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When the world was young, between a sea of sky and a land of snow,

lay a kingdom where gods and men lived side by side.

Love blossomed and withered, battles were won and lost,

yet always two men vied for power-

General Guangming, favorite of the King, hero of the people,

and Duke of the North, Wuhuan, forever in his shadow.

Above all, it was the Goddess Manshen who held the threads of life,

allowing each man to choose his destiny from the palm of her hand.

But our story begins twenty years earlier under a cherry tree

with a little girl called Qingcheng ...

Give me back my food!

Little thief, stealing from the dead?

I have been watching you for some time.

Give it back to me!

Alive they were my father's soldiers.

Dead, my father's ghosts.

Steal from them and you steal from me!

Give it back to me!

l will give you the bread

if you promise to be my slave.

Let me down and I will be your slave

l don't believe you.

Let me down and you'll see.

Fine, if you promise.

Kneel and it's yours. You are now my slave!

What a beautiful helmet you have!

May I touch it?

Really? You think it's beautiful?

Alright then. You can touch it.

Go ahead.

I trusted you! l shall never forget this!

Don't cry, Qingcheng.

Do you know who I am? l am the Goddess Manshen.

Stretch out your hand.

Your food is still there, isn't it?

Eat up.

l am saving this for my mother.

Your mother has passed away.

She will not need this any more

but Qingcheng must not die, she must go on living.

Do you always want to have to steal food from the dead?

And you don't want to be a slave to others.

My child,

the Eye of Infinity contains each individual's destiny

every contour of their fate, their every smile, every tear

yours... is also included.

You can have the most delicious food

the prettiest clothes

and everyone will adore you.

All the riches of the world will be yours

in return for a small sacrifice -

You will lose everyone you love.

Any happiness they bring will be fleeting.

Are you willing to accept this?

Yes I am.

Once you have agreed this will become your destiny for life.

It can never be changed.

Unless time flows backwards

winter falls in the spring and the dead come back to life.

Remember, all the riches of the world will

be yours in return for this promise...

Commander Yeli, what was that noise?

Barbarians.

Barbarians? Where?

They are hiding from us.

How many are they?

Twenty thousand.

Twenty thousand? Twenty thousand against three thousand?

You should say three thousand against twenty thousand.

Be proud to be one of the three thousand.

Our enemies are the ones to quake in terror

as they are about to face our Great General.

How many slaves have you brought?

132! Great General

l'll take them all.

For this price you can't even buy dead bodies!

l am buying dead bodies -

None of them will survive the battle.

But Commander you said...

Here are 1330 pieces of silver.

Count it!

Thank you for the extra 10.

There is no extra, 132 slaves plus you is 133.

Tell them to stand up.

Sir, slaves do not know how to stand.

They only know how to kneel or crawl.

l shouldn't really give you this piece of meat.

I earned it, not you.

The alarm!

Where are we going?

lnto the valley, to lure the enemy towards us.

When they think they have destroyed our army.

We shall ride down and attack.

Cavalry to the fore!

Archers prepare!

What is it?

Listen...

Run!

Flee?

They have bought our lives. They'll kill us if we turn back!

Remember, Kunlun.

I am still your master and you have to protect me with your life.

Yes, Master.

Kunlun, up the hill!

Shoot.

These slaves have been ordered to deflect the first attack.

Don't let them escape!

Great General.

Those stupid barbarians don't know

this valley is shaped like a horseshoe!

Great General! That slave is overtaking them and guiding them straight back!

Charge!

To the death!

Do not look back! Keep going!

Look, one of them is still alive!

How come our bulls are coming back? Run!

Victory!

Master of the Crimson Armor!

Long live the General!

Our Great General Guangming!

Victory!

He is long dead, Why did you bother to carry him all this way?

He was my master.

What is your name?

The Slave Kunlun.

Where are you from?

l don't know.

Family?

No family.

How long have you been a slave?

For as long as l can remember.

Would you like to be my slave?

Yes.

Why?

If I serve you, I get to eat every day.

From now on l am your master.

Yes, Master.

From today.

l don't want you to kneel.

I want you to run for me.

The Duke of the North, Wuhuan, has invaded the lmperial City.

Where is the King?

