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ADAPTED FROM THE INVESTITURE OF THE GODS

AND KING ZHOU'S ATTACK OF THE SHANG

At the beginning of time, the world was shapeless.

Separating the sky and earth,

Pangu turned his body into the sun, the moon, the mountains, and the rivers.

The world was thus created.

Nuwa made figurines out of clay,

imparting her own spirit to give them life

and humans were thus created.

Before she died, Nuwa left behind a sacred artifact

called Fengshen Bang

and appointed the Immortals of Kunlun to guard it.

It had the power to save the world

and could only be opened by the King of All Realms.

As the generations came and went,

Cheng Tang established the Shang dynasty.

The Four Dukes of the East, West, South, and North

together with the 800 lords under them

acknowledged the Shang monarch as the King of All Realms.

But there came a time,

five hundred years into the reign of the Shang,

when Su Hu, Lord of Jizhou, refused to submit his tribute

and rebelled against the Shang‘s King Yi.

After a long and bitter siege,

King Yi sent his second son, Yin Shou, into battle.

Yin Shou led a special force trained by his own hand.

JIZHOU

YIN

I'm Ji Fa, son of Ji Chang, Duke of the West.

JI FA, SON OF THE DUKE OF THE WEST

Riding by my side is my best friend, Yin Jiao.

YIN JIAO, SON OF YIN SHOU

His father is our commander and hero.

I hope to become just like him one day.

YIN SHOU, SECOND SON OF THE KING OF SHANG

SU QUANXIAO, SECOND SON OF SU HU

State your name.

Su Quanxiao, son of Su Hu, Lord of Jizhou.

Louder, so they can hear you.

Su Quanxiao, son of Su Hu, Lord of Jizhou!

State your rank.

Centurion of the Shang Hostage Brigade,

North Battalion.

Tell us why you're a hostage.

The 800 lords of the East, West, South, and North are required

to send one of their sons

to be hostages of the Shang court.

If any lord plots against the king,

his hostage son is to be executed first

and followed by his entire family!

Your father, Su Hu,

has led Jizhou in rebellion.

Go talk some sense into him.

Father!

Please surrender!

I've been away for eight years.

I've grown up.

My father doesn't recognize me!

That man doesn't deserve to be your father.

You're my son.

And now, you have to be my bravest son.

Farewell,

Father.

JI

ZHENG LUN, VICE-LORD SU HU, LORD OF JIZHOU

Just now,

right before your eyes,

one of your brothers died!

One of my sons died!

Who killed him?

-The traitor Su Hu! -The traitor Su Hu!

Who was it that killed him?

-The traitor Su Hu! -The traitor Su Hu!

Who was it that killed him?

-The traitor Su Hu! -The traitor Su Hu!

-The traitor Su Hu! -The traitor Su Hu!

Fire!

Warriors of Shang,

annihilate Jizhou!

-Annihilate Jizhou! -Annihilate Jizhou!

-Annihilate Jizhou! -Annihilate Jizhou!

Attack!

Ji Fa, come on!

Watch out!

Attack!

Fire!

Attack!

Into the breach!

-Attack! -Attack!

Make way!

Ji Fa!

Ji Fa!

Yin Jiao,

you retreated in fear.

-You're a disappointment. -Forgive me, Father!

Commander, it wasn't us!

The horses bolted when they saw the fire.

Father!

The horses see

what we allow them to see!

Faster!

Attack!

-Attack! -Attack!

-Attack! -Attack!

Attack!

-Attack! -Attack!

After the city was taken,

we chased the Su family all the way to Xuanyuan Tomb.

XUANYUAN TOMB

We were determined

to chop off Su Hu's head

to avenge Su Quanxiao.

Quanzhong.

SU QUANZHONG, ELDEST SON OF SU HU

Quanzhong.

Never forget.

The Su family of Jizhou

will never submit to the King of Shang!

Father.

Run!

Watch out.

It's a woman.

Who is she?

Su Hu's daughter,

Su Daji.

The daughter of a traitor

must be put to death.

Ji Fa,

kill her.

What?

Kill a woman?

I can't.

Jiang Wenhuan,

you do it.

E Shun, you do it.

Why don't you do it?

My hairpin.

-Ji Fa. -Ji Fa.

It would be a waste

to kill such a woman.

Let's give her to the commander.

You losers.

I'll do it.

-Yin Jiao. -Yin Jiao.

Commander.

-Commander. -Commander.

Here! A toast to us!

Warriors of the Shang dynasty!

-Come on. -Come on.

-Cheers. -Drink up.

I want to make a toast

to our brother,

Su Quanxiao.

-To our brother. -To our brother.

The son of the traitor Su Hu

doesn't deserve to be our brother.

He isn't his father.

His father may have been a traitor,

but Su Quanxiao did nothing wrong.

-That's right. -Like father, like son.

Your father, Ji Chang, Duke of the West,

knows nothing but plowing the fields.

