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[Shadow Punisher]

[Divine Constable Tally]

[Episode 29]

Zhenzhu.

It's no use.

Grand Secretary Bai is not coming back,

Zhenzhu.

No!

-Zhenzhu! -Father!

Zhenzhu!

-Father! Father! -Let's go.

Let me go!

Zhenzhu, calm down!

Zhenzhu!

Grand Secretary Bai is gone.

Father!

He's gone!

Zhenzhu!

He's gone!

He's gone.

He's gone.

No.

No, no.

Zhenzhu.

No.

No, no.

No, no.

You must take care of yourself.

Tianshu Pavilion.

Yan.

Okay.

Take care.

Father.

Father.

Father.

Father.

I... I'm here,

Father.

I was bad.

I was disobedient.

Father,

I-I won't be like that anymore.

Father, Father, look at me again.

Father, look at me, please!

Father.

I specially had a sachet

custom-made for you.

Look,

the pearls on it

are so beautiful.

Take it.

Good girl.

Father.

I don't really use these.

Father!

When I was little,

I refused to learn needlework

and wanted to serve the country.

You hired the best martial arts master for me.

I said

I hated the intrigues of the court,

and chose to be

a despised coroner,

Father.

Even though you were angry,

you still supported me silently.

In this world,

where else can you find a father

who listens to his daughter so much?

I always talked about serving the country,

but I couldn't even protect my own father.

You have protected me ever since I was little.

Without you,

who will protect me in the future?

Father, wake up!

Wake up!

Wake up.

Look at me, look at me.

I'm obedient now.

I'll eat with you every day from now on,

okay?

Spring is cold, and autumn is dry.

You must take good care of yourself.

Add clothes in the morning and evening.

Don't overwork yourself with paperwork.

On the east wall of the north wing of the Chief's room,

a blue bag is buried under the pine pot.

It contains 50 pieces of gold.

Take the gold when you need it.

The court situation is treacherous.

I fear things may change at any moment.

I am in danger at court.

I leave this hastily written letter to you, my daughter.

It's written by your father.

Just remember the bright candle burning all night at home.

It won't be extinguished by wind and rain.

Come home when you are tired.

Don't worry, Father.

Qingyang.

Li Si, what are you doing?

[God of Death, Hanluo]

What...

What is this?

The legendary secret underground palace of the Star Gate

is this very secret chamber of Tianshu Pavilion.

What is the Star Gate underground palace?

This is the core of the Four-Dimensional Eight-Direction

Guili Formation.

The Five-Color Stone

is a meteorite from outer space.

[I've devised a plan: feign breaking the formation to lure them into the trap.]

[Once the rebels all arrive, we shall restore the formation and trap them all.]

[Gentle Breeze and Auspicious Clouds]

It has the miraculous effect of sensing the spiritual energy

of heaven, earth, mountains, lakes, and all things.

It was divided into two

and hidden deep in the palace.

Fifty years ago,

a part of it was stolen by Liluo.

And the other part

served as

the core of the Guili Formation.

This formation isolates the spiritual energy of heaven and earth,

protecting the people of Tianhuang City

for 40 years of peace.

Once it's destroyed,

Liluo's demon-men army

can drive straight in.

Since this formation is so important,

it should be hidden even more.

Why do you want to destroy it?

Li Si!

Qingyang!

Li Si, what's wrong?

This...

Chiying bug!

Chiying...

Well... Qingyang.

Qingyang!

Eunuch Zhao?

Lou Tianming?

Thank our

esteemed His Highness Prince Xian

for helping us Liluo

find the Four-Dimensional Eight-Direction

Guili Formation.

He is now

just a beast poisoned by Chiying,

taking orders from us.

What do you think Li San has been doing

all these years?

What old illness?

It's clearly the Gu poison he planted.

His beloved disciple

is his most poisonous Gu.

Watch out!

Qingyang, what's wrong with...

Yan!

