WEBVTT 01:27.280 --> 01:30.920 ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S LOVE IN THE CLOUDS 02:04.880 --> 02:06.520 Princess Tianji sent a missive 02:06.600 --> 02:08.799 saying that Mu Qibai had been incarcerated. 02:09.359 --> 02:11.280 It is a great thing, 02:11.359 --> 02:13.359 but I don't feel reassured. 02:13.440 --> 02:15.600 If there's a mastermind behind Mu Qibai, 02:15.680 --> 02:17.400 he won't live to see another day. 02:18.760 --> 02:20.400 Yet he still lives now. 02:21.519 --> 02:22.560 Perhaps he has a backup plan? 02:49.359 --> 02:51.040 Your Lordship, all the guards have been taken down. 02:51.640 --> 02:52.600 Please come with me. 02:55.880 --> 02:58.000 Ji Bozai has eliminated the netherbeasts. 02:58.600 --> 03:00.280 Lord Jingxi also died in Jixing Abyss. 03:00.359 --> 03:02.480 My Lord, what should we do now? 03:03.280 --> 03:05.239 Let it be. 03:08.160 --> 03:11.000 I never intend to work for Zhushui Spiritual State anyway. 03:12.320 --> 03:14.000 I just wanted to convince them 03:14.079 --> 03:16.160 to entrust the task of raising netherbeasts to me 03:16.760 --> 03:18.280 so that 03:18.880 --> 03:20.959 I can enact my own plan. 03:22.840 --> 03:23.840 Shao Qun. 03:24.440 --> 03:26.560 You're my only confidant now. 03:27.280 --> 03:28.679 In this desperate time, 03:28.760 --> 03:31.880 we must raise another netherbeast as soon as possible. 03:31.959 --> 03:33.280 Rest assured, My Lord. 03:33.359 --> 03:35.760 The most dangerous place is the safest place. 03:36.600 --> 03:38.880 I shall raise it with my soul and flesh. 03:38.959 --> 03:40.440 No one will find out. 03:42.079 --> 03:43.640 My Lord, your ambition will come to fruition. 04:08.959 --> 04:10.280 One last step now. 04:12.600 --> 04:13.839 Shao Qun. 04:15.239 --> 04:18.640 I didn't expect today to come. 04:19.240 --> 04:20.760 My Lord, if you hadn't saved me, 04:20.839 --> 04:22.320 I would have been eaten alive by the hounds. 04:23.039 --> 04:25.960 It is my honor to die for your legacy, My Lord. 04:33.640 --> 04:36.400 Shao Qun. When you're gone, 04:38.320 --> 04:40.039 no one will protect me like you do. 04:42.680 --> 04:43.760 Worry not, My Lord. 04:44.960 --> 04:47.880 I will always protect you. 05:16.479 --> 05:18.840 Take care, My Lord. 07:04.359 --> 07:05.680 Something happened in the Sunken Abyss. 07:06.479 --> 07:07.719 It must be the netherbeast army. 07:08.719 --> 07:11.400 How come? Didn't we eliminate all of them? 07:14.280 --> 07:15.479 It's Mu Qibai. 07:45.039 --> 07:48.440 Mu Qibai somehow raised new netherbeasts. 07:49.239 --> 07:50.880 It's too late to stop him now. 07:51.840 --> 07:53.200 So he does have a contingency plan. 07:57.080 --> 07:59.359 TIANJI: MU QIBAI FLED WITH THE HELP OF THE NETHERBEAST ARMY. 08:01.840 --> 08:03.520 Mu Qibai escaped with the netherbeast army, 08:03.599 --> 08:04.799 and he will be hiding. 08:04.880 --> 08:06.919 The Prayer Night is around the corner. 08:07.000 --> 08:08.599 The power of the stars will be at its strongest, 08:08.679 --> 08:12.080 but so will the power of the netherbeasts. 08:12.719 --> 08:15.120 That is the best moment for Mu Qibai to invade Jixing Palace. 08:17.840 --> 08:18.679 I have a solution. 08:19.400 --> 08:23.919 Ming Xian once invented a demon-repelling parasol. 