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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,

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:47.240 align:center
without a single word of complaint?

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:50.960 align:center
The Empress used you as leverage.
She had no choice but to obey.

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:54.240 align:center
After learning the child had died,

00:22:55.280 --> 00:22:58.560 align:center
the Empress once searched for a child
with a mark between the brows,

00:22:59.159 --> 00:23:01.879 align:center
but she found none
that bore her son's presence.

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:06.879 align:center
You once said you had
a mark on your forehead.

00:23:16.520 --> 00:23:17.520 align:center
I think

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:21.439 align:center
my mother planted it there
when I was still an infant.

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:27.760 align:center
It holds some vague memories of her.

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.760 align:center
I can't see her face clearly,

00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:35.080 align:center
but she told me

00:23:35.760 --> 00:23:36.919 align:center
this mark

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:39.480 align:center
was formed from her blood and mine.

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.960 align:center
I, too, once suspected

00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:45.439 align:center
that Yulan might have killed that child.

00:23:45.520 --> 00:23:46.919 align:center
The Empress had her doubts as well.

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.919 align:center
But

00:23:49.520 --> 00:23:51.600 align:center
since you were the Empress's only hope,

00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:54.439 align:center
they each had something to lose

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:56.320 align:center
and could no longer
turn against each other.

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:59.800 align:center
What is that mark between the brows?

00:24:01.760 --> 00:24:04.240 align:center
The Empress wished to reunite
with her own son one day,

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:08.159 align:center
so she left
a Tracing Mark between his brows.

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:10.639 align:center
Then, could Fairy Bo

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:15.159 align:center
have temporarily sealed that mark,

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:17.520 align:center
causing the Empress
to believe her child had died?

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:21.040 align:center
With the Bo clan's arts,

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:23.320 align:center
it could be done for a short while.

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:39.520 align:center
Your Lordship, you are actually the son
of the Empress of Yaoguang.

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:43.240 align:center
Fairy Bo risked her life to save you,

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:45.600 align:center
yet it was she herself
who abandoned you back then,

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:48.320 align:center
leaving you to grow up in the Sunken Abyss

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:50.159 align:center
as a prisoner.

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.879 align:center
Yesterday, my husband went
to the Sunken Abyss to deliver food.

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:09.000 align:center
He said he saw a poor child down there.

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:10.800 align:center
He looked barely ten years old.

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:12.000 align:center
Right.

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:13.760 align:center
I heard he'd been there
since he was little.

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.480 align:center
He must've been taken there.

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:19.159 align:center
When they beat him,

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:21.520 align:center
didn't a mark appear on his forehead?

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:23.320 align:center
Yes.

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:25.960 align:center
But it didn't seem
like the overseers left it there.

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:29.399 align:center
Maybe his family did.

00:26:30.040 --> 00:26:31.280 align:center
That makes sense.

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.679 align:center
-Come on. Let's gather herbs over there.
-All right.

00:26:56.560 --> 00:27:00.760 align:center
I must find him and atone for my sin.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.879 align:center
The portrait caught fire on its own.

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:19.240 align:center
Your Lordship.

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:52.639 align:center
Your Lordship, your heart imprint
resonated with Ming Yi's.

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:56.399 align:center
You're doing this
so she wouldn't see this, right?

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.280 align:center
Your Lordship.

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:18.280 align:center
There have been signs
that the Heavenly Grief in you

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.720 align:center
might stir again.

00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:22.480 align:center
You must take care of yourself.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.879 align:center
I'm fine.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.840 align:center
Wait!

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:45.080 align:center
You came after all.

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.879 align:center
I never thought

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:51.159 align:center
I would see you again.

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:54.000 align:center
Why are you turning away?

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:59.520 align:center
What I came to confirm

00:31:00.520 --> 00:31:01.800 align:center
has already been confirmed.

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:09.800 align:center
It was my fault.

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:13.560 align:center
I truly believed

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:17.639 align:center
that you were gone.

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:21.040 align:center
I heard

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:23.280 align:center
you had fallen into the Sunken Abyss.

00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:26.760 align:center
Do you not want to see me

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:31.199 align:center
because you still resent me?

00:31:54.760 --> 00:31:55.600 align:center
I hold no resentment.

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:59.600 align:center
I lived 20 years
without my parents around.

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.520 align:center
Meeting you today

00:32:02.520 --> 00:32:03.760 align:center
was unexpected for me as well.

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:06.040 align:center
But right now, you are just

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:09.560 align:center
a stranger in my eyes.

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:14.639 align:center
I know

00:32:16.280 --> 00:32:18.360 align:center
I have failed as a mother.

