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♪The tempestuous northern wind, the tempestuous martial arts world♪

♪Blades and bows drawn♪

♪What is youth without bravado?♪

♪With a wave of my hands, the world flows through my fingertips♪

♪Traveling the world with a damsel♪

♪The wind blows, the moon's reflection on the water♪

♪The night has been cut short♪

♪Who there is hiding in the shadow?♪

♪Oh, the long journey. Fate wills if we live or die♪

♪But let's give our shot at this world♪

♪Fight together as two♪

♪Right or wrong, I'll brave the storm, watching as things rise and fall♪

♪Black and White, as the drum sounds, it's for passion and justice♪

♪The fury, the wavering blades♪

♪I catch a glimpse of the divine beauty♪

♪How can we determine if the soul is flawless?♪

♪Let's see who can rule the world♪

=Who Rules The World=

=Episode 40=

Martial Sister!

Pu!

Pu!

General, their backup is here

but our troop hasn't arrived.

Should we withdraw and wait for tomorrow?

Withdraw!

Pu? Pu?

Open your eyes and look at me.

Martial Sister...

Martial Sister.

Martial Sister.

I'm here.

I'm always here.

Ever since

you saved my life,

I've been

looking for a way to repay you.

Now

is my chance.

It's my fault.

I came too late.

Mr. Feng.

Please

take good care of my Martial Sister

for me.

I promise.

Martial Sister.

I can't accompany you

as you travel in martial arts world anymore

nor can I

continue healing other people.

In a life hereafter,

we will

be siblings.

Definitely.

Han Pu.

Pu.

Han Pu!

Pu!

(Tomb of Beloved Brother, Han Pu)

(Tomb of Beloved Brother, Han Pu)

(Tomb of Beloved Brother, Han Pu)

Life comes and goes.

The living

cannot dwell forever in grief.

I'm sure Han Pu

doesn't want you to be like this.

I once asked Pu

(Tomb of Beloved Brother, Han Pu)

(Tomb of Beloved Brother, Han Pu) what he wanted to do after the war.

Pu said

he would open an apothecary.

While the war might be over

but

the sick will remain.

That way,

I can still save more people.

When we first met,

he was as tall as this.

And look how fine of a gentleman

he has become.

(Tomb of Beloved Brother, Han Pu)

I thought

he would always be by my side.

I thought I could protect him.

But

in a war,

everything happens so quickly.

Pu, I will accomplish

your dream.

(Tomb of Beloved Brother, Han Pu)

I know

I shouldn't say it

but today,

I have to.

We are all ears.

From now on,

when the battle is lost,

retreat if you can.

Do you understand?

Your Ladyship!

Only then

I can find you

and rescue you.

Your Ladyship!

I will die for you!

We will die for you!

The Moyu Cavalry will die for you!

Mount Luoying,

named after the countless heroes who died here.

This mountain should now be called Mount Ying.

News!

Your Ladyship.

Dong Shufang's army is less than

three li from here.

My men!

Follow me!

Let's avenge our dead comrades

and spare no enemies!

We will win!

We will win!

We will win!

Feng Xiyun, the Queen of Qingzhou.

Your reputation precedes you.

For the fight you put up today,

you have earned my respect.

General Dong Shufeng,

did Yu Wuyuan establish your army?

Yes.

Then the Imperial Family of Dadong played a part in it.

Let's save this feud for later.

We'll settle the score between us

today.

A duel? I'm glad you asked.

To die

in your hands today

is worth it.

However,

you have not won.

Yu Wuyuan

knew you would come here.

Artillery will rain.

Tens of thousands of your men

will die with me.

Pu.

I have avenged you.

Fengxi!

(I will evacuate the Queen of Qingzhou first.)

(Head to the Alliance Encampment.)

(Tell my Mentor)

(to stop Yu Wuyuan's plan.)

(If Huang Chao is in danger,)

(intervene.)

(Dadong)

Your Lordship,

they held the citizens hostage.

(Dadong)

Plausible.

Wuyuan,

I need you.

Greetings, Your Highness.

It's him.

Bring Yu Wuyuan to me!

(Dadong)

Lord of Jizhou,

you think you have the right to see my Young Master now?

If you fire now,

everyone on the rampart will die in your hands.

(So Yu Wuyuan is the mastermind.)

(He lurked beside me for many years)

(because he's after the whole world.)

(He even claimed)

(that he cared about the innocent.)

(Lies, all of them.)

(Dadong)

What should we do?

Retreat.

Yes, Your Lordship.

Retreat!

Like I said,

♪As the snow falls by night♪

if I can save you once,

I can save you twice.

