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[The Journey of Legend]

[Episode 24]

That day, Old Madam Wu gave me a dagger.

She said it was a gift from Mr. Zhang.

But I accidentally discovered

this crystal inside the dagger.

This crystal is the Hero Command Token.

But I've been unable

to figure out the mystery of the Voidheart Codex.

We've finally found the Hero Command Token,

but it turns out the token actually doesn't contain the Voidheart Codex.

These 3 fingerprints

belong to Tianzheng from Shaolin Sect,

Taichan from Wudang Sect,

and Zhichen from Emei Sect.

The only one still alive

is Zhichen from Emei Sect.

If we go to Emei Sect,

even if we don't find

the Voidheart Codex's whereabouts,

we might find clues about Crazy Yan.

I've always felt that Crazy Yan

might be able to cure your father.

Besides,

I once promised Old Madam Wu

that I would find Crazy Yan's sister.

What's wrong?

It's Tang Song.

When I fell into the trap,

I sent a bee to follow him.

He's heading to Insect Valley now.

Is there something unusual about that?

The once-every-5-years Night of Yin-Hai

is about to begin.

It's exactly at this time

that other branches can challenge the first branch—

regardless of life or death.

The winner will become the new leader of Tang Sect.

But this time, the place chosen for the Night of Yin-Hai

is actually Insect Valley.

That's what I find suspicious.

That is the forbidden area of Tang Sect.

It's been a few years since it opened.

The Death Beetle King.

The rejuvenation place for it is Insect Valley.

So he wants to use the Night of Yin-Hai to open Insect Valley.

[Taoran Pavilion]

Big Brother,

I heard you're going to see Sword King.

Big Brother,

we still haven't found that whatever king.

The Failure King.

-Right, the Failure King. -Although we haven't found it,

I will get

some evidence from Sword King.

What do you need us to do?

Don't worry.

I'll get Sword King to leak some information to me.

You guys, under the pretext of suppressing Liu Suifeng,

will actually weaken the Power Gang's strongholds.

Count us sisters in.

The Power Gang harmed our father. They're the Qu family's sworn enemies.

Now we are

also members of the Shenzhou Sworn Brotherhood.

Big Brother, the Shenzhou Sworn Brotherhood

is growing stronger and stronger.

That's because of all of you.

In the future, the Shenzhou Sworn Brotherhood

must restore peace to the martial world.

But everyone must remain vigilant.

So we must strengthen our martial skills.

-Okay. -Okay.

Guys, please open Insect Valley's gate.

Tonight is the Night of Yin-Hai.

We'll guard this place.

Insect Valley has always been under my supervision.

Why the change of personnel?

You should ask the 5 elders about that.

Greetings, Elder Chijie.

Greetings to the 4 elders of Success, Failure, Gain, Loss.

This time's Night of Yin-Hai will take place in Insect Valley.

We will replace all the guards of Insect Valley

with convicts sentenced to penal servitude in the Avici Tower.

This ensures impartiality and fairness toward all branches.

Open the gate.

Take your men and leave.

Yes.

Thank you, elders.

Please go and rest.

Master.

The guards here

have all been replaced with our men.

Now you can go to the back valley without worry

to attend to your matters.

No rush.

Is there something still troubling you?

If I were Xiao Qiushui,

I would definitely come to Insect Valley today.

Guard this place carefully.

Yes.

[Qu Residence]

Mr. Xiao, have you found the Death Beetle King?

No.

Why come to me without bringing what I asked for?

I'm here...

to save you.

The molted shell of the Death Beetle King?

Its 8 patterns are about to reduce to 7.

Correct.

Now,

the Power Gang uses Death Beetles in the Misery Pills

to control others.

This Death Beetle King

is about to molt

and urgently needs to rejuvenate.

What does this have to do with me?

Such an important thing—

Chief Li didn't entrust it to you.

Instead, he gave this most trusted object

to someone else.

Think about it.

If Liu Suifeng really succeeds in rejuvenating the Death Beetle King,

he will become the new Blood Master.

The Misery Pills control so many people,

including you, Sword King, right?

You know everything?

Above the Eight Kings of the Power Gang,

all are controlled by the Misery Pills.

The purpose

is to prevent everyone from killing each other.

If someone truly becomes the new Blood Master

and breaks free from the control of the Misery Pill,

guess

what would happen to those

he bears a grudge against.

What do you intend to do?