08:24.000 --> 08:25.560 Yaoguang Mountain dislikes artifacts, 08:25.640 --> 08:28.080 so the Emperor of Yaoguang Mountain destroyed it before he even inspected it. 08:28.159 --> 08:29.599 But I saw how he made it, 08:29.679 --> 08:31.400 so I can replicate it. 08:33.559 --> 08:35.559 Are you serious about making the demon-repelling parasol? 08:36.400 --> 08:38.600 Has it ever crossed your mind that if someone from Jixing Palace 08:38.679 --> 08:39.880 recognized your work, 08:39.959 --> 08:41.039 your identity would be exposed? 08:43.840 --> 08:46.040 The netherbeast army threatens all Six Realms. 08:46.120 --> 08:48.520 If we do not seal it, many more innocent people will die. 08:49.120 --> 08:50.520 Master also told us about the calamity 08:50.600 --> 08:52.800 a century ago by the Spiritual Veins Fairy who raised netherbeasts. 08:52.880 --> 08:54.000 -Have you forgotten? -But… 08:59.040 --> 09:00.920 But what if they find out you're Ming Xian? 09:01.000 --> 09:04.280 They will kill you, even if you save them. You know it. 09:04.360 --> 09:07.040 But that hasn't happened. 09:07.120 --> 09:09.640 The netherbeast army is the current threat. 09:09.720 --> 09:13.079 If I can help, I mustn't stand by and do nothing. 09:16.520 --> 09:17.720 How very characteristic of you, 09:19.240 --> 09:20.079 Ming Xian. 09:28.079 --> 09:31.680 Princess Tianji, Immortal Ji, and Fairy Ming Yi. 09:32.720 --> 09:35.880 I planted the Netherbeast-Luring Caltrop inside Immortal Ji. 09:35.959 --> 09:37.640 My act is inexcusable. 09:37.720 --> 09:40.920 LETTER OF REPENTANCE 09:41.000 --> 09:42.560 I was misled. 09:44.400 --> 09:46.160 Why would I fall for it, though? 09:49.240 --> 09:50.680 It is inexcusable nonetheless. 09:52.600 --> 09:53.520 TO PRINCESS TIANJI, IMMORTAL JI AND FAIRY MING YI 09:53.600 --> 09:55.040 I wonder if Tianji will forgive me 09:56.040 --> 09:58.160 once I give her this letter of repentance. 10:10.640 --> 10:11.880 Why have you summoned me today, 10:12.480 --> 10:13.319 Your Highness? 10:14.920 --> 10:15.959 Immortal Yan. 10:16.720 --> 10:19.120 After my uncle raised the netherbeast army, 10:19.800 --> 10:20.920 where did he go? 10:23.000 --> 10:25.360 His Majesty has made a full recovery. 10:25.439 --> 10:28.240 You have many ways to locate him. 10:28.319 --> 10:29.400 Why consult a physician like me? 10:30.000 --> 10:31.760 Because you will indulge me, 10:35.439 --> 10:36.360 won't you? 10:39.160 --> 10:42.000 Actually, I can also give you what Lord Hanfeng 10:42.520 --> 10:43.920 promised you. 10:44.959 --> 10:45.839 You can't. 10:45.920 --> 10:48.160 Lord Hanfeng may not inherit Jixing Abyss, 10:48.240 --> 10:50.680 but it still needs a leader. 10:52.000 --> 10:54.680 Your Highness, do you still wish to marry Ji Bozai 10:55.760 --> 10:59.160 so that he can run Jixing Abyss as the prince consort? 11:00.120 --> 11:03.360 Or do you wish to run Jixing Abyss 11:05.160 --> 11:06.600 as an empress? 11:09.760 --> 11:10.719 Surprised? 11:12.079 --> 11:13.680 You did not hide your ambition well. 11:14.640 --> 11:17.040 You even doubt if you can make it. 11:17.120 --> 11:19.600 That's why you play it safe and look for a suitor, 11:19.680 --> 11:21.160 so that you can be the de facto leader 11:21.240 --> 11:23.040 of Jixing Abyss behind your husband. 