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[Investiture of the Gods]

[Episode 1]

[Di Xin, emperor of the Shang dynasty (also known as Emperor Zhou)]

[Ding Ren (T/N: top person)]

Bring the slaves to me!

Move! Go!

- Move! - What a greatness!

Commanded by the gods...

The country and its citizens thrive under the emperor.

The sovereign descends upon the world.

God!

Please accept the devotion from Di Xin, emperor of the Shang dynasty.

Get up!

General, be patient. Be patient!

What greatness!

Five sacrifices have been offered.

Human sacrifices.

Shrouded mist ascends to the skies.

God, please bless the emperor of the Shang dynasty,

Di Xin!

Uncle Wang, this sky is full of strange things.

I'm afraid this is a bad omen.

The gods have the honor of holding life dear.

If we offer sacrifices in this way,

taking lives and consuming the earth.

It will only attract those greedy, wild ghosts

to ruin our empire.

No!

I can't just stand by and watch.

General,

if you try to stop this now, you will just be another human sacrifice,

and our empire will lose one of its fiercest generals.

Heaven knows

we have clear and devout hearts and intentions every day and every month.

Look! The star of the emperor is unsettled with a celestial phenomenon.

Immortals, please give me the oracle

that shows the fate of the nation.

It's true!

[Yaoji]

How can this be? What has happened?

What is the will of Heaven?

This...

I'm asking you, what is this?!

Your Majesty, the fallen star,

is the head of the stars.

When it falls, it means our nation...

Continue!

Our nation's

destiny is almost over.

When the star divides into halves,

it means the birth of our enemy has occurred.

He will be born

where the other half of the star falls.

In the future, he will destroy our nation.

You crazy man! That's nonsense! Complete nonsense!

- How dare you say that our nation is annihilated? - I am not the one saying it!

It is the divine will. I just... I... I...

This man speaks blasphemy, for which he cannot be forgiven.

Tell me!

Is the baby, who's fate is to destroy the nation, really born when the star falls?

Do you want to die like him?

How great is it? The will of Heaven is clear.

It was the star of evil that just fell.

From now on,

our nation will be as holy as fire and as strong as Kunlun mountain.

It's invincible. Peace and security for all time!

Security and peace for all time!

Congratulations, Great Emperor! We wish you luck!

Congratulations, Great Emperor! We wish you luck!

Congratulations, Great Emperor! We wish you luck!

Who dares to rival the emperor?

As long as I live, our nation will be peaceful.

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Long live the nation! Long live the peace!

Child, this is the name your father left for you.

Your family name is Yang. You are Yang Jian. Do you hear me? You are called Yang Jian.

Here! Do you hear me? You are called Yang Jian.

By order of the emperor, center on where the comet landed!

All newborn babies within ten miles, regardless of gender,

must be killed!

Don't take my child! Don't take my child!

Don't hit me! Don't hit me!

The woman who ran away with the child must not have gone far.

Quickly, after her!

Hurry! Hurry up, after her!

She ran that way.

After her! Hurry!

- Stop right there! - Stop right there!

Stop right there!

Stop right there!

Stop right there!

I never thought the mother of this evil child would turn out to be you.

Fei Zhong, how did you know that I was hiding in this village?

It was God, who sent a comet down here, that told me.

When Yang Zicheng was dying as a sacrifice, his punishment for cursing His Majesty,

you were giving birth to an evildoer. The heavens have truly bestowed you, the traitors, with the same fate.

Yaoji, the emperor has searched so bitterly for you.

Put the child down and come with us!

Yang Zicheng is already dead, what other reasons do you have to not return to the emperor's embrace?

You bastard!

Seize her!

- Let me go! - Get up!

Let me go! Let go, you bastards!

Sorcery!

It's sorcery!

Hurry and kill that demon child!

Hurry! Kill it!

[Fox Demon]

I am a minister of the Shang dynasty!

Are you an immortal or a demon?

I beg you to release us!

Please show yourself quickly!

Are you an immortal or a demon?

What are immortals?

And what are demons?

I am neither an immortal,

nor a demon. I am only myself.

Between Heaven and Earth, I reign supreme.

I'm the oldest of all living creatures.

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Thank you, High Immortal, for your life-saving graces.

What is that?

This is the most glorious thing in the world.

It's the nectar brewed by human souls.

Do you want a taste?

You feed on human souls?

That's right.

Just take one little sip,

and you will be able to meet your loved ones.

Loved ones?

For example, your husband,

Yang Zicheng.

Yaoji.

Yaoji.

Yaoji.

[Yang Zicheng]

Yaoji.

Yaoji.

Zicheng.

Is it really you?

It is me.

Yaoji,

I miss you so much.

I really miss you so much.

I miss you, too.

