Original subtitles

♫ Wait a millennium for a return ♫

♫ Who was it who whispered in my ear ♫

♫ About an ever-unchanging love? ♫

♫ Just for that one sentence ♫

♫ I would not bemoan even if I become heartbroken ♫

♫ The rain is heartbroken and the wind is crying ♫

♫ With lingering dreams of a love faraway ♫

♫ Wait a millennium for a return ♫

Legend of White Snake

Episode 35

Brother Hanwen!

Have you finished painting the fan?

It's done!

For you.

You painted so well.

I'll be keeping this fan.

Thank you, Brother Hanwen.

It's good that you like it.

Actually, I came to tell you that I have to go.

I'll remember forever how good you've treated me.

You need to go? Where are you going?

To go find my father.

You'll miss me, right?

Ruyi.

Ruyi!

Brother Hanwen, you bought me this piece of clothing on the day of the Lantern Festival.

I don't dare ask for your forgiveness. For my father's sake,

please bury my clothing beside his grave.

When I was alive, I was deserted by all loved ones. I can only long to be with loved ones in death.

Ruyi.

I have only myself to blame for everything today.

This medicinal pill is the Thousands Spirits Pill that I used my life to refine.

The Heart Demon is locked inside, but it can only be locked for seven days.

Brother Hanwen, I've already tried my best. I place this medicinal pill in your hands.

So this wasn't a dream.

[Grave of Junior Sister, Jin Ruyi]

Let's go.

Sister, you've been busy with Ruyi's funeral in the last couple of days. You must be tired.

Have Brother-in-Law take you home first.

How about you?

I'll accompany her some more.

Fine. Come home early.

Ruyi, I'll plant some flowers at your grave. How's that?

Let's plant peach blossoms.

Don't you miss the most when you were little and opened the window,

the view of peach blossoms filling the garden?

I'm really stupid.

Actually, what you miss aren't the peach blossoms,

but the carefree childhood.

In the past, I always complained that you weren't obedient; too willful.

Actually, I always knew what you were thinking.

It's just that...

I'm sorry, Ruyi.

If at that time, I could have been with you more, advised you more,

maybe things wouldn't be like they are today.

Master, you passed your skills to me and taught me the foundation for living. You treated me like my parents.

But I failed to carry out what you entrusted me with. I failed to take care of Ruyi properly.

I let you down.

Master, today, I make a pledge to you here.

From now on, no matter what happens,

even if it costs my life,

I'll protect those around me and not let them suffer the slightest harm.

Bai Suzhen is carrying a child, and yet she forcibly used her power to fight the wretched demonic aura.

Right now, she has already damaged her foundation.

If she wants a smooth pregnancy, she'll need to find a quiet place and go into secluded cultivation.

If she continues to force herself like this, I'm afraid she won't hold on for long.

Master, today is her one hundred day tribulation. I don't want to bother her with the Thousands Spirits Pill.

Moreover, your Vajra Anti-Demon Lock already bound her up. I'm afraid she has good intentions, but no strength.

With Jin Ruyi's final enlightenment, she detained the Heart Demon for seven days.

I fear her sacrifice will be useless.

Why do you say this?

Evil intentions birth the Heart Demon.

The Heart Demon can also control evil intentions in humans.

The people in Lin'an treat the two of you with dread and fear, causing evil aura everywhere.

It's impossible to remove the evil aura within seven days.

If the Heart Demon comes back after seven days, it'll only make it worse.

Is there a way to eliminate the Heart Demon?

Yes and no.

If we want to eliminate the Heart Demon, we need a very sincere person,

to voluntarily merge his body with the Heart Demon.

He'll seal the Heart Demon within his own body,

then transform himself into a Wretched Demon to suppress the Heart Demon.

Moreover, he must be willing to sacrifice himself,

to burn his body with the Demon Conquering Hellfire, so to bring mutual destruction along with the Heart Demon.

I thought of trying it at that time, but the Heart Demon was born because of me.

It knew all of my weaknesses.

I can't suppress him.

Master, what constitutes a sincere heart then?

No greed, anger, or foolish thoughts,

but great thoughts, great awareness, and great love.

Is there any upcoming plot by the Heart Demon?

Based on what I can surmise, the Heart Demon will most likely repeat the same old tactics.

