Bring the slaves up.
Go. Go.
How great it is!
Submitting to the will of the heaven,
the emperor should make his country and people flourishing.
The sovereign descends the world.
Oh, Heaven.
Please accept the sacrifice from the King of Shang, Di Xin.
Get up.
General. Keep calm. Keep calm.
How great it is!
Animal sacrifices have been given.
Human sacrifices have been given.
Enshrouding mist
soars up into the sky.
Immortals,
please bless the King of Shang,
Di Xin.
Uncle.
Weird aura pervades the sky.
I’m afraid it’s an evil sign.
Immortals have the virtue of cherishing life.
We offer sacrifices in such a cruel way,
killing people and destroying the earth.
It will only bring wandering ghosts,
who are greedy for human lives,
to ruin our country.
No. I can’t just watch and do nothing.
General.
If you try to persuade His Majesty now,
you’ll help nothing but get yourself killed.
And our country will lose one of its brave generals.
The heaven knows our pious worship.
Look.
The Star of Emperor gets unsettled with disturbed celestial phenomena.
Immortals, please give me the oracle
that shows the fate of our nation.
How come?
What the hell has happened?
What’s the will of heaven?
It’s…
What’s that? Tell me.
Your Majesty,
the falling star is the head of all stars,
the Star of Emperor.
When it falls, it means our nation…
Continue!
Our nation
is running out of its fortune.
When the star breaks into halves,
it means your natural enemy is born.
He will be born
where the other half of star falls.
In the future,
he will destroy our nation.
You nuts! That’s nonsense!
Gross nonsense.
How dare you say our nation is dying?
I didn’t say that.
But the will of heaven did. I just…
I… I…
Nothing can extenuate his deluging people with heresies.
Tell me.
Is the baby really born where the star falls
to destroy my nation?
Wanna die like him?
How great it is! The will of heaven is clear.
It was the Star of Bane
that just fell.
From now on,
our nation will be as holy as fire and as strong as the Kunlun Mountains.
It’s invincible. Long lives the nation.
Long lives the peace.
Congratulations, Your Majesty. On lucky will of heaven.
Congratulations, Your Majesty. On lucky will of Heaven.
Who dares to rival a king?
As long as I’m alive,
our nation will be in peace.
Long lives the nation. Long lives the peace.
Baby.
This is the name your father left you.
Your name is Yang Jian. Do you hear me?
You’re Yang Jian.
Come on.
Do you hear me?
You’re Yang Jian.
Under the order of His Majesty,
centered by the meteor,
all newly-born babies
within ten miles around
must be killed, regardless of the gender.
Don’t grab my baby.
Don’t kill me. Don’t kill me.
She ran away with the baby.
She can’t be too far away.
Go after her!
Hurry! Faster!
Gee! Gee!
Stop!
She ran that way.
Go after her.
Hurry!
Stop!
Stop! Stop!
What a surprise!
You’re the mother of the devil baby.
Fei Zhong.
How do you know I’m hiding in this village?
The meteor from the heaven told me.
When Yang Zicheng died as the sacrifice because of cursing His Majesty,
you gave birth to the devil baby.
You two really made a perfect couple.
Yaoji.
His Majesty nearly broke his neck trying to find you.
Put the baby down and leave with us.
Yang Zicheng is dead.
Why are you still refusing to
go back to His Majesty?
Asshole.
- Arrest her! - Yes.
Get up.
- Let go of me. - Get up.
- Get up. - Let go of me.
Let go of me. Asshole.
Witchcraft.
It’s witchcraft.
Kill that devil baby!
Kill him!
I’m the minister of the Shang dynasty.
What the hell are you?
Please let go of us.
Please show yourself.
Are you an immortal or demon?
What are the damn immortals?
And what are the damn demons?
I’m neither of them.
I’m what I am.
I reign supreme all over the land.
And I’m the noblest among all creatures.
Thank you for saving us.
What’s that?
The most beautiful thing in the world.
It’s the nectar brewed by human souls.
Have a try?
You live on human souls?
Exactly.
Try a sip of it
and you’ll meet your families.
Families?
Your husband, for example.
Yang Zicheng.
Yaoji.
Zicheng.
Is that really you?
Yes.
