 30:44.320 --> 30:46.679 Her Highness said you're supposed to live and train with the other warriors. 30:46.760 --> 30:48.439 Why'd you bring me along too? 30:48.520 --> 30:50.639 Because I can't bear to be away from you for even a moment. 30:51.919 --> 30:54.439 Won't Her Highness be upset if she finds out? 30:56.040 --> 30:57.600 My silly girl. 30:58.120 --> 30:59.679 What are you worried about? 30:59.760 --> 31:01.159 As long as you're happy, 31:01.240 --> 31:03.000 I couldn't care less about anyone else. 31:16.040 --> 31:17.280 What? 31:17.360 --> 31:19.959 Why does Ji Bozai get a private room? 31:20.040 --> 31:21.000 Because he's married. 31:22.600 --> 31:23.800 Then, I'll get married too. 31:24.639 --> 31:25.600 You? 31:26.120 --> 31:27.360 More like dazed than married. 31:32.439 --> 31:34.959 Chen Xi, you don't snore, do you? 31:35.639 --> 31:37.159 Of course not! 31:37.240 --> 31:38.399 You dare hit me? 31:38.919 --> 31:39.800 Come here! 31:40.320 --> 31:43.679 My niece acts on a whim, just doing as she pleases. 31:43.760 --> 31:46.480 She even made you and Meng Yangqiu warriors. 31:46.560 --> 31:48.840 What? Instead of healing, 31:48.919 --> 31:50.159 a physician shall now kill? 31:52.120 --> 31:53.520 Does everyone think 31:53.600 --> 31:54.879 they can rise like Ji Bozai 31:54.959 --> 31:56.919 through the Qingyun Tournament? 32:01.240 --> 32:02.760 Lord Hanfeng, you overestimate me. 32:02.840 --> 32:03.679 I'm not that capable. 32:06.919 --> 32:08.240 No, you're really not. 32:10.840 --> 32:12.040 Yan Xiao, 32:12.120 --> 32:13.840 you once betrayed Tianji. 32:13.919 --> 32:17.199 You think she'll take you back just because you changed your mind? 32:17.919 --> 32:19.840 Know your place and do your job. 32:19.919 --> 32:21.240 When the time comes, 32:21.320 --> 32:23.520 I'll wipe her memory 32:24.040 --> 32:27.919 and give her to you unharmed. 32:37.840 --> 32:39.080 Her Highness isn't an object 32:39.159 --> 32:40.320 to be given. 32:40.840 --> 32:44.280 Moreover, I'm unworthy of her. 32:46.280 --> 32:48.120 Whether you're worthy or not 32:48.199 --> 32:50.120 is for me to decide. 32:53.360 --> 32:54.480 Keep watching Ji Bozai 32:55.080 --> 32:56.919 at Shouhua Academy. 32:59.800 --> 33:02.199 Yes, Lord Hanfeng. 33:16.240 --> 33:17.280 My Lord, 33:17.360 --> 33:19.679 you mentioned investigating Dragon Carp Terrace. 33:19.760 --> 33:22.120 I already sent Twenty-Seven to look into it. 33:22.199 --> 33:24.840 The place is indeed sealed tight. 33:25.600 --> 33:28.840 The only way in is to lure someone away. 33:31.520 --> 33:33.280 We're confined within the cage 33:33.360 --> 33:35.199 known as the Shouhua Academy. 33:35.280 --> 33:36.199 How will we do that? 33:39.840 --> 33:41.560 I have an idea. 34:35.839 --> 34:36.839 Ji Bozai! 34:37.520 --> 34:38.600 We're married! 34:39.360 --> 34:41.600 Can't you have a little more faith in me? 34:41.679 --> 34:43.719 I've been loyal to you! You think I've been hiding something? 34:43.799 --> 34:45.080 You… 34:45.159 --> 34:46.400 You're being unreasonable! 34:52.279 --> 34:54.080 And why can't I doubt you? 34:55.520 --> 34:57.480 You married me while still holding someone else 34:57.560 --> 34:58.680 in your heart, didn't you? 34:59.279 --> 35:00.480 Let me tell you something. 