Original subtitles

♪The blade dance causing ripples to spread across the lake♪

♪Waving the banner amidst the storm and rain♪

♪The snow is not bothered by the sadness and the happiness♪

♪Blazing through the desert with the rein in hands♪

♪Young and inexperienced, it is apparent♪

♪Bold ambition interspersed with recklessness♪

♪Mind not the predestination♪

♪Solving all the problems that fate presents me♪

♪From all the trials and hardship♪

♪Spawn the vast courage♪

♪The journey to seek glory and justice♪

♪Is not in vain♪

♪One smile is all it takes to get what you're thinking♪

♪A ballad to our journey♪

♪Pursuing the dream of our youth♪

♪We take everything as it comes♪

♪The distant land might be dangerous♪

♪But what's life without an adventure?♪

♪Youths are supposed to dream big and be sharp♪

♪Every struggle in life has taught us♪

♪That we shall do what we can wherever we go♪

♪Together, another journey awaits♪

[The Blood of Youth]

[Episode 5]

That day hasn't come back

to my mind for a while already.

You are unfazed.

Have you heard of Mount Kunlun?

It's a very cold place.

It snows all year long

and it won't melt after a millennium.

I trained there for six years

and my heart

is as frigid as the snow there.

So your Abyssal Eye won't work on me.

Die now!

Fun.

Enough of your gibberish.

Shattering Blade?

A couple of years ago,

I would lose to you.

But now...

Oh, little Wuxin.

Wang Rensun has lost too.

Why don't you ask

your two friends there

to help you?

You're hiding.

You think I won't notice?

Xiao Se.

Have we been

noticed?

Let's go!

No!

The cold breeze feels prickly on my skin.

I wonder if my child was well-covered.

Let's go.

Little Wuxin.

People from the Jiulong Sect

will come to you soon.

Run if you can now.

I can't.

True.

You can run for your life,

but you can't run

from your fate.

Lift it up.

What is wrong with you?

All you know is to fight.

Do you know how dangerous it was?

If the Jade Deity had wanted to kill you,

you would have been dead.

You...

But I'm fine now.

Oh, right.

What happened?

Why did they leave out of a sudden?

How am I supposed to know?

You're sly like a fox.

I thought you knew everything.

Perhaps he saw

your reckless punch

and got scared.

He thought he couldn't take it

and fled.

I sure hope that is true.

Master.

Why should we leave?

They can't defeat you anyway.

And what do you know?

Wuxin has mastered

the 32 Secret Rakshasa Arts.

He isn't as simple

as you imagined.

And most importantly...

Lingjun.

Prepare a horse.

I need to see His Majesty now.

Noted.

Come here.

What?

Stay here.

All the irrelevant ones are gone now.

Let's

get down to business.

You're all grown up.

Naturally.

It's been 12 years.

You think I'll remain

five years old forever?

What do you remember

from back then?

Many things.

I

used to ride on your shoulder

and tug at your beard.

I remember

how mesmerized I was

when you manipulated your Shattering Blade.

What else do I remember?

I remember

how you betrayed my father.

For 12 years, I've been wondering

if you would come to kill me.

I asked Abbot Wangyou.

And he said

this is a world of karma.

He told me many things about Buddhism,

but I'm not a monk

nor am I capable of understanding it.

I just wondered

what I would be doing

when you came to claim my life.

I suppose

I'll give you the tool to kill me.

[Religious Disciplines]

That's him.

He killed my father.

Kill him for me!

Kill him now.

Kill him!

Through fate, it began.

Through fate, it stops.

You will decide how you confront

this unfinished business on your own once you grow up.

Understood?

Old Wangyou

said to be merciful.

Don't worry.

I won't kill you.

I hope

you will kill me.

If you spare me,

it means

something more troublesome awaits me.

No.

I just want you

to perform a ritual for me.

A ritual?

I train in Dafanyin Temple,

but I'm not a monk.

Not you.

I want the entire temple

to perform this ritual.

Falan.

Falan.

Falan.

He's asleep?

Wow.

Falan.

I have a favor to ask.

Please perform a ritual for me.

We need 300 monks.

You're the only friend left

of Old Wangyou.

You can repay all the kindness

he extended to you

all these years with this gesture.

After three days,

I'll visit again.

And then?

And then...