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:23.360 align:center
But tell me, is there anything
I can still do for you?

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.959 align:center
Ming…

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.879 align:center
My child…

00:32:50.520 --> 00:32:51.679 align:center
Your Lordship,

00:32:53.800 --> 00:32:54.760 align:center
as you instructed,

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:56.080 align:center
I turned a blind eye

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:57.719 align:center
and let Madam Meng rescue Ming Xin.

00:33:00.280 --> 00:33:02.000 align:center
The investiture ceremony is approaching.

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:03.280 align:center
Letting him escape

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:05.399 align:center
is necessary for my next move.

00:33:08.280 --> 00:33:10.760 align:center
Your Lordship already has a plan in mind.
It is not my place to say more.

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:13.159 align:center
But please remember this.

00:33:13.679 --> 00:33:14.879 align:center
No matter what happens,

00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:16.159 align:center
you must not open the Spirit Well

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:18.120 align:center
until your spiritual power
is fully restored.

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:20.240 align:center
Otherwise,

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:22.280 align:center
you might really suffer a relapse.

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:32.000 align:center
Everyone,

00:33:32.520 --> 00:33:34.320 align:center
today is the Sunlight Festival.

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:37.760 align:center
We give thanks to the gods for blessing
Yaoguang Mountain with the gift of light.

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:42.000 align:center
Today also marks
the investiture ceremony of Ming Xin.

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:43.560 align:center
From this day forth,

00:33:44.199 --> 00:33:47.639 align:center
Lord Chengyun will be formally named
Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain

00:33:48.560 --> 00:33:51.639 align:center
and assume the post
of Honorary Warrior of the warrior ranks.

00:33:51.719 --> 00:33:52.800 align:center
This decision is final.

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.320 align:center
Wait!

00:33:59.439 --> 00:34:01.040 align:center
-Who is that?
-No idea.

00:34:01.719 --> 00:34:02.639 align:center
What's going on?

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:06.800 align:center
-That mask…
-That's Ming Xian's mask.

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:08.799 align:center
-That's strange.
-But this is a fairy.

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.360 align:center
Right. Is she…?

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:12.319 align:center
Why is she wearing Ming Xian's mask?

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.360 align:center
Is she Ming Xian?

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.759 align:center
-I don't know.
-Ming Xian?

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:16.400 align:center
-Who is she really?
-Is she Ming Xian?

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.679 align:center
-I don't think so.
-She… She…

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:20.120 align:center
-Isn't that a fairy?
-Yeah.

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:21.040 align:center
That's a fairy.

00:34:21.120 --> 00:34:24.759 align:center
-But why is she wearing Ming Xian's mask?
-Ming Xian?

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:28.920 align:center
-She really is Ming Xian!
-She's Ming Xian?

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.839 align:center
-Yes.
-Yes.

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:32.120 align:center
-How can Ming Xian be female?
-Exactly.

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.679 align:center
Sinner Ming Xian!

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:38.560 align:center
You defected from Yaoguang Mountain,

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:41.080 align:center
and yet you still have the audacity
to interrupt my investiture?

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.839 align:center
Very well.

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:46.759 align:center
Today, before everyone,

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:48.400 align:center
I will expose your true identity!

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.920 align:center
Father,

00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:55.239 align:center
the evidence is undeniable.

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:57.080 align:center
Even if the Empress refuses to admit it,

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:59.360 align:center
the truth is already before us.

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:02.080 align:center
Back then, the Empress, Jing Shu,

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:04.799 align:center
used an infant girl
to impersonate the Crown Prince!

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:07.520 align:center
-What?
-She did?

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:08.920 align:center
-What?
-How dare she?

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.839 align:center
-That's reckless.
-Is this true?

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:13.200 align:center
-Unbelievable!
-How could that be?

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.920 align:center
Lord Chengyun is right.

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.360 align:center
I am indeed a fairy.

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:31.600 align:center
Years ago, the Empress defied
the laws and practiced immortal arts,

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:34.560 align:center
disguising me as a male immortal
to take the real Crown Prince's place.

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.560 align:center
-She actually did that?
-How could this happen?

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:44.920 align:center
You deceived His Majesty. What audacity.

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:47.040 align:center
Your Majesty,

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:50.480 align:center
if it became known
that this jinx impersonated

00:35:50.560 --> 00:35:52.240 align:center
the Crown Prince of Yaoguang Mountain

00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:54.520 align:center
and fought in the Qingyun Tournament

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:56.680 align:center
for eight consecutive years,
wouldn't it make

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:59.360 align:center
Yaoguang Mountain a laughingstock?