Yaoji.
I miss you so much.
I really miss you.
I miss you, too.
Come with me.
Let’s leave here forever.
Come on.
Drink it.
How does the soul of demi-human taste?
I’ll have a try.
The Dark Eye of Heaven?
He has the Dark Eye of Heaven?
Master.
The King of Shang is ignorant.
He thinks Yang Jian will only destroy his nation
to enforce justice on behalf of heaven.
But Master, you’re omniscient.
You know he will destroy the secular world
and overthrow three realms.
Master, you mustn’t be kindhearted towards him.
Master.
Please allow me
to go to the secular world
and kill him to spare all later trouble.
You don’t need to.
Why?
Good and evil have the same origin.
Immortals and demons are of the same range.
Everything has a fate.
Time and space also have its fate.
The Dark Eye of Heaven?
Sounds interesting.
Tonight…
Which one of you wants to come into the goblet?
I do! Pick me! Pick me!
Pick me! I do!
I do! Pick me.
Yaoji, listen.
Would you like to meet me tonight?
The emperor is the richest man in the world.
All the Primeval Lord of Heaven has can’t even beat my nectar pot.
Haw-haw.
Holy Lord?
Holy Lord.
We made a rule
to have day and night as the boundary.
You rule the day,
while I rule the night.
Now you broke into my territory.
What do you mean?
Nine-tailed fox demon.
I come here,
to ask for the soul
you just collected.
Yaoji,
is the peach blossom fairy of my palace.
Fairy?
Since she’s a fairy,
why did she come to the secular world
instead of staying in the heaven?
Did she come to seduce men?
You refuse me?
You shouldn’t have asked.
Holy Lord.
Stop. Stop your spell!
If you give her soul to me,
I’ll relieve you of the imprisoning between day and night.
And you can feel free during the day and at night.
Do you really mean it?
Humph.
Well, I think so.
Holy Lord.
For such a good thing,
you shouldn’t have forced me.
You should have begged me.
That’s my defect.
I like people to beg me,
instead of forcing me.
Fine.
Fine. I’ll give it to you!
Holy Lord.
You must keep your promise
to make me free through day and night.
Mm.
Yaoji. Do you confess?
For what?
You broke Heavenly Rules and went to the secular world.
Besides, you married the mortal man Yang Zicheng
and had his baby.
You’re a degenerate!
A terrible degenerate!
I abandoned the role of immortals willingly,
just for the atonement.
I prefer the freedom in the secular world
to the dignity in the heaven.
You not only stained the heaven,
but also brought disaster to the secular world.
Yang Zicheng was killed as the human sacrifice
just because he loved you.
Don’t you regret?
My heart broke for that.
Even though,
I never regret loving him.
Speaking of regret,
I shouldn’t have met the tyrant
who desired me.
Nonsense!
When you ran away with your baby,
you were hunted by the emperor and wanted by the fox demon.
You’ve got nothing, but danger and poverty.
Haven’t you even understood yet?
I came to realize long ago.
I realized that love was more powerful than hatred.
I realized that the blind passion of humans
was more precious than the insight of immortals.
Forget it.
Yaoji.
I love you as my own daughter.
But you left me.
You broke Heavenly Rules for love
and went to the secular world from heaven.
How dared you marry an ordinary human and have his baby?
Fine.
I can spare you.
But your son…
He must die.
My son.
Why, Master?
I broke Heavenly Rules.
It’s none of his business.
Master.
Please kill me
and spare my son.
Master.
It was me who broke Heavenly Rules.
Yaoji.
You’re destined to live nine thousand years.
But your son is lowly.
He’ll live a hundred years at most.
The value of life doesn’t lie in its length.
If I can save my son for even one day with my life,
I’m glad to do that.
Crazy!
Degenerate. You’re incorrigible!
Yaoji.
Do you know what the dark mark is
on your son’s forehead?
I didn’t notice it at the beginning.
When I was sucked into the fox demon’s pot,
I saw the dark mark
on my son’s forehead suddenly…
Suddenly sparkled and shook the fox demon away.
Could that be…
the…
Exactly.
It’s the Dark Eye of Heaven that can see everything through.
The Dark Eye of Heaven?
The Dark Eye of Heaven.
