The Legend of Chinese Zodiac
♫ The twelve zodiac signs form a mystery ♫
♫ The grand thousands of worlds follow one order ♫
♫ Rat year, Ox year, ♫
♫ Tiger year, Rabbit year ♫
♫ Dragon year, Snake year, Horse year, Sheep year, Monkey year, Rooster year, Dog year, Pig year ♫
♫ For generations, leaving countless legends behind ♫
♫ Who am I? You, who are you? ♫
♫ He isn't himself, you are not yourself ♫
♫ You disguise as me, I play you ♫
♫ Turning and tossing, the twelve signs can reach your inner self ♫
♫ The twelve zodiac signs form a mystery ♫
♫ The grand thousands of worlds follow one order ♫
♫ Rat year, Ox year, Dragon year, Snake year, Horse year, Sheep year, Monkey year, Rooster year, ♫
♫ Dog year, Pig year ♫
♫ For generations, leaving countless legends behind ♫
♫ Leaving countless legends behind ♫
♫ Who am I? You, who are you? He isn't himself, you are not yourself ♫
♫ Who am I? You, who are you? You disguise as me, I play you ♫
♫ Turning and tossing, the twelve signs can reach ♫
♫ Can reach your inner self ♫
♫ The twelve signs all put on a show ♫
♫ With the theme being the brewing of the taste of life ♫
♫ Rat year, Ox year, ♫
♫ Tiger year, Rabbit year ♫
♫ Dragon year, Snake year, Horse year, Sheep year, Monkey year, Rooster year, Dog year, Pig year ♫
♫ Offspring multiply for myriads of generations in an endless chain ♫
♫ Men take law from Earth, Earth takes law from Heaven, ♫
♫ Heaven takes law from the Dao. The law of the Dao is its being what it is. ♫
♫ Men take law from Earth, Earth takes law from Heaven, ♫
♫ Having the law of the Dao, this world can be well-behaved ♫
The Legend of Chinese Zodiac
Episode 1
Timing by The Zodiac Warriors and Ninja Academy and Subtitles Brought to you by The Zodiac Warriors Team
In ancient, chaotic times,
the two strongest forces,
led by the Yellow Emperor, Xuan Yuan, and Chi You, (T/N Also known as "Huangdi", legendary ruler around 2500 BCE)
met into a powerful and heated war.
The Yellow Emperor, Yuan Xuan
Chi You
Kill!
Charge, in my name!
This vast war
has finally come to an end with Chi You being defeated and caught.
However, in the brutal war,
the ultimate victims were those
unarmed people.
Some of them have lost their parents.
Some lost their siblings.
This baby in swaddling clothes,
is the male protagonist of this drama.
His parents were also killed in this war.
Take the child and leave first. Go quickly!
My child’s father!
My child’s mother!
Child's mother!
The defeated Chi You
was locked away in a dark dungeon.
Release me!
The people, under the benevolent Yellow Emperor’s governance,
reconstructed their homes to live and work.
Great king, the king is good, good, good king.
Who's that?
Who are you?
Why are you so careless?
It looks like your leg's been cut by thorns.
My name is Yan'er.
I live in a nearby village.
I came to get herb medicine.
I don't mean any harm.
I just want to heal you.
Don't harm me.
Don't worry, don't worry, it'll be all right in a moment.
Who is she?
She healed me.
She's my friend.
Look - the tiger's gone.
That's right, you don't have a name yet.
Otherwise, why don’t I give you a start?
Your eyes are as bright as stars.
You also grew up with a tiger.
From now on, shall I call you Xing Hu ("Star-Tiger")?
Isn't this beautiful?
My Dad gave it to me before he died.
In the future, if some day I will depart from you, I will give it to you, okay?
Wait for me! Wait for me!
Wait for me!
Come, come!
Give it to me!
Wait for me!
You can't catch me!
Done.
Turn around, and I'll take a look.
Turn around again.
This is for you. I made it with my own hands.
Do you like it?
I like anything, as long as it's you who makes it.
Xing Hu, I want you to answer me about something.
Anything Yan'er asks, I'll answer.
Ok. Come, come here.
Sit here.
I want to tell you something.
Tomorrow is the annual evening bonfire party.
I want you to go with me.
What's the evening bonfire party?
The evening bonfire party is when boys and girls
gather around a bonfire
and can sing and dance.
And then, boys and girls,
they...
They what?
You don't have to ask so many questions.
Go with me, ok?
The mulberry leaves are the best diet for silkworms,
but you all have to remember
when feeding silkworm mulberry leaves,
you all absolutely cannot look at water.
Wait until the silkworm is ready to make a cocoon.
Then the silk can be spun and woven, okay?
You all, get busy now.
