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Adapted from "Demon In Kaifeng" Author: Wei Yu

No Boundary Season 2

Episode 1

You are Zhan Yan from Qifeng Prefecture?

And who are you?

I'm Duanmu Cui from Xihualiu.

So who makes the call when we work together?

Sect Leader Duanmu, if you can save lives,

Heaven rewards the diligent

you will make the call, of course.

One step forward is a cliff,

one step back is a chasm.

Are you scared?

Even though you are a High Immortal,

I am a mortal,

I will still stand in front of you.

A man

shouldn't cower behind a woman.

Good!

You said deities don't have a home,

so there's no one

to light a lamp for you at night.

If I want to...

If I want to give you a home,

if I want to light a lamp and wait for you every night,

will you be with me?

Will you spend the rest

of your life with me?

I will.

You are obstinately acting

against the wishes of heaven,

aren't you afraid that you could face divine retribution

for going against heaven's will?

I made Duanmu a promise,

I will never abandon her again.

This time, no matter how hard it is,

no matter what it takes,

no matter she is in heaven or in hell,

Penglai or Ninth Hell,

I will keep looking until I find her.

Duanmu!

Zhan Yan!

Duanmu,

you are here.

Who are you?

How did I get here?

I am your resentment from the past.

I am the embodiment of all your regrets.

Duanmu,

why don't you want to stay?

Why do you still feel reluctant?

I feel reluctant?

If you really are willing to drown,

why is the Pool of Abyss so unsettled?

You must not wake her up.

Otherwise, everything you cherish will be gone.

Who is she?

She is you.

You are her.

Remember,

don't wake up.

Otherwise, everything will come to naught.

Mark my words,

don't wake up.

Who are you?

Why are you here in Duanmu Brigade?

I'm here at Duanmu Brigade

to find someone.

I'm not from here.

I came back from a thousand years later.

So are you.

This is Abyss.

It's your past.

You won't let go of your past and you won't leave here.

nor you can recall anything.

But all this isn't real.

You have to get your memories back

and leave here with me,

or you will sink in Abyss.

There is a good chance that we won't be able to go back again.

Hurry up!

Let's go and check it out.

Prime Minister,

there must be a spy among human race.

Otherwise,

it's impossible that they would find out

my transportation route for the rations.

General Gao,

Demon Clan is devious.

An oversight is understandable.

You're right, it's just an oversight.

Prime Minister,

I am willing to accept any punishment.

General Gao,

I will deduct your one month's pay.

Thank you, Prime Minister.

Gu Chang,

our rations are robbed,

yet you seem so calm.

Did you already see it coming?

Or did you set it up?

I knew I couldn't hide it from you.

The Demon Clan has been in war for a long time,

their rations are bound to be insufficient.

When they saw our rations,

they would definitely lay their hands on it

like a pack of hungry wolves.

But not to worry, Prime Minister,

what they snatched was just a cart of fake rations.

I've drawn up a plan.

This cart of fake rations

will get me the location of their rations warehouse.

So this is all your plan.

Prime Minister,

I heard that our rations have been robbed by the demons.

Don't worry,

I've marked it.

Once the cavalry of human race departs,

we will be able to catch them

and retrieve our rations.

Duanmu Brigade is good at covertness and tracking.

We can travel light.

We can help.

Duanmu,

actually this is...

Duanmu is right.

The cavalry from your brigade will increase

our chances to retrieve the rations.

Yes.

I will arrange it now.

We will follow your lead.

Why didn't you tell Duanmu the truth?

Prime Minister,

the spy has not yet been identified.

The fewer people know about

the real plan, the better.

Besides, Duanmu tends to get emotionally involved.

The more she knows,

the more stressed she can get.

It's not a good thing for her.

With the great battle coming up,

we need to make sure the plan is foolproof.

Alright.

We will do it your way.

Yes.

Go now and be back early.

I will wait for you to recover our rations.

Rest assured, General.

We will complete the mission.

Has Gu Chang never mentioned about

how we will retrieve the rations?

General Gu Chang said

all we need to do is to follow the trace of

the rations robbers and keep following them.

As for the task of retrieving the rations,

he has already entrusted it to

the soldiers of his own brigade.

We just need to cooperate accordingly.

I have a feeling that

this isn't Gu Chang's usual deployment.

General Duanmu.

Prime Minister has asked for you in his tent.

General Zhan has a new plan for the siege of the city.

General Gu Chang and General Yang are there too.

Alright, I will be right over.

Yes, General.

General,

when I return with good news,

remember to promote me as the vice general.

One more thing,

no peeking at my chest.

Co-investigated by Xihualiu

Zhan?

