The soul that lies dust-laden among the stars, the sun and the moon
Awakens the helplessness of a delirious nightmare.
Uncovering this destiny's thread of events,
cannot escape this lifetime of loneliness.
Behind lies gloomy haze,
before lies a mountain pass.
Even if I want to escape, there is no running away.
But regardless of how fate governs my life,
my persistent heart won't change.
No matter how much time passes and how much the world changes.
Listening to the forlorn sound of the guqin, can't forget what should be forgotten.
Mortal relations entrap my youth.
Forgive the clear arrogance I've hidden in my heart.
go forth into battle and face the vastness, mightiness of the earth and heaven.
Life is also desolate
deeply attracted, like a roaring blaze burning.
The past, watch as I walk once through the ups and downs.
Using the cold blade edge and the guqin's solitude, write the events of the past and of today.
the lonely sword against my fingertip, speak and laugh easily.
Episode 6
Just like that?
The Datura flowers from the opposite bank of Youdu's Lethean waters
They will look for the Datura Pollen,
as long as the thief has Datura Pollen on them we'll probably be able to find them.
Besides Youdu, where else can you find Datura Pollen?
In the South and the West,
As long as there's a dark place, Datura Flowers will grow.
Therefore, depending only on the Datura Pollen will not identify the thief.
Senior Brother!
Senior brother, the villagers down the mountain ask for our help. A monster was spotted in An Lu Village
Three families were killed in one night, the Head Reverend is currently waiting for you.
Senior Brother, hurry and go, I'll stay here and wait for the Spirit Butterfly.
Alright
Head Reverend ordered me to bring you downhill to protect the villagers.
Hurry and go prepare.
Yes Sir.
Ling Duan!
Come with us downhill.
Senior Brother,
you aren't asking me to go together, are you?
Why, you don't want to come?
It's not I don't want to,
but I've just consumed some of my energy and cultivations not long ago
Zhao Lin and Ling Chuan knew about this too
Moreover,
You can't even deal with the Masked Person,
don't even mention me.
All you know is to idle your days away without practicing your sword skills
You stay in your room all day long
What else could have affected your cultivations and skills?
Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother isn't wrong,
He did lose most of his energy...
...helping us getting rid of the evil spirit
Let me go instead,
No.
If this matter...
...has to do with the masked man, then you'll be in danger
That's exactly why I should be the one responsible for it
Senior Brother, allow me to go with Tu Su Brother together.
The Masked Man clearly came after us the last time
If he killed the villagers is to lure us out,
he'll appear if we were to go there
That's right, senior brother!
If not because both of them...
left the mountain without permission,
all these wouldn't have happened
Let us be the bait while you lie in wait nearby
Perhaps we could lure him out this way
Senior brother! Senior brother!
Senior brother, Qing Xue discovered something. She wants you over
Could it be a diversion?
Senior brother, you attend to Tian Yong City
Shaogong and I will go down the mountain
Let's make it that way then
If you spot the Masked Man,
do not act impulsively
Once I'm done here, I will join both of you immediately
-Be vigilant -Yes
Let's go take a look
-Found anything? -No
We'll split up and continue the search. -Okay
Let's go
Let's take a look there
Let's go
Found anything?
It doesn't look like the result of any poison
There's sticky substance on the wounds
It's really strange
Could it be that some kind of creatures swallowed them and then threw up?
It's possible
So it's true that there are monsters around?
The other night Ah Xing said that...
he saw lots of big lanterns outside the lavatory
In the blink of an eye,
all the lanterns were gone
What to do now?
Have we become the target of the monster?
Do not be afraid
Since it's at the foot of Tian Yong City,
we won't let the monster bring harm to the village
That's good
There is a scent of Datura Pollen on this,
the Masked Man should be nearby.
There is no other road here,
This must have been brought here when the Masked Man cleans his wound upstream
We'll walk up along the bank
Where is the source of this stream?
