Original subtitles

Do you still dare to beat others up?

They deserved it for saying that I have no father.

Why can't I call you Dad, Master?

The one who gives birth and raises you is your dad.

I didn't give birth to you. I only raised you.

I'm ineligible to be your dad.

A teacher for a day is a father for a lifetime.

It's just an appellation.

It doesn't matter.

How many do you have?

Two.

How many?

Three.

The underworld.

Science.

Punch and kick.

The truth.

A great swimmer.

Forensics.

Sorceress.

Reporter.

Weak body.

Special detective.

Mother.

Secretary of municipal government.

An individual with unsurpassed and exceptional abilities.

Young Master.

Belongs to the Great God.

The heiress.

Neither a smoker nor a drunkard.

What is the use of having power and money?

Can't stand the sight of you.

Not bad. Reasonable and fair.

Take a bath.

Are you kidding me?

Not finicky.

There are clues.

Germany.

Spirit channeling.

Big news.

Chamber of Commerce for Water Transportation.

Master.

De-you!

Father.

Not messing things up. Not afraid of things.

Inference.

Evidence.

Childhood sweetheart.

The people of Tientsin.

Mao Ding.

De-you Guo.

-River God. -River God.

-River God. -River God.

EPISODE 24

I've always remembered this saying

someone told me.

Lakes cannot stop rivers from flowing into the sea.

It's now time for the river to flow into the sea.

Even if there are no turbulent storms,

it will be worthwhile to rush in without looking back.

At least this is more meaningful

than washing leaves and rocks in the woods.

Weren't you planning to eliminate the Ancient Evil Gang?

The Ancient Evil Gang can be wiped out,

but not human hearts.

Yuan-yuan was killed by her dad, Qing-yang.

Her baby was thrown into the river by Yi-qiu.

Yi-qiu and Ms. Wang were killed by Steward Hu.

Er-ma was killed by his mate, Lao-qi.

Those who caused disturbance in the British Consulate

and killed the British Consul were the walking dead forged by Mrs. Hu.

Her son, Tian-ming, was one of them.

Yi-suo was killed by his brother, Yu Huang.

Also Ms. Xiao's fiancé, Mr. Qian, and over 100 dead bodies in the Hai River

were poisoned with opium by Mao's dad, Yi-qiu.

The Ancient Evil Gang is the actual victim.

They're just a bunch of patients who want to relieve their pain.

What's wrong with that?

The origin of that pain

and the Ancient Evil Gang is right here.

Lan-lan!

Lan-lan.

I'm dying.

I'm dying, Young Master.

I'm dying.

Stay still.

I'll get help.

Wake up, Lan-lan!

My mates are all dead.

I'm worried.

I'm really worried.

Si Yu.

You are my family.

I would have been dead without you and your dad.

Go.

Don't waste time on me.

Let's go!

Si Yu.

Even if the Ancient Evil Gang was not finished immediately 20 years ago,

they were left out in the cold.

How did you regain support and make the followers believe

that you can end their pain?

How will they evolve if the pain ends?

The value of the Ancient Evil Gang lies in knowing and using the pain.

How?

With obedient creatures.

Do you mean the worms that can control dead bodies?

I merely offer options.

They can choose to decay in the dirt like fallen leaves

or to consecrate their bodies to the Ancient Evil Gang

for a second life.

Can you consider it a second life by being in an unconscious body?

Of course they're conscious.

Their consciousness is here.

The consciousness of the Ancient Evil Gang.

It seems like someone was here before.

They came for the Origin of Dark Water and also died for it in the end.

If the predecessors have forewarned, why are you repeating history?

Predecessors?

They're just fools.

No one knows about the evolution better than I do.

You will see how much I have contributed toward evolution.

Do you have a light?

Part of the rock is hollow and smells like kerosene.

There must be a hidden mechanism.

It takes a while from getting infected to being killed by the disease.

It's impossible to find 100 dead bodies in the Hai River every day

to breed the corpse worm.

The zombies are only an experiment.

Perfectly combining the corpse worm and the Ancient Evil Gang

is the first product towards evolution.

Guard this place.

Hold my hand.

Pull.

Are you all right?

I've been walking for so long

to find this place.

I didn't expect you to be so competent and find it faster than I do.

The Origin of Dark Water.

It takes at least hundreds and thousands of years for a karst cave to form.

The Origin of Dark Water might have been here

long before humans exist.

I brought you here so that we can witness the evolution of mankind together.

