American Perspectives: Lize Palace Rebellion Pt. 1 ("Love and Redemption" Ep. 37)

 

 

“Love and Redemption” can be viewed on Viki or Youtube. Dialogue adapted from English subtitle translations by "Destined Love Team at Viki.com." "Love and Redemption," is based on the novel "Liu Li Mei Ren Sha," by Shi Si Lang. The writings presented here are based on observations from the television series.

 

 

 

From Hao Feng, Palace Master materializes, and he's smirking at Sect Leader Chu.  Seeing the "righteous" sects squirm gives him profound pleasure.

 

Sect Leader Chu gasps, wondering where all this hatred is coming from.  In his mind, every bit of wariness the other sects had towards Lize Palace were completely justified.  If they weren't so blatantly obtuse, they wouldn't have any problems.  Palace Master should be grateful that Lize Palace even got a seat at the table.

 

"Palace Master?"  Asks Little Six.  Sure, Lize Palace was a little odd, but what the hell is going on?  Surely, the judgments from other sects weren't that bad.  At least not bad enough to justify all this vindictiveness.

 

"Looks like all of you are very forgetful," says Palace Master.

 

Yuan Lang swiftly flies onto the stage.

 

The "righteous" sect members position themselves to attack.  The "righteous" sect disciples run forward, surrounding the Lize Palace members, who are all standing on stage.

 

 

 

Xuanji and Teng She are stuck in another realm filled with black clouds and lightning.  They both back up from different directions, and bump into each other.

 

"What happened?"  Asks Xuanji.

 

"We fell into a trap," says Teng She.  "I never thought that the Fire Lion would store Putrid Mist inside its belly.  We can't get out now."

 

"We can't get out?"  Asks Xuanji.

 

Lightning strikes, and the Fire Lion jumps out of the sky, running right at them.

 

"Be careful!"  Xuanji pushes Teng She out of the way.  "Teng She, are you okay?"

 

"This is not okay," says Teng She.  "Fire Lion grew up in the Putrid Mist.  Here, it is almost invincible."

 

The Fire Lion divebombs them from the sky.  They barely dodge it.  The Lion jumps at Teng She first, but Teng She emits a huge ball of golden energy, burning the lion with it.  The Lion pushes through, swallowing the energy, and then breathing it out on Teng She.

 

"Teng She!"  Xuanji flies forward, slashing at the air with her sword.  The Fire Lion runs away.

 

"What should we do now?"  Asks Xuanji.

 

"How do I know?"  Says Teng She.  "It can swallow Dingkun's energy, as well as my fire."

 

 

 

"Now that it has come to this," says Palace Master, "there's no need to say anything else.  Attack!"

 

"Noon is here!"  Announces Valley Master Rong.  If he were a teenage girl, he'd fit in perfectly with the Mean Girl Clique.  "Let's activate the Demon Prison Formation now!"

 

The "righteous" sect leaders and elders bring their palms forward, generating light blue energy.  The Sun Stone appears, but Lize Palace creates a fiery, protective dome.

 

"Today is the end of Lize Palace!"  Declares Valley Master Rong.

 

"Annihilate Lize Palace to save the world from disaster!"  Proclaims Dongfang.

 

"All of you came prepared," Yuan Lang observes.  "You must have put in so much effort to use so many precious weapons to attack Lize Palace.  But you have to know one thing.  No matter how good you are, demons will always be better than you."  He brings his palm upward, and beautiful purple energy generates.  He strikes the formation with it, and the energy wraps itself around the formation, like a vine.

 

"Purple Fox?"  Asks Little Six.

 

"Who is Purple Fox?"  Asks Linglong.

 

"Long story, I'll tell you later," says Little Six.  "Be careful."

 

"I don't know why the Sun Stone became tainted," says Valley Master Rong.

 

"If you burn the Neidan of Fox Demon with Bone Quenching Fire," says Yuan Lang, "you can use the Fox's aura to corrupt all magical weapons in this world."

 

Palace Master smiles.  He flies up, and busts through the protective dome.  Humiliating the "righteous" sects feels almost as good as an orgasm.  He crosses his arms and brings forth fire.  He directs the fire at the Sun Stone, and completely destroys it.  The protective energy from the dome pushes the members of the "righteous" sects back.  Some are even knocked into the walls of the surrounding buildings.

