Ling Qi 2 (Spiritpact 2)

What just happened?

This spiritual power...

Aren't you forgetting something, Lord Shinryuu?

Tanmoku Ki isn't the only member of the Tanmoku family.

What happened to Iku?

Don't worry. She's safe.

However, she's in shock due to Shouken's soul scattering.

His soul?

I have a message from Shouken.

"I don't want you to try and bring someone back from the dead."

"I did everything of my own accord. It has nothing to do with anyone else."

"Treasure those around you now."

Shouken...

Shouken, you were naive to the very end!

Evil spirits?!

Get them!

Final Episode The Bonds That Bind Me

Shinryuu Sekijin, Shouken made his wish.

He wants you to live your own life.

You Keika, it doesn't matter what you say. Protect your master!

Jiun!

Call me "my lady"!

Damn it. I just can't win.

Tanmoku Ki?

I told you. Don't hurt my spirit shadow!

The Qian Lunar Mirror is absorbing your spiritual powers.

If you keep wasting them, you're going to deal with the backlash.

I'll just have to break it, then!

Fool, know your place.

Keika, find the talisman he's using for the hypnosis spell.

What?

He would need a talisman to maintain a hypnosis spell this strong.

Find it and destroy it.

Where would it be, though?

The spell should be marked on the skin of the person casting it.

Could it be that mark?

Hey, redhead, wake up! You care about Tanmoku Ki, don't you?

Didn't he steal Tanmoku Ki from you?

Are you okay?

Leave him to me. You deal with Sekijin!

Thanks.

You have others do your dirty work because you're weak.

Why are you so desperate? He's never cared about you!

You can't get to me!

Even if that were the case, I'm protecting him of my own free will.

Got a problem with that?

That reminds me.

Hey, Tanmoku Ki, make a pact connection with me. A real one.

I can't. You don't know what you're talking—

Shut up. Just keep quiet and listen to me.

Impossible, the Qian Lunar Mirror is...

Their combined power overcame the Qian Lunar Mirror.

A true pact connection is a vow to share each other's fate.

Any damage to the body is dispersed,

and the power they both possess grows exponentially.

Perhaps this is fate.

All the events that have transpired

over the past thousand years have led to this moment.

He may also be the key to breaking through this.

Master, that's the soul-binding circle book, right?

Kyuu, we're going to the Tanmoku residence now.

Okay.

Shinryuu Sekijin, you have no chance of winning.

My lord!

Iku Sashi.

I'm sorry. I failed to protect Shouken's soul.

What of his remains?

They are being taken to the Shinryuu residence, but...

That's fine. I'll kill the Youmeishi!

It's all a trap! Please stop.

There are talismans all over this mountain. We are being watched.

What?

It's about time. Everyone is here.

Everyone? Who do you mean?

When did they get here?

Shinryuu Sekijin, I know about all your misdeeds.

Give yourself up willingly.

Mistress, there are people here with competent spiritual abilities.

Do you intend to dig your own grave?

You are the ones who don't understand the situation.

Perhaps you're right.

We may not know what has been happening behind the scenes of the Tanmoku family,

but why don't we take this opportunity to grasp the situation from others?

Tanmoku Ki used the soul-binding spell

to restrain Shinryuu Shouken for two years.

Th-The soul-binding spell?

It's a forbidden spell.

That is a forbidden spell.

It is a considerable sin for a Youmeishi to cast it.

And while my brother was bound,

he collected his blood for his own selfish purposes.

This is also a great sin against humanity.

When I sent my brother off to the Tanmoku family,

I believed he would return home safely after a few years.

But my brother was horribly deceived and died as a result.

The Youmeishi wishes for the happiness of all the people in the world,

and yet, can you say he has fulfilled his duties by his actions?

He took my brother's life!

Are you saying your actions are for the happiness of all the people in the world?

Until now, the Shinryuu family has thought of ways to save the world

in cooperation with the Tanmoku family,

but you have only served your own ambitions.

I know about the countless terrible things you've done behind the scenes.

Killing the Youmeishi now goes against the teachings of your predecessors.

Would you be able to face the Shinryuu family ancestors like this?

Please calm yourself, mistress.

This is all part of the observer's duty.

I've never heard of the observer before.

Shinryuu Sekijin, you know what it means to have said that word, don't you?

Please listen.

The duty of the observer has been bestowed to the Shinryuu family.

Should the Youmeishi stray from their path, we have the ability to execute them.

Tanmoku Ki, who has committed a great sin, certainly deserves to be executed.

The observer is a double-edged sword.

There is nothing wrong so long as they remain impartial.

However, it is possible for them to abuse their power

and take the life of an innocent Youmeishi.

Countless Youmeishi have been killed over the years due to false accusations.

Grandmother.

My husband and my child.

Where's your proof?

There is something wrong with you insulting an observer without evidence.

You are no longer the observer.

What?

Iku Sashi, why don't you show your lord what she means?

What is it?

My lord, I got this letter from Jiun-sama.

It pains me to give you this.

As you can see in the letter,

the Shinryuu family has released from your duties as the observer.

That was sent to the Tanmoku family.

You should receive the official notice as well.

Let it go, my lord.

Preposterous! There's no way they could do this.

Shinryuu Sekijin, didn't you find it the least bit strange

that all your plans went off without a hitch?

We've known about what you've been plotting all along.

Had you not gone so far, it never would have come to this.

You crossed the final line.

You asked if we have proof? Of course we do.

We have been collecting evidence of your sins for generations

and we sent it all to them without leaving anything out.

Everything up until today.

And tonight they have seen your misdeeds properly with their own eyes.

Do you really think they'll overlook this?

Our Shinryuu family has been around for centuries.

This scrap of paper means nothing.

You can remove the post of the observer

but the dignity of the Shinryuu family will never change.

Is that so? We have all seen what the Shinryuu family has done today.

The fact that you would even lay a hand on the Youmeishi

means that you consider us all beneath you. Quite scary.