Original subtitles

♪Chasing wind, I set out afar♪

♪The road ahead lost, my voice unheard♪

♪I've tasted joy and sorrow♪

♪Laying low, I plan every move♪

♪With a mortal heart and lingering ties♪

♪I'm roaming far and wide♪

♪A twist of fate in desperate times♪

♪A bond that outlives the dust of life♪

♪Still chasing what immortality means♪

♪Even eternity flashes by in a blink♪

♪Don't mock my ordinary life♪

♪I fight alone as chaos shakes the world♪

♪Don't scorn my humble roots♪

♪Kind at heart, ruthless when I must be♪

♪Fate stirs with joy and grief beneath♪

♪I hold the tide between life and death♪

♪Faith carries me through endless dark♪

♪And I return with a heart refined♪

♪Forged by trial, I rise through three realms♪

♪Reborn in the wheel of fate♪

[The Immortal Ascension]

[Adapted from the webnovel, The Immortal Ascension by Wangyu]

[serialized in www.qidian.com under China Literature Limited]

[Episode 10]

How did scum like him

end up in Yellow Maple Valley?

And yet the Foundation Pill

has fallen into his hands.

He deserves to die.

But his cultivation

is higher than mine.

I doubt I stand a chance against him.

This is

a Joyful Union Pill,

refined with lust poison extracted from a Level 2 demon beast.

Here.

I'm curious to see

what becomes of you

after swallowing this.

Hey,

you've been lurking long enough.

Time to show yourself.

It's you.

I've been waiting for the chance to eliminate you.

And now, you come straight to me.

I'll have to fight him.

Turns out you're not just a thief,

but a pervert as well.

Come!

Wind Barrier!

It's useless.

This banner is powered by a mid-grade gem.

Its spiritual power never runs out.

Your artifact isn't fully refined.

It's no better than an ordinary weapon.

Still want to fight me?

Swift Travel Talisman!

No wonder it costs 50 gems a sheet.

The speed boost is incredible.

Thanks for the tip.

So all I have to do is wield it like a normal weapon.

Wait, this is mine.

Even the box is the same.

So Ye sold it to him.

The Foundation Pill

has finally been returned to its rightful owner.

I'll take this one

as compensation.

Senior Chen.

Senior,

please behave yourself!

Your clothes...

Your clothes are loose!

Your clothes are loose!

Please compose yourself!

Now!

That scoundrel drugged you.

Come back

to your senses!

Senior!

Even if I stepped in to do the right thing,

killing a fellow disciple

is still a serious offense.

I'm not the kind of person who'd silence someone through murder.

So, Senior Chen,

you'll have to take an Oblivion Pill.

Once you swallow it,

you'll forget everything

that happened today,

including my presence.

Nichang,

any news about Ruyan?

I heard from the Yan clan

that she still hasn't woken up.

But they're looking

for the Blood Spirit Flower in the Bloody Trial Ground.

If they find it,

she might still have a chance.

The Trial Ground is dangerous,

and we also have sect duties.

We can't have our disciples make a detour

just for that flower.

Indeed.

With Ruyan's talent,

she should've been the one leading the trial team.

But now that she has fallen ill,

everything is out of order.

Nichang,

I might have a solution.

Absolutely not.

The Seven Sects have clearly stated that only

Qi Refining Stage disciples

may enter the Bloody Trial Ground.

Breaking that rule...

Have you forgotten?

My Maiden Cycle Art allows me

to suppress my cultivation.

If I lower it to the Qi Refining Stage,

then I'm technically

still a Qi Refining Stage disciple.

No one can say otherwise.

Are you seriously risking everything

for a single Blood Spirit Flower?

You'd cripple your cultivation down to the Qi Refining stage?

You must be mad.

Even if you're willing, I'd never stand for it.

Ruyan is the Yan clan's only heir.

Ever since what happened to her at Moonshadow Sect,

we owe her everything.

Besides,

I'm rather fond of her.

And

the Yan Clan Stronghold

has defended the border of Yue Kingdom

for nearly a hundred years, holding off the demonic sects

for the Seven Sects.

I'm certain

I can retrieve the Blood Spirit Flower

and save Yan Ruyan's life

if I enter the grounds.

The item we seek

is of utmost importance.

Only I can ensure

it's brought back safely.

Besides, my cultivation will recover soon enough.

It's decided.

This secret must be kept at all costs.

[Somewhere in Spirit Beast Mountain]

Young Master.

Your Blood Spirit Spell

has improved a lot.

I told you to look into the list

of those heading to the Bloody Trial Ground from Spirit Beast Mountain.