Even in that armor, Ji Fa,

you're still just a farmer from Xiqi,

reeking of manure!

Manure!

-Let's drink. -Come on!

Your father, Chong Houhu, Duke of the North,

knows nothing but hunting animals.

Even in that armor,

you're still

just a hunter,

reeking of what?

-What? -What does he reek of?

Beasts.

I know what you want.

You want

to be the king of the whole world.

Do you know what happens to the daughters of traitors?

At dawn, you'll be offered as a sacrifice to our banner.

I'm different from the others.

I can help you.

ZHAOGE

After being a hostage in Zhaoge for eight years,

on this day,

I finally return as a hero

to the welcoming cheers of the entire city.

SHANG

I, Yin Shou, bow to His Majesty and His Highness.

YIN QI, ELDEST SON OF KING YI, KING YI OF SHANG

To you, Father,

I present Su Hu's head.

And to you, my brother,

the battle flag of Jizhou.

Su Hu,

you once declared

that you would never bow to me.

And yet, here you are--

At the victory banquet tomorrow,

we'll use his skull as a goblet

and drink from it until daybreak!

-King of Shang, King of All Realms! -King of Shang, King of All Realms!

-King of Shang, King of All Realms! -King of Shang, King of All Realms!

The Hostage Brigade, returning in victory,

will perform a war dance for His Majesty.

Attack!

Long live Your Majesty.

My son.

My dearest son dances for me.

Excellent.

Encircle him.

Shields!

Your Highness.

He's dead.

Ji Fa,

you killed a prince of Shang.

Your entire family will be executed.

Ji Fa.

Killing a prince is a serious crime

and the penalty is death.

What a horrific crime.

Well…

Father.

My brother, Yin Qi,

killed our father, the king.

Ji Fa.

What you did wasn't only justified,

but also a service to our kingdom.

If Yin Jiao hadn't spoken for me

and the commander hadn't shown mercy,

my whole family would have been executed.

However, now that the king is dead,

what will become of the Shang dynasty?

So this is why the Supreme One summoned the 12 of us here

to Yuxu Palace.

The mortal world is in misery.

Is this the future of all humanity?

Is this the Great Curse, Supreme One?

What have the mortals done to deserve this?

When wars are raging

and demons become rampant,

the Great Curse is sure to befall all.

THE SUPREME ONE

In the beginning,

when Pangu broke through the chaos,

the pure qi rose to form the sky

and the impure qi descended to form the earth.

The sky and earth were thus created

and life flourished.

The Great Curse will cause everything

to be reversed.

The world is falling back into chaos

and all life will be extinguished.

Although the mortals probably deserve it,

we can't just sit here and do nothing.

Lady Nuwa left Fengshen Bang

under our guard here in Kunlun

precisely because she foresaw this day.

It's time for Fengshen Bang to be delivered unto the world.

As soon as Fengshen Bang is placed

into the hands of the King of All Realms

and he unseals it and invests the new gods,

the Great Curse will be lifted

and humanity will be saved.

I'm sure you're aware of the price one must pay

to be the bearer of Fengshen Bang.

Supreme One, allow me.

It should be me this time.

I'll do it.

I should be the one.

DAOHANG TIANZUN

There's no room for error.

We must let the Supreme One decide

who the bearer shall be.

JIANG ZIYA

NEZHA AND YANG JIAN

MOUNT KUNLUN

Humanity is in dire peril.

I'll deliver Fengshen Bang to them.

Ziya,

you must be aware

that when an immortal touches Fengshen Bang,

they will lose all their powers,

become mortal again,

and therefore never return to Kunlun.

All the more reason I should be the one.

And why is that?

Do tell.

All of you have been practicing for more than 1,000 years

to achieve your current powers.

That mustn't be squandered.

I've only been practicing for 40 years.

It's no great tragedy

to lose the powers I have.

And before I took up practicing,

I was a merchant.

I traveled quite often and had a lot of worldly experiences.

I humbly volunteer to take on this task.

Ziya, you haven't been with us for long

and you're not yet able

to see visions of the future,

which is why I didn't summon you today.

And yet, your intrusion, driven by your sympathy

for the mortals,

disrupted our vision of the Great Curse.

Could this be your destiny?

DRAGON-BEARD TIGER

Jiang Ziya,

are you truly ready to give up

forty years of immortality and power

and go back to being a mortal?

The Great Black Bird

gave birth to the Shang people.

Ancestors, hear me!

I, Yin Shou, never desired to be king,

but the kingdom must have a ruler.

And I, being my father's only living child,

have no choice but to ascend the throne

and sustain the Shang dynasty.

I now implore my uncle, High Priest Bi Gan,

to see into our kingdom's future.

BI GAN, KING YIN SHOU'S UNCLE

QUEEN JIANG

The dynasty is doomed.

The dynasty is doomed.

The dynasty is doomed.

