1 00:01:37,770 --> 00:01:40,620 [Fate Chooses You] 2 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,690 [Episode 5] 3 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,870 Primordial spirit stabilize the soul. 4 00:01:55,870 --> 00:01:58,000 A thousand lanterns, guided by blood. 5 00:01:58,070 --> 00:01:58,509 Rise! 6 00:02:13,030 --> 00:02:14,080 Immortal spells? 7 00:02:14,750 --> 00:02:15,880 What are they doing? 8 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:17,250 I don't know. 9 00:02:18,079 --> 00:02:19,079 But for Xin Mei, 10 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:20,850 this is not a good thing. 11 00:03:15,470 --> 00:03:16,130 Chengying. 12 00:03:17,190 --> 00:03:17,560 Go. 13 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,570 It's the War Demon! Run! 14 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:01,880 Don't eat me! Please! 15 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:16,330 This way. 16 00:05:29,310 --> 00:05:30,310 You're cornered. 17 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:31,920 If you are willing to repent, 18 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,720 and there may be a way out for you. 19 00:05:33,830 --> 00:05:34,360 Go, now. 20 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:42,600 This is... 21 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,880 Are you a disciple of the Tianyuan Sect? 22 00:05:46,190 --> 00:05:46,750 No. 23 00:05:47,159 --> 00:05:49,220 Then do you know Senior Bai Zongying? 24 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,140 Are we fighting or not? 25 00:05:51,270 --> 00:05:52,400 If not, I'm leaving. 26 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,880 You're asking for it. 27 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:37,430 Come here. 28 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:38,530 Hurry up! 29 00:06:40,750 --> 00:06:42,040 Here. Hide inside. 30 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:44,800 -Mei. -Mei. 31 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:46,720 I can't protect all of you. 32 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:47,780 Don't make a sound. 33 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,390 Stay hidden. 34 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:52,480 Mei. 35 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:57,450 You are in such a hurry— 36 00:06:59,310 --> 00:07:00,750 where are you going? 37 00:07:01,390 --> 00:07:02,120 Go find her. 38 00:07:02,830 --> 00:07:03,600 Have fun. 39 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:44,950 A mere Qi Refining cultivator 40 00:07:44,950 --> 00:07:46,680 really worth all this trouble? 41 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,360 I suggest you surrender. 42 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:49,620 My time is limited. 43 00:07:50,310 --> 00:07:52,040 My master is expecting me back. 44 00:07:56,870 --> 00:07:58,950 You always talk about your master. 45 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,750 Nangong Guhong. 46 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,450 How old are you exactly? 47 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,200 Haven't you been weaned yet? 48 00:08:04,430 --> 00:08:06,190 Or has your moral sense gone astray, 49 00:08:06,190 --> 00:08:07,000 that you've developed 50 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,160 such a despicable feeling for your master? 51 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,820 Are you planning to marry her? 52 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,480 Don't be afraid, Immortal Lady. 53 00:08:18,950 --> 00:08:21,080 I don't want to make things difficult. 54 00:08:21,310 --> 00:08:23,310 But you killed one of my sect members 55 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,690 and destroyed this magical artifact. 56 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,560 I have no choice but to take you back with me 57 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,420 to give my people an explanation. 58 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:31,270 You and that Mr. Gui 59 00:08:31,870 --> 00:08:33,130 are from the same sect? 60 00:08:33,669 --> 00:08:34,270 Yes. 61 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,440 But I'm not here for revenge. 62 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,240 I'm simply just following the orders 63 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,440 to fight against you. 64 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,440 Why don't you come with me quietly? 65 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,390 I promise to leave your body intact. 66 00:08:47,910 --> 00:08:49,080 Birds of a feather. 67 00:08:49,870 --> 00:08:51,870 Since you refuse to listen to reason, 68 00:08:51,870 --> 00:08:53,670 then I'll have to use force. 69 00:08:57,670 --> 00:08:58,790 Sir you certainly 70 00:08:58,790 --> 00:09:00,120 have made quite a scene— 71 00:09:00,670 --> 00:09:02,000 breaking my formation, 72 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,060 humiliating the immortal sects, 73 00:09:04,630 --> 00:09:06,890 and now you're trying to save that woman? 74 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,480 It seems like you're deliberately 75 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,280 making things difficult for me. 76 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,840 This is the Dragon Prison Formation, 77 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,910 a masterpiece I've devoted my life to. 78 00:09:20,910 --> 00:09:22,030 The twenty-four Gates of Life 79 00:09:22,030 --> 00:09:23,030 have been sealed, 80 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,270 and the thirty-six Paths of Death have been blocked as well. 81 00:09:25,270 --> 00:09:26,840 As they say, "There's neither road to heaven 82 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,240 nor door into the earth." 83 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:29,910 Even a Golden Core cultivator 84 00:09:29,910 --> 00:09:31,240 would struggle to break it. 85 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:31,960 Now then, 86 00:09:32,150 --> 00:09:34,080 can we have a proper conversation? 87 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,450 Has anyone ever told you 88 00:09:35,790 --> 00:09:37,150 you talk too much? 89 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:46,720 You... 90 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,500 What exactly is your cultivation level? 