The back of Tian Yong City
Tian Du Peak is at the front
Let's go
We've searched for hours
There's nothing suspicious in and out of the village
Could it be that the Masked Man has already fled knowing we'll be on guard here?
It feels odd to me
What do you think are the lanterns?
Perhaps they are...
Could it be glowing eyes?
Whatever it is,
we shall stay here tonight
I'd like to know what kind of monster it is
What's wrong? Are you worried the monster might be strong?
It's not that
I'm thinking if you should go back first
Report our deductions to Senior Brother
Besides, you shouldn't be away from the Sword of Burning Solitude for long
After all, you're inseparable from the forces of the sword
That's why the Masked Man could hunt you down
I'm not afraid of the Masked Man
I only fear of not being able to control the forces of the sword
As long as I remember,
it has been torturing me ceaselessly
Teacher has to isolate himself for recuperation because of me
Senior Brother is always on his toes,
wasting too much of his time...
...on me.
Sometimes I wonder,
why can't I be an ordinary man?
Look at those villagers
All of them think highly of immortals
...because immortals are extraordinary
...and different from them
In those days when I learn swords skills in Tian Yong City,
my only wish...
..is to be an ordinary man like the villagers
Tusu, keep your head up
The Sword of Burning Solitude may have weighed you down
but if you think it another way, it is also yours to exploit
The more you repulse it,
the more you're entrapped within your own negative thoughts
Accept everything without rancour is the first step against it
Do not let your worst dream have control over you
You are the one in control of everything
I'm in control of it?
Where there is a will, there is a way. I'm sure you'll be able to get rid of the sword force on you one day
Shaogong! Let me handle it. You stay here to protect the villagers
Where is this?
Let's go get him
Why are you so reckless?
Do you have any idea your responsibility over our entire clan?
Come back!
Why does mother dislike me so much?
My name's Han Yunxi, not "Xiuning's son"!
You're Han Yunxi?
What are you? Reveal yourself!
Shaogong!
Han Yunxi! No one can protect you this time!
Don't move! Get me the Sword of Burning Solitude!
A quarter-hour's delay and I'll cut off an arm
If you refuse, he will die
Don't listen to him, Tusu!
Don't give him the Sword of Burning Solitude!
You want to fend for him? You can't even save your own neck!
Shaogong!
Tusu! Run!
Don't give him the Sword of Burning Solitude! Don't!
Shaogong!
Tusu! Tusu!
What's wrong with Ah Xiang?
Could something have happened to Senior Tusu?
Looks like the Masked Man has left
I still have some issues to settle
You can go back and take care of your Granny
Tusu
Give me the Sword of Burning Solitude
Give me the sword
No. Please calm down, Tusu
I want revenge!
Can't get in. What now?
Senior brother
Where's Tusu?
No idea. Shaogong and he are both not in sight anywhere
This enchantment suddenly appeared. No one could get in
We have evacuated the villagers from this place
Step aside
Where are Tusu and Shaogong?
Release them!
You're here at the right time
You'll see in a moment what your junior brother has turned into!
Sword and body, merged!
Tusu!
Tusu...
Well done, Baili Tusu
All my effort and plan are not in vain
You finally got me the Sword of Burning Solitude
Tusu!
Wake up... wake up!
Tu Su...
Tu Su!
Tu Su...
Master!
Master...
Master.
go invite the Head Reverend here.
Yes sir.
I have personally gone to An Lu Village to investigate.
But, as I discovered, in one night,
all the masked peopled have disappeared,
the only thing that was left was the mark of magic [name] being used.
This is enough to prove that
this is a dark magic that can absorbed and create spiritual energy.
Absorbed spiritual energy?
That's right.
There's a probability they want to absorbed the spiritual energy of the sword from Tusu's body,
combine it with the Sword of Burning Solitude to create something new.
The masked man forced Tusu to take the Sword of Burning Solitude,
meaning that he already knew the connection between Tusu and the Sword.