The dynasty is doomed.

The dynasty is doomed.

Uncle, what are you saying?

The gods foretold our doom

by shattering our divination.

What have we done to deserve a curse like that?

A member of our royal family

killed his own father and king.

No greater sin could have been committed.

The gods have been enraged.

We, descendants of Cheng Tang,

are no longer fit to be the King of All Realms.

I'll sacrifice 100 human lives

to quell their rage.

It's useless.

One thousand lives then.

Even 10,000 lives won't help.

Back in the beginning,

when our ancestor Cheng Tang united the land,

so many lives were taken

that a Great Curse fell.

A great drought of seven years

left the land completely barren.

By building and mounting a sacrificial pyre

and immolating himself,

Cheng Tang finally moved the gods

and lifted the curse.

Are you suggesting I should do the same?

How dare you, Granduncle!

Father just ascended the throne

and you want him to sacrifice himself.

The very idea is treason.

You fool!

The Great Curse is just beginning.

Before long,

our people will be in misery.

Our ancestors will be without offerings.

When that time comes,

the entire Shang dynasty will be no more!

Father, pass the throne to me.

I'll sacrifice myself in your place.

What is a king

if not the bearer of all earthly sins?

I'll follow our ancestor Cheng Tang's example

and build a sacrificial pyre in Zhaoge.

On the day it's completed,

I'll burn myself as a sacrifice

to save the kingdom!

Blessed is the kingdom!

Kneel!

-Blessed is the kingdom! -Blessed is the kingdom!

-Blessed is the kingdom! -Blessed is the kingdom!

Blessed is the kingdom!

Kowtow!

I waited outside Deer Terrace for an hour,

but His Majesty

refused to see me.

I'll go fetch Father.

You spoke out of turn today.

You've aroused your father's mistrust.

I asked him to pass the throne to me

so that I could die in his place.

Surely he must know that.

You don't know your father.

Mother,

you worry too much.

I'll bring Father here

so that our family can be together.

-Ji Fa. -Yin Jiao.

There's a fox demon! Follow me!

DEER TERRACE

Are you sure it went this way?

There!

In the Celestial Chamber!

His Majesty is resting.

No one is allowed to enter.

My father is in danger.

I don't have time for this.

Who's there?

Father,

it's me.

Barging in with a sword at this hour.

Can't you wait

to sit on my throne?

I would never.

I was chasing a fox…

demon.

We barged in here out of concern for Your Majesty's safety.

Please forgive us.

What fox demon?

What is she doing here?

Get out!

At once, Your Majesty.

I should have killed Su Daji when I first saw her!

His Majesty is sacrificing himself to save the world.

He's a hero.

Don't upset him again.

If it were your father,

what would you do?

I've been away for eight years.

My own father

probably wouldn't even recognize me anymore.

JI CHANG, DUKE OF THE WEST

I'm afraid we will have a bad harvest this year.

With the Great Curse upon Zhaoge,

even Xiqi is affected.

Thanks to your precautions, Father,

we have enough food stored

for the next three years.

What about after that?

In the span of one night,

the king and the eldest prince were both killed.

It's really strange.

The new king should be so hasty to ascend the throne

and then immediately summon the Four Dukes.

I suspect dark intentions.

This trip to Zhaoge could be most treacherous.

Please reconsider, Father.

My lord.

If I disobey the king, war will ensue

and the entire kingdom will pay the price.

Although the throne has changed hands,

my duties remain the same.

I can take this chance to visit Ji Fa.

It has been eight years.

He must be as tall as you now.

Maybe even taller.

When I'm gone,

you're the guardian of Xiqi

and you must keep it safe.

No matter what happens,

don't leave Xiqi.

Safe return, Father.

Line up.

Let them through.

Stop pushing.

Stop them.

Stop pushing.

Stay back, all of you!

Your pass.

No pass, no entry.

Do we need a pass?

What a nuisance.

Master Ziya, I'll fly you in on my Fire Wheels.

My Five Elements Teleportation is faster.

When we set out,

the Supreme One told us

to refrain from using our powers.

But the mortal world has its own tricks.

Watch this.

Good day, sir.

Who are you?

We are immortals

who have come all the way from Kunlun.

So we have no pass.

No pass?

But we have this.

Take it.

What is this?

An elixir.

What does it do?

What does it do?

This elixir contains pure qi,

the essence of water,

the blessing of benevolent gods,

and the best of sky, earth, and man.

One whiff.

And you'll feel refreshed.

-One taste. -And all discomfort is gone.

-One-- -Enough.

Such an amazing elixir can't be bought

no matter how much you're ready to offer.

Consider it our gift to you,

our new friend.

Master Ziya, your mortal trick worked.

Come along.

-I'll take good care of you. -You're too kind.

I'll drive you into the city myself.

Must His Majesty sacrifice himself on the pyre

to dispel the Great Curse?

Perhaps…

only the gods know the answer.