Yes, come, okay, okay, okay.
Your Majesty.
My wife,
your base of knowledge has
turned out to be serviceable to all generations.
Oh, by the way,
if there is anything you need,
feel free to say it.
This king can reward you anything
Your Majesty, as long as the world is able to enjoy lasting peace
so that people can live and work,
this is precisely the greatest ancestral gift.
Madam, rest assured.
The Chiyou chaos has subsided.
This king has already imprisoned him in a dry dungeon.
Even the entire Nine Li Tribe has already been subdued.
I want to see that this world
has no longer any tribes that can cause havoc.
-This? -This?
Chi Mei
Everyone listen, something's not right.
Such sounds from a concealed place.
The dark dungeon matter is already urgent.
Surely, it must be Chiyou’s atrocious associates trying to take him away.
You guys listen.
–Quickly follow me to the dark dungeon. –Yes.
Who are you?
Why are you helping me?
This demon called Ben Zuo,
viewed last night’s astrology
and saw the South Top Star sink.
This is the king’s bad omen.
It indicates that the king’s nemesis has already emerged.
Nemesis, mine?
But, the king does not need to panic.
Ben Zuo has comes
to be of assistance to the king in eliminating this nemesis,
Defeat Xuanyuan and make the king dominate the world. (Note: Xuanyuan is the Yellow Emperor’s personal name.)
However, please do not
betray this insignificant subordinate spirit
when you succeed, King.
Nonsense! Rely on you?
I was a Nine Li Tribe Warrior.
Why would I, the bravest of the brave,
need you to help me?
If it were not for the Old Xuanyuan’s arrow,
I would have long ago dominated the world!
Don’t think that just because you saved my life,
that I would dare not kill you.
Guards!
Kill him!
Yes!
Everything in this world counteracts each other.
Chiyou, your nemesis is already in this world.
Without Ben Zuo to help,
not only will you have difficulty in this world,
but you also will be buried under their hands.
You will not have a peaceful death.
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Yan'er,
this is top-notch deer antler and fungus.
It's a present I specially prepared for you.
No merits, no good fortune.
Discard these things or take them back.
Actually, the reason I came looking for you is that
I want to declare something to you.
Then quickly say it,
and when you've said it, leave right away, okay?
I declare to you that
you, Yan’er, are very much honored.
I incidentally was chosen to be the village leader.
Act as my date tonight
at the bonfire party.
Selling vegetables!
Buy some of them!
There are many fresh ones. Look.
These are all home-grown.
They're especially fresh. How about buying something?
This is what I wanted to give to Yan’er.
That's nice-looking.
What are you doing?
Why are you stealing my stuff?
What are you doing? Let go, let go!
You're pleasantly surprised, right?
You're honored, right?
I am telling you, there are so many girls in the village.
All of them are clamoring
and want to be my dating partner.
But as I saw you,
I chose you.
But you came too late.
I already have a partner.
Village head, village head!
It's not good, something's happened!
Something big!
What happened?
Village head, can you come quickly and take a look?
The market is in confusion.
There's a savage who came from nobody knows where
Hardly speaking, without paying, he took something,
and at the market, a hunter's sheep...!
Yan'er. Yan'er!
Xing Hu (Star Tiger)!
Yan'er!
Yan'er, look! This thing is beautiful.
It’s especially good.
If you wear it on your head, it's sure to look good.
Here, I'm giving it to you.
Hey, do you know, I just saw
a real, real lot of fruit
placed inside of a bamboo basket.
And there was a big flock of sheep.
Unexpectedly, this is much easier
than hunting in the forest.
You are not hunting. You are robbing and plundering.
If you act like this, the village people will think you're a bad person.
From now on, you can't do this kind of thing.
Village head, that's him!
Come, give these back to the people.
I'll go with you to apologize.
Why? This is something I hunted myself.
This isn't something you hunted.
This is someone else's.
You took this without asking their permission.
That's stealing. Do you understand?
Why?
All the same,
We have to return this to the other people.
Don't tell me you're not listening to anything I'm saying?
Okay, I'm listening, I'm listening.
Come.
Wait a minute!
Yan'er,
you know him?
He's called Xing Hu.
This is who I asked to come to the bonfire party today.
I know. Isn't it I who relied on big brute force myself?
I'll give you a test of strength.
I'll make you lose.
If you lose,
don't set foot into our village again.
If you do
I'll break both your legs.
Don't!
And if you lose?
Nonsense! As if I could lose.
If I lose,
Anything you ask,
I'll comply.
Then I'll ask you to
strip naked
and run around the town with a naked butt. Naked butt!
Xing Hu!
Savage! You lost!
From now on, I forbid you to set foot in this village!
If I see you again,
I'll break both your legs!