That year in Wu Mon Ling Gou,
although I didn't saw it with my own eyes.
Those Masked men are probably in the same group
8 years ago when the sealing of Sword of Burning Solitude failed,
the masked men probably tried to steal the sword spiritual energy,
that's why they put so much effort into planning all these years.
Master,
Yinzhen, don't worry.
I already hand down the order to increase security of Tian Yong Cheng (Sky City).
No one can enter
and you were always training/meditate in solitude,
because of this incident you left it earlier,
in order to heal your eldest student;
you have wasted hundreds of years of magic/zen
Oh right, there's still one thing left; Youldo (Qingxue's hometown)
sent a girl named Feng Qingxue into our Tian Yong Cheng, in order to look for the Sword of Burning Solitude.
They clearly don't respect us.
Magic/zen can be regain through training.
Right now Youldo's elder is injured
And Feng Qingxue also saved Tusu that year.
Reverend Hansu, let them go this time.
Yinzhen, that year I did warned you,
not to accept Tusu as your student.
Look at it now, his dark aura is uncontrollable
if it stay like that, there will be chaos.
Listen to me this time, how about we hand him over to Youldo.
If not we can take away his KungFu.
It's a solution. That way we can avoid...
Reverend Hansu, Tusu is a kind person.
The incident at An Lu Village, it's because he wanted to save people that's why he was controlled by the Sword.
Yet, Tian Yong Cheng is purely a divine place.
As long as they're able to go back on their wrongs, cultivate wholeheartedly, then they can leave the world's cruelty behind.
Plus, Tu Su has no intention of hurting anyone.
His natural talent exceeds all of Tian Yong City's disciples.
Because of his natural talent,
so, if he continues to practice,
I'm afraid there's going to be a day
that he will master swordsmanship.
If at that time, he cannot control the burning from this evil spirit.
Then it will be troublesome.
Have you ever thought about it? If one day, in Tian Yong City,
when his master, Reverend ZhenYin can't even control the dark aura inside of him,
then it'll be as how Youdu's Granny has said,
the lives of the common people will be ruined by him!
Head Reverend,
These years, even though I'm constantly meditating in seclusion,
but every three years, I always see him for a month.
This child's nature is kind,
without a trace of negativity.
In Tian Yong City, other than Ling Yue,
he doesn't have anyone to talk to.
Being able to preserve his nature, it's not easy.
Zi Yin, I understand your efforts towards him.
But have you thought about it?
The burning from this evil spirit is too dangerous.
If we both can't control it,
then it'll be really troublesome.
You can't go in, stop, stop right there!
You can't go in!
Teacher!
Teacher, disciple has disappointed you
by creating a big mess.
I hurt Senior Brother.
Disciple is willing to use life to make up for the wrongs.
Teacher, please punish me.
You're not thankful for your upbringing.
And now, Ling Yue is hurt because of you.
How can you easily give up on your life?
Say such stupid things?
If I knew you were going to say these words,
why did I save you back then?
Disciple fears harming others,
Disciple cannot control the burning Sword.
Moreover, cannot control myself.
Zi Yin, what about this?
Remove all of his cultivation and let him live in the sutra repository for the rest of his life
This is the another way.
Head Reverend, I'm not siding with Tu Su,
but the burning hasn't been activated for the past eight years.
Now that it has seen the power of blood and demon fire,
I fear that it will not calm down easily.
These eight years, one half of the sword spirit that has been eliminated is growing.
Right now it lives with Tu Su.
The seal that we have put can only hinder the evil spirit.
It can't block the spirit from nurturing a demon within him.
If we were to take away Tu Su's cultivation,
then we'll have to take away the seal from eight years ago.
I'm afraid of the regeneration variables,
or the fact that Tu Su will be easily controlled by the sword.
or the spirit finding and entering another body.
