When the three lovers stared at each other, the image gradually disappeared.
Jiutian Xuannü, "That is the story of the three of you. I was fused with anger and decided to set your forbidden love as an example."
This time the magic mirror showed a different setting as the three lovers knelt side by side before Jiutian Xuannü.
Jiutian Xuannü, "Your punishment is death. The two of you will be burn to dirt and your souls will be lost forever." She pointed her finger at Syaoran. "As for you. You will be reincarnated as a human being. You will suffer illness and death."
Her anger was so fierce that when she spoke, no one dares to look at her expect Syaoran.
Jiutian Xuannü said angrily, "Now, call your heart back."
Syaoran smiles at his lovers and held their hands.
Syaoran, "I don't need what I have given." His eyes challenged Jiutian Xuannü. "I will always be theirs, and they will always be mine."
His respond anger Jiutian Xuannü even more.
Jiutian Xuannü shouted, "How dare you?" Jiutian Xuannü was very angry. "Because you love each other so deeply, and you refuse to call back your heart. I will fulfill this wish for you. You three will be reincarnated into human beings, and every life time, you." Jiutian Xuannü pointed her finger at Syaoran. "Shall be born a woman. The two of you shall be born as men. In every single life time, as long as you reincarnated, that will never change." Jiutian Xuannü looked at the lovers angrily. "Any last word?"
Chá Huā took out her hairpin. She drew a deep line on the palm of her left hand. When the blood was dripping, she looked at her lovers, "I used these blood to assure you that no matter how many life time, even if you are a woman, I am a man... I will love you unconditionally." She looked at Hé Huā. "My dear sister, I will never fight you for his love, because I know you and me, we are his heart."
Hé Huā also smiled. She took the same hairpin drew a deep on the palm of her right hand and smiled at her lovers. She said, "From the very beginning we have been together. Without you, we would die. You gave us life. You gave us love. I promised with these blood that I will always love you and will never compete with my sister for your love."
Syaoran cut his palms with the same hairpin as HéHuā who was still holding it. Syaoran laughed. Syaoran was full of hatred, and his eyes were illuminated by flames. He said hatefully, "With all the good merits I have accumulated over thousands of years, with these blood, I curse... as long as Nuwa still love the human race, there is still water flowing to the sea, and the mountain are still full of green trees. Nothing or no one can separate us apart. Our love will continue to exist." He held the hands of his two lovers and challenged Jiutian Xuannü. "Come on, burn us with the flames of the phoenix."
With anger Jiutian Xuannü orders her phoenix. The large phoenix creature took flight and blew fire from the phoenix's mouth and burned the lovers. When Phoenix landed beside Jiutian Xuannü, a pile of ashes on the floor was what left of the lovers.
Jiutian Xuannü sighed and said, "That is that." She called her magic mirror back into her hand. "The three of you were burned to ashes and put into reincarnation cycle. I instruct Wang Yanluo to let you reincarnate first, so that you will never be able to live with them in your life. Even if you meet them, you will be old and they will still be young. You die, they live, you reborn, they died, this will be an eternal cycle. It is impossible for the three of you to meet in any lifetime." She paused for a moment. "One day, Yuelao visited me. He told me that the three of you were born on the same year. Somehow, one of Wang Yanluo's man made a mistake. They sent the three of you to reincarnate together. Yuelao also told me, the love strings between the three of you are reconnected. Yuelao and I have tried many ways to cut the strings, but failed. This must be the will of heaven."
The two men looked at each other and smiled. When theirs eyes met, they agreed that they were destined to be her husbands.
Jiutian Xuannü, "You have no heart, Ping'an. You gave it to them. You were created to live among gods. They were created by you. I came with an offer."
Ping'an, "What is it?"
Jiutian Xuannü, "I can restore you back to your original form as a God. You will be immortal. You only need to agree to catch the criminals who you helped them escapes five hundred years ago, and call your heart back."
Ping'an, "And them?"
Jiutian Xuannü, "They will live this life with you until natural takes over. After that, they will turn to their original form."
Ping'an, "No reincarnation?"
Jiutian Xuannü shook her head, "No, not this time. They are made of clay. Once your heart returns to you, the reincarnation is over. This means that you accept your fate and continue to defend the northern fortress. You will live forever among the gods and goddesses again."
Guo Baiyu held her hand, "This is not a bad proposal."
Ping'an looked at Zhao Renshu. He nodded with a smiled. It seems that the two men have decided her fate for her.
Ping'an, "What I have given, I don't want it back." She smiles at her lovers. "I don't want the two of you to just vanish and leave only memories for me. I am not afraid to cross the Naihe Bridge, drink Meng Bao's porridge, and find you two in the next life. Even if next life time. I am old and you are young. As long as I get a chance to meet you once and look in your eyes once every life time, it is enough."
The two men were speechless. Apart from giving her a smile, there is nothing to express how they feel about her. Her words made their eyes red. Tears slowly flowed down her chin. They wiped her tears away.
Ping'an, "I'm sorry. I can't accept your kindness. I don't remember about any other life, but I remember that in this lifetime, right now, the best thing ever happened to me is meeting them. I am happy to live and cherish this lifetime together with them. As for my mistake five hundred years ago, I will do my best to capture these seven souls and bring them back to you."
Jiutian Xuannü, "What would you like in return?"
Ping'an, "If you can't grant us a wish to live and die together. You can throw us back into the reincarnation cycle and let us live a natural life together."
Jiutian Xuannü, "I will return the sword to you. When you are in danger, your sword will help you. You will not be able to make full use of the power of the sword because you are not your real form. You must remember that you are mortal. You can be killed."
Ping'an, "I understand."
Jiutian Xuannü, "If you choose to live this life time with them, you will never conceive. This is one of your punishment."
Zhao Renshu said angrily, "Hey, it's too much. You punish us because we love each other. You must be jealous. Regard of your retrieving souls shit. Do it yourself! I will never allow ours wife to go fetch some souls that will put her life in danger."
Ping'an murmured softly, "Ours wife..."
Zhao Renshu looked at Guo Baiyu with a smiled, "Yes... Ours wife."
Guo Baiyu acknowledged Zhao Renshu with a smiled and a nodded.
Guo Baiyu, "Five hundred years of punishing us is not enough?" Gou Baiyu said calmly, "Thank you for you kind offer, but we will not accept it."
Jiutian Xuannü, "Heaven is always kind, and doing good deeds may punish you less. The choice is yours."
Ping'an, "Let us do it." She smiles at her lovers. "Who knows, maybe our punishment may be less. If I have the opportunity to see you again in my next life, I am willing to do something about it. Moreover, we always talk about journey far and wide to help those who need ours help and make lifelong friends. Well, here is our opportunity... so, what do you two say?"
The two men looked at each other and smiled. She knew they could not refuse her request. The two men shook their heads and smiled.
Ping'an, "When do you want us to leave? How do we recognize the seven souls?"
Jiutian Xuannü, "The seven souls are created by human. We as gods and goddesses have no right to interfere. Human seven sins are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, and Sloth. When you meet them, you will know."
Ping'an, "Where do we begin?"
Jiutian Xuannü, "That's the secret of heaven, I can't tell you."
Zhao Renshu, "If you don't tell us, how can we find them?"
Jiutian Xuannü took out three little swords the size of a hairpin and handed it to Ping'an. "When you need help, your sword will help you. If you are in serious danger, please recite the "Buda Manual" and if necessary, I will help. I can only say, go back to where it begin." Then the goddess vanished.
The confused Zhao Renshu uttered, "Does this mean we have to go back to our mother's womb?"
Guo Baiyu shook his head. He sighed, "Ridiculous."