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Waterlogging in the West and drought in the South,

the common people are flocking

to Zhaoge.

Three of the four barns

outside the city had no grains left,

and even the mice had run away.

Your Majesty,

if we don’t use the National Treasury now,

I’m afraid that

Lord Wucheng and I should

sell our property

to help the victims.

Your Majesty, please make the decision now

and call Fei Zhong here

to calculate about…

Your Majesty, please execute Fei Zhong immediately.

Master! Master! Master!

Your Majesty.

What are you mad at?

The Star Tower cracked.

What?

It cost almost half of the National Treasury’s resources.

How could it crack now?

Fei Zhong!

Do you want to die?

How dare you cheat on His Majesty!

Fei Zhong!

Tell me the truth now!

Why did Star Tower crack?

If you tell any lie,

I’ll kill you by burning torture.

Your Majesty,

I’m wronged!

I’m really wronged!

Stop making fool around here.

Say it!

What’s wrong with it?

Maybe I can remedy it.

Master,

on the day it was finished,

the Prime Minister, Lord Wucheng

and you had all

accompanied His Majesty

and Consort Su

to check it out.

There was nothing wrong then.

The Star Tower is about our nation’s fate.

But now it is cracked.

I’m afraid

that the luck which Master

paid a lot of efforts to gather will lose.

Fei Zhong,

can you afford this fault?

Your Grace, of course I can’t.

But I really

didn’t make any mistakes.

Well, tell me,

when did it crack?

Your Grace,

last night,

the last midnight,

there were several thunders in the sky.

And I became so nervous immediately,

thinking that

something bad was going to happen.

As expected,

Master came to me

in this early morning

to accuse me of this.

You meant,

the Star Tower was split by thunder?

If it’s not the thunder penalty,

how could this happen?

Thunder penalty?

Nonsense!

There is no slack

in my worship of immortals.

How could there be a penalty?

Master?

Your Majesty,

I can’t make sure of that either.

The Heaven is mysterious.

But if someone

offended

one of the immortals,

then it can be possible

for the thunder penalty.

Your Majesty,

don’t be cheated

by their tricky words.

Which one?

Pan Gu?

Emperor Xuanyuan?

Or, Nv Wa?

Your Majesty,

it must be Emperor Xuanyuan!

Why is that?

Because,

the Prime Minister has burnt the Xuanyuan Grave!

I was killing the demons!

Prime Minister,

you dared to burn the

Xuanyuan Grave.

That’s why there was a thunder penalty.

Uncle,

you were so impatient.

You should choose the right place to kill demons.

How could you burn

the Xuanyuan Grave?

Consort Su,

you meant I should be the one to blame.

I didn’t mean that.

Everyone here

knows that

you are the most loyal minister.

Loyal?

Can the loyal one burn the Xuanyuan Grave

to enrage the Heaven?

Uncle,

what do you want?

Your Majesty,

do you mean I’m being despicable?

Your Majesty,

he didn’t mean to do that.

Your Majesty,

I’ve devoted

my whole life

to our country.

I never required for anything.

But now,

you’re saying that I’m being

despicable!

Should I

take my heart out

for you to see

whether it is loyal or despicable?

Uncle, stop it.

Don’t be angry.

Maybe,

His Majesty didn’t mean that.

Your Majesty, right?

I did mean that.

You!

You!

How fatuous you are now!

Our country

will definitely be ruined by you.

I don’t want to see that day coming.

I’ll be back right now

and wait for you to come for my heart!

Uncle!

Uncle!

Come to me anytime you want!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Bad news!

I got the news that

half of the ministers

have sent people to Xiqi

for surrender.

Even more than 20 ministers

have rebelled in public!

Why didn’t I know that?

I…I don’t know why.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty! Mercy!

I have nothing to do with that!

Could it be Uncle

who cheated me purposely?

Bigan!

Look what you did!

How dare you cheat on me!

I don’t.

Yong is rebellious.

Shu is rebellious.

Qiang is rebellious.

Lu is rebellious.

Peng is rebellious.

Enough!

Stop it!

I want to tell you all these.

But you don’t want to listen at all.

You are always with your beauties

while I can only

be with these bad news

day and night.

Good.

Thanks for your mercy

to give me an end here.

Come here.

Please come

and sit here.

You can

have a try on all this.

I’m sure that it will be more impressive

than beauties and wine.

What?

Are you afraid?

Can you still be afraid?

I have

been with this table for my whole life,

and my heart has been broken for my whole life.

I’m not even afraid of it.

Do you think I’ll be afraid of your sword?

I can guarantee

that every bamboo slip here

can be a sword,

which is sharp

and acute.

My heart has

already been pierced for so many times.

But it’s still beating.

It’s still alive.

Do you know why?

Why?

I just figured it out just now.

Because

none of them has hit the key point.

So I need your sword.

Only you

can give me a quick death.

Only you

can kill my heart.

Come on!

What are you waiting for?

Do it!

My dear nephew!

Stab here!

Kill me,

and no one will

do all these for you anymore!

I know

that you are too kind

to let Uncle die.

I’m being soft-hearted.

Bigan…

No, Uncle

was always kind to me when I was a child.

