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CHI YOU

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Chi You.

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It appears in various forms

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in ancient Chinese mythology and texts.

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In the Shan Hai Jing,

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it's a monster with a human body,
a bull's head, four eyes, and six arms.

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In the Shuyiji,

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it's a war god who devours iron and stone,
with a mind as hard as metal.

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Meanwhile, people around the Qi state

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believe he invented the bow, sword,
halberd, lance, and armor,

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the five tools of war.

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They worship him as the war god,
or "god of military arts."

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But is that the truth?

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No.

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In China, a king did not become a king.

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They were granted the position…

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by the demon god, Chi You.

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QIN, HAN, ZHAO, WEI, CHU, YAN, QI

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According to the Shiji, in the 28th year
of the First Emperor, 219 BC,

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the King of Qin
declared a "Unification of the Nation"

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and embarked on a tour of the East.

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On his journey,
he climbed Mount Tai alone.

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There, he performed
the Feng Shan Ceremony,

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a ritual for emperors
with the Mandate of Heaven.

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He prayed to the god of military arts,
Chi You.

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But what exactly was
the Feng Shan Ceremony?

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What exactly happened
at the summit of Mount Tai?

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The one who knows the truth is

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Qin Shi Huang.

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And only him.

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LONGEVITY

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So you've finally come.

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So you're the King of Qin
who destroyed the six states, huh?

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DEMON GOD, CHI YOU

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You're awfully young, aren't you?

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You've got some guts, I'll give you that.

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The kings before you trembled
just at the sight of me.

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Fine, then.

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Offer 10,000 of your people
as a sacrifice and kneel before me.

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Do that and I'll permit you to be
the emperor of China, the king of kings.

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As for a sacrifice,

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I've already prepared one.

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That's the spirit.

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What's the meaning of this?

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What's this clay doll?

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The soil of Qin is delicious.
Eat as much as you like.

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Disgusting!

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You still don't get it, do you, boy?

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Without the permission of a god like me,
China cannot be ruled.

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It cannot be governed.

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All the others before you
did as I commanded.

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You need only obey.

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Bù hǎo.

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What?

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That face, that voice, that arrogance.

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I'd rather die
than kneel to something as hideous as you.

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How dare you.

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Do you realize you're talking to a god?

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Calling yourself a god?
How utterly shameless.

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You man-eating monster.

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The kings before were no kings at all.

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I will defeat you
and become King of the Beginning.

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Don't get cocky!

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You insolent fool!

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DEMON GOD CHI YOU, DEFEATED

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The deadly battle
with the demon god, Chi You,

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is said to have lasted six days.

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The moment
the King of Qin emerged victorious,

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the history of China
passed into the hands of humans.

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Hǎo!

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In the 28th year of the First Emperor,

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the King of Qin performed
the Feng Shan Ceremony at Mount Tai

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and took the title of Qin Shi Huang.

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END OF ACT

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CHI YOU

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Amazing. Just amazing!

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To think he could blow away even Hades…

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But what was that technique?

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What even happened?

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A supreme skill Qin Shi Huang mastered
during his battle with Chi You.

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SWORD, ARMOR, HALBERD, LANCE, BOW

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The ultimate martial art,
consisting of five systems.

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Its name is Chi You.

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It's just like it was back then.

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Before I knew it, I was being thrown.

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That human did the same thing to Hades.

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Just what kind of technique is it?

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From what I saw,

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the energy from Hades' mighty strike

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was redirected and sent right back to him.

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It sounds simple enough,

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but to pull off such a feat against Hades,

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I don't know any human,
or even any god, capable of doing so.

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In other words, Hades was hit
by his own immense strength.

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Hades, or whatever your name is,
still wanna fight?

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Qin Shi Huang, was it?

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Let me ask you one thing.

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Ask away.

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What does a king mean to you?

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A king?

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Never wavering, never bending,
never relying on others,

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and always standing before the people.

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That is what a king is.

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Hades is laughing.

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I've never seen this before.

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Nor have I.

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So? What's so funny?

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You're just so much like someone I know.

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Someone like me?

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That person

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was more noble than any god.

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The gods do not flock together.

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More honest than anyone.

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The gods do not plot.

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And more worthy
of the title "king" than anyone.

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The gods do not rely on others.

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My younger brother.

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The king of the seas, Poseidon.

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In his name,

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I, his elder brother,
cannot allow myself to yield

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to a mere "king of men."

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Holding the spear so high up like that…

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What kind of stance is that?

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Hades, with his mighty spear,

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unleashes a single strike
with that unique stance.

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In other words,

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this is not a thrust,
but the spear's true way of fighting.

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The King of Helheim, with all his might…

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Persephone Titan!

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He brings it down!
Simply put, a crushing blow!

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Chi You, Armor Form.

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Force of the Phoenix!

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It's coming!

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This is bad! It's going to be countered
with that technique again!

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No, I'm not so sure.

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What?

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Try to withstand it, king of men!

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It's no good! It's being deflected!

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He's adding a backward pull
to the downward crushing force

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to prevent deflection forcefully!

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I am

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the King of Helheim.

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Hades!

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I will crush you!

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Is he… dead?

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Oh?

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You're still alive?

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So sticky.