What's that word after Zhan?

Xihualiu?

When has Qifeng Prefecture

ever collaborated with Xihualiu?

Xihualiu

Without an invitation from the master,

no one can cross the Duanmu Bridge.

Why am I getting

a familiar feeling on this place?

You've been saved by the Divine Lord.

You should thank him now.

Divine Lord?

The Divine Lord

is God of Justice, Yang Jian from Penglai.

I am his divine beast,

Xiao Tian.

We have come

to solve the crisis in Qifeng.

Thank you for your help

and for saving my life, Divine Lord.

You must never forget that

I saved your today.

When I ask for your favour in future,

don't let fear or laziness hold you back.

Rest assured, Divine Lord.

I, Shangguan Ce, as the magistrate of Qifeng,

I am willing to do anything

for the safety of civilians in Qifeng.

Star Lord,

you are finally back.

Leave us now.

Yes

Star Lord,

there have been many changes in Qifeng City recently.

Many people have become ill-tempered

out of no reason

and they attacked those around them.

Moreover,

I feel like

I have lost some of my memories.

I have forgotten some important people and events.

Even the people around me

feel the same way.

Divine Lord,

do you know what the reason is?

The people of Qifeng City and these spirits

have become aggressive

because of the aura of death.

The aura of death was transmuted from grudges.

Grudges that held by human.

It's related to human's feelings and desires,

as well as their greed and obsession.

Those you have forgotten,

they are no longer here in this world.

Technically,

it is because you have forgotten them,

their chances of returning have become even lower.

Duanmu Cui.

Zhan Yan.

Zhan Yan?

Zhan Yan.

That's it.

It's Zhan Yan.

How could I forget him?

And also Sect Leader Duanmu.

Divine Lord,

your visit to the mortal world this time,

does it mean you have found

a solution to get rid of the aura of death?

We can only get rid of the aura once and for all

when they bring back the antidote from Abyss.

At the moment, I can only use magic tool

to alleviate it for now.

Divine Lord, please come back with me to Qifeng,

so that we can work together to resolve the spread of the aura of death.

Ruo Nan and the girls have been gone for three days,

but we haven't heard anything from them.

Did something go wrong with Gu Chang's plan?

Mi told me that

you missed your meal again.

I don't have any appetite.

Zhan Yan,

do you also think that

I tend to get emotionally involved

and be indecisive?

Don't be too harsh on yourself.

You're just more caring.

You care more about others than yourself.

They are my soldiers,

my family.

I promised that I'd take them home.

That's all the more reason you should eat well.

You will only have the energy to deal with all this after you eat.

Instead of worrying about it,

I should get rested

so that I can deal with it better.

I analysed General Gu Chang's plan.

Look at this.

This is a mountain path,

ahead of it lies the boundary of Demon Clan,

where the terrain is complex.

If one has to choose the best place

to launch an attack,

it would be this valley.

No.

If they strike here,

no matter they succeed or fail,

they will certainly be back within two days.

Unless...

Unless they didn't strike here,

but they went further ahead.

Ahead is the territory of Demon Clan.

They have over 20 soldiers only.

It's impossible that they would pick a risky place to attack

when they could gain upper hand here.

What if their original destination

is the risky place?

You are saying that

they weren't there to retrieve the rations at all,

but to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory?

If I'm not mistaken,

that's the case.

This can't be.

I need to talk to Gu Chang.

General,

you've drunk a lot.

Stop drinking.

Gu Chang,

retrieving the rations is just a cover-up, isn't it?

Now that you know,

I will tell you the truth.

Retrieving the rations is a cover-up indeed.

My real purpose

is to eliminate all Demon Clan's options.

Once Ruo Nan and the others find the location of the rations warehouse

and burn it,

what awaits them is a tough battle with the demons.

They are outnumbered.

They have no way to retreat.

You're basically sending them to their deaths.

If I don't eliminate the demons' options,

think about how many battles we will have to fight until this war can be won?

Sacrifice the least number of people to secure the victory of the war.

What's wrong with that?

We don't fight to die,

we fight to live better.

My people there,

I am going to save them.

Duanmu,

you always do this.

Fighting a war is not idealism,

sacrifices are inevitable.

Even if one day you and I are to be sacrificed,

we shall die without reluctance.

You are self-willed

and this is disregard for human life.

Let go of me.

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

Let go of her!

Zhan Yan,

it is not your place to interfere.

Duanmu Brigade's problems are my problems.

Please behave yourself, General Gu Chang.

Zhan Yan,

are you going to stop me too?

I am coming with you.

I can help you.

I have failed to protect them

It's not your fault.

You didn't know the real plan.

