ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S LOVE IN THE CLOUDS
Now that it has come to this,
let's settle our public and personal grudges together.
Mu Qibai.
When you killed my master back then,
you should've known you would end this way.
You tortured and killed countless innocent people
and brought netherbeasts to harm the Six Realms.
The only ending you deserve
is to have your primordial spirit turn into ashes
to appease the spirits of those you've killed.
You've lost, Mu Qibai.
You don't deserve to die in my hands.
Quick, everyone! Hide behind us!
Hide behind us, hurry!
Mu Qibai is indeed useless.
There's no need to worry.
The netherbeast army will devour and destroy Jixing Abyss.
Ming Xian, if you are there as well,
you should die with them.
Take care.
Protect Jixing Abyss with our lives!
-Yes! -Yes!
Why?
When we were young, didn't we agree
to protect Jixing Abyss together?
For so many years,
the weak can only look up to the strong.
We begged for pity yet we still wouldn't be treated fairly.
If Jixing Abyss is just barely surviving,
it might as well be destroyed.
If you were on my side,
we could have gotten more blessings
at the cost of a few lives.
We could've succeeded!
Foolish!
You brought trouble
and invited danger to our place.
You have no right to decide other people's lives for them!
Why have the netherbeasts suddenly become stronger?
Once the netherbeasts go on a rampage,
they won't even obey their master's order.
They might even strike back at their master.
When the time comes, the whole Jixing Abyss
and even the Six Realms will be in torment.
Is this what you want?
I can rule the Six Realms with the netherbeasts.
Jixing Abyss will no longer be bullied by anyone else.
How do you know that I can't succeed?
You are no longer
the tough brother
who rose to the challenge in my memory.
Why have you become so weak
for the sake of peace?
You're a coward who compromises.
You should've worked with Zhushui Spiritual State.
-We could've-- -There's no working together!
If we had done that,
you'd only become a political hostage.
I wanted you to stay by my side,
so I could protect you better.
In the end, I still failed.
Bai.
Can you…
Can you forgive me?
In the past,
I thought my brother was a great hero
who could rise to greatness.
Now, I have finally realized
that everything
is just a fleeting dream.
The netherbeasts are going to devour everyone!
Hold on!
Don't give up!
Hold on.
The netherbeasts have completely lost control.
There's only one way now.
What if I say,
instead of you protecting me,
why don't we
protect each other?
Xun Ming mentioned Heartbond Array in the Illusory Realm.
Ancient tomes also said that it could seal netherbeasts.
To use the array, the spellcasters must be of one mind and one heart.
If not,
they will be caught in self-immolation.
And it's precisely due to this high risk
that no one has practiced it since then.
If that's what we have to do,
then it's not that complicated.
After all,
we are of the same mind.
-By the purity of my intent. -May your feelings be stirred true.
The Heartbond Array
will only succeed when two people are of the same mind.
-Radiant deity who subdues evil! -Radiant deity who subdues evil!
-We die together! -We die together!
-We live together! -We live together!
Seal!
Vanquish!
We've done it!
That's great!
-It's a success. -They did it.
-We survived. -Yes, we did.
Great.
That's great!
The Heartbond Array.
That's great.
We did it.
Wonderful!
Ming Yi!
-It's over. -Great!
Great!
Almost there. Hold on.
Twenty-Seven.
I coughed up blood because you were rushing me.
How can you still joke at a time like this?
Thankfully, there's one petal left.
Ming Yi, we're running out of time.
If this goes on, you won't even last until the Prayer Night is over.
The Heavenly Grief will kill you soon.
I can hold on.
Don't worry.
-I'm still alive. -How can you still smile?
If something went wrong when using the Heartbond Array,
the spellcasters would die.
I was so worried.
Thankfully, you and Ji Bozai are of the same mind.
What's wrong?
-No. I'll go and find Ji Bozai now -Twenty-Seven.
and ask him to give you the Golden Millet Dream.
Twenty-Seven.
If you
tell him
that I'm doing everything to stay by his side
just to obtain the Golden Millet Dream,
what will he think of me?
You are different from other people.
Both of you have gone through so much.
Ji Bozai likes you.
If he knows you are poisoned by Heavenly Grief,
he will surely save you.
How are you doing?
I didn't see you just now.
The Heartbond Array exhausted all my spiritual power,
but you don't seem affected. How annoying.
Are you really fine?
You don't believe me
and asked me twice.
This is unlike you.
Were you afraid?
Yes.
For a moment just now,
I thought you had left.
I told you
that you could never escape.
However, if you want to leave,
I won't stop you.
The Prayer Night has just begun.
It'll last for three long nights.
I'll let you decide.
Father's Blood Moon Ring?
I thought Qibai poisoned me,
but it was a drug that made me lose my spiritual power and faked my death.
It was all my fault for not doing my duty as his brother to guide him.
Uncle deserved it.
You are not at fault.
Don't be too upset, Father.
Zhushui will never give up now.
So, we must tighten our defenses.
Conflicts between the Six Realms are showing.