We'll see if I'm still alive.

After the ritual,

you should leave.

Twelve years ago,

you were forced to meddle.

Now,

you shouldn't repeat the same mistake.

Lei Wujie,

do you realize

how he never takes us with him

whenever he leaves?

It does look like it.

As the hostages,

why should we follow him?

Right.

Let's go to Tang Lian then.

Is something bothering you two?

We're going

somewhere very far.

We need some horses.

But I don't have money.

He's creepy.

Wuxin.

What is this diet?

I have never seen it before.

Ignorance.

That's edible?

It's not bad.

What do you think?

Not bad, isn't it?

It's delicious.

If we can have some meat in there,

it'll be amazing.

Wuxin.

Where did you

learn how to cook?

Old Wangyou taught me.

Abbot Wangyou studied

culinary too?

Perhaps he picked up it

during one of his voyages.

I heard his hometown

is in the Kingdom of Yushi.

Indeed.

To be precise,

he was born

in this temple.

Old Wangyou had a knack for Buddhism.

At the age of six,

he could debate

with The Venerable One from Dafanyin Temple.

Seeking enlightenment,

he left Yushi

and traveled around.

At the age of 40,

he became an abbot for Hanshui Temple.

By then,

he was already

touted as the Master of Zen.

And after 20 years,

he adopted me.

Xiao, you are knowledgeable.

Surely,

you know who I am.

If I'm not mistaken,

your last name is Ye.

Indeed.

I am Ye Anshi.

My father is Ye Dingzhi.

Ye Dingzhi?

The Head of the Demon Sect?

Yes.

My father was the Head of the Demon Sect.

Xiao Se.

Tianwaitian is the Demon Sect, right?

Demon Sect is the name

given to the congregation

(between several sects beyond the border.)

(The biggest of which is Tianwaitian.)

(And the Head of the Demon Sect)

(is the patriarch of Tianwaitian.)

However,

as the Demon Sect failed in their eastern expedition,

they signed an armistice

with the Central Plains.

An important member of Tianwaitian

was required to be kept in Beili as a hostage

for 12 years.

And that person must be you.

It is me.

I was five

and I followed my father on his expedition.

My father passed on,

and I was adopted by Wangyou.

Wuxin.

You were kept here as a hostage

when you were five.

But now...

The twelve-year hostage is ending.

By right,

I should return to Tianwaitian.

But if you go back,

no one knows if the Demon Sect

will make a comeback or not.

So some

want to cripple you.

Some want to imprison you.

And some want to kill you.

In the end,

Dajue of the Jiulong Sect came up

with the Golden Coffin idea.

If I were you,

I would find the fastest horse available

and flee to the west.

If I wanted to flee,

I would have left with White-Haired Deity already.

You didn't leave with him.

Instead, you brought us with you.

Is it truly for this ritual?

Many people

asked Old Wangyou to hand me over.

He wanted to protect me,

but he couldn't dissuade others either.

He was under pressure.

And in the end...

Hand Wuxin to us now.

Now!

Hand him over.

Oh, Amitabha.

Hand him over now.

Hurry up.

-Now! -Hand him over now!

We'll kill you if you don't.

Stop!

Oh, Amitabha.

Wuxin.

Stay out of it.

Oh, Amitabha.

Oh, Amitabha.

And he died because of it.

So are you trying to repay his kindness here?

You

always rub people the wrong way.

Old Wangyou always said

he wanted to return here.

I pass by this place,

so I'll guide his soul back.

Just

a gesture of my gratitude.

I still fail to understand

one thing.

Why

us?

We have nothing

to do with this.

I know, right?

If you need help,

why can't you find someone powerful

from Tianwaitian?

Didn't I say

that I have no money?

I see an expensive fur coat

and an expensive red fabric here.

You look rich.

I...

You

have so many lies

tucked inside your sleeves,

waiting to be unleashed.

You're

like that too.

Shut up.

I wish to travel north with the wind,

watching the snow sweeping across the land.

I wish to travel east with the ship,

seeing the elegant fairy brave the wind.

I wish to travel far with the clouds,

even the emperor ruling the court cannot stop me.

I will bathe in sunlight on the top of Mount Kunlun.

I will witness lush mountains rise at the edge of the ocean.

We shall reunite after a long journey.

But I won't go home

unless I've seen the world.

