Resumo do episódio 1 de The Unclouded Soul
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Since ancient times, legends have spoken of a celestial mountain drifting between the sea and sky, home to the sacred Yuli Spring. Its waters are a dual-edged prize: granting immortality to humans and a millennium of cultivation to demons. However, the path to this spring remains hidden from the world, accessible only through the guidance of the ancient Kunlun Mirror.
In the Tiancheng Kingdom, the Emperor’s obsession with this legend led him to launch seven exhaustive expeditions, yet the spring remained out of reach. One night, the Emperor was drawn into a mystical vision where he finally encountered the Yuli Spring and a divine being known as the Dreamshard Immortal. To his dismay, she revealed that what he saw was merely an illusion. She warned him that the true threat lay with Hong Ye, the Monarch of All Demons.
Though many believed Hong Ye had been destroyed a century ago, the Immortal cautioned that he was merely dormant. She warned that if Hong Ye were to reach the spring first and restore his powers, no force on earth could stop him. Waking in a state of paranoid terror, the Emperor redirected his fear into rage, punishing the Feiyu Guards for failing to keep "demonic" influences out of his bedchamber.
He appointed a new Demon Slayer, Bing Zhu, granting him a command token to purge the realm of all evil. In Pingjiang Prefecture, a young woman named Xiao Yao and her father, Xiao Dadan, were running a clever scam. Staging a dramatic hunt for a "bear demon"—which was actually Xiao Dadan in a costume—Xiao Yao presented herself as a master exorcist from Jiwei Mountain.
She manipulated the terrified townspeople by first offering "protective" talismans for free to establish trust, then selling them for one coin each once the crowd became desperate. However, Bing Zhu was stationed in the city and saw through the performance. He noted that his demon-slaying blade remained silent and pointed out that the supposed bear footprints were far too light for a real monster. The hoax was exposed, and the pair were hauled before the local Prefect.
In court, Xiao Yao remained defiant, scolding the corrupt officials for their incompetence. To test her, Bing Zhu placed a demon-tracking compass near her, and the needle spun violently. While Xiao Yao tried to bluff by claiming to be a nine-tailed fox, her father revealed the heartbreaking truth: she was human, but her blood possessed a unique, sweet scent that naturally attracted demons.
This "curse" had forced them to live as outcasts, constantly hounded by the very creatures she claimed to hunt. Seeing an opportunity, Bing Zhu struck a bargain: if Xiao Yao helped him lure out a true high-level demon, he would grant her and her father their freedom. They traveled to the depths of Qingyuan Mountain, a site thick with demonic energy.
Bing Zhu drew Xiao Yao’s blood to serve as bait, and she retreated into the safety of an ancient tree, following her own wilderness survival rules. The scent of her blood triggered a transformation in the tree, and a massive multi-headed snake of the Zhu Jiuyin lineage emerged. As the Feiyu Guards battled the beast, a cat demon named Xiao Mu appeared.
He seemed paralyzed with shock upon seeing Xiao Yao, addressing her as "Ning’an" and questioning how she could return after a hundred years. Amidst the chaos, the Dreamshard Immortal descended to seize a glowing orb revealed during the fight. During the struggle, Xiao Yao tumbled down a steep cliff, her blood splashing onto the submerged, dormant body of Hong Ye. The touch of her blood awakened the Demon Monarch.
As he rose from the depths, Hong Ye looked at Xiao Yao with a complex mix of bitterness and recognition, whispering that she still refused to let him go. He seized her and vanished into the water before Bing Zhu could intervene. Safe within a hidden cave, Hong Ye was attended to by Xiao Mu. Looking at the unconscious Xiao Yao, he was haunted by memories of a past life a century ago.
He remembered her not as a wanderer, but as Princess Ning’an—his wife, who had ultimately chosen her kingdom and the world over him, striking him down with her own sword. To Hong Ye, this reunion felt like the final, cruelest trick of fate.
