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ADAPTED FROM BAI LU CHENG SHUANG'S
LOVE IN THE CLOUDS

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What about that child?

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You mean

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my child?

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He is dead.

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Back then, I ordered Bo Yulan
to take him somewhere safe

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and protect him well.

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But who could have known?

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He died

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on the way.

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Retribution.

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Retribution.

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All of it is retribution.

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He died?

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That is the whole truth.

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I have told you everything
you wanted to know.

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You are not the real Ming Xian.
You are not my child.

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The strict training, the harshness,

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and the obsession with victory and defeat

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were all because

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you were merely a tool
to secure my position.

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From the very beginning, I never once
saw you as my own child,

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so I will not leave with you.

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Go.

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The fact that you are still alive now

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means you have found a way
to suppress the Heavenly Grief.

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Find a place and live in peace.

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Ming Xin will soon be
officially named Crown Prince.

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Everything is set in stone.

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To me,

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and to Yaoguang Mountain,

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you are no longer of use.

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Mother…

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Someone's coming.

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Master She has gone to hold them off.

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We must leave at once.

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Let's go.

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Ming Xian?

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Ming Xian!

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Let's go.

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-Find the intruders in Yaoguang Palace!
-There's an ambush.

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They've taken Xin!

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Don't let them leave
Yaoguang Palace alive!

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It's Madam Meng.

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Could we please leave now?

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You little rascal!
How many times have I told you

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not to go back on impulse?

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Why can't you ever listen?

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No matter what happens, you just shake
that useless Messenger Bell!

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Do you know how busy I am?

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I've been running
back and forth because of you!

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-Master She.
-What now?

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I'm scolding my disciple.
Why are you stopping me?

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Let go. If you don't, I'll hit you too!

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What are you doing?

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Looking all pitiful won't stop me
from punishing you.

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I…

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Oh my, I stewed a hen for you,
and now it's almost burned!

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I know everything now.

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Stop running, Old Man She.

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Whenever you sneaked me scallion pancakes,

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Mother would punish me.

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I thought she only feared
I'd grow spoiled.

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But now I know she was afraid

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that if I got too close to you, I'd see

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that the way you treated me

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was how real parents
would treat their child.

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You…

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You're my real…

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My… My real…

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Come.

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I'll take you somewhere.

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The Bo clan's ancestral home?
Zhangwei Mountain?

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Isn't it said that only descendants
of the Bo clan can enter?

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I built this place.

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Master,

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you… you built an exact replica
of the Bo clan's ancestral home?

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I couldn't enter the real one,

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so this was the only way

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I could have a residence
that belonged to her.

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Here,

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I can preserve

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the most precious memories
of your mother and me.

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Come on.

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Here, my child.

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Years ago, your mother Bo Yucen

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and her sister Bo Yulan

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escaped from Zhangwei Mountain.

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By chance, I saved them.

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Then your mother and I grew close,

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and in time,

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we had you.

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But misfortune struck.
The Empress discovered our relationship.

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For a warrior to consort with a fairy
from another realm was a grave offense.

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I was thrown into prison.

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By the time I was released,

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it'd become far too late
to change anything.

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You

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had been recognized
by the Emperor as his eldest son,

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and there was no turning back.

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I could only promise the Empress

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that I would never reveal the truth to you

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in exchange for a chance
to stay by your side.

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So,

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I trained tirelessly,

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rising from an ordinary warrior

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to the Venerable of the warrior ranks

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and eventually, your master.

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I remember

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you once said you knew
nothing of forging artifacts.

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And since Yaoguang Mountain
despised such craft,

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there was no skilled Forger
who could teach me.

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But I loved forging.

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So, you studied it on your own,

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just so I could learn more.

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You gave me all the best things.

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How could I not have known?

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Father.

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Daughter.

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My daughter.

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Father.

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Yucen, did you hear that?

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This is our daughter.

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Daughter.

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My daughter!

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Do you know

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what I've been through all these years?

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Do you have any idea?

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Old Man She, this is the first time
I've seen you cry like this.

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Don't cry, Father.

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This is so embarrassing.
I must not cry. It's too embarrassing.

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A father shouldn't cry like this.

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It's not embarrassing.

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I feel like I forgot something important.

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Right.

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You wrote in your message

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that Ming Xin had been colluding
with Zhushui Spiritual State.

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Is that true?

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I sensed the spiritual power

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of Zhushui Spiritual State
within his spiritual veins.

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He also admitted it himself

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that the Emperor of Zhushui
told him about my identity.

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Then… Isn't this bad?

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If the Emperor of Zhushui
knows who you are,

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he will surely take action.

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And there's something even worse.

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Ming Xin and the Emperor of Zhushui
are working together.

