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[Investiture of the Gods]
[Episode 5]
Brother, where is that butterfly?
Didn't you say you would always carry it with you?
What butterfly?
You're not Yang Jian.
I've been waiting for you here for a good long while.
These words are true.
Who are you?
- Are you a human or a demon? - A lot of people ask me that.
I always tell them
that I am who I am.
What do you want to do?
What a pure soul!
What a delicious creature!
- What? - I want you to offer your soul to me.
I can fulfill your every wish.
You want to put me in this flask
and turn me into honey dew,
so that you can drink me?
But they... all entered voluntarily.
Daji,
if you voluntarily offer your soul to me,
not only do you not need to enter the tyrant's harem,
but you can also forever reach the sky with the one, whom you love.
So, what do you think?
Do you want to offer your soul?
What did you just say?
You can fulfill my every wish?
Of course! Any wish.
Then, just let me die!
You're too resolute.
Too pure, too precious.
I like you even more now. But do you know?
No matter how sweet your soul is, once you're dead,
you will become putrilage.
So, how could I let you die?
I want you to voluntarily offer your soul.
Over my dead body! Even if I die, I will not give my soul to you.
I'm not in a hurry. I have all the time in the world.
I'll wait for you.
I will wait for you.
I'll wait until you voluntarily offer your soul.
Who's there?
This mortal is extremely quick-witted.
He could even hear the sound of my breath.
There's movement outside,
but why can't I see anyone?
Daji. Daji!
Brother, hold on for just a little while.
Daji.
What is this?
Who's out there?
That child is no ordinary mortal.
He's half mortal, half immortal. He must be eliminated.
I command that you take this sword and descend into the world of mortals
to eliminate the child that has woken the Dark Eye of Heaven.
Child, don't blame me.
Master wants me to kill you.
All of this is for the peace of the three realms.
Forget it!
I cannot disobey Master's order.
Kill! Kill! Kill!
As disciples of the mortal realm,
I ask Master to graciously permit.
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We will live and die together, and listen to the commands of Yang Jian!
This is the brilliant radiance of the Eye of Heaven.
Why are you following us? Speak!
I have... Y-You...
Why do you want to harm my brother?
You're very strong. Oh, you're very impressive.
Who sent you here?
It's not good to do it this way. L-Let go of me!
You won't talk?
This person is really very strong.
Whatever! If he won't let me kill him, then I won't kill him.
Master,
it's not that I am not willing to kill him,
it's that this person won't let me.
Also, he's very strong.
I asked you! Who are you?!
if you dare come to harm my brother again,
I definitely will not let you go!
Where's the Xuanyuan Sword?
This sword is more important and precious than my life.
If Divine Lord finds out that I lost the sword, he'll surely take away my place in the heavenly realm.
Isn't this Yang Jian's Xuanyuan Sword?
Did that priest come to deliver this sword?
That's not right. He clearly came to kill Yang Jian.
You dare come back?!
Brother (as in friend), you've got the wrong person.
And just who are you?
I'm a Taoist priest from the Kunlun Mountains.
I'm here at the order of the heavens.
I'm here to help Yang Jian eliminate the demonic charms that are currently attached to him.
Demonic charms?
You're talking about the imprint on his forehead, aren't you?
How did you know his name is Yang Jian?
I'm omniscient.
Just now, there was someone who looked quite similar to you in appearance.
He wanted to kill my brother.
I don't care who you are.
If you keep following him,
don't blame me for my lack of manners.
Why don't you let me read his pulse?
You can take your knife and wait by the side.
If you feel like there's any danger, just take the knife and slice away.
You don't have to be polite.
Look at him right now.
My guess is that he won't last much longer.
I'll let you try for now.
But I won't be putting away my knife.
That's to be expected.
Impressive!
It really is quite impressive.
What do you mean?
His pulse tells me
that one day ago, the army of the emperor of Shang destroyed and massacred Jizhou.
Countless soldiers and citizens died.
The subordinates of the emperor of Shang captured Su Hu's only daughter, Daji.
Yang Jian is in his current state because he is concerned with his past affections and has become overwhelmed with grief and indignation.
How do you know this?
Didn't I already tell you that I'm omniscient?
His pulse also tells me
that Jizhou has already become a place of demons and damnation.
There is such an instance of damnation right on this young master.
Would you please also take a look at the black imprint on his forehead?
It wasn't there before, but it doesn't look like a wound either.
I have no idea how it just suddenly appeared.