You can't die

without my permission.

♪Viridity pours inside the heart♪

Never.

♪Forever is encapsulated within a moment♪

♪Singing a harmony within the abyss♪

♪Love is far and few between♪

(I'll ask Master Tianji to save you.)

(Wait for me, Fengxi.)

♪As the snow falls by night♪

♪Light makeup and plain apparel fill the martial arts world♪

♪As ink floods the inkwell♪

(Old Tianji)

Are you sure

you wish to use the Life Transference technique of Tianshan the Snow

to save her?

You will only have

ten years left to live.

♪That souls who had fought their entire lives♪

Back then,

my sole reason for living

was to become a ruler.

♪Who misses♪

Then I met her.

♪Stubbornly grinding♪

♪Half is the land♪

She showed me what's worth

living for.

♪The fated bonds♪

♪Are as radiant as mirages♪

If I only have ten years with her,

I'm already more than happy.

♪As the snow falls by night♪

♪Light makeup and plain apparel fill the martial arts world♪

Master,

I'm willing to use my life to save Fengxi.

♪In the human world♪

♪Forever is encapsulated within a moment♪

♪Singing a harmony within the abyss♪

♪Love is far and few between♪

(They told me to let go.)

(Let go?)

(They said sometimes you had to lose one thing)

(in order to gain another.)

(But some things)

(are too painful to be let go.)

(I can't let go of her)

(no matter how hard I try.)

(I can let go of all my mortal desires)

(except for this one.)

(I can discard three thousand strands of woes)

(but let me keep this one strand.)

♪Are as radiant as mirages♪

♪Pestering endlessly♪

(Let it bind me for the rest of my life.)

♪As you give it one last shot♪

♪Who once said♪

♪That souls who had fought their entire lives♪

♪Are uninhibited?♪

♪Half is a gamble♪

♪While half is departure♪

♪Who misses♪

♪The cold mistress you had spent half your life with?♪

♪Stubbornly grinding♪

♪Half is the land♪

♪While half is the nation♪

♪The fated bonds♪

♪Are as radiant as mirages♪

♪Pestering endlessly♪

♪As you give it one last shot♪

Lanxi.

Lanxi.

Lanxi.

Lanxi.

What?

You don't like

my white hair?

How can you be this foolish?

Thank god for Master Tianji.

Otherwise, I would break the promise.

What do you think?

Do I

look more mature than before?

Unfortunately for you,

you cannot call me Black Foxy anymore.

After all, my hair is all white now.

Tianshan the Snow, one life for another.

How many years of life did you trade in?

I got a great deal.

Master Tianji said

I had ten years left.

We can enjoy the spring breeze,

watch the summer lotus,

taste the autumn dew,

and admire the winter snow together.

If you're not in this world,

I won't be able to wake up.

Every day, I'll be stuck in a nightmare.

The first to leave

is the selfish one.

You'll need to endure the grief.

Do you resent me?

I will always be by your side.

Yesterday,

I received news from Fountain Abode.

All three of Huang Chao's attempts to claim the city failed.

Jizhou lost one hundred thousand men.

Yu Wuyuan held one hundred thousand citizens hostage

and managed to stop Huang Chao.

The soldiers after us

withdrew back to the Imperial City

to fight against Huang Chao.

Huang Chao suffered a great loss.

Yu Wuyuan is still in the Imperial City.

We need to find a way to stop his plan.

Why did Yu Wuyuan do all that?

Perhaps

I hold the answer.

Master Tianji.

Greetings, Master Tianji.

Everyone was told

that the Six Lords and Emperor Weilie founded the Dadong Empire.

But there was an eighth person.

Yu Yantian, the Empyrean.

Yu Yantian was a mentor figure to all of them.

Without Yu Yantian,

there was to be no Dadong Empire.

But in the end,

Yu Yantian went missing.

In fact, Emperor Weilie

grew fearful of Yu Yantian's ability

and killed all his family.

Perhaps it was destiny.

Yu Yantian's smallest son survived.

The Yu's bloodline continued.

And then,

the Yu family disappeared.

One century ago,

the Yu family instigated a mutiny.

Discard the pawn when it's no longer of use to him.

Emperor Weilie was cruel enough

to commit such atrocity.

He only has himself to blame

for the current predicament of Dadong.

While Yu Wuyuan might have all the reasons to feel unjust,

he cannot put the innocent's life on the line for his agenda.

For his personal vendetta,

he ruined lives

and destroyed peace. It's unforgivable.

Therefore,

to spare the people from the war

and to spare them the grief

of losing a dear one like I just did,

we need to stop him.