We're here.

Get off.

Keep up.

Hurry.

Quickly.

Master Ziya.

SACRIFICIAL PYRE

Hurry up.

-Master Ziya, what's going on? -Pull with all your strength.

Hurry.

Don't…

It looks like

we've been sold.

Sold?

I thought you knew your way around here.

I haven't been back in 40 years.

It wasn't like this before.

Bring them over.

Go. Hurry up.

Sir, we have something for His Majesty.

Cut the crap.

That's about enough.

This is bad.

Quick, step back.

Look.

Thunderbolts.

Go and save those people!

-Can we use our powers? -Can we use our powers?

Of course.

Finally!

So the gods really do exist.

There's hope for His Majesty.

The alchemist Shen Gongbao

from Golden Turtle Island

is here to demonstrate his powers for His Majesty.

The honor is mine.

How fascinating.

What sorcery is this?

Your Majesty,

with this spell, I can survive a beheading.

How about burning?

If one is able to live without his head,

a little fire is nothing to worry about.

Perfect.

How long does it take to master it?

It took me 1,000 years.

With Your Majesty's extraordinary talents,

500 years should be enough.

500 years?

That's right.

How ludicrous!

That hurts.

No! Don't!

Here.

Over here.

Hurry up.

Jiang Ziya, a Taoist master from Kunlun,

has something to present to His Majesty.

What is it?

What I have here

is Fengshen Bang.

What does it do?

A great turmoil is on the horizon.

I was sent by my master, the Supreme One,

to bring Fengshen Bang

to the King of All Realms.

"The King of All Realms invests the new gods."

Once unsealed, it will dispel the Great Curse

and all of humanity will be saved.

Can such a small scroll

really remove the Great Curse?

More than that!

Fengshen Bang is a sacred artifact left behind by Lady Nuwa.

It absorbs the qi of the dead,

or what we may call “souls."

Once Your Majesty unseals Fengshen Bang,

all this energy will be yours

to command.

That means,

the more people that die,

the more powerful Fengshen Bang becomes.

Your Majesty is insightful.

So the Great Curse may in fact be a blessing.

Your Majesty is all-knowing.

This sorcerer is a demon.

Well,

reward them generously.

Hang on.

The authenticity

of this Fengshen Bang

has yet to be proven.

How do we do that?

I could do it

if I had a newly deceased human.

Soul Revelation!

Your Majesty is most decisive,

but there is something else you must know.

A pattern of steps is needed to unseal Fengshen Bang.

Let me show you.

Watch carefully.

What is this?

Could it be

Steps of the Cosmos?

Not so fast, Taoist friend.

Run.

Stop them.

Don't kill anyone.

Got it.

Easy.

Master Ziya.

Yin Jiao, Ji Fa.

Get Fengshen Bang.

Come on.

Get out of the way.

Go after him.

Water Teleportation.

Ji Fa, you go that way.

It's dangerous. Stop chasing me.

Stop fleeing.

It's a dead end.

If you come closer,

I'll jump.

You've come all the way.

Why change your mind now?

Just pretend I was never here.

That solves everything, doesn't it?

Go back.

Fengshen Bang belongs to the King of All Realms

and that king is my father.

What right do you have to keep it?

I was going to give it to him,

but I can't now.

You despicable cheater.

Tell me.

What does it mean to be the King of All Realms?

If he can slaughter an innocent man,

how can he be trusted with all of humanity?

-My father is willing-- -The Great Curse is coming.

Countless lives will be lost every day.

Yet he called this a blessing.

Tell me.

If you were king, would you do the same?

Shut up.

Return Fengshen Bang to my father!

Old man, hand over Fengshen Bang.

Without it, His Majesty will die.

If I give it to him,

I'm afraid the rest of the world will meet that same fate.

Nonsense.

His Majesty is a hero.

But he takes you all for fools.

He doesn't care about anyone else.

He cares only about himself.

Yin Jiao.

Yin Jiao, he just saved your life.

I don't care.

I need to save my father.

Master Ziya!

Don't hurt him.

Where is my Fengshen Bang?

Release him.

Ji Fa.

-Take it and run. -Don't do it.

You wouldn't dare.

Don't let go.

Don't do it.

He let go.

Thunderbolts!

He jumped off the cliff.

Yin Jiao.

GOLDEN TURTLE ISLAND

Master.

I have something important to report to you.

It's Fengshen Bang.

I actually saw Fengshen Bang!

If you saw Fengshen Bang,

why didn't you bring it to me?

Forgive me, Master.

It's not that I didn't try,

but the Kunlun monk had a lot of backup.

I was…

What Kunlun monk?

How dare he bully you?

Master, let's teach them a lesson.

This spell is Soul Instillation.

Master is good to you.

What are you waiting for? Go!

Thank you, Master.

Master Ziya.

You're awake.

Yin Shou is the King of All Realms,

but you won't give Fengshen Bang to him.