Li Si.

Wake up!

Li Si.

Kill Meng Rui.

I told you to kill Meng Rui.

Why?

You won't even listen to my orders anymore?

[Clear as a Mirror]

You have guarded the Great Shi Dynasty your whole life.

From now on,

[Clear as a Mirror]

I will guard it for you.

My Lady.

What is it?

News from the palace.

The Chief committed treason

and has been killed.

My Lady.

What?

And the one who killed the Chief...

was His Highness Prince Xian.

Li Si could never

do such a thing.

Ding Mao.

The great war with Liluo is imminent.

Pass down the order.

If you encounter any unusual situations,

you may act at your own discretion.

Yes.

You men,

come with me.

-Yes! -Yes!

Zhenzhu.

Jiuying.

Li Si asked me

to give this to you.

He also said

only you can know about this.

Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

Li Si said

you should follow what's written on it

and act according to the plan.

When did he give this to you?

Before the big bell rang.

The big bell?

Before His Majesty passed away.

Li Si also said

we must find Lord Meng

and give him the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

Well done, Li Si!

You truly are

a good lackey of our Liluo!

A lackey.

You are just

a lackey!

Li Si!

Let him go!

Zhao Shanlei,

who do you think you are

to bark in front of me?

Zhao Shanlei.

Today, I will

take your miserable life.

Farewell.

[Tavern]

An ominous sign!

An ominous sign!

This is a bad omen!

The earth veins are channeled!

The Guili Formation is destroyed.

Meng Rui and Yan Cheng

have also been knocked underground by me.

It's just that Eunuch Zhao

sacrificed himself for Liluo.

What a pity.

He disrespected you, Your Highness.

He deserved to die.

Now,

the Holy Queen should believe

my sincerity towards Liluo, right?

Of course.

The Star Gate is destroyed.

The formation core is gone.

The earth veins are channeled!

Tianhuang City is now our Liluo's!

The entire Great Shi Empire is ours!

Great Holy Queen,

may you live forever!

Great Holy Queen,

may you live forever.

Your Highness,

you are the Holy Queen's most loyal follower,

the strongest demon-men warrior,

and the hero who supports Liluo's great cause.

Your Highness.

Holy Queen asked me to pay you

my highest respects.

Meng Rui.

Meng Rui, wake up.

Meng Rui!

Meng Rui, wake up!

Meng Rui.

You're awake.

Come.

Zhenzhu?

Eat this.

Hurry.

Where is this?

You fell from the crevice

in the Star Gate underground palace,

were washed into the underground river,

and then drifted here.

Li Si.

He was poisoned by the Chiying Bug Venom.

I must find him.

Meng Rui.

Listen to me.

It was Li Si who told me

you were here.

Now the earth veins are channeled,

and the Guili Formation is broken.

The originally dormant demon-men

have likely broken through.

Li Si

asked me to give this to you.

Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

What's it for?

Let's talk as we walk.

I heard

you even killed Meng Rui.

Just a few significant losers,

not worth mentioning.

Two hours from now,

all the officials will gather outside the hall.

At that time, you, Zhou Yan,

will be crowned as

the new emperor of the Great Shi Dynasty.

After you ascend the throne,

you can issue a decree,

allowing the descendants of our Liluo

to thrive and multiply

on the land of Great Shi

from now on.

And my Holy Queen,

Qiangong Linglong, will continue to be the Moon Queen.

When the court is stable,

you can change the state title

to Liluo.

You will still be under the Holy Queen,

second to only one person,

and above all people in the Nine Provinces.

I will follow your orders.

This lava cave under the Underworld Market

is known to very few people.

The young master sent you to find me,

so you found the right person.

Then how do we melt it?

Then you have to

figure it out yourselves.

If there is Black Ice Cold Iron as a base,

it might just work.

Black Ice Cold Iron.

I think I know

what Li Si meant.

The inner power

is the Ode to Canglang.