91 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:50,840 I've never bothered to count. 92 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,200 But it's more than enough 93 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,600 to break your formation. 94 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:11,710 Flute player, 95 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:13,550 what are you waiting for? 96 00:10:19,750 --> 00:10:20,360 Useless. 97 00:10:20,610 --> 00:10:22,010 You can't even land a hit. 98 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:23,050 Without you, 99 00:10:23,670 --> 00:10:25,470 I'd have taken her down long ago. 100 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,320 The Chengying Sword does not strike the nameless. 101 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,360 Tell me your name. 102 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,840 You talk too much. 103 00:11:38,550 --> 00:11:40,080 You betrayed your Dao heart 104 00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:42,070 by interfering in mortal affairs. 105 00:11:42,070 --> 00:11:43,790 That alone condemns you to death. 106 00:11:43,790 --> 00:11:45,050 Dragging us into this— 107 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,120 that sin is beyond forgiveness. 108 00:11:57,030 --> 00:11:58,490 Still won't admit defeat? 109 00:11:58,510 --> 00:11:59,770 As long as I'm not dead, 110 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I have not lost. 111 00:12:45,050 --> 00:12:49,800 ♪ Being haunted by the spell, even if it's cruel ♪ 112 00:12:49,950 --> 00:12:53,060 ♪ It's better than being trapped by fate ♪ 113 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,720 ♪ Between gain and loss ♪ 114 00:12:54,850 --> 00:12:58,800 ♪ Lies a thousand years of grace ♪ 115 00:12:54,910 --> 00:12:55,870 The book says, 116 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,510 once you replaced the body, you'll be able to see color. 117 00:12:58,510 --> 00:12:59,910 It should be soon, right? 118 00:13:01,010 --> 00:13:04,180 ♪ Soul consumed, bones remade— I accept it all ♪ 119 00:13:04,290 --> 00:13:08,020 ♪ Embracing pain as home, reborn like a phoenix ♪ 120 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:14,450 ♪ Just to trade the rest of my days for one true life as a human ♪ 121 00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:19,040 ♪ Let strong wine carry me into drunken nights till midnight ♪ 122 00:13:19,070 --> 00:13:22,130 ♪ Let my soul blaze in brilliant colors ♪ 123 00:13:22,150 --> 00:13:24,980 ♪ Let the agony of a thousand cuts ♪ 124 00:13:25,010 --> 00:13:29,600 ♪ Stand as proof that I have lived ♪ 125 00:13:29,890 --> 00:13:33,490 ♪ Let me taste a life of flesh and blood in full ♪ 126 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,670 ♪ Let me savor the many flavors of the mortal world ♪ 127 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,700 ♪ Let me face the world's warmth and cold alike ♪ 128 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:44,060 ♪ To live and perish with it, daring to go mad, daring to dream ♪ 129 00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:50,020 ♪ Don't live in vain, have a pleasant journey of life ♪ 130 00:13:58,340 --> 00:14:03,080 ♪ Being haunted by the spell, even if it's cruel ♪ 131 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,350 ♪ It's better than being trapped by fate ♪ 132 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:08,010 ♪ Between gain and loss ♪ 133 00:14:08,130 --> 00:14:12,090 ♪ Lies a thousand years of grace ♪ 134 00:14:13,870 --> 00:14:14,870 Give a dog a bad name 135 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:17,470 ♪ Soul consumed, bones remade— I accept it all ♪ 136 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:16,030 and hang him. 137 00:14:16,750 --> 00:14:18,000 Though we haven't interacted much, 138 00:14:17,580 --> 00:14:21,310 ♪ Embracing pain as home, reborn like a phoenix ♪ 139 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,120 I feel that you're not the same as 140 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,650 what's being said about you out there. 141 00:14:21,650 --> 00:14:27,740 ♪ Just to trade the rest of my days for one true life as a human ♪ 142 00:14:22,030 --> 00:14:22,870 If you were truly 143 00:14:22,870 --> 00:14:24,070 greedy and cowardly, 144 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,440 you'd have come asking me for help, right? 145 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,960 After all, in the eyes of the world, 146 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,000 I'm also a cultivator. 147 00:14:28,090 --> 00:14:31,690 ♪ Let me taste a life of flesh and blood in full ♪ 148 00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:31,270 You... 149 00:14:31,710 --> 00:14:34,870 ♪ Let me savor the many flavors of the mortal world ♪ 150 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,810 you don't want to live anymore? 151 00:14:35,070 --> 00:14:36,890 ♪ Let me face the world's warmth and cold alike ♪ 152 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:42,260 ♪ To live and perish with it, daring to go mad, daring to dream ♪ 153 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:48,220 ♪ Don't live in vain, have a pleasant journey of life ♪ 154 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,320 Is it heavy? 155 00:14:51,870 --> 00:14:52,440 No. 156 00:14:58,870 --> 00:14:59,400 Quickly. 157 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,030 What is this? 158 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:19,690 It looks like medicine. 159 00:15:20,630 --> 00:15:21,230 Medicine? 160 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:23,720 Is it to treat Mei's wounds? 161 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:26,750 Who gave it to her? 162 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:28,550 I don't know. 163 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,330 We can't just use it. 164 00:15:30,510 --> 00:15:32,110 We don't even know where it came from. 165 00:15:32,110 --> 00:15:33,240 What if it's poison? 166 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:52,840 Lu. 167 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:54,450 How is Immortal Xin? 168 00:15:55,670 --> 00:15:56,360 Find a way 169 00:15:56,550 --> 00:15:57,610 to make her take it. 170 00:15:59,670 --> 00:16:01,930 Isn't this your own life-saving elixir? 171 00:16:03,790 --> 00:16:05,030 Haven't you already given her 172 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:06,960 the Hidden-heart Orchid to restore her Qihai? 