35:01.319 --> 35:03.000 Cracks can't be mended. 35:03.080 --> 35:05.240 We're like this teacup. 35:05.839 --> 35:07.040 Once it's broken, it's broken. 35:07.120 --> 35:08.040 There's no going back. 35:14.880 --> 35:16.120 Ji Bozai! 35:16.200 --> 35:18.360 You've got no right to say that. 35:18.440 --> 35:19.839 Yes, I had someone in the past. 35:19.920 --> 35:22.000 But what about you? Are you so innocent? 35:26.400 --> 35:28.799 -I'm going to become the strongest warrior -I am not making an issue of it. 35:28.880 --> 35:30.960 -in the Six Realms. -But you've got some reputation. 35:31.560 --> 35:32.640 -Ouch. -I've never asked you about that! 35:32.720 --> 35:33.759 Answer me! 35:33.839 --> 35:35.279 -Chen Xi, what are you-- -What do you have to say for yourself? 35:49.400 --> 35:51.360 I did it for you. It was all for you. 35:51.440 --> 35:52.680 For your sake. 35:52.759 --> 35:54.040 Are you so sure about that? 35:54.120 --> 35:55.680 Of course! What other reason is there? 35:56.759 --> 35:58.440 What… What gives you the right to bring up the past? 35:58.520 --> 35:59.680 If anything, I'm the one who should be questioning you. 35:59.759 --> 36:02.160 All the times you've doubted me, 36:02.240 --> 36:03.759 yet I've never asked about your secrets! 36:03.839 --> 36:04.799 Give that back! 36:08.960 --> 36:09.839 You… 36:10.960 --> 36:12.319 The things you did. Ji Bozai. 36:12.400 --> 36:13.799 -The things I did? -I've never asked about your secrets. 36:13.880 --> 36:14.920 -What secrets? -Who are you to demand answers? 36:15.000 --> 36:16.520 -Out with it, then! -As you wish! 36:16.600 --> 36:18.000 Where's all the rewards you won, huh? 36:18.080 --> 36:19.759 -Where is it? -They just got married too. 36:19.839 --> 36:21.120 -Prove your love! -Men. 36:21.200 --> 36:22.240 Prove it to me! 36:22.319 --> 36:23.440 -Yan Xiao. -Got anything else to say? 36:23.520 --> 36:25.600 What are you doing? Eavesdropping on a marital spat 36:25.680 --> 36:26.520 -in the middle of the night? -Ji Bozai! 36:26.600 --> 36:28.279 If you won't explain yourself today, 36:28.360 --> 36:29.799 get out! 36:31.080 --> 36:32.200 You think I've changed? 36:32.279 --> 36:34.799 You think those ladies are better? Then, go! 36:34.880 --> 36:36.400 Go find them! 36:36.480 --> 36:38.799 Don't return until you've assembled all 28 constellations! 36:39.520 --> 36:41.880 Fine, I'll go! 36:49.160 --> 36:50.080 That was terrifying. 36:50.160 --> 36:51.680 Better not marry, after all. 36:51.759 --> 36:54.400 I'll be a warrior for life. 37:03.680 --> 37:05.680 -What a wonderful performance! -Indeed. 37:05.759 --> 37:06.720 Look. 37:09.680 --> 37:11.440 I've never seen Immortal Ji like this before. 37:11.520 --> 37:13.880 -Neither have I. -How long has he been here to drink? 37:13.960 --> 37:16.240 Did Immortal Ji and Ming Yi have a fight? 37:16.319 --> 37:17.400 Looks like it. 37:18.319 --> 37:20.560 So, men really change that much 37:20.640 --> 37:22.080 after marriage. 37:23.560 --> 37:24.400 Over there. 37:25.759 --> 37:26.640 The Mistress is here. 37:31.640 --> 37:33.040 Immortal Ji, 37:33.120 --> 37:36.240 why don't I send a message to Ming Yi to come get you? 37:36.759 --> 37:37.960 You do that. 37:39.160 --> 37:40.759 I didn't bring any money anyway. 