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♪Let this long river boil, forging new mountains and seas♪

♪Let the blade cut through the dust♪

♪At the end of the other shore, the long night finally pales♪

♪Only then is this oath not sworn in vain♪

♪Let the torrents drench me, frost and snow embrace me♪

♪My resolve has never wavered♪

♪Even after millennia, I'll cleave mountains asunder♪

♪I'll wait for the fog to clear, the dawn to break, and for you to come♪

♪Storms and turmoil rage♪

♪Turbulent waves surge♪

♪Trampling the dawn's light♪

♪Let us venture together♪

♪Let this long river boil, forging new mountains and seas♪

♪Let the blade cut through the dust♪

♪At the end of the other shore, the long night finally pales♪

♪Only then is this oath not sworn in vain♪

♪Let the torrents drench me, frost and snow embrace me♪

♪My resolve has never wavered♪

♪Even after millennia, I'll cleave mountains asunder♪

♪I'll wait for the fog to clear, the dawn to break, and for you to come♪

=The Journey of Legend=

=Episode 32=

Master Fei,

is there something wrong?

If this were a real Thousand Faces mask,

unlinked to a living person's meridians and not powered by my family's energy,

it should've dissolved into pulp long ago.

But look. The facial skin remains intact.

It's clearly a counterfeit.

But how could this be?

It's tied to major martial world cases. It's not just your family's issue.

My father's sword?

Why is my father's sword buried in this coffin?

Is it my father who's buried here?

Master Fei, speak plainly.

A storm will arise if news spreads that the Thousand Faces mask exists.

Your family won't escape

the coming storm.

Five years ago, Danfeng returned from an Imperial City Office mission

and was hunted by Heavenly King Zhu.

I rushed to assist him but encountered Zhu's subordinate,

Lord Roushui, on the way.

I thought he was attacking Danfeng,

so I killed him with Marrow-Shattering Finger.

(But when I tore off the mask, I found it was my son Danfeng.)

Danfeng?

Danfeng!

I destroyed my energy and vowed never to use that technique again.

Grandpa, my father

was killed by you?

Give me back my father!

- Young master. - Give him back!

Return my father!

- Let's leave first, young master. - Give him back!

Grandpa!

Grandpa!

Master Fei,

what grudge did Heavenly King Zhu have against Fei Danfeng?

Honestly, my family's martial arts don't top the Three Mystic Sects.

Only through Thousand Faces can we gain a foothold in the martial world.

That day, Danfeng followed the Imperial City Office's secret order

to investigate Heavenly King Zhu's identity.

He discovered Ironclad Constable was Heavenly King Zhu.

To obtain Thousand Faces,

Heavenly King Zhu made me kill my own son.

(Heavenly King Zhu is the Ironclad Constable?)

(Was he the one framing Herbal Valley's collusion with North Wasteland?)

(If he possesses Thousand Faces,)

(he must be the one who impersonated Master Li to trick me into killing)

(Tianzheng and Taichan.)

Now that things have come to this, I won't say more.

Mr. Xiao,

I trust you'll give the martial world a proper explanation.

Whatever bloodshed Thousand Faces causes,

you need to prove it's unrelated to my family.

I entrust this to you.

I will, Master Fei.

(Taiji Hall)

Master Li, it's time. Please.

(Emperor of Daxi)

Greetings,

Your Majesty.

Chenzhou! You're here!

Time hasn't dimmed your brilliance.

I feared you'd refuse to drink with me again.

Come. Join me for wine.

Sit.

Aren't I thoughtful? I had your favorite dishes prepared.

Here, try this.

Hurry.

Waterway delays brought me to the capital at night.

Sorry for disturbing you.

After all this time, you're still impatient.

Very well, let's discuss business first.

(Memorial)

A censor accuses your Power Gang

of misusing national treasures to benefit martial sects.

They claim nine tenths went to your gang, one tenth to others.

Is that true?

(Memorial)

I'm guilty.

Seeing northern troops face winter

without proper clothing or food,

I diverted nine tenths of treasures to them.

Military urgency at the frontlines

left me no time to report. I overstepped my authority.

Please punish me.

I understand now.

You imply I was unthoughtful

and neglected our troops?

Since that's the case,

there's no more need for words.

Chenzhou, drink this wine,

then depart.

Chenzhou,

- I'll fetch a court physician for you. - No need.

I anticipated accusations

and rushed here.

You shouldn't have come to the capital.

- His Majesty might not... - Lord Liang,

was it the chill

of a single day that brought the snow down?

I always believed

your discontent with the imperial court drove your impulsive venture

into the martial world.

As a prince, I'm bound by the burdens of state affairs

and trapped in my cumbersome official attire.

But your fatal remonstrance today revealed your true purpose.