Beat him! Beat him! Beat him!
Let me go! Let me go!
I beat you! I beat you!
I'm more powerful than you! I beat you!
I demand that you strip off (your clothes) and wander around town! Strip off!
You sore loser!
I'm saying I beat you! I beat you!
Strip off your clothes! strip off!
Capture him!
I defeated you! I defeated you!
I beat you! I beat you!
I am stronger than you guys! I am stronger than you guys!
Xing Hu!
Xing Hu! Xing Hu, stop it!
Yan’er! Yan’er! Yan’er!
Yan’er! Yan’er! What's the matter?
You ask what's the matter?
Look and see if you have done a good thing?
That person compared strength with me.
I beat him. They all beat me.
I seized and then beat all of them.
Yan’er? Yan’er, are you angry?
Yan’er?
If letting them fight makes you calm,
then okay, I will go and let them fight.
Come back!
Are you okay?
I’m fine.
Why is cooking so difficult?
Don’t you like to eat it raw?
People like you are strange. In fact, cooking is very simple.
It is because you are stupid; stupid, big tiger.
Don't move! Don't move!
Come, let me help you wipe.
Don't laugh!
It’s tickles. Can’t stand it.
Xing Hu!
Don't run!
Did you hear me? Don’t run!
Stop!
Did you hear me? Don't run!
Xing Hu! Xing Hu!
Don't move.
Yan’er, do you have something that you desire, or not?
I will bring it to you next time.
I can give you plenty of things.
No need.
As long as you can properly accompany me, then that is enough.
Then Yan’er, have you ever liked something or not?
I, Xing Hu, can give you anything.
Yes, I have.
Really? Then hurry up and tell me.
What you do desire?
As long as Yan’er likes it,
I can do it.
Really?
Really.
Then I'd like a pair of wings.
This way, I can fly away to heaven.
Afterward, I will go and find my father and mother.
Wings?
Yan’er wants wings?
Where can I find wings?
Forget it. Forget it.
Mother, I came back.
Mother!
Mother, I brought you something to eat.
Eat a little bit more, eat quickly.
Eat quickly.
Mother look,
I won’t eat them.
Mother, why won’t you eat? Eat quickly.
Stupid child, when have you ever seen a tiger eat fruits?
Mother, don’t shun it.
Eating vegetation is good. Eating vegetation is healthy for the body.
Timing by The Zodiac Warriors and Ninja Academy and Subtitles Brought to you by The Zodiac Warriors Team
Mother, since growing up,
except for you, Yan’er was only the best for me.
But Yan’er wants wings.
Tell me, where can I go to find her wings?
You eat a little something first.
When I come back, I will give you some chicken supplement.
Okay?
Chicken?
Right! Why didn’t I think of that?
Mother, I am leaving.
Your Majesty!
This bronze sword, it is really very sharp.
My army, if equipped with this weapon,
will be truly invincible and successful in whatever it does.
In this world, who could compete with me.
Hurry up and find the swordsmith!
Quickly, quickly, search for this gold stone.
Forge more of these swords!
If it is successful, gather troops immediately.
- Attack Xuanyuan’s little children! - Yes!
Xing Hu!
Our chicken too! Our chicken too!
Stop it, Xing Hu! Xing Hu, stop it!
Yan’er! By the way Yan’er,
didn’t you want a pair of wings?
I made these especially for you.
You are a savage.
Could it be that you plucked the whole village’s chicken feathers
so you could give Yan’er these wings?
Originally, the village’s chicken feathers were plucked.
No wonder I couldn't find them.
I also caught a few birds.
Xing Hu, of course you did it in order to
give me these pair of wings.
Of course.
What else is good to pluck feathers from?
Those chicken ran fast, so it was hard to follow them.
They made me exhausted.
But Yan’er, with these pair of wings,
you can fly up to heaven.
This is really warm and touching.
My goose bumps have broken out.
However, the both of you
are a little emotional.
Making such a disturbance hurt everybody’s businesses.
It was a bit too much.
Xing Hu, go.
Go? Where am I going to go?
Hurry!
I don’t want to. I am not leaving.
I don't like them. Leave!
Get rid of him! Get rid of him!
Yan’er, what is going on?
- I don’t understand. - You don’t understand?
You see, everyone doesn’t like you.
Why are you still here and not leaving?
Yan’er, Yan’er, then tell me,
what did I do?
What you are doing now is useless.
-Hurry up and go. -I won’t go
Are you going or not?
I don’t want to. I won’t go. Not going.
- Are you going or not? - I won’t go!
Get rid of him! Get rid of him! Get rid of him!
Go! Please go!
Yan’er, I've got an idea.
You can let him stay in the village.
