Resumen del episodio 40 (final) de The Unclouded Soul
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Bing Zhu confronted Hong Ye, declaring that their previous two duels had been interrupted, but this time, nothing would stop them from finishing their fight. Hong Ye met the challenge without a word, and the two clashed violently. Having only recently absorbed his new spiritual powers from the fallen beasts, Bing Zhu struggled to control his human body, falling repeatedly under Hong Ye’s superior technique.
After taking three heavy strikes, Bing Zhu told Hong Ye that he accepted the blows as repayment for the debts involving Ao Hen, Qiong Qi, and Teng She. He acknowledged that if it hadn't been for Hong Ye and Xiao Yao, he and his sisters would never have escaped the Realm of Mist and Void alive. With those three strikes, Bing Zhu considered their debt of gratitude settled, intending to reclaim the mirror fragments.
As the battle raged, Tan’er suddenly realized she had regained a physical form within Lu Pianpian’s body. Overwhelmed by her resurrection, she rushed toward the combatants, desperately calling out for her brother to stop. Bing Zhu was too consumed by the fight to hear her, but Tan’er eventually reached Xiao Yao. She explained that she was Tan’er inhabiting Lu Pianpian’s body and begged Xiao Yao to help her end the violence.
Their conversation was cut short as Ji Yan and Heiwu, refusing to give up their pursuit of power, attempted to seize Tan’er as a bargaining chip for the Kunlun Mirror. Xiao Yao sensed the impending danger and fought them off, eventually wounding them both. Amidst the chaos, Xiao Mu was gravely injured and passed away, leaving Xiao Ming heartbroken. Unable to bear the senseless destruction any longer, Xiao Yao unleashed her magic to forcibly separate the two men.
The cries of the women finally brought Bing Zhu and Hong Ye to a halt. Hong Ye rushed to Xiao Mu, but it was too late to save her. Before she passed, Xiao Mu told Hong Ye not to grieve, reminding him that Xiao Ming would still be by his side. She urged Xiao Ming to use his final life wisely and entrusted him to Hong Ye’s care.
Meanwhile, Bing Zhu stared at his sister, initially believing Lu Pianpian had returned to life. When Tan’er spoke, reminding him of her wish for him to be a happy general and how she had lent him money in the past, he finally accepted that it was truly her. Tan’er confessed that she had remained within the blade for so long because she realized that not all demons were evil.
She told him that Lu Pianpian had sacrificed herself to repair Tan’er’s soul, and she could no longer sense Lu Pianpian’s presence. Grief-stricken yet reunited, the siblings embraced and decided it was finally time to go home. Bing Zhu approached Hong Ye and voluntarily surrendered the final three mirror fragments representing Aging, Sickness, and Death.
He declared that he would spend the rest of his life atoning for his sins in his own way and expressed his deep gratitude to Xiao Yao. With the Kunlun Mirror finally complete, Hong Ye lamented that its appearance only ever brought pain. Xiao Yao agreed, noting that the mirror was a vessel for the accumulated desires and suffering of humanity. They traveled together to the Yuli Spring to destroy the artifact once and for all.
Upon entering the spring, Hong Ye’s memories of the past ten thousand years flooded back. He remembered his life as a human prince, the simple noodles in the fishing village, the bone flute Xiao Yao had given him, and their wedding in the desert. Overcome with guilt for how he had utilized her in the past, he apologized, but Xiao Yao assured him that their ancient debts had long been settled.
However, the Heavenly Mother revealed that the Yuli Spring and the Kunlun Mirror could not be easily destroyed as long as human greed existed. Hong Ye realized that as the one who had started this cycle, he was the only one who could end it. He decided to seal the Kunlun Mirror within his own body and seal himself away—neither living nor dead, never perishing—thereby removing the spring from the world.
Though Xiao Yao was devastated, she could only watch as he sacrificed himself to fulfill his duty, apologizing one last time for being unable to keep his vows to her. In the aftermath, the demon kind slowly restored their world to its former vitality. Bamboo and Luoluo became teachers, educating a new generation of young demons in transformation techniques. Luoluo often reminisced about the goddess Da Li, while Wu Huan continued to miss Heiwu.
Xiao Ming remained in Demon Valley, frequently talking to himself and mimicking Xiao Mu’s nagging voice as a way to keep her memory alive. In the human realm, the old emperor passed away after consuming a fraudulent version of the spring water, and a new, younger emperor took the throne, disbanding the Feiyu Guards and easing tensions between humans and demons.
Xiao Yao’s father lived a peaceful, carefree life with his peers, while Xiao Yao herself recorded their experiences in a series of chronicles. She lived in isolation, eating noodles every day as a way to feel close to Hong Ye. Worried that she was withdrawing too much, Xiao Ming encouraged Xiao Yao to return to the human realm. There, Xiao Yao spent years in deep cultivation.
Having mastered a powerful technique from an ancient scroll that combined with the Time-Reversal spell, she asked Xiao Ming to help her return to a specific moment in her memory. Successfully traveling back to the time she first became a demon, Xiao Yao found herself outside a familiar room. When she saw Hong Ye standing there, she pretended she had simply lost her way to confirm he was real.
Hong Ye, thinking she was the Xiao Yao of that time, told her he had prepared layers for her bed because she had complained it was too hard. Seeing him alive and caring for her once more, Xiao Yao could not hold back her tears, finally finding the happiness she had sought through time.