If we can't get rid of the Heart Demon before that happens, the people will be plunged into an abyss of misery.

Today is not the mid-autumn festival. Why are there so many lanterns?

My Lord, did you draw all these?

I was bored from having nothing to do and drew some lanterns. I wanted to give you a surprise.

This is Mount Emei?

That's right, but I only went once and couldn't replicate the details.

Let's tour Mount Emei every year in the future, all right?

Yes.

We should take our children along, too.

Sure.

You only know how to agree with me.

My Lord.

This is the story which you told me about the snake spirit returning a favor.

The Little White Snake searched for the Little Medicine Boy for a thousand years.

The Little Medicine Boy waited for the Little White Snake for a thousand years.

We were fated to wait for each other for a thousand years.

- How did you know? - When I was flipping through the medical books that day,

I discovered your comments next to the efficacious herbs.

"I search for countless times. Suddenly turning my head,

she's there where the lights glow dimly." (T/N: reference to a poem by Xin Qiji)

My Lady, you were that Little White Snake.

I... was that Little Medicine Boy.

You know me so well, My Lord.

That day I was injured and returned to one thousand years ago. Because my power was damaged, I could only maintain my original form.

I was captured at that time. Luckily, you saved me.

I realize now, our destiny was set a thousand year ago.

Our destiny lasts for generations,

but a mortal can only last a hundred years.

If I'm no longer around one day, don't be too sad.

Look for me again in the next life.

We will always be together, this life or next.

It's great.

My Lady, let's make a wish.

[Forever and ever]

A pity tonight is not the Mid-Autumn Festival yet. Let's look at the lanterns first.

When you are back from Mount Emei, let's appreciate the lanterns and the moon again at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

- My Lord, you are saying... - You and Xiao Qing are going to Mount Emei to cultivate.

Why not set off at dawn?

"Only live for long, though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together." (T/N: reference to a poem by Su Shi)

In order to detain the Heart Demon, Ruyi sacrificed her own life.

I would like to take care of her funeral and meet up with you later.

I will go with you.

Respect the dead. My Lady, why do you still persist?

I regret about this, too. Seems like the conflict between us can't be resolved in this life.

Things don't always work out as you wish.

You have already done well. Why are you blaming yourself?

Understand? Where's Bilian?

Sleeping.

Ruyi can finally rest in peace now.

Where's Suzhen? Why haven't I seen her lately?

Suzhen and Xiao Qing went to Emei yesterday. They left in a rush.

They didn't manage to inform you.

They left?

But it's good, too, that they can avoid this. Lately,

we have been busy with Jishi Hall and didn't take good care of them.

In a few days, I'm going to Mount Emei to take care of Suzhen.

I am afraid that Older Sister will feel lonely at home.

Brother-in-Law, why don't you go with Older Sister and Bilian, too?

Let me tell you. I had the same idea, too.

It hasn't been peaceful in Lin'an City lately.

Why doesn't our whole family all go out?

I think Emei is good.

That's great. I heard Shu is a good place that has brought forward many talents.

Let's stay there for a long time. Why not?

What a coincidence. I know a medicine trader who's setting off tonight.

Please help me to deliver some medicinal herbs to Jiankang Mansion. They need it urgently.

Tonight? That urgent?

After I complete the seventh-day death ritual for Ruyi, I will catch up with you.

Sure. Hanwen has grown up. Let's listen to him.

- Let's eat. - Come, let's eat.

Shu is a nice place. Let me tell you. Its tapestry is very famous.

I wanted to go there for quite some time. I heard the scenery there is exquisite.

- That's right. - This time...

We will be arriving in Jiankang soon.

Have a good sleep tonight. We will set off tomorrow at noon.

It's not right. My younger brother is not here yet.

He only told me to take you to Western Shu. He didn't say he would be coming with you.

To add further, we need to rush two hundred miles in a day. I must be loyal in what I do.

- Two hundred miles? - It's not right.

Jiarong, something must be up.

That rascal Hanwen told us to go to Jiankang, but he didn't tell us where we should meet later.

- Will he be coming? - That's right.

He should be coming with us. He wanted us to deliver the medicines.

Where are we meeting up later?

This is not right. Let's go back now.

Sir, stop the carriage. Turn around and go back to Lin'an now.

[Baohe Hall]

Suzhen,

sorry.