When immortals have forbidden love with humans,
their babies mostly die.
But sometimes,
quite rarely,
they give birth to extraordinary babies.
Your son is a human, but much stronger.
He’s also an immortal, but much powerful.
He’s born to be the root of treason and disaster.
He will overthrow three realms
and destroy the world.
No!
My son!
How can he be a disaster?
He’s just ordinary.
The root of treason? Overthrow three realms?
He’s just an ordinary baby.
Master.
Master, please punish me
and spare my baby.
Just let him live a humble life
and run his own course like animals.
Master.
Okay.
I can leave your son alive to himself.
But you must give out your life,
as well as your soul.
Besides, you’ll have no reincarnation.
Yaoji, do you want it?
Yes, I do.
As long as you can keep my son alive,
I’ll do anything.
I’m still late!
I failed to protect Zicheng’s family.
Let’s go.
Gee! Gee!
Don’t you hear
baby’s crying?
No.
But I heard a baby crying.
Come with me.
Gee! Gee! Gee!
Stop.
Watch out, My Lord.
Watch out for danger.
He’s just a baby.
So poor!
Look!
How cute he is!
My Lord. Something on the board.
Looks like the baby’s name.
Yang Jian?
He…
He’s the son of General Yang Zicheng.
But…
Why is Zicheng’s son
lying here?
Where’s his mother?
Where’s Yaoji?
It’s the will of heaven.
Will of heaven.
Master.
Let alone if he’s the son of Yang Zicheng.
I worry more
if he will
bring disaster to our home.
Zicheng is my buddy.
We’re loyal to each other like own brothers.
His son
is also mine.
But he was killed by King of Shang with cruel torture as a traitor.
Now…
Yaoji is missing.
The baby…
lies alone in the wilderness.
What’s the reason
of everything?
I…
I don’t know.
If…
If King of Shang tracks him down…
No… not if…
Lackeys in Zhaoge
will know it someday.
No one knows it except our own men.
But the heaven knows.
Beasts often
wander in that wilderness.
But this baby
lay there safely.
Even beasts failed to come near.
Don’t you feel weird?
What do you mean, then?
For one thing,
I’m a woman. By intuition,
I think this baby
will bring disaster to us.
What about the other thing?
Will we throw him back to the mountain?
You always say you want a son.
Why can’t we take this baby
as a heaven-sent gift?
I want a son, not a bane.
It’s the will of heaven.
My Lady.
Think about it carefully.
Even beasts don’t dare to come near him.
Can ordinary people easily raise him?
Besides,
he’s the son of your buddy.
My Lady…
You mean…
For the other thing,
I’m already a mother.
Look!
His eyes
are as clear as water.
When he looked at me,
I became his mother.
Don’t worry.
Whatever disaster he may bring to us,
I’ll protect him as his mother,
even if I have to sacrifice myself.
You really are my good wife!
Damn Fei Zhong, how dared you cheat me?
I’m wronged!
I truly killed the baby who would destroy our nation.
Where the meteor fell,
I killed every living human within a large range.
Your Majesty, please perceive it.
Nonsense!
A woman and her son escaped. Don’t I know it?
Now the nation is in chaos with strange happenings.
It’s all because of you.
Your Majesty.
I’m loyal to you. How dare I?
You deluded me and framed loyal ministers up.
Do you think I don’t know?
I’ll cut your tongue,
throw it on the field and farm it
to satisfy myself.
Spare me!
Your Majesty, please spare me.
Your Majesty,
please spare me.
The baby who will destroy our nation.
If he is still alive,
he’s nearly twenty years old.
My Lord, are you asleep?
Come in.
Yes.
My Lord, urgent report.
Go get my horse.
Yes.
There you are.
I’ve got the urgent report. The divination is revealed.
You found the baby?
If only…
If only I could go back to the palace and be the priest again!
Don’t you remember?
Twenty years ago when the Star of Emperor fell,
if I hadn’t taken you in when you were expelled from the palace,
you would have been beheaded.
I paid you back, didn’t I?
On the way to look for the Star of Bane,
I saw his face, didn’t I?
What?
You saw his face?
You mean the baby?
No.
I saw Lord of Jizhou, Su Hu.