It seems Master is really angry.
Master.
What can Yang Jian do?
Since I didn’t kill him,
he would definitely do something!
He’s my apprentice.
He deservedly helps me
with something.
Master, please enlighten me.
Master.
Oh, I see.
You want him
to start a journey
to find Generals of Five Elements
and then help me with the great cause.
What about me?
What should I do?
What about Wu Ji?
What should he do?
Master.
Do you want him
to go with Yang Jian
for Generals of Five Elements
and then help me
with the great cause?
Dragon?
King?
Oh, is Wu Ji
the illegitimate child of the King of Shang
who was brought up out of the palace?
Master, I’m wrong.
Is he…
the illegitimate child
of the King of Zhou?
Master, spare me.
It’s too stupid of me.
Wu Ji…
Will he be the future King of Zhou?
If he’s the future King of Zhou?
he can’t be Wu Ji.
His family name must be Ji.
Is he…
the second son of the Ji family
Ji Fa,
who has been traveling across the world?
If he’s the king,
my daughter will be…
Master, I see.
You want Yang Jian and Xiao’e
set off to find
Generals of Five Elements.
Then you want Wu Ji, oh, no, Ji Fa,
to take Lanying to Xiqi for the wedding.
Master.
What about me? It’s my turn.
What should I do?
Hurry. Go. Go.
Traitor Jiang Huanchu and E Chongyu
are accused of rebellion.
Let go of me.
Get out!
Don’t you hear me?
Close the door.
Get out.
You come to condemn me again, huh?
You’re getting bolder.
What wrong has my grandpa done?
He maintained an army and defied my orders,
with disloyal intents.
This was the antecedent.
He cursed me in the royal court
and incited other dukes to rebel.
That was the aftermath.
Understand?
My grandfather has been loyal
to you and our country.
You’re killing good men
when bewitched by evil guys.
You’re destroying your own country.
How much do you know about state affairs?
Does loyalty come from words?
He wants me to die,
but always says he’s loyal to me.
If he dared to fight me
with his troops,
maybe I would have thought more highly of him
and spared him, too.
My grandfather did that,
just to protect
our country.
Bullshit.
Our country
has been in peace for so long
that they forget who the real king is.
They forget
who gives them a peaceful life
and forget the dignity of the royal family.
I’m only too anxious to see them rebelling
and I’ll kill them every time they do.
Only in this way
will they regard me with awe.
Is that…
Is that why
you killed my grandfather?
And South Marquis E Chongyu.
When you kill innocent people,
you’ll disappoint all the other dukes.
Disappoint?
Why am I afraid of that?
I must kill!
Keep killing
until everyone trembles when he thinks of me
and never dares to rebel.
Father.
You…
You’re exactly acting
like a tyrant!
Don’t you fear to leave a stink for ten thousand years?
However many years it may be,
I don’t want to bother.
If I live a long life, who dares to curse me?
If I die,
people who are still alive
will be disturbed,
however much stink there may be.
You’re acting arbitrarily.
Don’t you fear to ruin our country?
The throne
will be passed to you.
If you’re not convinced by what I do,
you can kill me.
When you take the throne,
you’ll call the shots
for everything.
But…
Do you dare?
You’re pushing me.
See you, Father.
What?
You want us to leave Zhaoge?
But… it’s so unexpected.
Yes.
Leave early tomorrow morning.
Go get prepared.
Wait a minute.
Let me think about it.
You came back to life yesterday.
And today, you’re going to
kick us out.
I’m not going to
kick you out.
I’m going to
kick you off.
You bastard!
Father.
What madness are you talking
in the early morning?
Are you getting better
or not?
He isn’t getting better.
Instead, he’s getting worse.
Listen to me.
This time, you must leave.
You must leave.
You bastard.
What great trouble
did you make?
Not trouble, but good luck!
Great luck for you!
You’ll have a change of luck
as long as you leave me.
Numberless good luck
is waiting for you.
Father.
What… what are you doing?
Why can’t…
Why can’t I understand?
Soon. Don’t rush.
Soon you’ll understand.
Wu Ji is coming in.
Master.
I heard the King of Shang
caught West Marquis.
Was that true?
You heard of it.
Sure, it was true.
But how come?
Why?
Brother, what’s wrong with you?
Who is West Marquis to you?
Stop.
You can’t save your father.
Father?
What a pity
if you die in vain!
Don’t forget.
You may be
the future king.
Future king?
Lanying.
You must assist him well.
I knew
he wasn’t Wu Ji.
His real name is Ji Fa.
Ji Fa?
He’s the second son
of West Marquis Ji Chang.
Bo Yikao is his elder brother.
Bo Yikao?
So you knew it.
What else do you know?
I knew
the King of Shang
asked you to invade the Demon Land.
