Original subtitles

Adapted from the novel Zhu Xian written by Xiao Ding

The sword has fallen

the wild grasslands are dark as night

The moon idles away

The specks of obsession become great wisdom

The path is predestined

The disquiet perturbs the meridians again

How can a powerless law break the Five Aggregates and Ten Directions?

The world burns

Malevolent energy rises fanning the raging flames

One is mindful

Burn my body to ashes to extinguish this disaster

How can I choose what I cannot obtain?

Draw your sword, prepare to ask immortals

how to cultivate a heart without delusions

Why give me grief, anger me and create resentment?

Sigh at the longstanding opposition between both sides

this complicated prejudice that is hard to resolve

I am not afraid to shake the Heavens, I am willing to

Flying on the sword high in the sky

coming and going, roaring my will

I only hope that among those who worry or laugh at me, some have pity

I'll bend myself to break though this endless darkness

traverse every kind of predestined fate

Wait for me to return

like a young man again

ZHU XIAN Immortal Executioner

Episode 2

Father

Mother

where are you?

Father

Mother

come out quickly

I miss you both

Father

Mother

Xiao Fan

Jing Yu

All of this isn't real,

right?

They're all not real

Xiao Fan

Our families are gone

Our village is gone

What should we do?

Do not be afraid

This is the Azure Cloud Sect

I saw both of you unconscious

thus I brought you here

I am Xiao Yi Cai

My masters have some questions for you both

Follow me

Please calm your anger, Venerable Spirit

They were specially summoned by Master

Venerable Spirit

Farewell, Venerable Spirit

Venerable Spirit

is an ancient divine beast subdued by

our sect's Founder Qing Ye 1000 years ago

It is called the Water Qilin

I wonder if it perceived something today

it suddenly roared

You do not need to be afraid

The Venerable Spirit is already clairvoyant

It will not simply harm people

From my survey,

the one who massacred the villagers had profound cultivation

All of them were killed in one strike

Unfortunately, of the 42 families of Grass Temple Village

there were only three survivors

Ghosts

Ghosts!

Evil ghosts killed people!

Come with us

Azure Cloud Sect Leader

Perfected One Dao Xuan

After that

I instructed my fellow Junior Brothers

to arrange the funerals for Grass Temple Village

while I bring the three survivors

back to the Azure Cloud Sect

Bring the other two people here

Perfected One

everyone in our village is dead

Please be sure to investigate and find out the truth

Tell us

how did you all escape this disaster?

Perfected One

I only remember that at night

I was asleep in bed at home but

when I woke up in the morning,

I was lying under the huge tree in front of the village

I don't know what happened

Then

I woke Xiao Fan up

Both of us ran back to the village together

and saw that everyone in the village had been killed

My father

and my mother

they were...

What about you?

Zhang Xiao Fan

I promised Master to keep this a secret

Xiao Fan

Xiao Fan

say something

Dragon Head Peak

Cang Song

By the looks of it

you also know nothing about

last night's incident

Take them back for now

Understood

Big Bamboo Peak

Tian Bu Yi

Our Azure Cloud Sect has 1000 years of experience

Since the Azure Cloud Founder started the sect

Small Bamboo Peak

Shui Yue

we swore to eliminate demons and protect the Way

Now

we cannot even protect a village below us

how are we to eliminate evil spirits

and stand for righteousness?

Revolving Wind Peak

Zeng Shu Chang

No matter what,

benevolence is the way of Heaven

We cannot ignore the orphans of Grass Temple Village

These two children had a wretched experience

but I have not accepted disciples for many years now

I wonder which of you

can take them under your wing

Sect Leader

Rising Sun Peak

Shang Zheng Liang

Seeing Lin Jing Yu today, I find him agreeable

I think we have a predestined relationship

Why not

let him join my school?

Senior Brother Shang

Sunset Peak

Daoist Tian Yun

your school already has 200 disciples

If every one of them has a predestined relationship with you

isn't that far too

many encounters to attribute to fate?

You-

Junior Brother Tian Yun is right

Speaking of disciple numbers

you all have at least a hundred or more

My Big Bamboo Peak only has seven people

This is too improper

Why not...

Why not let Zhang Xiao Fan go to Big Bamboo Peak?

With Junior Brother Tian's temperament,

in the future, he can definitely become

the pride of your Big Bamboo Peak

What about my temperatment?

Lin Jing Yu

This person has wonderful bones for cultivation

but other than my Dragon Head school

I am afraid the other Junior Brothers

are unable to realize his extraordinary potential

I believe

he and I have a foreordained destiny...

How dare you, Cang Song!

Enough

Then we will let Lin Jing Yu

join your school

Zhang Xiao Fan

will go to Big Bamboo Peak

Senior Brother, this...

This matter is settled then

Junior Brothers, be sure to pay attention to this

Find out the truth as soon as possible

Understood

Jing Yu

I really want to go home

We can't go back anymore

Xiao Fan

we don't have a home anymore

You should be

in control of your own destiny

This is Martial Uncle Cang Song,

the head of Dragon Head Peak

In the future,

he will be your master

You can go with him

What about Xiao Fan?

