Resumo do episódio 12 de The Unclouded Soul
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At the Realm of Mist and Void, Bingzhu stands firm in his duty to protect the innocent women brought to the island. Among the crowd, Xiao Yao and Da Li are singled out by two of the Immortal Lord’s attendants, who recognize Xiao Yao from a previous encounter. When Xiao Yao demands to know Hong Ye’s whereabouts, the attendants cruelly suggest he has already been turned into fertilizer for the flower fields.
Though Xiao Yao is ready to strike, Bingzhu restrains her, noting that his Demon-Slaying Blade remains in its sheath—a sign that these women are not demons, but humans led astray by the promise of paradise. Bingzhu reveals that the shimmering world around them is merely an illusion created by the malevolent spirit, Immortal Lord Suimeng. He commands Tan’er, the spirit within his blade, to shatter the dream, causing the palace to dissolve into desolate ruins.
Among the attendants, Bingzhu recognizes Lu Pianpian, the younger sister of his late senior, Lu Tong. He tells her that Lu Tong joined the Feiyu Guard to find her after she was abducted by demons and that he died a hero. Despite the revelation, Pianpian warns Bingzhu that challenging Suimeng is futile. Undeterred, Bingzhu demands to be led to the spirit's true form.
As the group ventures into the Linghua Palace, they are trapped in a "Mirror Flower, Water Moon" illusion. Bingzhu shatters the mirrors, but Suimeng remains elusive. Internal strife breaks out when the attendant Yingning accuses Lu Pianpian of colluding with the intruders. Suimeng forces them to fight, and while Pianpian hesitates out of mercy, Yingning tries to kill her. Finally, Suimeng unleashes Hong Ye, who has been turned into a mindless puppet by the Heart-Devouring Poison.
Hong Ye attacks relentlessly, though Xiao Yao notices a brief moment where he seems to struggle against the poison to avoid killing Bingzhu. The confrontation ends with Bingzhu severely injured and poisoned. Suimeng offers to take him as a disciple, but he defiantly refuses to serve a demon. In retaliation, she infects him with the Lingxi Poison, linking his senses to Tan’er’s consciousness within the blade, forcing him to endure the constant agony of her soul being scorched by fire.
To save Hong Ye and Bingzhu, Xiao Yao strikes a bargain: she will remain and help Suimeng find the fragments of the Kunlun Mirror and the Yuli Spring. Suimeng agrees but subjects Xiao Yao to a grueling trial of labor. Xiao Yao is tasked with watering the vast flower fields under a scorching sun. She learns that the elderly woman she previously encountered died from exhaustion doing this very task.
While working, Xiao Yao discovers that the straw bracelet on her wrist contains a fragment of Hong Ye’s soul, a spirit she playfully names "Little Leaf." Although this spirit acts with the same arrogance as the true Demon King, he promises to protect her while she seeks a way to save the real Hong Ye. Meanwhile, Lu Pianpian brings water to the imprisoned Bingzhu, urging him to surrender to save himself and Tan’er.
Bingzhu remains unmoved and challenges Pianpian’s loyalty to Suimeng. Pianpian then reveals Suimeng’s tragic past: a millennium ago, she was a celestial who fell for a mortal. The man faked a terminal illness to trick her into gathering the Kunlun Mirror, only to use it to secure a position as an imperial son-in-law. In her despair, she used the Heart-Burning Incantation to shed her divinity and become a "Chi," a mountain spirit, slaughtering the man’s entire family in revenge.
Now, she lures humans to the island to drain their essence and maintain her power, hoping to use the mirror to return to the heavens. Pianpian warns Bingzhu that he has only three days to submit before he and Tan’er are discarded as fertilizer.