173 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,160 Why give her this too? 174 00:16:08,550 --> 00:16:09,610 Just give it to her. 175 00:16:10,550 --> 00:16:12,320 First a magical artifact, then flowers, 176 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,030 and now even your life-saving elixir. 177 00:16:14,030 --> 00:16:14,630 Lu, 178 00:16:15,630 --> 00:16:17,830 you're feeling bad for her, aren't you? 179 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:19,640 Right. 180 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,750 If it were me, I'd feel the same. 181 00:16:21,750 --> 00:16:23,080 What Immortal Xin did 182 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,400 was truly righteous. 183 00:16:24,910 --> 00:16:26,640 She has only met you a few times, 184 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,320 yet she risked her life for you 185 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,210 and ended up severely injured. 186 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,940 Tell me, what is she after? 187 00:16:33,790 --> 00:16:35,850 Could it be that she's fallen for you? 188 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:37,960 If you end up like her one day, 189 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,900 I would feel sorry for you too. 190 00:16:41,030 --> 00:16:41,910 That doesn't sound 191 00:16:41,910 --> 00:16:42,910 like a good thing. 192 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:45,360 But I'm in a good mood today. 193 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:46,670 Let me take you somewhere 194 00:16:46,670 --> 00:16:47,750 to broaden your horizons. 195 00:16:47,750 --> 00:16:48,910 Broaden my horizons? 196 00:16:48,910 --> 00:16:49,440 Let's go. 197 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,140 You'll see when you get there. 198 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:54,420 [Liang Residence] 199 00:17:05,030 --> 00:17:06,089 My senior has left? 200 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,069 Yes. 201 00:17:08,030 --> 00:17:09,790 Young Sect Leader Lin left a letter, 202 00:17:09,790 --> 00:17:11,349 saying he had an epiphany at Lingtai, 203 00:17:11,349 --> 00:17:12,720 and feared an impending tribulation, 204 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,640 so he returned to his sect for secluded meditation. 205 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,030 Senior Jin, you just arrived in the city. 206 00:17:16,030 --> 00:17:17,750 Have you discovered anything? 207 00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:18,609 I came too late. 208 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,030 By the time I got here, 209 00:17:20,030 --> 00:17:21,560 the fight was already over. 210 00:17:27,109 --> 00:17:28,030 Immortals, 211 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:29,510 did Immortal Lin 212 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,590 flee the battle 213 00:17:31,790 --> 00:17:33,790 because he was frightened by that enchantress? 214 00:17:33,790 --> 00:17:34,590 Do you really think that female cultivator 215 00:17:34,590 --> 00:17:35,990 is some powerful figure? 216 00:17:36,030 --> 00:17:37,720 She's just a cultivator at the Qi Refining stage. 217 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:38,880 What is there to fear? 218 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:40,070 Qi Refining stage? 219 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:41,830 And yet, with all of you surrounding her, 220 00:17:41,830 --> 00:17:43,830 she still managed to escape, right? 221 00:17:49,270 --> 00:17:50,750 I know 222 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,010 that your abilities are exceptional. 223 00:17:53,110 --> 00:17:55,270 But the longer this drags on, the more dangerous it becomes. 224 00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:57,000 That enchantress is still out there, 225 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,530 which is quite unsettling. 226 00:17:58,830 --> 00:17:59,550 Why not 227 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:02,270 write a letter to your sect elders 228 00:18:02,590 --> 00:18:03,850 and ask for their help? 229 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,440 So we can put an end to this mess 230 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:06,570 as soon as possible. 231 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,110 Does she deserve my master's intervention? 232 00:18:09,110 --> 00:18:11,160 Whether she does or not isn't the point. 233 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:12,070 The real deal is— 234 00:18:12,070 --> 00:18:13,930 how do we catch that enchantress? 235 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,240 Back then, the Imperial Court 236 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,750 made a pact 237 00:18:21,310 --> 00:18:22,920 with the Twelve Immortal Sects. 238 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,850 The Court permitted them to exist, 239 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:26,310 to take in disciples, to preach their ways, 240 00:18:26,310 --> 00:18:27,400 and to establish their own sects. 241 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,180 But the immortal sects are also obligated to help the Court 242 00:18:29,180 --> 00:18:30,110 to maintain order— 243 00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:32,270 strictly forbidding any cultivator from entering the mortal world 244 00:18:32,270 --> 00:18:34,530 to interfere with the empire's affairs. 245 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:38,830 But later, unaffiliated cultivators emerged, 246 00:18:38,830 --> 00:18:39,640 ignoring the rules. 247 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,440 Then we have the evil sect, which is also uncontrollable. 248 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,070 They entered the path without establishing a Dao heart, 249 00:18:43,070 --> 00:18:44,440 doing whatever they want. 250 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:45,900 They are utterly lawless! 251 00:18:46,070 --> 00:18:47,750 Even so, it would have been manageable— 252 00:18:47,750 --> 00:18:49,160 as long as the Twelve Immortal Sects 253 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,400 kept them in check. 254 00:18:50,590 --> 00:18:51,590 But look at the state of things now! 255 00:18:51,590 --> 00:18:53,000 Even a mere Qi Refining cultivator 256 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,830 can walk through the capital as if she owns it. 257 00:18:54,830 --> 00:18:55,920 What kind of rule is this? 258 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,580 And what kind of world is this? 259 00:18:58,210 --> 00:18:59,320 I am speaking! 