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If Ming Xin truly becomes Crown Prince,

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Yaoguang Mountain will be doomed.

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And two days from now,

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Father will hold
Ming Xin's investiture ceremony.

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Yes, he has fallen into our hands,

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but I am not Ming Xian.

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Even if we bring him down,

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what will become of Yaoguang Mountain?

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The Emperor of Zhushui
had Mu Qibai raise netherbeasts

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and has already gained immense power.

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Why is he still going
to such lengths to make

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the Heavenly Grief
and the Golden Millet Dream?

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What else do you know?

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I've told you everything I know!

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Ji Bozai, you animal!

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Is the Soul-seizing Technique
the only thing you can use?

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Not necessarily.

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There are plenty more ways
to make you suffer.

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I came from the Sunken Abyss.

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That place has no shortage
of torture methods.

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The most unique one

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is burning someone with Phantom Fire.

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Your skin will be peeled away bit by bit,

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rotting and scabbing

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over and over again,

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until a scar
that can never heal is formed.

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Here it is.

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Want to try it?

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No…

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I'll talk!

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I think they have another plan anyway.

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The Heavenly Grief
and the Golden Millet Dream

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aren't just for winning
the Qingyun Tournament.

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Right.

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I once overheard them talking

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about something inside the Zhuojin Tower.

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Something called
the Sky-Swallowing Array, I think.

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That's all I know.

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Would they really share their secrets
with an outsider like me?

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You should've said that sooner.

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Come to think of it,

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since I am not the real Ming Xian,

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I have no ties
to Yaoguang Mountain anymore,

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which means

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its future has nothing to do with me now.

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None of this concerns me now.

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If even the Warrior Goddess
who brought it seven consecutive victories

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has no say in its future,

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then who has?

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Ming Yi and Ming Xian.

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Those are just names.

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You grew up as Ming Xian, didn't you?

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True, you are not the Empress's son,

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but wasn't it you who fought

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for Yaoguang Mountain
and protected its people?

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You wish to fight for peace
among the Six Realms

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and make the Qingyun Tournament
fair again.

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Are you going to give up
just because you're not Ming Xian?

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Whether you are a foolish girl

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or a reckless boy,

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a wise fairy or a stubborn fool,

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what difference does it make?

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As long as you can face heaven
and earth with no shame in your heart,

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you are who you are.

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Ming Yi.

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Remember this.

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You are my disciple,

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the best child
your mother and I could've hoped for,

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and someone with an unyielding spirit.

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Do you understand?

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I took the portrait of Fairy Bo
and visited the places she had once been.

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To my surprise, someone
at the border of Yaoguang recognized her.

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They said that when Fairy Bo was alive,

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she often came there to gather herbs

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and would ask about a child
with a mark between his brows.

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So,

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when Master saved me
from the Sunken Abyss,

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it wasn't by chance.

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Perhaps Fairy Bo always knew

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who you truly were.

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Then maybe

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when Master said she owed me,

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it wasn't just because
she kept secrets from me,

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but also because…

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After Fairy Bo gave me the recipe,

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I begged her to meet with you.

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But she said she owed you

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and that she'd hidden
the truth right before your eyes,

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somewhere within your reach.

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But the truth was unbearable.

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She feared that once you learned it,

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you would lose faith
in people and in the world.

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Somewhere within my reach?

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Father, did you say

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this place held the most precious memories
of you and Mother?

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The portraits left behind
by the Bo clan after death

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carry the memories of their owners.

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The memories of how your mother and I met

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are within this painting.

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Master said the truth

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was somewhere within my reach.

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If not for you,

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the Empress would never
have plotted to take my sister's child.

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Father, do you know

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if the child Fairy Bo Yulan sent away,

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the Empress's own son,

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really died?

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When Yulan returned,
she told the Empress herself

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that the child
did not survive the journey.

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I escorted the young prince
away as ordered,

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but he was too frail.

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He died

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on the way.

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I failed in my duty.

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Punish me as you will.

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Retribution.

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It is retribution indeed.

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Retribution!

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But Mother and I

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were her last
remaining family in the world.

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Mother died giving birth,

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and the Empress took me in as her own.

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Did she really accept that task willingly,

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without a single word of complaint?

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The Empress used you as leverage.
She had no choice but to obey.

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After learning the child had died,

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the Empress once searched for a child
with a mark between the brows,

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but she found none
that bore her son's presence.

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You once said you had
a mark on your forehead.

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I think

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my mother planted it there
when I was still an infant.

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It holds some vague memories of her.

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I can't see her face clearly,

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but she told me

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this mark

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was formed from her blood and mine.

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I, too, once suspected

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that Yulan might have killed that child.

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The Empress had her doubts as well.

