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The tea tastes good.

Qianqiao,

these guards can leave.

Even if Mo Huaiyang is an idiot,

he wouldn't hide the Glazed Armor here.

These guards are just pretending to work hard.

Yes.

Let's go.

Your Majesty,

how long should we wait?

How about…

letting me set a fire

to force them out?

What's the rush?

Mo Huaiyang can't run away forever.

As long as his disciples are here,

he will come eventually.

But Your Majesty, accidents might happen.

We brought so many Drug Men here this time.

If one of them

gets away,

things may go south.

What if

Mo Huaiyang brings help?

In that case,

we will kill

anyone who stands in the way.

Have some food.

Idiot,

don't you have anything to ask?

I…

I…

I do.

Gu Xiang,

who are you exactly?

Why don't you ask me

in front of Master Fan and your senior?

If I did,

then…

What should you do?

Do you care about me that much?

Of course!

I've already promised Mr. Wen.

That Wen Kexing.

How can he be the chief of the Ghost Valley?

He…

He has a close relationship with Mr. Zhou and Chengling.

Yes. He's Hero Zhen's descendant, right?

Gu Xiang,

are there any misunderstandings?

Mr. Wen was framed by others,

so he did that on purpose,

didn't he?

It doesn't matter

whether it's true or not.

If it's a misunderstanding,

I will prove your innocence,

even if it costs me my life.

What if it's true?

What if I'm a lone ghost from Mount Qingya,

coming to the human world by accident,

then meeting you

and deceiving you?

Weining,

will you kill me?

In the place where I grew up,

there were people always killing each other.

Even if there's only a 1% chance,

it's better to kill the wrong guy instead of letting him go.

If I don't do that,

I wouldn't be able to be alive.

If…

If you were a spy sent by the Ghost Valley

and deceived me on purpose

to get into the Gentle Wind Sword Sect

and bring your allies here,

so that you could kill us

and destroy our sect,

I would kill you without a doubt.

All right then.

But Gu Xiang,

do you know?

I've sworn an oath.

I, Cao Weining, will never fail you

in my life, not for once.

But in this matter,

I'm not sure if that counts as failing you.

But rest assured, Gu Xiang.

If I kill you,

I will kill myself right after that.

I will go with you to the netherworld.

Let's reincarnate together, hand in hand.

Gu Xiang,

please believe me.

In the next life,

I'll grow up with you

so you won't follow any bad examples or go through any hardship.

But…

Gu Xiang, I don't think you are a spy.

I know you are a good girl.

So Gu Xiang, please tell me,

what's going on?

If I tell you,

will you believe me?

I will.

Gu Xiang.

Gu Xiang.

Gu Xiang, don't cry.

I believe you. I do.

As long as you tell me.

Gu Xiang, please don't cry.

I'll tell you.

All of it.

Come here.

Sit down. Let me tell you.

My master's name is Wen Kexing.

He is the chief of the Ghost Valley.

But he has decided to be a good person.

No, that's not right.

He is a good person.

He just wanted to seek revenge

and he didn't need the Glazed Armor.

He won't be the enemy of your sect either.

Gu Xiang, slow down. I can't follow you.

All right. Then…

I'll start from the beginning.

Before I grew up in the Ghost Valley.

Since--

Since I began to remember things, I had been in the Ghost Valley.

Back then,

my master was only a teenager.

He was serving the old chief.

He said I was picked up from the waters,

so my name is Gu Xiang.

I believed it for years.

But later, I realized it was a lie.

The old chief kidnapped some children

to help him practice some evil skill.

All the other children had died, except for me.

My master begged the old chief

to keep me as a living toy,

so I survived.

Children who grew up in the Ghost Valley

consider killing as natural as breathing.

Everybody thought

the law of this world is that only the powerful can survive.

But my master told me that was not the case.

There was a place called the "human world."

I was just a little kid who entered the Ghost Valley by mistake.

He said that he would send me back one day.

Not until I grew up did I realize

that my master had protected me so many times.

One day,

my master started a riot in the Ghost Valley.

He killed the old chief and took the throne.

In the following years,

-Master killed every one -Chief!

of the former Ten Devils

and replaced them with new ones.

"Lunatic Wen" became his nickname.

