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(Master said)

(when we link all the stars above us together, )

(it forms the Big Dipper Domain, where we're in.)

(When nine celestial dragons)

(pull the bronze coffin)

(and descend upon the Big Dipper Domain, )

(the Empyrean Tomb Island hidden within Forbidden Zone)

(will emerge.)

(The Imperial Artifact that reposes on the island)

(will attract many greedy eyes of countless cultivation sects.)

(To avoid the chaotic fight and bloodshed, )

(all sects in the Big Dipper Domain)

(gather at White Tiger Battleground)

(to prove their prowess in the selection)

(to gain access to the island for the treasure hunt.)

(To enhance their possibility of survival, )

(cultivators need to crack open lunhai, which is under dantian, )

(to absorb the universal energy)

(and attain the highest phase of cultivation, )

(the Great Emperor.)

(What's the Great Emperor?)

(With a brief wave of his hand, )

(the earth falls apart, )

(and the sky is covered with a snap of the fingers.)

(He's the exalted ruler)

(in the entire universe.)

(However, every one million years, )

(the energy of a vast domain)

(could only bring one Great Emperor to birth.)

(If there's only one, )

(why can't it be me?)

(Forbidden Zone)

Myriad fates are led to the path of the making of the Great Emperor,

(Xu Kong)

White Tiger Battleground is where your fate will be decided.

(Lu Sheng)

Under the command of the Sacred Master,

the last cultivator will be chosen among you

to go to Empyrean Tomb Island with us

to witness the Imperial Artifact.

Whoever can obtain this jade cicada

will be announced as the winner.

(Yue Xing)

(Shen Chou)

(Gui Shou)

The twenty of them

are so frail.

Hey.

Are you all right?

Run.

(White Tiger Town)

Kid!

Run!

Go!

Go! Run now!

Faster!

(White Tiger Town)

(White Tiger Town)

Hu!

- Hu. - Mother.

Are you all right, Hu?

Alas, the jade cicada should've been within your reach.

That's the best you can do?

My, my.

Sooner or later,

you'll be driven away from Sacred Shrine.

Says who!

I, Xu Kong, have joined the Sacred Shrine for a decade.

I would've been expelled

if I were weak.

Jade cicada?

When did you get it?

Are you curious?

I can teach you.

But you have to wait

until I return from Empyrean Tomb Island.

(White Tiger Town)

Have you asked for my permission

before you took the jade cicada?

Yue Xing.

Your speed

is of no use

except for fleeing.

No wonder you haven't made any progress

over the decade.

I doubt the Sacred Shrine

would feed useless fools like you.

We're not done yet.

How kind of you, Sheng.

You actually spend so much time playing with the sorry bunch.

It's mere jade cicada.

Just let them have it.

You've been concealing your real strength

(Lu Xiu)

and waiting in the wing.

Who are you after?

The path of cultivation

is actually

a defiance act

of seizing our fate against Heaven.

As we reach the end of the path,

what cultivators must confront

are nothing

but the constant nature

and our limited and vulnerable life.

However, the Imperial Artifact

provides us with a chance

to ascend to immortality

and fight against Heaven.

This is Cangyun Sword.

I forged it with the essence

of an ancient phoenix.

Back in the day,

with this sword,

I managed to secure our supremacy in Sacred Shrine for the Lu family.

Lu Xiu.

Take this sword

and accomplish the wish of the three generations of the Lu family.

Thank you, Father.

I won't fail you, Father.

I will obtain the Imperial Artifact.

Turn his body.

Please take a look at him.

The shred will likely kill Xu Kong

if it's plunged slightly deeper.

Fang Hui, patch it up.

I don't want to go to the Sacred Shrine.

I want to be with them.

Well.

Good boy.

You can learn how to control the Power of Void inside you at Sacred Shrine.

Your talent will be wasted

if you stay with me.

What will happen if I master it?

You can move as fast as lightning

and as agile as thunder.

And?

Why do I need to be like them?

When the day comes

when you find the thing you want to protect,

you will know the answer.

Xu Kong, tell me

if anyone tries to bully you

once you go in.

I will bash them up.

If you obtain the Imperial Artifact,

can you boss everyone in Sacred Shrine around?

