Original subtitles

Wang Lu.

You may have discredited my fidelity,

but there are seven of us in Shengjing Sect.

In this challenge,

I'll surely win.

Is that so?

LOYALTY

What I said earlier,

the thing that cannot be visually observed

doesn't exist.

Therefore, my loyalty

is a lie.

I question my own loyalty.

Now...

I question all who are present.

Shatter to pieces!

LOYALTY

All are disqualified from the third level.

The third level has concluded.

The points ranking remains unchanged.

Lingjian Sect's Liuli Xian, 20 points.

Wang Lu, Wen Bao, and Zhu Qin each has ten points.

Why didn't anybody pass?

What is that brat up to?

Wang Lu, my dear disciple.

Do not disappoint me.

FILIAL PIETY

Wang Lu,

what's the point of doing that?

It was very important.

Haven't you noticed that

these Eight Virtues challenges all have one thing in common?

What is it?

Failing is much easier than passing.

You don't say!

If passing is easier than failing, why bother with these challenges?

Hold your horses. Let me finish.

My discovery isn't much use for failures like you.

But it is very useful for winners like us.

What do you mean?

It's simple.

I'm going to focus all my energy

into making sure you don't gain a single point.

That way, I will maintain my point advantage until this is over.

I'll let you in on a secret.

Nobody will be passing the next five levels.

Not even myself.

You...

Xiaoliuli!

Here!

Show them your strength.

FILIAL PIETY

You think you can win?

No chance.

You...

You've gone too far!

Please don't.

All who engage in a fight are immediately disqualified.

Think carefully.

Shut up!

The doors are destroyed!

Who cares about passing or being disqualified?

No more playing around!

Kill them first!

Leave Wang Lu to me!

Yes! We get to fight!

Damn it!

Wang Family Village in the northeast corner of Gou'er Mountain

in Dongdao Region, Wuhou County, the Great Ming.

Xiaohai?

Don't turn around.

Were you taken by Shengjing Sect?

Yes.

But I've decided to stay with them.

Why?

Are you...

betraying us?

I'm going to infiltrate Shengjing City and find the truth.

That's too dangerous.

I don't approve of this.

I've made up my mind.

Just pretend I wasn't here.

I will come find you when necessary.

Hai Yunfan.

Do you know what fraternity means?

A harmonious relationship between brothers and friends.

I thought you didn't know.

The Zhoutian Puppet Formation

is set up in the Hall of Virtue.

The formation gains more power for every level that is passed.

It will be completed as long as someone passes all challenges.

By then, you will lose all control of your mind

and obey me.

It's you?

Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road.

You don't need to fish for information from me.

I won't believe a word you say.

I placed an Eavesdrop Talisman on Master Shuiyue.

I just overheard that your master is in danger.

What happened?

How about this?

Right in front of you,

I'll write down my chips.

Then, you decide how to divide it.

So you won't feel that I'm taking advantage of you.

Master Shuiyue set up a formation in the Gateway of Sentient Beings.

If somebody successfully passes the challenge,

your master will be turned into a puppet.

We need to end this as soon as possible.

Master Shuiyue is watching.

Do not act rashly.

First, I will continue to pretend that I am winning

so as to not draw suspicion.

Then, I'll try to get under Du Songzi's skin

and incite an all-out brawl.

This will disqualify all challengers and end the competition

to save my master.

There's not much time left.

I'll go ahead.

Affirmative.

Wang Lu.

You're such a big bully!

Are you ready?

How dare you disregard the rules and engage in a fight?

All are disqualified!

Damn Shuiyue!

I suggest you to not play any tricks while I'm around.

No!

No!

Master Shuiyue,

we'll see who have the last laugh.

Master Shuiyue.

You stole the Wanxue Spiritual Pearl and Ling'er's Nine-tails.

Was it for this Zhoutian Puppet Formation?

What Wanxue Spiritual Pearl?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

With the Zhoutian Puppet Formation,

I don't need such prosaic items.

If you don't believe me...

You can ask General Hai.

He can vouch for me.

What?

General Hai, how could you--

I can always count on General Hai to turn the tide in critical moments.

So you two are working together.

Wen Bao, get up!

Quick, stand up!

We did it!

You two...

You two have been acting the whole time!

Xiaohai will forever be my friend, dead or alive.

He'll never turn on me.

Am I right?

Xiaohai, let's go to Xuanyun Hall!

The same goes for you.

Aren't your disciples, Wang Lu, and Hai Yunfan

also working together?

I was too careless.

General Hai, make your move.

Turn them into puppets.

The Wanxian Alliance will be ours to control!

It doesn't matter

who controls Wanxian Alliance.

Thank you for your Nuwa Stone.

I'm warning you, Hai Tiankuo.

If you harm me, Lingjian Sect will hunt you down!

Don't you want to see Ouyang Shang?