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But

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since you were the Empress's only hope,

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they each had something to lose

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and could no longer
turn against each other.

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What is that mark between the brows?

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The Empress wished to reunite
with her own son one day,

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so she left
a Tracing Mark between his brows.

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Then, could Fairy Bo

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have temporarily sealed that mark,

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causing the Empress
to believe her child had died?

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With the Bo clan's arts,

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it could be done for a short while.

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Your Lordship, you are actually the son
of the Empress of Yaoguang.

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Fairy Bo risked her life to save you,

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yet it was she herself
who abandoned you back then,

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leaving you to grow up in the Sunken Abyss

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as a prisoner.

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Yesterday, my husband went
to the Sunken Abyss to deliver food.

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He said he saw a poor child down there.

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He looked barely ten years old.

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Right.

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I heard he'd been there
since he was little.

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He must've been taken there.

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When they beat him,

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didn't a mark appear on his forehead?

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Yes.

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But it didn't seem
like the overseers left it there.

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Maybe his family did.

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That makes sense.

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-Come on. Let's gather herbs over there.
-All right.

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I must find him and atone for my sin.

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The portrait caught fire on its own.

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Your Lordship.

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Your Lordship, your heart imprint
resonated with Ming Yi's.

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You're doing this
so she wouldn't see this, right?

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Your Lordship.

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There have been signs
that the Heavenly Grief in you

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might stir again.

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You must take care of yourself.

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I'm fine.

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Wait!

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You came after all.

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I never thought

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I would see you again.

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Why are you turning away?

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What I came to confirm

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has already been confirmed.

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It was my fault.

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I truly believed

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that you were gone.

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I heard

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you had fallen into the Sunken Abyss.

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Do you not want to see me

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because you still resent me?

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I hold no resentment.

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I lived 20 years
without my parents around.

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Meeting you today

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was unexpected for me as well.

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But right now, you are just

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a stranger in my eyes.

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I know

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I have failed as a mother.

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But tell me, is there anything
I can still do for you?

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Ming…

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My child…

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Your Lordship,

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as you instructed,

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I turned a blind eye

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and let Madam Meng rescue Ming Xin.

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The investiture ceremony is approaching.

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Letting him escape

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is necessary for my next move.

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Your Lordship already has a plan in mind.
It is not my place to say more.

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But please remember this.

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No matter what happens,

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you must not open the Spirit Well

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until your spiritual power
is fully restored.

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Otherwise,

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you might really suffer a relapse.

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Everyone,

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today is the Sunlight Festival.

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We give thanks to the gods for blessing
Yaoguang Mountain with the gift of light.

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Today also marks
the investiture ceremony of Ming Xin.

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From this day forth,

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Lord Chengyun will be formally named
Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain

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and assume the post
of Honorary Warrior of the warrior ranks.

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This decision is final.

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Wait!

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-Who is that?
-No idea.

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What's going on?

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-That mask…
-That's Ming Xian's mask.

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-That's strange.
-But this is a fairy.

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Right. Is she…?

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Why is she wearing Ming Xian's mask?

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Is she Ming Xian?

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-I don't know.
-Ming Xian?

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-Who is she really?
-Is she Ming Xian?

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-I don't think so.
-She… She…

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-Isn't that a fairy?
-Yeah.

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That's a fairy.

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-But why is she wearing Ming Xian's mask?
-Ming Xian?

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-She really is Ming Xian!
-She's Ming Xian?

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-Yes.
-Yes.

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-How can Ming Xian be female?
-Exactly.

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Sinner Ming Xian!

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You defected from Yaoguang Mountain,

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and yet you still have the audacity
to interrupt my investiture?

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Very well.

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Today, before everyone,

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I will expose your true identity!

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Father,

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the evidence is undeniable.

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Even if the Empress refuses to admit it,

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the truth is already before us.

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Back then, the Empress, Jing Shu,

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used an infant girl
to impersonate the Crown Prince!

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-What?
-She did?

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-What?
-How dare she?

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-That's reckless.
-Is this true?

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-Unbelievable!
-How could that be?

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Lord Chengyun is right.

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I am indeed a fairy.

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Years ago, the Empress defied
the laws and practiced immortal arts,

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disguising me as a male immortal
to take the real Crown Prince's place.

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-She actually did that?
-How could this happen?

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You deceived His Majesty. What audacity.

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Your Majesty,

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if it became known
that this jinx impersonated

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the Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain

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and fought in the Qingyun Tournament

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for eight consecutive years,
wouldn't it make

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Yaoguang Mountain a laughingstock?

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Naming Ming Xin Crown Prince today will be

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what truly makes
Yaoguang Mountain a laughingstock.

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In my hand is the Recording Mirror.