37:46.080 --> 37:48.319 Madam, Ming Yi just sent a message too. 37:49.839 --> 37:51.480 Now you remember me? 37:51.560 --> 37:53.359 Ladies, ignore him! 37:53.440 --> 37:55.880 Let him die out there! 37:55.960 --> 37:57.480 Don't come back! 37:57.560 --> 37:59.920 Let him die! Die! 38:00.000 --> 38:01.799 Die! Die! 38:01.880 --> 38:03.040 Die! 38:03.120 --> 38:04.359 Die! 38:04.440 --> 38:06.080 Die! 38:39.279 --> 38:40.759 Immortal Ji, 38:40.839 --> 38:43.240 even if you brought your own liquor, 38:43.960 --> 38:45.720 you spilled all the fruit and pastries 38:46.319 --> 38:48.200 on the floor. 38:49.560 --> 38:52.000 You know the rules of Moonlit Blossoms. 38:52.560 --> 38:55.640 We don't do tabs. 38:55.720 --> 38:56.920 Then, 38:59.120 --> 39:01.400 send a message to my best friend 39:02.279 --> 39:03.120 and ask him to come. 39:04.400 --> 39:06.000 Your best friend? 39:08.160 --> 39:09.200 May I ask who that is? 39:26.000 --> 39:26.960 Your Lordship, 39:27.040 --> 39:28.640 the Mistress of Moonlit Blossoms sent a message. 39:28.720 --> 39:30.000 Ji Bozai wants to see you. 39:30.080 --> 39:31.880 What's Ji Bozai up to now? 39:33.080 --> 39:34.480 Could it be he got wind of our plan 39:34.560 --> 39:36.799 and set up a trap at Moonlit Blossoms 39:36.880 --> 39:38.160 waiting for Your Lordship to walk right in? 39:40.040 --> 39:42.080 He wants me to step into his snare. 39:43.359 --> 39:44.520 It's risky. 39:44.600 --> 39:46.000 We can't lower our guard. 39:49.279 --> 39:51.520 Then, let's give him what he wants. We'll go. 39:52.040 --> 39:53.120 Bring all our men. 39:53.880 --> 39:54.920 Understood. 39:57.040 --> 39:58.520 Make way! Move! 39:59.160 --> 40:00.080 Make way! 40:01.839 --> 40:03.080 Bai… 40:03.160 --> 40:04.240 I made way. 40:08.799 --> 40:10.319 Your Lordship, thank goodness you're here. 40:11.000 --> 40:13.359 -Immortal Ji insisted I call for you. -Lord Hanfeng. 40:13.440 --> 40:16.120 He said you're his best friend. 40:18.000 --> 40:20.040 That's news to me. 40:20.120 --> 40:21.359 Bai… 40:21.440 --> 40:22.680 -Stop. -Bai… 40:22.759 --> 40:24.000 I'm here. 40:33.440 --> 40:34.839 Qibai… 40:35.720 --> 40:37.920 You made me wait so long! 40:38.000 --> 40:41.040 Oh, Qibai. 40:41.720 --> 40:42.600 Listen to me. 40:42.680 --> 40:45.759 Men should never get married. 40:45.839 --> 40:47.640 Before marriage, they lift you to the heavens. 40:47.720 --> 40:50.279 After marriage, they trample you into the ground. 40:50.359 --> 40:51.640 Qibai. 40:53.359 --> 40:55.160 She didn't give me a single coin, 40:55.240 --> 40:57.240 then kicked me out of the house! 40:57.319 --> 41:00.799 I… I'd rather be a prisoner of the Sunken Abyss 41:00.880 --> 41:04.440 than a prisoner of love! 41:04.520 --> 41:06.080 Qibai. 41:06.839 --> 41:08.880 Let… Let go of me! 41:09.480 --> 41:10.319 Ji Bozai, if you're playing games again, 41:10.880 --> 41:13.080 this place could be your grave! 41:40.759 --> 41:42.240 Brat. 41:43.600 --> 41:46.600 Do you know what the real grave is? 42:12.880 --> 42:14.640 It's marriage. 42:19.200 --> 42:20.880 Qibai! 42:21.920 --> 42:23.279 Qibai! 42:23.359 --> 42:25.759 I've suffered too much, Qibai. 42:25.839 --> 42:26.680 Ji Bozai! 42:26.759 --> 42:28.080 Qibai. 42:28.600 --> 42:30.160 My life's miserable. 42:32.279 --> 42:33.880 -Qibai… -Let go! .