260 00:18:59,350 --> 00:19:00,830 Can you play that flute later? 261 00:19:00,830 --> 00:19:02,030 What's your problem? 262 00:19:08,830 --> 00:19:10,290 My Lord, please sit tight. 263 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:14,240 Well... 264 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,110 Immortal Masters, 265 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,830 do you have any other solutions? 266 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:19,640 Wait. 267 00:19:20,070 --> 00:19:21,030 Just wait? 268 00:19:21,270 --> 00:19:21,720 Yes. 269 00:19:22,550 --> 00:19:23,880 Wait for her to kill you. 270 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,480 You are her target. 271 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,050 Until she kills you, 272 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,130 she will not leave the capital. 273 00:19:32,270 --> 00:19:32,830 So, 274 00:19:33,270 --> 00:19:34,400 as long as you are here, 275 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,270 she will come. 276 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,400 A weak woman like her— 277 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,680 knowing so many people are after her— 278 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,740 you think she'd still dare to show up? 279 00:19:47,030 --> 00:19:48,490 Still won't admit defeat? 280 00:19:48,510 --> 00:19:49,770 As long as I'm not dead, 281 00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:51,030 I have not lost. 282 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:57,160 She will. 283 00:19:58,270 --> 00:19:59,270 Just wait and see. 284 00:20:05,590 --> 00:20:07,310 You don't need to put on a long face. 285 00:20:07,310 --> 00:20:08,200 With us here, 286 00:20:08,510 --> 00:20:09,720 that head of yours 287 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:10,830 will stay safely 288 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:11,940 right on your neck. 289 00:20:46,750 --> 00:20:47,280 Brother. 290 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,070 Hurry up! 291 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:48,750 Coming! 292 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,240 Be careful—don't spill it. 293 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:52,830 Okay. 294 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,310 Immortal Lady. 295 00:21:01,830 --> 00:21:02,960 You're awake. 296 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,160 Immortal Lady, 297 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,200 please eat. 298 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,110 My brother and I 299 00:21:29,310 --> 00:21:31,110 just picked these from the tree. 300 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,260 They're not dirty. 301 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:39,830 So, 302 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,590 you are Lu Huai's children? 303 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:43,940 We are his foster children. 304 00:21:43,940 --> 00:21:45,270 Lord Lu was kind to us. 305 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:46,210 When he died, 306 00:21:46,310 --> 00:21:48,110 no one burned offerings for him, or swept his tomb. 307 00:21:48,110 --> 00:21:49,510 So we kowtowed on our own, 308 00:21:49,650 --> 00:21:51,440 and saw him as our foster father. 309 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,160 Father was very good to us. 310 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:54,680 When he was alive, 311 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,590 he often brought us food. 312 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,750 Later, he was locked up. 313 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,770 Then those people came and smashed the house. 314 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,760 My brother and I stayed there 315 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,090 to watch over the house for Father. 316 00:22:07,510 --> 00:22:08,640 We thought 317 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,270 he'd come back one day. 318 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:14,400 But... 319 00:22:18,590 --> 00:22:20,310 So you saved me 320 00:22:20,830 --> 00:22:21,720 because of him? 321 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,640 You gave Father a proper burial. 322 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:24,840 You are a good person. 323 00:22:28,510 --> 00:22:30,310 Wei County is so far from the capital. 324 00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:31,750 Why did you two come all the way here? 325 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:33,280 Because you can avenge him. 326 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:34,530 Only you would, 327 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,340 and only you could avenge him. 328 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:37,310 You are an immortal. 329 00:22:37,310 --> 00:22:39,200 Immortals protect good people. 330 00:22:40,830 --> 00:22:41,960 I'm not an immortal. 331 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,460 I'm just a cultivator. 332 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,000 It's all the same. 333 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,690 Last time, when I fought 334 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:49,790 that black-robed elder, 335 00:22:49,790 --> 00:22:51,450 were you the ones who saved me? 336 00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:52,760 You were injured 337 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,000 and passed out. 338 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,330 So we dragged you back to the house. 339 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,600 But this time was different. 340 00:22:58,750 --> 00:23:00,550 The soldiers were everywhere— 341 00:23:01,070 --> 00:23:02,880 arresting people across the city. 342 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:03,940 It was terrifying. 343 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,030 So we didn't dare stay anymore. 344 00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:10,110 Then this time... 345 00:23:10,510 --> 00:23:11,720 where did you find me? 346 00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:12,750 At the ruined house. 