What's the point of us staying here?

That's right.

We haven't met anyone nice since we began on this journey.

You almost lost your life.

Let's take Fengshen Bang back to Kunlun

and leave these mortals to their own devices.

Yin Jiao is the crown prince.

He's the next King of All Realms.

He's not like his father.

Yin Jiao?

How long will we have to wait

for him to become king?

Who said anything about waiting?

Could it be another demon?

Stop.

Where did this baby come from?

It's so strange. It must be a demon.

My lord, be careful.

You're all alone.

What a pitiful thing.

Sir,

that thing in your arms might be a demon.

We'd better kill it now

before it becomes a threat.

If you can't do it, we will.

It's just a child.

Even if he's a demon,

whether he grows up to be good or evil

depends on how he's raised.

We can't jump to conclusions.

You're absolutely right.

Nezha, Yang Jian, stay your hands.

I'm Jiang Ziya.

We come from Mount Kunlun.

I'm Ji Chang of Xiqi.

Duke of the West. It's an honor.

The child is frail.

To save his life,

I propose we send him to Mount Kunlun

for my master, the Supreme One, to raise.

I've heard a great deal about the Supreme One.

It would be the child's honor to be taught by him.

Then you should name the child,

so you'll know him if you meet again.

His birth was accompanied by thunder.

Let's name him Lei Zhenzi.

Yang Jian, Nezha, take Lei Zhenzi to Kunlun.

Right away.

Strange things keep happening these days.

Is that why you're going to Zhaoge?

We have a new king now.

It's customary for the Four Dukes

to pay our respects in person.

So are the other three dukes also on their way?

Yes.

You asked Ji Chang to summon us

to dethrone Yin Shou

and make Yin Jiao the new king.

Exactly.

Yin Shou has promised

to sacrifice himself to lift the Great Curse.

How foolish.

Do you really believe he will burn himself?

When the pyre is built,

we will see if he keeps his word.

-How can you-- -There's no time to lose.

The Great Curse has spread to all realms.

There are plagues in the north,

water turning foul in the east,

babies stillborn in the south,

and crop failures in the west.

The longer we wait, the greater the devastation.

This curse was brought on by the Yin family.

It's their responsibility to end it.

The King of Shang is the King of All Realms.

The world is his.

This world

isn't the king's world,

but everyone's world.

Fascinating.

Fascinating.

The Duke of the West's divinations have never been wrong.

So what does it say?

The hexagram indicates deception.

The killing of a king wasn't righteous

and a throne fell into undeserving hands.

So it would seem

that the king wasn't killed by Yin Qi,

but someone else.

Who would that be?

Who else but Yin Shou?

It's not right to jump to such conclusions.

Are you with us or not?

It's treason

with little chance of success.

How about you, Ji Chang?

Don't forget.

Our sons are kept as hostages in Zhaoge.

So be it.

So be it!

I'll return to the south and rally my troops.

I can do this without you.

Stop!

How dare you plot treason?

He's alone.

Kill him.

No!

It's my son, Ji Fa.

I'm Ji Fa, a guard of the royal court.

I saw Yin Qi kill his father with my own eyes,

yet you try to smear His Majesty's name

with these false divinations.

Do you see that?

He has been a hostage for so long

that he takes Yin Shou to be his father.

What good is a son like that?

Kill him.

None of you are getting away.

-Ji Fa, we finally found you. -Men.

We are the royal guards. Drop your weapons.

Step aside.

They say you can see the future.

Ji Chang,

are you able to see

your own death?

Your Majesty,

a fortune teller

can see the future of everything

except for his own fortunes.

What do you see now?

It shows here

that Your Majesty

will die by the hand of your own flesh and blood.

Everyone knows

that I intend to sacrifice myself

to save the world.

Ji Chang,

you're nothing but a fake.

Go! Stand before your fathers.

When Yin Qi killed my father,

your sons were all there.

They saw everything that happened.

But the four of you

would believe baseless rumors

over what they saw with their own eyes.

You're not stupid.

You're simply treasonous.

Take a good look at these traitors.

They used to be your fathers.

Now,

they're sinners who betrayed the Shang.

My sister is your wife,

the queen.

The crown prince, Yin Jiao, is my nephew.

Why would I be a traitor?

With the gods as my witnesses,

I never intended to betray you.

Yin Shou!

You killed your father and brother

and brought on the Great Curse.

You…

are the sinner.

Your fathers

kept their favorite sons close to them,

well-fed and well-dressed,

waiting to one day

inherit their thrones.

Whereas you

were abandoned here in distant Zhaoge

to fend for yourselves.

Now,

you're all grown up,

trained by my hand to become Shang warriors.

Your power and courage

have been forged in mortal combat.

No one can tell you what to do.

You are far stronger than your brothers back home.

You are far more qualified to succeed your fathers.

Now, I give you a chance to take what is rightfully yours.