Now you sound

like a hero.

Whether I'm a hero or not doesn't matter.

It's living

that matters.

Also,

you're right.

I chose you two

for a reason.

What reason is that?

After I mastered the Abyssal Eye,

Old Wangyou told me

that only two kinds of people

are immune to it.

(One is people with naivete.)

What does it mean?

Unsullied by worldly things.

The other one

(is people who bury their thoughts.)

I would like to visit a place.

Would you...

No.

They bury their thoughts in a bottomless pit.

So much

so that even they don't know themselves anymore.

I suppose the former

refers to this airhead

and the latter refers to me.

What about Shen Jingzhou?

He is immune

to your Abyssal Eye too.

(Eunuch Jade Deity isn't immune)

to my Abyssal Eye.

He was obsessed

with his inner demon,

(but his will was strong.)

(It only fettered him for a moment.)

Unlike you two.

When I looked into your eyes,

nothing happened.

What now then?

Old Wangyou has destroyed the Rakshasa Sect.

If I die,

so will the martial techniques from it.

Therefore,

I want to teach you two

one technique each.

What technique?

I will teach you

the Freedom

Formidable Fist.

Such a long name!

Such a random name.

Watch carefully.

Good.

You are gifted.

As expected from a disciple of the Lei family

of Jiangnan Thunderbolt Sect.

Pardon my ignorance,

but

what's so strong about this technique?

You fool.

He was just making fun of you.

Freedom

Formidable Fist?

It's just Luohan Fist.

The rudimentary fist technique from Shaolin Temple.

Just spend 20 wen and you can get a manual

by the foot of Mount Song.

Even my inn staff member knows one or two tricks.

Luohan Fist

is just the first half.

The other half is called Fumo Fist.

Together,

they form the Freedom

Formidable Fist technique.

This part is difficult,

so let me guide you step by step.

♪The blade dance causing ripples to spread across the lake♪

♪Waving the banner amidst the storm and rain♪

♪The snow is not bothered by the sadness and the happiness♪

♪Blazing through the desert with the rein in hands♪

♪Young and inexperienced, it is apparent♪

♪Bold ambition interspersed with recklessness♪

♪Mind not the predestination♪

♪Solving all the problems that fate presents me♪

♪From all the trials and hardship♪

♪Spawn the vast courage♪

♪The journey to seek glory and justice♪

♪Is not in vain♪

♪One smile is all it takes to get what you're thinking♪

♪A ballad to our journey♪

That was three full routines.

Have you memorized it?

Yes.

Good.

Show me again.

Not bad.

You call that not bad?

And now,

it's your turn.

You made the wrong choice there.

I don't know any martial arts.

Except for qinggong which I use to flee.

I can't fight with my fist at all.

But I quite fancy the ability

to stand on water.

Can I pick that?

Your mind is not still.

So you won't be able to learn

Wave Riding.

Even if you pick it up,

you'll fall into the water halfway through.

Wave Riding.

The techniques from the Rakshasa Sect

have funny names.

Well, no.

Someone smeared their names

on the book,

so I gave them names.

Still, I'm the wrong person.

If you want to teach,

teach the airhead.

I did not find the wrong person.

The technique I'm about to teach you

doesn't have any pre-requisite.

Except for time.

I can teach you today,

but it'll take a long while

before you master it.

And the technique is

the

Abyssal

Eye.

[Jiulong Sect]

Sir.

The guests from Xueyue City have arrived.

-Greetings, Mr. Dajue. -Greetings, Mr. Dajue.

Please drop the formality.

One is a disciple of City Lord Baili.

One is the daughter of City Lord Sikong.

You two sure take after them.

You flatter us, sir.

I failed the task given to me

and I've let you down.

Don't sweat it.

I just received the news

that Wuxin is in Yushi.

I plan to bring him here.

Would you care to join me,

Mr. Tang?

I failed

to accomplish the task Master gave me.

And this time,

I'm willing to come with you.

Sir.

A missive from Xueyue City.

Show it to me.

It's for Tang Lian.

[To Tang Lian]

What a rare sight.

The ever so elusive

city lord.

Why are you here

instead of making your wine?

Stop mocking me.

Changfeng left this puzzle for me.

[Li Hanyi, Xueyue City] Tang Lian is in the Jiulong Sect now?

