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(Previous story)

You put in so much effort.

What exactly did you want Hanjuang-jun to help you investigate?

Based on this pattern,

it's possible that the Demonic Left Arm has changed directions.

Qinghe?

This Skullpiercer is capable of sealing your conscious.

Its creator has some skills.

I'm sorry, Young Master...

You're not at fault. You were only following my orders.

My soul was torn, and my body burnt to ashes...

That was my karma.

It wasn't your intention.

I know

you did everything you could.

Fortunately, we have something to go on.

Perhaps everything will become clear

once we solve the mystery behind the identity of the Demonic Left Arm.

Sore wa tashika ni koko ni atta mono

What was certainly here

Koko wa tashika ni kimi to deatta basho

This is undeniably the place where I met you

Ai to iu ni wa kantansugite

To call it love is too simple

Kotoba ushinau

I lose my words

Mou nidoto

Never again

Tsukamenai mizukagami ni

In the elusive water's mirror

Kieteiku kimi o

You fade away

Akiramenaiyo

I won't give up

Tada issho ni itaikara

Because I just want to be with you

Dore dake sabishikute

No matter how lonely

Dore dake kimi o omoi

No matter how much I think of you

Kodokude toki o tsunagi

In solitude, connecting moments

Ima mata kasaneta

Now, once again, we pile them up

Unmei o hanashi wa shinai

I won't let go of fate

Unmei o hanashi wa shinai

I won't let go of fate

Episode 01 (24) Yi City

The feng shui is awful around here.

It's barren land.

We should be close to Yi City.

Mm. This is the right direction.

How did you recognize me?

Think by yourself.

Lan Zhan,

I tried so hard to get it out of you on the way here,

can't you just fall for it once?

Just once.

Marks left by a sword.

Found it.

(Yi City)

(Yi City)

(Libation)

Two hours earlier

(Shudong)

Steamed buns.

Fresh, hot steamed buns.

Delicious steamed buns.

Jasmine, champak,

and camellias for sale.

Buy some flowers, won't you?

Have a bowl of tea porridge.

- Tea porridge. - Mister,

come and have a look.

That's odd.

Why is this thing not responding?

It worked last night.

It lost its aim the moment it pointed to the Shudong.

There must be something

affecting the arm around here.

That'll make things more difficult.

A message from my brother.

They have solved the matter of the Man-Eating Castle.

They're heading back to Jinlintai.

Don't worry, Xichen.

The Tomb of Blades has been refurbished.

Huaisang is stronger than you and I think.

He will take good care of the rest.

I'm less worried about Huaisang

than I do about the culprit behind those men clad in black.

We have no idea about the intentions of the mastermind

behind all of this and why they set the Demonic Left Arm loose.

I'm afraid calamity will befall the cultivation world.

A calamity, huh?

If we follow the clues given to us by the arm

and solve the matter,

we may be able to prevent the calamity.

How convenient.

Let's go.

To where?

To look for the cultivator clans residing in this city.

Hang on!

Why look for them?

Esteemed Hanguang-jun,

I'm not looking down on you,

but you certainly

can't get anything done without me around.

You can't gather intel like that.

Mm.

"Mm"? What do you mean, "Mm"?

How should do then?

Rather than ask the clans,

it would be much better

to ask the common folk.

Huh?

Look.

There's one coming our way right now.

Excuse me, Mister,

has anything strange happened around here recently?

You...

You guys... A dislocated arm...

You're so weird!

Do we look like bad guys to you?

No.

You look quite handsome.

You look like cultivators.

That's right.

We are cultivators.

We annihilate demons and vanquish evil spirits.

There's no need for that.

You can just have it.

I told you, don't be scared.

We just have some questions.

Have there been any incidents

or tales of a dismembered corpse around lately?

I don't think so...

Think again carefully.

Think back to more than a decade ago.

There must have been something strange.

Now that you mentioned it,

There was an incident...

Apple?

Why are you here?

I missed you so much!

You missed me too, didn't you?

You heartless donkey!

If Apple and Fairy are here,

that means Jin Ling and the others must be here too.

Where are the kids?

This morning

I saw some kids who looked as good as both of you.

They said they were looking into some case about a dead cat.

They came from Liyang.

Liyang?

Did you think of something?

I just remembered an old incident.

Where were they headed?

I think they went toward Yi City.

Yi City?

(Yi City)

The people there

specialize in crafting coffins and joss paper used in funerals.

Eight of ten of them

are either short-lived or dead.

