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 18

This...

This fiendish energy is so strong

Has he gone deranged from his cultivation?

This is...

Xiao Fan

Xiao Fan

What's wrong with you?

Step aside

Little Junior Brother

Step aside!

How dare you!

That's so scary

Has he become deranged?

I don't know

Xiao Fan!

He wasn't like this previously

He looks like a completely different person

That's so strange

What happened to me?

Xiao Fan

Are you all right?

Xiao Fan

Master

I actually attacked Eldest Senior Brother

Please punish me

Master

Little Junior Brother did not mean to disrespect me

He just...

Be quiet!

Xiao Fan

What's the matter with you?

Senior Sister

I...

I...

What's wrong with me?

Have I gone mad?

What are you going to do?

Junior Brother

This is Big Bamboo Peak's private matter

Come with me

If I leave,

I don't know how much they'll torture Xiao Fan

If I don't stand by him,

no one will in this world

Jing Yu

I was in the wrong

You can return with Senior Brother Qi

Junior Brother Lin

You will only make things worse

for Junior Brother Zhang behaving like this

Master

Who are you?

I did not realize I had brought up

such a wayward disciple all these years

Reflect on your actions here

Ling'er

Let's go

Xiao Fan

Junior Brother Lin

Don't look anymore

Master has summoned you

I implored for the night to soothe the torment of the winter snow

to blend with the bitter shadow of the bamboos

Many years later, gazing at the moonlight from a tower

I'm still waiting for the passing visitor of yesterday

No one is willing to listen to what the lone bamboo says

The faraway mountain turn its back on it

Although the bamboo forest is vast, it cannot offer freedom

neither can it show the true color of snow

Don't be afraid

It will be over soon

I will stay here with you

You saved me and protected me

Honestly speaking, bamboo can also be weak

risking your own life

I underestimated you

The Heavens and myself know of

Knowledge and practice differ, causing fatigue and cowardice

the distress in your heart

Who is humming the mystical winter song

I cannot share your pain

but I can endure this together with you

that touches the demons in her heart?

I keep hoping that one day

you can live happily

with the one you love

The moon hums as the flowing waves gather

The stars warm the thin, surrounding fog of winter

The empty bamboo is sad as if it's weeping

I had never asked but I had already lost sight

of her figure

Silly boy

Are you practicing some kind of technique here?

Bi Yao

Why are you here?

You were allowed to train in the rain

so why am I not allowed to peek?

How petty

How can you come here?

This is the encampment of the righteous sects

You'll be dead if you get caught

You are concerned about me

But you belong to the righteous path

You...

The righteous and demon sects can't coexist

Why don't you call your people to catch me?

I...

I...

So you do have a conscience

I...

What?

You're stammering

We're the only ones here

and you can't even get a word out

Silly boy

Do you know that you

always separate everything so definitely into black and white?

Actually, why do you bother doing this?

I'm guessing you are a rich young lady,

who usually lives a life of luxury

There's no need for you to risk yourself and suffer

for an insignificant Azure Cloud disciple like me

That's not true

I didn't suffer

Don't you know that

true suffering in this world

lies in people's hearts?

Xiao Fan

Let's go

Bi Yao

Wisdom King, Holy Mother,

I beg you to show mercy

Help Zhang Xiao Fan overcome this difficulty

He has always held fast to his principle of righteousness

he has never intentionally harmed anyone

Don't let his master wrong him anymore

Bi Yao, don't do this

I could let go of all the past incidents

that once depressed me

and resolved all of my emotional troubles

Why are you so stubborn about this?

They treated you unfairly

I'm not stubborn

I should be punished for my mistake

You fool

You're an absolute fool!

Master

Seventh disciple

You were drenched in the rain for a night

Are you all right?

I deserved the punishment

I'm fine

When I accepted you that day

I did not think much of your aptitude

You have truly exceeded my expectations

with what you have achieved so far

You saw Ling'er and Qi Hao behaving intimately yesterday

so you felt resentful

You are just a young man

not like those old monks at the Heavenly Sound Temple

Additionally, you grew up with Ling'er

It is not strange that

you are somewhat fond of her

Do you think that I have lived this life for nothing?

That I would not be able to figure this out?

However, Seventh Disciple,

it seems like Ling'er truly likes that Qi Hao

As for you,

I am afraid she only sees you as a younger brother

Do you understand what I mean?