11:24.480 --> 11:25.439 But Tianji, 11:29.880 --> 11:31.319 you're not the only one 11:33.000 --> 11:34.719 who is ambitious in this world. 11:36.880 --> 11:37.880 I am too. 11:39.199 --> 11:40.280 Since you're so unsure of yourself, 11:40.360 --> 11:41.640 why not marry me 11:42.360 --> 11:44.120 and let me run Jixing Abyss instead? 11:49.120 --> 11:50.880 What? You can't do it? 11:52.079 --> 11:53.839 If you can't let go of your self-interest, 11:54.880 --> 11:56.439 how can you convince me to betray Lord Hanfeng? 12:40.959 --> 12:43.400 Xiao, tell me. 12:44.160 --> 12:45.760 What is my uncle going to do next? 12:46.959 --> 12:48.400 I can give you anything you want. 13:02.880 --> 13:03.920 Why would you put 13:04.880 --> 13:06.240 something like this on the line? 13:11.480 --> 13:14.240 Isn't this what you want, Yan Xiao? 13:15.959 --> 13:17.680 To become more powerful, 13:18.400 --> 13:21.000 you serve someone who raised a netherbeast army. 13:21.680 --> 13:23.199 So, let's go with your plan then. 13:25.959 --> 13:27.000 I'll marry you, 13:27.959 --> 13:29.040 and we'll work together. 13:29.120 --> 13:30.319 What do you think? 13:36.040 --> 13:36.959 Mu Tianji. 13:39.439 --> 13:40.880 First, it was Ji Bozai. 13:41.839 --> 13:42.839 Now, it's me. 13:46.360 --> 13:48.040 Anyone can be your husband, is that so? 13:53.319 --> 13:55.079 Yan Xiao! 13:55.920 --> 13:57.280 Of course not. 13:58.839 --> 14:00.839 After all, you weren't even in my consideration in the past. 14:20.319 --> 14:22.000 Your Highness, think it through. 14:22.920 --> 14:24.160 Meng Yangqiu 14:24.240 --> 14:26.120 is the best candidate to be the prince consort. 14:26.880 --> 14:29.719 After all, he worships 14:29.800 --> 14:31.240 every word you say 14:31.319 --> 14:33.120 and every line you speak. 14:33.199 --> 14:34.439 Besides, 14:34.520 --> 14:37.760 -he is incapable of betraying you. -Yan Xiao, you jerk! 14:47.479 --> 14:49.160 Do you think everyone is like you? 14:58.199 --> 14:59.280 I… 15:25.280 --> 15:26.120 Tianji. 15:28.240 --> 15:29.199 I'm fine. 15:32.760 --> 15:34.000 I'm fine. 16:09.280 --> 16:10.280 DEMON-REPELLING PARASOL BLUEPRINT 16:30.839 --> 16:31.920 -Like this. Yes. -Thank you. 16:32.000 --> 16:33.400 -No worries. -Take a parasol. 16:33.479 --> 16:35.199 -Take a parasol. -Thank you. 16:35.280 --> 16:37.040 -Use it. Take a parasol. -Thank you. 16:37.120 --> 16:38.359 You're welcome. 16:38.439 --> 16:39.880 -Come take your demon-repelling parasol. -Sure. 16:39.959 --> 16:41.079 -Thank you. -Come and have a taste. 16:41.160 --> 16:42.040 Take it. 16:42.120 --> 16:43.000 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 16:43.079 --> 16:44.839 Here. 16:44.920 --> 16:46.240 Sure. 16:46.319 --> 16:47.359 -Take a parasol. -Thank you. 16:47.439 --> 16:48.479 You're welcome. 16:48.560 --> 16:49.839 Here. Take a parasol. 16:49.920 --> 16:51.040 -Come. -Thank you. 16:52.240 --> 16:53.680 -Thank you. -Take a parasol. 16:53.760 --> 16:55.000 I have some good tea inside. 16:55.079 --> 16:55.920 -Try it. -No, thanks. 16:56.000 --> 16:57.800 -We need to hand out the parasols. -Thank you. Come inside. 16:58.560 --> 16:59.719 All right. 