You don't have to worry about Xiao Fan

The Azure Cloud Sect

will make the proper arrangements

Let's go

Little Junior Brother

come with us

I'm Song Da Ren

From now on, we're brothers

Don't let people bully you

Jing Yu

Little Junior Brother

Let's get going

The world shows no mercy

Why bother making things

difficult for innocent children?

Yi Cai

I have something confidential I need you to handle

come with me

Yes

Master

Why does he look so miserable?

Little Junior Brother

smile

Just give us a smile

Look at his thin arms and legs

is his foundation good enough?

That's enough

When you were his size

your waist was as thin as

the bamboo behind the mountain

Little Junior Brother

Have you trained in any martial arts?

He definitely has

Look

he even has his own weapon

Give it back to me

Don't...

Don't get so excited

Come get it

What are you all doing?

We were just fooling around

Young Junior Sister

That's right

So many people bullying a little child

do you have any shame?

We're just playing with Little Junior Brother

Come here

Exactly

Remember

When he first came to Big Bamboo Peak,

he was so scared at night that he wet his bed

And you

when you first came, you feared the hard training,

secretly ate chili beans and pretended to be sick

Don't think that I don't know all about your issues

If you continue to bully him,

I'll tell Father and Mother

Don't, don't, don't

Ling'er

Father

Mother

Master

Madam

This is your Little Junior Brother, Zhang Xiao Fan

From now on,

he is a member of our Big Bamboo Peak

Little Junior Brother

They're all your Senior Brothers

This is Zheng Da Li

Lu Da Xin

He Da Zhi

Wu Da Yi

Finally, the one smiling mischievously

is Du Bi Shu

Welcome, Little Junior Brother

Little Junior Brother

prepare to offer tea to Master and Madam

Master

please drink some tea

All right, all right

serve the dishes

Father

Madam

please drink some tea

Good boy

From now on, Big Bamboo Peak is your home

let's eat

Here

Little Junior Brother

eat more

Da Ren

I will let you manage your Seventh Brother's cultivation

Da Ren

Little Junior Brother is still young

Take care of him a bit more

Yes

Master

Madam

Listen, all of you

Little Junior Brother is under my protection

None of you are allowed to bully him

Got it?

Yes

Little Junior Brother

With Senior Sister Ling'er protecting you

you should savor it

What she learns

are Master's true techniques

They're powerful

Of course they are

Back then, my father

had the highest cultivation level

among the Azure Cloud successors

Young Junior Sister

can we continue with our meal?

You all hogged all of the dishes

What's Little Junior Brother going to eat?

I'll give this

to Little Junior Brother

I'll also give mine to Little Junior Brother

This is from me

Here's ours

Here

Here

Little Junior Brother

Eat more

You can eat less

Let Little Junior Brother eat this

Master

You must cultivate this method once every day

but you must not train in front of others

Only cultivate at night when all is quiet

Cultivate everyday

Tranquil Hall...

It's the Quiet Observation Hall

Da Huang, don't bark

This is Little Junior Brother

Be good, Da Huang

Little Junior Brother, don't be scared

This is my father's dog

called Da Huang

I've never seen such a huge dog

Of course not

Da Huang is amazing

having lived at least 50...

no

100 years

Amazing

But

I'm still the most amazing one

because Da Huang is most obedient to me

So

you better remember

from now on

you must be obedient to me

Yes, Senior Sister

What are you talking about?

Eldest Senior Brother

Little Junior Brother

today, I'm going to start you on your path to cultivation

Come with me

I want to go too

Then

you can both come with me

Little Junior Brother

according to the rules of our Big Bamboo Peak

newly-joined disciples

must come here everyday to

chop bamboo for the first three years

You're still young

For the first three months

you can just chop one stalk of bamboo everyday

Eldest Senior Brother

I've chopped wood before

Don't worry

Catch

Watch me

Hurry

Little Junior Brother

you try it

You can try this stalk

That's so thin

This is the Black Node Bamboo

unique to our Big Bamboo Peak

It's exceptionally hard

best suited for new disciples

to train their body and build their foundation

Senior Brother Du, be careful during your trip

All right

Done chopping?

Yes

The cold moonlight is dim

The decade-long search turned up empty

The slanted rain falls at speed

disheveling the gray hairs again

Midnight on a cold night

the winds and snow are severe

Where comes the sound of misery?

The heavy heart is audible

The cloud of dreams is empty

A rare, lonely soul

picks up a cold lamp

with dreams never realized

The young man with willful energy

relies on Heaven miles away to grasp the sword

Cut through a line of treasures

with the edge of the blade beaming

Words can't express the constant feeling of regret

Back then, I searched for this common dream that's

difficult to return to now

Affection can't be forgotten

life and death are indefinite

The trials and hardships are endless

No words for this anxiety

No sleep on this lonely pillow

No satisfying this sorrow

The affairs of the world

are difficult to regulate

The moon's absence tonight

is difficult to fill

Know that the road is very long

it's hard for astray, old dreams to come back

So many secret grudges

who can console me?

The pain of separation is depressing

Only your reflection is in a mess

heartbroken again

The young man with willful energy

relies on Heaven miles away to grasp the sword

Cut through a line of treasures

with the edge of the blade beaming

Words can't express the constant feeling of regret

Back then, I searched for this common dream that's

difficult to return to now

Affection can't be forgotten

life and death are indefinite

The azure clouds remain as before

Where is the young man heading to?

Where is the young man heading to?