Back then, I didn't take it seriously.

My master became the new chief.

I was thrilled because I could do whatever I wanted.

Until one day,

my master said he had finally completed his plan

and he would take me to the human world.

Order all 3,000 ghosts in Mount Qingya.

From now on,

I want everyone to go out

and kill the traitor.

Whoever can get

the Glazed Armor back for me

will be the head of Ten Devils!

So you went out

to kill Hanged Ghost and get the Glazed Armor.

You idiot. I explained it for so long.

This is just an excuse. Master only wanted to take revenge.

After the Zhen couple died,

Mr. Wen was kidnapped and brought back to the Ghost Valley, right?

No wonder when he met Hero Shen Shen,

he looked so devastated.

I'm sorry. You've been through a lot.

Wait.

The ghosts killed his parents,

yet kept him around.

Aren't they afraid that he will take revenge on them later?

Whoever enters the Valley

has to drink a decoction named the Soup of Oblivion.

After consuming it, they'll forget the deep obsession of their life.

The old chief thought

my master had forgotten about his parents.

But he didn't.

He has a strong mind.

He buried his hatred deep in his heart.

Master Wen.

Master Wen!

Finally, you are awake.

As you were unconscious for several days, I was scared to death.

Right.

Master Wen, this is…

Master Wen,

I'm Jing Beiyuan, the seventh child of my generation.

This is Nanjiang's Great Shaman.

You are so kind to come all the way here

to help us out.

Please accept my bow.

Master Wen,

there's no need for that.

I owe Zishu my life.

Beiyuan, we can catch up later.

Master Wen has been unconscious for days.

We have lost our advantage.

Perhaps Lord Zhou has been sent to Jin now.

Our priority is to save him.

But the Window of Heaven is heavily guarded.

We may not be strong enough to make it.

Our team from Nanjiang

only brought a few bodyguards along.

It's too late to call for backup.

What happened to Zhou Xu?

WHITE CLOTH

WHITE CLOTH

Master Zhou, please.

I've already taken the Muscle Relaxants.

This is unnecessary.

Please forgive us.

Let's go.

WHITE CLOTH

WHITE CLOTH

PLEASANT VIRTUE

Your Highness.

All right.

Pengju, thank you.

Go and get some rest.

-Your Highness. -You may go.

Yes, Your Highness.

Let's go.

Zishu,

why don't you come in?

PLEASANT VIRTUE

You are quite something.

I have to come to you, don't I?

Your Highness.

The homeland has been destroyed.

You don't have to keep me

or this sword.

It's so sharp.

It should go back to whom it belongs.

Follow me.

I've prepared you a jar of fine wine.

WHITE CLOTH

It's the wine in Qingluan's courtyard.

As the years have gone by,

there is not much left.

We made a promise back then, right?

Ten years later,

with the same people

in that same yard.

We will open it and drink it up.

Same people?

They've all left.

Yunxing went far away to the borderland.

Qingluan committed suicide.

Prince Qi was poisoned by you.

Jiuxiao died in Lucheng in a battle.

Among those who were in that yard,

only you and I are here now.

Hundreds of times

when I fell into dreams at midnight,

I went back to that flower-blooming courtyard.

Beiyuan was playing his guqin.

Jiuxiao was playing his xiao.

Yunxing was brandishing his sword and Qingluan was composing songs.

As I turned back,

you were standing by my side.

You were right.

Zishu.

All our friends have left.

Now, there are only both of us.

The bond between us

is an entanglement of favor and resentment.

I don't want to hold on to the past anymore.

Come back and help me.

Let's forget whatever happened in the past year

and start over.

What do you say?

PLEASANT VIRTUE

PLEASANT VIRTUE

Good wine.

Time is essential to wine

just as old friends are to people.

I used to think

it's better that you died.

If one wants to be a king,

he must suffer from loneliness.

But since I found out

that you appeared outside Yueyang City

safe and sound with your martial arts remaining the same,

I was so happy then.

Come on.

Tell me.

What did you do with the Nails of Seven Torments?

Even Pengju didn't discern your tricks.

I didn't get rid of

the Nails of Seven Torments,

but handled them in another way.

Pinning one nail into my body

every three months.

This way, gradually,

these nails would integrate into my flesh and blood.