I couldn't protect our Baohe Hall.

I didn't protect our family, either.

Since that day catching a glimpse of you at the pavilion,

until My Lady fell in love and married me,

My Lady has saved me and my family countless times when we were in dire straits.

As for me,

I didn't even protect you once.

Everyone in Lin'an knows that you are a demon.

If I put My Lady in danger again,

would I still have the face to be your husband?

I can only swallow this Thousands Spirits Pill now,

and let the people of Lin'an know that I'm the demon instead.

That's how My Lady can be saved from danger.

I can also let the people of Lin'an

free themselves from being harmed by the Heart Demon.

My Lady, the seventh day is almost here.

Even Ruyi can die for a just cause.

I, Xu Xian, as a man,

will bear the tribulation on behalf of the people in Lin'an

and protect the safety of my wife and child.

How could there be such a sincere person in this world?

I don't see any greed, anger, or foolishness. That's impossible!

The world even has such a sincere person.

Heart Demon, is that you?

Xu Xian, do you want to be reunited with Bai Suzhen as a married couple again?

I can make it happen and let you reunite with your wife.

Do you want it?

Abbot, the golden bell is warning us.

The bloody moon has appeared again. That demon has run into a nemesis.

This is bad!

Physician Xu of Baohe Hall transformed into a demon!

There's a demon. Physician Xu is a demon!

There's a demon. Physician Xu transformed into a demon!

How do you do your work?

Don't even talk about capturing a demon. He was right before you and you let him escape.

- That demon will hide when he sees humans. We can't catch up with him. - Still quibbling?

When that Fox Spirit could fly, Li Gongfu could still capture her.

You are really useless. Go and look for Li Gongfu now.

Li Gongfu took leave. He's not here.

Go and find him now!

Constable Li.

Magistrate, what are you doing here?

Gongfu, you are here. Lin'an City can only rely on you now.

Rely on me?

Come here.

Jiarong, go home now.

Be careful!

Magistrate said there is a demon who has committed evil deeds for the past two days.

By the way, did you see what the demon looks like?

- When the demon sees anyone, he will hide and escape very fast. We can't see clearly. - Since when would a demon hide when he sees humans? This is strange.

- By the way, did he injure anyone? - He hasn't,

but he has scared many people.

Scaring people is bad, too.

A demon! There's a demon!

Leave now! Let's go after him!

Quickly! Don't let him get away!

Stop there!

Stop!

Hanwen, what's wrong with you? I'm your brother-in-law.

Brother-in-Law, the Heart Demon is sealed in my body. If my body is destroyed,

that Heart Demon will bring calamity to the world again. You need to send me away... away to Jinshan Temple.

Take me to see Fa Hai!

Hanwen, Fa Hai wants to eliminate demons. Do you really want to go see him at Jinshan Temple?

Take me there!

This is great!

Greetings, Sir.

Gongfu, you have done a good job again.

I knew that there was no demon you couldn't capture.

Come! Drag him to the prison. Report him to His Majesty and wait for his sentence.

Wait!

Sir, our prison won't be able to hold this demon.

Let's take him to Jishan Temple and let Master Fa Hai deal with him.

Okay, go and find Fa Hai.

Guards, take him to Jinshan Temple to see Fa Hai.

Older Sister, what are you thinking of?

The mid-autumn festival will be here soon. I wonder how My Lord is doing in Lin'an.

If you miss him, fly back to see him then.

I've soaked in this spiritual spring water for so many days and feel much better now.

If I go back, you must be good and keep cultivating. You are not allowed to slack off.

Okay, Older Sister, don't worry. I will do a good job of cultivating.

[Notice]

What's written there?

Three days later, the demon will be burned to eliminate evil at Jinshan Temple.

- This is great. - The Imperial Court is finally killing the evildoer.

- It's a good thing. - Finally people can be saved.

Move aside.

What are you doing?

Hanwen.

You practiced medicine to help the people wholeheartedly for the world's sake.

But they want to put you to death.

Where is the justice in this world?

People's hearts are evil.

He's not a demon!

She's Xu Xian's older sister. She must be a demon, too.

Beat her! Beat her to death!

Beat her to death!

Move back! Move back!

Stop!

Touching her?

Who is he?

Who am I? I'm her man.

Her man. This...

I'll kill you! Scram!

Let's go now.