He is trapped inside the Palace.

His Majesty commands you to come to his rescue at once!

We shall go on ahead. Follow with the rest of the men.

There's that blasted tree again! We are lost.

Let's split up.

Whoever finds the way out will light a flare.

Yes, Master.

Don't be frightened.

General Guangming never kills the innocent.

You lie.

How did your slaves die?

And you say you do not kill the innocent!

If you killed me, who is going to show you the way?

Who said l was going anywhere?

It is best if you are not.

lt would have been a wasted journey.

Oh really?

Listen - There is no battle I cannot win.

Nobody I cannot rescue

l heard about what happened at Horseshoe Valley -

Three thousand men destroyed twenty thousand - a handsome victory!

But without that slave,

would you have had the same success?

l am afraid you cannot win forever

unless you accept a wager -

lf you win this

I shall grant you victory in every battle you shall ever fight.

What is the wager?

Let us bet on the outcome of your hundred-league race to save the King.

Then you have already lost.

The moment I show my face at the Imperial City

that weakling Wuhuan will submit without question.

Let me show you what will happen to the King and his princess Qingcheng.

Would anyone like to know

what l am wearing under this garment?

You have shamed me, I shall kill you!

You?

Your Majesty!

Are you saying l am going to kill the King?

The King will be killed by the Master of the Crimson Armor.

That is his destiny, which nobody can change.

Say you are right and I lose the bet? What will you want from me?

A bitter tear shed because of your broken heart.

Hadn't you better ask for something l possess?

One day your heart will be shattered and bitter tears will be shed.

Remember.

When you find love... you will also find death.

And if I rescue the King and win the bet?

You won't.

The Battle of Horseshoe Valley was your last success.

By the way

the road to the lmperial City lies to the east.

My master, the Duke of the North, has commanded me to kill you.

He also requests your armor.

Take it off!

Master!

I have found the way out!

What happened to you?

Who are you?

Give me the helmet.

Don't give it to him!

You move fast.

Did you once live in the Land of Snow?

l will not kill you.

What lightning speed he had!

You saved my life

and served me well.

Kunlun, I want you to go to the Imperial city

and rescue the King.

Wear my armor.

As long as you keep silent

nobody will dare block your way.

How will l recognize the King?

He will be the only one without a weapon.

Your Majesty! May I ask where Princess Qingcheng is?

Wuhuan, I thought you wanted my throne.

But you only wanted my woman.

Need you have gone to such lengths?

Gathering an entire army? Surrounding the Imperial City?

All you had to do was ask!

Wuhuan, you underestimate me.

Did you think I would choose a woman over my throne?

lt is no wonder that compared to General Guangming

you are always second rate in the eyes of the people.

Don't you have anything new to say?

Did I forget to tell you?

The General is on his way and will be arriving any minute.

Someone told you Guangming is coming?

lf he were about to arrive

do you think l would still be sitting here

exchanging pleasantries with you?

l sacrificed my cherished desire to kill your favorite general myself

and sent the swiftest assassin in the world.

Were you hoping to be rescued?

The people's hero is a dead man as we speak!

Let me through!

Would anyone like to know what I am wearing underneath this garment?

If so, put down your weapons.

lt's working! Strip!

Keep stripping!

Would you like to know

what is underneath this layer?

If so, pick up your weapons again and aim them at that heartless man!

What are you all doing?

You betray me?

My rescuer comes!

My great General Guangming is here!

You have shamed me, I shall kill you!

I shall kill you!

You?

He has killed the King!

Keep going!

General Guangming.

Don't think that because you saved my life

l shall be obliged to stay with you.

From the moment the King turned against me.

My mind was made up -

I shall never again let a man possess me.

l have had enough.

lf you take one more step l shall jump.

You must not die, you must go on living.

Great General, l do admire you.

lt took me

a year's planning

to get to the Princess.

Yet you managed to abduct her in a matter of minutes!

lt never occurred to me to kill the King.

But you did it without batting an eyelid.

What imagination, Great General!

The King's favourite becomes his murderer!

You have always known how to reach for the stars.

You are utterly ruthless.

As long as you are alive

I can only be second best

not just on the battlefield, but in the hearts of the people.

