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 14

You brat

Why are you sitting here?

We went through a life-and-death

experience in the mountain cave

We've become friends now

What's the matter with you?

Are you still injured?

You looked after me in the mountain cave

and saved me

I am grateful to you

I'll definitely return

the favor in the future

You want to return the favor?

How do you want to return the favor?

I...

In the future...

I definitely will...

If you really want to return the favor,

why don't you defect and join our sect?

It's better than being a cook in the Azure Cloud Sect

I'm a proper disciple of the righteous sect

I can't associate with your demon sect

Righteous sect?

The evil you righteous sects have committed

is no less than what we have done

How can the righteous sects ever commit evil?

The demon sect is the one with serious crimes

In the war between the righteous

and demon sects back then

your immortal-like founders

were merciless towards us

They didn't even spare the weak,

elderly, women or children

Nonsense

These are the doings of your demon sect

You were the ones who killed many people

destroying people's lives

Did you personally witness this?

It's just nonsense from your teachers

Did you

personally witness it then?

We've never been afraid of slander

If we really did do it,

we're not afraid of people mentioning it

Forget it

We'll never get anywhere with this argument

Who's arguing with you?

You righteous trash

You only pretend to be honorable

I...

I pointed out the correct way but you won't take it

You-

Go back to your righteous people then

The next time we meet

I'll be the first to take your head

You...

Junior Sister

Master

I have said many times

cultivation requires unification of body and mind

and complete concentration

It was my mistake

Please mete out a punishment

If punishments were effective

why are there still people who lose their way?

I wonder how Senior Sister is doing

Quench your thirst with some cold tea

Continue your journey after a drink

I'm damn tired

Come

Boss,

bring me a pot of tea

Young brother, are you from the Azure Cloud Sect?

It's been quite a while

Here is your tea

You...

How did you know that?

This place is not far from the Azure Cloud Sect

You are also full of spirit and energy

with a mild manner

You must be in possession of some supreme skill

Waiter, one pot of tea please

You could tell with just one look

You have my admiration

Fate brought us this meeting

Would you like to enjoy this tea with me?

May I know your esteemed name?

I am not that worthy

I am

Zhang Xiao Fan

I'm old now

I can't walk that far

I have yet to ask your name

My family name is Wan,

my name is Ren Wang

Wan Ren Wang

"Even if I have to face millions of obstacles"

Translator's Note: lines from the book Mencius: Gongsun Chou Part 1

"I will advance bravely"

Here

Let this tea take the place of wine

This is truly satisfying

Young brother

I may be an ordinary person

but I have diligently studied many books

about the immortal path for decades

I think this artifact of yours is extraordinary

If I may be so bold,

does this artifact contain your blood essence?

Why do you ask?

If my guess is right,

this artifact is probably the fusion of two rare treasures

Perhaps you are unaware of this

The pearl in your stick

used to be a relic of the demon sect

It is a relic left behind by the

Demon Sect Founder, Elder Hei Xin

called the Blood Devouring Pearl

Blood Devouring Pearl?

This stick contains fiendish energy and

directly terrorizes a person's heart

The ancient texts state that it was refined from

the souls of dark spirits from the Underworld

it is called the Soul Devourer

It can't be

Have I said something incorrect?

How...

How can this be?

I'm a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect

How can I be using such a evil item?

Evil item?

I heard that your sect has an earth-shattering supreme treasure

with unusual, formidable power and magnificence

It has killed countless people over hundreds of years

Due to the many lives it has taken

it is steeped in fiendish energy

I am afraid no other item will ever compare to it

The Immortal Executioner is the

supreme treasure of our righteous sect

It has only killed the fiends of the demon sect

Are the fiends from the demon sect not people then?

Let me ask you

Consider all beings in this world

Lions eat goats,

tigers attack rabbits

They are all living creatures but they kill each other

Have they ever been classified as good or evil?

That's true

but-

The righteous sects kill

so do the evil sects

Why is it that when people kill each other

they must be classified as good or evil?

You...

Who are you exactly?

Did you forget?

I am just an ordinary person traveling the world

Wan Ren Wang

You...

Do you belong to the demon sect?

Do you think you can fool me?

You...

Everything you've said are fallacious reasonings

This Fire-making Stick might be a demonic item

but I've used it to slay demons

so it's righteous

My conscience is clear

Just like what you said about our

ancient sword, the Immortal Executioner

You can't fool me!