If Liu Suifeng

accidentally kills one of the Eight Kings,

the Misery Pill inside him will be activated.

Then he'll be severely weakened.

At that time,

both you and I can kill him.

Since we are to work together,

you must tell me

where his forces are located,

so I can arrange

to have them destroyed.

Then,

you and I...

Nice tea.

The entrance is right here.

Okay.

Wait.

Who authorized you to guard the forbidden area?

It was the elders' decision, of course.

It's the Night of Yin-Hai,

yet the current Master didn't come.

There's no need

for my father to deal with you personally.

Let us through now!

Who gave you the nerve to act so recklessly?

If you're not convinced,

why don't we have a match right now?

Bring it on.

Old Madam Tang has arrived!

-Greetings, Old Madam Tang. -Greetings, Old Madam Tang.

Coming this far is already annoying enough.

Success, Failure, Gain, Loss, and Chijie,

the location for this Night of Yin-Hai—

was it your idea?

-Yes. -Yes.

Never mind. Then let it begin quickly.

What's going on?

Set the sedan down.

What's going on?

A stone came out of nowhere

and injured my foot.

I startled Old Madam Tang.

Please forgive me!

Enough. Have someone else take his place.

Yes.

You.

Take his place.

Lift the sedan!

Set it down!

[Tang Sect's Old Madam Tang]

The night is deep and the dew is heavy.

This Night of Yin-Hai

will likely be a long one.

-Greetings, Old Madam Tang. -Greetings, Old Madam Tang.

Xiao Qiushui has entered.

Don't let anyone enter the back valley.

-Yes. -Yes.

Tang Song

played so many tricks.

I suspect there's a greater plot behind him.

You'll go to the Scorpion Platform.

Be careful with everything.

The Night of Yin-Hai comes once every 5 years.

After all these years, I'm used to it.

If I can't even handle such a situation,

how can I call myself a member of the first branch?

Find a way to get to the back valley.

Leave the rest to me.

Tang Song,

it seems the other branches won't be coming up.

It'll just be our first branch against your third branch.

Let's have a good fight.

Tang Qing,

aren't those two experts from the third branch?

Why aren't they coming up to the Scorpion Platform?

Tang Song,

you guys still won't come up to the Scorpion Platform.

What tricks are you trying to play in front of Old Madam Tang?

Stop wasting time.

Tang Qing, you go first.

Let's finish early so we can go back to rest.

Yes.

Fang, you're really eager to fight me.

Aren't you eager?

Make your move.

Deputy Chief Liu.

This is the perfect place to nurture the Death Beetle King.

The miasma is thick, and fungi and grass grow abundantly.

Excellent.

The moonlight has appeared.

I shall begin now.

Guard the Beetle King well.

I'll eliminate any potential threats!

Ghost King.

Qu Hanshan, you...

That's Chief's treasure.

Does Liu Suifeng want to keep it all for himself?

Qu Hanshan, this is Chief's order!

What if Liu Suifeng lied?

I think you'd better hand it over to me.

I'll go ask Chief.

If you interrupt its feeding, all our efforts will be wasted!

If you won't hand it over,

I'll have to borrow your body.

Xiao Qiushui,

you think your 60 years of internal energy

is enough to ambush me?

As expected, we both came prepared.

The disguise on our way into the valley just now

was merely a show.

Hiding from me

isn't your style.

Why don't you come out

so we can talk properly?

Don't you want to know

where your parents' bodies are?

I've treated them quite well.

To preserve their bodies from decay,

I've put in quite some effort.

But rest assured.

They're frozen quite solid.

Even striking them with a sword sheath couldn't bend them.

Though the sound was rather grating.

Ghost King?

Tang Song,

you can't defeat me.

Qu Hanshan,

it's you.

You're clever indeed. You guessed it in one try.

I captured Ghost King, disguised him, and placed him here,

so you could kill the wrong person.

You... actually worked with Xiao Qiushui.

Why not?

By killing you,

I can monopolize the gang's authority,

inherit the Death Beetle King,

and control the entire martial world.

This partnership suits me just fine.

Song,

this Death Bringer is forbidden in Tang Sect's internal conflicts.

You can't use it.

Look!

This is...

Since the Night of Yin-Hai has begun, it must proceed.

Tang Fang has won 4 matches in a row.

One more victory, and she'll remain the first branch.

Qu Hanshan,

you've been deceived by him!

Tang Song,

you've lost.