 

Palace Master descends.  Fox Demon materializes, semi conscious, and she's dropped on the ground.  Everyone draws their swords.  Palace Master laughs.  "What else can you do?  Show me."

 

Fox Demon disappears in a gust of light purple energy.

 

"Although our weapon is destroyed," says Sect Leader Chu, " as long as any of us are still standing, we'll fight you demons to the end!"

 

"Fight you demons to the end!"

 

"Kill them all!"  Commands Palace Master.  The Lize Palace disciples rush forward.  The battle is relentless and ugly.

Palace Master is walking away from the chaos he started, ready to get the stalactite, and revive his beloved.  Yuan Lang takes note of his departure.

 

 

 

Teng She and Xuanji are flipping away from the Fire Lion.  

 

The Fire Lion jumps at Xuanji, but she pushes him away by forming an explosive blue dome.  She falls backwards into Teng She's arms.

 

"We can't keep fighting like this," says Teng She.  "Be careful!"  The Fire Lion charges at them again, and Teng She forms a protective red and gold flame dome.

 

The Lion jumps at them, destroys the dome, and pushes them back.  He lets out a blood curdling roar.

 

Xuanji notices a cut that looks like a lava flow on Teng She's arm.  "Teng She, your arm!"

 

"I even used Life Fire to burn it, but it still bit me," says Teng She.

 

"What should we do now?"  Asks Xuanji.

 

"Why are you always whining after turning into a mortal?  I'm a heavenly officer.  I can just use a few thousand years of my spiritual power to heal it.  Moreover, I'll look really fierce with this wound, right?  I'm really fierce."  Teng She bares his teeth and growls.

 

"No, we can't just waste our energy here.  We have to find a way to go out," says Xuanji.

 

The Fire Lion charges at them again.  Xuanji erects her blue dome, and repels him.

 

"I want to go out, too," says Teng She.  "But you are a mortal now.  You can't use God of War's Ninth Heaven Fire.  You can't break this Putrid Mist.  How can we get out?"

 

"Ninth Heaven Fire?  Teng She, teach me.  Maybe I'll be able to use it."

 

"Tsss," says Teng She.  "Only God of War knows how to use the Ninth Heaven Fire.  The fire of creation has its own spiritual power.  It'll take a massive amount of one's spiritual power to use it.  You are a mortal now.  You only have a little bit of spiritual power."  The Fire Lion stealthily approaches them.  "I have a solution.  You should run away now."

 

"I won't run away," says Xuanji.  "We have a blood oath.  I won't leave you behind.  We'll stick together until the end."

 

As the Fire Lion is charging at them again, Teng She shouts, "Stinky Woman, I'll transfer my Qi to you!"

 

Xuanji motions with her hands, summoning an intense blue fire.  An orb forms between her palms.  She makes eye contact with the Fire Lion, ready to fight.  As he jumps at her, she hits him with the icy blue fire.  Teng She adds his golden fire to the mix.  The two deities are not backing down.

 

 

 

Sifeng remains bound by Hao Chen's white rope of energy.  He is struggling, and breathing heavily.  Little Silver Flower slithers along the ground in her snake form.  As she gets closer to Sifeng, she shifts into her human form.

 

"Master."

 

"Silver Snake."

 

With her index and middle fingers, she generates gold energy, and slides it across her palm, making a cut.  She presses her cut hand against the binding rope.  "Demon's blood can loosen this Demon Rope."  Fire generates from her hand, and the rope transitions from Sifeng to her.  She struggles in pain.  "Master, leave now.  No need to care about me.  Leave now!"

 

Sifeng generates golden fire from his palm, and directs it at Little Silver Flower.  A formation appears under her feet.  With his index and middle fingers, he generates more golden energy, and points down at the formation.  It immediately disappears.

 

Little Silver Flower falls down, and reverts to snake form.  In a flurry of golden, glittery pieces, Sifeng pulls her up, and conceals her in his sleeve.

 

 

 

Yuan Lang sneaks into a secret room.  He pushes the heavy steel door open.  The room is very dark, with candles on the sides, and a huge display in the middle.

 

A domed formation is protecting the display, which is the Dianjinggu spirit key.  Yuan Lang reaches forward to touch it, but the strong force of the formation throws him back.  He stabs his fan into the ground to anchor himself, so he doesn't slam into the door.  He notices a cut on his left palm.  He hurls his fan at the display, and like a smoky eraser, it clears away the formation.  The fan boomerangs back into Yuan Lang's hand.

