[Ever Night]
[Episode 52]
This is mid-South Sea,
thousands of miles from land.
You stand everyday at the bow, watching waves and tides.
Aren't you wearied?
Persistence is Cultivation's greatest obstacle.
Even persistence of Light against the dark.
The reason I lost to Fu Zi is this.
So I want to forsake persistence.
I tried not persisting.
Even so, I didn't see Light in the darkness.
- What's your wish? - I want to be strong.
You're resolved?
I can't wait anymore.
You can get what you want.
What if I can't get it?
When you're no longer
confused and hesitating,
Hao Tian will lead you.
Return to shore.
Go to the Abbey.
I will not disappoint your hopes!
Remember. Whatever happens,
don't lose hope, don't turn back,
don't regret.
I'll remember that.
Light won't be extinguished.
Heaven will exist forever.
Junior Uncle is back.
Junior Uncle is back!
Junior Bro is back.
- Junior Bro, you're back. - Junior Bro, you've returned.
Junior Bro, you're back.
Junior Bro.
You're back.
You're finally back.
Big Bro. 2nd-Senior Bro.
Hm.
Ning Que greets Fu Zi.
~Moon accompanies an old friend to return~
~Look, the wise man spectates~
~Look, he returned from worldly affairs~
~Look, the firmament is bursting~
Old Master, please have tea.
~I called a sea of clouds~
~illusory as dreams ~
~I've seen a myriad stars~
~dim and dazzling~
Get up.
Greet your Senior Bros and Sisters.
Greetings, Big Brother.
Greetings, 2nd-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 3rd-Senior Sister.
Greetings, 4th-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 5th-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 6th-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 7th-Senior Sister.
Greetings, 8th-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 9th-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 10th-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 11th-Senior Bro.
Greetings, 12th-Senior Bro.
Congratulations, Little Junior Brother.
Little Bro, pick your Academy clothing colour.
I like this colour.
Since you chose black, black is your colour.
Rear Mountain will pay for 12 sets of tailored outfits, for four seasons.
These will be your personalised style in Rear Mountain.
Young Master chose well. Black won't show dirt.
Thanks, Senior Sister.
Fu Zi, I need your clarification.
Go ahead.
Down mountain, Liu Yiqing challenged me to a duel.
He used Chao Xiaoshu's sword.
2nd-Bro Chao and I faced death together.
I want to know what happened to Brother Chao.
He came close to death. Now he's fine.
Truly?
Cyan-steel Sword is Chao's Life Item. Though Liu took it, its Spirit remains.
Don't worry. He's alive.
Thanks, Fu Zi. Thanks, Big Bro.
The ceremony's over.
You asked a question and got an answer.
Time you went back.
Yes. I'll go to Old Brush Shoppe and pay respects to you tomorrow.
I meant, go back to Repenting Cliff.
Repenting Cliff?
Fu Zi, you can't pretend.
You said, once I figured it out, I could come out.
I worked it out. All of it.
You figured it out so fast?
Go back to Repenting Cliff. Keep thinking.
I have a greeting gift for you. I'll send it tonight.
Yes.
Thanks, Fu Zi.
Ning Que takes his leave.
Nine and Ten, play music.
Five and Eight, bring the chess board. The rest of you, go cook.
- Come now. - Yes, Fu Zi.
(Heaven Bright Book - one page)
Ning Que greets Fu Zi.
You understood those words?
Light is from sun and moon.
Sun and moon rotate, creating life.
That's nature's rule. Nature's rule is Dao.
Dao creates order. 0rder ends, moon appears.
What's it mean?
What is moon?
Moon lets light and dark coexist.
If there is a moon,
the night sky is more beautiful.
I've watched this night sky.
The stars stay in position
with no change.
Moon didn't appear as you said.
Not now, but it doesn't mean no past or future moon.
Since we use lunar time, moon did exist.
It's just that the sky's moon was erased by someone.
Who can erase things in the sky?
It's said Hao Tian's world,
every 1000 years, has an Eternal Night.
It means the foe of Heaven,
Hades' King, will appear on earth.
The world will be freezing.
Everything will stop growing and die.
Hades' King will destroy the world.
Your Big Bro and I went to Warm Sea in the far north.
Night is already getting longer.
Snow covers the whole area.
You mean Ever Night
- and Hades' Son exist? - Mm.
It's a legend.
Whether the legend is true, no-one knows.
You profess belief in nothing,
but I understand your worry.
I...
In the past, Wei Guangming saw God's sign
and sought Night's Shadow
from the capital to Yan border.
Could I be Hades' Child?
If that's true...
General Lin's family and Yan-Tang border people were killed
because of me?
In such a vast world,
life's joys and sorrows
are due to a normal guy like you-
Don't you think that's ridiculous?
You're not Child of Hades.
Come, drink.
Sleep well. Tomorrow, go down the mountain.
Be responsible for your promises.
I understand.
Mm.
It's open.
Thanks, Master.
Hm.
