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Dreams and nightmares

ZhangQi saves the village by literally using his lifeblood to make the talismans. His last request is for FuGui to activate them. FuGui honors the request and the tree erupts with real peach blossoms. Qi sees the beautiful sight and rejoices that he has saved a home for a remnant group. QingTing is taking those that cannot bear to stay to the deer village. FuGui returns home and HongYe is angered that ZhangQi is not with him. He is furious when he rebukes his son for saving demons in the village and he gives 40 lashes to get FuGui to admit he was wrong in sparing innocent life. FuGui is starting to come into his own with better understanding of what the responsibilities are to being a blade. The YiQi alliance have already made plans to make him a mindless weapon with no conscience. They want to make him literally a weapon of their bidding. Even HongYe doesn’t agree with this but he cannot be shamed into lightening the punishment of his son. He is leaving FuGui to hang until he gives in. They have given HongYe til sunset the next day before the alliance takes over. HuaiZhu would be outraged at the hypocrisy of denouncing a peaceful village and killing any who want it to exist. Quan JingTing has been assisted in getting the dragon spine sword to begrudgingly accept him. He is so like RenFeng that it makes me disgusted..😝He now envisions himself at the head of the alliance and those touting kill the demons want to bow the knee to the black fox. The irony is overwhelming.😝 JingTing is killing the demons that FuGui refused to kill and has discovered QingTong. I am figuring this will be his angle to try to turn FuGui. I would like to see all of the alliance turned to dust and RuMu and QuZhuo the only ones left. These two might be truly human. There is no WangQuan legacy that Fu Gui should want to support. Zongye has succeeded in diminishing the best of them a second time. There is nothing about him to brag about except that his son managed to survive in spite of him. He and RuMu have that in common. These two will hopefully change the face of the alliance or eradicate it and do the world a favor.😝 12581 is renting a home for him and QingTing if she can live long enough to get there. Hopefully there will be a sibling reunion th right now, the odds are against her.

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Paradise lost

QingLi was mesmerizingly beautiful as she called the butterflies to give living fairy lights to the peach tree. The demons and humans praying together for a peaceful coexistence where both species could live their dreams. FuGui notices the deer demon trying to escape and follows him into the woods. As he battles, he realizes the demon is a decoy and distraction. He arrives to find the villagers under webbing and ZhangQi has been taken over because of a pill.They battle in a place of snow where the tree and butterfly reveal their true selves. QingLi is a ghost faced moth and she and the deer demon passed parasite eggs that look like seeds promising the villagers beautiful flowers. The parasites absorb their essence and becomes the medicine that WangJuang elder was selling. FuGui knew how to make Qi literally cough out the pill after his experience with RuMu. Qi is devastated as he hears the one he loved mock the very idea he held most dear. A village where demons and humans could live happily with no killing. He killed her himself because there was no other option for the vile deceit and death she caused. She planned for the entire village to be gone, the essences refined into pills and Qi her demon puppet by her side. This was her real dream. They came back from the snow place to bury the dead. Qi knows his blood will kill the tree and he purges it from the village. I am not sure if he makes the attempt to salvage his dream, but he does make sure there is no more death by parasites and that the production of the evil drug is forever destroyed in the village that was a paradise just yesterday. While ZhangQi is handling the funerals FuGui gives QingTong her first sword called dust seeker. He teaches her the final stage of the sword technique and they agree to follow their individual paths for now with the hope fate might let them travel together as she had once dreamed for him. It is such a beautiful and bittersweet moment. This episode was so poignant as innocent dreams were turned into nightmares and the most beautiful of them had the ugliest intentions. I am hoping the black blade does not become like HongYe, but finds his way through to the other side to continue with the peaceful dream he holds dear. But each generation has struggled with the same question. Can humans and demons truly coexist in a peaceful environment? I think Fu Gui and QingTong are hoping they can.

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The mysterious Phoenix flower

Quan Jingting will be helped to absorb the dragon spine sword with the promise to push the soldier to the dark at the appropriate time. FuGui and QingTong arrive at Peach village where she is entranced with humans and demons living together peacefully. They have a misadventure with a raccoon dog demon who locks them in the forest with a poisoned fog. Qingtong reacts to the poison and tells FuGui the duckling all the hopes and fears she has for FuGui the soldier. It is quite sweet and he quietly listens to her.🥰 When they finally get to Mr Zhang’s house he and Fu Gui have a battle of strength to see if Mr Zhang will comply. Since he lost he answered Fu Gui’s questions but had no clue about the medicine made in his village. As they look around there is a flower blooming that seems to have an effect on those that breathe the pollen in. FuGui notices the middle of all the flowers has disappeared and the deer demon is sharing the seeds to plant more. He is the most suspicious candidate for now. QingTong wants to know how QingLi and Mr Zhang met. Their story seems very similar to the soldier and spider demon. 🥰They are waiting to celebrated the peach blossoms and for the butterfly demon to reveal how she persuaded the demons to coexist peacefully with humans. They talk briefly about the Phoenix flower that has Fu Gui’s attention. This town appears very peaceful and idyllic, but something is eerie about the Phoenix flowers and the deer demon that distributes them.