347 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:13,400 That night, 348 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:14,860 you hid us in the haystack. 349 00:23:15,030 --> 00:23:16,360 We didn't dare come out. 350 00:23:16,690 --> 00:23:19,030 We stayed until dawn, then went back to the house. 351 00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:19,580 The moment we opened the door, 352 00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:21,440 we found you unconscious inside. 353 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,070 Then we 354 00:23:22,070 --> 00:23:23,070 brought you here. 355 00:23:23,790 --> 00:23:24,790 The ruined house? 356 00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:26,960 But I remember 357 00:23:27,190 --> 00:23:29,060 I passed out on the street. 358 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,250 Someone must have saved me. 359 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,070 Did you see anyone? 360 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:34,520 No. 361 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,000 Me neither. 362 00:23:42,210 --> 00:23:43,340 You haven't eaten? 363 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:53,960 We're not hungry. 364 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,820 I'll take Jiujiu out to eat later. 365 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,440 Here, have one first. 366 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:08,210 Thank you, Immortal Lady. 367 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,860 Didn't you call me Mei before? 368 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,640 Just call me that. 369 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,070 We heard 370 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,960 you were our foster father's wife. 371 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:18,690 But we followed him for so long, 372 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,480 we never once saw him get married. 373 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:21,160 Back in Wei County, 374 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,270 many beautiful young women 375 00:24:22,270 --> 00:24:23,270 liked our foster father. 376 00:24:23,270 --> 00:24:25,400 They even sent matchmakers to propose, 377 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,930 but he turned them all down. 378 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:27,480 What exactly 379 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,280 was your relationship with him? 380 00:24:29,350 --> 00:24:30,010 Were you two 381 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,560 really husband and wife? 382 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:06,440 Lu, 383 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:08,160 don't just drink. 384 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:09,000 Come here. 385 00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:11,830 So this is the horizon-broadening experience 386 00:25:11,830 --> 00:25:14,750 you insisted on bringing me to see instead of delivering my medicine? 387 00:25:14,750 --> 00:25:15,270 Yeah. 388 00:25:16,270 --> 00:25:17,200 I've reserved 389 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:19,440 the entire Zuixian Restaurant today. 390 00:25:19,590 --> 00:25:21,350 Bridges like starlight, trees like fire. 391 00:25:21,350 --> 00:25:23,550 Ten thousand red lotuses in full bloom. 392 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,280 The dancers are enchanting, 393 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,240 the music lingers in the air. 394 00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:29,000 With fine wine to drink 395 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,400 and paintings to admire— 396 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:31,510 what more 397 00:25:32,070 --> 00:25:33,800 could one possibly ask of life? 398 00:25:34,750 --> 00:25:36,590 Only if you can actually get it. 399 00:25:37,030 --> 00:25:38,290 To me, a place like this 400 00:25:38,310 --> 00:25:39,110 is nothing 401 00:25:40,110 --> 00:25:41,070 but a headache 402 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:42,340 and an eyesore. 403 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,480 Everything in this world 404 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,240 has to stay in balance. 405 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,440 Just like Tai Chi— 406 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:55,280 yin and yang opposing each other. 407 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,350 One must give up something to gain something else. 408 00:25:57,350 --> 00:25:58,160 You War Demons 409 00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,640 are born with powerful physiques, 410 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,270 and lightning cultivation speed. 411 00:26:01,270 --> 00:26:03,200 Even your blood has healing power. 412 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,550 If you were just like mortals 413 00:26:04,550 --> 00:26:05,680 in every other way, 414 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,440 wouldn't you be having 415 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,520 all the advantages in the world? 416 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:13,240 That's a punishment from the gods. 417 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,640 I know it's a punishment. 418 00:26:15,070 --> 00:26:17,070 I'm just trying to give you a new way to look at it. 419 00:26:17,070 --> 00:26:18,200 Think of it this way. 420 00:26:18,270 --> 00:26:20,640 Mortals must endure great trials and tribulations 421 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,170 if they want to become gods. 422 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,250 For you to become human, 423 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,000 you must go through the same. 424 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:26,880 Does that 425 00:26:27,310 --> 00:26:28,790 make you feel a bit better? 426 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:31,040 Not at all. 427 00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:45,030 I know. 428 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,070 War Demons are brutal and bloodthirsty. 