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:02.520 align:center
Naming Ming Xin Crown Prince today will be

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:03.960 align:center
what truly makes
Yaoguang Mountain a laughingstock.

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.240 align:center
In my hand is the Recording Mirror.

00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:16.440 align:center
It holds proof of Ming Xin's collusion
with other realms.

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:20.360 align:center
He took the Heavenly Grief from Mu Qibai

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.880 align:center
and poisoned me
before the Qingyun Tournament,

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:24.319 align:center
causing Yaoguang Mountain's defeat.

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.720 align:center
Here's the Heavenly Grief you need.

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:31.200 align:center
Thank you, Lord Hanfeng.

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:33.200 align:center
With this Heavenly Grief,

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.839 align:center
Ming Xian

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:38.640 align:center
will no longer be the Warrior God
of Yaoguang Mountain.

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:45.440 align:center
Now, he has become a pawn
of Zhushui Spiritual State

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:49.560 align:center
and even schemes to have
the Emperor of Zhushui help him

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:51.359 align:center
secure the Crown Prince's seat.

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:53.880 align:center
If we allow Ming Xin
to show a wolf into the house,

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:57.960 align:center
who is to say
the Emperor of Zhushui will not divide

00:36:58.040 --> 00:36:59.560 align:center
and devour
Yaoguang Mountain piece by piece?

00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:01.960 align:center
Your Majesty,

00:37:02.040 --> 00:37:04.960 align:center
Ming Xin did everything for you
and for Yaoguang Mountain.

00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:08.080 align:center
Please don't be swayed
by the one-sided words of this jinx

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:10.000 align:center
and leave Yaoguang Mountain
without a Crown Prince.

00:37:11.040 --> 00:37:12.160 align:center
Besides,

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:16.080 align:center
whose blood runs in this fairy's veins

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:17.720 align:center
remains to be verified, doesn't it?

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:27.880 align:center
Who I am no longer matters.

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:30.080 align:center
I came here today

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:32.319 align:center
to help Yaoguang Mountain

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:36.839 align:center
welcome back its true Crown Prince.

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.799 align:center
What do you mean?

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.560 align:center
Lord Chengyun,

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:51.000 align:center
what you said earlier was only half true.

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.279 align:center
Back then, after the Empress
gave birth to her son,

00:37:55.359 --> 00:37:57.279 align:center
she discovered
that he had no spiritual veins.

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:58.720 align:center
So, she found another child

00:37:58.799 --> 00:38:00.319 align:center
born on the same day
within the Yaoguang Palace

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.680 align:center
and secretly switched them.

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.960 align:center
The real Crown Prince

00:38:04.040 --> 00:38:06.240 align:center
was kidnapped by bandits
on his way to the border

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:08.040 align:center
of Yaoguang Mountain

00:38:08.600 --> 00:38:10.359 align:center
and ended up
in the Sunken Abyss of Jixing.

00:38:11.520 --> 00:38:13.839 align:center
There, he suffered endless torment

00:38:14.799 --> 00:38:16.440 align:center
and was afflicted with the Heavenly Grief,

00:38:17.560 --> 00:38:18.920 align:center
which later awakened
spiritual veins within him.

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:21.200 align:center
His spiritual veins
were formed after birth?

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:26.120 align:center
Then that man is the real Crown Prince!

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:28.520 align:center
-Right!
-True!

00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:31.480 align:center
Then, who is that child?

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.920 align:center
Ji Bozai?

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:57.240 align:center
-Right, he is.
-What is he doing here?

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:58.560 align:center
-Ji Bozai?
-He's here too?

00:38:58.640 --> 00:39:00.359 align:center
Why is he here?

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:02.560 align:center
What is his relation to Ming Xian?

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.759 align:center
Your Majesty.

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:15.880 align:center
Your Majesty!

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:32.160 align:center
Are you truly…?

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:35.440 align:center
Before sending the child away,

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:37.160 align:center
the Empress left a mark

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:39.240 align:center
between his brows with her own blood.

00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:45.440 align:center
-How can that be proven?
-Yes.

00:39:45.520 --> 00:39:46.480 align:center
Is it really him?

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:48.400 align:center
Is it true?

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.680 align:center
-Is he really…?
-It really is him!

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:55.120 align:center
It's him!

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:59.480 align:center
Right, he is!

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.040 align:center
Nonsense!

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:05.560 align:center
You two conspired to deceive His Majesty

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.480 align:center
just to stop me

00:40:06.560 --> 00:40:09.480 align:center
from becoming
Yaoguang Mountain's Crown Prince!

