Original subtitles

My Lady, do you recall

the tale I once read to you?

The neglected Prince

who gave up everything

for his beloved female teacher.

His name was Ji Jiu.

This is

where he and his love lie in eternal rest.

You are that very Prince?

I couldn't bear to part with her,

I used forbidden magic to bind her soul fragment.

hoping to keep her by my side forever.

But after a hundred years,

I woke up

for reasons I still don't understand.

I've heard that the Mountain Deity's heart

is a treasure in the Three Realms,

capable of bringing the dead back to life.

Yuanjun,

I've waited a century in the void.

Could you lend me your divine heart

to revive my beloved?

You approached me,

deceived me,

betrayed me,

and schemed to bring me down,

all to take my heart and save your love.

What's happening?

What have you done?

How could this be?

How could this be?

What have you done?

I've regained my lost memories.

Ji Jiu,

the one you've pined for

is just a fragment of my soul.

Yuanjun.

Yuanjun.

Yuanjun,

are you alright?

The tribulation is coming again.

Is it still because of that?

You've

survived it three times already.

I keep facing this tribulation,

which means I haven't fully overcome it.

If I can't resolve it,

I'll be trapped in this cycle forever.

What kind of tribulation is this?

Why is it so hard to resolve?

This tribulation foretells

the rise of a tyrant in the mortal realm.

This tyrant will commit every evil,

bringing suffering to all living beings.

The first time I faced this tribulation,

I thought it meant all things have their own path.

Every living being has its fate.

So I didn't interfere much,

just watched from the side.

Because I let that tyrant go,

the world suffered a disaster.

My followers in Xiyuan Township

were nearly wiped out.

With the followers gone,

my Ten Directions Lantern Hall gradually dimmed.

The second trial,

[I realized]

[as the Mountain Deity,]

[I could not stand by and do nothing.]

[I must protect the common people]

[from being slaughtered by tyrants.]

[I managed to protect the villagers of Xiyuan,]

[keeping them from the tyrant's oppression.]

[However, his tyrannical rule]

[ultimately brought endless calamities.]

[The following year,]

[a locust plague struck.]

[Crops failed.]

[Even Xiyuan Town]

[wasn't spared from famine,]

[leading to cannibalism.]

My child!

This is my child!

How can I bear to do this?

If you don't harden your heart,

you'll be eaten as well.

That woman over there is like that.

Give me the child.

Give it to me.

[The third tribulation.]

[I understand.]

[To transcend, one must first remove the root.]

[I decided to personally end this tribulation.]

[I will never let this menace to the people]

[remain in this world.]

[The secret of the universe.]

[Destined to aid the nation.]

[Heaven warned me]

[that he's already a king,]

[his fate is tied to the nation's.]

[I couldn't just kill him.]

[After that,]

[I tried every way to kill him,]

[but every time I failed,]

[ending up with the same result.]

[Now, another three hundred years,]

[he's still my calamity.]