Where's the list?

Many have signed up,

but we're supposed to be selecting

only the obedient ones, right?

Are we choosing based on obedience,

or the quality of their gifts?

[Zhong Wu, Spirit Beast Mountain] Young Master, what are you implying?

Take Yan Lei for example.

He's come seven or eight times.

I only accepted his gift the very first time.

I thought you might appreciate it.

But rest assured.

Even if we had taken his offerings,

he still wouldn't be allowed in.

After all, he's from the Yan Clan Stronghold.

The Yan Clan Stronghold?

[Yan Clan Stronghold, Yue Kingdom]

My Lord,

the disciples from each sect attending the Bloody Trial

have already been decided.

[Yan Yunshan, Lord of the Yan Clan Stronghold]

Even if ours send gifts,

it might not change anything.

But the Moonshadow Sect said

[Elder Liu, Yan Clan Stronghold]

they would help us

get the Blood Spirit Flower.

They told us to wait for good news.

This happened under their watch.

Of course, they should help.

That may be true,

but...

But everything in this world

is a matter of exchange.

Elder Liu,

make another trip to Moonshadow Sect

and give this letter

to their sect leader.

As long as they give their all

to find the Blood Spirit Flower and save Yan,

the Yan Clan Stronghold's quarry

will be theirs.

My Lord,

you mustn't do this!

The quarry's profits are the lifeblood of the Yan Clan Stronghold.

How can we hand it over just like that?

She is my only daughter.

I would give my life to save her.

What is a gem business compared to that?

Who's there?

Core Formation cultivators.

But all of them are Early Core Stage.

And yet a Mid Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator

can command them.

It's just a trip to the Bloody Trial Ground.

Lord Yan, is this really necessary?

Who are you?

I am

Wang Chan, the Young Master

of the Ghost Spirit Sect.

You're Wang Tiangu's son?

That's me.

Word is you're desperate

to your disciples

into the Bloody Trial.

I assume

you're after something important.

Since the Seven Sects

are unwilling to help,

why not turn to the Six Sects?

The Seven Sects always claim to walk the righteous path,

yet they monopolize the Bloody Trial Ground.

Asking them for help is harder

than climbing to the heavens.

You are the Lord of the Yan Clan Stronghold.

Isn't this

far too humiliating

for someone of your stature?

What are you trying to say?

I can arrange for someone

to enter the Bloody Trial Ground

and retrieve what you are after.

No matter what it is,

I can help you.

Have you forgotten

that centuries ago,

the Yan Clan Stronghold and Ghost Spirit Sect

were one and the same?

You should go back.

You should also remember,

only those who are willing to help you

are truly your friends.

Enough.

Leave.

How's the investigation going?

Yan Yunshan is desperately

dispatching people to the Bloody Trial Ground

not for a Foundation Pill,

but for

his ailing daughter.

Her daughter?

Her name

is Yan Ruyan.

She was born

with a heavenly spirit root,

something that only appears once in centuries.

A heavenly spirit root?

That explains

why the Yan Clan Stronghold will stop at nothing

to protect her.

However,

her old illness

has returned,

and she teeters on the brink of death.

The only thing that can save her

is the Blood Spirit Flower, which only grows inside the Trial Ground.

That explains things.

I see.

So if we control

the Blood Spirit Flower,

we can control the Yan Clan Stronghold.

And if we control the Yan Clan Stronghold,

we gain the upper hand in the coming war.

Interesting.

Looks like Zhong Wu has work to do again.

The heavenly spirit root,

I've finally found you.

[Day of Departure for the Trial]

She won't remember what happened that day, right?

The weather is good today.

You can even see the snowy peaks.

The Grandmaster is here.

Grandmaster.

Take a good look.

This is the Soul-Burning Spell.

Each of you will be randomly

teleported to a location

inside the Trial Ground.

Where you land depends

entirely on luck.

What we can do as a sect is plant

our Soul-Burning Spell on your bodies.

Within a certain range,

you'll be able to sense the location of your fellow disciples.

Every sect

is secretly competing

in this trial.

The number of spirit herbs collected

will affect

our sect's standing for the next 60 years.

The Moonshadow Sect is abusing their influence

and altering the Trial Ground's seal times as they like.

We must not

let them walk all over us.

We'll show them

who

the true force among the Seven Sects is!

Got it!

- Un... Understood. - Got it!

Got it.

Move out!