This is trouble.
- What's wrong? - That swirl of sinister matter has already entered his body through his head.
If we don't act now,
in just a short while, he will die due to the clogging of the blood in his entire body.
Is there a way to break this chain of events?
This is the most evil curse in the universe.
All mortals will die without exception.
Only immortals with thousands of years of spiritual practice can possibly break it.
I... fear that I'm impotent.
Please, celestial being.
Save my brother!
Although it's nearly impossible, I'll give it a try.
This will really damage my strength and vitality.
Thank you, celestial being.
As long as you can save my brother,
do not hesitate to take whatever action that is necessary, even if it costs me my life.
All right!
Celestial being, why is he in so much pain?
Is something not right?
This demonic charm is truly too malicious.
May celestial being, please save his life.
Don't worry!
Even if it costs me my own life, I will save him.
Brother, endure it.
The celestial being is currently eliminating the evil for you.
Such a powerful Eye of Heaven! Yet, it was given to an ordinary mortal.
That's truly a pity!
The Eye of Heaven should belong to me!
Celestial being, what are you doing?
I'm using my life to save him.
I must pull this demonic charm out of him; otherwise, he will lose his life!
Yang Jian.
Why is he becoming increasingly in pain?
I already told you! In a life and death situation, pain is inevitable.
It'll all be fine once he gets through it.
No, not right!
Stop immediately! Stop!
Stop!
You lied to me!
Get lost!
Just a mere mortal, yet so strong.
All right then, you chose your death!
Master?
Sheng Gongbao! Jiang Ziya!
Do you acknowledge your crimes?!
Reporting to Master.
I, your disciple, was initially determined
to take Yang Jian's life.
But when I was about to take action, a strong man suddenly appeared.
He wouldn't let me take action. That man was extremely strong.
You let a mere mortal stop you?
Master, he really was very strong.
Also, I... I saw Yang Jian's future.
Master, he's not a bane that will destroy the three realms.
Rather, he's a hero that will save the world.
Nonsense! Is Master's discerning eye inferior to yours?
Reporting to Master. I also saw Yang Jian's future.
He truly is the one who will destroy the earth and heavens, and overthrow the three realms.
Master wants to ask why I descended into the mortal realm, right?
It was like this, Master.
After Jiang Ziya descended to the mortal realm, I was observing him from afar, up in the heavens.
When I saw him hesitating and unwilling to take action,
get held in a headlock by an uncivilized lumberjack,
and then scampered away for his life, even lost the Xuanyuan Sword,
I had to descend right away to save the situation because it was really too dire. I didn't have time to report to Master.
I deserve punishment!
I indeed lost the Xuanyuan Sword.
May Master consider my hard work and good intentions. I've been wrongly accused!
May Master grant me severe punishment!
I haven't been wrongly accused at all.
Ziya, you said that the child can save the world,
and that he can save the three realms?
Yes, yes. That's what I said.
Master, I personally saw the child's future.
As long as he has the right guidance,
he will be able to open the Eye of Heaven,
have full command over it, and rid the world of evil.
He's not a bane. He's a deity of the mortal world who can save the world.
I personally saw his future.
Imbecile!
Yes, Senior Brother.
Gongbao is right! Ziya has indeed been too much of an imbecile.
Ziya, you live in the heavens but your heart is in the secular world.
The little bit of wisdom that you've been able to obtain through arduous practice
has all been blinded by secular matters.
You obscure facts and mislead with deliberate falsehoods. You are not worthy to be trained.
I will expel you from the heavens, and you will forever be unable to become an immortal.
Master!
Master, Jiang Ziya indeed deserves punishment.
However, since he remains very inexperienced, may Master spare his life.
Shen Gongbao, the one who should be punished is you—
I have always whole-heartedly worshiped you and served you.
Although I have made a mistake, I am not guilty!
Do you think I've forgotten where you come from?
Two thousand years ago, you were born into this world as a cat.
You were a little smaller than a fox, but you climbed to the highest treetops on the Kunlun Mountains,
eavesdropped on three verses of my scriptures, and became immediately enlightened!
You truly are too intelligent.
So intelligent that it's terrifying!
It's because of your hard work and dedication for these thousands of years
that I let you into Yuxi Palace.
I hoped that one day, you would shed your mortal self
and become a great being. But you?
It's been difficult to eliminate the demonic tendencies from you. Not only are you insensible, unaware, and unrepentant,
but you also futilely attempted to take the evil power of the Dark Eye of Heaven for yourself.