Now I realize all my past views were prejudiced.

I wronged you deeply.

My life's journey

has been fleeting and flickering.

What others say of me

matters not

in the slightest.

Your words

remind me of someone.

But Hongfei has a calculating mind.

If you should perish someday,

who in this vast realm could finish your unfinished work?

Your Majesty,

after the Power Gang confiscated Nantiandang's treasures,

they converted them into supplies for the northern front.

Attempting to buy loyalty?

Did you locate the item?

My men fell into Li Chenzhou's trap.

No trace of the imperial seal was found at Nantiandang.

Calm your anger, Your Majesty. I await punishment.

Chenzhou's petty schemes

will soon be exposed.

Now he's poisoned and must beg me monthly for antidotes,

groveling to extend his wretched life.

Let's see how long his stubborn pride endures.

Your Majesty is wise.

Under your guidance,

the Waterway Gang now rivals the Power Gang's influence.

Li Chenzhou's rebellion will face stiff resistance.

Enough, Constable.

Rise now.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Daxi's endless wars with North Wasteland have brought misery to the people.

It weighs heavy on my heart.

Li Chenzhou has toiled long enough. It's time he retires.

From today, the Daxi martial world is yours to command.

Do not fail me again.

I will spare no effort.

Good.

I witnessed your actions at the Fei Residence.

Your public condemnation of bullying the weak impressed me.

Xiao Qiushui,

I have a request.

Will you assist me?

You've been following me.

Are you aware of my family's tragedy?

I don't know who destroyed your family.

But I possess truths Danfeng investigated back then.

Are you using this knowledge as payment for my aid?

Fei Yuqiao, head of the Fei family.

I deserve death, yet resentment keeps me lingering.

My ravaged face shows the Thousand Faces mask's toll.

So the mask's usage

over time

causes this corruption.

Worse still,

each use drains internal energy dangerously.

And a misstep brings mortal peril.

Thousand Faces built your family's prominence

and destroyed it too.

The entire martial world covets its power.

You've seen how my kin fight

like beasts over it.

Years ago, weakened after removing the mask,

I went into seclusion, but betrayal left me a wandering ghost.

So you want me to reclaim Thousand Faces for you?

No.

Its existence poisons the martial world.

I seek its complete destruction.

Why trust me?

As a ghost, I see human hearts more clearly.

Xiao Qiushui, your parents' deaths grieve me.

Though unacquainted, I revered your father's heroism.

Know this,

Danfeng's killer used Marrow-Shattering Finger too.

Heavenly King Zhu?

Exactly.

I transcribed Marrow-Shattering Finger technique into a manual

and lent it to the Ironclad Constable for study.

He must have memorized it then.

Find Ironclad Constable. Destroy the Thousand Faces in his hand.

My family's creation mustn't breed more villains.

Mr. Xiao!

Mr. Xiao,

I entrust this to you.

Master Fei.

Thank you.

I've finally found you.

Karma's retribution!

Tell me.

How to cure it?

My face is your future.

No one can reverse the backlash of Thousand Faces.

The world has birthed another monster, neither human nor ghost.

(Zhu Residence)

(Unrestrained Spirit)

It's you.

Xiao Yiren, I've been waiting for you.

Wasn't controlling Long River's waterways enough to satisfy your greed?

And you collude with the Wastelanders. What's your real game?

Colluding?

Greed?

My ambitions surpass those.

At Nantiandang,

did I ever ask you to seize a single coin for me?

Li Chenzhou's the real plunderer.

He converted half of Nantiandang's treasures into military provisions.

But that's not what His Majesty wishes to see.

As I told you before,

if Daxi keeps fighting North Wasteland, it'll drain

our men and resources.

No amount of treasure can fill that bottomless pit.

It'll vanish like dust.

I'm merely easing His Majesty's burdens.

If that's true,

why didn't you say so earlier?

You tricked me into that Nantiandang humiliation.

My family's centuries of honor lie in ruins!

I'd never destroy your family's reputation.

Don't believe me?

(Loyalty in Jinzhong)

(Loyalty in Jinzhong)

Hearing of your loyalty, His Majesty personally wrote this for your family.

With this imperial decree,

your family's prestige

may soon surpass even Shaolin and Wudang.

This is His Majesty's hour of need.

Serve well,

and you'll soon bring honor

to your ancestors.

Isn't that right?

Go now. Eliminate someone for His Majesty.

(Token) Wait patiently.

I'll summon you when needed.

(Loyalty in Jinzhong)

(Xiao Residence)

(Loyalty in Jinzhong) We thank His Majesty.

Long live His Majesty!

Rise.

Congratulations on proving worthy of imperial favor.

We take our leave now.

Yiren.

Xiaoyi.

Look. This plaque bears His Majesty's own brushwork.