Come with me! We will leave this place forever.

Here!

Drink it!

How does the soul of a demi-human taste?

I'll have to try it.

The Dark Eye of Heaven?

This child...

has the Dark Eye of Heaven?

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[Jiang Ziya] Master, I have a report to make.

Master, the Shang emperor is ignorant.

He thinks Yang Jian will only destroy his nation to enforce justice on behalf of Heaven.

But Master, you're omniscient.

[Shen Gongbao] You know he will destroy the human world

and overthrow the three realms. Master,

you must not be kind towards him.

Master, please allow me to go down there

and kill him to avoid future troubles.

There's no need for that.

Why?

Good and evil have the same origin.

Gods and demons have the same origin.

Everything has its fate.

Time and space have a future.

The Dark Eye of Heaven...

It's quite interesting.

Tonight,

which of you is willing to come into the goblet?

Choose me! I'm willing!

I'm willing, too!

Yaoji, listen,

are you willing to meet me tonight?

There's none richer than the emperor.

Yet, everything under Tian Zun (T/N: Tian Zun = Lord of Heaven)

can't beat my honey pot.

Divine Lord?

Divine Lord!

You and I set up rules back in the day.

With day and night as the domain, the day belongs to you,

while the night belongs to me.

What reason do you have to intrude into the Night Realm?

Nine-Tailed Fox, I have come here

for that soul you collected just now.

Return it to me!

Yaoji,

is the Peach Blossom Immortal Maiden of my Jade Void Palace.

Immortal Maiden?

If she's an Immortal Maiden, why didn't she obediently stay in the heavens? What is she doing in the human world?

Unless she came here to seduce men?

You refuse?

It's you who shouldn't ask for it in the first place.

Divine Lord!

Cease this! Withdraw your magic!

If you release Yaoji's soul,

I will resolve your day-night ban.

I will allow you to freely leap between the sun and the moon.

You speak the truth?

It seems like it is so.

Divine Lord, with such good news, you shouldn't force me.

You should be begging me.

I just have this problem where

I don't like being forced. I like being begged.

Okay, I'll give it to you!

Divine Lord!

But you also have to keep your promise.

Let me come and go between the sun and the moon.

Yaoji, are you aware of your crimes?

What crime?

You broke heavenly rules and went to the human world.

Also, you married the mortal, Yang Zicheng,

and had his baby. You're a degenerate!

A terrible degenerate!

I willingly give up immortality

for atonement.

I prefer the freedom of the human world

to the dignity of Heaven.

Not only have you stained Heaven,

but you've also brought a disaster to the human world.

Just because Yang Zicheng loved you, he became the Shang emperor's sacrifice.

Don't you regret it?

My heart is broken because of that.

Even though my heart is broken,

I will never regret loving him.

If you want to talk about regrets,

I shouldn't have ever met the tyrant that desired me.

What nonsense!

When you ran off with your illegitimate baby,

you were hunted by the emperor and wanted by the fox demon.

Aside from danger and poverty, you have nothing!

Do you still not understand?!

I realized long ago that love is more powerful than hatred.

I realized that the blind passion of humans is more precious than the insight of immortals.

Forget it! Yaoji,

I've loved you dearly as if you were my own daughter.

But you? You left me.

Because of love, you broke heavenly rules.

Not just abandoning Heaven, but also going to the human world

and daring to marry a mortal man and having his baby?

Fine! I don't need to punish you,

but your child

can't live.

My child? Why, Divine Lord?

It's me who broke the heavenly rules. It has nothing to do with my child.

Divine Lord, please kill me and spare my son.

Divine Lord!

- It's me that broke the heavenly rules. - Yaoji,

you're already nine thousand years old. Your evil son isn't worth anything.

He will live to be, at most, a hundred years.

The value of life doesn't lie in length.

I'm willing to trade my life for my son to live even just one more day!

Crazy woman! Degenerate! You're impossible!

Yaoji,

do you know what the black mark on your son's forehead means?

At the beginning, I didn't pay much attention.

When I was sucked into the fox demon's pot,

I saw from inside the pot...

The dark mark on my son's forehead suddenly...

suddenly sparkled and shook the fox demon away.

Could it be that...

Exactly,

it is the Dark Eye of Heaven that can see through everything.

- An evil eye? - An evil eye.

When immortals have a forbidden love with mortals, their babies don't usually survive.

But sometimes, some very rare times...

they give birth to extraordinary babies.

This life is human, but stronger than human life.

It's immortal, but even stronger than that of an immortal.

He is born to be the root of treason and will bring great turmoil.

In the future, he will overturn the three worlds and utterly destroy the universe.

Impossible! My child!

How can my child bring great turmoil?

He's just an ordinary child.

The root of treason?

Overturn the three worlds?