And to our country,

he is definitely the most loyal one.

Uncle is sure

to be loyal to Shang.

He is just disappointed in you.

What did you say?

I was wrong?

I meant

Uncle is just

unsatisfied with you

being against him.

He always thinks that his thoughts

are better than yours.

He even wants

someone he likes to be the King

as he wishes.

I got it.

He deliberately infuriated Emperor Xuanyuan

to make use of

Emperor Xuanyuan to punish me,

so that I can no longer gather the spirit of dragon

to keep my throne forever!

He…

He…

He wanted me to die!

His Majesty is being fatuous.

What’s the use of killing demons?

What’s the use?!

Please!

Please!

Please show some mercy!

Old man,

why are you begging here?

Here…

Here are no people around.

How can you get alms?

I can’t walk anymore.

I was the forest keeper here.

But the fire of Xuanyuan Grave has burnt everything.

So I have to beg for life.

I’m so sorry for that.

Here you are.

All I have is here.

I hope

it can help you for a while.

This is too much.

I don’t need so much.

I don’t need that either.

I’m on my way to the Xuanyuan Grave

to confess my guilt with my life.

If I hadn’t met you here,

I should have died now.

This is so nice of you.

Fine.

I have nothing else to repay you

except for this.

Take this.

No, thank you.

To be honest,

I’m the criminal who set the fire.

It was I who made you become this.

But it looks like

you are a good guy.

I won’t blame you.

Here.

Once you swallow it,

it can replace your heart

and save your life.

I don’t believe that.

How can the heart be replaced?

Besides,

I will be dead sooner or later.

I will waste it.

Thank you for this.

If it really works as you said,

you should keep it for yourself.

You are framed by others,

so you’re not the one to blame.

You shouldn’t die.

If you die,

the tricks of those bad guys will succeed.

You?

Who are you?

It’s you!

Jiang Ziya!

We are serving different Kings now.

We should be enemies.

We should die

rather than submit.

I know the right and the wrong.

I won’t be controlled by benefits.

Bigan,

I know your heart is all for Shang.

If your heart dies one day in Shang, you can come to us.

Jiang Ziya!

Thank you!

Prime Minister.

Prime Minister.

Is it the time for the court?

I almost missed the important things.

Prime Minister,

His Majesty wants to see you.

Please head to the Qianming Palace now.

Only me?

Fine,

I still can’t escape from this.

Go report to His Majesty

that I’ll be there soon.

Prime Minister,

well,

His Majesty said

I have to take you with me together.

Get out!

Do you think I would run away?

No. No.

It can replace your heart

and save your life.

No.

He won’t.

He won’t

be so cruel.

You are my Uncle,

and the minister I trust most.

I can’t bear to do this.

Please forgive me.

Don’t put me in dilemma.

Why are you laughing?

The world is so large

but it still can’t hold

my loyal heart.

Since it’s a loyal heart,

why don’t you take it out for me to check?

I’m so cold.

Can I borrow

the fox-fur cloak I gave you?

I have given it to Consort Su.

Was she sad

when she saw that fox-fur cloak?

It’s none

of your business.

Before I die,

don’t you want to know

any reason?

Don’t you want to know

any truth?

I don’t.

Since you want me to die,

I shouldn’t refuse.

But I’m afraid that the whole country

will fall when I die.

The country

is up to me, not you.

Once I die,

there is no relative around you.

How can I get peace in my heart?

If you can’t get peace in your heart,

how about leaving your heart

in the Palace?

Do you really want my heart

so bad?

You burnt the Xuanyuan Grave without permission.

And now we are punished by the Heaven.

I just want to use your heart

to confess the guilt.

Or the country will be in trouble

and I can’t live in peace.

If you really care about me,

can you bear to see this?

I salute you with this cup of wine.

Thanks for your

earnest exhortations these years.

Uncle,

I know you’re in poor health.

If you have no strength to do this,

I can help you

and make you suffer less.

Boy,

as long as you want,

I won’t refuse.

Thank you, Uncle.

His Majesty thinks that it’s weird to put this beside him.

So he ordered Your Grace

to keep it for him.

Is His Majesty

who took this heart out?

No.

Prime Minister did this by himself.

He was

still that lofty

until he died.

But,

there is no difference

between being forced to kill himself

by his nephew and

being killed by His Majesty.

Fine.

That’s all.

Although Bigan killed my family

and I

hate him as enemies,

his loyalty

and noble sentiments

would last and be praised forever.

You are more like a human.

He treated your family like that,

but you

still can say

those merciful words.

Take this

to worship your family.

How could the heart

of the dead people beat so fast?

He pretended to die so nobly

with such a naïve

and crude trick.

How could a Prime Minister

do this?

What?

My enemy,

he is still alive.

I will kill him by myself!

Grand Tutor,

why doesn’t Prime Minister

come back after

His Majesty called him?

Why?

He wants to see Prime Minister now.

I’m afraid something bad will happen.

Prime Minister is coming!

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

What did His Majesty say?

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

It’s the time!

The court will start!

Grand Tutor.

Feihu,

follow him,

and find out where he is going to.

Yes.

