Heavy Sweetness, Ash like Frost (Ashes of Love / Xiang Mi Chen Chen Jin Ru Shuang / 香蜜沉沉烬如霜)

"Ashes of Love"

"Episode 42"

It's Jiang Zhu Grass. Could it be Li Chuan?

If it's him, then he's truly obsessed with herbs.

Beware. Jiang Zhu Grass is poisonous.

The poison will seep into your body if touched.

But we've no idea his whereabouts.

We can give it a try.

You...

You... My Jiang Zhu Grass!

Xu Feng, look.

Mi Er.

It's been a few days and you've become thinner.

No doubt my novel is interesting...

but you can't get too absorbed into it.

Did you come here...

to bring me new novels?

These are the novels that I've collected from the six realms.

They're the most popular novels.

Thank you.

I had just finished reading "The Strange Lovel".

It's about a love story between a human and an immortal.

The story is very touching.

However, I think that the ending is a little cruel.

No doubt the immortal is fickle and it's not proper.

It's totally unexpected...

that the human would kill the immortal in the end.

Isn't that an unexpected ending?

I racked my brain for months...

repeatedly amended my draft...

and finally decided that this should be the ending.

You are the author of this novel?

After reading so many novels, I itch to have a go.

Are you surprised?

There's something that I don't understand.

The internal alchemy of an immortal...

is where the magical prowess accumulated.

Only when the internal alchemy is destroyed...

the immortal will turn into ashes.

However, in the novel, the human only pricked his big toe.

Why did the immortal turn into ashes?

The internal alchemy is a matter of life and death to an immortal.

Therefore, every immortal will hide their internal alchemy...

at a place only known by themselves for safety purposes.

The immortal in this novel...

had hidden his internal alchemy in his big toe.

He told his beloved human about this secret.

Hence the tragedy ensued.

What do you think, Mi Er?

Isn't this novel fascinating?

No doubt it's very interesting...

just like the novel title.

It's strange.

So strange.

It's a shame that this novel which I put in a lot of effort...

is not well-received in the Six Realms.

Immortal Yuanji...

thinks that it's dramatic.

I planned to turn it into a drama.

The Strange Love.

Did you get any clues?

I found a Jiang Zhu Grass garden at the barrier of Mount Mi.

Lord Demon was killed with the poison extracted from Jiang Zhu Grass.

Jiang Zhu Grass.

As far as I'm concerned...

the said plant has been prohibited since a million years ago.

It's gone from the world.

Do you still remember Li Chuan?

He's the fanatic who attempted...

to plant Jiang Zhu Grass 700 years ago.

He'd set up an arctic barrier at Mount Mi...

and planted a Jiang Zhu Grass garden.

It means...

King Biancheng obtained the poisonous plant from Li Chuan...

and he poisoned Lord Demon with it.

No evidence shows that...

King Biancheng is related to Li Chuan.

Somehow, I found something interesting at the barrier.

When the poison in the plague needle...

is combined with the arctic condition of the barrier,

it helps Jiang Zhu Grass to grow.

You'd know that...

the plague needles belong to Qiong Qi.

Qiong Qi is currently being kept at the Heaven Realm.

He's unlikely to conspire with Li Chuan.

But you used to guard Qiong Qi for a few centuries...

I'm not surprised if you have a couple of plague needles.

What do you mean?

Are you suspecting that...

I'm the culprit who murdered Lord Demon?

We'll know the truth after Li Chuan woke up.

A fanatic is not credible.

- Have you met Li Chuan before? - Never.

How did you know that he's a fanatic?

I get to know it from rumours.

Anyway, I'll unravel the truth by tomorrow...

to give an explanation to Heaven realm and Demon realm.

My Lord, what should we do now?

We mustn't let Li Chuan speak up.

Do the necessary.

Yes.

It seems that...

I've to pay the Heaven Realm a visit.

Mu Ci.

Mu Ci, what's wrong with you?

It's the Body Decomposing Silkworm.

Please put up with it.

Xu Feng...

Xu Feng can save you.

Hang on. I'll go get Xu Feng. I'll ask him to save you.

Xu Feng.

Please help Mu Ci.

Xu Feng, please help Mu Ci.

You practise fire spell.

You can feed Body Decomposing Silkworm with your blood,

- you can save Mu Ci. Please. - No.

Your Highness, please...

destroy the Body Decomposing Silkworm in my body.

Destroy the Body Decomposing Silkworm?

Then you'll only survive for another decade.

Even if so...

I'd rather live with dignity than having to live like a parasite.

I want our relationship to be above board.

But I want our relationship to be forever.

Princess.

Please forgive my selfishness.

I can't continue living without dignity.

I hate it when...

I don't even have the rights to love you.

No matter how short my life would be...

my life only belongs to you.

Mu Ci.

No.

I hope you and...

Your Highness can do me a favour.

If I destroy the Body Decomposing Silkworm in your body...

not only your lifespan will be reduced...

you will lose your magical prowess gradually.

You'll live like an ordinary human in the end.

Have you thought it through?

I've made up my mind.

Liu Ying.

I will save Mu Ci at all costs.

But if he really wishes to destroy the Body Decomposing Silkworm...

we should respect his will.

Nothing hurts my heart of steel.

My only hope is a life with no regrets,

where I drift away with the flowers.

A bottle of wine, a body covered in dirt.

Memories come back and forth, still I have no regrets.

A story of life and death, vanity and conflicts.

Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom.

I hope these memories never fade.

Let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom.

I hope these memories never fade.

As I reminisce on the bits and pieces of our love.

Mu Ci.

After the silkworm is destroyed,

his body will become very weak.

From now on...

I'll take care of him forever.

If it's true love...

it's worthwhile even the time you get to spend with each other is brief.

Cherish the remaining days.

Princess, Li Chuan was poisoned to death in jail.

It's Jiang Zhu Grass.

We've just lost our only clue.

How can I prove my father's innocence?

Father.

- Your Highness. - King Biancheng.

King Gucheng just sent his subordinate to inform me that...

you caught the murderer of Lord Demon, Li Chuan.

We had indeed caught Li Chuan...

but he was poisoned to death with Jiang Zhu Grass.

What?

There is more to it.

Li Chuan was poisoned right after I sounded King Gucheng out.

King Gucheng must have something to do with this matter.

We need to investigate the prison guards.

All hail to King Biancheng, Princess Liu Ying and Your Highness.

Why are you here?

Heavenly Emperor learned that you've arrested the murderer of Lord Demon...

and proved that King Biancheng is innocent.

Therefore, he demanded me to bring you back to the Heaven Realm.

I haven't informed the Heaven Realm about this...

how does he know that I've arrested Li Chuan?

Furthermore, Li Chuan is only the poison maker.

We'll have to investigate who is the real culprit.

Why must he summon me back to the Heaven Realm at this timing?

I only know that the Heavenly Emperor...

demands you to go back as soon as possible.

If that's the case, you better get back to the Heaven Realm first.

Liu Ying and I will further investigate the matter.

Thank you for your effort to prove my innocence.

You're welcome.

Both of us wish that the Demon Realm can be in peace.

You'll have to put yourself out...

in order to ensure Demon Realm and Heaven Realm coexist peacefully.

I'll try my best. You don't have to worry.

Beware of King Gucheng.