Are you okay? My Lady, don't be afraid. Jiaorong, don't be afraid.

Hanwen, I'm back.

Older Sister, what's wrong with you? Where's Hanwen?

Suzhen, go and save Hanwen now. Go now.

What's wrong with Hanwen?

They... They said that Hanwen is a demon.

They want to drag him to Jinshan Temple and burn him to eliminate evil.

[Righteous heart in Dharmadhatu]

Bai Suzhen requests to see Master Fa Hai.

She's here. Do you want to see her?

It's difficult to control the wretched demonic aura right now.

If I waver, the Heart Demon will inevitably run rampant.

Suzhen is very understanding. Tell her what happened

and ask her to leave.

She won't leave.

The things to you have trouble facing are also difficult for me.

Master, since My Lord has established Baohe Hall,

he always saves lives and never harms anyone.

I'm begging you to be kind and let my husband go.

If Lin'an City can't tolerate my husband and I,

I will take him to Emei.

Please release my husband.

If you don't agree, I will kneel here and not leave.

You really don't want to see her for the last time?

[Righteous Heart in Dharmadhatu]

Amitabha. Benefactor, please go back.

I will never abandon my husband and leave him alone here.

This temple is a quiet place.

There are only monks and no husbands.

Please don't force it and make things difficult.

Even Buddha doesn't have the right to break up loving husbands and wives. Why won't Master let My Lord see me?

Whether he's a demon or not, you should know better.

If you want to kill or chop, come at me. I won't complain.

But My Lord is innocent. Please release him.

Humans and demons are different lifeforms to begin with, why won't you learn to let go?

You should leave.

I will ensure that he's well-guarded.

Rather than have you guard him, why don't I take him away to hide?

He will never leave with you.

I want to personally see him for the last time, too.

My Lord.

Benefactor, I've been relieved from the mortal world.

Today, I'm having my hair shaved and becoming a monk. I won't be your husband from now on.

Are they forcing you? Come home with me.

Our child can't be without a father.

No one is forcing me. I did it willingly.

Our fate together in this life has ended.

I hope that you'll forget the past. Please leave.

I don't believe it.

You said that you will be with me for generations.

You even said you would go with me to admire the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Those matters of the past are merely illusions.

Is there a need for you to remember this?

These are not your sincere words. I don't believe you.

Why did they say that you are a demon?

My Lord, what are you planning to do by hiding from me?

Whether you believe it or not, these are what I wanted to say.

I don't want to associate with demons anymore.

I don't want to be scolded by others as an evildoer again. I don't want to implicate my family.

If you still take our previous affection into account, then please let me go.

This is a Buddhist restricted area; please mind your identity.

Don't stay here.

My Lord!

Why didn't you tell her the truth?

If she were to find out the truth, would she let me suffer on her behalf?

With her personality, if she can't take me back along with her,

she will definitely admit to the public that she's a demon.

But presently, her powers are limited.

If she becomes the public's target, how can she escape safely?

You won't regret?

Suzhen willingly gave up her immortality and powers for me.

For her, I also gave up my humanity and transformed into a demon.

Since this Thousands Spirits Pill sealed the Heart Demon,

I'm willing to restrain my desires;

to maintain the heart of an innocent until the Heart Demon is eliminated.

I thank you on behalf of the people of the world.

I'm not that great.

Humans will eventually die.

I just don't want myself to become a puppet or a monster to be controlled.

If I have a choice,

I'm willing to trade my life for the safety of Suzhen and our child.

I'll gladly suffer any hardships.

It's just that I'm worried.

If Suzhen finds out the truth,

there'll definitely be twists and turns in the future.

Benefactor, don't worry. I will stop her.

I absolutely won't disappoint your painstaking efforts.

Senior Brother Abbot!

A lot of people from Lin'an are gathering outside and requesting to see you.

[Righteous Heart in Dharmadhatu]

A great demon has been born in the world. Our Lin'an city won't be peaceful anymore.

May Master act on behalf of the world

and request Buddha kill the evil demon as soon as possible!

Request Buddha, kill the evil demon! Request Buddha, kill the evil demon!

Request Buddha, kill the evil demon!

Why are you in such a hurry to kill my husband?

Request Buddha, kill the evil demon!

Madam Li, half a year ago, you came to Baohe Hall for treatment for your headache.