Esquire Liu, heal here safely.
The Academy won't mistreat you.
I ask, Master Two-
when will you let me leave?
When we find Chao Xiaoshu, we'll let you go.
What you mean is this.
What if Chao Xiaoshu isn't found or was killed by Sword Pavilion?
Then you'd never release me, right?
My Junior-Bro Eleven's medicine
can heal your eyes.
But it needs time.
Will these words let you stay without worry-
If you insist on going, the Academy won't stop you.
So I was narrow minded
and misjudged you.
Chao Xiaoshu isn't at Sword Pavilion, nor dead.
That day, he barged into the Sword Vault.
(Sword Vault)
Who is it? Dare to intrude in my Sword Vault.
Chao Xiaoshu barged into the Vault! Seize him!
Sword Vault is a restricted area. No outsiders may enter.
Chief Chao, you're too reckless.
Your injury from Grand River Sword needs a year to heal.
You should leave and recuperate.
- Men. - Here.
- Send Chief Chao away. - Yes.
We only sent him away. If you agree,
I'll write my brother a letter
to let our men find Chao Xiaoshu.
Thanks, Esquire Liu.
Esquire Liu, rest and heal.
You're awake.
Who are you? Where's this?
A few days ago, you passed out in front of my door.
Sorry for disturbing you.
It's good you're awake.
- No carrot. - Yes.
Fu Zi.
If we keep Liu Yiqing. will Liu Bai seek us?
He'd be embarrassed. His bro stupidly let Xiling use him.
Debts have debtors.
This time, we'll wait and see Xiling's drama.
Little Bro purified Haoran Qi to Heaven Qi.
Xiling has no grounds to prove he's demonic.
Sword Pavilion lost. White Tower and Lan-ke are involved.
We just don't know if Heaven Pillar will make a move.
Before that, Xiling may embroil him.
I'm making Xia Hou retire.
Stubbornness can go bone-deep.
Xia Hou's retirement is one thing. Seeking justice for the dead is another.
I made him choose many times.
Whether Zhuo'er, Sang Sang,
Second Floor or Mountain Gate,
he insisted on his choice.
So we'll respect his choices.
I don't want Little Bro's life
to be this difficult.
Nothing to worry about.
Eat, bite by bite. Drink, sip by sip.
Worrying about the future
makes me lose the mood to eat good food.
Fu Zi, please.
Three years ago,
my husband drowned in a storm out at sea.
I'd bring you trouble staying here.
Don't move. You're still injured.
What will you eat? I'll make it.
Anything's fine.
Sang Sang.
Mm?
Shouldn't you think about going to Xiling?
Young Master. Didn't you say we've enough money?
It's not about money. It's about a life goal.
Life goal...is more valuable than money?
Girls need ambitions. Look at Dao Addict.
Her goal is simple- to just Cultivate.
Look at Situ Yilan, wanting to be a General.
Even Tang Xiaotang wants to be strongest woman.
If that's what you say, I have a goal.
Really?
- Mm. - Tell me.
My ambition is...
staying here.
Sang Sang, they made it clear.
Inheriting Xiling's seat won't affect that.
- What "that"? - It's...
- Just tell me if you'll go. - I won't go. - Why?
Same issue. If I go,
who'll wash, cook and do your hair?
Sang Sang. I also think your looking after me
matters more than Xiling.
But Xiling can't lose a Grand Priest over this.
Go if you want. I won't.
They won't want me.
[Heaven Dao South Gate Temple]
I got you local goods in the capital. Xiling is far.
Travel safely, Grand Priest.
Master 13, talk business.
That...
We need more time to think.
More time? Master 13, we can't wait longer.
It's vital. Before my Xiling return,
it must be resolved.
Sang Sang is still young. If she goes to be Grand Priest,
equal in status to you,
it sounds inappropriate.
To inherit the seat is a long process.
Miss Sang Sang, once in Xiling, must learn scriptures,
then travel to train in Dao temples-
to know life's joys and sorrows, before taking the seat.
Preparation is called Administration Training.
She'll need a long time to prepare.
That's why Xiling is anxious.
It would be best
if she trains early.
Honestly, it's not me against it.
She refuses to go.
But, I must support her choice.
Sang Sang, what do you think?
I don't want... to go now.
I had a long discussion with her yesterday.
She's only 16.
How about waiting... until she's older?
Hmm. Next year.
No!
At least...in three years.
In three years,
I'll be 3 years' older.
Three years. Three years more?
Fine. In three years, see you in Xiling.
Thank you, Grand Priest.
Thank you, Priest Cheng.
Grand Priest.
I don't understand. We just go back to Xiling?
The successor of Guangming didn't even make a promise.
Verbal promises don't carry any power at all.
Grand Priest, why do we leave in a hurry?
Because what is going to happen in Justice Hall
is more serious than I thought.
You said Justice Hall used Liu Yiqing
to kill someone.
Sword Master, Liu Bai, won't let it slide.