He is.

But empty-handed.

So he failed.

Yes.

[Baili Dongjun, Xueyue City] Because an old friend appeared.

White-Haired Deity.

(Although Tang Lian)

(has made leaps and bounds)

(and is the bright star of the young generation,)

plus, he is assisted by Qianluo,

but against a veteran like the White-Haired Deity,

he is still not strong enough.

Qianluo

almost screwed up this time.

Changfeng is so worried

because he hasn't been able to find her.

So Wuxin

has been taken away by Tianwaitian?

If only it was that simple.

Wuxin fled.

I guess

he went to Yushi.

(His father's best friend,)

(Wang Rensun, is there.)

(And it's also the hometown)

(of his master, Abbot Wangyou.)

Oh, right.

He also took away two friends

of Tang Lian.

Disciples of Xueyue City?

No.

(Tang Lian said)

(one is a disciple of the Lei Clan.)

(He)

(was supposed to visit Xueyue City to be its disciple.)

A disciple from the Lei Clan?

Lei Hong's, I heard.

(The other person is even more intriguing.)

(An innkeeper.)

The Lei lad

owes him money,

so the innkeeper tags along.

Tang Lian said he keeps many things to himself

and knows many secrets of the martial arts world.

An innkeeper?

He calls himself Xiao Se.

Any other news?

(Someone from the palace is getting desperate.)

(The second strongest of the Five Eunuchs,)

(Eunuch Jade Deity, the Directorate of Incense,)

left

Tianqi City secretly several days ago.

He is heading in that direction.

Shen Jingzhou too?

It seems like

(he doesn't believe us.)

One more thing,

(Wushuang Sword Box has made an entrance.)

(A young man called Wushuang is the owner.)

(He fought with the White-Haired Deity too.)

(And he came out unscathed.)

(He is heading to Yushi too.)

Those

from other sects

have been barred from it.

Barred?

No idea who did that,

(but they did Tianwaitian a huge favor)

(by doing that.)

(Otherwise,)

(the White-Haired Deity shouldn't be able)

(to even meet Wuxin)

on his lonesome.

We should have been there.

Although Tang Lian

is the best among all young Xueyue City disciples,

he can't win against all of them

alone.

We should give

the young ones

the chance to garner some experience.

Experience?

You're too easygoing.

Imagine. The entire martial arts world

is wary of a 17-year-old kid.

A 17-year-old kid

learned all the Secret Rakshasa Arts.

(He almost attained the Insouciant Phase.)

(Besides, he's also the descendant)

(of Tianwaitian's patriarch.)

Can they afford not to be wary?

Twelve years ago, Xueyue City stopped

the Demon Sect's eastern expedition.

Now,

their young head is returning.

What's there to be afraid of?

Let the young ones

deal with the new problem.

If they can't,

we step in.

I have written to Tang Lian.

(Once he receives it,)

he'll know what to do.

What did you say?

What Master wrote to us

12 years ago.

♪Pursuing the dream of our youth♪

♪We take everything as it comes♪

♪The distant land might be dangerous♪

♪But what's life without an adventure?♪

♪Youths are supposed to dream big and be sharp♪

♪Every struggle in life has taught us♪

♪That we shall do what we can wherever we go♪

♪Together, another journey awaits♪

As reckless as always.

[Awkward] (*The character resembles a funny face)

That's not how you play weiqi.

♪We take everything as it comes♪

♪The distant land might be dangerous♪

In Xueyue City,

you train with your sword.

I make my wine.

Weiqi

is for Changfeng.

[Awkward]

You haven't finished reading it?

What does it say?

Only four words.

Which four words?

Act with your heart.

That's easy.

Just follow

your heart.

[Jingwu Pavilion]

Master Wuchan.

Act with your heart.

What is the Buddhist view of it?

Buddha says,

follow the lead of your heart,

your temper,

and your fate.

That's just what I said.

Master Wuchan.

In your opinion,

what kind of person Wuxin is?

When I was little,

I left

Hanshui Temple with Master Dajue.

I hardly met

Wuxin,

so I don't know him well.

But there was this one thing

that left

quite the impression.

Is this the Freedom Formidable Fist?

[Religious Disciplines]

Wuxin.

But gods and demons.

Who decides which is which?

I don't know.

If Master says it's a demon,

then I'll kill it.