What will they think of you now -

the King's assassin?

Here's a proposal - if you are willing to jump off the cliff.

l shall let Qingcheng live.

Not that you would ever die for another -

Because you... You are even more ruthless than I am.

Keep your word and I'll jump.

l, Wuhuan, am not usually a man of my word

but I'll make an exception this once.

General!

Remember Qingcheng, every man you ever love

you will lose...

Welcome! Welcome!

How do you like my golden birdcage?

Is this where we are going to spend the night?

Did you think I brought you here to be my consort?

You cannot seduce me.

No?

I thought you would be grateful.

lf it weren't for me

you would never have tasted such true and exquisite love.

Pity it was only for an instant.

Where is your beloved now?

Because of you, he is dead!

Put it on, my caged bird!

Traitor! Assassin!

Let's go!

Hang him up, let him die here!

Think you could hide from us in the forest?

If you hadn't been our general

we would have killed you ten times over!

Leave him here to feed the wolves.

General.

In order to claim victory

you sacrificed 133 innocent slaves.

This, I understand.

But to kill the King for a woman?

This, I cannot fathom.

Yeli, it wasn't me who killed the King.

You are the only man in the world who would dare do such a thing.

lf this is your opinion

why don't you just deliver me to Wuhuan?

Go ahead!

You have lost everything because of your recklessness.

Who says l have lost everything?

I have lost nothing!

You have lost your bet. It wasn't me who killed the King.

I never said it was you.

All l said was -

The Master of the Crimson Armor would kill the King

l am the Master of the Crimson Armor.

Not anymore.

You don't have to believe me, but your destiny will not be altered.

You are innocent

yet you have been forced to bear the blame for the King's death.

Fate works in mysterious ways.

There are more losses to come

and there is nothing you can do to stop them.

Soon you will lose even your cherished armor and be left with nothing.

There will be a new Master of the Crimson Armor.

He alone will be the authentic "God ofWar".

And he alone will be loved by Princess Qingcheng, beauty of beauties.

When all the blossoms of the cherry tree have fallen.

When the sun and moon appear side by side.

Qingcheng's true love will come to her.

l want to have another wager with you.

l say l will retain my armor.

And I shall win the love of this Qingcheng!

General, I love your confidence.

Such a shame...

Master, it was me who killed the King.

Why did you do it?

l saw a man with a sword about to kill a woman.

Because of a woman.

You disobeyed my order?

You deserve to die

but not just yet.

Go find this Qingcheng and bring her to me.

I will find her, Master.

Give me back my armor.

Yes, Master.

Kunlun! What are you waiting for?

Through that door and we'll be free!

Who is he?

I also want to know.

He must be from the Land of Snow...

Wait!

He is mad!

Are you saying that Guangming deceived me

with nothing more than a switch of armor?

And the one who pretended to be him was his slave?

And I was outwitted by this slave?

So you are the true assassin!

What is that in your hand?

My Lord, please examine this.

The feather is mine!

Yours?

As a slave

even your life is not your own.

They have stained my fan.

Take him away!

You do understand why they had to die don't you?

Now that they are gone

nobody will know who really killed the King.

Still, you had better deal with the slave as well.

When he is dead

the people will condemn Guangming as the assassin.

You were the only one who could have killed the general.

But you failed me in that mission.

If now you refuse to kill your countryman

I shall have to take back my cloak

and you will simply vanish into thin air.

Yes, Master.

l managed to untie myself but there is no exit.

Will you help me find a way out?

Come back up here

and I will show you the way.

You said I came from the Land of Snow.

You said you would not kill me.

lf l don't kill you, l will be killed!

Don't kill me. l'll help you escape.

Aren't you worried I'll try to kill you again?

You won't.

You have great trust. You really are from the Land of Snow.

We found a piece of his cloak.

Where is he?

He has disappeared with the slave.

Traitor!

Why did you kill the King for me?

Why did you jump off the cliff?

Why are you so kind to me?

Because I want you to fall in love with me.

I cannot fall in love with anybody.

But you already have, with me.

Who are you really?

He is my slave.

Master, I am back.

He saved our lives.

He is my slave. That is his duty.

There?

Kiss me.

Are you afraid l would push you away again?