17:00.240 --> 17:01.199 -Okay. -Here. 17:01.280 --> 17:02.120 Thank you. 17:12.919 --> 17:13.839 Great timing. 17:13.919 --> 17:15.319 Will you try the demon-repelling parasol for me? 17:16.240 --> 17:19.119 The artisans crafted them using the blueprint given by Ming Yi. 17:26.079 --> 17:27.159 Tianji. 17:27.760 --> 17:29.879 Is the parasol broken? 17:30.680 --> 17:31.919 This parasol is amazing! 17:32.000 --> 17:34.040 Spin it and its power will be activated 17:34.120 --> 17:36.000 to create a defensive barrier. 17:39.520 --> 17:40.800 Meng Yangqiu. 17:40.879 --> 17:42.560 You'll have to train harder. 17:43.240 --> 17:44.399 Perhaps 17:45.840 --> 17:47.159 you can learn from Chen Xi. 17:47.960 --> 17:49.200 Chen Xi. 17:49.280 --> 17:50.600 Teach me how to do it. 17:50.680 --> 17:51.560 Call me Master then. 17:52.280 --> 17:53.440 I'll buy you candies. 17:54.879 --> 17:55.919 Deal! 19:51.159 --> 19:53.800 DEMON-REPELLING PARASOL BLUEPRINT 20:00.440 --> 20:01.600 Is this for Zhang Tai? 20:04.360 --> 20:05.879 She just learned to use her spiritual veins. 20:05.960 --> 20:08.520 I want to make her an artifact that she can use. 20:17.480 --> 20:20.720 Did you design that fan as well? 20:27.440 --> 20:29.159 The demon-repelling parasols 20:29.240 --> 20:31.159 can protect the vulnerable ones. 20:31.240 --> 20:33.120 But to seal more netherbeasts, 20:33.200 --> 20:36.159 we'll have to reinforce the power contained in the artifact. 20:38.080 --> 20:39.440 Once you're done, 20:39.520 --> 20:40.800 I'll inject my power into it. 20:47.440 --> 20:49.600 Your master is already head over heels. 20:49.679 --> 20:52.440 Your master fell in love first. 20:52.520 --> 20:55.040 As if she doesn't know she already has a fiancé. 20:55.120 --> 20:56.480 -You… -Yes? 20:59.960 --> 21:01.240 Your master did it first. 21:01.320 --> 21:02.159 Look at him. 21:03.200 --> 21:04.480 He developed feelings first. 21:04.560 --> 21:06.879 No, your master couldn't control herself. 21:06.960 --> 21:08.760 That's why they're stuck in this situation. 21:08.840 --> 21:10.639 She couldn't control herself? 21:12.280 --> 21:13.960 Your master is way too shameless. 21:14.040 --> 21:15.639 That's why they are stuck. 21:16.320 --> 21:17.919 Stop it, you two. 21:26.200 --> 21:27.120 Actually, 21:29.159 --> 21:33.240 I do have a request, Immortal Ji. 21:35.120 --> 21:38.080 The fan used by Ming Xian is called Embers. 21:39.159 --> 21:40.520 It is very powerful 21:40.600 --> 21:42.120 and can be used to subdue netherbeasts. 21:43.120 --> 21:44.560 Embers? 21:45.399 --> 21:47.159 So, its name is Embers. 21:48.360 --> 21:49.439 What a great name. 21:51.399 --> 21:52.600 You want it back? 21:55.960 --> 21:57.080 Can I? 21:58.000 --> 21:58.840 Sure. 22:00.439 --> 22:01.800 But I destroyed it already. 22:06.919 --> 22:07.879 What? 22:08.800 --> 22:10.040 Embers is my… 22:10.960 --> 22:13.320 Ming Xian's most treasured artifact. 22:13.399 --> 22:15.560 Do you have any idea how many netherbeasts it can defeat? 22:15.639 --> 22:17.120 What does it have to do with me? 22:17.800 --> 22:18.639 Ming Yi. 22:19.639 --> 22:21.399 We are spouses who share a heart imprint 22:21.480 --> 22:22.720 and had our names carved on the Marriage Stone. 22:27.760 --> 22:28.600 You're impossible. 