Don't slack off.

You'd better don't get kicked out.

Sigh.

Why is this young brat

worth the sacrifice of so many?

I can't understand.

From today on, you're the disciple of the Sacred Shrine.

They serve as the sword-forging slaves

in exchange for your eligibility to the Sacred Shrine.

Master!

Master!

Don't shout.

Master!

They've become the sword slaves.

Master!

Master!

Master!

Yue Xing brought the last jade cicada back to the Sacred Shrine.

They're departing soon.

The gate of the Domain

is the entrance of the Sacred Shrine.

Among the cultivators,

half of them are only in the Lunhai Phase, like Yue Xing.

They don't pose threats to us.

I heard that Cai Xing, the leader of the Yuxi Sect,

has already acquired the secret art.

She has now become impregnable, immune to any harm, and immortal.

The Four Ghosts of Yuxi are assisting her too.

Don't underestimate her.

It's said that the Lu brothers

are at each other's throats.

But it will be a great nuisance

if they join hands.

A hundred people go to the island

for the only Imperial Artifact.

No one would let this tempting treasure

slip through their fingers.

The time arrives, and celestial spheres intertwine.

Empyrean Tomb Island is triggered.

Nine celestial dragons manifest.

The Imperial Artifact emerges again!

Wish you good luck.

Ascend!

Wake him up.

What are you doing?

Why am I here?

Cultivators are truly exceptional.

You manage to heal up in merely four hours,

even if your inwards are badly hurt.

Si Kong.

Little brat.

He's barely a qualified cultivator.

Put the clothes on.

Take him.

Here you go.

Let's go.

Where are we going?

We're talking you to Empyrean Tomb Island.

Empyrean Tomb Island?

Hold on. Please listen to me.

You shouldn't go there.

They will kill you once they spot you there.

There are no such rules in Sacred Shrine

prohibiting immortals from entering Empyrean Tomb Island.

Why are you going there?

Sightseeing?

Also, Sacred Shrine is heavily guarded.

We can't

even approach the Gate of the Domain.

Are you going or not?

If you do,

cut your crap.

Why do you help me?

To send you to the Sacred Shrine,

Master and all of us

forged over five thousand swords for those geezers.

If you got kicked out

like this,

our effort

would be in vain.

I don't mean to help you.

It's just that I don't wish to let our late Master down.

But why me?

You have yet fully mastered the Power of Void inside you.

If we obtain the Imperial Artifact from the island this time,

it may help you break through this cultivation's block.

I can break this through by myself one day.

You don't have much time.

You can't trespass the Sacred Shrine.

If you were found there, you might...

It seems you're tamed by the rules

rather than tame your strength over the past decade.

Wait.

Once we enter this gate,

we will be prisoners of the Sacred Shrine.

You need to think this through.

I told you what I want to do.

Cut your crap.

I'm familiar with this place.

I will lead the way.

Hurry.

Be quick.

Oh, it's you. Xu Kong.

The Gate of the Domain

isn't a place for lowly cultivators like you.

I do have quite a presence

despite my low skill.

Go.

Gosh.

The source stone to activate the Gate of Domain is broken.

Even the Heavens are stopping us.

We'd better go back.

It's about mealtime, by the way.

Si Kong.

You came here prepared.

Don't be afraid.

We will protect you.

More surprises await you later.

Let's guess

what the Imperial Artifact looks like.

It must be a sword.

I think it's a giant axe

or a hammer.

Can't it be a pail?

No matter what it is,

the first one to see it

must be us.

So, this is Empyrean Tomb Island?

Nothing is special about it, though.

Where are they?

This place is dead.

Who killed them?

Are there any monsters on this island?

It's done by a sword.

I can't believe the internal strife could be ruinously horrible.

They could even threaten each other's lives

over the jade cicada,

let alone the Imperial Artifact.

Yin Chen.

They're insane. Everyone is insane.

Help me! Help me!

Get me

out of here. Get me out...

Be on your guard.

Yin Chen is a fourth-rank cultivator.

Not many disciples

in the Sacred Shrine

could intimidate him.

All of you are the cultivators of the Sacred Shrine.

Why must you wield swords against each other?