 

Yuan Lang puts his fan underneath the levitating spirit key, and grabs it.  He flies outside to be met by Lize Palace disciples.

 

"Deputy Palace Chief," the disciples bow.

 

"Let's go.  Let's leave Dianjing Valley at once," orders Yuan Lang.

 

"Didn't Palace Master ask you to meet up with him after you get the stalactite?"

Yuan Lang glares at the disciple.  "You are really loyal.  Don't you care about our clan's survival?  Go and tell Palace Master that I already took care of the vital matters of Lize Palace.  As for his personal matter, ask him to settle it himself.  I don't have time to take the stalactite.  Ask him to get it himself."  He snaps the fan closed, and flies away. 

 

The Lize Palace disciples run behind him.

 

 

 

"Palace Master," a Lize disciple bows as Palace Master is watching the battle play out in front of him.

 

"What is it?" Asks Palace Master.

 

"Deputy Palace Chief has left on his own."

 

Palace Master looks at him sharply.  "Where's the stalactite?"

 

"He said that he didn't have time to take it.  He asked you to get it yourself."

 

"Let's go!"  Palace Master growls.

 

The Sect Leaders see a golden streak of light darting across the sky.  They, and Hao Chen fly toward it.

Sifeng also sees the golden streak of light flying across the courtyard.  "Master."

 

 

 

Lize Palace disciples charge at Linglong, and Little Six blocks them.  

 

"Linglong!"  Says Little Six.

 

A burst of fire explodes upon the platform where Xuanji was sparring earlier.  Teng She and Xuanji emerge from the explosion.  The Fire Lion appears, ready to fight.  It roars, and runs to her.

 

Xuanji's voice deepens.  "Die!"  She raises her sword in a Men strike position.  A huge blue flame generates from her sword.  With a ferocious and precise cut, the Fire Lion disintegrates into red and black ash.

 

She sees the battle, and the carnage surrounding her.  Not again...

 

"Stinky Woman," says Teng She.  "I'm exhausted because of you."  He faints on the wooden platform.

"Teng She!"  Yells Xuanji.

"Xuanji!"  Yells Linglong and Little Six.

 

"Xuanji, are you okay?"  Linglong grabs her arm.

 

"What happened?"  Asks Xuanji.

 

"This is Lize Palace's doing," says Linglong.  "They are the demons' accomplices."

 

"They even burned Purple Fox's Neidan to taint our weapon," adds Little Six.

 

Xuanji wants to throw up.  Her sect and her family are always ready to discriminate, and throw away Sifeng at the drop of a hat.

 

"They killed a lot of our people," says Little Six.

 

"Take care of Teng She for me," says Xuanji.  She runs away before they can object.  She really hopes Sifeng has nothing to do with this.  She's tired of constantly defending him to her father.

 

 

 

Palace Master is stumbling through a dark cave.

 

"Master!"  Calls Sifeng.

 

Palace Master stops in his tracks.  He rips off his golden mask, and throws it on the ground.  "Stop pressuring me!"

 

"Master, what are you going to do?"  Asks Sifeng.  "Why do you have to attack those sects?  They are ready for you.  Ask our people to retreat now."

 

"Sifeng, stop being so naive.  There's no turning back.  My junior already took away Dianjing Valley's Seven Star Disc.  If we don't kill them, then they are going to retaliate and kill us all."

 

"Seven Star Disc?"  Sifeng asks incredulously.  He's not sure if he wants to know.  "Deputy Palace Chief took away the spirit key?"  What mess has he stepped in now?  "Master, tell me the truth.  What's the relationship between Lize Palace and Tianxu Hall?"

 

"I don't care about Tianxu Hall," says Palace Master.  "I just want to revive Hao Feng.  He took away the Seven Star Disc and left my stalactite behind.  When I go back, I'll punish him!"  He turns and walks away.

 

Sifeng grabs his arm.  "Master, you've been used by Deputy Palace Chief and Tianxu Hall.  They are using you to cripple the sects.  This is their conspiracy plan.  Let's leave at once."

 

"Leave?"  Palace Master snarls.  "It's too late.  This time, I'm going to avenge your mother."

 

Sifeng is just getting hit with one truth bomb after another.  "My mother?"  

 

They enter a shrine for Hao Feng at Dianjing Sect, and sure enough, her picture matches Sifeng's.  He looks at her plaque, and his copy of her picture.