♪Chasing wind♪

♪I set out afar♪

♪The road ahead lost♪

♪My voice unheard♪

♪I've tasted joy and sorrow♪

♪Laying low♪

♪I plan every move♪

♪With a mortal heart

♪And lingering ties♪

♪I'm roaming far and wide...♪

You've gained weight.

♪A bond that outlives the dust of life♪

Move out!

Let's go!

♪Even eternity flashes by in a blink♪

♪Don't mock my ordinary life♪

Off we go!

♪As chaos shakes the world♪

♪Don't scorn my humble roots♪

♪Kind at heart♪

♪Ruthless when I must be♪

♪Fate stirs with joy and grief beneath♪

♪I hold the tide between life and death♪

♪Faith carries me through endless dark♪

♪And I return with a heart refined♪

♪Forged by trial♪

♪I rise through three realms♪

♪Reborn in the wheel of fate♪

♪Drunken steps, high song over ocean and mountaintop♪

♪The celestial gourd bears dew, the Golden Core takes shape♪

♪Deep in the night, the crane soars through autumn's clear sky♪

♪Across endless western winds cuts a lone sword, cold and true♪

♪A lone sword, cold and true♪

[Zhong Shu, Spirit Beast Mountain]

Steady now!

We're almost there.

Everyone,

the Young Master has ordered

that we are not to let the Yan Clan Stronghold obtain the Blood Spirit Flower.

If you encounter elite disciples of the Seven Sects,

do everything to kill

or injure them.

Don't reveal your identity.

That's a given.

This is the Bloody Trial Ground.

It's so quiet.

[Feng Yue, Skyfort Castle]

[Bloody Trial Ground Entrance]

The Trial Ground is now open.

[Day One, Bloody Trial Ground]

Where am I?

I should hide...

- Help! - ...and observe the situation.

Help!

Skyfort Castle disciples?

Clear Void Sect!

Fellow disciples?

Senior Li!

Senior Ren!

Over here!

Quickly!

Let's get out of here!

Any Yellow Maple Valley disciples?

Qiaoqian,

time is tight.

We should get going.

Let's go.

I can't let them find out

the secret of the Green Vial.

I should act alone from here on.

Senior Xiang.

Let the hunt begin!

The spiritual aura has indeed become thinner.

Grandmaster.

The Spirit Fusion Talisman actually worked.

This talisman links the spiritual aura of its users.

Even though the teleportation is random,

there's at least a 50% chance

we would land near each other.

We landed here of all places.

The odds are in our favor.

I was right.

The closer you get to the outer edge of the Trial Ground,

the younger the spirit herbs.

This means

fewer rivals for me.

I'll gather some seedlings and seeds,

then rely on the Green Vial

to hasten their maturation.

Pardon me.

The Gilded Five-Petal Flame.

Someone's already dead.

I'll have to be careful

not to end up like him.

The northeast edge of Wulong Pool

lies in a secluded corner,

its terrain shaped around a deep pool plunging dozens of feet down.

According to the map,

the Violet Monkey Blossom

should grow somewhere near here.

The miasma is dense here.

[Miasma Purifying Veil]

Coldwisp Herbs.

They're valuable ingredients for concocting poisons.

Who's there?

Show yourself.

You've already been exposed.

Did my Stealth Talisman fail?

Come out!

I saw you lot!

What a bluff.

My precious.

Frost Toads.

Senior Yu,

your Beast Taming Powder is incredible.

Just a small bottle

and the Frost Toads became completely obedient.

Another elite of the Seven Sects taken down.

These little creatures

have certainly earned their keep.

Frost Toads are docile by nature.

They almost never attack

unless provoked.

Qi,

collect the Coldwisp Herbs.

There's no need

to risk my life for some herbs.

I'll let them have it.

My goodness.

I didn't expect

to find you guys here.

Keep your guard up.

There could be an ambush.

He was cautious,

yet he still lost his life so easily.

Those two

came here to kill.

What exactly are they after?

Why won't they leave?

Forget it.

If they won't go...

- The Coldwisp Herbs - ...I will.

may be highly poisonous,

but they're surprisingly beautiful.

Indeed.

Let's take his mystic pouch too.

All right.

Strange.

It was just here.

Is there

someone else lurking nearby?

I didn't find any spirit herbs,

but I did get several mystic pouches.

Now where should I go?

I don't see any Violet Monkey Blossoms here.

Seems the map the sect provided

isn't entirely reliable.

Senior Xiang,

the path is slippery. Go slow.

I've simply been here more times

and know the way.

I'll be counting on you

talented young cultivators

if we encounter spirit beasts.

Leave it to us.

This Trial Ground is practically a death labyrinth.