22:34.840 --> 22:36.040 What did I say? 22:36.120 --> 22:37.960 Look at your master. 22:38.480 --> 22:40.439 Look. Open your eyes. 22:42.280 --> 22:43.159 Hey. 22:43.240 --> 22:44.720 Are you upset now? 22:44.800 --> 22:46.520 Granny Xun. Quick. Help him. 22:46.600 --> 22:48.159 Let me massage your dragon horns 22:48.240 --> 22:49.120 -and save you. -Go away. 22:49.840 --> 22:51.360 Brush your cat whiskers instead. 22:52.679 --> 22:54.760 You sure you don't want to see how smitten your master is? 22:54.840 --> 22:55.760 Are you sure? 22:55.840 --> 22:59.040 My master couldn't control herself, you said. 23:13.800 --> 23:14.919 We don't know what will happen 23:16.520 --> 23:17.760 when we fight Mu Qibai, 23:19.240 --> 23:20.760 but I will protect you. 23:22.439 --> 23:23.399 However, 23:24.159 --> 23:25.399 you must be prepared. 23:26.439 --> 23:28.000 If I survive, 23:29.960 --> 23:31.439 you will not be able to escape from me. 23:46.960 --> 23:48.120 What if I say, 23:50.760 --> 23:51.960 instead of you protecting me, 23:52.879 --> 23:56.080 why don't we protect each other? 24:02.800 --> 24:05.120 Xun Ming mentioned Heartbond Array in the Illusory Realm. 24:05.200 --> 24:06.879 Ancient tomes also said 24:06.960 --> 24:09.159 that it could seal netherbeasts. 24:09.679 --> 24:11.840 During the netherbeast calamity a century ago, 24:11.919 --> 24:14.000 it was the Heartbond Array that sealed them. 24:15.159 --> 24:18.040 To use the array, the spellcasters must be of one mind and one heart. 24:19.399 --> 24:20.399 If not, 24:22.040 --> 24:23.560 they will be caught in self-immolation. 24:27.960 --> 24:30.320 And it's precisely due to this high risk 24:30.879 --> 24:33.439 that no one has practiced it since then. 24:38.320 --> 24:39.679 If that's what we have to do, 24:40.679 --> 24:42.560 then it's not that complicated. 24:45.560 --> 24:46.639 After all, 24:47.840 --> 24:49.399 we are of the same mind. 25:07.120 --> 25:11.000 Aren't you in love with my niece? 25:12.120 --> 25:14.840 What's love compared to power? 25:15.520 --> 25:17.760 Princess Tianji is incapable of leading Jixing Abyss. 25:17.840 --> 25:19.480 Even if I side with her, 25:19.560 --> 25:22.720 we will only become fodder to the netherbeast army. 25:29.000 --> 25:30.679 After I ascend the throne, 25:30.760 --> 25:32.879 the position of Lord Hanfeng will be vacant. 25:34.040 --> 25:35.240 In my opinion, 25:35.320 --> 25:37.879 you are good enough to carry that title. 25:38.520 --> 25:39.879 I promise you 25:39.960 --> 25:42.000 that you will be a non-relative vassal, 25:42.080 --> 25:43.840 the next Lord Hanfeng. 25:48.480 --> 25:49.520 Thank you, Lord Hanfeng. 25:50.760 --> 25:51.919 No. 25:53.360 --> 25:54.399 Thank you, Your Majesty. 25:58.199 --> 25:59.040 At ease. 26:06.320 --> 26:07.520 Don't worry, Your Majesty. 26:07.600 --> 26:10.919 Even though Tianji can wake her father up, 26:11.000 --> 26:13.840 the divine enfeebling powder will still take effect. 26:14.639 --> 26:18.120 Your Majesty can nonetheless accede legitimately. 26:19.840 --> 26:22.040 Now that my brother has taken enough enfeebling powder, 26:22.679 --> 26:26.560 fighting him during the Prayer Night is the best option. 