Loyalty in Jinzhong.

When has my family ever received such imperial distinction?

Directly from His Majesty?

This is great.

Leave us.

- Yes. - Yes.

Yiren, I assume the Nantiandang matter is resolved?

The Nantiandang affair

will be justified in time.

I don't mean to dampen your joy,

but this imperial favor

appears too suddenly.

The Wastelanders remain at large, and your reputation is still tarnished.

Why would His Majesty grant this honor now?

What are you implying?

Are you saying my family is unworthy of imperial recognition?

Or that the 'Loyalty in Jinzhong' title is ill-gotten?

You vowed to help restore my family. Now that I've succeeded,

why this skepticism?

I didn't mean that, Yiren. I rejoice in your success.

But when looking around,

I feel this apparent prosperity

is all surface glitter.

It lacks Huanhua Sect's former grandeur at its prime.

It feels like

hearts aren't truly united here.

Then where do they lie?

With Qiushui's Shenzhou Alliance?

With imperial favor secured,

hearts will follow naturally.

You'll witness Huanhua's resurgence.

Xiao Qiushui,

(Fei Yuqiao) why must you oppose me at every turn?

The dice are cast.

Nothing can stop me now.

(List of Names)

(Infinite Riches) Delicious!

Tasty!

- Hey! - What are you doing?

There's plenty here.

Stop grabbing.

There's enough for all.

Qiushui!

It's Qiushui!

Qiushui!

Qiushui! Qiushui! Qiushui!

You're back, Qiushui.

Qiushui.

Eat.

- You eat more. - I want it.

- Give me! Give me! - Give me!

Qiushui.

You came here seeking medical treatment, right?

- Yes. - That's right.

After Lady Tang fixed our limbs,

they occasionally acted up.

You did this on purpose?

Gradually, we adapted.

But life in the martial world still has inconveniences.

You told us Xueyu was kind-hearted

and skilled enough to cure us completely.

We came before but missed her,

so we're trying again today.

But Xueyu is currently in the herbal workshop.

I came here seeking someone too.

Your joints and meridians have issues.

Let me recommend my friend,

Master Dayin at Biechuan Temple.

Tell him you're Xiao Qiushui's friends.

- Great! - Great!

Since you're here, come inside.

- Great! - Absolutely!

- Let's sit inside. - Great.

Qiushui, your home is huge.

- Got any food? - It's huge.

We want delicious food.

Plenty.

How have you been lately?

- Fine! - All good!

Last time we traveled here, we witnessed a murder.

- Yes! - A murder!

It was that annoying Ironclad Constable.

- Yes! - We'd wanted to kill him for ages.

He was pushed off a cliff.

The Ironclad Constable?

- Exactly. - Yes.

- Yes. - That's the one.

That old scoundrel. We've wanted him dead forever.

Second Punk, you mean Six Gates' Ironclad Constable?

Yes. That's him.

That old scoundrel.

Tell me exactly what happened.

After we parted ways,

our limbs started acting up, so we came to seek Xueyu's help.

On the mountain path, we saw a black-clad figure

push that Ironclad Constable off the cliff.

M-M-Murd...

Never thought you'd be so ruthless,

killing so many people.

Are you certain

it was the Ironclad Constable?

- Yes. - No mistake.

We couldn't have been mistaken.

- We saw him with eight eyes. - Right, eight eyes.

- We couldn't be mistaken. - Exactly.

We've battled wits with that old fox for years.

We'd recognize his ashes.

Yes. Second Punk's right.

Qiushui, if you don't believe us,

we'll show you.

- Right below the cliff. - Yes.

It might still be there.

Right. Definitely still there.

Let's go take a look.

Let's go.

Going already? No tea?

Qiushui, over here!

(He knew Marrow-Shattering Finger.)

(Seems the Ironclad Constable really died.)

(Then the current Heavenly King Zhu)

(must be an impersonator using Thousand Faces.)

Four Punks, he said

the man in black killed many people?

Yes, that's right.

This place is damp. The corpse shouldn't be so dry

after months of exposure.

(According to the novel, the Asura Seal from Book of Oblivion)

(can absorb others' martial power)

(and turn victims into dried-up corpses.)

What martial art could do this?

Could it be the Book of Oblivion?

- The Book of Oblivion? - The Book of Oblivion?

Did I overlook something?

Four Punks,

quickly find Heavenly King Zhu's hideout.

- No problem. - Got it.

- Okay. - We're on it.

(Xiao Residence)

(The Book of Oblivion in Sword Retreat was stolen and destroyed.)

(Could there be another infiltrator like Zhu Xiawu lurking there?)

(Li Chenzhou said)

(when Liu Suifeng arrived that day,)

(Sword Retreat was breached from inside.)

Sword Retreat was impenetrable.