429 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:49,940 Your bodies are powerful, 430 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:51,590 yet you feel no pain. 431 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:53,270 You don't feel pain yourselves, 432 00:26:53,270 --> 00:26:55,530 and you don't care whether others bleed— 433 00:26:56,110 --> 00:26:57,240 then you become mad. 434 00:26:57,830 --> 00:27:00,350 Everything you taste is foul and rotten, 435 00:27:00,830 --> 00:27:01,880 but for survival, 436 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,060 you must swallow it day after day. 437 00:27:04,110 --> 00:27:05,920 What others call delicacies, 438 00:27:06,350 --> 00:27:07,590 to War Demons, 439 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,540 are nothing but filthy swill— 440 00:27:10,270 --> 00:27:11,670 then you become envious. 441 00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:13,630 You know the turn of day and night 442 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,680 and the changing of seasons, 443 00:27:16,230 --> 00:27:18,490 yet you can never sleep, not for a single night. 444 00:27:18,490 --> 00:27:19,770 A lifetime spent 445 00:27:20,070 --> 00:27:21,510 without ever knowing a dream— 446 00:27:21,510 --> 00:27:22,910 then you become anxious. 447 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,590 They say the world is a tapestry of a thousand colors, 448 00:27:25,590 --> 00:27:26,790 bright and dazzling, 449 00:27:27,270 --> 00:27:28,550 yet you can't see them, 450 00:27:28,750 --> 00:27:31,030 so it's just boring and lifeless. 451 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:34,400 To you, a beauty is no different from a shura-demon; 452 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:35,480 a prosperous world 453 00:27:35,510 --> 00:27:37,510 is no different from the Avici Hell— 454 00:27:39,110 --> 00:27:40,840 then you become cold-blooded. 455 00:27:41,070 --> 00:27:42,270 A life like this 456 00:27:42,510 --> 00:27:44,000 may seem 457 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,630 completely meaningless to you. 458 00:27:47,270 --> 00:27:48,000 But now, 459 00:27:48,590 --> 00:27:49,830 you've found a way. 460 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,310 If you can endure these five trials: 461 00:27:52,310 --> 00:27:52,920 the replacing of the flesh, 462 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,030 the bone, the blood, and the heart. 463 00:27:54,030 --> 00:27:55,160 As long as you pass these five trials, 464 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,440 you will be reborn 465 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:57,960 as a human! 466 00:27:58,830 --> 00:27:59,480 Lu, 467 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,480 you can already sleep peacefully, 468 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,540 And soon you will be able to see color. 469 00:28:04,590 --> 00:28:06,650 You are not like the other War Demons. 470 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,110 Your Avici Hell 471 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,420 already has a ray of light! 472 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:11,590 Come. 473 00:28:12,350 --> 00:28:15,000 Today, let me teach you ahead of time, 474 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:16,510 and see what colors 475 00:28:16,510 --> 00:28:18,270 truly look like in this world. 476 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,720 Distant mountains wear a misty grey, soft and stretching far. 477 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,000 Cool strings of the lute chase the sunset glow in a wine cup. 478 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:29,110 Lu, 479 00:28:30,110 --> 00:28:32,400 this is the Mountain-Mist Grey. 480 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,160 Thank you for the compliment, Sir. 481 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,400 Mild husks of grain, tender as rice water; 482 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,930 golden cups sway as the wind ripens the paddy. 483 00:28:40,830 --> 00:28:41,310 This is 484 00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:43,160 the Rice-Cream Yellow. 485 00:28:43,350 --> 00:28:45,070 And this is the Golden Yellow. 486 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,270 In April, green plums are small as beans, 487 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,110 while loquats in the forest are ripe and plump. 488 00:28:53,750 --> 00:28:55,440 But this isn't a loquat, 489 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,880 nor is it a green plum. 490 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:04,400 This... 491 00:29:05,070 --> 00:29:06,330 is the true Plum Green. 492 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:08,960 I can't distinguish 493 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:10,490 any of what you were saying. 494 00:29:11,830 --> 00:29:13,030 I just want to ask you, 495 00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:15,880 what color is your collar? 496 00:29:17,750 --> 00:29:18,510 Red. 497 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:21,400 Red? 498 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:47,880 Lu, 499 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,310 you can see red? 500 00:29:51,010 --> 00:29:51,490 Yes. 501 00:29:52,330 --> 00:29:53,050 I can... 502 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:54,880 see red now. 503 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:57,920 Lu, 504 00:29:58,110 --> 00:29:59,590 you can see red! 505 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,270 You can see color now! 506 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:04,920 You can see red! 507 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,070 You can recognize color now! 508 00:30:09,270 --> 00:30:10,110 Lu! 509 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:12,350 It's red! 510 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:39,830 I thought 511 00:30:40,590 --> 00:30:42,520 you'd never see color in your life. 512 00:30:44,070 --> 00:30:45,160 What if this method 513 00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:46,440 doesn't work? 514 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:48,200 Lu. 515 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,680 We may be the same age, 516 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,350 and equally strong in cultivation— 517 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,370 but to be honest, 518 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:56,830 all these years, 519 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,160 I've always treated you like my own son. 520 00:31:06,790 --> 00:31:07,310 Right. 