You led your troops
for a surprise attack,
regardless of your father’s military order
and cut the head of
the enemy’s leader.
You thought you had a great success.
Unexpectedly,
you father
took away your seal,
expelled you from Xiqi
and sent you into exile,
instead of awarding you.
How could a father
be so cruel?
How unreasonable he was!
What a surprise!
You really are from a noble family!
And the future king!
The dream I had
about phoenix
is true?
Don’t buff in. I’m not finished.
After you were expelled,
you lost everything.
You failed to understand
why you father did this to you.
You even hated him
until now.
I don’t hate him now.
I forgave him long ago.
Living as Wu Ji for so many years,
I’ve understood my father’s great pains.
He made a right decision.
The King of Shang
doesn’t allow the existence of a strong Xiqi.
Exposing our true fighting capacity
would have brought terrible disaster.
Ji Fa.
You’re grown up.
Your father
will be proud of you.
Master.
You don’t want me to save my father.
Then tell me
what I should do now.
Look over there.
Cactus?
You mean
I should protect myself with full thorns
just like it does
and bide my time?
It’s okay
if you think this way?
Have another look.
What else can you see?
Glow.
What glow?
The glow of the setting sun.
Where does it come?
West.
What you should do now
is to get back to Xiqi,
enrich the country and increase its military force as the leader.
One day,
you should lead your troops to fight against the tyrant.
You bastard!
You just came back to life!
Are you seeking your doom again?
How dare you have such rebellious remarks
in the open day?
And you!
You’ve learnt nothing from your master,
but going mad.
You two
kept talking madness.
What future king?
What immortal?
Do you really think I’ll believe you?
You know what?
If you dare to
get my daughter out of my house,
I’ll cut your leg
with the kitchen knife.
Do you hear me?
Your Grace, if you have no more instructions,
I’ll get back to Qianming Palace for report.
Leave us, too.
My Lord, don’t you recognize me?
When I was eight,
you stayed in my house in Jizhou
for a couple of days.
You gave me a pot of orchid.
Unfortunately…
I’m the daughter of Lord of Jizhou,
Su Daji.
I only remember
the lovely girl in Lord Su’s house.
How can I recognize
the powerful consort?
That lovely girl
is exactly the consort
standing in front of you.
I haven’t changed.
My heart hasn’t changed, either.
Do you still have a heart?
You do.
But cruel-hearted with evil mind.
Tell me.
Who killed
the queen?
Who proposed the burning torture?
Who bewitched His Majesty,
made him lost in sensual pursuits and ignorant of state affairs,
and held up the development of our country?
Here is the Shang.
But Xiqi is far away.
Do you really care
how the Shang is developing?
Believe it or not,
I will never forget
how my father died.
When His Majesty was furious
and killed East Marquis and South Marquis,
I finally survived
just because
you defended me.
I owe you.
Today you summoned me.
What would you like to order me?
I just want to know
if the divination for His Majesty
was lucky or not.
Qian for upper part and kun for lower part.
Qian represents the sky while kun represents the earth.
It’s natural to have sky above and earth down.
Could it really be a lucky divination?
The sky is above but remains still.
The earth is down but remains still, too
The divination referred to
the situation of the obstructed
and inconsistent world.
What’s the difference?
The sky breeds everything on earth and the ground accepts its feed.
It’s normal.
But what is the sky and what is the ground?
Do you know?
The sky is the sky and the earth is the earth.
Could there be another one?
When the sky is high up,
it takes granted that
it can act recklessly
regardless of the earth’s demand.
It will bring great disaster.
His Majesty is the sky of our country.
Then, earth…
His people are the earth.
In fact,
the earth has been supporting the sky.
Without the earth, how can the sky exist?
It was an unlucky divination.
Master.
What are you up to?
I’m preparing the rations for your journey.
Then why are you
frowning?
My wife doesn’t want you to leave.
She keeps guarding at the door.
Then won’t the rations be useless?
Oh, that’s easy.
Xiao’e, what are you doing?
Coming.
What are you thinking of?
You just wanted to test if Ji Chang was loyal,
didn’t you?
You tried already.
I really wanted to know
if the divination was lucky or not.
Ji Chang is known as the sage.
He’s famous for his divination.
If that was a lucky one,
I wouldn’t know
how much confidence I could have
to hold on.
Now you are relieved?
I knew the divination.
But what Ji Chang said
sounded so mysterious
that I didn’t completely understand
or figure it out.
In my view,
Ji Chang isn’t loyal to the Shang dynasty at all.
I’m afraid he hates the fatuous king more than you do.
Without the earth, how can the sky exist?
His intention is obvious.
Protect Ji Chang for me.
Dear wife.
You’ve guarding here
for one day and one night.
Aren’t you sleepy?
Get back.
If you feel sleepy,
get back for some rest.
I’ll guard here for you.
No need!
