Rien finds Choubei in the valley in Hell’s Paradise Season 2 episode 3. He learns that he murdered Mu Dan. He breaks his arm. But Choubei’s arm regenerates soon. It promotes Rien to be interested in Choubei.
Taoist Priest climbs on the ground. Fuchi shows up behind Taoist Priest. He confesses it to him that he wants to dissect him. Taoist Priest points out that he doesn’t want to kill anyone. Fuchi returns to the cave. Sagiri feels relieved after she saw the man. She reveals Mei cannot recover. Yuzuriha mentions Mei was a kid in the beginning. She asks Mei who she is. Fuchi reveals Mei is a fairy. Sagiri and Yuzuriha are shocked. Fuchi saw Mei using her weird power. Sagiri learns that Mei is a monster as well.
Fuchi begins to make fever reducer for Mei. But he asks her to tell him the story of her and the immortals. He realizes that the situation is serious after he lost his friends. He wants to know who the immortals are and what’s their goal. He says that he might not be able to forgive her. Yuzuriha points out that Mei cannot explain it clearly by the way Mei talks. Fuchi agrees with what Yuzuriha said. Sagiri scolds Yuzuriha and Fuchi. She thinks the two should be careful when they speak. Fuchi takes out the prescription. He asks Sagiri to go to dispense the medicine.
Gabimaru summons Gantetsusai and the people to the mountain top. Gantetsusai wonders what Gabimaru is going to do. Gabimaru reveals his combat instinct became sluggish. He asks those guys to accompany him to train. Gantetsusai learns that Gabimaru wants all people to attack him. Gabimaru asks Touma to take part in the training. He knows he hates him. He asks him to attack him with murderous intent. But Shion threatens to kill Touma if Touma takes advantage of the chaos. Nurugai claims that he will follow his teacher Shion. Gantetsusai cuts off the rope that ties Touma. Touma is released. Gantetsusai decides to beat Gabimaru.
Gabimaru understands one thing after he fought Taoist Priest and Choubei. It’s very dangerous to rely on Taoism too much. But he cannot defeat others if he cannot control Taoism. He thanks those guys for help him. He bows to them. Gantetsusai mistakes that Gabimaru looks down on him. He’s furious to rush to Gabimaru. Touma is the first one who cuts Gabimaru. Gabimaru dodges the attack. He thinks Touma’s attack was swift. Touma keeps cutting Gabimaru. Gabimaru tells himself not to use his eyes to track the attacks. He needs to use Taoism to sense Touma. He hits Touma with his palm. Touma trips. He has to step back. Gantetsusai catches the chance to show up behind Gabimaru. He targets the top of his head. He chops it with his hand blade. Gabimaru dodges it. He completes a jump. He knows he cannot win if he relies on the brute force. But he kicks Gantetsusai. It promotes Gantetsusai to step back. We are told that Gabimaru targeted Gantetsusai’s pressure point.
Nurugai carries his sword to rush to Gabimaru. Shion fails to stop his disciple. He has to chase her. Gabimaru believes that he cannot surpass the immortals in Taoism’s realm. The immortals are monsters who has practiced Taoism for thousands of years. Gabimaru unleashes his power. The power knocks everyone away. He learns that he needs to use the immortals’ Taoism to rebound. Nurugai thinks Gabimaru is cool after she heard his theory. She tells him that he can kill the immortals if he uses the method. But he doesn’t think so. Because there’re many unresolved issues. Shion realizes that Gabimaru is powerful. But he wonders if they need to rely on the criminal. He tells Gabimaru that he discovered that Taoism has different types. Each type has the property and compatibility. He thinks they can kill the immortals if they use the point.