26:27.159 --> 26:28.840 Then, we'll declare that Jixing Abyss has a new emperor. 26:29.600 --> 26:30.439 What do you think? 26:32.679 --> 26:33.919 Wise choice, Your Majesty. 26:51.080 --> 26:54.679 Lord Chengyun, you were gravely injured in Jixing Abyss. 26:54.760 --> 26:56.199 Now that you have recovered slightly, 26:56.280 --> 26:59.000 you came to my state in private. 26:59.080 --> 27:02.520 Your emperor might just hold you accountable for your actions here. 27:03.320 --> 27:04.960 I came 27:06.360 --> 27:08.879 to negotiate with you, Your Majesty. 27:08.960 --> 27:11.439 Negotiate? 27:11.520 --> 27:13.879 How arrogant. 27:13.960 --> 27:15.439 Your Majesty, surely you are aware… 27:15.520 --> 27:16.760 THE TAMED TIDES, THE CLARIFIED FLOW 27:16.840 --> 27:19.360 …that Jixing Abyss is in turmoil lately. 27:21.000 --> 27:22.800 First, Your Majesty was misled 27:23.639 --> 27:24.600 into underestimating 27:24.679 --> 27:27.159 Ji Bozai's power in the Qingyun Tournament. 27:27.240 --> 27:28.879 That already ruined your plan. 27:29.679 --> 27:32.120 Then came Mu Qibai, 27:33.399 --> 27:36.960 who sabotaged your years of effort in raising netherbeasts 27:37.919 --> 27:40.760 and even caused the death of Lord Jingxi. 27:41.439 --> 27:42.840 Jixing Abyss 27:43.600 --> 27:45.560 is digging its own grave. 27:50.000 --> 27:52.679 I am offering my help 27:52.760 --> 27:54.439 to get rid of Jixing Abyss. 27:55.120 --> 27:58.639 In exchange, I pray Your Majesty can aid me 27:59.720 --> 28:01.960 in becoming the Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain. 28:11.800 --> 28:14.840 My son, Chao Yu, died in Jixing Abyss. 28:15.919 --> 28:18.320 Not only did Mu Qibai fail to disclose this to me, 28:18.399 --> 28:20.639 but he even harbored the netherbeast core 28:20.720 --> 28:22.480 in an attempt to go against me. 28:23.159 --> 28:26.320 I confer this important item to you. 28:26.399 --> 28:27.840 We'll see 28:28.360 --> 28:31.199 if you can make good use of it. 28:32.639 --> 28:36.560 It is my honor to serve you, Your Majesty. 28:38.080 --> 28:39.520 You will not be disappointed, 28:40.679 --> 28:42.080 for Jixing Abyss will be no more. 28:42.159 --> 28:44.639 THE VERMILION ELYSIUM 29:26.280 --> 29:28.840 The Prayer Night is upon Jixing Abyss. 29:29.520 --> 29:33.120 In these three long nights, all plants will wilt. 29:33.199 --> 29:35.480 After the Prayer Night, the cycle begins anew. 29:35.560 --> 29:37.800 Everything shall be reborn. 30:22.480 --> 30:24.600 The emperor uses his spiritual power as the foundation 30:24.679 --> 30:27.080 to borrow the power of the stars before praying for all beings. 30:39.320 --> 30:42.639 May the benevolent stars strengthen our power. 30:42.720 --> 30:47.679 May the ones present live a long life. 30:47.760 --> 30:51.879 May the light in Jixing Abyss shine for an eternity. 30:51.959 --> 30:54.159 I pray to you, the benevolent stars. 30:54.240 --> 30:56.520 I pray to you, the auspicious emperor. 31:38.720 --> 31:40.280 -Excuse me. -This one is good. 31:40.360 --> 31:41.919 -These ones are so pretty. -What about this one? 31:42.000 --> 31:43.600 -Let me see the one on your wrist. -Look, lanterns. 31:45.720 --> 31:46.639 Check this out. 31:47.280 --> 31:48.919 -It's so pretty. -Let me see. 31:49.639 --> 31:50.919 I love the color. 