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It holds proof of Ming Xin's collusion
with other realms.

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He took the Heavenly Grief from Mu Qibai

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and poisoned me
before the Qingyun Tournament,

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causing Yaoguang Mountain's defeat.

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Here's the Heavenly Grief you need.

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Thank you, Lord Hanfeng.

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With this Heavenly Grief,

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Ming Xian

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will no longer be the Warrior God
of Yaoguang Mountain.

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Now, he has become a pawn
of Zhushui Spiritual State

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and even schemes to have
the Emperor of Zhushui help him

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secure the Crown Prince's seat.

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If we allow Ming Xin
to show a wolf into the house,

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who is to say
the Emperor of Zhushui will not divide

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and devour
Yaoguang Mountain piece by piece?

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Your Majesty,

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Ming Xin did everything for you
and for Yaoguang Mountain.

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Please don't be swayed
by the one-sided words of this jinx

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and leave Yaoguang Mountain
without a Crown Prince.

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Besides,

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whose blood runs in this fairy's veins

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remains to be verified, doesn't it?

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Who I am no longer matters.

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I came here today

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to help Yaoguang Mountain

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welcome back its true Crown Prince.

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What do you mean?

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Lord Chengyun,

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what you said earlier was only half true.

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Back then, after the Empress
gave birth to her son,

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she discovered
that he had no spiritual veins.

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So, she found another child

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born on the same day
within the Yaoguang Palace

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and secretly switched them.

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The real Crown Prince

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was kidnapped by bandits
on his way to the border

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of Yaoguang Mountain

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and ended up
in the Sunken Abyss of Jixing.

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There, he suffered endless torment

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and was afflicted with the Heavenly Grief,

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which later awakened
spiritual veins within him.

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His spiritual veins
were formed after birth?

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Then that man is the real Crown Prince!

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-Right!
-True!

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Then, who is that child?

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Ji Bozai?

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-Right, he is.
-What is he doing here?

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-Ji Bozai?
-He's here too?

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Why is he here?

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What is his relation to Ming Xian?

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty!

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Are you truly…?

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Before sending the child away,

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the Empress left a mark

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between his brows with her own blood.

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-How can that be proven?
-Yes.

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Is it really him?

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Is it true?

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-Is he really…?
-It really is him!

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It's him!

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Right, he is!

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Nonsense!

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You two conspired to deceive His Majesty

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just to stop me

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from becoming
Yaoguang Mountain's Crown Prince!

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-Xin…
-On the basis of a single mark,

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you claim Ji Bozai
is the true Crown Prince?

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How utterly ridiculous!

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If my father, She Tianlin, testifies,

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might that prove it?

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Before Your Majesty, I would not dare lie.

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Ji Bozai is indeed the Empress's son,

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while Ming Xian
is the child of me and a physician.

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All right.

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Everything is clear now.

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Yaoguang Mountain has at last
seen its true Crown Prince.

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Shall we proceed
with the investiture ceremony?

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Ming Xian!

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Xin!

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Xin.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty,

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for the sake of the years
you've shared with Xin,

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please spare him this once.

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Ming Xin and his mother
colluded with Zhushui Spiritual State.

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The evidence is conclusive.
They shall face the Ultimate Punishment!

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Your Majesty,
this has nothing to do with Xin.

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It was all my fault.

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He knew nothing.

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Let me take the punishment instead.

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He is your flesh and blood.

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I beg you, spare him this once.

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As his mother,

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were you truly unaware
of your son's deeds?

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How dare you plead for him before me?

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That Recording Mirror

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holds solid evidence
of Ming Xin's involvement.

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Wretch!

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-Seize them both!
-Yes!

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As for the Empress of Yaoguang,

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strip her of rank at once.

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Since she is
the Crown Prince's birth mother,

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she shall not be executed.

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Confine her to the palace for now.

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I will decide her fate later.

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As for She Tianlin and Ming Yi,

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they deceived all of Yaoguang Mountain.

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Their crimes are unforgivable.

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She Tianlin shall face
the Thunder Punishment,

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and Ming Yi shall be stripped
of her spiritual veins

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and banished from the realm.

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-Guards!
-Yes!

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Seize them!

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Wait.

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Why not let the two of them go?

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Now that I have returned,
punishing them seems pointless.

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No.

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If we let them go,
how can we command respect?

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We cannot show mercy just because she once

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stood as Crown Prince.

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Besides, Ming Yi
has immense spiritual power.

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We cannot risk her fleeing to the enemy.

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For the welfare
of Yaoguang Mountain and its people,

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I have no choice
but to make such decisions.

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Seize them both!

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Yes!

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Stop!

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How dare you resist?
to make such decisions.