Swamp cabbage!

Swamp cabbage!

Swamp cabbage!

Swamp cabbage!

Swamp cabbage!

Why do you call me “swamp cabbage”?

You get it wrong.

I’m not calling you.

I’m selling swamp cabbage.

Sir,

come down here and have a look.

How fresh it is!

How interesting it is!

It’s empty inside

but it’s still so delicious

and so fresh!

If people without heart

can be like it,

that would be perfect!

Sir,

you look smart.

Why are you saying silly words?

If you don’t have a heart, you’ll die.

Don’t be so sure.

Today I…

Sir,

think about it.

You will die if you don’t have a heart.

You’re a human, and I’m a demon.

To you,

demons are monsters.

I shouldn’t blame you.

But you killed my family,

and I kill you for revenge.

It’s reasonable.

You can’t blame me either.

This must be from Jiang Ziya.

How stupid he is!

Does he think that only this pill

can protect you from death?

The whole country will fall

when you are dead.

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

What happened?

Tell me!

Who did this?

Tell me!

Prime Minister!

Feihu,

once the heart is dead one day,

you can go to the west.

West?

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

Bigan,

you want to protect the country.

But I want to destroy it.

Only one of us

can be alive.

You should blame yourself.

You didn’t figure it out.

You attached too much importance

to who is in charge of this country,

and didn’t care about whether he

deserves your devotion.

Actually, you are more selfish than anyone.

You are far away from West Marquis.

But,

you are really a loyal person.

What happened?

Bigan really died this time.

I need to be healed.

Who hurt you?

Looks like

I don’t have to feel guilty about you.

What

did you feed me just now?

The heart of the enemy.

You have seen that.

A human’s heart!

You are almost dead.

So what?

He killed your innocent family,

and we used his heart

to heal you.

Anything wrong?

You know nothing!

Do you know

why I am hurt today?

That’s because

I don’t eat

human’s soul anymore.

The longer

we demons stay with the human,

the weaker our power will get.

For you,

I try to become a human.

And now only the small power

from Jiang Ziya

could hurt me like that.

I almost lost my life.

But even if it was like this,

I still didn’t go to

eat human’s soul.

But you

just fed me with Bigan’s heart!

All my efforts

for becoming a human

were in vain because of you!

You’d rather

lose all your power

to become

a weak human.

Don’t you care about your ability

to become the King of Demon?

How can you protect your family

and revenge for them

if you are so weak?

You have to have the power!

You have to

be able to destroy everything

for your revenge!

This is not you.

You’re not Daji.

How many things do you undertake?

The Queen has died.

Bo Yikao has died.

My families have died too.

Did your heart

die with all these?

This ring…

This ring

is full of evil.

It will

stain your soul!

So what?

Anyway,

no one can revenge

unless he is driven mad!

This ring

can help me.

No matter what it is,

I need it.

Only it can help me revenge.

I don’t care about anything else.

No.

It can’t be like this…

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

Prime Minister!

Fatuous King!

Give the Prime Minister back!

Give Bigan back to us!

His Majesty has ordered that

he won’t see anyone.

Fatuous King!

Get out!

If we let him in,

none of us can live.

Good for you, Grand Tutor Wen.

You’re still so strong.

Thank you for testing them for me.

They are really a bunch of junks.

So useless.

I don’t regret that.

You fatuous King!

Today I should…

Come on!

Why don’t you move on?

Bigan has died.

If you kill me,

there is no King of Shang in the world.

For the sake of the previous King,

I…I will spare you today.

You…You said Bigan was going to rebel?

If he was,

I would be his accomplice!

Everyone in the court would be his fellow!

How could I not know he is loyal?

Bigan was

as loyal as you are.

After he dies,

I will put him in the annals of history

and make his loyalty shine through the ages.

Since you know his loyalty,

why did you force him to take his heart out?

Do you think I’m not sad?

He was my Uncle!

He was like my father!

But as long as he is alive,

I can’t build and strengthen my rule.

The country

is in a mess now.

If I don’t strengthen my power,

how could I rule my country?!

I know that

you all respect Bigan

and regard me as a tyrant.

But, do you know

the pain in my mind?

You have pain?!

In the world,

the most painful heart

should belong to our King.

Your Majesty.

Grand Tutor,

I have to have a word with you.

If we have complaints,

we can blame our King,

we can offend our King,

or like you,

we came here to force him.

Then what can our King do

if he has pains?

He could only bear it

silently by himself.

Not even a tear

could drop.

Master,

you were so right.

Keep on.

I like what you said.

Everyone

says His Majesty is bad.

But,

no one sees the kindness of His Majesty.

Why?

Because they don’t understand.

Only the one who has the biggest kindness

will commit the biggest crime.

Good and evil

are from the same origin.

That’s right.

Our King is supreme.

We can’t measure him by

ordinary standards.

Heavy penalties must be used in chaotic times.

Everyone

says His Majesty is cruel.

Is His Majesty willing to

bear the scolding?

It’s just because of the time.

I believe that

if the world is in peace now,

His Majesty will be the kindest one

of the Kings in the history.

Master,

you’ve spoken my feelings out.

You even

know me better than myself.