31:51.000 --> 31:51.840 Look. 31:53.199 --> 31:54.040 What is happening? 31:55.719 --> 31:56.879 What is this? 32:00.280 --> 32:02.840 Blessings to all beings! 32:24.360 --> 32:25.480 Ming Yi. 32:28.280 --> 32:29.360 Father, 32:30.040 --> 32:31.240 are you all right? 33:10.240 --> 33:11.080 Surprised? 33:12.280 --> 33:15.120 Yuanfeng, you held the Prayer Night 33:15.199 --> 33:16.320 so that you could fool everyone 33:16.399 --> 33:18.520 into thinking that Jixing Abyss is as prosperous as always. 33:19.719 --> 33:21.639 But you should know 33:21.719 --> 33:24.000 that the superficial prosperity is meaningless. 33:24.719 --> 33:28.520 What Jixing Abyss needs is real power. 33:49.679 --> 33:50.560 Father! 33:52.719 --> 33:54.800 Yuanfeng, you are poisoned. 33:54.879 --> 33:57.480 When you invoked your poisoned power to pray, 33:58.439 --> 33:59.679 you incurred a great curse. 34:02.919 --> 34:05.600 Even the strongest warrior you have is powerless. 34:50.719 --> 34:52.040 Lord Hanfeng is revolting. 34:56.440 --> 34:57.279 Split into two teams. 34:57.360 --> 34:59.480 One team to protect the subjects of Jixing Abyss. 34:59.560 --> 35:01.279 One team to head to Jixing Palace with me. 35:01.360 --> 35:02.200 -Noted. -Noted. 35:11.080 --> 35:11.920 Yuanfeng, 35:12.799 --> 35:15.200 sign on this Abdication Decree 35:15.839 --> 35:16.880 with your blood 35:17.560 --> 35:18.960 so that I can run Jixing Abyss. 35:19.839 --> 35:22.319 Then, I'll end everything. What do you say? 35:23.600 --> 35:26.080 You will be relieved of your heavy burden. 35:26.160 --> 35:28.360 And I, as the only person in the Six Realms 35:28.440 --> 35:30.279 who can command the netherbeasts, 35:31.240 --> 35:33.360 will lead the netherbeast army 35:33.440 --> 35:35.080 to conquer Zhushui Spiritual State. 35:36.360 --> 35:40.360 Jixing Abyss will be one of the Upper Realms forever in the future. 35:49.520 --> 35:50.640 Resist no more, Yuanfeng. 35:51.240 --> 35:52.960 The divine enfeebling powder Yan Xiao gave you 35:53.040 --> 35:54.240 is not an ordinary poison. 35:55.560 --> 35:57.240 I did not wish to do this. 35:57.319 --> 35:59.920 But your cowardice and risk aversion 36:00.000 --> 36:02.480 turned what was strong into weak. 36:02.560 --> 36:04.080 And the fitting ending for the weak 36:05.480 --> 36:06.520 is death. 36:19.319 --> 36:20.400 ABDICATION DECREE, HAND OVER THE CROWN TO LORD HANFENG, MU QIBAI 36:31.440 --> 36:34.200 You said you're doing this for Jixing Abyss, 36:34.279 --> 36:37.400 but the first thing you do is to sacrifice our people. 36:37.480 --> 36:40.680 They are our subjects! 36:42.360 --> 36:44.880 You will be feared momentarily 36:45.600 --> 36:47.839 and hated for life. 36:47.920 --> 36:49.120 Yuanfeng, 36:49.799 --> 36:53.680 it doesn't seem like we'll ever reach a consensus. 37:17.400 --> 37:18.279 Mu Qibai. 37:19.839 --> 37:21.000 Sorry for the long wait. 37:29.200 --> 37:31.000 Aren't you supposed to be… 37:37.680 --> 37:40.000 Father, are you all right? 37:42.680 --> 37:44.720 All of you are supposed to be poisoned. 37:44.799 --> 37:46.240 One must deliberately fall for the trap 37:47.640 --> 37:49.720 before one can catch the ringleader. 