It's also due to this reason,
Youdu could do nothing about it
Now that Youdu Granny is severely injured
whereas I have also exhausted my energy
I fear that it wont be easy to suppress the power of the sword
What could be done now?
You'll be on a retreat again soon
I've given it a thought before I went on a retreat last time
If the forces in Tusu's body is uncontrollable,
there's still one more method
Tian Yong City is a place in the world with the freshest air
The restricted area at the back of this mountain also has the purest air
I may not be able to eliminate the forces in Tusu's body
but it can still be suppressed
Since Tusu and the sword has become one,
why not keep him at the restricted land?
It'd also be a punishment for Tusu to reflect on his mistakes
Alright then. One more thing...
He has seriously injured his fellow apprentice brother Ling Yue
Severe punishment must be meted out to uphold our sect's rules and regulations
Head Reverend, I've been here in Tian Yong City for a hundred years
I only have Tusu and Ling Yue as my disciples
One is seriously injured, the other is suffering from the curse of a sword
Their future will be full of setbacks
For my sake, I hope that Head Reverend will...
give him a chance.
Head Reverend, if we really look into it,
Tusu wasn't intentional
please reconsider.
Forget it
your student is the culprit and
the one who got hurt is your student
Keep him at the restricted land for three years
but Tusu remember,
within these three years you cannot leave that area.
Tusu understand.
What happen with senior brother?
it's because Tusu's madness taken over. you didn't see it.
but it was like his one goal was to stab senior brother.
what did you say? who stabbed who?
you're wrong, Tusu would not hurt Senior brother.
i'm telling the truth.
if the Reverend didn't arrive on time to stop Tusu
Senior brother might not have lived.
what about Tusu, where is he?
you're still worried about him?!
not sure how the Reverend pleaded so he
...he's only to be confined for three years
Han Yun Xi!
Yun Xi!
Feelings of sadness that can't be stopped
I should lean on your shoulder now
Han Yun Xi!
I still remember the innocent face you used to have
Now it shows the vicissitudes of life
Even if I'll get hurt, I'm willing to be by your side forever
Teacher
The past is the past. Why still hold on to it?
Tusu, hurry and enter
... to which I traverse and wander around
The memories of the distant past
still could not be wiped out till now
I still remember the innocent you used to have
Han Yun Xi!
Now it shows the vicissitudes of life
He is BaiLi Tusu.
Why are you stopping me?
Qingxue, I do not know how is Youdu connected to Tusu
But I do know that Reverend Ziyin could save him
but he can help suppress the sword's evil aura
Can Youdu do that?
If you can't stop his suffering,
then don't bother him
or else you're just harming him.
i won't harm him.
i will definitely find a way to save him.
i hope so too.
Tusu, from now on
no one can enter this place besides Ling Yue
While I'm on a retreat, you shall do some soul-searching here
You may be alone and by yourself
but it's a good chance to battle the dark thoughts in your mind
Bear these in mind: be calm, think and be tolerant
Ease your mind, learn to cultivate yourself
I hope that by the time I'm back, you'll be able to have control over the sword
...and not be hurt by its forces again
Yes sir, teacher.
Close seal!
Who told you?
How can it happen!
Don't worry, Granny You Du
That sword is safe in our Tian Yong City
Moreover, we have a swordmaster to guard over it. We won't lose it
Tian Yong City is after all a reputable place for the cultivation of immortality
How could you still tell a bare-faced lie?
Let me ask you, what happened to the Masked Man who attempted to steal the sword?
His whereabouts and background are still unknown
Our enemies are eyeing covetously on it
With Tian Yong City alone, can you guarantee the sword is in safe hands?
I might as well bring it back to Youdu
Granny has exaggerated the matter
Think about it. If we aren't capable of keeping guard over the sword,
is Youdu really capable of it?
Besides, now that the Masked Man is focused on Tian Yong City,
it is actually a blessing to Youdu
And also don't forget
you are heavily wounded
Even if I were to give you the sword, could you bring it back?