Before the tempting Imperial Artifact,

there will be blood eventually.

It's better to ditch obstacles earlier

to avoid unnecessary trouble.

I'm tired.

Just three moves.

You will be spared

if you survive three sword moves from me.

Run.

Let's go.

Go.

Right.

That's right.

Run as fast as you can.

Go.

First move.

Xu Kong.

Second move.

Run!

Liu!

- Liu! - Liu!

Liu!

Leave now!

Liu!

Go.

You should leave us now.

Take this sword

and go.

Now!

Are you kidding me?

How could I leave you behind?

Go now.

Liu!

Weeping over friends' death.

How boring, immortals.

Never mind.

Your number is up, anyway.

Third move.

Cleaving Cloud and Slashing Ocean.

Intimidating Mountains and Startling Deities.

Out of the four sword skills of Cloudscape,

you have launched three.

Xiu.

Why went to great lengths

to hurt them?

Leave right now.

Go.

Let's go.

I knew you wouldn't listen to Father.

Once I obtain the Imperial Artifact

and become the Sacred Master,

everyone in Cloudscape Scared Shrine

will hold me, Lu Sheng, in high reverence,

including

our father.

Well.

But you should ask for permission from this sword

if you can be the Sacred Master.

Ancient Stardust Seal.

When did you learn this behind our backs?

Let's go.

What's wrong?

Liu is dead.

If we don't stop them,

more lives will be killed.

You're not here to help me.

We should go now.

Just now,

you even asked me to take this broken sword and leave.

Be honest with me.

What's your intention

for coming to Empyrean Tomb Island?

The Way of Heaven will backfire on mortal cultivators

if they intend to ascend to immortality through the Imperial Artifact.

Heavenly Thunder and meteors will befall our domain and turn it into an inferno.

You've foreseen this

in the vision.

No.

It's just an illusion.

They are just an illusion.

It can't be real.

Master sacrificed himself

and was forged into a crossguard.

Did he do that to weave an illusion for you?

I believe in Master's guide.

Master said

if one ascends to immortality,

ten thousand will perish.

So,

you came here

to stop this calamity.

If we can't stop their fight over the Imperial Artifact,

all of us will die, be it cultivators or immortals.

If it's as you say it is,

why don't you hand over this broken sword to the Sacred Shrine?

It's no use.

You should know better than us

that regardless of the price,

those cultivators wouldn't give up on this chance.

I'm a cultivator myself.

You're different from them.

How am I different?

I'm dying to know this too.

Why were you chosen

to go to the Sacred Shrine ten years ago, not me?

To Master, you're the extraordinary existence,

while the rest of us have to become sword slaves for you.

Why?

Why?

Xiao.

Tell me why!

You...

You need to see this.

You're right.

Our lives were given by Master.

It's better to be a hero who saves the world

than crouching under the shadow of the Sacred Shrine.

Let's go.

This way.

What is this sinister underhandedness?

How did they turn a human into a distorted cadaver?

Cloudscape Sacred Shrine practices swordsmanship.

No one will engage in a heinous craft like such.

Are you saying

stone statues all over here aren't caused by humans?

As if!

Look how panicked you look.

It's just a broken limb.

This ring belongs to Yuxi Sect.

Sheesh! The arm can move by itself.

Go after it. It's a cultivator.

What a spooky secret art.

I think it was Cai Xing of Yuxi Sect.

What's going on now?

It was a scorching sun just now.

What's it all of a sudden?

So cold.

Only weird things happen on this island.

Come closer. Let's not get separated.

What the heck is that monster?

Help!

Help!

Help me!

Yue Xing?

Leave this place.

This monster is beyond you.

What's that?

Disperse!

Abdomen! Its weak point is the abdomen!

Move!

Disperse!

Fang Hui!

This exotic monster consumes the essence of cultivation as its food.

Xiao Xiao, back off!

Your weapons can't hurt it.

Be careful.

It works.

Leave now.

These monsters turn into energy after death.

They can make me stronger.

Si Kong!

Si Kong.

Si Kong!

Si Kong, you will be all right.

You didn't fail my expectation, little brat.

Don't talk.

Please don't talk, Si Kong.