00:40:11.040 --> 00:40:13.520 align:center
-Xin…
-On the basis of a single mark,

00:40:13.600 --> 00:40:16.080 align:center
you claim Ji Bozai
is the true Crown Prince?

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:18.319 align:center
How utterly ridiculous!

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:24.359 align:center
If my father, She Tianlin, testifies,

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:26.359 align:center
might that prove it?

00:40:29.120 --> 00:40:31.680 align:center
Before Your Majesty, I would not dare lie.

00:40:32.359 --> 00:40:34.560 align:center
Ji Bozai is indeed the Empress's son,

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:39.960 align:center
while Ming Xian
is the child of me and a physician.

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.839 align:center
All right.

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:46.240 align:center
Everything is clear now.

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:50.480 align:center
Yaoguang Mountain has at last
seen its true Crown Prince.

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:56.240 align:center
Shall we proceed
with the investiture ceremony?

00:40:58.799 --> 00:41:00.160 align:center
Ming Xian!

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:03.040 align:center
Xin!

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:14.160 align:center
Xin.

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:18.240 align:center
Your Majesty.

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.960 align:center
Your Majesty,

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:24.680 align:center
for the sake of the years
you've shared with Xin,

00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:26.880 align:center
please spare him this once.

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:32.120 align:center
Ming Xin and his mother
colluded with Zhushui Spiritual State.

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:34.880 align:center
The evidence is conclusive.
They shall face the Ultimate Punishment!

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:44.600 align:center
Your Majesty,
this has nothing to do with Xin.

00:41:45.359 --> 00:41:47.640 align:center
It was all my fault.

00:41:47.720 --> 00:41:49.839 align:center
He knew nothing.

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.440 align:center
Let me take the punishment instead.

00:41:52.520 --> 00:41:55.040 align:center
He is your flesh and blood.

00:41:56.040 --> 00:41:59.680 align:center
I beg you, spare him this once.

00:41:59.759 --> 00:42:01.520 align:center
As his mother,

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:04.839 align:center
were you truly unaware
of your son's deeds?

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:08.200 align:center
How dare you plead for him before me?

00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:09.520 align:center
That Recording Mirror

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:12.680 align:center
holds solid evidence
of Ming Xin's involvement.

00:42:14.040 --> 00:42:15.080 align:center
Wretch!

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:20.000 align:center
-Seize them both!
-Yes!

00:42:30.200 --> 00:42:31.759 align:center
As for the Empress of Yaoguang,

00:42:31.839 --> 00:42:33.279 align:center
strip her of rank at once.

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.520 align:center
Since she is
the Crown Prince's birth mother,

00:42:35.600 --> 00:42:36.799 align:center
she shall not be executed.

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.480 align:center
Confine her to the palace for now.

00:42:38.560 --> 00:42:40.040 align:center
I will decide her fate later.

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:42.520 align:center
As for She Tianlin and Ming Yi,

00:42:43.120 --> 00:42:44.560 align:center
they deceived all of Yaoguang Mountain.

00:42:44.640 --> 00:42:46.319 align:center
Their crimes are unforgivable.

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:49.520 align:center
She Tianlin shall face
the Thunder Punishment,

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:52.480 align:center
and Ming Yi shall be stripped
of her spiritual veins

00:42:52.560 --> 00:42:53.920 align:center
and banished from the realm.

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.799 align:center
-Guards!
-Yes!

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:57.319 align:center
Seize them!

00:42:58.359 --> 00:42:59.200 align:center
Wait.

00:43:00.640 --> 00:43:02.080 align:center
Why not let the two of them go?

00:43:02.839 --> 00:43:05.680 align:center
Now that I have returned,
punishing them seems pointless.

00:43:06.279 --> 00:43:07.160 align:center
No.

00:43:08.120 --> 00:43:10.759 align:center
If we let them go,
how can we command respect?

00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:13.279 align:center
We cannot show mercy just because she once

00:43:13.359 --> 00:43:14.759 align:center
stood as Crown Prince.

00:43:16.279 --> 00:43:18.319 align:center
Besides, Ming Yi
has immense spiritual power.

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:20.200 align:center
We cannot risk her fleeing to the enemy.

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:23.720 align:center
For the welfare
of Yaoguang Mountain and its people,

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.440 align:center
I have no choice
but to make such decisions.

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:29.319 align:center
Seize them both!

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:30.359 align:center
Yes!

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:31.680 align:center
Stop!

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:35.480 align:center
How dare you resist?
to make such decisions.