38:01.600 --> 38:02.880 Mu Qibai asked me to add 38:02.960 --> 38:04.920 the divine enfeebling powder to the emperor's medicine. 38:05.720 --> 38:07.839 His Majesty will have a damaged constitution within two weeks. 38:08.440 --> 38:10.000 And as His Majesty 38:10.080 --> 38:12.160 uses his poisoned power to pray for everyone during the Prayer Night, 38:12.240 --> 38:15.799 all beings will be poisoned. 38:17.560 --> 38:20.000 Your decision to side with me seems final. 38:20.600 --> 38:23.600 I thought it was just another part of your plan. 38:24.680 --> 38:26.319 Mu Qibai commands the netherbeast army. 38:26.400 --> 38:28.680 He is more likely to win. I did waver. 38:29.600 --> 38:30.759 But rest assured, Ji. 38:31.520 --> 38:34.960 I crave power, but I do have a principle. 38:35.640 --> 38:36.680 I know 38:40.080 --> 38:41.279 right from wrong. 38:44.640 --> 38:45.920 I'm curious. 38:46.920 --> 38:49.120 Why me, Yan? 38:49.880 --> 38:52.240 Why not work with your childhood friend, Princess Tianji? 38:57.319 --> 38:58.200 Mu Qibai 38:59.319 --> 39:01.480 might be more terrifying than we imagined. 39:03.120 --> 39:05.120 I must deceive Tianji too. 39:05.200 --> 39:07.240 Otherwise, I won't be able to earn Mu Qibai's trust. 39:08.359 --> 39:09.480 Ji, 39:09.560 --> 39:11.920 if things do not turn out the way we anticipated, 39:12.000 --> 39:13.240 please 39:14.160 --> 39:16.080 do your best to protect Her Highness. 39:21.279 --> 39:22.359 I suppose 39:23.040 --> 39:24.759 there's no running away from the poison 39:25.400 --> 39:26.880 Mu Qibai instructed you to put in us. 39:33.080 --> 39:34.040 Uncle, 39:35.040 --> 39:36.120 give up already. 39:37.000 --> 39:38.200 Even if your plan works today, 39:38.279 --> 39:40.279 your illegitimate coup d'état 39:40.359 --> 39:42.799 will not convince everyone to follow you. 39:43.799 --> 39:45.560 Yuanfeng has been ill for a long time. 39:45.640 --> 39:47.560 His days are numbered, 39:47.640 --> 39:49.040 but there is no clear heir in sight. 39:49.120 --> 39:50.799 Jixing Abyss will have a leader. 39:51.759 --> 39:55.400 I will carry this burden as long as I still live. 39:57.080 --> 39:58.640 I run the Shouhua Academy. 39:59.640 --> 40:01.839 I can make sure Jixing Abyss 40:01.920 --> 40:04.319 rises to the Upper Realms without killing anyone. 40:05.600 --> 40:06.920 I won't let Jixing Abyss return 40:07.000 --> 40:08.960 to the days when it had to kowtow to others. 40:09.040 --> 40:10.359 Preposterous. 40:11.040 --> 40:12.839 How naive of you to think 40:12.920 --> 40:17.400 that faith alone can make the other Five Realms submit to you. 40:19.359 --> 40:21.080 Her Highness has her way. 40:21.160 --> 40:23.200 She merely used faith to tell you 40:23.279 --> 40:25.000 that one must lead a realm with principles. 40:25.080 --> 40:26.160 Do not twist her words. 40:27.200 --> 40:28.640 Why? Do you think she should learn from you, 40:28.720 --> 40:29.920 who first colluded with Outer Realm 40:30.000 --> 40:31.839 and now relies on a wild and volatile power? 40:31.920 --> 40:33.160 You will only meet your own demise. 40:33.240 --> 40:34.240 You know nothing. 41:01.000 --> 41:02.200 Don't lose it. 41:02.920 --> 41:04.000 Get in formation! 41:31.759 --> 41:34.640 EMBRACE ALL SUMMITS AND SEAS emise.