It's fine.

I'm tough enough.

I won't die so easily.

Let me take a rest.

I want to rest.

I want to rest...

- Si Kong. - Si Kong.

Si Kong!

Si Kong!

You're right.

Our lives were given by Master.

It's better to be a hero who saves the world.

If you get kicked out like this...

Xu Kong, tell me if anyone tries to bully you

once you go in.

I will help you to obtain the Imperial Artifact.

I will bash them up.

I have to fulfill Master's order.

Go!

Si Kong!

Si Kong!

Hey.

Where are you taking us to?

We're leaving this place.

Follow me if you want to survive.

The Gate of the Domain.

It's not functioning.

Mortal cultivators of the Sacred Land

are constrained by their bodies.

They can't suppress the overwhelming arts.

Unless...

They have the Imperial Artifact.

The Imperial Artifact is a celestial artifact.

Only the almighty Great Emperor

can block the Gate of the Domain.

It seems

the Imperial Artifact has led us to a dead end.

I don't want to die.

I want to stay alive.

There must be a way.

They must be a way to survive.

There must be.

Destroying the Imperial Artifact

seems to be the way to activate the Gate of the Domain.

This is the sole way we have now.

Who do you think you are?

You,

you, and you.

We're just cannon fodder in this doomed game.

You want to destroy the Imperial Artifact?

In your dream.

They're fighting each other

for the sake of Imperial Artifact.

Instead of sitting by here,

let's join hands

and fight our way out of here.

Look at this.

Look at my hand.

How am I going to fight with this?

Back then, I gave up on everything

to go to the Sacred Shrine for cultivation.

I managed to forge an artifact, Spirit Manipulator.

Because I wanted

to live like a real man.

But now

I've lost my artifact.

Only then did I realize

that I'm nothing.

You're Yue Xing.

You're still who you are

without the artifact.

- It's a surprise that you survive till now. - Who is it?

That's impressive.

It's the Four Ghosts of Yuxi.

Watch out!

Xiao!

You're not like them.

The Imperial Artifact is an ancient celestial artifact.

Such a golden opportunity

wouldn't fall on you small fish.

What do you want?

Cai Xing, I know you're here.

Your secret art can maintain you eternally.

But you don't stand a chance merely relying on the Four Ghosts.

Hold on.

There are monsters everywhere here.

We shouldn't split.

Go on.

We can help you.

Let's have the duel when we find the Imperial Artifact.

What do you say?

Duel with me?

Are you entitled to that?

These ruddy monsters appear again.

Preserve your cultivation.

Forget about them. Leave now!

How could I let her go when I'd seized her in my hand?

Cut your crap. Do you want to become a shriveled corpse?

Take him away. Hurry.

Which way?

This way.

Come on.

Hurry, Xiao.

Faster, guys.

No roads ahead.

- Xiao Xiao! - Xiao!

Dodge!

Dudes, I will go first.

Please bring the Imperial Artifact back.

San!

Find the balance point.

Don't stand together.

Find your own spot.

Xu Kong.

Hold on!

Faster. I can't hold on much longer.

Xu Kong, hurry up over.

Leader, what should we do now?

I don't want to go to the Sacred Shrine.

I want to be with them.

In Sacred Shrine,

you can learn how to control the Power of Void inside you.

(When the day comes when you find the thing you want to protect,...)

Run!

(you will know the answer.)

Where did you learn that?

That's impressive.

You too.

If it weren't for you to buy me some time,

I wouldn't have been able to save everyone.

Everyone?

Yue Xing.

How will you face the Sacred Shrine

if you team up with these sword slaves here?

How can we go back now?

No one can leave this place

if we can't finish this road.

Enough said.

Kill them.

Bring it on.

Don't whine that we outnumber you.

Enough.

Cai Xing.

Two of the Four Ghosts of Yuxi have died.

Should we continue this?

The remaining two are enough to kill you.

Hold up.

They won't die in vain.

Once I get the Imperial Artifact,

I want to entire Sacred Shrine to remember their names.

I will listen to you.

We will duel

once we find the Imperial Artifact.

I was once told of a tale.

The Supreme in the ancient past

was reaching the end of his life,

so he lashed his cultivation off and sealed his remains.