The idea…
There are three evils in this world.
A multi-terminal evil has wounded many.
No one can get rid of them.
You rely on your being extraordinarily brave and strong, don't you?
If you can get rid of these three evils,
and keep people from harm,
I, first of all on behalf of the villagers
will respect you as a hero!
I will never drive you away!
How about it?
However, these three evils are very ferocious.
They've devoured countless souls.
You are likely to die at anytime. Do you dare?
Don’t, Xing Hu. Don’t listen to him.
As long as I can get rid of the three evils,
you all really won’t drive me away?
You are a little fool.
Yan’er is trying to drive you away,
just in order to save you, right?
If the villagers are willing to let you stay,
how could Yan’er drive you away?
Yan’er, you tell him.
Did I say something wrong or not?
Don’t listen to him.
Alright, deal.
Then tell me, how do I get rid of the three evils?
Where are they?
I am afraid you can’t eliminate the first one.
It is entrenched under Changqiao (T/N "Long bridge")
among the scaly dragon's pit.
If you can get rid of the scaly dragon, come and look for me again.
At that time,
I will tell you where the other two evils are.
Scaly dragon? Okay!
Xing Hu, don’t listen to him! Are you listening?
Wait for me to come back.
Don’t go, Xing Hu!
- Go! Go! - Xing Hu! Xing Hu!
Xing Hu! Xing Hu! Let me go!
Xing Hu, don’t go! Did you hear me?
They are deceiving you, Xing Hu!
- Xing Hu! - Guards, capture her for me.
- Yes. - Xing Hu!
Scaly dragon, hurry up and come out!
Scaly dragon, come out for me!
Scaly dragon, hurry up and come out!
Hurry up and come out, scaly dragon!
Come out quickly! Let me teach you a lesson!
Come out quickly!
Come out!
Could it be?
Could this young man
be Chiyou’s nemesis?
Do you really like Yan’er?
You?
Who are you?
Who I am is not important.
It is important that
I can help you gain Yan’er’s heart.
Indeed, as you said.
That is natural.
Then hurry up and say it. What should I do?
To get Yan’er’s heart,
the first thing you have to do
is to get rid of Xing Hu.
That savage might have well died
in the scaly dragon’s belly.
No, Xing Hu was raised by some tigress.
This tiger is not an ordinary tiger.
It is the godly tiger, who obtained the mysterious yellow qi,
and so Xing Hu got its power.
The natural divine power of the dragon and tiger will be a match for each other.
Naturally, it is difficult to decide who would win.
But there is a certainty that Xing Hu has a chance of winning.
Perhaps in a few days, he will return.
If you still can’t do anything, then
your Yan’er is bound
to follow Xing Hu.
Then, then what can I do?
There is no other way.
Talk fast, what is exactly the way?
The Dao in this world has derivation and counter-action.
Although Xing Hu’s divine power comes from the tigress,
that mother-tigress also counteracts his substance.
As long as you promptly kill the tigress,
extract its spine, and make a tiger-bone sword out of it,
Xing Hu’s divine power can be restrained.
It would be easy for him to be beheaded.
This tiger-controlling pitchfork has demonic powers of its own.
It can strengthen your arm.
But, why do you want to help me?
Timing by The Zodiac Warriors and Ninja Academy and Subtitles Brought to you by The Zodiac Warriors Team
Po Tian, Do you want Yan’er’s heart?
I suppose.
You just have to kill the tigress.
Eliminate Xing Hu’s divine power so that he dies in the scaly dragon’s belly.
Yan’er’s heart will belong to you.
Kill the tigress. Eliminate Xing Hu’s divine power.
Yan’er is mine.
Kill the tigress.
Could it be that I am too powerful
that even the scaly dragon is afraid of me?
Scaly dragon! Hurry up and come out! Let me teach you a lesson!
I will hit you so that even your mother won’t recognize you.
Furthermore, you are a pest.
It didn't come out earlier. It didn't come out later.
So it did not have wait for me to choke it out?
I've had rides on just about everything.
I mean, I've never had a dragon ride!
Great, this is more fun than riding a bear!
Accursed dragon, why did you fly so high?
You are freezing me to death!
♫Oh, world♫
♫We are born and die within your bosom♫
♫Our sorrow and joy dance freely upon your body♫
♫You are our home, from antiquity till now.♫
♫We cherish you forever.♫
♫ You are the most intimate source of nourishment ♫
♫ Please don't reveal your dark side randomly. ♫
♫We should make your regions of land become a peaceful and fertile place,♫
♫and get the fruits of endless happiness,♫
♫ spread their fragrance freely. ♫
♫ Satisfying, ripening ♫
♫ our endless hopes. ♫
♫ Our endless hopes. ♫