Whoever kills his father

can take his place.

Draw your swords!

Have you forgotten how Su Quanxiao died?

Father!

If you don't kill your father,

he will one day kill you.

Father.

Good.

Chong Yingbiao,

you're now Duke of the North.

You fool!

Do it!

No!

No, don't!

My son!

My son!

You must stay alive.

Jiang Wenhuan,

you're now Duke of the East.

Father.

Ji Fa, what are you waiting for?

Do you wish to plead for your father's life?

No.

Ji Chang is a traitor

who deserves to be executed.

The Four Dukes plotted treason

because they were misled by Ji Chang.

Ji Chang is the culprit.

He started the conspiracy.

If we kill him,

his sins will be covered up

and no one will know the truth.

He has to apologize in public

to let the people know

that the Four Dukes attempted treason

and it was Your Majesty's decisiveness

that saved the Shang!

You didn't bring Fengshen Bang back.

A failure.

You captured four traitors for the Shang.

A merit.

Guards!

Put Ji Chang in the dungeon.

Father.

Father.

That jade circle

was my gift to you when I sent you here

to be a hostage.

Do you remember what it means?

His Majesty promised me

that if you confessed your crime,

he'd let you return to Xiqi.

The circle

means that one day you will return.

It's planting season soon.

-Xiqi-- -Your false prophecies fomented treason.

Why won't you admit that?

I was wrong.

I shouldn't have

sent you

to live with such an evil person as Yin Shou.

How can you call him evil?

I saw with my own eyes

how he fought for our kingdom.

I heard with my own ears

how he intends to sacrifice himself

to appease the Great Curse.

As for you,

you were in Xiqi.

You didn't witness any of that,

yet you judge him based on a handful of sticks.

It's ridiculous.

My son,

what you see

might only be what Yin Shou wants you to see

and what you believe

might only be what Yin Shou wants you to believe.

Father.

If you truly believed all that,

you would have killed me in court yesterday.

I'm your son.

How could I kill you?

Remember.

It doesn't matter whose son you are.

What matters

is who you are.

What a beautiful body.

To kill it

would be a shame, no?

Everything started with you.

Perhaps it should end with you as well.

It seems

that I've awakened a beast.

Keep me around.

I know a way for us

to share immortality.

I ask Your Majesty to execute me.

On what grounds?

The traitor Jiang Huanchu, Duke of the East,

was executed by Your Majesty.

As his sister, I deserve the same punishment.

Do you believe he was wronged?

The Four Dukes were loyal men.

By killing them,

you betrayed the trust of your subjects.

Their sons were loving children.

By forcing them to kill their fathers,

you've abandoned all morality.

What you killed was more than four men.

You killed the trust of the world

and the Shang reign of the last 500 years.

As the queen

of this kingdom,

it's my duty to advise the king.

As your wife,

it's my duty to address your sins.

Perhaps my death can serve

to bring you to your senses.

The dead are already gone.

Why waste your own life?

A beautiful body such as yours

isn't easy to come by.

As the queen,

you deserve

to have all the joy in the world.

Why don't you join us

in our joy?

No wonder His Majesty is so fond of you.

Even I

can't help feeling drawn to you.

How strange that a place as cold and remote as Jizhou

was able to produce a stunning beauty like you.

If I were the king,

I, too, would fall under your spell.

Evil temptress,

begone from this world!

Demon!

Father!

So you do intend to kill me.

Father.

She's not human!

She's a fox demon!

Protect His Majesty!

Guards!

Ji Fa.

What should I do?

This leads to outside the Meridian Gate.

Go to High Priest Bi Gan and hide for a few days.

If you let me go,

what will happen to you?

Give me Daemon Duke's Sword.

Ji Fa.

Chong Yingbiao,

it's dark in there.

I'll find a torch for you.

Bring me

a torch!

WANTED JIANG ZIYA, YANG JIAN, NEZHA

"The Great Curse is upon us

and evildoers are everywhere.

We are in a time of crisis.

To abate the Great Curse,

the evildoers must be rooted out.

This shows His Majesty's concern for his people.

The Four Dukes of the East, West, South, and North

were ungrateful traitors

who plotted treason.

Now that they've failed,

they are either dead or imprisoned.

Queen Jiang

didn't know her place

and spoke out of turn.

Ashamed, she drowned herself.

Kneel before the Duke of The North!

Crown Prince Yin Jiao,

utterly lacking in morals,

crept into the palace at night

to kill his father and king.

After he failed, he fled

and is now a wanted man."

Yin Jiao's Daemon Duke's Sword is sharp indeed.

I've had my eyes on you for days now.

Where are you hiding Yin Jiao?

At the stable?

In the barracks?

Or in a shithole?

Beast!

-Hit him. -Go.

-Come on. Bring it on -Kill him!

-Come on. -Kill him!

Kill him!

-Kill him! -Harder!

Kill him!

-Ji Fa! -Ji Fa!