He's just an ordinary child!

Divine Lord!

Divine Lord, please punish me and spare my son.

Let him live a humble life.

And live and die in the natural course of life.

Divine Lord! Divine Lord!

Okay.

I can allow your child to live and die naturally.

But you must pay with your life.

You must also hand over your soul.

Furthermore, you will never be allowed to reincarnate.

Yaoji, are you willing?

I am willing.

As long as you let my child live,

I am willing to do anything.

[White Crane Boy]

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[Su Hu]

I was still too late.

I couldn't protect Zicheng's family.

Let's go!

Do you not hear the sound of a child crying nearby?

No.

But I hear a baby crying.

Follow me!

Watch out, My Lord! Watch out for danger!

He's just a baby.

So sad!

Look!

This child is so cute.

[Yang Jian]

My Lord, there is something on the wooden tag. It seems to be the child's name.

Yang Jian?

He...

He's General Yang Zicheng's orphan.

Zicheng's child.

Why is he here?

Where is his mother? Where is Yaoji?

This truly is the will of the heavens.

This is the will of the heavens.

[Yang Jian]

[Madame Su]

Master, if he is the son of Yang Zicheng,

I'm afraid that this child

will bring disaster and calamity to future generations.

Zicheng is my brother.

We are loyal to each other like family.

- His son is my son. - But he was killed by the emperor of the Shang dynasty as a traitor

and died cruelly.

Now, Yaoji is missing.

This baby was lying alone in the wilderness.

What's the hidden reason for all of this?

This...

I really don't know.

What if...

What if the emperor of Shang tracks this down?

Not if... but when those hired thugs from the capital (Zhao) will eventually figure it out.

- No one knows except our own people. - But Heaven knows.

Beasts often wander in the wilderness,

but this child peacefully laid there safely. No beast came near him.

Don't you think it's weird?

Then, Madam, what do you think?

First, I'm a woman. By intuition,

I think this child will bring a disaster to us.

What about the rest? Should we just throw him back into the mountains?

You've always said you wanted a son.

Why can't we take this child as Heaven's will?

What I want is a son. Not a curse!

This is the will of Heaven, My Lady.

Think about it carefully.

Even beasts dare not come near this child.

Can ordinary people raise him easily?

He's also the child of your brother.

My Lady, you mean...

Secondly, I'm already a mother.

Look! This child's eyes

are as clear as water.

The way that he was looking at me just now,

I am already his mother.

Don't worry. Whatever disaster he will bring to us later,

as a mother, even if it means my own life,

I will always protect him.

You really are a wonderful wife.

Damn Fei Zhong, how dare you lie to me?

I've been wronged. I really killed the baby who would destroy our nation.

Where the meteor fell,

I killed every living human within a large range.

Your Majesty, please know this.

Rubbish!

I know a woman and her son escaped.

When strange things start happening to the nation and it falls into disarray, it will be because of you.

Your Majesty!

I am loyal to you. How could I dare do such a thing?

You tricked me and framed loyal ministers. Do you think I don't know?

I will cut out your tongue and throw it into the fields to cultivate

for my amusement.

Spare me! Your Majesty, spare me!

Your Majesty, spare me!

That...

That child who will destroy our nation.

If he's alive,

he must be nearly

20 years old.

My Lord, are you awake?

- Come in. - Yes

My Lord, there's an urgent report.

- Quickly, go get my horse. - Yes.

You've come.

I received your news that the divination has been revealed.

- You found the child? - Young Lord!

If I could only go back to the palace and be the priest again.

You've forgotten! When the star of the emperor fell twenty years ago,

if I hadn't taken you in when you were expelled from the palace, they would have beheaded you.

I repaid you, didn't I?

When I was searching for the star of Bane,

didn't I see the child's face?

What?

You saw his face? You mean the child?

No!

It was Lord of Jizhou, Su Hu.

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♫ Like water flowing through the years ♫

♫ Bid farewell to life and death ♫

♫ A chaotic world shakes the mist ♫

♫ The divide is love or hate ♫

♫ To fall is foolish ♫

♫ Roaming about and meeting again ♫

♫ Sincerely exiled to a faraway place ♫

♫ What's done is done ♫

♫ You and me have different ways ♫

♫ How do you know heaven and man are forever separated ♫

♫ But when I come back ♫

♫ Dedicated heart and soul. Exchange jades ♫

♫ A moment in this world. To never forget ♫

♫ Seeing through Heaven. Overgrown and flourishing ♫

♫ Who's following? Who's following ♫

♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫

♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫

♫ Just want to be with you ♫

♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫

♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫

♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫

♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫

♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫

♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫

♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫

♫ Just want to be with you ♫

♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫

♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫

♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫

♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫

♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫

♫ Never regret ♫