He will awake when the path of immortality ascension is opened.

He sustains himself by consuming spirits,

and the place he hides is piled up with countless remains.

As long as we find the remains of the Supreme,

we can see the Imperial Artifact.

Remains of the Supreme.

Let go.

Watch out.

Don't let her get it.

It's too easy. It might be a trap.

Scram!

Do you really think

that the four brothers of us

are willing to serve you

and always at your bidding?

The Imperial Artifact is mine.

Find the exit! Now!

Elder brother!

The mechanism is below us.

Ning Ze, go over there.

Okay.

Yue Xing, go to the center.

The door opens.

Don't move.

If any one of us leaves this mechanism,

the gate drops.

But if we stand here,

all of us are going to die. What now?

Move!

Run!

Ning Ze, hurry.

Xiao Xiao.

Yue Xing.

I will pay back what I owe.

Yue Xing!

I'm not dead.

I told you,

without the artifact,

you're still Yue Xing and not inferior.

Thank you for saving us.

Let's go.

Xu Kong.

I've been keeping the Green Bronze Sword for you

over the past years.

It's time to return it to you.

Let's go.

You're a cultivator,

and yet you're acknowledged by the sword slave.

I'm truly happy for you.

You know what?

I used to loathe people

like you.

You always think highly of yourselves and walk over others

because of your noble origin.

What's even more hilarious

is that even though I loathed you,

I wanted to become you unconsciously.

Throughout our cultivation,

we always hope to change our destiny with the Imperial Artifact.

But we forgot that we're human.

We're living beings.

Nine Underworlds.

(Nine Underworlds)

What does it mean?

All living beings will meet their end in life.

Even the Supreme is no exception.

Legend has it that he refused to let his body perish.

Thus, he came to a hellscape like such.

Then, he lashed off his own cultivation

and sealed his primordial spirit in this secluded realm,

waiting for the potential ascension to immortality

as to return to the mortal world.

Can you speak human?

The Imperial Artifact we're looking for

is right here.

Come on.

It won't move.

Isn't there a mechanism here?

Too heavy.

It doesn't budge a little.

Human force alone can't move the door.

The Way of Heaven goes into circulation.

You don't get something for nothing.

This pass will set me apart from the likes of you.

Each rune corresponds to one human life.

The stone door only opens

when the glow of the runes goes off.

No wonder he saved us just now.

Because you planned to make us stay

and bring us to your game.

Precisely.

Your presence here

has saved me lots of trouble.

Two lives left.

Your choice

or mine?

Lu Sheng.

Do you really want

to tread the path of cultivation built upon countless lives?

Fine.

In that case,

I will make the choice for you.

Xu Kong.

Ning Ze!

And now the last life.

Who should I choose?

Choose yourself.

Xu Kong.

You're not the old you anymore.

I'm so happy for you.

But

I feel bad for you too.

Xiao Xiao!

Xu Kong!

You will get yourself killed.

Let go of me!

Xu Kong!

Don't let his sacrifice go for nothing.

Why?

Are you scared?

Can this broken sword alone

damage the Imperial Artifact?

The descendence of a meteor

(brought upon this Green Bronze Sword.)

(Master said for the strong, deeds prevail over outward appearance.)

(They are born with talent)

(and must not fail the gift.)

(This applies to you too.)

(You all put your bet on me alone.)

(Aren't you afraid you will end up losing everything?)

(If you lose, )

I will take over your role.

Let's go.

How dare you stop me?

Xiao Xiao.

Father.

Do you see this, Father?

I won.

The Imperial Artifact is in my hand. I won!

I, Lu Sheng,

am the chosen one of the Lu family.

You lost.

No one can be the winner.

Lu Sheng.

No, he's not Lu Sheng.

He's the Supreme.

He lures us in with the Imperial Artifact

because he's looking for a qualified flesh vessel

to return to the mortal world.

We all fell into this.

A calamity befalls.

A calamity befalls.

What do they want?

His cultivation has been reduced to Immortal Platform Phase.

However, he's likely to reclaim his supremacy

by replenishing his life wheel with mortal's spirits.

Can you not confuse us anymore?