Let's head to the Imperial City now.

I see you two

have inherited the Sacred Jade Moon from Old Taiyin.

That is wonderful.

Taiyin always told me

how he lost his wife mid-life

so he could never train

the technique to the highest level.

Otherwise, he would have been stronger than me.

I hope the two of you can connect your souls

and surpass what Taiyin and I achieved.

Thanks, Master Tianji.

Thanks, Master Tianji.

Your Lordship!

Chancellor Ren and General Chuanyun

have penetrated the Imperial City.

The gate has been breached!

News from the scout!

General Jiushuang and General Xuekong

have led the Skyrider Cavalry and joined the Yongzhou army.

They now have the Imperial Palace surrounded!

Those who use Tianshan the Snow's technique

can never live longer than a decade.

I can't believe the Lord of Yongzhou

will share the same fate as mine.

So?

How does it feel when your days are numbered?

You're mistaken.

I sacrificed my life willingly.

It's for someone I love.

There's no pain whatsoever.

Yu Wuyuan,

your most fatal mistake

is that you are willing to risk so many people's life.

Don't you have the reputation of the Empyrean Yu family to uphold?

Don't you have the innocent to answer to?

You accuse me of betrayal?

My ancestor, Yu Yantian,

assisted Emperor Weilie and the Six Lords

to build Dadong Empire.

Before the Emperor ascended to the throne,

he swore in front of everyone

that he would share this peaceful world

with the Yu family.

Guess what he did

right after he claimed the throne?

He erased my family.

Not even a six-year-old or a seven-year-old kid was spare!

A servant

rescued a baby that was not even one month old.

That's how the Yu family survived.

Tell me now then.

Did Dadong fail me?

Did the world fail me?

You're wrong.

You plunged the world into chaos.

Many innocents died in your hands.

How different are you

from what Emperor Weilie did?

So my family

has to forever live no longer than 30 years?

Yu Yantian once preached

that world peace should have priority above all else.

The Yu people should be self-reliant,

do good, and respect people

to ensure harmony.

Even a three years old child can understand that.

But you,

you endanger the people's lives for your own agenda.

You do not deserve your title.

Yu Wuyuan,

you cannot be more wrong.

No, I'm not wrong!

I laid low and planned many years

for today.

Dadong is in shamble.

It's time for it to welcome a new ruler.

And you,

Bai Fengxi,

and Huang Chao.

All of you are my pawns.

Even Huang Yu?

She went to the Imperial City to look for you

and she hasn't come back.

Did you...

Couldn't be more dead.

Yu Wuyuan.

Why?

She loved you.

I trusted you.

Why?

To cure your Blood Curse,

you approached Dadong's Imperial Family.

You then used fake Empyrean Tokens to create unrest.

Two birds, one stone.

Effective and ruthless.

You guys got it right

but the realization came too late.

You killed my Master too, didn't you?

He wasn't my target

but for some reason,

he knew too much.

The Han family's prescriptions,

Xuanyuan family's arrays,

and Tie family's armory.

You wanted all of them

to nurture your own forces.

You were already planning for this moment

from back then.

Impeccable, I must say.

I predicted everything

except you two.

You two keep surviving.

When I was in Yongzhou,

I gave Feng Ju a nudge.

But

he was good for nothing.

Good thing that before Qingzhou and Youzhou went to war,

Soultaker Sect took out Mr. Xieyue.

That forced you, the Queen of Qingzhou,

to get involved.

Enough talking.

Let's end it here today.

Because tomorrow,

the world

welcomes a new Emperor.

You will die today.

Are you all right?

Remember what Old Tianji said?

It takes two connected souls

to reach the highest level.

One person by his lonesome

cannot use Sacred Jade Moon

to its full potential.

Let's go.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

- Greetings, Your Majesty. - Greetings, Your Majesty.

It seems like

Yu Wuyuan failed.

By right,

I should call you brother since you're older than me.

You're Feng Xiyun,

the renowned Bai Fengxi.

The rumors did you justice.

Huang Chao,

as domineering as always.

You look more like an Emperor than I do.

I know why all of you are here.

The world belongs to the one who can carry it.

I will hand it over to all of you.

Thanks, Your Majesty.

Thanks to you two,

I discovered Yu Wuyuan's plan in time.

Otherwise,

the consequences would be far too dire.

No, we owe you the thank, Lord of Jizhou,

for believing in us.

That's how we could dismantle our enemies.

If I found out earlier,

many more could be spared.

What do you

make of this battle, Lord of Jizhou?

Since young, I aspire to be an Emperor.

And for that, I worked diligently for most of my life.

