♪Ask the sword and knife, and do away with resentment♪
♪I fear that new and old grudges will add to my troubles♪
♪Ask each tactic and move to see who is more skilled♪
♪Fate changes and cannot be predicted♪
♪Ask the road and journey ahead♪
♪Where is my soul mate?♪
♪Ask the rain and clear skies about the troubles on my mind♪
♪Face the moon every day and night♪
♪Ask the flowers and leaves, their colors are perfect♪
♪Happiness and pain are both short, how many springs are left?♪
♪Ask autumn and winter, the snowstorm continues♪
♪The rainbow scatters easily but the days are hard to endure♪
♪No one knows why the flowers blossomed early♪
♪Heaven doesn't mock us, you've also grown old♪
♪The martial arts world is small, but the rest of the world is vast♪
♪I've forgotten those who are gone♪
♪No one knows why the flowers withered early♪
♪Heaven feels no sorrow, you've also grown old♪
♪The heroes have died and little time is left♪
♪I've forgotten those who are gone♪
«Word of Honor»
«Episode 1»
Twenty years ago, at Mount Qingya,
the Five Lakes Alliance and other heroes killed the demonic Rong Xuan.
He left only one thing:
an arsenal that could make someone invincible overnight.
But, to open the arsenal,
first one must find the Glazed Gadget.
Now, twenty years later, it has given rise to a nursery rhyme,
while many covet the arsenal's secrets
and begin secretly searching for the pieces of the Glazed Gadget.
Prince Jin in the north
is also starting to make his move.
«Military Governor's Mansion»
What happened?
Look.
Over there, too!
Archers, get ready!
Shoot!
[Prince Jin is secretly training assassins in the Window of Heaven]
[to kill the officials of the Court.]
«Officer Li - Military Governor» [to kill the officials of the Court.]
[He has intentions to revolt.] «Officer Li - Military Governor»
Master, the Window of Heaven assassins are here. «Swordsman in Green - Military Governor's Guard»
Hurry and go with me! «Swordsman in Green - Military Governor's Guard»
Who are you?
Hand over the letter.
Don't even think about it!
«Zhou Zishu - Chief of the Window of Heaven»
Official Zhou.
You—you're with the Window of Heaven!
Zhou Zishu is here to respectfully see Official Li off.
Zhou Zishu, in the end, good and evil that you do will return to you.
You are on the side of tyrants and brutality.
The next calamity, the wailing and gnashing of teeth,
all of it has its seeds in today's events.
This Li dies without a grudge.
Official Li, apologies for this.
«Lady Jing An - Military Governor's Daughter»
Zhou-shixiong.
Lady Jing An.
This is...
The Military Governor colluded with rebellious ministers
and conspired to revolt. He has been executed.
Impossible. Impossible.
My dad loves the country and the people!
His feelings were admirable,
But his actions required his execution.
This Zhou visits today
to offer the Lady some small choice.
A debt is owed to the Lady
who, during the recent chaos, retrieved my shidi Qin Jiuxiao's body, and escorted him all the way home.
This Zhou will never forget your kindness.
Your Highness, you have honor and status.
Ending it yourself will save you from humiliation.
I suppose I should thank you?
You killed my entire family.
Your kindness is to allow me a beautiful corpse.
You handled Jiuxiao.
Where is he buried?
Four Seasons Manor.
He sleeps at the side of our master.
The flowers blossom in all four seasons,
knowing everything in the world.
«Qin Jiuxiao - Younger Lord of Four Seasons Manor»
So ugly.
Give it to me.
Give it to me!
So annoying.
Shidi, ah,
If you've found a girl you like,
Your shixiong are happy for you.
Before all this, he told me
that after he retired from his position,
he would take me there
to live together.
«Window of Heaven»
It's all cleaned up neatly.
Only a few foolish generals
tried to hold out against us.
This subordinate killed those who hindered us.
Chief. During the mission to remove the Governor,
Bi Changfeng made a huge mistake.
And he wants to leave the Window of Heaven.
It infuriated Prince Jin. Prince Jin ordered you to deal with it in person.
Uncle Bi.
«Bi Changfeng - Guard of the Window of Heaven, former Member of Four Seasons Manor»
My lord, you're here. «Bi Changfeng - Guard of the Window of Heaven, former Member of Four Seasons Manor»
My lord, you're here.
Uncle Bi.
Four Seasons Manor
only has you and me left.
Eighty-one of our brothers followed you here to Jinzhou.
Now it's just you and me.