Old Madam Tang,

Tang Song used evil techniques to coerce the fifth branch.

Please be clear!

-Punish Tang Song severely! -Punish Tang Song severely!

He must be punished severely!

Old Madam Tang, Tang Song used gu insects to force us

to make Insect Valley the location for the Night of Yin-Hai.

Then, using the 5 elders' authority over the Avici Tower,

he replaced the guards here

with masked convicts.

Come here.

I'm Xiao Qiushui from Huanhua.

Greetings, Old Madam Tang.

So you're Xiao Qiushui.

But any outsider who disrupts Tang Sect's arena fight

must pay with his life.

Old Madam Tang, please be clear.

When Tang Song used the forbidden weapon,

the duel had already ended.

Xiao Qiushui stepped in to aid me at that moment,

so no rules were broken.

Then how did he enter Insect Valley?

Fang, surely you weren't unaware, right?

Old Madam Tang,

entering Tang Sect's forbidden area is indeed my fault.

But Tang Sect's Tang Song conspired with the Power Gang

to use Insect Valley to rejuvenate the gu insect.

I only came to stop it.

Now the Beetle King has been killed by me,

and all infected Tang Sect members have recovered.

I came to help Tang Sect

eliminate the traitors.

Tang Song!

Is that so?

Since we're not dead, we're the witnesses.

You'd better confess everything.

I was so foolish

that I was manipulated by the Power Gang.

Old Madam Tang, spare me! Old Madam Tang, spare me!

Old Madam Tang, spare me!

Rare to see such a ruthless junior.

What a pity.

Send Tang Song and all members of the third branch

to the Avici Tower!

Old Madam Tang, spare me! No!

-Old Madam Tang, spare me! -No!

-Let me go! -Old Madam Tang, spare me!

Old Madam Tang! Old Madam Tang, spare me!

-Old Madam Tang! Old Madam Tang! -Old Madam Tang, spare me!

Old Madam Tang, I knew nothing about this.

I was deceived by Tang Song.

Please believe me. Please believe me!

Please believe me! Please believe me!

The Avici Tower is harsh,

but you don't have to kill yourself.

I'm innocent.

I'd rather die to prove my innocence.

If the third branch is completely gone, things would be less lively.

Send her to my courtyard to do chores.

Thank you, Old Madam Tang. Thank you!

The third son from Huanhua,

Xiao Qiushui, right?

Yes.

You came to my place and caused chaos.

If I just let this go,

wouldn't Tang Sect

lose a great deal of face?

Old Madam Tang,

-he... -Fang.

Bringing an outsider into Tang Sect without permission is a grave offense too.

Guards,

send Tang Fang to the Avici Tower as well!

Yes.

Old Madam Tang,

why must you do this?

Earlier, when the Power Gang's demon recognized me,

you sent someone to help me out of that situation.

With Insect Valley being the location for the Night of Yin-Hai,

you knew something would go wrong,

yet you didn't stop Tang Song.

Those contradictory actions

were deliberately planned by you, right?

Why would I do that?

Because you wanted to clean house

without offending the Power Gang.

So you used me

to eliminate the wolves that invaded your home

and incidentally exposed Tang Song.

If that's the case,

Tang Fang didn't violate sect rules

by secretly bringing me into Tang Sect.

Rather, she understood your intentions

and acted in advance

to ease your burdens.

I don't understand

what you're saying.

Xiao Qiushui, you entered Tang Sect without permission.

If I simply let you leave Tang Sect,

I'm afraid it would break our rules.

Xiao Qiushui,

since you have Tang Sect's invitation token,

I will overlook today's offenses

by you and Tang Fang.

Since Tang Fang is innocent,

the first branch remains the first branch!

After such a long night,

go back and rest early!

Why didn't you dodge Old Madam Tang's strike?

That strike

was a show for Tang Sect's members.

And it was meant to establish authority.

Of course I couldn't dodge it.

Are you alright?

I'm fine.

There's no time to waste.

Let's leave quickly.

I painstakingly planted Sword King,

and he was actually removed just like that.

[Sword King Qu Hanshan]

I underestimated you.

Master!

Master, your injuries are severe. You need rest.

Don't force yourself to use your energy again.

Destroying my Death Beetle King

and killing 2 kings in a row—

Xiao Qiushui killed 3 birds with 1 stone.

What a vicious plot.

Master,

should we tell Chief about this?

Liu Suifeng!