Older Brother Niu, you broke your leg three months ago. My Lord fixed it for you.

Aunt Qin, My Lord cured your grandson's dysentery, and also waived the fees.

But every one of you wants him to die!

Request Buddha, kill the evil demon!

Request Buddha, kill the evil demon!

Set up the execution stage. Guide the hellfire

and kill the evil demon.

Searching through all of the Buddhist scriptures, there're only vague records related to the Thousands Spirits Pill.

In order to neutralize the resentment of the spirit core, we need blood from the family, or tears from the lover.

Heart of Buddha, purely benevolent thoughts, the people's strength.

However, it's too late for everything.

Once the heart demon takes form, even gods and Buddhas will have difficulty resisting the power of its resentment.

Presently, in order to protect the world's people,

we can only burn the host of the demon and the Thousands Spirits Pill, and sacrifice one person, Xu Xian.

Disciple Bai Suzhen, I am willing to use my remaining lifespan as a sacrifice, my body as a conduit,

in exchange for the power of thunder at this time.

Xiao Qing! Xiao Qing!

Xiao Qing!

Who are you? Who's talking?

Xiao Qing, I'm Jing Song.

Jing Song? You've returned from the dead?

Sakyamuni took into account my desire to help Suzhen save people. He gave me another chance to live.

He helped me get my soul back and resume the body of a rat.

This is great. I won't feel lonely in Mount Emei then.

Xiao Qing, listen to me.

Suzhen's in trouble. Go and save her now.

What? What's wrong with Older Sister?

The rodents at Jinshan Temple sent me a thousand-mile message.

They said the Heart Demon is residing in Xu Xian's body. Fa Hai plans to guide hellfire to eliminate evil.

Suzhen didn't hesitate to use a forbidden spell

and her lifespan as a sacrifice to guide the powers in Heaven and Earth,

to remove the anti-demon lock in her body just to save Xu Xian.

Does Older Sister not want her life?

No, I'm going to help her.

How detestable! How come I still can't regain human form?

Xiao Qing, I have a way.

What is it?

This is a petal from the treasured lotus Sakyamuni sits on.

Because of biting it off, I was demoted and sent to Emei.

This petal's spiritual energy is enough for you to restore five hundred years of cultivation.

Wait, not right! If you give it to me, isn't it...

No problem. I can still cultivate human form in another thousand years.

Xiao Qing, I gave you this lotus petal, because you're the dragon daughter of the Eastern Sea.

The dragon palace holds the Currents Command Badge which can guide the waters of the Eastern Sea to fill Qiantang River.

If you threaten Jinshan Temple with a flood,

perhaps, you can make Fa Hai change his mind.

Eastern Sea, it's time to pay back what you owed me.

Hope the hellfire will burn the evil demon completely.

It's time. Light the fire.

Xu Xian, are you crazy? We will die.

"Enduring hardship will bring prosperity." (T/N: Reciting Buddhist scripture)

"Even simplicity, it is reality."

"If the heart is not changed

and goes forward as planned, even death can't stop me."

Fa Hai, return my husband to me.

My Lady.

Bai Suzhen, you cultivated for a thousand years,

can you not know what common good means, what sacrifice means?

Xu Xian is willing to sacrifice his life for the common good.

Cut the crap. This has nothing to do with me.

I only want to take back my husband, take back my child's father. How am I wrong?

Love and hate in the mortal world is merely a drop in the ocean.

You're obsessed and refuse to see the light. It'll be difficult for you to attain Buddhahood.

My husband and I practiced medicine to help people

and saved many people in Lin'an City.

We put it in actions, having a merciful heart and people's interest in our mind.

Yet now, where's the justice?

Fa Hai, if you kill my husband today

in exchange for a peaceful world, what good is that to me?

My Lady, leave me alone. I did this willingly.

My Lord, I will fight with my life to take you home today.

If humans hinder me, I'll kill humans. If gods hinder me, I'll kill gods!

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♫ What a beautiful scenery the West Lake is on a day in March! ♫

♫ The spring showers taste like wine and the willows look like mist! ♫

♫ If we would be blessed with good fortune in a millennium ♫

♫ Growing old together with one heart would be in sight ♫

♫ If we would be blessed with good fortune in a millennium ♫

♫ Growing old together with one heart would be in sight ♫