I'll take you to him.

Lord Dilun!

Where's my master?

Hai Tiankuo.

Hai Tiankuo did this.

Lady Owner!

The black-cloaked man.

I know where she is.

You were the black-cloaked man?

That's correct.

The four brothers of the Xue family were devoted to doing good.

Why did you kill them?

I wanted to capture the Nine-tailed Fox.

They stood in my way. They deserved to die.

What about Ling'er?

She never did anything to you. Why did you hurt her?

It was all for you.

Don't you want to see Ouyang Shang?

This is the only way to resurrect him.

Stop this nonsense.

Head Disciple isn't dead.

He isn't dead?

Stop fooling yourself.

If he weren't dead, would he have avoided you for a hundred years?

Listen. You are not the one...

who most desperately wishes for him to be alive.

It's me.

What are you saying?

Ouyang Shang and I

were once as close as brothers.

We both went down the mountain to gain experience 108 years ago.

A calamity befell me and he saved my life.

I swore to myself then that if he was ever in need,

I would do everything in my power to help him.

Fate must have been toying with me.

That day arrived soon.

People have been afraid to approach this area for centuries.

Could there be evil spirits here?

Evil will never prevail over good.

What are you afraid of?

If anything comes near you,

I'll cut it down in one strike!

Monster, who are you?

I happen to be famished.

How lucky for me that you delivered yourselves to my doorstep.

Your arm!

I was careless

to fall under his curse.

Tiankuo, leave now.

Get out of here before I turn fully demonic.

Please leave.

Go.

Tiankuo, what did you do?

This is a Junhuang Sect substitution technique.

I have the evil spirit sealed away in this totem.

It will be subdued for ten years.

We'll come back in a decade when we've reached the Nascent Soul Stage.

We'll then be strong enough

to eradicate this evil spirit.

I brought this upon you.

Don't say that.

I would've died if not for you.

All right.

At this very spot,

he and I made a promise to return in ten years.

It was also at this same spot,

he saved you and the entire world

by sacrificing himself to kill the Sky Demon King.

He became a hero praised by all.

And I?

What about me?

I became a half-human and half-demon freak!

Hai Tiankuo!

You finally reveal your true form.

You're the monster

who killed my parents and massacred my whole clan!

Does it matter if I did

or if I didn't?

Do you think you're capable of avenging your parents?

Save your breath.

Stall him while I save my master.

Don't bother.

This is Immortal-Binding Rope. You can't cut it.

Xiaohai!

Go help him!

Hurry!

This is 36-Rod Light Prison,

the ultimate Junhuang Sect imprisonment.

Our sword auras cannot break it open.

Listen up, both of you.

I've been waiting a hundred years for this day to come.

Anybody who stands in my way

will be sent to eternal damnation.

Including you,

my little brother.

You listen up too!

If you harm my master,

I will rip out your guts and skin you alive!

Can you?

Hai Tiankuo!

Hai Tiankuo!

What are you going to do?

I want you to watch as Ouyang Shang is resurrected.

I want him to experience the feeling of being half-human, half-demon.

Sanyuan Soul-Consuming Technique?

What is it?

He's using three ancient immortality tools

to enter your master's dreamscape and resurrect Ouyang Shang.

I don't know the details of how it's done.

But if anything happens to your master in the dreamworld,

she will never wake up!

Xiaohai, think carefully.

You should know if there is a way to dismantle a Junhuang Sect spell!

Qianyuan Ranxue Technique?

Xiaohai!

Time is running out.

Go save your master!

Keep this in mind.

Once you're in the dreamscape,

you must find your master as quick as possible.

She can be in danger if Hai Tiankuo finds her first.

Master!

Master!

Master!

Master.

Master.

Head Disciple.

You're finally back.

Wang Wu.

You're drunk.

I am Wang Lu.

Listen to me.

You're in a lot of danger.

What danger?

Don't get in my way of drinking.

Master!

Master!

What are you doing, Hai Tiankuo?

Don't you want to see Ouyang Shang?

I can make it happen.

Don't think of harming my master.

Can you stop me?

You made an Inner Demon Oath.

Your soul will be scattered if you attack first.

My master can attack.

I'm not doing anything.

You're courting death!

You attacked me first.

Now I'm free to strike back!

Wang Lu!

Ouyang Shang!

Show yourself!

Or I'll kill him now!

I'm sorry for being late, Wang Wu.

Head Disciple?

Ouyang Shang.

You're finally here.

Hai Tiankuo, are you aware of your wrongdoings?

What did I do wrong?

My biggest mistake was thinking you were my friend!

You've killed so many people.

Who will answer for that?

They served their purpose to resurrect you.

Since you refuse to see the error of your ways,

I will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven!

I have crippled your cultivation.

Do not harm others again.

I will now settle

the debt I owe you.

Subtitle translation by Renee Luk