Even Jiuxiao is dead.
What is left of Four Seasons Manor?
Why haven't your wounds healed?
Only shadows, no tracks. Entry without an exit.
Nothing we don't know. Nowhere we are not.
These four things
were Prince Jin's mandate for me when I founded the Window of Heaven.
The Window of Heaven.
You entered, and now there is no exit.
You know that.
I know that I can't leave on my own feet.
Can't I leave feet first?
Even if I can only live freely for one day,
it's still better than being Prince Jin's dog.
You'd rather be useless waste
than follow me anymore?
These last years, I followed my Lord come life or death,
You gave an order, I followed it.
But our Four Seasons brothers and cousins were persecuted!
I cannot help questioning Prince Jin's intentions.
At this point,
I just can't, anymore.
Don't try to scare me with the seven nails,
I'm willing to be hacked into a thousand pieces.
I know there's nothing to be done about it,
and I don't blame you.
If you still care about this old man,
who's followed you all these years in friendship,
please give me the nails.
Very well.
Zishu will use his own hands to see Uncle Bi off on his final journey.
Be at ease. Zishu will take good care of your family.
At ease or uneasy, whatever!
I won't know the difference.
My Lord, please.
«Han Ying - Commander of the Window of Heaven» «Duan Peng Ju - Vice Chief of the Window of Heaven»
That old Bi,
what a tough guy!
Seven-Holes-Three-Autumns nails.
No ordinary man can endure them!
Brother Zhang.
Wh-What are the Seven-Holes-Three-Autumns nails?
Seven-Holes-Three-Autumns nails mean three years to hell.
Once the nails are driven in,
you'll lose your martial arts,
and also begin to lose your senses.
In the beginning, you can't speak.
Then you can't hear, smell, or see.
You'll be just waiting to die.
This is the only way
to ensure you won't leak the secrets of the Window of Heaven.
Though you'll be useless waste,
your mind is still clear.
You'll suffer for three years
before you finally kick the bucket.
Wh-why would anyone ask for that horror?
Wouldn't it be better to just die immediately?
Look at you, talking of dying, as if they'll just let you!
This is how the Window of Heaven works.
They scare you so bad you'll do anything,
and won't think of leaving.
There's no leaving.
If by chance, some day,
you get hit in the head and don't want to be in the Window of Heaven,
When they send you on a mission,
pull your knife and "accidentally" stab your heart.
Thock-thump, dead, no suffering!
If you die during a mission,
our lord will even take care of your family.
No no no! I couldn't!
I'll be loyal to the Window of Heaven for life! Loyal to our lord!
What did you call me?
My lord.
No, Chief.
I'm sorry.
I thought the elders called you that.
The last person from Four Seasons Manor is gone.
Don't ever say "my lord" again.
♪The East Wind blew my heart to the empty city♪
♪Fall silently on earth♪
[It's been ten years.]
[Ten years on this path of no return.]
[I remember the face of each person from Four Seasons Manor who died.]
[They're all dead.]
[Except me.]
[Why?]
[Because I don't even deserve to die.]
[It serves me right to keep living.]
[The Chief of the Window of Heaven.]
[I am above tens of thousands of men and only below one]
[I take advantage of my power, strutting around,]
[but I can't even save one single person I wanted to protect.]
♪To fail some people to let my dream♪
♪Rise like the wind♪
♪It seems to have become the witness♪
♪People are all gone in an instant♪
«Lichun Palace»
Why is Zishu so slow about coming to meet this king? «Prince Jin»
Are his wounds still bothering him? «Prince Jin»
To answer the Prince:
the rebellious ministers recruited many Jianghu experts to help in their evil,
every one skilled at martial arts.
Chief hasn't had to deal with any like that for a while.
I'm afraid maybe it exacerbated his injuries.
These last few days, he's gone into seclusion to rest.
Ever since Jiuxiao died,
when he spat blood and fainted—
how long's he had these health problems?
A little over a year, right?
To answer the Prince:
That is correct.
Acting like this just because of Jiuxiao!
It's embarrassing in someone of high station.
Tell him to hurry up and come see this king.
This subordinate will do as ordered.
[The flowers blossom in all four seasons,]
[knowing everything in the world.]
[Eighty-one of our brothers followed you here to Jinzhou.]
[Now it's just you and me.]
[Even Jiuxiao is dead.]
[What is left of Four Seasons Manor?]
[In order to leave the Window of Heaven,]
[I spent a year and a half]
[to put the Seven-Holes-Three-Autumns nails in my body.]