Touma gets on his knees to Gantetsusai. He knows it’s shameless. But he asks him to teach him the real sword arts. He does it not for revenge. He wants to survive on his own on the island. But Gantetsusai doesn’t believe Touma’s words. Because Touma is a bandit. Touma picks up his sword. He cuts off his hair with the sword. He cannot prove what he said. But he’s serious. Although he doesn’t like Gantetsusai, Gantetsusai is stronger than him. But he begs Gantetsusai to teach him sword arts. Gantetsusai agrees. He tells Touma that he’s going to go to practice swordplay. He asks him to follow him. Touma realizes that he should get stronger even if he grovels. He can fight alone if he does so. He plans to fight with his older brother. He follows Gantetsusai. He thinks he can kill the guy later. He tells Choubei that he’s going to go to save him.
In the valley, Choubei realizes that Rien and Taoist Priest aren’t on the same levels. He remembers Mu Dan. He wonders if Rien is Mu Dan’s own kind. Rien applauds. He guesses Choubei got the distorted Taoism after Choubei came to the island. He mentions the External Elixir flower can turn human into elixir. But Choubei stays true to himself after he was eroded by the flower. This situation is rare. Rien makes some light balls. He casts the light balls to Choubei. Choubei dodges it. But he knows he will be killed if he doesn’t do something. He wants to use the trick again. But he’s not sure if he can control it. But he realizes that he doesn’t need any guarantee. He just needs to do it. The tree roots spread throughout his body. He knows he shouldn’t be taken away the consciousness. He needs to focus.
Choubei turns into a monster. He attacks Rien with his tentacles. But Rien blocks the attack. Choubei launches a second attack. Rien’s arm is hit off this time. Rien finds out that Choubei’s speed and power transcended human limits. Choubei’s consciousness is still there. He knows he needs to end the fight quickly. He launches the third attack. Rien’s belly is pierced through by the tentacle. Choubei discovers that Rien’s weakness is the belly button. He breaks his belly button. Rien doesn’t regenerate again. But Choubei reaches the limit. He needs to change back.
Rien shows up. Choubei is shocked to turn around. Rien doesn’t understand why Choubei can control himself after Choubei released the Taoism of the External Elixir Flower. Choubei sees many Rien. He learns that it was Rien’s smoke screen. Rien reveals he wanted to conduct reconnaissance. But he planned to see it with his eyes. He says that it was beautiful. He wants to take Choubei back to the city for studying. Choubei gets angry. He tries to punch Rien. But he reaches the limit. Rien persuades Choubei not to force himself. He worries that he will die. He stuns him.
Choubei is in a space. He tells Touma that he will come back. Because he’s different from his father. He tears up. He thinks it will be broken. Choubei wakes up. He finds out that he’s in a bed and his hands are tied up. The room is bright and beautiful. He wonders where he is. Rien shows up. She thinks Choubei’s body is very precious. She reveals Taoisms blended together during the elixir process. But the Taoism of the human won. She thinks it was a miracle. She tells Choubei that he’s the key man of her research. She takes off her clothes. He’s surprised that she’s so excited. She denies it. She reveals it’s sleeping art. She’s going to let her Taoism and his Taoism cycle. So she can master the details. It also can help him recover his weak Taoism. Every Taoism has different attributes. They’re Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. The attributes can affect each other. The sleeping art doesn’t work if there’s an incompatibility between partners. She wonders if he has a preferred style. He admits it to her that he wants to get something. He asks her what the island is and what’s their goal.
In the cave, Fuchi learns that the island and the immortals were created by someone. The person was the famous alchemist who came from the mainland. He studied immortal method, according to the thoughts of immortals. Taoism thinks everything is composed of Qi. The alchemist found the way to control Qi on the island. He let Qi of all creatures integrate. He did it for chasing the goal of immortality. The immortals were born from it. It merged the Qi of human and plant. It turned into hermaphrodite. Because Yin and Yang are in harmony. The immortal can enhance Qi on his own. Creatures would lose Qi because of activities and time. But those immortals has practiced for a thousand years. So humans cannot defeat them. Taoism is the only way to kill the immortals.
Yuzuriha wonder why the supermen are trapped on the island. Fuchi reveals the training sessions of Breathing Techniques and Yoga in Taoism can make a human’s body reach immortal state. It’s Internal Elixir Art. On the other hand, physical constitution or cultivation, the methods that everyone can be immortality. For example, trying to make immortality medicine. It’s called External Elixir Art. The immortals are making such a thing.