The intensity of Shouhua Academy's training
should be increased as well.
Jixing Abyss can only be proactive
if it maintains its Upper Three Realms status.
Father,
I still have one thing to inform you.
I made the announcement
that Soul-hiding Nails would no longer be planted
in every fairy of Jixing Abyss with spiritual veins.
I will also recruit females into Shouhua Academy
as warriors.
Is it because of Fairy Ming Yi?
It's not just because of Ming Yi.
I think
fairies who have spiritual veins
haven't done anything wrong.
If people are worried that they might rebel with a netherbeast army,
that's even more ridiculous.
The ones who started a rebellion
were obviously Uncle and Zhushui Spiritual State.
Yan Xiao had acted as a double agent
for me and Qibai in the last few years.
Qibai made me pass out.
Yan Xiao used his power in secret
to keep me safe.
He didn't tell me, but I could feel it.
Perhaps he is not the person we've seen on the surface.
Yan Xiao might have followed Qibai for many years,
but he should be spared from all the punishments
now that he has turned around.
He no longer needs to feel bad about his origins
and should only focus on serving Jixing Abyss.
Tianji,
how I treat him
isn't important.
The most important thing is what you think of him.
Your Highness.
The immortals who were attacked by the netherbeast army
have been attended to.
-Cast your worry aside. -Do you have something else to say to me?
When would you ever stop deceiving me
if I hadn't seen you work with Ji Bozai?
Am I not worthy of your trust?
No, I…
Tianji,
I was born into a low status.
I served Mu Qibai to repay him for his tutelage.
I also used him to rise higher.
In the beginning, he told me everything he did
was to make Jixing Abyss truly powerful.
I used to believe in him.
Later,
I saw him doing all those evil deeds in secret.
I saw how he neglected the lives of others.
-That was when I knew I was wrong. -You could've told me then.
We could've come up with a plan together.
Don't you know how dangerous it is to do things alone?
Or perhaps you don't care about me at all.
I…
He didn't use a flower to cast a spell to enter previously.
What is he trying to do?
Why are you so surprised?
You came here to save me back then, didn't you?
HOU ZHAO
XUN MING
MU QIBAI
Master, may you rest in peace.
Ming Yi,
I haven't told you about my past
with my master, have I?
Back then, I was in a dire situation
after escaping from the Sunken Abyss.
However, the Heavenly Grief took effect,
and I almost died.
Coincidentally,
Master was a wandering doctor of the Bo family
who gathered herbs and healed others.
She found me,
barely alive, near the Sunken Abyss.
This is a medicine that slows the poison of Heavenly Grief.
Drink it and you'll feel better.
In the beginning, I didn't believe in her.
However, Master did her best to cure me.
I was grateful
and called her my master.
The Bo family developed Heavenly Grief and Golden Millet Dream,
which caused chaos in the Six Realms.
So, they warned their descendants not to make them again.
However, Master disobeyed her ancestral rules
and made the Golden Millet Dream to save me.
In the end, she died in Mu Qibai's hands.
We were strangers who crossed paths,
but she saved me,
and it cost her life.
I couldn't repay her in any way.
Master left a dying wish.
She would not let anyone obtain the Golden Millet Dream.
So, I decided to hide the Golden Millet Dream once and for all.
Later, I made the Spirit Well,
joined the Qingyun Tournament,
and approached the nobles of Jixing Abyss
to avenge Master.
You went through so many difficulties.
Fortunately,
you've finally avenged your master.
Ming Yi,
there's nothing I'm hiding from you anymore.
Master.
She is the person I told you about previously,
Ming Yi.
My wife.
He actually undid the blood seal.
Stupid dragon, use less oil.
If His Lordship is here, it'll be livelier.
I beg to differ.
Twenty-Seven. Your fish.
Thank you.
You should eat more longan.
Buxiu said you loved grilled fish.
What's wrong? Something's on your mind?
Not at all.
Something feels off about you.
How so?
Do people sell lanterns during the Prayer Night?
I heard they are pretty.
The lanterns are for the people you love.
Stop dreaming. No one likes you.
What a joke.
Is there anyone who doesn't like cats?
I also heard there are flying dance performances on the Prayer Night.
Fly for me.
-Do you want a beating? -You…
I want to see the fireflies. Can I?
Seriously.
It's the Prayer Night.
It's the grandest festival in Jixing Abyss every year.
So, no lanterns
and no flying dance performance.
I just want to see the fireflies.
I'm not asking for anything else.
I just want to see
the fireflies in the sky like bright stars.
There are no such rules for the Prayer Night.
Don't make them up.
So, I can't have this or that.
Did I come to Jixing Abyss just to suffer?
Why are you here if not to suffer?
Travel around?
-You… -How annoying.
Granny Xun.
Are you complaining about me as well?
I…
I can't live here anymore.
Ming Yi,
have you gotten the Golden Millet Dream?
What a childish trick.
He helped His Lordship suppress the netherbeast army after all.
Whether Ming Xian is a friend or a foe, we are all on the same side on this.