What exactly do you mean about evolution?

Why did you say that this is the origin of the Ancient Evil Gang?

Just cut to the chase.

You have to show me how prosperous the Ancient Evil Gang can get.

The flood in Tientsin 20 years ago

was caused by an earthquake that changed the level of groundwater.

Water from the Origin of Dark Water flowed into a tributary of the Hai River

along the underground river

and infected the whole Qiming Village.

Are you saying

that the water here

will infect people with the virus of the Ancient Evil Gang?

The Origin of Dark Water doesn't connect with any other water system.

It exists underground independently.

The vibration you just felt is a simple test for the bombs.

Bombs?

A slight change of the water level could infect the whole Qiming Village.

If you blow up the pool of water,

the Origin of Dark Water will flow into the Hai River,

infecting the whole Tientsin and expanding the Ancient Evil Gang.

There are worms inside me.

The Ancient Evil Gang.

Blood.

San Xiao?

I...

I...

I can't control it.

Go.

Go!

The linking gear between the two statues

is used to transport tools and building materials.

The conveying speed can be adjusted by controlling the water flow.

It's the wisdom of predecessors.

How are they fools?

They're fools, of course.

Such exquisite construction does not help.

The beauty of the Origin of Dark Water lies in destruction, not construction.

The bomb will fall into the Origin of Dark Water

when the water in the statue drained out.

Instead of testing the bomb,

it feels more as though you're testing me.

You still have a little time

to think about it.

We will succeed

when the water runs out.

San Xiao.

If everyone in Tientsin

is infected with the virus of the Ancient Evil Gang

and blood of the holy child is the only cure,

the horrible and deadly virus will spread across Tientsin quickly.

Only the two of us know of the cure.

Can you guess what the people will call us?

If the virus comes from the river, it's because of the River Monster.

The one who defeats the River Monster and saves the world,

isn't it the River God?

Let's become the River God

together.

I'm flattered to be addressed as the Little River God.

But that title can't provide food or drink.

Isn't that just a pretense?

Well, it's fine.

My master hasn't allowed me to accept the title of River God.

He is the only family I have.

How can I disobey him?

But I've lost my only family.

No one can control me now.

Are you telling me that I can be the River God?

The real River God?

The River God.

The River God.

I'm not good enough for that.

Above all,

how dare anyone except my master and I call himself the River God?

I'll never

allow this.

Mr. Guo.

How can you be sure that De-you isn't the Holy Child?

I brought a boy back when we wiped out the Ancient Evil Gang.

I took him in because I sympathized that he had no parents.

I found out later that he was infected with the virus.

I did my best to cure him.

Luckily,

I made a medicine for bathing

to keep the infection from appearing temporarily.

Now you see why his body is more sensitive than ordinary people.

He's been watching me prepare medicine since he was a child.

He knows pharmacology after seeing so much.

Otherwise,

how could he watch you drink the poison?

Don't worry.

You'll get your sight back soon.

San Xiao...

The water is poisonous.

It spreads the virus of the Ancient Evil Gang.

Block the water outlet at the gear.

A bomb will fall into the pool and explode when the water runs out.

The poisonous water will flow into the Hai River.

Leave him to me.

Okay.

You owe me an explanation.

Why did you come here?

De-you.

De-you, where are you?

De-you.

Ying, I'm sorry to have wronged you.

I'll do anything

to save De-you.

At that time,

I not only saved De-you, but also a girl.

It was not convenient for a man like me to raise a girl.

So I gave her to Shen-po.

I didn't bring you here to save De-you.

It's to save the whole Tientsin.

How can a sorceress be absent

when the River God is fighting with the River Monster?

De-you.

Don't let the River Monster

become the River God.

Okay?

It's done.

I made it.

Poisonous water will flow into the Hai River when the bomb explodes.

The Ancient Evil Gang has succeeded.

You must have left a way out to deactivate the bomb.

Tell me.

Where is it?

Tell me, or I'll kill you.

It doesn't matter if I die.

The Ancient Evil Gang can revive.

Don't bother.

The girls are lying on the ground.

What's the point of showing off our strength here?

I think Lan-lan is quite nice.

Why won't you accept her?

Take care of the crazy girl for me

if it doesn't bother you much.

Keep her from running about all day long.

Hey.

And you, stop crying.

Your eyes could have recovered in two days.

Don't blame me if you became blind from crying.

Dear old friends.

See you around.

Master Guo.

Subtitle translation by Deborah