When I was young,

traveling in Liluo,

I was fortunate enough to see it once.

Ode to Canglang.

Are you sure

the Guili Formation was destroyed?

I saw it with my own eyes.

The Five-Color Stone at the core

turned to dust,

with no possibility of repair.

The closer to the end,

the more cautious we must be.

I

will lead a group of elite demon-men

to flatten the Divine Constable Bureau

and turn Tianshu Pavilion

into ruins.

When I was still in the Crown Prince's residence,

that fool Zhou Tiao

loved watching plays the most.

Now,

the overall situation is set.

I

actually have the mood to watch a play too.

I wonder what good play

you want to watch, Your Holiness.

I

prefer real plays with real singing.

The story must be real.

And the actors must be real too.

He is

Prince Ding of the Great Shi Dynasty,

Zhou Miao.

He is

the Crown Prince of the Great Shi Dynasty,

Zhou Tiao.

Your Majesty,

can you guess?

If I guess correctly,

Your Holiness, what you want to see

is the death of Zhou Yan

at the Mulan Hunting Ground

17 years ago.

♪ Congratulations, Fourth Brother ♪

♪ You're right ♪

Father.

This play is not bad.

The royal family of Great Shi,

from top to bottom, are all scheming,

hypocritical, and treacherous people.

Today,

my Liluo

will occupy the territory of Great Shi.

I will use this farce from 17 years ago,

a genuine case of a brother killing a brother,

to bury the Great Shi royal family.

♪ Spring boughs claim the palace pagoda shade ♪

♪ Twenty years of roiling envy ♪

♪ Frosted blade hid beneath embroidered collar ♪

♪ To make him ♪

♪ Ruin his young life ♪

♪ I envied my brother Zhou Yan favored by my family ♪

♪ I sent assassins to slay him ♪

♪ Dragons in the depths forged their league ♪

♪ Iron chains barred the river, blocking his return ♪

♪ I aided the Crown Prince, fooling Father ♪

♪ I swore Fourth Brother shall not come back ♪

See?

No emperor

would allow anyone

to covet his throne,

even if

it's his own biological son.

When the play is over,

I will cut off

this old fool's head

and present it to you as a coronation gift, Your Majesty.

They're coming so fast.

There are so many of them.

General,

if we wait for other troops to reinforce us,

I'm afraid it'll be too late.

Once these demon-men are let in,

Great Shi

will cease to exist.

We must become

the iron wall of Great Shi.

Soldiers!

Liluo demon-men

know no pain,

understand no fear,

are invulnerable to weapons,

and are hard for mortals to defeat.

Because of this,

they will never understand

that flesh and blood

can erupt

strong soul-burning flames!

[Shi]

They don't know what a homeland is

and what honor is,

and they will never understand

that what we protect behind us

is our toughest shield!

Those who defy

march toward the abyss!

Those who wander

find their life's true home!

[Shi]

Soldiers of the Vanguard Camp!

-Yes! -Yes!

Today,

follow me,

using broken bones as monuments

and hot blood as inscriptions,

to defend our country to the death!

[Shi]

-Defend the country to the death! -Defend the country to the death!

-Defend the country to the death! -Defend the country to the death!

-Defend the country to the death! -Defend the country to the death!

Charge!

Jiuying?

Li Si.

The wolf cub

tried to sneak into Yuque to find you,

but I caught her.

Kill her.

I'll bite you to death,

you old witch!

Why?

How dare you disobey my order?

I, Zhou Yan,

follow your orders, Your Holiness.

Li Si.

Xia Jiuying,

you said

you like shadow puppets spinning.

Jiuying,

the biggest taboo

in shadow puppetry

is to tangle the strings together.

These strings seem tough,

but if they are all tangled together

and rub against each other,

they will easily snap.

You are a shadow puppet now.

Whatever I want you to do,

you have to do it.

Jiuying!

Jiuying,

are you okay?