As long as I’m here,
no one shall leave.
Xiao’e.
What did you
propose to Master?
Knockout drug!
Husband, what… what’s wrong with you?
Dear! Dear!
I’m sleepy.
Husband.
What’s wrong with you, Husband!
Don’t scare me!
You were just back to life.
Don’t die again.
Husband.
Oh, you’ll wake up when I beat you with the broom.
Let me try.
Don’t.
I’m fine.
What are you doing then?
Nothing.
What’s this?
Flour.
You want to feed me with flour?
No.
I meant to…
Uh… I…
Tell me what’s going on.
Dear.
I want to let the kids go.
Where are they?
They’ve left.
You! Bastard!
I’ll beat you to death!
Ji Fa.
You damn boy!
You lied to me!
Are we still brothers?
No matter if I’m Wu Ji or Ji Fa,
we’ll always be brothers.
I promise you.
Fine, you said that.
The universe will be our witness.
Take care, Brother.
Sis. Lanying.
Take care of yourself.
So do you.
Master.
Father.
Why are you coming? Where is Mother?
She hasn’t caught up.
Master.
How did the knockout drug work?
How dared I
use that on my wife!
That was the flour.
Flour? Then why did you pass out?
Fine. Forget it.
Yang Jian.
Xiao’e.
I have something to tell you.
Yang Jian.
Take the Xuan-Yuan Sword with you.
Master, I can’t pull it out.
Try it! Try.
See? I fail.
You can’t pull it out now.
It doesn’t mean you will never succeed.
Just like your Eye of Heaven.
Take it.
Master.
It’s different
from my Eye of Heaven.
I was born with the Eye of Heaven
on my forehead.
But this sword
doesn’t belong to me.
Who else does it belong to then?
You, of course.
I saw you
pull it out.
And my father said
its master
was the supreme hero
in the world.
The supreme hero?
Me?
Yeah!
Then why can’t you
turn yourself into
the supreme hero?
Why are you so sure that
you can’t own the sword?
May… may I?
I don’t know, either.
But I think
it should have its master.
Maybe…
itself is its master.
Itself?
Exactly.
The Xuan-Yuan Sword
is a magic sword going down to all ages.
It should have
its souls and wills.
It doesn’t belong to anyone.
It will help whoever it picks.
As long as you become a hero
who deserves its help,
it will help you to kill the demon,
destroy evil guys
and fight your way out.
Master.
How do you know
the sword picked me?
Do you know how it turned up?
It jumped
and turned up.
It jumped
and led me to you.
Master, according to you,
the sword is really
looking for me?
From now on,
when I have the sword with me,
I’ll feel as if you were around
Master, don’t worry.
I will try hard to practice
and pull it out asap.
Even if you can’t,
you can still use it to protect yourself
in case of danger, huh?
I see. I see.
Understand?
Yes.
One more question.
Do you know
your mission this time?
No.
How could you not know?
Didn’t you remember
Master asked us to look for Generals of Five Elements?
Your mission
is to take care of Yang Jian.
Do you know
who Generals of Five Elements are?
No!
Then do you know
how to find them?
- No, either. - Master.
Don't keep us guessing.
Just tell us.
I don’t know, either.
Didn’t I make myself clear?
One more time.
I don’t know, either.
Master, are you kidding us?
You know everything.
How do you not know them?
Yang Jian.
Speaking of knowing everything in the world,
you are!
Don’t you remember?
You mean my Dark Eye of Heaven?
Not the Dark Eye of Heaven, but the Eye of Heaven.
From now on,
you must learn to use it properly
and control it,
instead of being controlled.
Only when you integrate yourself
with the Eye of Heaven
can you truly own it
and be its single master.
I see.
But I don’t understand.
Can you give me some clues?
I’ll give you a baked pancake.
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Master.
Is this
the clue?
Yes.
How can we solve it?
I don’t know.
I’m not lying!
Or why am I still rambling with you?
Hurry on with your trip.
Master.
We’re leaving.
And what about you?
Yeah. You’re all leaving.
I can’t leave my wife
staying alone.
I must keep her company.
Master, when can we
meet again?
No idea.
What are you doing?
Don’t break it.
You can’t eat it.
Why can’t I?
A pancake should be eaten.
This isn’t an ordinary pancake.
This is the magic weapon
Master gave us.
It decides
if I can find Generals of Five Elements.
Take this.
Keep it carefully
and protect it with your life.
You bastard!
This is drought-resistant, but not water-resistant.
If you water him so much,
it will be drowned.
Come over.
You’re not angry?
What am I angry for?
You did so many unreliable things
in your life.
If I got angry at them,
I would have been dead
thousands of times.
But I let go of our daughter.
Didn’t you say
he was the future king?
What if he isn’t?
That’s fine.
You said you were an immortal.
How did that help?