You lust after evil in your heart and want to destroy your mentors.
Heaven will never forgive this!
Master! Spare my life this once, so I can repay Master's generosity!
For those who lack spiritual conscience, life and death are inevitable.
This is the wholehearted truth of the ages, a truth for all of eternity!
Master!
Thank you, Brother! Thank you, Brother, for saving me!
Do you know what I have in my hand?
Isn't this the Divine (Demon-Beating) Whip?
Since you know what it is, then take it.
What? You're giving this to me?
It's not for you.
You say it's not for me, yet you want me to take it.
I don't understand what you mean!
Once you descend, you'll know.
I wonder why Master regards Ziya so highly.
Why doesn't this carriage have any horses?
- Exactly! - There are no horses! - So strange!
Are you... a human or a ghost?
May Your Highness halt.
Move!
Your Highness, if I move, I will surely die!
If you don't move, can I not kill you?
May Your Highness be magnanimous. I plead Your Highness to spare me!
If you move, I will naturally ask the emperor to forgive you.
Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you for showing mercy!
Where is the emperor?
Your Highness, His Majesty is not yet awake.
It's already noon. Please have the emperor wake up and go to court.
If I, a slave, enter His Majesty's room without permission, I will surely die!
Wait!
I'll do it myself.
Your Majesty, you agreed that you would go to court today.
It is already noon.
All the ministers are waiting for you.
Your Majesty,
please get up and go to court.
Han Shanggong.
Yes.
Drag out the dancer who's lying on the bed.
Yes.
Get up!
What are you being so loud for?
Your Majesty, I never thought that
you could sleep so well in a pool of blood.
Why did you come?
Did this girl want to assassinate Your Majesty?
- Did she want to commit suicide? - No.
May I ask Your Majesty,
why did this girl die?
I was bored.
She came to serve me.
But when she was in my arms, she was so scared that she was trembling.
She was trembling, trembling, trembling, trembling...
So annoying!
So I gifted her with a stab.
Then, she didn't tremble anymore.
Your Majesty,
all the ministers are waiting for you at court.
I'm tired.
Get the wine.
Get some wine for His Majesty.
Yes.
Your Majesty.
Also,
I heard that
Su Hu's daughter has already arrived in Zhaoge.
So, that's the situation.
Then, I guess I'll take a walk.
Dress me for court!
Han Shanggong.
Yes.
Is Su Hu's daughter
the same age as this girl?
Yes, Your Highness.
What a pity!
Still being at the age of a flower (the brightest years of youth),
she came all the way from Jizhou to throw her life away.
[Su Hu of Jizhou will never bow down to the emperor of Shang]
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Who's there?
Daji.
You see this scary palace now, right?
You will die here.
Why are you following me? Don't follow me!
So fragrant!
Such a beautiful soul! If she dissipates with age,
that would be such a pity.
Have you still not changed your mind?
I have already said,
I will not make deals with you. Get out of my way!
If you meet the emperor today,
it might just be a dead end.
Are you not scared?
Won't you feel hatred in your heart, seeing Su Hu's words on the wall?
As long as you speak up,
I can help you fulfill whatever wish you want.
Stop deluding yourself!
I won't give my soul to you.
We'll see about that.
I have never missed a soul that I wanted.
Sooner or later,
you will voluntarily come to me and beg me for a deal.
- Go away! - You stepped on the wrong one. I'm the other one.
Wrong again! I'm this one.
Actually, both shadows are mine.
And both shadows are yours.
Remember my words.
You are me,
and I am you.
You and I will always be together.
Where's Su Hu's daughter?
She's already in the main hall, waiting for His Majesty to summon.
There's no need, just kill her!
Father, please calm down.
Since Su Hu already had such intentions,
one can say that his penitence is sincere.
Why don't we let Daji into the palace for the time being and take a look?
Stop rambling!
The girl must die.
Even if Su Hu wants to atone for his crimes after the fact,
I must eradicate all evils (idiom).
I cannot let even half of a vile scum live.
- Father! - Have I taught you nothing?
Things have reached this stage, and you still plead for their lives.
I will tell you bluntly.
This girl, who's offering tributes,
must be here to assassinate me.
Could it be that you need to see it with your own eyes before you believe it?
I wouldn't dare. I would never have that intention.
Bring her here.
- Father! - Bring her in!
Bring Su Daji in for an audience with the emperor!
I am the son of Heaven.