It allowed me to get used to

the pain of breaking tendons and veins

so that after the punishment,

I will still be alive

along with degraded martial arts.

For 18 months.

You have suffered terrible pain

for as long as 18 months.

Why?

If you wanted to turn your back on me,

you could just leave without a sound.

Why?

Why did you torture yourself?

I was the one who set this rule of the Nails of Seven Torments.

Those who risked their lives with me did the same.

If I made an exception,

I would be too ashamed to meet them in the netherworld.

PLEASANT VIRTUE

Jiuxiao's death was an accident.

Do you think I'm not sorry for him?

What you did can't bring him back.

If Jiuxiao knew this, he would be far more heartbroken than I am.

Jiuxiao's death was an accident?

Then how about my 79 brothers of the Four Seasons Manor?

Did they also die in accidents?

A water-fetching jar would eventually be broken against the well.

A general is doomed to die in fights against the enemy.

Wars are cruel.

Life and death are destined by fate.

It's easy for you to shift the blame.

Zhou Zishu.

Don't you forget.

It was you who named it Window of Heaven.

You wanted to bring light into this dark world,

happiness to people,

and peace to the later generations.

Don't you understand what they died for?

Now,

I'm about to destroy

this decaying world.

How could you not be here?

What about Han Ying?

Han Ying?

I'm talking to you about all the people in this world

and the righteous path,

yet you bring him up?

Who the hell is he?

A cheap orphan slave.

How dare he show off before me?

Well,

thanks to this idiot who walked straight into the trap,

I found you in no time.

But are you questioning me all because of him?

How ridiculous.

He's also one of those people!

He was only 22 years old.

Zishu, you're so ridiculous.

Your joke is killing me.

Over the past decade,

countless people have died for your so-called righteousness,

including those who should die and those who shouldn't.

Your Highness.

I'm no longer a 16-year-old teenager anymore.

I know nothing about the peaceful world

that you told me about.

I just know that many people died because of me.

Every day and night, I am tortured by their death.

A peaceful world is built upon sacrifice.

They died for a great cause!

Did they die for a great cause

or your ambition?

PLEASANT VIRTUE

It was such a well-aged wine,

but you ruined it.

Zishu,

calm down.

You've taken the Muscle Relaxants for days.

You might die

if you get too mad.

You destroyed the Four Seasons Manor.

I destroyed it

to offer you a chance.

Jin was your actual homeland.

You couldn't make a decision,

so I made it for you.

I was thinking

if you would come back to me,

I would forgive all your misdeeds.

How ridiculous.

I always thought

you were my soul mate.

But it turns out

that you're no more than an ordinary person.

My soul mate?

You are not qualified.

What did you say?

Guards!

Your Highness. Zhou Zishu, you…

You traitor!

If you dare to hurt me just a little,

you will die in Jin!

Freeze, everyone!

Your Highness.

I came here with no intention

of leaving here alive.

Did you tamper with the Muscle Relaxants?

Good.

You still have allies in the Window of Heaven!

Your Highness.

You are wrong.

Hear my commands.

If I die here today,

everyone in the Window of Heaven

must die with me.

-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!

Your Highness.

So many years have passed,

yet you haven't changed a bit.

I gave Duan Pengju all the authority

so that he could take over everything.

If I still have allies in the Window of Heaven,

how could I just sit by and leave them here?

I told you.

I just handled the Nails of Seven Torments in another way.

I slowed down the process,

but I can't change the result.

I have lost my sense of taste and smell.

No scent works on me.

Absurd!

You knew I wouldn't kill you.

You will.

But you would see me first.

If you are willing to see me,

as long as we are in the same room,

I have a thousand ways to kill you.

Your Highness,

maybe you have forgotten

what our teacher once said.

The emperor's fury

results in a sea of blood.

Commoners' fury will only result in the death of one person,

yet it can make the whole world mourn.

I…

I trusted you

even though you are a traitor's son.

You have been depressed after Jiuxiao died,

then you left me.

Yet I forgave you.

Even…

Even when you turned your back on me,

I still couldn't bear to take your life.

What about you?

You ungrateful bastard!

Your Highness.

All favors and resentment between us

are too deeply entangled.

You fooled me and tried to kill me.