Yuzuriha realizes that the immortals are making immortality medicine. She’s surprised that the medicine exists in the world. Fuchi says that those guys are studying it. The Elixir they mentioned is the prototype. They collected humans like bees. They sucked their lives that are Taoisms. They took away the lifespan.
Fuchi tells his teammates that the immortals need Elixir to extend lifespan. Their Taoisms cannot achieve self-sufficiency. They will die if they lose too many Taoisms in a short period of time. Yuzuriha points out that the immortals have enough Elixirs. She wonders what they will do once they come up with the immortality method. Mei guesses the immortals want to fulfill the alchemist Jofuku’s last wish. Jofuku served the First Emperor of Qin during the Qin Dynasty. He studied immortality. He took three thousand boys and one hundred artisans to Eastern Sea. Nobody has seen him since then. There’s a tale that he’s somewhere on the island. He continues his research.
In the garden, Rien hugs Choubei. She reveals the place is for creating immortal life. He learns that the monsters were artificial. She admits it. She says that each one has an experimental purpose. The existence of Tree People is for observing the lives of the immortals. Because Tree People lack a strong sense of mortality. So Kitchen God’s goal is for teaching them morality.
Rien and the immortals are just artificial creatures. They were merged by Grandmaster’s Taoism and Flowers. They’re single lives. But they’re independent and separate. Choubei is surprised that it was achieved so easy. But she says that it wasn’t easy. Taoism is the source of everything. It’s like dusk filling the world. Shaping all things that exist. Air is just a form Taoism. So controlling Qi means controlling rules in the world. But it’s very hard to control life. So Choubei’s Taoism is so precious. Choubei learns that Rien wants to study him so that she can turn everyone on the island into immortality medicine. She denies it. She says that she wants to do it to everyone in the nation. She completes the preparations. She only lacks the perfect elixir. She agrees to accept him as one of their partners if he cooperates. She won’t turn him into elixir. He’s shocked. He wonders what’s the wise choice. He knows he cannot defeat her with his current state. He cannot flee as well. He throws Rien to the bed. He agrees to do the sleeping art for mastering Taoism. But he doesn’t want a girl to be on top of him. She comforts him that she will be gentle to him. She wraps her arms around his neck. He tells himself to get used to the situation. He attacks her. She’s very happy when she’s under the attack. She thinks his Taoism is great.
In the cave, Yuzuriha learns that Jofuku is the origin of all things. Mei passes out. Her arm turns into a wood. Fuchi catches her. He wonders what happened. She reveals her body isn’t complete. She would become a wood once she uses Taoism. She cannot recover on her own. Yuzuriha offers to recover Taoism like Gabimaru. Mei rejects it. It’s too little and it’s not enough for circulation. Because her core was destroyed by Rien.
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Rien and Mei were the first disciples that were created by Jofuku Grandmaster. But Rien was changed. She killed many people for External Elixir Art. Mei couldn’t stop Rien. So she ran away from Immortal Hometown. Houko offers to use his Taoism to heal Mei. He mentions Mei can control Qi. He guesses she can take out the Qi from him and turn it into her Qi. But Sagiri worries that Houko will die. Houko tells Mei that he’s going to turn into tree. He thinks it’s an atonement. He encountered her several hundred years ago. He had wife and children. They became trees before him. The villagers followed in the footsteps one by one. Houko was the only one who survived. It was his turn to become tree. He saw Mei who’s about the same age as his daughter. She was like his young daughter. He knew the fact that she’s the existence of heterogeneity. She wanted to leave the island. But he ignored it. He forced her to play a family with him.
Houko tears up. He asks Mei to forgive him. He confesses it to her that he didn’t look at her. What he looked at was his daughter. He forced her to play along with his lies and lingering attachment for hundreds of years. He begs her to take away his life. He thinks it’s his only chance to atone for his sins. Mei wipes off her tears. She runs to Houko. She tells him that it wasn’t a lie. They were like a real family. They were like father and daughter. She absorbs his Taoism.