Please think again, Granny
Where's Reverend Ziyin? I need a word with him
Reverend Ziyin is on seclusion
Seclusion?
Didn't you see him?
It's like this
Reverend Ziyin has indeed come out from seclusion before but now he's back on a retreat
Grandmother don't worry
Once he's back, I'll discuss with him
How about this, we'll give you a satisfactory answer within three years
Since it is like that,
I can only wait for your answer
Qingxue, let's go
What are you stare at? Go!
Yunxi...Tusu...
I will find a way to eradicate the evil force of the sword
Wait for me
You are leaving?
Senior Brother pleaded with the Head Reverend
He also let me come and bid you farewell
What actually happened at An Lu Village that day?
I kept looking for you
But I was brought back by teacher after that
...so I didn't manage to ask you that
I was outside the enchantment at An Lu Village
There's no way of getting in even after several attempts
I have no choice but to go back for help
I really have no idea all these things could have happened
It was all my faults.
I shouldn't have let you go alone
What happened to me has nothing to do with you.
Didn't you want to learn the spell to revive the dead?
I'm not worry now.
Tusu, there isn't a spell to revive the dead here.
only training sword
During my time here,
the incident at An Lu Village and you being punished
made me understand that here
is not for me.
why?
Cultivating immortality...
means that I must give up on love,
...uphold heavenly principles and eliminate desires
and i?
am just a regular person.
i have worries, friendship and love.
my purpose here was to seek...
I am afraid that if I stay here too long,
the only dedication and hope that I have will be erased
so i have to leave
Tusu, i believe we'll meet again one day
where do you plan to go afterwards?
the land is big, anywhere can be home.
i'll go to visit where i grew up
and travel around the world afterwards
10 years, 20 years,
or maybe even 50 years.
or even a lifetime, if i can't find what i'm seeking.
perhaps I'll give it up
When that day comes, perhaps I'll return to Tian Yong City
and we'll go back to playing the zither and chatting under the tree
okay, i'll wait for you
There's always a place to go in this world
But you're always keeping yourself alone
You don't mingle around with the others
And now you're confined in this place. As days and years pass by...
i did it willingly.
only here i won't hurt others.
only training can help me control the evil.
But that day at An Lu Village...
didn't i tell you, don't believe in the so called fate
that's why i have to train for three years
so i can learn how to control it.
at that time i'll leave.
there will be one day we will meet again
i look forward to that day.
Chief Lei Yan
Since Shaogong has already left Tian Yong City,
why not join our Qing Yu Sect?
Compared to Tian Yong City, our Qing Yu Sect owns thousands of elixirs,
and ten thousand volumes of books
If you join me, perhaps you'll be able to get what you want
Thanks Chief Lei Yan for your offer
However, I have some things yet to be settled
Besides, I'm missing my family after being away for a long time
Are you missing your old servant, Ji Tong?
Ji Tong is my family,
... not a servant
Since she's your family, the more I should treat her well
She has already been invited to Qing Yu School
She's waiting for you there
Chief Lei Yan shall lead the way then
Sure
Within these three years,
I must find a way...
..to suppress the sword's aura
Fell in love with the quietly flowing river of stars that fill the sky
as if a dream has covered itself in soft flowing robes
moist eyes cannot hold back the sorrow that stirs in my heart
In this moment, I should be leaning on your shoulder.
I still remember your simple and innocent appearance in the beginning
But now you've experienced the vicissitudes of life
Even if I'll get hurt, I'm still willing to forever
Wait at your side like this.
Look into the distance, in the direction in which you pointed
We went there to climb, to wander
In the distance, those clear bright times
Even now they are unforgettable.
Look into the distance, we were once impetuous in our youth
Nursing our dreams, we traversed the vast land
We searched for the heaven of love in distant places
I went flying with you.
Bravely fly into the distance.