Before Ming Xian comes back to retrieve Twenty-Seven,
we can live peacefully with each other.
If Ming Xian comes back,
will he take Ming Yi away as well?
That wretched Ming Xian.
Dream on!
Fragrance pouches!
Come and take a look.
Fragrance pouches!
-Pibo shawl! -Lanterns!
Fairy, get yourself a Pibo shawl.
Take a look.
Pibo shawls!
Ming Yi, it's the Prayer Night.
Unfortunately, I have work to do.
I hope we can still celebrate the festival together next year.
Here's a Blessing Flower for you. Situ Ling.
Ming Yi?
Wasn't he addressing you as Sister Yi previously?
You said you told your master about me.
What did you tell her?
Do you want to know?
Not really.
Back then, I told her…
I told her
I didn't care about everything in the past.
Your identity is also not important to me.
I'm sure that you care about me sincerely.
No matter what happens in the future,
I trust you.
The Grief Blossom only has one petal left,
and it is starting to wilt.
Ming Yi, you are running out of time.
-Xianxian? -Don't laugh at me,
-but I heard they got along quite nicely. -Really?
Ruoning!
Miss, which one do you want?
-This item can help you ward off evil. -Sorry.
Aren't you Zhang Tai?
Did you serve Xun Ming previously?
The general is dead.
How can a widow like you show yourself in public
and run a stall?
How funny!
Funny?
What's so funny about it?
I like to show myself in public.
-It's none of your business. -Stop!
Apologize to me!
You…
How could you use your spiritual vein?
Great. You don't have Soul-hiding Nails in you?
You assaulted her first.
Whether a fairy has a Soul-hiding Nail or not is none of your business.
Stop while you still can.
This guy…
Thank you.
I am Zhang Tai. You are…?
ZHENG TIAO, WARRIOR OF FLOWING WAVE GORGE
Zheng Tiao.
Immortal Zheng, you are from Flowing Wave Gorge.
Do you travel to Jixing Abyss often?
Not at all.
However, I heard the stars here are pretty,
so I wanted to take a look during the Prayer Night.
That's easy.
Today's weather is good.
Let me show you around.
-Wonderful! -Wonderful!
TIPSY MOONBEAMS
Thank you, Your Highness!
Your Highness, thank you for making the announcement!
Fairies no longer need Soul-hiding Nails in them.
We can finally use our spiritual veins
and have a chance to become warriors!
-Thank you, Your Highness! -Thank you, Your Highness!
Thank you, Your Highness!
Go and pray for your blessing, everyone.
-Thank you, Your Highness! -Thank you, Your Highness!
May the stars shine forever and the Blessed Raid befall us.
All of them can pray in peace.
Our efforts to protect everything by sacrificing ourselves are not in vain.
Looking at this,
isn't it worth it?
I feel it was worth it,
even if I'm not from here.
However, I'm surprised to hear you ask me that question.
-That's great! -It's so great!
It's like you are no longer
the Ji Bozai who only cares about getting revenge.
However, this is not enough.
Zhushui Spiritual State will not give up.
We don't know how many people in the Six Realms
are involved in this.
After all, everyone wants absolute power.
If we are facing more foes,
it'll only be more difficult in the future.
We?
If someone from Yaoguang Mountain is involved,
will you still hold firm to your beliefs?
You know I won't.
However, I…
I also have my own concerns.
Let's go and have fun.
Just like how we did it when we were children.
I'll make a puppet to stand in your stead.
I am
different now.
Right now, I think…
Look, the blessing flowers.
…protecting them gives me another form of joy.
Then, I bring the most delicious Blessing Cake
and the prettiest lantern to you.
I hope my baby can grow up healthy.
Come and make a wish. Hurry.
-The blessing flowers! -See?
-That's beautiful. -The blessing flowers looks so nice.
But you are different.
If he knows you are poisoned by Heavenly Grief,
he will surely save you.
I have something to tell you.
I…
Mu Qibai is dead.
For that, you avenged Ming Xian, who was poisoned by him.
You owe neither him
nor me.
So, you are free.
I told you
I wanted
an answer after three days.
I also want the truth.
However, I'm afraid…
I thought
I would do everything to make you stay.
However, at this moment,
I also hate to put you in a difficult position.
My Lord,
you are not hiding anything from me now.
Aren't you afraid that I might want something from you?
What do you want from me? Golden Millet Dream?
Everyone in the Six Realms wants my Golden Millet Dream,
except for you.
What if I tell you
that I also want the Golden Millet Dream?
Haven't you seen it already?
In the Spirit Well,
you had so many opportunities to grab it.
No?
Yes.
Why do you trust me so much?
What?
This is…
You gave this to me back then.
Ji Bozai is very cautious.
He will not drink the wine you give him.
It's fine.
He might not drink it now,
but he might in the future.
I thought you didn't drink something given to you by outsiders.
That's not true.
What do you mean?
It's not from an outsider.
I've kept the wine for so long.
I finally have the chance
to drink with you now.
What? Did you drug the wine?
I did. id you drug the wine?