But, if we stop this happening,
it's like disobeying Heaven.
We're not returning to stop it.
Instead, we'll ensure everything stays on track
once it happens.
Grand Priest. What did you see?
In 3 years on Peach Mountain,
I see the Light.
In three years,
she will go to Xiling.
What else did you see?
Her power
is unimaginable.
I only glimpsed her
and was nearly blinded.
What else could I see?
Light will not die.
Heaven exists forever.
(Sword Pavilion - South Jin)
On my left is Yiqing's letter.
On my right is his sword.
Can anyone explain to me?
Why didn't he take his sword
but took Chao Xiaoshu's Cyan-steel Sword?
Sword Master, I handed Chao and his sword to Senior Bro.
That's right, Sword Master.
Is Xiling better than Sword Pavilion?
I kept you 7 years, taught you 7 years.
Even a cold sword should warm up.
Xiling slaves are born as blocks of ice.
Sword Master.
Hierarch wants to borrow my sword to kill.
I should be informed. Not asking me
isn't borrowing
but stealing.
It wasn't Hierarch. It's Justice Grand Priest.
So you're saying I wronged you.
It was my duty. No! No!
I didn't want to do it.
How long has Grand Priest of Justice had his position?
Almost...23 years.
More than 20 years.
It's time to change.
He promised you'd be Justice Hall Chief
once back at Peach Mountain?
Yes.
Sir Justice Hall Chief. You borrowed something.
You must pay.
Sword Master, let me go. I vow
to focus on Cultivation on return to Xiling. I vow...
I won't care for world affairs.
Don't worry. I'll let you go back.
Sword Master, are you okay?
Go. Give this sword to Ye Hongyu.
Master, this...
Grand Priest of Light died. In all Peach Mountain,
she's the only one I admire.
If Ye Hongyu truly learns your sword, in future,
won't she be Sword Pavilion's foe? What to do then?
Even without my sword,
Dao Addict will pass the threshold.
I only hope she can get there faster.
Justice Hall borrowed a sword for Yiqing.
I will lend a sword to Ye Hongyu. So go.
Wait.
Pass my order: from now on,
Sword Pavilion cuts off Xiling.
Yes.
Scum!
I'm at fault.
Please, Hierarch, forgive me.
To pit Sword Pavilion against the Academy was our aim.
Now Sword Pavilion is hostile to Xiling.
Our spy in Sword Pavilion was discovered.
That spy was under Long Qing's control.
But, after Long Qing was ruined in the Wildland,
many spies lost contact.
You're pushing responsibility on a cripple.
Shouldn't you tell Hierarch
the spies were under Justice Hall management?
Please, Hierarch, calm your anger.
Fu Zi...
You can cut off the blooms on Peach Mountain.
You can exile the Abbot to South China Sea.
But one day you'll leave this world.
You can protect Ning Que for now. Can you protect him forever?
You can protect Tang for a few generations.
Can you protect Tang for many generations to come?
You humiliated me and all Xiling.
I'll make you pay with blood.
I want the world to punish you.
I want all Tang people to die with you.
I want everything you love
to be destroyed.
Can you tell me your story?
My story isn't very interesting.
But I want to know things from outside.
Once you leave, I'll still have these stories.
Your condition seems improved.
Thanks for your care.
Are you leaving?
Mm.
After all this time,
I still don't know your name.
You're leaving anyway.
No need for me to know.
I'm Chao Xiaoshu.
Adulterer!
Fourth Master. What can I do for you?
A widow took in a stranger.
You know what you did. Tie her up.
4th Master, you...
Don't be mad. You wronged her.
This is village business. Outsiders can't interfere.
Your keeping a vagrant shames the village.
This isn't your business. Go inside.
Go inside. Go in...
Three years ago, my husband sailed with you.
There was a storm.
You came back alive and said he drowned.
What do you mean? I killed hubby?
You'd know best what actually happened.
Your stubbornness led to that.
You preferred to marry hubby
than be my concubine.
It angered Hao Tian
so he took hubby's lowly life. Get it?
Men, tie her up.
You jerk!
This is the lesson Hao Tian is teaching you.
[Ever Night]
~Hey, I can only say sorry~
~You, who've forgotten time, look a bit lost~
~You seem faraway, in front of me~
~Time blinks by; take it easy~
~Life is still the same~
~Hey, let me change the ending~
~Yet I can cover it up only a short while~
~Don't obsess or say sorry~
~Loser just treats winner~
~Better not meet rather than cry on parting~
~Night is long and dark~
~Don't leave regrets~
~I've seen right, wrong, gratitude, grudges, words, acts~
~I risk danger, desperate for you~
~Umbrella in old Chang'an~
~Night nears; talismans burn~
~Fight till all is gone in chaos and darkness~
~See us blaze through darkness, changing Heaven and Earth~
~Spur the horses forward~
~Geese fly south before snow~
~Get drunk at a warm coast~
~Under slashes of the sword, we love each other still~