-Get him! -Get him!

Yikao.

All these years alone in Zhaoge,

I'm sure you've been bullied a lot.

No way.

I…

I do all the bullying.

You've always been competitive

and wanted to be a great hero.

I remember when the Shang came for hostages

and Father made us compete in archery

to see who would go.

Don't think that I don't know

that you tampered with my arrow.

If I hadn't, how could I have beaten you?

I know

that you wanted more than a quiet life in Xiqi.

You longed to be a warrior in Zhaoge.

Now that you're a royal guard,

I'm really happy for you.

Yikao,

you're next in line to be Duke of Xiqi.

You should have stayed there.

The carriages outside are loaded with treasure.

Tell me.

Is it enough to save Father?

No amount of treasure will do.

I've already talked to Father,

but he won't admit he was wrong.

That's how Father is.

He never does anything

he doesn't believe in.

Yikao,

don't worry.

I'm working on it.

I'm afraid

that Father is old and frail.

He can't wait much longer.

My Snow Dragon Colts.

It has been ages.

They still recognize me.

You've been away for too long.

You probably don't know your way back anymore.

These two Snow Dragon Colts were a gift from Father.

I've trained them over the years.

They are fast

and know their way around.

The treasures you brought

don't please me.

However, your presence

pleases me greatly.

Tell me.

What do you want?

Today, I'll grant your every wish.

My father is too old and weak

to survive prison.

Would you take pity on him

and release him?

Please punish me

in his place.

Your father was sentenced to death.

Then I would die for him.

Ji Fa, it's me.

Evil monk.

Every time you show up,

something bad happens.

Where is Yin Jiao?

Take me to see him.

You won't rest until we're all killed.

I'm his only hope.

He can't stay in Zhaoge any longer.

Last time, you got away,

but this time, you surrendered yourself.

Stop talking.

Come with me.

Leave Zhaoge.

Kunlun will protect you.

You're the future King of All Realms.

The people's future depends on…

My father is the King of All Realms.

He will unseal Fengshen Bang

and save the world!

I told you, old man.

He won't listen to you.

Do you still believe him?

My Father is bewitched by a fox demon.

Good and bad fortunes

don't happen by accident.

Those with evil intentions

attract demons.

Why don't you think about it?

What if your father isn't bewitched by a fox demon?

If we can lure Daji to this place

and kill the fox demon,

then we will know the truth.

It pains me

to see how you've suffered.

Are you here to kill me?

I envy you

for having two good sons.

I, on the other hand,

only have one,

who wants to kill me.

We're both fathers.

Why am I so afflicted?

However you treat your own father,

your son will follow that example.

But you have no idea

how my father treated me.

I have great admiration for you.

What should I do?

I would like to hear your advice.

If you keep your word

and sacrifice yourself,

your sins

will be absolved

and you will still be an honorable descendant of Cheng Tang.

The thing is,

can you do it?

Did Bo Yikao come to Zhaoge?

Where is he?

You love your son so much.

Don't you recognize how he tastes?

Even beasts don't eat their cubs.

You're worse than an animal.

Do you want a bite?

Have a bite.

Take it!

Take it!

You monster!

Kill me!

Kill me!

I promised Bo Yikao

that I wouldn't kill you

and would release you.

You know what you have to do.

Remember.

I still have your other son in my hands.

I have sinned.

I made a false divination.

I plotted treason.

I instigated a revolt.

I'm a criminal.

I'm unforgivable.

I have sinned!

I made a false divination!

I plotted treason!

I…

I instigated a revolt!

I made a false divination.

I plotted treason.

I…

instigated a revolt.

I'm a criminal.

I'm a criminal.

I…

I made a false divination.

I, Yin Shou,

have brought Lady Su to meet our ancestors

and ask for their blessing.

Come closer.

Let the ancestors see you.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes,

I would never believe

that such beauty could exist.

Give me your hand.

Fox demon,

I've locked your meridian pathway.

Prepare to die!

How can you say she is a fox demon?

Yin Jiao.

So this is where you've been hiding.

I saw with my own eyes

how the fox demon inhabits Su Daji's body.

Father, I wounded you by accident

when I was trying to kill this demon

and avenge Mother.

Daji has been with me all this time.

If she were a fox demon, I would know.

When I kill her,

her true form will reveal itself.

What if she isn't a fox demon?

You will have taken an innocent life.

As the High Priest,

I have a magical heart with seven chambers.

Upon consuming this heart,

any demon

will revert to its original form.

You would give up your heart for this?

What is my heart

compared to the royal family

and our dynasty?

But if Su Daji is indeed a fox demon,

what will Your Majesty do?

Name your terms.

She must be put to death.

Yin Jiao must be pardoned

and the Four Dukes must be declared innocent.

In the name of our ancestors,

swear to do all this.

As the ancestors are my witnesses,

I swear it.

Granduncle, you mustn't!