Wu Ji
is poor.
But it’s okay as long as he’s nice to Lanying.
Ma Xiaohong.
In fact,
you are pretty.
Then do I look better
than the fairies?
I think you look prettier
than the fairy in Danbi Palace.
All right.
Don’t try to amuse me with crazy talks.
Husband.
Do you see the sparrows on the tree
which couldn’t fly away?
Now…
we’re just like them.
Our children have flown away.
From now on,
We’ll keep each other company.
Stop getting mad ever again.
If you go mad again,
I won’t be strong enough to beat you.
You’re running away from the fate.
You miss the secular world.
And forget about the great task of deification.
Deification. Deification. Deification.
Deification.
I want it!
But tell me how!
I just told you not to go mad again.
But you’re doing it again!
What should I say?
Jiang Ziya.
Ma Xiaohong.
I’ll tell you a secret.
What is it?
I am an immortal!
You’re an immortal?
I mean it!
Really?
Or why have I seen
the fairy in Danbi Palace?
It seems
I must beat you!
You old fool!
Come back!
Bro. Yang Jian.
Why are you staring at the pancake?
Why not look at me?
Look at me!
I’m prettier than the pancake.
Why should I look at you?
You don’t know
where Generals of Five Elements are.
Why do I not know?
They’re… on the way.
Yeah. On the way.
Do you know
how many ways there are in the world?
Do you know
how long a way can be?
On the road?
Why don’t you say
at the end of the world?
What?
Am I wrong?
Generals of Five Elements
are on the way.
Do I look pretty?
Brother. Wait for me.
Deification.
How should I do that?
Will three realms be in chaos?
How can I do deification in the secular world?
A human can only be deified after he dies.
How many people will die?
Deification?
What does it really mean?
Deification.
You old bastard!
What are you doing?
I’m making noodles.
Why are you making noodles?
It’s raining so heavily.
Who will come for noodles?
Go. Go sell flour on the street?
Why?
No reason.
Did Master…
give you any instruction?
What… what instruction?
Who gave me that?
I ask you to sell the flour
But it’s raining.
It’s also raining outside.
If I go sell noodles,
will there be any guest?
When you arrive in the downtown,
the rain may possibly stop.
Go!
You’re right.
Maybe
the rain will stop soon.
Maybe I’ll have clues for deification
when I arrive.
Fucking deification! Hurry and go!
Hurry!
Deification.
Brother.
The pancake isn’t for looking at
or for touching.
Brother.
Did you hear me?
A pancake should be eaten!
Back off.
Brother, I’m really hungry.
I’m starved.
I don’t care.
If you still don’t feed me,
I will be too starved to walk.
Tell me. What would you like to eat?
I want…
No pancake!
Steamed stuffed bun!
Hot steamed stuffed bun!
I want steamed stuffed bun! With meat!
Come and have a look! Fresh!
Spring pancake for sale!
Hot spring pancake!
Vintage!
Vintage! Great vintage for sale.
Vintage for sale!
Flour for sale!
Feather duster for sale!
Feather duster!
Finally I swallowed it.
Thank you for saving me.
Are you full?
Let’s hurry on with our trip then.
What? Hurry on?
Brother.
I can’t walk anymore.
I’m too full.
What? You can’t walk when you’re starved.
But can’t you walk when you’re full, too?
Because I’m a human being!
And I’m a girl!
After walking for so long,
my feet are killing me.
Look!
You have no idea
how my shoes are rubbing me.
How can you take off your shoes?
We’re in public!
What the hell are you doing?
I don’t care.
I can’t even protect my feet.
Why do I still need shoes?
If you don’t allow me to take some rest,
I’ll go with you, barefooted.
For each step I take, I will howl
and leave a bloody footprint behind.
How cruel my brother is!
I don’t understand
why I must take a burden like you.
If Master didn’t ask me
to take you,
I would have…
Fine. Stop howling!
You’re piecing my ears!
Stop howling?
What an option do I have?
If I don’t howl,
will you listen to me?
Brother, your head
is just like a wooden pile.
And what are those?
They’re not ears, but black fungus!
Forget it.
Speak normally
and I’ll listen to you.
I want to stay in the hostel.
Fine. For only one night.
You must leave with me tomorrow.
I want you to put on shoes for me.
How insatiable you are!
What a nice place!
Quiet! No one competes with me!
Flour for sale!
What an interesting old man!
Flour for sale!
He sells flour here.
Flour for sale!
Look!
Flour for sale!
Flour!
How brave the old man is!
How dare he sell flour here?
The wall is filled with ghosts.
How dare he!
Is he seeking his doom?
He must be mad.
Don’t just stand around me.
Buy some!
Noodles of the Ma’s Noodles
are made of this.
Sir, would you like some?
Dude, how much is it?
It depends on
which kind you want.
What do you mean?