I can feel the Empyrean Tomb Island moving.

Cloudscape Sacred Shrine.

He's going to eliminate everyone in the Sacred Shrine.

He will tear the entire island into pieces.

- Ah! What happened? - What's going on?

Look.

He's gathering strength.

We can still save the Cloudscape Sacred Shrine.

The two of you stall them.

Buy me some time.

What are you doing?

Xiao Xiao, stand beside Cai Xing.

Leave this to me.

Go. Now.

Attention.

We will form the sword array

and protect the Sacred Shrine.

Hurry up. I can't hold it anymore.

If so,

I will make something out of myself.

Yue Xing!

My primordial spirit can protect me

(but can't protect the whole Sacred Shrine.)

(Why should I carry on alone)

(if I'm losing my home?)

(I've done what I could.)

(Xu Kong.)

We're counting on you.

(It seems that someone's waiting for you.)

(You can't die yet.)

Who's talking?

What's this place?

Why am I here?

Just now, I've already...

(So many questions when we just met.)

(This is impolite.)

(You're going back soon.)

(I only answer one question.)

All right.

Can you tell me

how to stop this calamity?

(Only the Great Emperor can bring the Supreme of Forbidden Zone down.)

(Given your current strength, )

(you're not capable enough to stop him.)

But the Great Emperor has never manifested

on the entire Eastern Wilderness over the past millennium.

He didn't appear a millennium ago,

but that doesn't mean he won't appear in the next millennium.

But how can the Great Emperor quell this calamity

if he only appears a millennium later?

Enough.

I told you.

I only answer one question.

It's my turn.

Xu Kong.

Will you still go back if it's destined to fail?

Destined to fail?

Of course, I will.

I appreciate your determination.

But a nonsensical sacrifice is ludicrous.

(Your speed is the key to triggering time-space.)

Who are you?

Why should I trust you?

(You don't need to trust me.)

(Just trust yourself.)

(Your present self)

(and your future self.)

Great Emperor?

Does it mean

I'm the Great Emperor

one thousand years later?

Everything that happens in Eastern Wilderness is your ordeal

as well as your opportunity.

You must ride out this ordeal

and make something of yourself.

Keep this in mind.

The life of Xu Kong

isn't inferior to anyone.

Xu Kong.

Wait for me.

You're back.

Yes.

I changed my clothes

and took a shower.

Look how proud of you.

Run if you can't handle it.

Xu Kong.

Why do you keep me at this ruddy place?

A grand scene is going to be put on the show.

How can you miss out on this?

Feels so great.

I didn't know there was an invincible in the Big Dipper Domain.

I didn't know

you could actually talk.

Do you know

that becoming part of me

and ascending to the immortal with me isn't a sacrifice?

It's your glory.

And after that?

What's your plan

after your lifelong wish is achieved?

After becoming immortal,

I'll leave the Big Dipper Domain

and conquer the universe.

I will become the dictator of the world's rules

and become the owner of the world.

Owner of the world?

Such a grind.

Don't you feel exhausted?

Are you mocking me?

Finally, you get my point.

I'm the Supreme, exalted by all sentient beings.

I'm the ruler of the Big Dipper Domain.

I...

Talkative.

You're merely an immortal.

You can never hurt me

and the Supreme.

No rush.

I will finish you a millennium later.

Power of Void, crack!

How could this be?

Who are you?

What is this place?

So many questions when we just met.

This is impolite.

I only answer one question.

You...

Who are you?

I'm Great Emperor Xu Kong.

I only do one thing in my life.

To cast the Supreme of Forbidden Zone like you

into the underground.

Are you ready?

I'm the Supreme, exalted by all sentient beings.

I'm the ruler of the Big Dipper Domain.

Who do you think you're...

Talkative.

Discarding stars and trampling on the moon,

covering the sky with a snap of the fingers.

(What's the Great Emperor?)

(He's neither invincible, )

(exalted, )

(dominant, )

(nor immortal.)

(What's the Great Emperor?)

(He restores peace to chaotic lands)

(and safeguards all sentient beings.)

(In life, )

(he's the epitome of the virtuous Way;)

(in death, )

(he's the leader of myriad spirits.)