Liu Suifeng,

don't you think you owe us

an explanation today?

Blade King,

who gave you the nerve to disrespect the Deputy Chief?

What are you all doing here uninvited?

Are you rebelling?

I don't need to explain anything to you.

Liu Suifeng,

spare us your smooth talk.

The Eight Kings were established

to check your authority.

The gang has its rules.

Even if Chief lets you off today,

we will not let this go.

With the Misery Pills gone,

you came to surround me without Chief's order.

Are you respecting the gang's rules?

They say you never miss a step,

yet you've failed repeatedly due to Xiao Qiushui.

Is your reputation

undeserved?

Or was it intentional?

Why waste words on him?

Let's just finish him

before his schemes cause more trouble.

Everyone, wait.

I am at fault.

I will accept Chief's punishment.

But if anyone seeks to overstep his rank and plot a rebellion,

I still have the strength to clean house for Chief.

Who's rebelling?

We are unwaveringly loyal to Chief,

but toward you, it's a different matter.

You overstepped boundaries, and you're arrogant.

Today, even if I die, I will punish you.

This blade was made for you.

-Greetings, Chief. -Greetings, Chief.

Suifeng's failure

was due to Sword King's hidden disloyalty.

If anyone is to blame,

I should be blamed for focusing only on my own plans.

Over the past few years,

I've neglected the private grudges brewing within our gang.

That has allowed others to exploit

our internal conflicts to cause trouble.

The Misery Pills

were meant to prevent you from killing each other.

But if they breed resentment,

I won't use them again.

Today, regarding what I'm really up to,

I do owe you all an explanation.

[Filial Piety and Etiquette]

Father,

Mother,

I've failed you.

I still haven't been able to rebuild Huanhua.

I can't even protect the sword manual now.

How can I ever rebuild Huanhua?

I'm useless.

Yiren.

Don't blame yourself too much.

Xueyu,

the Nangong family came to provoke us.

Although with a sword in my hand,

I can do nothing.

I'm so useless.

Now everyone is kicking us while we're down.

I'm afraid we can't even stay in Jindu anymore.

But don't worry.

Even if it costs me my life,

I will protect you.

Yiren,

you've borne so much for the Xiao family.

I

also wish to rebuild Huanhua

to comfort our parents' souls in heaven.

I am...

willing to marry Nangong Wushang.

No, Xueyu.

You can't marry him for the sake of the sword manual.

This is the only thing

I can do now.

[Memorial Tablet of My Father, Xiao Xilou Memorial Tablet of My Mother, Sun Huishan]

I can never repay Father and Mother for raising me.

I am willing to marry Nangong Wushang

to repay the Xiao family and our parents

with my life.

After all, you did take a palm strike.

Don't ignore it.

This medicine can help you recover.

Thank you.

Why aren't you sitting?

Here.

I already told you

to rest properly,

yet you insisted on coming all the way out here.

I won't go far.

Don't worry, Doctor Tang.

Can you stop pulling a long face like an eggplant?

I can't believe you.

Big Brother.

Big Brother.

Seems like we came at a bad time.

I'm parched.

Did you put sugar in this tea?

And you put a lot in it.

It's making my teeth ache.

Qiu,

your zither looks pretty nice.

How about we brothers play a piece together?

What's wrong with you?

Him?

Our famously charming Mr. Zuoqiu

might soon be saying goodbye to his carefree playboy days.

You're reluctant, huh?

I thought I could outdrink Qu Mushuang.

I planned to tell her after winning

that it's not her younger sister I like.

The one I like is her.

This is too complicated.

Although I practice the Joint Lock,

my master once told me

that the Qu family's best technique, Spring Night,

resembles the thread-twining joint lock,

soft as a spring breeze entering dreams.

It breaks moves quietly,

and its grace is unmatched in this world.

I didn't believe it

until that day Qu Mushuang drew her sword to save me.

Only then did I realize

that all the sword techniques I've ever seen

can't compare to those Qu Mushuang displayed

to save me.

If that's the case, why don't you

just tell Mushuang directly?

Qu Mushuang is stubborn and protective of those close to her.

Now Qu Minmiao likes Chaoran.

If Chaoran tells Qu Mushuang

that she's the one he likes,

I'm worried that Qu Mushuang

might cut ties with Chaoran completely.

Miss Tang is right.

Qiu,

you should

say it clearly to them in the first place.

Do you understand?

Qiushui, I'm back!