Yes,

Master

Let bygones

be bygones

Let's go back

I have something important for you to do

Yes,

Master

We've already searched a few times

There isn't even a single ghost here

let alone traces of the demon sect

If you were to really see a ghost,

you'll probably wet your pants in fright

Xiao Fan

Do you still remember the time when we caught Xiao Hui?

I do

Why?

Let's go

Follow them

Staying closer to the ground will

make it easier to find traces of the demon sect

Senior Sister

Why are you still the same as before?

It's not that

There's a mountain cave

Let's go

We'll have a look at it

If we don't find anything

we'll head back

Senior Sister

this cave doesn't look like it's inhabited

It's another dark and twisted cave

It must be the base of the demon sect that Master wants us to find

I don't see anything remarkable about this place

The demon sect is only good at deliberately obscuring things

Come on

Let's go up

Let's observe for a while

Translator's Note: Kui is a one-legged beast in Chinese mythology with a human face and body of a dragon

The Kui, a rare beast seen once every 3000 years

that was mentioned by the Ghost King Sect

Why haven't we seen any sign of it after so many days?

Instead, we've attracted those

annoying righteous cultivators to this place

How will your Ghost King Sect

deal with this matter?

I heard that two of the seven top individuals

of the Azure Cloud Sect have come to Liubo Mountain

We're clearly no match for them

The Ghost King Sect has yet to give us any explanation

only making us work blindly day and night

Is the Ghost King Sect making use

of the righteous cultivators

to eliminate us?

What's going on with these people?

Let's continue to observe the situation

Miss Bi Yao

When will the Kui appear?

Please invite the Ghost King here

to give us an explanation

That's right!

Ask the Ghost King to come and give us an explanation!

Exactly!

Ask the Ghost King to give us an explanation!

Yes!

Tell the Ghost King to come out!

Ask the Ghost King for an explanation!

Come out!

He's right!

Tell him to come out!

Ask the Ghost King for an explanation!

Ghost King, come out!

Everyone

My father is a disciple of the holy sect

like the rest of you

No matter how powerful the Ghost King Sect is,

we wouldn't dare go against

the sect's teachings

nor hold them in contempt

Then tell the Ghost King to come out

and explain this to us in person

That's right!

Give us an explanation!

Bi Yao?

Tell him to explain this to us in person!

Tell the Ghost King to come out!

Xiao Zhou

Since the Ghost King is not around,

let's not make things difficult for Miss Bi Yao

Come out!

If we mess up our position,

the Azure Cloud Sect would gain an advantage over us

Not necessarily

Times are different now

As long as the disciples of the holy sect unite

Ten Thousand Poisons Sect

Bai Du Zi

we will be invincible

I say, Bai Du Zi,

you're really foolish

Very few from the Longevity Hall and the

Harmonious Reunion Sect have come

If we were to really fight,

your Ten Thousand Poisons Sect will suffer losses

Correct

After that, the Azure Cloud Sect

will just pick us off one by one

and then there will be peace in the world

If we continue to quarrel,

Ten Thousand Poisons Sect

Patriarch Duanmu

we will just be waiting for those righteous cultivators

to charge in and make ourselves easy targets

In my view,

instead of remaining gathered here

we should go our separate ways now while we can

Everyone is aware of their options

That is all I will say

The exit is over there

Everyone, feel free to do as you wish

Who on earth are you?

How dare you sow discord among us?

I'm just a nobody from the holy sect

Are you trying to frame me, Miss Bi Yao?

A nobody?

I think you harbor evil intentions!

Judging by your skills,

you're not from the holy sect at all

Could he really be a spy?

Tell me!

Who are you?

Why did you infiltrate our holy sect?

Miss Bi Yao, you are clever

Can you not tell by this?

The Absolute Profound Clarity Path?

You're actually a spy from the Azure Cloud Sect

Senior SIster

What he used just now looks like the Seven Star Sword

It's the Seven Star Sword

He must be from the Azure Cloud Sect

Let's go save him

Come on

Witch, prepare to die!

No!

Junior Sister Tian!

Junior Brother Zhang!

You are no match for him

How do you know our names?

I am Xiao Yi Cai from the Azure Cloud Sect

This Harmonious Reunion Bell

is a divine weapon left behind by Lady Jin Ling

If your skills are inadequate,

usage of it can easily result in a backfire

Xiao Yao

Do not use it lightly in the future

Yes,

Father

He is

the Ghost King

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?