Breaching it externally

was nearly impossible.

When Yuhan and I collected bodies, we found the rear Qianji Lock opened.

The Huanhua Sect's Qianji Lock is intricately designed

and almost uncrackable.

Though small,

it contains two mechanisms.

Two mechanisms?

It's nothing like you've ever seen. The method to unlock it requires

simultaneous activation from both inside and outside.

- Inside and outside? - Inside and outside?

Both inside and outside...

(The one who opened Qianji Lock)

(must know it very well.)

(He killed everyone and stole the Thousand Faces)

(to impersonate Heavenly King Zhu.)

(Only my parents and brothers knew the unlocking method.)

(Impossible.)

(Yiren and Kaiyan returned to Sword Retreat after me.)

(Impossible. This can't be.)

Qiushui, you've done everything within your power.

Stop blaming yourself now.

That day, Kaiyan scouted and returned

to say the path was blocked.

With no alternative, Yiren had to detour,

causing significant delay.

Then how did Kaiyan

manage to return?

Separated from us, he battled his way back to Sword Retreat.

It was you.

Qiushui.

(Serene Composure)

I brought you some osmanthus cakes upon hearing you returned.

Xiaoyi,

are Yiren and Kaiyan

at the villa now?

Yiren's meeting someone outside the villa.

Kaiyan seems to be drinking at Pipa Pavilion.

Xiaoyi.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

(Coerce the governor with power.)

(Elite agents infiltrated. We hope you...)

(Get us the Qiliang Pass defense map.)

Qiushui?

What brings you here?

Today, I happen to have prepared a table

of Mother's and Father's favorite dishes.

Consider yourself fortunate.

Try them.

Mother used to

brew tea for us.

Back then,

she enjoyed making various pastries.

In those days,

I thought I'd always eat them.

It's a pity

that Mother's cooking

is gone forever.

Why mention this?

Why bring up

these painful memories?

Mother and Father

died so mysteriously.

Kaiyan,

I still can't comprehend

who could possibly

hate them so deeply?

The world's unpredictable.

Life's impermanent.

Just reset.

Reset everything.

Give more cheat codes.

You're R.

You're really something.

(R,)

(or Li Nan, was you all along,)

(Xiao Kaiyan.)

What are you doing?

When did your skills

improve so much?

Qiushui,

think you're the only one with adventures?

Can't I train seriously?

Then tell me.

How did you learn

these unorthodox techniques?

From the Book of Oblivion?

I don't know what nonsense you're spouting.

Stop pretending.

The unlocking method for Huanhua's Qianji Lock

was only told to us three brothers.

Still denying?

Who's there?

Father, it's me, Kaiyan.

It's Kaiyan.

(You returned early to Sword Retreat)

and secretly mastered the Book of Oblivion.

It's you who killed our parents

and destroyed our family!

Tell me!

Why?

Why?

Why did you do that?

Why?

Father.

Mother.

You're alright.

Where are Yiren and Qiushui?

Yiren and Qiushui are coming with our branch members.

I never thought Qiushui would actually succeed.

He did it. He did it.

Why?

You, as our family's favorite

who always encounters good fortune and opportunities,

would naturally never understand why!

I, Xiao Kaiyan, changed my fate through my own efforts.

This time, I'll reclaim everything!

♪As waterside blossoms wither♪

♪How brief this mortal journey goes♪

♪The bleak wind starts to blow♪

♪Like a mournful farewell ode♪

♪When zither breaks, who'll sing along♪

♪How deep does sorrow flow♪

♪Gazing at the moon beyond horizons♪

♪Let tears fall where maple leaves stay calm♪

♪Regret remains wordless♪

♪Broken spears sink in sand♪

♪Yesterday's like an elusive dream♪

♪So many moments♪

♪Turned to endless miles♪

♪Wild weeds overgrow what was home♪

♪Love, hatred, and debts unpaid♪

♪Grudges fall like rain♪

♪Endless regrets tangled like hemp♪

♪Missed chances at time's crossroads♪

♪This inescapable fate♪

♪A touch ripples the moonlit water♪

♪What remains♪

♪The broken sword wails, trapped in despair♪

♪This heart-piercing punishment♪

♪As waterside blossoms wither♪

♪How brief this mortal journey goes♪

♪The bleak wind starts to blow♪

♪Like a mournful farewell ode♪

♪When zither breaks, who'll sing along♪

♪How deep does sorrow flow♪

♪Gazing at the moon beyond horizons♪

♪Let tears fall where maple leaves stay calm♪

♪When zither breaks, who'll sing along♪

♪How deep does sorrow flow♪

♪Gazing at the moon beyond horizons♪

♪Let tears fall where maple leaves stay calm♪

♪As flowers fall, so does the heart♪