And you didn't know it would turn out like this.

If only I had figured out

Gu Chang's plan sooner.

They've all escaped here.

If I had come a day earlier to back them up,

would things have been different?

Duanmu.

Duanmu, please don't be like this.

Ruo Nan said she wanted to be my vice general.

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan!

Ruo Nan!

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan!

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan's body isn't here.

Ruo Nan isn't dead yet!

Ruo Nan! Ruo Nan!

Ruo Nan!

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan.

General,

we...

We have been fighting for the whole night

without reinforcement.

General,

I burned their rations.

I did a great service.

But I can't be your vice general anymore.

Don't be sad.

I miss our brothers.

I miss Yu Du.

I miss you all.

Are you here

to take me home?

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan.

I will take you home.

I will take you home.

Don't die.

I am here to take you home.

I am here to take you home.

Ruo Nan,

I am here to take you home.

Don't die.

Come on,

let's go home.

Ruo Nan,

let's go home.

Ruo Nan.

Ruo Nan, let's go home.

Ruo Nan!

Go now and be back early.

I will wait for you to recover our rations.

Rest assured, General.

We will complete the mission.

General,

not only did we burn all Demon Clan's rations,

but we also killed over 300 demons this time.

You want to kill me?

Duanmu!

Ruo Nan and the girls

traded their lives for your achievements.

They were outnumbered, and they put up a desperate resistance,

yet no reinforcement came to them.

Do you know that

their eyes were filled with despair

when they died?

Put it down.

Duanmu,

Gu Chang's brigade lost more men than you did.

Sacrifices are inevitable in war.

If you kill your comrade,

you will only hurt your close ones and please your enemy.

The great battle to take down Anyi City is imminent,

it's for the greater good.

How will you face those soldiers who sacrificed

if you hurt one of your own?

The greater good?

It's for the greater good again?

How many more people have to die?

How many more have to lose their families?

Why did you have to take such extreme measures

to serve your so-called greater good?

By sacrificing a dozen soldiers

to burn down Demon Clan's rations warehouse and eliminate their options,

this is the only way

we can reduce the sacrifice of our men

to a minimum in the battle of Anyi.

This isn't the only way

to eliminate their options.

And sacrificing men isn't the only way to win the war.

I admire your courage,

but I will never agree with your actions.

Come on, Duanmu.

Let's go to Ruo Nan's funeral.

Please calm down, Father.

I

will solve this crisis

and turn the tables.

Turn the tables?

You are still trying to act smart?

You robbed human race's rations,

yet you ended up exposing your own rations warehouse.

What are you doing back here?

To fulfil your filial duty

or to see if I'm dead

so that you can take over the throne?

Father,

it is my incompetence and negligence

that our rations warehouse was attacked by human.

I am willing to accept punishment.

However,

it would be wrong

to question my filial piety.

Since I was a child,

I have nothing but great admiration for you, Father.

When I heard that you suddenly fainted,

I rushed back overnight

because I was worried about your health.

I have no ulterior motive.

That's enough.

If you really want me to live longer,

go back to guard Anyi City

and destroy the human race.

Don't think that you can be arrogant

just because you are a dragon.

I know you too well.

You are untalented and useless.

You are incompetent to do great things.

Father,

I will prove to you.

I will secure Anyi City.

I won't let you down.

Don't ever come back

if you lose Anyi City.

You've been losing your temper easily lately,

no wonder the doctor said your fainting

was caused by the surge of your blood pressure.

You've finally come to see me.

Before the crown prince entered the hall,

he went to see the doctor who tends to you

and asked about your condition.

At such dire moment of the war,

he only pried about my condition

to check if I was dead

so that he could take over the throne.

The crown prince has always disliked me and Tai Ao.

And I don't have any feelings for him either.

But when he was questioning the doctor,

I was there and I saw it with my own eyes

that he really worried about your condition.

Don't regard everyone

as enemy who wants to harm you.

Aren't you tired of living like this?

How can you be so naive?

If I was really seriously ill,

he would have already taken over Chong City by now.

He didn't dare to touch you

because he found out that I'm fine.

I know that you have a lot

to worry about for the country,

but I didn't expect that

you would

distrust even your own son now.

You are being so cold and paranoid.

You really are hopeless.

Where are you going?

I am really glad now.

I'm glad that my son didn't grow up in Chong City.

He doesn't have to be distrusted and doubted

by his own father, like the crown prince.

And he doesn't have to go through the same thing like the crown prince,

no matter how hard he tries,

instead of words of appreciation,

he gets only doubt and mistrust in return.

How can Tai Ao be the same as that rebellious son of mine?