 

Palace Master looks at him tearfully.  Sifeng's eyes redden, and his hands shake.

 

"Hao Feng is your mother.  Dianjing Valley doesn't have the right to keep this portrait of her."

 

"This is my mother?"  Sifeng whispers.  "But Master, you told me that Hao Feng is your..."

 

Palace Master nods.  "That's right.  Hao Feng is my wife.  She is your mother, too."

 

Sifeng feels like he can't breathe.  "Then, Master...who are you?"  He's ready to just cry.

 

"I," Palace Master smiles tearfully.  "I am your master."  He pauses.  "But I am your father, too."

Sifeng steps back.

 

Palace Master smiles at him, and steps forward.  "Sifeng."  He reaches to touch his face, but Sifeng backs away.  Palace Master lowers his hand.  "You've grown up now.  It's time for me to tell you everything."

 

"Father?"  Sifeng asks tearfully.

 

Palace Master nods.  "Back then, I fell in love with your mother.  That's why she was forced to kill herself by Dianjing Valley.  Luckily, after all these years, after so much effort that I put in, I've finally found the 1,000 year old stalactite that can revive your mother."  He reaches for a white vial at her shrine, and makes it disappear.  "After we go back to Lize Palace, and revive your mother.  I'll tell you everything."

 

"Could it be that my mother has always been in Lize Palace?"

 

"That's right.  I've been keeping her in an ice coffin under the underground palace, so that I can one day revive her.  Sifeng, I've kept you in the dark for so many years.  Do you hate me?"

 

"I'm such a dummy," says Sifeng.  "When I was young, you gave me my Mother's silver hairpin and portrait.  You even told me a lot of stories about you and mother.  Others would have already guessed it."

 

A Lize Palace disciple rushes in, and bows.  "Palace Master, this is bad.  We have a lot of casualties.  They ganged up on us.  They are already outside now!"

 

Sifeng and Palace Master rush outside to find an ugly mess of fighting.  Palace Master flies forward, pushing the opposing Sect Members back with golden energy.

 

Sifeng sees Sect Leader Chu and Hao Chen killing his people.  He sees all the Sect Leaders attacking his Sect Brothers in a battle they didn't ask to be in.  Sifeng runs forward.  "Master, stop fighting.  Sect Leader Chu, there must be some misunderstanding.  Let me explain."

 

"You are just the jackal of Tianxu Hall," sneers Hao Chen.  "You worked with them to steal the spirit keys.  I won't let you escape today."  He charges at Sifeng, but Sifeng protects himself with a fiery shield.

 

Palace Master spins around and attacks Hao Chen.

 

"Master, stop fighting!" Says Sifeng.

 

"You want to side with the Human Clan?"  Asks Palace Master.

 

Sifeng pushes the opposing disciples away from his father.  He thinks both sides are being irrational, but he can't stand by and watch his sect get annihilated.  With his golden power, he pushes the "righteous" sects back.  The "righteous" sects who discriminated against him anyway, who humiliated him anyway, who threw him away anyway, in spite of his acts of service.

 

The Sect Leaders are relentlessly attacking the Lize Palace disciples.

 

"How dare you!"  Palace Master flies into the air.  He emits golden energy, and destroys his mask.

 

"Master, no!"  Yells Sifeng.  They have now reached the point of no return, and there is no doubt that his relationship with Xuanji has entered the danger zone.

 

A beautiful set of golden wings emerges from Palace Master's back.  The other Lize Palace disciples fly up, destroy their masks, and unleash their wings.  Each and every one golden, beautiful, and radiant.

 

"Rose Gold Bird Demon!"  Shouts Sect Leader Chu.

 

"So, everyone in Lize Palace is a demon," Hao Chen observes.  He can't believe his luck.

 

"All these years, we've let you demons join our righteous sects," says Sect Leader Chu.  "What a humiliation!  Today, we are going to annihilate Lize Palace!"

 

"I'm going to destroy every sect here today!"  Shouts Palace Master.

 

The Rose Gold Birds fly forward, knocking down anyone in their way.

 

Sifeng flips away, pushing back anyone attempting to attack his sect.

 

Sect Leader Chu aims for Palace Master.  Sifeng gets between them.

"Master!" Shouts Sifeng.

 

"Sifeng!"  Yells Palace Master.

 

"Sect Leader Chu, don't fight him," Sifeng pleads.  "Mortals can't defeat Twelve Feathers Rose Gold Demons in full power."