Who can hurt even half a strand of my hair?
Let alone an insignificant little girl.
Just watch! Today, I will teach you a lesson.
Hurry and pay your respects to the emperor.
The daughter of the lord of Jizhou, Su Daji, greets Your Majesty.
What are you holding in your hands?
My father, Su Hu, in order to show his forever allegiance,
specially prepared this gift.
He commanded me to present this to Your Majesty.
Please forgive my father's crime of refusing to present tributes,
and may Your Majesty grant Jizhou peace.
Open it!
Your Majesty!
Your... Your Majesty!
This is the head of Su Hu.
What is the meaning of this?
Can't you speak?
Do you want me to kill you before you speak up?
Your Majesty, I know.
Speak!
Su Hu cut off his head to offer it to Your Majesty.
He wants to use his own life
in exchange for the peace for the people of Jizhou.
This could prove his passion and loyalty
and be remembered for posterity.
I beg Your Majesty to pardon his crime and reward his contribution.
Your Majesty!
Su Hu's action is treason and heresy!
Explain it then.
Su Hu wants to intimidate Your Majesty with his own head and threaten the court,
so as to swindle a loyal reputation for himself.
If a traitor could merely use a human head to realize his evil plan,
then there are no limits to the number of heads that can be used in this world!
All those who are rebellious and wicked, so long as they pluck a few human heads,
can do whatever they want!
Is it because Su Hu wants to fish for fame and compliments
that he's toying with me?
Or is it because he
wanted to use this original approach of a gift
to exchange for your life?
No!
This woman is not an ordinary person. She's a witch!
I heard that from outside the city,
she came by a horse-drawn carriage, but there were no horses pulling it!
That is truly too frightening, Your Majesty—
Enough!
I have decided.
Your Majesty, could it be...
Do you know?
It was because the crown prince begged so earnestly
that I spared your life
and that you're standing in this palace!
It seems...
that he did the right thing.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to see this special gift.
But...
you must be killed.
This special gift is of no sincerity.
Drag Daji out!
Make this evil woman a tribute, and burn her as a sacrifice to the heavens!
"The Lord of Jizhou, Su Hu, will never bow down to the emperor of Shang."
Su Hu!
Have you bowed to the emperor of Shang?
Or not?
Brother,
I miss you so much.
Can you hear me?
You're also missing me, right?
Daji!
Where are you going?
I dreamed of Daji, my younger sister.
Don't worry! Nothing will happen to her.
That place, after all,
is the emperor's harem.
She will wear beautiful clothing and eat well.
She's about to die.
It's just a bad dream.
What do you want to do? Go save her?
I need to save my sister.
You can't go.
Don't stop me.
You still haven't recovered. I can't let you take that risk.
I'm fine now. I want to go to Zhaoge. I can save my sister!
Have you ever been there? Do you know what kind of place it is?!
Yang Jian, if you go,
you will be throwing away your life for nothing!
- I don't fear death. - I know you don't fear death!
Am I supposed to just watch you throw your life away?
You have no idea how important she is to me.
As long I can save her, I'm willing to even sacrifice my own life!
Yang Jian!
Wu Ji!
Why did it have to be Zhaoge?
It's the place I hate the most.
Wu Ji.
I know I can't stop you.
But...
I can't go with you.
It's fine.
Even if you can't go with me,
I won't blame you.
You've already saved me three times.
If you risk your life again
because of me,
that would be undue.
Then,
is it possible for us to meet again?
If we are fated, we will meet again.
If not, then let us bid farewell forever.
Take care.
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♫ Like water flowing through the years ♫
♫ Bid farewell to life and death ♫
♫ A chaotic world shakes the mist ♫
♫ The divide is love or hate ♫
♫ To fall is foolish ♫
♫ Roaming about and meeting again ♫
♫ Sincerely exiled to a faraway place ♫
♫ What's done is done ♫
♫ You and me have different ways ♫
♫ How do you know Heaven and man are forever separated ♫
♫ But when I come back ♫
♫ Dedicated heart and soul. Exchange jades ♫
♫ A moment in this world. To never forget ♫
♫ Seeing through Heaven. Overgrown and flourishing ♫
♫ Who's following? Who's following ♫
♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫
♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫
♫ Just want to be with you ♫
♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫
♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫
♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫
♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫
♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫
♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫
♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫
♫ Just want to be with you ♫
♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫
♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫
♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫
♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫
♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫
♫ Never regret ♫