521 00:31:46,390 --> 00:31:47,740 [The Order of King Ding] 522 00:32:40,930 --> 00:32:44,650 [Emperor Zongding] 523 00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:19,110 Sir, you are here. 524 00:33:28,030 --> 00:33:29,310 After all these years, 525 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,400 you still look exactly the same. 526 00:33:33,270 --> 00:33:34,800 You haven't changed at all. 527 00:33:35,550 --> 00:33:37,750 And this palace hasn't changed either. 528 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,160 Not even a single tile has cracked. 529 00:33:40,830 --> 00:33:43,200 They say time spares no one— 530 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,920 yet it seems I'm the only one 531 00:33:48,270 --> 00:33:50,240 being carried away by it. 532 00:33:50,790 --> 00:33:51,830 Time flies, 533 00:33:52,590 --> 00:33:53,590 and the body ages. 534 00:33:54,110 --> 00:33:55,640 It's inevitable, isn't it? 535 00:33:56,510 --> 00:33:57,880 You are right, Sir. 536 00:33:59,000 --> 00:33:59,440 Come. 537 00:33:59,790 --> 00:34:00,750 Please sit. 538 00:34:02,830 --> 00:34:04,890 Knowing you were coming to the capital, 539 00:34:04,890 --> 00:34:06,160 I specially had someone 540 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,290 fetch cold wine from Wuquan Mountain. 541 00:34:09,070 --> 00:34:10,280 It was placed in the ice cellar 542 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,000 for four hours. 543 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:14,440 Sir, back then, 544 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,880 this wine was your favorite. 545 00:34:17,630 --> 00:34:18,590 Try it. 546 00:34:19,230 --> 00:34:21,110 See if it tastes the same. 547 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,740 All these years traveling the world, 548 00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:05,410 have you heard 549 00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:07,120 any rumors about me? 550 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:08,710 Rumors? 551 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,530 What kind of rumors? 552 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:11,960 About my talent. 553 00:35:13,230 --> 00:35:14,920 You haven't heard, Sir? 554 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,280 They say I excel in calligraphy and painting. 555 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:19,840 Inscriptions, calligraphy, 556 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:21,590 and poetry, I excel in all. 557 00:35:22,590 --> 00:35:24,870 My brushstrokes are powerful and ethereal, 558 00:35:24,870 --> 00:35:26,530 as if guided by the immortals. 559 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:27,920 I even have a title 560 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,360 in the literary world— 561 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,800 the Immortal of the Four Masteries. 562 00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:33,320 It means 563 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,440 my calligraphy and painting 564 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,970 can stir the winds and rain, 565 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,210 and suppress both ghosts and gods. 566 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,880 Have you heard of it, Sir? 567 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:48,400 Sir, 568 00:35:48,940 --> 00:35:50,140 why are you laughing? 569 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:51,810 I don't mean anything else. 570 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,840 It's just that over these years, 571 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,550 I've barely picked up a brush. 572 00:35:56,070 --> 00:35:57,320 So I wouldn't know much 573 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:58,450 about these things. 574 00:35:58,550 --> 00:35:59,150 Really? 575 00:36:03,710 --> 00:36:05,070 I see. 576 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,070 After we parted, 577 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,280 I assumed you must've changed your name. 578 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,370 But your talent was unparalleled— 579 00:36:15,710 --> 00:36:18,710 your calligraphy and paintings were the best in the world. 580 00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:20,110 If you released a new work, 581 00:36:20,110 --> 00:36:21,910 it would surely shake the world. 582 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,150 So I threw myself into it as well. 583 00:36:25,590 --> 00:36:28,720 I had people collect works of calligraphy and painting. 584 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,800 But there has been no word of you. 585 00:36:32,710 --> 00:36:34,440 People come and go in this life. 586 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:35,440 It's like 587 00:36:35,710 --> 00:36:37,190 lonely geese drifting by the clouds, 588 00:36:37,190 --> 00:36:39,190 or duckweed floating upon the water. 589 00:36:39,190 --> 00:36:40,920 You shouldn't be too attached. 590 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:41,590 Right. 591 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:44,550 I thought so too. 592 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,660 But you, Sir, have always been a man of your word— 593 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,730 your promises are as solid as gold. 594 00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:54,280 But Sir... 595 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:56,960 This time, 596 00:36:59,670 --> 00:37:01,320 why did you come back? 597 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,960 Why do you remain silent? 598 00:37:17,190 --> 00:37:18,520 What do you want to hear? 599 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,070 Anything is fine. 600 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,150 We, teacher and disciple, haven't met for so many years. 601 00:37:23,150 --> 00:37:25,710 Shouldn't we reminisce about the past, 602 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,000 or speak of the longing since our parting? 603 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,860 Shouldn't we talk of old friends, 604 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,460 or the world as it is today? 605 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:33,680 Could it be... 606 00:37:34,670 --> 00:37:35,840 that you 607 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:38,190 simply have nothing left 608 00:37:38,190 --> 00:37:39,360 to say to me? 609 00:37:48,110 --> 00:37:48,970 Are you afraid? 