We haven't seen anyone from Yi City in almost a decade.

They might already all be dead.

This city is in ruins.

I don't think we'll find anyone alive here.

Is it the Devil's Mark?

No.

I was just affected by the demonic miasma here.

Don't believe me?

Look. It's long gone.

Shall I show it to you again?

Something is really off about you.

In the past, if I did something like that,

you would already be telling me to mind my manners and tact.

You would be going on

about proper etiquette, courteousness, and whatnot.

Lan Zhan, you've changed.

Don't mind what I said earlier.

The demonic miasma around here is so thick

even though it's still day time.

I think this city has more problems than just poor feng shui.

Jin Ling!

Thank you, Hanguang-jun.

Why are you always hanging around Hanguang-jun?

I like being around him.

What about it?

I noticed you seemed happy to see me just now.

Don't think so highly of yourself!

Where are Sizhui and Jingyi?

We got separated when we entered the city.

I thought I would fly up into the sky to look for them,

but the miasma is too heavy around here.

It's hard enough to fly on a sword,

much less locate them.

The three of you were working together?

Since when did you guys become so close?

Who... Who says I'm close with them?

If it wasn't because I was looking into the incident with the cat corpse,

who would want to hang around them?

You stubborn little boy.

I was out night hunting as usual.

But every morning, I find a cat corpse nailed to the door of my room.

My investigation led me to Liyang, where I ran into Sizhui and Jingyi.

They were all lead to Liyang by cat corpses...

Where did you find the cat corpses in Liyang?

(Chang Residence)

In a cemetery.

About ten years ago, the Chang clan which resided there was massacred overnight.

Only their Clan Leader, Chang Ping, who was away at the time,

and a few others survived.

Later, Chang Ping turned the residence into a cemetery.

But...

When we went to find out what was going on...

All of the corpses had been dug up?

The marks left on the grave pits were old.

I think they were dug up years ago.

Someone set evil spirits on the entire Chang Clan of Liyang.

Not only were they haunted to death,

but someone even brought their dead bodies back from dead.

These demonic cultivators are really...

Demonic cultivation again?

Who else could have done this?

The locals said it was the doing of the Yiling Patriarch.

It wasn't the Yiling Patriarch.

Xue Yang from Kuizhou

was the one responsible for the massacre.

- Xue Yang? - Xue Yang?

He had a dispute

with the former head of the clan, Chang Ci'an.

It must have been revenge.

It's one thing to get revenge,

but to harm the old and young too?

He's vicious indeed.

What did the cultivation clans do about him?

Do you remember the name

I mentioned back at Huaicang Mountain?

Xiao Xingchen was the one who caught Xue Yang?

Yes.

However, Chang Ping later

recanted his witness against Xue Yang.

And Xue Yang was released.

Oh, dear.

Given his character,

Xue Yang is bound to seek revenge.

I'm afraid Chang Ping will suffer the same fate.

Xue Yang did poison Xiao Xingchen's closest friend and made him blind.

But Chang Ping died with both of his eyes removed.

And they have yet to determine the murderer.

Why?

Before Chang Ping died, Xue Yang had already been

sentenced to death by the current Chief Cultivator, Jin Guangyao.

And the sword

that delivered the finishing blow was Xiao Xingchen's sword, Frost.

Xiao Xingchen?

What?

It was just a paper doll.

That didn't seem like

an illusion...

A corpse!

There's a body here too!

These aren't fierce corpses.

A single blow took them out.

But they aren't new corpses either.

They've been dead for at least a few years.

But their bodies haven't decayed.

It must be something to do with this demonic miasma.

He doesn't have any scars from holding a sword.

He's not a cultivator.

He is most likely a local.

This is...

The mark of Frost?

They're finally coming.

I knew it.

There are bound to be living corpses in a place like this.

Jin Ling!

What a strong force.

Cultivation swords purify evil.

But that fierce corpse was unharmed.

I can't control it!

No need.

Leave it to me.

Take care of Jin Ling for me.

All right.

The person who turned you is indeed skilled.

But when it comes to demonic cultivation...

I'm the founder.

Orthodox demon vanquishing techniques

are useless against

these corpses.

Yes.

This fierce corpse had its eyes removed.

(Chang)

Chang Clan of Liyang?

Chang Ping?

(Chang)

Xue Yang courtesy name: Chengmei

Clan Leader Jin.

This must be my martial uncle, Xiao Xingchen.

He is noble and awe-inspiring, all right.