The scripture says

to eliminate demons is to eliminate the source of worries.

What should be eliminated is not the external threat

but the inner demon.

If you hadn't told me in person,

I wouldn't believe

that came from

a five-year-old kid.

I was born to the Tang Clan

and I have to observe strict rules.

Before 12 years old,

I learned the six schools

of mindfulness and poisons.

At the age of 16,

I mastered all 32 schools

of hidden weaponry.

When I turned 17, I went to Xueyue City

to study under Master,

and now, it's been six years.

The past 23 years

feel like

a schedule,

and I am its religious follower.

Act with your heart.

I don't get it.

How hard is it?

Lian.

Take your time.

I

will go to sleep now.

Master Wuchan,

we will arrive in Yushi tomorrow.

If you see Wuxin,

what will you do?

I'll act with my heart.

Take your time, Tang.

I will go to bed too.

Act with your heart

or follow the lead of fate.

Your very first reaction

when you see him

will be reflective of your heart's desire.

I don't think Wuxin

is evil.

And on that carriage,

he saved us.

You

think too much.

No young lad

should tread as carefully as you do now.

If you don't get it, don't dwell too much on it.

I

will return to Three-Gaze City tomorrow.

♪The snow falls into the mortal world♪

You must

take care.

♪When will spring come to revive the withered tree?♪

♪All that time wasted only to wait for that one person♪

♪Without the encounter, one would not be troubled♪

[Three days later]

[Dafanyin Temple]

Wuxin.

This is your last reminder.

This ritual

will shake Yushi to its core.

Many powerful foes

will be here.

Are you sure?

So?

Old Wangyou isn't here anymore.

No one can stop me.

Xiao Se.

What is that?

Sarira, perhaps?

Sarira?

After some monks pass away,

they leave a pearl-like object

that cannot be destroyed.

We call it a sarira.

It's a Buddhist artifact.

After Old Wangyou passed away,

his body turned to dust.

But amidst the dust

lies a sarira.

So,

I brought it

to Yushi.

Old Wangyou couldn't return here when he was alive.

So I brought

his soul here.

Foolish child.

Why did you come here?

Master.

Weep no more.

You shall return to your home.

My home is Hanshui Temple.

[Hanshui Temple]

This is Hanshui Temple.

Your home, from now on.

Missing home, aren't you?

Master.

Will you

leave me suddenly too,

like my parents did?

Oh, my child.

I will always be by your side.

Foolish, how foolish.

Hanshui Temple

is but a sojourn.

You are all grown up now.

You shall return to your home.

Your home

is a place of freedom.

A place beyond the border,

beyond the sky.

No.

Master.

I don't want to go anywhere.

I just want to return to Hanshui Temple.

Oh, my foolish child.

Only they think

you are capable

of ruining the world.

Master,

I seek your guidance.

♪The silent temple♪

♪We still have a long way to go in the martial arts world♪

♪The falling snow♪

♪Only clouds know the warmth of the cold moon♪

♪The roaring fate♪

♪At last, we see the light at the end of the tunnel♪

♪Everything is just a flash in the pan♪

♪Waiting for the ride to the highest heaven♪

♪The ethereal fog♪

♪Fame and fortune do not matter to an enlightened person♪

♪I face the sun♪

♪To have a pristine soul in this polluted world♪

♪Travel far♪

♪And overcome challenges life throws at me♪

♪I do not waste my youth away♪

♪Like blade and sword, relying on each other♪

♪We are devoted friends♪

♪How strong our bond is♪

♪No dream is small♪

♪Despite the conflicts and the feuds♪

♪We sing proudly♪

♪Youths ought to be fearless♪

♪Visiting all corners of the world♪

♪With our youthful spirits♪

♪Traveling freely with friends♪

♪It won't be lonely if I have my confidants♪

♪Travel far♪

♪And overcome challenges life throws at me♪

♪I do not waste my youth away♪

♪Like blade and sword, relying on each other♪

♪We are devoted friends♪

♪How strong our bond is♪

♪No dream is small♪

♪Despite the conflicts and the feuds♪

♪We sing proudly♪

♪Youths ought to be fearless♪

♪Visiting all corners of the world♪

♪With our youthful spirits♪

♪Traveling freely with friends♪

♪It won't be lonely if I have my confidants♪