610 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:50,110 Afraid? 611 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:52,840 What would I have to fear? 612 00:37:53,110 --> 00:37:53,760 Indeed. 613 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,540 What could you possibly fear? 614 00:37:57,550 --> 00:37:58,670 Now you have 615 00:37:58,670 --> 00:38:00,270 everything you ever wanted— 616 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,480 a beautiful empire, 617 00:38:01,510 --> 00:38:02,970 and millions of citizens. 618 00:38:03,110 --> 00:38:04,510 Seated upon that throne, 619 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:07,100 what could you possibly fear? 620 00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:11,190 I helped you to the throne back then, 621 00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:12,800 but it was a mere coincidence. 622 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,070 I happened to enter the palace, 623 00:38:14,070 --> 00:38:16,150 and we happened to be master and student. 624 00:38:16,150 --> 00:38:17,760 It just so happened that at the time, 625 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,960 you were someone agreeable to the eyes. 626 00:38:20,110 --> 00:38:21,670 It just so happened that at the time, 627 00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:23,320 the palace, from top to bottom, 628 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:24,450 was a complete mess. 629 00:38:24,670 --> 00:38:26,400 Then I helped you along the way. 630 00:38:27,150 --> 00:38:28,680 I ask for nothing in return. 631 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:30,920 I told you this a long time ago. 632 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,230 Once you secured the throne, 633 00:38:32,230 --> 00:38:33,430 you wanted to kill me. 634 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:34,790 But you know 635 00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:35,950 I am not a mortal, 636 00:38:36,550 --> 00:38:38,410 and you could never truly kill me. 637 00:38:40,150 --> 00:38:42,110 I had no intention of taking revenge. 638 00:38:42,110 --> 00:38:43,310 I always keep my word. 639 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,640 So no matter how many years pass, 640 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,800 you have nothing to fear from me. 641 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:51,320 This time, 642 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,290 I came for private matters. 643 00:38:55,230 --> 00:38:57,840 Does it involve those cultivators from the immortal sects? 644 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,190 It has nothing to do with you. 645 00:38:59,190 --> 00:39:00,920 You don't need to worry about it. 646 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,050 In five days at most, 647 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:03,680 I will leave the capital. 648 00:39:17,230 --> 00:39:17,840 Sir. 649 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:19,590 Sir. 650 00:39:26,110 --> 00:39:26,960 Sir. 651 00:39:27,670 --> 00:39:29,400 Have you been to Beixiang? 652 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:31,760 Back then, 653 00:39:32,430 --> 00:39:33,760 you painted a picture— 654 00:39:34,590 --> 00:39:35,920 Lonely mountains, ten thousand feet high, 655 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,440 cloaked in endless snow. 656 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,440 You said the sun in Beixiang was wonderful, 657 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:41,760 bright and fierce. 658 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,550 When it rises, 659 00:39:43,550 --> 00:39:45,350 it's like gold paving the earth. 660 00:39:47,070 --> 00:39:48,800 You said that one day, 661 00:39:49,590 --> 00:39:51,440 you would see it for yourself. 662 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:53,690 You said you would go there too. 663 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:55,110 Yes. 664 00:39:55,670 --> 00:39:56,870 Did you ever go there? 665 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,100 I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Sir. 666 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,850 When I was a kid reading my lessons, 667 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,810 I believed our empire was boundless, 668 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:08,900 possessing all within the four seas. 669 00:40:10,070 --> 00:40:11,890 I thought if one day 670 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,510 I ascended the throne 671 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:14,960 I'd look out toward the frontier, 672 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,360 and see the magnificent scenery by myself. 673 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:21,760 But now 674 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,590 that I truly sit upon this throne, 675 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:31,200 all I see 676 00:40:31,230 --> 00:40:33,480 are these square courtyards, 677 00:40:35,220 --> 00:40:37,580 and the ministers coming and going. 678 00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:41,150 I've longed to go out to see the world. 679 00:40:41,590 --> 00:40:44,000 But I am afraid of losing this throne. 680 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:46,590 This throne— 681 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,110 you carried me 682 00:40:51,070 --> 00:40:52,590 on your back, 683 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:55,640 trudging through wind and snow, 684 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,550 through dark alleys, 685 00:40:58,110 --> 00:41:00,880 through countless schemes, 686 00:41:01,150 --> 00:41:04,030 blood, and filth to seize it for me. 687 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:06,360 If I lose it, 688 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,800 there will never be anyone else 689 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:13,630 to carry me 690 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,510 and win it back again. 691 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:18,480 Ding. 692 00:41:20,030 --> 00:41:21,160 You've already won. 693 00:41:23,070 --> 00:41:23,840 Relax. 694 00:41:24,930 --> 00:41:25,940 Get a good night's sleep.