 

Sect Leader Chu looks over, and sees the Rose Gold Bird Demons knocking the "righteous" sect members over like a house of cards.

 

Valley Master Rong is bleeding from the mouth.  "Shoot those demons down!"

 

The Dianjing Valley disciples go to a line of handcranked arrow firing machines, and begin to load up.  The arrows fire at the birds, en masse, knocking them over.

 

However, Palace Master uses his power to freeze the arrows, and shoot them back to the "righteous" disciples, killing even more of them.

 

Palace Master flies forward, and brings a rain of fire down onto the "righteous" sect members.  The arrow machines topple over.

 

"Hurry up!  Let's fight them together!"  Hao Chen commands.

 

With their swords, the "righteous" sects generate white energy, and aim for the Rose Gold Birds.

 

Palace Master shields the birds, and the energy doesn't get through.  With a sharp movement of his arms, he pushes the attacking energy back onto the sects.  They fall back like dominoes.

 

Palace Master summons a swarm of the arrows that were used to attack the Rose Gold Birds.  As Sifeng looks up, he sees his father pointing them at the disciples.  Palace Master makes a deadly attack, but a sword is thrown through the swarm, and the arrows are neutralized, falling to the ground.

 

Sifeng flies up to his father.  He blocks his father's attacks with his golden energy.

 

"Sifeng!  You unfilial son!" Yells Palace Master.

 

"Master, they are just innocent mortals.  Don't hurt them anymore."

 

"Move aside!"  Shouts Palace Master.  He pushes his palm at Sifeng, and Sifeng bleeds from the mouth.

Palace Master's eyes widen.

 

Xuanji approaches the battleground, and sees Sifeng and Palace Master fighting in the air.  She immediately understands Sifeng's dilemma.

 

"Don't hurt Sifeng!"  With the Dingkun Sword drawn, she flies high in the sky.  She strikes the energy between father and son with her sword, sending Palace Master flying backwards.

 

Hao Chen looks up in disgust.  "Xuanji!"

 

Xuanji, Sifeng, and Palace Master descend together.  Sifeng is clutching his chest, and bleeding from the mouth.

"Sifeng!"  Yells Xuanji.

 

Dongfang lunges at Palace Master.  Palace Master generates a wall of golden energy, and effectively blocks him.

 

Xuanji grabs Sifeng.  "Sifeng!  You're hurt!"

 

He looks at her.  "Xuanji," Sifeng whispers.  "Why are you here?"

 

"Sifeng," Xuanji says anxiously.  "What happened?  What happened to Lize Palace?"

 

Sect Leader Chu, Hao Chen, and Aunt Hong rush to them.  Hao Chen is just dying to reveal Sifeng's secret.  The three sect members draw their swords.

 

"Xuanji, you still don't understand?"  Sect Leader Chu growls.  "Everyone in Lize Palace is a demon.  Yu Sifeng is a demon, too.  You are the daughter of the Shaoyang Sect's leader.  But you are still siding with that demon now.  Have you no care for Shaoyang?"

 

Hao Chen glowers at her.

 

Xuanji stands in front of Sifeng protectively.  "Father, there must be a misunderstanding.  Sifeng is not a demon.  Even if everyone in Lize Palace is a demon, he's not.  I've never detected a demon aura from him."

 

Sifeng wants to grab Xuanji and run away.  The stand off with the Shaoyang Sect elders is not going to end well.

 

"Moreover, you've already checked his identity with the Demon Whip, right?"  Asks Xuanji.  "Why are you accusing him now?"

 

With a circular motion of his fingers, Hao Chen brings forth a seal.  "Xuanji, look at this.  This is a crystal dragon seal that can conceal the aura of the Rose Gold Bird Demon.  Every disciple of Lize Palace has one.  That's why he could bear the two strikes from the Demon Whip.  If it wasn't because you stopped me the third time, he would've shown himself.  Xuanji, you've been tricked by him!"

 

Xuanji feels feverish.  "Senior, you've misunderstood.  Ting Nu gave this to Sifeng to help him recover.  It's not a seal to conceal his demonic aura.  Father, I can guarantee with my life, Sifeng is not a demon!"

 

"Xuanji," Sifeng whispers.

 

She turns to face him.

 

"Stop it," Sifeng whispers.  It's time to tell her the inevitable truth that has blown up in his face.

 

 

...To Be Continued...

 

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