Looking back,

many people died for me.

The world

is yours.

I will not contend it.

The people have suffered long enough.

I will not start another war.

I only hope that you can keep your promise

and enforce world peace.

If not,

I will hunt you down.

What do you think?

I

already knew that.

So this burden

is yours.

May you keep your words

and treat your subject with kindness.

You...

No need for redundant speech.

I don't have much time left.

I just want to spend time with her.

See you,

Huang Chao.

I will not let you two down.

For as long as I live,

I will make sure the world is peaceful.

Do not forget

what you said today.

Otherwise,

we will hunt you down.

See you.

- Greetings, Your Lordship - Greetings, Your Ladyship.

At ease, my soldiers.

From now on,

I'm no longer the Queen of Qingzhou.

I'm Bai Fengxi.

Listen up, Fengyun Cavalry and Moyu Cavalry.

I have heard that Lord of Yongzhou

is a dashing man.

I must say his appearance today does not disappoint.

Therefore, I, Bai Fengxi, will kidnap him to be my husband.

I hereby announce

that if someone comes after him,

he or she will be greeted by my blade.

Very over-the-top, don't you think?

People know the Queen of Qingzhou married the Lord of Yongzhou.

They didn't know

Bai Fengxi kidnapped the Lord of Yongzhou

to be her husband.

I have to circulate the news

so that it fits my persona

and it's more fun.

I have also penned the decree.

All of you are to obey Feng Qiwu's

and Xu Yuan's orders.

Those who defy

will be seen as traitors.

Yes, Your Lordship.

We'll leave now.

Everyone!

See you in the martial arts world.

- Farewell, Your Lordship. - Farewell, Your Ladyship.

During the war in Dongdan,

Huang Chao, Lord of Jizhou, has commanded my respect

for his outstanding army and strategy.

(Decree) From our brief exchange,

(Decree) I felt his far superior compassion

(Decree) towards governance and his people.

Lord of Jizhou is a hero

and will be a wise leader.

For wealth and glory,

no soldier should be sacrificed.

For world peace,

no innocent should suffer.

I depart now

but I still wish my subject

will support Lord of Jizhou

as the ruler

and bring peace to this world.

Yes, Your Lordship.

(On April,)

(Huang Chao ascended to the throne.)

(Thus began the Huang Empire)

(and the year of Xize.)

(Hua Chunran was crowned as the Empress.)

You're back.

It smells so good.

Look at my wife. She's as sooty

as a dirty kitten.

Look how rough my husband's hands are.

How will he write poems and play the flute now?

My, my. Half of my life almost went by.

From the moment we met until now,

I have been mostly greeted

with snide remarks.

When we argued, we fought.

Now that we're finally married,

things didn't turn the better.

Where is my harmonious and loving marital life?

Why don't you

draw eyebrows for me?

♪I see your cheerful smile in the sea of flowers♪

♪As I finish the spring water in my jar♪

And you will burn incense for me when I'm reading.

♪I hope to see you when the next spring arrives♪

♪Our secret tryst in the alley♪

♪The novel full of poetry♪

♪Who has made love so meandering♪

♪The Moon can't find blames in the stars♪

♪The fluttering is easily shown♪

♪But not as intense as I've known♪

♪The scenery is so picturesque, painting a picture of the mortal coil♪

♪Yet the beauty of your eyes cannot be matched♪

♪The chaos of this land shall not be forgotten♪

♪The glow in your eyes lights up my day♪

♪Whether in memories forgotten, or uncertainties of future♪

♪With your hand in mine, we shall weather through the changes♪

♪Even with the love forsaken, the right and wrong obsessions♪

♪The glow in your eyes lights up my day♪

(The End)

♪Like the dissipating fog, you become clearer♪

♪Like the hawk that soars freely, you reject the shackles♪

♪Your white silk is as light as a feather and yet it moves my heart♪

♪Ripples come at me but I don't want to dodge♪

♪Wind is just the outline of the cloud♪

♪Black is the lock of the White♪

♪Night is when the Day sleeps♪

♪You are a part of me♪

♪Right or wrong, don't worry about the why♪

♪Pain or joy, they are from our obsession♪

♪If some things cannot be taken apart♪

♪Then let's face the uncertainty together♪

♪Let tears run dry♪

♪Let's stop in another place♪

♪Let love sever all happiness and sadness♪

♪And pierce through the vicissitude of life♪

♪With a merry start, don't worry about a sorrowful end♪

♪A full moon will be more intertwined♪

♪If some things cannot be taken apart♪

♪Then let's face the uncertainty together♪

♪Then let's face the uncertainty together♪