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I must be covered in blood.

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Bù hǎo.

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You still wish to fight,

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king of men?

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Not a problem.

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Okay.

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Shall we continue,

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King of Helheim?

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Even after taking my blow,
you still smile.

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That's what makes you a king!

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A ferocious barrage
from Hades' mighty spear!

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Qin Shi Huang is utterly overwhelmed,
unable to resist!

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I knew it. The damage from before…

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No. Most likely, Qin Shi Huang
is aiming for something.

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A chance

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to unleash that technique,
Force of the Phoenix.

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Try to withstand it once more!

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Hades' mighty spear!

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It's crushing Qin Shi Huang once again!

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See, it's no use!

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That hit deep, didn't it?

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It's over.

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He's easing up!

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Chi You, Armor Form.

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Force of the Phoenix!

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Qin Shi Huang
counters Hades' deadly strike

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with Force of the Phoenix once again!

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How? How did he return my strike?

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Now then…

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We're far from done,

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King of Helheim!

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Attacking from the front?

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This is my domain.

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Die!

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Chi You, Lance Form.

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SWORD, ARMOR, HALBERD, LANCE, BOW

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Talon of the Dragon of Mount Tai!

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Qin Shi Huang's ferocious strike

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has pierced
the King of Helheim's divine body!

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That's impossible!

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Hades is…

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Just what is that human?

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He's certainly far from ordinary,
isn't he?

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It seems Hades
has already noticed something.

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Father!

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Where have you been?

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"Noticed something"?

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I see.

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Your breath, huh?

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Your breath.

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You exhaled a mass of air,

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struck the linchpin,
and disrupted the flow of my technique.

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Impressive.

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To think a mere mass of air could do that.

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I can see it, you know.

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Dwelling within you…

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is a star!

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He disrupted the technique
with a mass of air?

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What does that mean?

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All living things
have a flow of qi within them.

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And within that flow of qi,
there is always a "linchpin."

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Even if the slightest force
strikes that linchpin,

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it can disrupt the flow of qi,

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preventing one's true power
from being unleashed.

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Well, simply put,

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even a lethal, sure-kill technique

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can have its power diminished
just by blowing breath at it.

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However, a stationary object is one thing.

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In a life-or-death duel, the position
of the linchpin must shift rapidly.

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You'd have to pinpoint it in an instant.

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Is that even possible?

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I'd love to say such a feat is impossible,

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but it seems
that king can actually pull it off.

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It would be great to face him sometime.

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-Yeah.
-Absolutely!

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If it were me, I'd be like, bam!

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I'd be like, wham!

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-I'd just go slash-slash in a flash!
-These fight-crazed idiots.

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The linchpin and the flow of qi, huh?

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The linchpin
is what Qin Shi Huang calls the "star."

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He aims for the star,
strikes it with a mass of air,

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and disrupts the qi.

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That is the secret technique
of Chi You itself.

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Chi You, Bow Form.

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Torrent of the Tortoise.

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I don't really get it,

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but it's amazing!

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Wait, if Qin Shi Huang could see the star,

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why was he covering his eyes?

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Göll.

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When one gains an extraordinary ability,

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they lose something in return.

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That is the nature of humanity.

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What's that?

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Qin Shi Huang has a wound
in the same spot where Hades was struck!

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This is why

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I hate fighting with these eyes.

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It hurts.

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You…

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you can even feel the pain of others?

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I don't know the reason,
but it seems a burdensome existence.

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It is precisely because I know
the pain of others

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that I am the greatest king!

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That child was
the most cursed prince in history.

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In 260 BC,

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during the Battle of Changping,

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it is said that the Qin general Bai Qi

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buried alive a great number
of Zhao soldiers.

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According to the Shiji, that number

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was 450,000.

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The following year,

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Zichu, a Qin royal held hostage in Zhao,
had a child with a Zhao dancing girl,

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born in enemy territory.

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That child was none other than

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Ying Zheng, who would later
become Qin Shi Huang.

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However, in 257 BC,
his father, Zichu, returned to Qin alone.

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Abandoned by his father
at just two years old,

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his mother, Zhaoji,
neglected Yin Zheng's upbringing.

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Abandoned by his mother…

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QIN

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Prince Ying Zheng,
the son of Prince Zichu, is in Handan.

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What shall we do with him?

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Ying Zheng?

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I have no regard for such matters.

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King Zhaoxiang of Qin invaded Zhao
and laid siege to its capital, Handan.

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He was abandoned even by his country.

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FIVE YEARS LATER

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YING ZHENG, AGE SEVEN
(LATER BECOMES QIN SHI HUANG)

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I have returned.

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Of all things,
I am stuck guarding some Qin brat!

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You can say that again!

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He has no value as a hostage.

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If I had my way, I'd kill him myself!

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I'd bury him alive.

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Th…

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thank you for always protecting my home.

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Smirking like that… What a creepy kid!

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Even after Qin's siege,

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Zhao continued
to treat Ying Zheng as a hostage.

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Bearing the full brunt
of the Zhao people's hatred,

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he was kept under strict surveillance,
neither allowed to fully live nor die.

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Are you Ying Zheng?

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Yes, I am.

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Subtitle translation by: Daisy Savage