Knowing the lay of the land is half the battle.

You're the old steed who knows the way.

With the three of us united,

success is all

but guaranteed.

Why is he traveling

with disciples from another sect?

Han,

I didn't expect

to run into you here.

Han.

What do you say?

Care to join us?

We can look out for one another.

You may not

know this,

but each sect's map

for the Bloody Trial Ground

marks different priorities.

That's why

sharing information

and cooperating

with other sects

is

the smart move.

Thank you for your kind offer.

But I'm weak

and this is my first time in the Trial Ground.

I only plan to gather some spirit herbs to complete my task.

I wouldn't want to burden the three of you.

No worries.

No worries.

Still,

you didn't have to be so hasty to refuse us.

Or

are you perhaps

after

something important?

If this guy doesn't know what's good

for him,

you shouldn't waste your breath on him.

That's right, Xiang.

Let him fend for himself.

I shall leave now.

Please excuse me.

Farewell.

No choice.

I'll head in another direction.

It's as if Senior Xiang has turned into a completely different person

once we entered the Trial Ground.

Hey, gambling addict.

I'm talking to you!

Why didn't you answer?

What do you want?

How about

we place a bet?

What bet?

No bets.

This trial will shape

the future of the Seven Great Sects

for the next 60,

maybe even 100 years,

no?

I'm right, aren't I?

So,

let's bet

on which sect gathers the most spirit herbs.

Whoever collects the most wins.

How about that?

All right.

But your rules aren't foolproof.

What if it's a tie?

Then what?

Good point.

Let me think...

How about this?

We bet

on whether the number of disciples

who make it out alive is odd or even.

Shoo.

Leave me alone.

Han, you in?

I'm not betting with you.

He's no fun.

Sheesh.

Come on.

Here's my offer.

I'll wager

two

Bloodvein Drake Core Pills

against your two pieces of iron concentrate.

That's a fair deal, right?

Bloodvein Drake Core Pills?

What do you say?

Fine.

Two pieces it is.

We're only betting on spirit herbs, nothing else.

Whoever gathers the most wins.

Go back.

The bet's on.

That guy's dead.

That guy's dead too.

It's only day one,

yet their murderous intent has already been unleashed.

Invisible

and razor-sharp.

A perfect weapon for ambushes indeed.

Who goes there?

It's that young man from Tainan Bazaar.

Should we capture him and interrogate him?

I had to suppress my cultivation to the Qi Refining Stage

just to enter the Trial Ground.

I'm already in a troublesome position.

Let's focus on the mission.

We don't want to invite more trouble.

We should regroup

with our other disciples first.

Give these disciples a proper burial.

- Yes, Grandmaster. - Yes.

This should be

a safe spot.

The first day is already over,

but I still haven't found what I came here for.

To all disciples of the Seven Sects,

congratulations on surviving the first daylight cycle.

Remember, the night in the Bloody Trial Ground

is far deadlier than the day.

Death may come from the skies above.

It'd be wise

to find a safe place to hide.

Senior Xiang

knows this Trial Ground well,

yet he still hasn't reached the Foundation Stage after three attempts.

I can't share his fate.

I never want

to set foot in this place again.

This rain chills me to the bone.

There's something cursed about it.

I have to circulate my energy to dispel the cold.

It's only the first day

and already so many have fallen.

Seems this year's competition is fiercer

than we anticipated.

[Day Two, Bloody Trial Ground]

The Soul-Burning Spell is reacting.

Don't kill me!

Don't kill me!

Senior, save me!

This is quite a predicament.

Senior!

Help won't come.

♪Shards of dreams inside a dream♪

♪A pale moon falls into mirrored skies♪

♪Years slipped by as I lingered on♪

♪Old scenes rise again♪

♪Too hard to forget♪

♪Easier just to miss♪

♪They say the past fades like smoke♪

♪But looking back still stirs the ache♪

♪This noisy world, this lonely page♪

♪Swept away by time♪

♪Eyes once looked far♪

♪Now lost in the shift♪

♪Autumn winds stir♪

♪Smoke curls once more♪

♪Like clouds on the edge of sky♪

♪Returning to my eyes♪

♪Looking back from the mountaintop♪

♪Time lost its name♪

♪Was it yesterday♪

♪Or tomorrow?♪

♪The world has changed♪

♪Beyond recall♪

♪Time will fade♪

♪All the words ever spoken♪

♪Only this longing remains♪

♪Crossing centuries and days♪

♪In a fleeting moment we call eternity♪

♪In a fleeting moment called eternity♪