Who might that be?

Song Lan courtesy name: Zichen

Song Zichen of the Baixue Temple.

Xue Yang has committed heinous crimes.

But why do you repeatedly protect him, Clan Leader Jing?

To risk offending the cultivation world to protect Xue Yang...

That doesn't seem in character for Jin Guangshan.

Could it be that the rumors are true?

During the siege at the Burial Mounds,

that malicious item was not completely destroyed,

and its fragments were left behind.

The remaining pieces lie in the hands of the Jin clan.

And this man is capable

of restoring the Stygian Tiger Amulet.

Lies and slander.

Those are all but lies and slander.

- Such accusations are... - Why would you allow

such a despicable man to live?

Clan Leader Nie.

Since Clan Leader Jin can't do it,

I'll sentence him and remove this vermin

on behalf of the Lanling Jin Clan.

Mingjue!

Mingjue, please don't be hasty.

Let Clan Leader Jin...

Out of my way!

Please calm down, Clan Leader Nie.

I...

The Jin Clan of Lanling will handle this matter

and give a proper explanation to the cultivation clans.

Men! Take him to the dungeon.

Taoist Xiao,

don't forget about me now.

We'll...

meet again.

No... Impossible!

(Yi City)

So Chang Ping did die by Frost's blade.

What do you think, Lan Zhan?

One should not judge...

before knowing the whole truth.

I knew you would say that.

But Xiao Xingchen

doesn't seem to be a cruel man...

But Chang Ping and the locals of Yi City

did die by Frost's blade.

Their souls were damaged.

I can't go any further with Inquiry.

There are only so few involved in the matter as it is...

Xue Yang's dead.

What about Xiao Xingchen and Song Zichen?

(Baixue Temple)

Song Zichen was poisoned by Xue Yang

and had lost his sight.

Xiao Xingchen removed his own eyes and disappeared ever since.

Song Zichen left to search for Xiao Xingchen.

Neither of them responded to Evocation.

We don't know if they're dead or alive.

Xiao Xingchen disappeared?

When was that?

11 years ago.

Does anyone else know how to use the "Frost Fall Technique"?

That is Xiao Xingchen's famed technique.

No one else but him

knows the technique.

This person

died nine years ago, at most.

At least at that time...

Xiao Xingchen was still alive.

The method of nailing cat corpses to the doors

is incredibly similar to the incidents at the Mo Village.

There must be a secret

the culprit behind these incidents

wants us to find out.

Corpses dug up from the Chang cemetery,

Xiao Xingchen's disappearance,

the owner of the Demonic Left Arm and its shattered soul...

There must be a connection that ties all of them together.

And that Xue Yang who could restore the Stygian Tiger Amulet.

There are very few corpses

that I cannot control.

It's highly likely

that someone in this city

is using the Stygian Tiger Amulet.

(Yi City)

Wei Ying!

Lan Zhan!

Jin Ling?

You're awake.

Ai wa shitteiru

I have known love

Kodoku mo shitteiru

The loneliness I have known

Monogatari wa ima owari tsugeru

Now this story is coming to an end

Ugokidasu yume no saki e

The dream began to move forward

Taenu arasoi no hate ni

What awaits us

Nani ga bokura wo matteiru deshou?

at the end of this unbearable battle?

Sore ga totemo utsukushii no nara

If it was a beautiful

Kokoro wa mitasareteku kara

it would fulfill my heart immensely

Ima, tsukiyo ni hibiita uta

Now, the scent of the tree

Kaze hakobu mokuren no nioi

that sings the poem resonates in the moonlit night

Mahou no you ni kokoro wo tsukande

has seized my heart like magic

Itsu made mo hanasou to wa shinai

that will never be spoken of again

Parapara hora chiru negai ga

I wonder when that desire will fall apart

Itsu kara ka na futari dakara

As long as there are two of us,

Kanaerareru to shinjite

I believe we can make it come true

Sora ni kaeru no sa

Return to the Sky

Ai wo shitteiru

I have known love

Kodoku mo shitteiru

The loneliness I have known

Monogatari wa ima owari wo tsugeru

Now this story is coming to an end

Urayamu senaka mae ni

The real behind your envious exterior

Bokura niteiru

We are the same

Hontou wa shitteiru no

Do you really know?

Wasure yuku inori ga kienu you ni

Forget about it so that a wish will not fade away

Arigatou tte itta toki,

When you say "thank you",

Boku no kimochi shitta desho...?

Do you really know my feelings?