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Loyalty

Disciple Feng again thinks she is helping with Qingtong. She can’t trust her because she is a demon. Qingtong doesn’t realize she is healed and is told she has three days. She wants to make him the picture of the pavilion on Huai river. She warns Qingtong that she will only cause trouble for FuGui and she will report the demon to the master. A candid conversation between the cousins confirms that she and FenGui should part ways. HongYe has FuGui report in so he can be scolded strongly for not killing the spider demons and for going there without permission. RuMu tries to lighten things up by reminding him that FuGui dealt with the master without killing innocents. HongYe was far from happy with this report and told RuMu to shut up and stay out of the conversation. Jingting wants the sword and will sell his soul to get it. He wants to lead the alliance and feed the sword WangQuan blood. His loyal disciple who promised to stay with him and see he got out safely was sacrificed so the sword would appear. The black fox messenger warned him the cost to his person for accepting it into his body and Qingtong basically said bring it on. HongYe’s spies have found out where the medicine was made — a rare city where humans and demons reside. He is known as the black sword in the alliance. He is planning on relinquishing his sword the next day and live peacefully. Fu Gui has been given the job of escorting him. I like the butler, but sometimes it is tiresome for him to give those fatherly speeches excusing HongYe of his choices with his son. For all the times HongYe has been a disappointment, I kinda grit my teeth when he tells FuGui to fulfill his task and not disappoint his father again. This alliance is more evil than the demons they want killed. They remove humanity from themselves and pat themselves on the back at how the world is a better place because they control it.😝The black sword takes after his father and is a decent person. This is who Hongye should be like. Instead they are going to find a way to blame him for the medicine even tho Hongye says he is not. But this is also why he wants Fu Gui to guard him. Fu Gui has asked Qingtong to accompany him and Qingtong has made sure Disciple Feng knows she is leaving with no plans to return.

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Antidote

The disciple only came with intel long known. I expected more from her.😝She has a good heart but annoys more than helps. Qingtong drinks the remaining poison and manages to finally get the antidote from Madam Yin. Instead of using the antidote she gives half of her life to her brother who is now in human form. Madam Yin has a blood grudge because she was led to believe her love’s essence was spared to reform. This turned out to be a lie, but I do not know the backstory to know who betrayed the promise to her. She laments over her loss and wants HongYe to know the same pain. She is totally clueless since he has lived with that pain and more for the last 20 years. She thinks he will mourn his son. Not compared to HuaiZhu. FuGui has figured it all out and goes to spider cave and even in a near death state can beat up all the spiders. He frees the spiders and runs off the Master who vows to return to finish the job. Jingting is pouting over his loss of cultivation but thanks to a disciple we find out some of his backstory. He is very like Jin Ren Feng.😝😝His goal is power and he will sacrifice anything for it. This explains his apathy towards his child but makes him even more unforgivable. He wants to get the sword made of dragon spine which is why he opted to turn himself over to guard the sword tomb. This will give him two of the three things he needs for true dragon power. He has a scale which is why his arm is the way it is. The disciple tries to help FuGui by destroying the antidote.😝She is jealous and like Qingtong didn’t bother to discuss things with FuGui to find out if there was any chance it was the antidote. Fortunately FuGui shows up in time to save the day. The disciple isn’t happy and threatens to tattletale to master. She hasn’t done it yet but is waiting to decide. FuGui asks her directly why she did not talk to him about her situation with spider cave master. She tells him her brother would have been killed if she told and yet she still poisoned him. 😝🙄 Qingtong believes she has saved both her brother and FuGui so she happily hands him the bottle of antidote and collapses to die. FuGui gives her the antidote and calls for RuMu. He is mocked for saving the spider when only five days left til poison kills him. FuGui has determined that now is the best time to remove poison but he needs assistance. This is where RuMu comes in to close off his meridians so the poison can be purged from his system. I am hoping they think to make more antidote using the poison. The black fox notices the soldier blade has warmed to the spider demon. She sees this as time to exploit the weakness. She and HongYe both forget how powerful love is. This episode ends on a note of hope for the future in spite of the signs indicating otherwise.

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