Li Si,

I'm fine.

Jiuying,

you did a great job.

I can finally...

help the Divine Constable Bureau.

Jiuying.

Jiuying.

You really were acting.

I have practiced the Liluo Technique

for 70 years,

and have long become invincible.

Your painstaking sword strike

only

consumed a little of my power.

What I am curious about is

why the Ten Thousand Gu Devouring Heart

couldn't control you.

[Gentle Breeze and Auspicious Clouds]

The Five-Color Stone is a meteorite from outer space.

[I've devised a plan: feign breaking the formation to lure them into the trap.]

It has the miraculous effect of sensing the spiritual energy

of heaven, earth, mountains, lakes, and all things.

[Once the rebels all arrive, we shall restore the formation and trap them all.]

Fifty years ago,

a part of it was stolen by Liluo.

The Soaring Dragon Thousand-Mechanism Formation

uses all things as instruments.

The skills I taught you

are enough to make you the envy of the world.

This is what it means to repay a debt!

To repay it in full!

So the half stolen by Liluo

was actually forged into the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

No wonder when it pierced in,

it could suppress the bug venom.

Then if it is buried in the body,

wouldn't the whole body

be a small

Guili Formation?

As the saying goes,

"Those who do evil will destroy themselves."

Qiangong Linglong,

today

is the day you die.

Don't worry,

I will let you die knowing why.

This new emperor

must be disposed of.

[Divine Constable Bureau]

Liluo thieves,

we have been waiting for you!

This is bad.

The Guili Formation.

You really do have a conspiracy.

Hurry to the Tianshu Pavilion!

As long as we live, the bureau survives!

-As long as we live, the bureau survives! -As long as we live, the bureau survives!

[Pillar of the Realm]

Qiangong Linglong,

I'm afraid you still don't know.

Although these years,

the Chiying Bug Venom

has always made me suffer unbearably,

my body

has also been mutated because of it.

I have to thank you for this.

Chop him into meat paste for me

to feed the dogs.

[Chief Constable's Hall]

Zhou Yan,

you are all alone now.

Let's see how long you can hold on.

Where are those

companions of yours who share life and death?

Where are they now?

Right here!

How can a fight

be without me?

Your Highness,

I'm not late, am I?

Sanhuo,

as long as you're here,

it's not too late.

-Qingyang! -Li Si!

Qingyang, what's wrong?

-What's wrong? -Qingyang!

Chiying bug.

You two,

listen to me carefully.

No matter what happens later,

you must trust me.

Qingyang.

Yan.

The Liluo people will be here soon.

Hurry out of the city

and ask Zhu to bring troops to help!

Prince Ping is leading the Vanguard Camp

to meet the enemy outside the palace.

Leave the enemies outside the palace

to Zhu.

As for the enemies in Yuque,

it's up to you and me.

Today,

let these Liluo scums

see

the courage of our Divine Constable Bureau!

And me.

And me!

Jiuying.

Jiuying.

You are seriously injured now.

The most urgent thing

is to quickly take away the bodies

of my father and my brother.

I will cover you.

Yan.

Qiangong Linglong is protected by the technique.

What we need to do

is stall her.

Don't worry.

Even if it costs my life,

I will stall her.

Overestimating yourselves.

With just you two

and even the Vanguard Camp,

you can't defeat

my demon-men army.

Shut up, old witch!

Yan!

Chang Bo.

Yan Zisheng,

your brother

was a loyal man to the country.

You sold yourself to Liluo

to be a demon-man.

You are not as good as your brother.

To avenge my brother,

killing dozens of people in the Divine Constable Bureau

is worth it.

Kill me.

[Chief Constable's Hall]

A dignified Chief

who perished within the Divine Constable Bureau

died a worthy death.

Charge!

That's not right.

Doesn't your Divine Constable Bureau

always talk about

brotherhood?

Why are there

only two of you now?

Where are the others?