I don't care anymore.

I have failed the Four Seasons Manor.

I can't fail the whole world anymore.

PLEASANT VIRTUE

How ridiculous.

I have never really understood you.

Zhou Zishu.

When did you become a Bodhisattva?

-You used to-- -Enough!

Kill me!

Kill me!

Others will inherit my ambition.

WHITE CLOTH

-Your Highness! -Your Highness!

Your Highness.

No.

-Your Highness. -No.

No.

Don't kill him.

-Your Highness! -Your Highness!

What's that sound? Quick!

Weining.

Gu Xiang,

aren't you afraid?

What do I have to fear?

Don't get angry with me,

but actually, when we were on our way up to escape,

I was quite happy about it.

If we die here together,

you will never find out.

Am I the only one who smells this?

Someone's roasting meat.

I think I smell it too.

The wind direction is not helping.

Guys,

bring some big fans here.

Spread the scent.

-Yes. -Yes.

Little bastards.

Smell it.

You must be so hungry.

Your Majesty, I have bad news.

Mo Huaiyang is back.

He brought someone with him.

Is he bringing along with him the Jade Emperor or your father?

Look at your frightened face!

You're useless.

Where are my disciples?

Father.

You vile creature!

You rascal!

Answer Chief Mo.

Are you all deaf?

Answer Chief Mo!

YUFENG CAVE

Open up!

I'm back!

Mr. Zhao.

See for yourself.

See for yourself.

That person!

Your son is so powerful, isn't he?

He almost wiped out

our Gentle Wind Sword Sect

all by himself.

Mr. Mo,

I'll give you a satisfying explanation.

"You won't fail me,

and I won't fail you."

Today,

I finally understood what it means.

Master.

Please have mercy!

This is not the place for you two to fight.

You can deal with your son later.

Can you ask him

to order those people out there to leave?

You heard him!

Make your disgusting monsters

disappear now.

We'll talk about this later.

You little barbarian!

Get lost!

Weining.

Come here.

Mr. Mo, please forgive me.

I can swear to the heavens

that I know nothing about it.

Also, I told my son

to leave you alone.

I'm sorry that I didn't tell him we had become allies

because I didn't want to cause any trouble.

But rest assured,

when things are done,

I'll give him severe punishment.

That's unnecessary.

Do you think some severe punishment

could bring my disciples back?

This is unacceptable.

You're right.

I've failed in teaching my son.

Shame on me.

I'm also risking my reputation

to take out these three pieces of Glazed Armor.

I'll be honest with you.

If you indeed value our deal,

you know what to do.

I know what you mean.

But Mr. Mo,

my son means a lot to me.

I'm counting on him to take care of many things.

How about this?

I always keep my promises.

I'll double the pay.

I will make you satisfied--

Today, because of your son,

everybody knows

I'm working with you, Scorpion King,

and the Ghost Valley.

How can I instruct my disciples after this?

I got it.

When things are done,

I'll offer my son's head

as an apology.

Traitor, what did you do to the prince?

Zhou Zishu.

He treated you so well.

Even now, he didn't want to kill you.

But you didn't show any gratitude.

The internal injury he has

is caused by a unique skill of my sect,

which is Freezing Aroma Palm.

His heart meridians got hurt badly.

He has to lie in bed for the rest of his life.

Only my sect's martial arts can fix him.

But there is only one man left

who knows how to do it.

Guess who he is?

Stop the nonsense!

What do you want in exchange for saving the prince?

Spit it out!

Pengju.

Did you think

I only hit him with my palm

because I went easy on him?

I'm so sad

that you know nothing about me

even after working for me for so many years.

Zhou Zishu.

You can't threaten the prince this way.

If you do not cure him,

other highly-skilled doctors can.

I will risk my life

to beg him to put you to death

and cut you into pieces.

Pengju.

You are really scaring me.

Kill me.

Kill me.

Then he will die as well.

At worst,

I will die first

and wait for him in the netherworld.

You…

Shame on you!

You don't think

I ran the Window of Heaven

with my integrity, do you?

Great.

Great!

Lord Zhou, we'll see.

Let's see who can outlast the other.

All right.

Let's do that.

After all,

I can't live long.

I won't lose anything either way.