[There are actually two ways to put in the nails.]
[If you put all seven nails in at once,]
[the person being tortured will quickly lose his senses,]
[and he can only live as useless waste for three years.]
[But if you put in one nail every three months]
[to let your body adjust to the nail gradually]
[and become one with your body,]
[though you will still only have three years left,]
[you will retain half of your martial arts,]
[and your senses will only fade slowly]
[before death.]
[You just have to endure the extreme pain]
[that will last for three years plus another 18 months.]
Shixiong.
Don't do that.
Jiuxiao?
Why are you crying?
What's there to cry about?
It's what I deserve.
The eighty-one brothers from Four Seasons Manor
all died
in my hands.
Our inheritance is broken.
I couldn't protect anyone.
I even sent your sweetheart off with my own hands.
After I die,
how can I face you?
I wonder
if you've met Lady Jing An on your side.
She's complaining about me, right?
Has there ever been as loathsome a shixiong as me?
To meet my little brother's wife with a gift, as proper,
except actually it was poison.
Bodyguard Zhou Zishu requests an audience!
Come in.
Greetings, Your Highness.
Stop that and get up.
You really look don't so good. You should take a break for a while.
You are a pillar of this country.
This king's great cause rests on your shoulders.
Zhou Zishu was a reckless Jianghu boy,
only fit to be the Prince's blade.
Now that Hedong is peaceful,
the prince needs those with talent at governing.
Zishu's only skill is fighting,
and can't shoulder the burdens of the prince.
Zishu, why are you saying this? What do you want?
Zishu!
Zishu's heart is broken.
My wounds are not recovering. It's embarrassing in someone of high station.
I beg, let my bones return home.
I've already left the Window of Heaven.
I appealed to myself for the punishment of the Seven-Holes-Three-Autumns nails,
and gave permission for it to myself.
I've already
put six nails in.
If I had put in the last one,
I fear I wouldn't get to say goodbye to my prince.
My Lord, please give me credit for my hard work, though I've completed nothing,
and help me finish what I started.
Good.
Very good.
Zhou Zishu.
No wonder you're the Chief of the Window of Heaven.
You're cruel and decisive,
even willing to hurt yourself like this.
Your Highness, please calm down.
If you don't want to live,
This king will help!
Why go to so much trouble?
Zishu has lived for the Prince's benefit.
If you allow it,
I can then drag this crippled body along for two more years.
If the Prince refuses,
then take my life.
You all cheated me!
Yunxing has gone.
Beiyuan …
Beiyuan is dead too.
This king really is walking a solitary path now.
Zishu, you're lying to me, right?
If this king leaves you alive,
you'll help me with my great plan?
You'll agree, right?
Zishu begs the Prince to grant the final nail.
You'd rather become useless waste, you're so unwilling
to be this king's trusted aide and official?
Fine!
I see what you're intending.
Seven-Holes-Three-Autumns nails, three years to hell.
Zhou Zishu, you have to live as long as you can.
Three years.
Within three years,
this king will seize the Central Plains! This body will ascend to the throne!
I'm going to show you
that I am the Son of Heaven, holding the Mandate of Heaven,
Nothing at all can stop me!
This servant will strive for it.
Peng Ju, give him what he wants.
After today, you are the Chief of the Window of Heaven.
Chief. The Prince really just …
Congratulations to you and me both.
Today, both of us got our wishes granted.
[Quoting poetry] Even the slowest trickle reaches the great rivers, The Window of Heaven opens onto hell.
Lies and slander harm the upright and just. Passing clouds shade the bright sun. [From a death poem]
You just wait, Zhou Zishu.
This king will let you go for now.
♪Ask each tactic and move to see who is more skilled♪
♪Fate changes and cannot be predicted♪
♪Ask the road and journey ahead♪
♪Where is my soul mate?♪
♪Ask the rain and clear skies about the troubles on my mind♪
♪Face the moon every day and night♪
♪Ask the flowers and leaves, their colors are perfect♪
♪Happiness and pain are both short, how many springs are left?♪
♪Ask autumn and winter, the snowstorm continues♪
♪The rainbow scatters easily but the days are hard to endure♪
♪No one knows why the flowers blossomed early♪
♪Heaven doesn't mock us, you've also grown old♪
♪The martial world is small, but the rest of the world is vast♪
♪I've forgotten those who are gone♪
♪No one knows why the flowers withered early♪
♪Heaven feels no sorrow, you've also grown old♪
♪The heroes have died and little time is left♪
♪I've forgotten those♪
♪Who are gone♪
«Hanging Ghost - Ten Devils of Ghost Valley»
«Ghost Valley»
Hanging Ghost has turned traitor.