He is our son.

If Tai Ao ever returns,

I will make him the crown prince.

I will give him

everything I have.

He will be the next king.

If you want him to be a king like you,

forget it then.

You pure-blooded dragon,

although you have superhuman ability

and are invincible,

for me,

you failed as a king,

and you failed even more as a father.

You know I hate the word failure,

yet you keep bringing it up.

Are you trying to test my patience?

I don't care.

Even if you are going to kill me,

I am still saying it.

You killed innocent people, you can't distinguish between loyalty and treachery,

you are ambitious,

do you really think you are worthy to be a king?

You don't care about your children's feelings,

you are oppressive and overbearing,

you are suspicious and paranoid,

do you really think you are worthy to be a father?

One day,

when you lose everyone,

you will regret it.

Grave of Duanmu Ruo Nan

Duanmu Ruo Nan

General,

when I return with good news,

remember to promote me as the vice general.

One more thing,

no peeking at my chest.

The soil from our hometown.

The dandelions from our hometown.

You had been carrying it with you the whole time.

Ruo Nan

Dandelion,

its seeds float away in the wind,

wander from place to place,

scatter all over the world.

I know,

you missed our hometown all the time.

I have failed to fulfil your expectations.

I said I'd bring you home,

but I brought none of you back.

Grave of Duanmu Ruo Nan

I have been leading

the brothers and sisters of my tribe

to fight one battle after another.

To this day, I still don't know

if I made the right decision.

I have become a general,

but they are all gone.

I'm the one who sent them to their death.

Their souls wouldn't want

to see you being upset and blame yourself.

Only by ending the war sooner

will there be no more victims.

So that everyone can really go home.

Duanmu.

Duanmu,

I have a way to bring them home.

This is?

This is a charm that can make

flowers and plants grow fast.

People say dandelion take root easily.

By the time we win the war,

maybe the hills

will be full of dandelions.

Ruo Nan's grave is here,

she will be able to see the flowers of her hometown,

her soul will rest in peace as she follows them home.

Thank you.

General,

Ruo Nan once said

her biggest wish was to go home.

But year after year,

we keep losing

our brothers and sisters.

This war is never-ending.

More and more people have died.

General,

we are your soldiers.

We are not afraid of death,

but we are afraid to die in a foreign land,

that nothing is left of us,

never seeing our friends and family again,

never be able to reunite with them.

I'm sorry.

I have failed to protect you.

I know you all miss your home.

Why don't we write something down

for those far away?

Is this also your custom in Qifeng?

It is our custom

to write the words we wish to say

on a lantern,

so that our message can be seen by those in heaven.

Ruo Nan and the others will see it too?

They will appreciate

what you have done for them.

Press a little tighter here.

This is

my mother.

I hope that

you and Madam Wen will be reunited soon.

We will.

One day the war will end,

and we can all reunite with our families.

We will never be separated again.

Abyss has begun to wipe out outsider.

Duanmu,

I don't know how much longer I can stay by your side

or if I can get to see you wake up.

If that day ever comes,

I don't want you to feel too sad about it.

Chonghua Hall

This is for you.

Thank you, Father.

Father,

I shall prove to you that

I'm a hundred times better than that loser.

I am the only one who's worthy

to be the true king of Demon Clan.

I will make you

and the entire Demon Clan proud.

I am your only legitimate bloodline.

Soldiers,

today, we will penetrate Anyi City.

We will retrieve the homeland of human race

and avenge the death of our brothers and sisters.

Duanmu Cui,

you will all be dead today.

Annihilate all human race!

Kill!

Fire the cannon!

Attack!

Kill!

Mirror Spirit.

How do you know Mirror Spirit's weakness?

I dealt with one before in Qifeng City.

Mountain Demon.

Duanmu Cui,

come to me if you dare!

Duanmu, look out! It could be a trap!

Mi,

are you alright?

I am fine.

This is impossible.

How...

How can you possibly know about

my inverted scales

and my ultimate weakness?

Every creature has a weakness.

Dragon's is inverted scale.

Dragon Clan's ultimate weakness

is the inverted scale on their neck.

It is also their most vulnerable spot.

They can be killed

if that spot is severely hit.

Excellent.

Thank you, Wengu.

Even fate is on human race's side this time.

Wengu,

this is Demon Clan's secret, isn't it?

Are you sure it's fine to let us know?

I just want the war to end as soon as possible.

As long as I can help you

and civilians who are suffering from war,

I will do anything I can.

Tai...

Tai Ao!

Your Highness!

Retreat!

The crown prince of Demon Clan is dead.

Soldiers, go after them!

Seize Anyi City!

Kill!

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