This person came and left without a trace

He's definitely not an ordinary person

Even if it's a demonic item

I've used it for righteous acts

Clan Leader

This boy...

This young man is stubborn

and strong-willed

He resembles my young self a little

If he moves about

report it to me immediately

Understood

Strange

where did she go?

Young Lady

Why have you been

following me in secret?

Bi Yao

Clan Leader

Return home with me

Return home?

Is that still a home?

That place will always be your home

I've long lost my home

After Mother passed away,

you kept away all of her things

You even destroyed all the flowers she loved

This is the flower

that your mother plucked for me

when we first met

I have kept it ever since

It has never left my person

Mother

If your mother could see you all grown up

she would surely be very happy

Didn't your father save you?

Your father doesn't blame you

Father

Let's go home

I have seen that Zhang Xiao Fan

He will have great prospects

If we can win him over

it will benefit my plans for dominion

Do you have a way of making him join our sect?

His cultivation level is not deep

yet he is being degraded by

an extremely vicious item every day

His nature will drastically change

into a bloodthirsty one

By that time, if the righteous sect will not accept him

where else can he go?

Strange

It's the middle of the day

why isn't there a single person around?

Today a Three-tailed Fox demon was spotted

Fox demon?

Young man from the Azure Cloud Sect,

are you preparing to slay the demon?

Sir, how did you know that

I'm from the Azure Cloud Sect?

He calls everyone he sees

a member of the Azure Cloud Sect

Brother

do you want to eat some tanghulu?

Go away

I am expert in face-reading

I can deduce happenings 100 years

into your past or future

So figuring out which sect

you are from is hardly difficult for me

Dark clouds loom over you

your body is wrapped in lifeless energy

Forget about slaying demons

I am afraid your future is anything but reassuring

Terrible

I have read countless faces

but this is my first time seeing one

with such a great setback

You experienced great hardship

when you were young

Your family members and close friends

also encountered this disaster

Sir

Although you met a benefactor

who saved you from this disaster

that great setback has not been removed

Your journey ahead is fraught with much danger

It is mostly ominous

It is difficult to predict whether you will survive it

Sir,

you can eat whatever you like

but you can't just spew any nonsense

Nonsense?

Was I mistaken about your childhood?

I don't want to recall that incident

But you...

We were fated to meet

I also respect your intention to

eliminate this evil for the people

so I made an exception and advised you

Had this been anyone else...

Even if he were to bow to me

I would not have uttered a single word

Why are you causing trouble here?

You are interfering in my helping others

to decipher their fates

Fate?

So all of this is fate?

Everything is tied to fate

Since we were fated to meet

even if I have to risk wasting my True Essence

I will help you remove this great drawback

so that you may continue to live

Just that...

Sir

I will be frank with you

My ancestors passed down this rule

that payment is required for

face-reading and eliminating drawbacks

So...

How much?

Ten taels. - Ten wen

I only have four taels

Four taels will do then

I am doing a good deed for you

how can I be so particular about minor matters of money?

He says that he isn't particular

but he's actually very particular

Who cares about money?

I belong to a righteous sect

It's my duty to eliminate evil for the people

You just need to provide me with full meals

What is this Three-tailed Fox demon?

I'll go wipe out its lair today

and annihilate it

Young brother from the Heavenly Sound Temple,

you wish to slay the demon

Your heroic nature is truly moving

I'm not from the Heavenly Sound Temple

I'm the one and only successor

of the Vajra Sect's Venerable Da Li

Shi Tou

Hero Shi Tou,

dark clouds loom over you

your body is wrapped in lifeless energy

If you go slay the demon today, you will not return

But fortunately, you met me

We Buddhist disciples

are not interested in face-reading

And who are you?

I'm Zhang Xiao Fan from

the Azure Cloud Sect's Big Bamboo Peak

What?

You're a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect?

Then you can come with me

to eliminate this evil for the people

The Azure Cloud Sect is the leader of the righteous sects

Junior Brother Zhang

you won't just stand by and watch, right?

I'm duty-bound to

slay the demons

Brother

don't go

Young brother

the journey ahead is dangerous

Do reconsider this

Junior Brother Zhang

don't listen to this swindler

Thank you, sir

Big Brother Shi Tou,

let's go

Let's go

Since we accepted his money,

why didn't you stop him from

going to the Black Stone Cave?

His fate is the

most unpredictable and chaotic type

recorded in the face-reading book

He already made his choice

We cannot go against heaven's will

Believe in them

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?