Swallow it.

Fox demon, you won't harm His Majesty!

The fox demon has shown itself.

Now, Your Majesty, kill it.

Do it in the name of our ancestors.

Yin Shou,

what are you waiting for?

Our ancestors?

Where are these ancestors?

If I call out to them, do they answer?

You all say the white fox is a demon.

In fact, she's a charm.

Only she knows what I truly desire.

You want

to be the king of the whole world.

The Shang dynasty

is finished.

High Priest.

The Shang dynasty

is truly finished.

Granduncle!

The Shang dynasty…

High Priest.

Get the High Priest out of here. Quickly.

Treacherous son,

what do you find so amusing?

I thought you were bewitched by the fox demon.

That's why I kept hoping that

you would turn back into the father

that I respected and looked up to!

I was such a fool!

You did this!

You gave me my life.

Now you can take it back!

Yin Jiao!

Guards!

Take him away.

-Yes. -Yes.

He'll be executed tomorrow.

Don't think I don't know what you've been up to.

I would never.

Of all the hostages,

you were my favorite

because on the day you arrived in Zhaoge,

you told me

that you wanted to be a hero.

We are alike.

Therefore,

I'll give you one last chance.

Go and kill Ji Chang.

Do that for me

and you'll become my son and heir,

the crown prince of Shang.

Don't disappoint me again.

I'm a criminal.

I'm unforgivable.

I have sinned.

I thought I would never again see the light of day,

but you saved me.

I practiced for 1,000 years

to take on a human form

and partake in the pleasures of life.

However, King Cheng Tang sealed me inside Xuanyuan Tomb.

It has been 500 years.

Only the blood of his descendants

could break the seal.

You brought me back to life.

In return,

I used a soul transference spell

to inhabit Yin Qi's body

to help you do what you want to do

and help you take what you want to have.

I'll make you immortal,

a king for all eternity.

A subject serves his king

like the sun and moon in the sky.

Such is the basis of a nation.

A son serves his father

like the gods in the heavens above.

Such is the foundation of a family.

That's why there's no greater sin

than the murder of one's father and king.

The traitorous son, Yin Jiao,

disregarding all law and ethics,

was armed with murderous intent.

-"…intending to commit injustice -Ji Chang,

-and seizing the throne. -which one of us was fated to die

-Fortunately, with the protection of…" -by the hand of his own flesh and blood?

Yin Shou!

Dead or alive, I'm coming for you!

Proceed with the execution.

Is it for real?

Nezha and Yang Jian, where are you?

Men of Xiqi,

save Yin Jiao!

Attack!

Stop them!

You dared to deceive me!

Release Yin Jiao or I'll kill you.

You don't have what it takes.

Execute him!

Buddy,

let me send you on your way.

Do you want to kill me?

Don't forget.

I taught you everything you know.

Save Ji Fa!

Nezha, Yang Jian. I'm here!

Master Ziya!

Come with us!

Don't worry about me. Take Yin Jiao with you!

Yin Jiao is in two sections. He's dead!

Stop wasting time!

Take him to Kunlun immediately!

Water Teleportation!

Did they both leave?

If the gods won't kill you,

I will.

The king is dead!

I, Duke of the North, give the orders now!

Bring me Ji Fa!

Yes.

Why are you still in Zhaoge?

You must have a death wish!

Soul Instillation.

Yin Shou is dead!

I killed him!

He was the one responsible for the Great Curse!

Stop them!

Jiang Wenhuan,

if you wish to avenge him,

do it now.

Stand down!

Let them go.

Let's go!

Close the gates!

Prepare for battle!

SHANG

Someone is coming!

Stop him!

MENGJIN FORD, BORDER OF SHANG AND ZHOU

Stop him now!

It's a fugitive.

Go into the forest!

Come on! Keep up!

What is this?

Release the arrows!

Ji Fa, go. Save yourself.

It's me that they're after.

I need to borrow something from you.

What?

Not so fast, Taoist friend.

Why is it you?

Jiang Ziya, you won't get away!

Who are you?

Lei Zhenzi.

LEI ZHENZI

My child,

let's go home.

XIQI

These two Snow Dragon Colts were a gift from Father.

I've trained them over the years.

Whenever you want to return,

just say to them,

“Go home."

And they'll take you back to Xiqi.

The circle.

Father.

I promise I'll return home to Xiqi.

Circle.

Full circle.

Go home.

It's a Snow Dragon Colt.

The young master is back!

Father.

Come.

Full circle.

Father.

I'm back.

ALL ANIMALS INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM

WERE TRAINED BY PROFESSIONALS

AND NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DURING THE FILMING PROCESS

DEEP IN MOUNT QI

Wen Zhong, Grand Preceptor of Shang,

after ten years of battle near the North Sea,

has returned in victory!

MO LISHOU

MO LIHAI

MO LIHONG

MO LIQING

DENG CHANYU

COMING SOON