He suddenly jumped off the cliff with a vine tied around him.
The subordinates there were caught unprepared and did not stop him.
Useless thing!
If he's alive, bring him to me. If he's dead, bring me the body.
Where's his body?
Under the cliff— Under the cliff, there was no body
«Changing Ghost - Ten Devils of Ghost Valley» Under the cliff— Under the cliff, there was no body
«Changing Ghost - Ten Devils of Ghost Valley»
Good. Very good!
This lackey—this lackey deserves death.
I beg, I beg, Valley Master, be merciful! Spare my life!
Show mercy and spare my life! Spare my life!
Valley Master, forgive the crime. Kneel down.
Valley Master, forgive the crime. Valley Master, forgive the crime.
Hanging Ghost stole this Master's Glazed Gadget!
Gl-Glazed Gadget?
Spread this order to all of Mt Qingya, All 3000 ghosts.
From now on,
all of you go out in force,
and tear the traitor into a hundred pieces.
No matter which little devil
brings the Glazed Gadget back to me,
I will make them the head of Ten Devils!
Kill Hanging Ghost! Retrieve the Glazed Gadget!
«Three months later, Yue»
[Poetic] After three years being destitute,
Even an emperor wouldn't substitute.
Master, Master, look there!
That beggar is really thinking positive, huh?
«Wen Ke Xing»
That beggar hasn't even put out a bowl! «Gu Xiang»
Not one copper coin and he's still happy!
Maybe he's not right in the head?
He's alive, and he's in the sun.
In the sun?
What's so good about being in the sun?
He's already so skinny.
If he stays in the sun, he'll shrivel up entirely!
Master, don't tease me for not having seen the world!
He really looks like he hasn't had a good meal for three years.
Any minute now he'll fall down dead!
Am I wrong?
I bet that he's definitely a beggar.
What will you bet?
If I win … you have to play cards with me for three days!
And if you lose?
Then I'll have to play cards with you for three days.
Little maid, you're pulling a scheme on me?
Little Fifth, give him some money. «Zhang Chengling - Mirror Lake Manor Young Lord»
Master, Master, look!
That guy gave him money! I won!
How come he doesn't want the money?
Young Lord, look at this beggar.
We gave him money, and got no thanks!
He deserves to beg.
Who told you to throw it on him?
Beggar!
I'll treat you to a meal, how's that?
This young philanthropist!
How about you treat me to a drink?
Master, he called me a young philanthropist!
A young philanthropist!
Let's bet again! Let's bet again!
Okay! I'll treat you to a drink.
For you!
You're not worried about poison?
Drinking it might turn your guts into mush!
Good wine!
Dying of poison is worth it.
And the wine comes with a pretty girl!
Thank you, young philanthropist!
Young philanthropist!
Take this.
Miss, your martial arts are very good!
I wanna ask you,
why won't you take their money?
You'll take wine but not money.
You're pretty picky for a beggar!
Who said I'm a beggar?
I'm just basking in all this sunshine.
You tricked a girl to get wine? Give it back!
I can't give back the wine, but you can have my life.
You really think I won't dare take your life?
Miss, you're so good at martial arts!
How could you bully a sick man?
Martial artists must uphold justice, help the weak and needy,
and never disobey the heroic code!
Silly boy,
Are you seriously quoting doctrine to me right now?
Watch it, or this girl will cut out your tongue!
This—this young philanthropist looks so sweet!
But her actions are so spicy!
Pah! I don't have to take this!
♪The sky was gray as I crossed the cold river♪
♪The moon in my cup at night reflects the sadness in my smile♪
♪Who allowed me to roam around the world on horseback?♪
♪Who is drunk in their dreams but can't find home when they wake?♪
♪The cold rain kisses my windows♪
♪I don't mind hate and slander, but my melancholy persists♪
♪The spring breeze brings greenery along the river♪
♪But can't warm my cold heart♪
♪Is that our light out of nowhere?♪
♪I regret not meeting you earlier, but we've finally met now♪
♪Don't let the seasons pass in vain♪
♪Give up the adventures on horseback for a peaceful quiet life♪
♪The lights of ten thousand families light up the world♪
♪The past disappears like smoke in a sandstorm♪
♪I will spend the rest of my days enjoying my life with you♪
♪I will be with you forever♪