Sleep well.

Wait!

You... Where do you think you are going?

Where are you going?

l must leave you.

Why?

It's my destiny to lose every man I love -

a foolish promise I made as a child.

l cannot change it unless time flows backwards

winter falls in the spring

and the dead come back to life.

Let what passed between us stay in our memory.

Let you, let me savor the fleeting kiss that we shared. Isn't that best?

You deceived me!

Kunlun!

Kill her!

I cannot change my destiny, Kunlun.

But you can learn to make up your own mind.

When you know whether or not

you should strike

come and find me.

Go then!

But l can promise you -

when the last of the cherry blossoms have

fallen that very day before the sun sets.

You will come back to my side.

Kunlun!

Bring my horse!

Yes, Master!

My horse will speed your return to me!

She won't come back, Master.

You have lost her.

Because of this woman, you have disobeyed me a second time.

l no longer want you with me!

Master.

l have nowhere to go.

Go home, back to wherever you came from.

Kunlun.

l will take you home where the snow will restore your strength

and you will learn who you are -

You are not a slave.

You are a man from the most noble land of all.

Where there was only

light and trust and clarity.

Where we ran like

the wind, and flew.

l will show you the land of your ancestors...

the Land of Snow.

Mama?

l saw my mother with a little girl.

Who was she? Was I dreaming?

Where was that place?

This was your home - the Land of Snow

l had to travel backwards in time

to show you who you are.

The Land of Snow? Where is it now?

You were only two years old

when you were taken away as a slave.

The girl was your sister.

Five years ago it was destroyed by a cruel and heartless duke.

Who are you?

The one who is cursed to wear the black cloak.

The only man who can run faster than time

I want to see my mother and sister again.

Learn to run then!

lf you run with purpose

you will be able to see them again.

l know how to run!

That is not running.

That is fleeing.

To achieve real speed.

You must discover your heart's desire.

What does it mean - desire?

That is something you must find for yourself.

This is as far as I can take you.

l have taught you everything l know.

Remember, real speed is imperceptible -

like the swell of a breeze, the gathering of clouds.

The sunset and the moonrise.

Just as you cannot tell when the leaves have turned

or when the first tooth of a baby has emerged.

Just as you cannot tell

when you have fallen in love with someone.

Thank you, my friend.

The one who should return is not here...

The one who shouldn't has arrived!

Master, you have lost your bet with Qingcheng.

Huh? l certainly have not - The sun has not set.

Master, l have learnt to run faster than time itself.

I have learnt that real speed cannot be perceived.

Who taught you this nonsense?

Carry on!

Real speed is like the swelling of a breeze, the gathering of clouds

the sunset, the moonrise

or the leaves turning red.

Like a baby's first tooth emerging

or when we fall in love with somebody...

The sun is setting!

Master, let me take you back in time to the day she left!

How dare you leave me!

l am not afraid to love anymore

even if I lose you, I want to love you!

With you, I feel that l can trust again.

Have l really got you now?

I was yours a long time ago.

The moment you saved me from the King

was the moment l fell in love with you.

When the last of the cherry blossoms have fallen.

When the sun and the moon appear side by side.

Qingcheng's true love will come to her.

She is not mine yet but she will be.

Qingcheng.

I have learned to make up my own mind -

I could never harm you.

Now I must go home...

Do you remember

what you said by the waterfalls?

You said, you must not die, you must go on living.

I want to see my mother... my sister...

It's useless -

What you see has already happened.

Your desire has carried you back five years

I am going to kill Wuhuan right now!

But you cannot penetrate the wall of time

you cannot save your family.

I am the Duke of the North, your conqueror.

Since l was a child,

I had wanted to run like the wind, the way you do.

As your new ruler I have brought you a special present -

A cloak with magical powers

which will allow you to run faster than anyone, faster than time.

You will traverse heaven and earth in the blink of an eye.

My people, one of you may receive this gift

and have the honor of being my slave.

Who would like this privilege?

Little girl.

Why don't your persuade one of your clan to come forward?

What does he want with my little sister?

We should go.

Leave me alone!

Is there not a single person amongst you

who will accept my offer?

You are a cruel and heartless race, of no use to me!

Mama!

l will be your slave!

Let me be your slave!

Then let's see if you are a fast enough runner!

Don't run! You'll fan the flames!

Now I believe you are a native of the Land of Snow.

But one who is afraid of death.

Still, only a man who fears death can be a good slave.

Put this on, and you will live.

But you have to wear it always.

If you ever remove it

you will become a wisp of air -

vanished forever...

From now on

you will serve as my swiftest assassin.

When l'm ready you will eliminate my greatest enemy.

You betrayed your own people!

I never hurt anyone

I did not betray anybody.

All l wanted was to live.

Do not go looking for Wuhuan.

Like me, you will not be able to kill him.

l am nothing like you.

Wait!

Great General, we have captured Wuhuan.

He awaits yourjustice.

Weren't you ready to feed me to the wolves?

Great General. We made a terrible mistake.

We gave our allegiance to Wuhuan, but he is half the man you are.

Without you we are as children without a father.

We should never have turned our backs on you.

We have wronged you profoundly.

We have missed you.

I will not go.

My life is here.

Great General l know that you too have missed us.

Commander Yeli.

The General you once knew is dead.

Take this armor and find it a new master.

He would never have parted from his armor, even for a second.

Our Great General... is truly no more.

Go ahead and cry.

Stop crying!

Stand up!

If you don't come with us l shall never stand up.

Why don't you come with me?

Forget them!

Being a warrior is behind you now!

What if l really wished to go?

Don't leave me! Don't!

Then come with me!

Let's go!

Are you looking for the General? He is not here.

He's gone.

Kunlun! Wait!

Find him and make sure he is safe

I'll wait for him here.

Please enter.

I knew l could make you come back.

Such beautiful clothes you have!

Did Qingcheng make them herself?

I was told that the Great General Guangming

was happily living with a woman

without his armor and in domestic bliss.

Am l right?

Arrest the assassin.

The Crimson Armor, My Lord.

Thank you, Yeli.

Move!

You are an imposter!

You think l don't know your secret?

Qingcheng!

What a perfect pair.

Pity you are in love with the wrong man.

Stop!

Do you think I took you to see her

just so that you can break her heart?

She is waiting for you.

You know where to find her.

Yes l do... She is in Wuhuan's cage.

We have to work together with snow wolf now.

We must kill Wuhuan

and rescue Qingcheng.

I have no appetite to fight.

I have lost to Wuhuan.

He has taken away my only happiness.

You should kill me

the way you would kill a defeated soldier

who refuses to die.

Have you forgotten?

You are the mighty general who wiped out twenty thousand invaders

with three thousand soldiers!

The Great General Guangming is finished.

Where is the Crimson Armor?

What do you want with it?

You are no longer worthy of being its master.

I am going to put on the armor and confess my true identity to Qingcheng.

This has been my heart's dearest desire.

You will find the armor in Wuhuan's sanctuary.

Go and get it yourself.

At my trial tomorrow.

l shall have a chance to see Qingcheng again.

l shall wait for her here.

It's been a while

my old friend.

Give me the armor!

l imagine you have come on behalf of your countryman, the young slave.

You will have to forgive me.

l cannot give it to you.

Not because of any of this god-of-war nonsense

but because l am now

the commander of the army!

lt is mine - a symbol of my power!

Give it to me!

Anyone can take anything from anybody

as long as they are cunning enough.

Unfortunately...

you are not.

Give me back my cloak!

I have found someone

far more satisfying to command.

I gave you life to bring about Guangming's death.

Now that he is in my hands l have no more use for you.

Give me the cloak!

Out you come, you coward.

Otherwise hurry up and run.

lt's over.

All I need to do is give this a little tug.

It's your choice.

Let Snow Wolf go and give me the armor...

Or die.

Need you ask?

Of course you may have it.

Wait!

Snow Wolf, return my cloak

and I'll let your friend leave with the armor.

Otherwise... I shall have to kill you both.

Once, you betrayed your own people.

And now you are betraying me - me,

your benefactor, who saved your life.

A traitor is always a traitor.

If you are no longer willing to kill for me

you should return the cloak.

Give me back the cloak!

l'll kill you!

My Lord.

Let go!

Let go of me!

Listen to me!

Let go of me!

Listen to me!

You have not answered -

The armor, or the cloak, Snow Wolf?

l told you once that

the day Wuhuan came and massacred our people.

I did not wrong anyone.

Nor did l betray anyone.

But now I realize I was mistaken.

I have wronged somebody and betrayed somebody -

myself.

l have to thank Wuhuan

for showing me the futility of a life without honor.

lt makes me realize

that death is not as terrifying as l had imagined.

This is for you, my friend.

Go and prove to Qingcheng that you are the one she should love.

Snow Wolf!

You are free to go, Kunlun.

But you must stay within the City walls.

Kunlun, you are here!

Quickly, go and save the General!

I cannot do that now.

Then he will die tomorrow!

lf you tell the court it was l who killed the King.

The General will be acquitted.

But you didn't kill the King.

You can tell them...

that night the General was seriously wounded

and he asked me to put on his armor.

Guangming!

Everything you possess was bestowed on you by the King.

And yet you murdered him - why?

Because l fell in love with his Princess, Qingcheng

ls there a better reason?

l really don't want to see you

throw your life away for a woman.

The assassin Guangming is sentenced to be beheaded in public.

Let the people see his true face!

This is my final and most glorious victory.

You liar!

He did not kill the King.

It was his slave who did it.

Who is this?

l am the slave who killed the King.

Does anyone believe that a slave could kill the King?

Never!

I believe him!

Why would a mere slave kill the King?

Because l asked him to.

He is my lover.

Absurd!

That night... the General was heavily wounded

he asked me to put on his armor...

The moment he killed the King was the moment l fell in love with him.

I leapt onto his horse.

And we rode all the way to the waterfalls.

You took my hand, and you said.

lfwe must die, let us die together...

That was not what I said

I said - you must not die,

You must go on living.

The King was truly killed by me.

Execute him! Execute him!

What you just told the court is true.

Afterwards you leapt into the ravine for this woman.

Did l not tell you?

You have been in love with the wrong man.

Wuhuan

I am going to kill you!

You have good reason to

I made a terrible mistake.

Of course you would never have killed the King for a woman.

You are still my idol.

Thank you for clearing the Great General's name.

You are free to go.

Guangming, freedom is not for you all three?

Tied them up!

I have waited years to have the satisfaction of today

but you are not going to die so easily.

You will have the pleasure ofwitnessing each other's death, one by one.

What use is your speed now, Kunlun?

Here is food and drink.

But you cannot reach it.

Just as love is out of your reach.

When the last of the cherry blossoms have withered.

You too will cease to exist -

Like petals falling from a branch

you too will return to the earth.

You were the first person in the world to lie to me.

Have you forgotten?

Let me down and I will be your slave.

You took the bread and ran away.

Fine, if you promise!

You were the one.

Who first made me lose trust in the world.

Even in myself.

Now look at me - neither trusting nor to be trusted.

And always in the shadow of a greater man.

But you, beautiful Princess.

You have the adoration of everyone!

You fool, you have lost everything - and you laugh at me?

I am laughing at myself.

I allowed a woman who is in love with somebody else to suffer for me.

I too am a liar.

Why are you crying?

I find this very moving.

Why?

Because you never give up!

I have long dreamt of the day -

that the people's hero would put this on for me.

Should I give up this dream?

Give me the cloak!

Why should l believe you?

You should believe that nobody wants to die.

Why don't you come down and try it on?

Kill him!

Before you can strangle me, she will be already dead.

Drop your dagger!

You let go and l will drop the dagger!

He's lying!

Drop the dagger and I'll let go.

Since neither of us trusts the other...

Why don't we both let go at the same time?

Fine

let us trust each other this once.

Your time has come!

He's got another dagger!

Neither of us is trustworthy.

Let them go.

Truly a man from the Land of Snow...

They're dying...

Go and say goodbye.

Love is forever out of your reach...

Quick, go to him!

He is waiting for you.

You must not die -

Let us go home together.

You must not die.

You must go on living.

I want to give you another chance to choose.

Destiny can be changed, Qingcheng.

Time sometimes flows backwards.

Snow can fall in the Spring

and even a frozen heart can come back to life...