1. This... can't be...Copy !req
2. Cán Yún!Copy !req
3. All too easy! To think
it would be this simple.Copy !req
4. Well done, my servant.Copy !req
5. Yes. It is my honor to serve you.Copy !req
6. Lǐn? Why the hell are you...Copy !req
7. What do you plan on doing with that, human?Copy !req
8. Why, I intend to deliver it to
my master, Lord Míng Huáng.Copy !req
9. I believe that was the nature
of our arrangement, yes?Copy !req
10. Was it, now? I'm not so sure.Copy !req
11. Sir Guǐ Niǎo?Copy !req
12. Now... deliver the killing
blow to Shāng Bú Huàn!Copy !req
13. By your command...Copy !req
14. Wait! Stop right there!Copy !req
15. What?Copy !req
16. As I thought... there are several
swords here I'm unfamiliar with.Copy !req
17. It seems this buffoon couldn't stop himself,Copy !req
18. and continued to collect mystic
weapons after leaving Xī Yōu.Copy !req
19. And what of it?Copy !req
20. In order to learn the powers of the
swords originating in Dōng Li...Copy !req
21. We must interrogate him.Copy !req
22. One of them possessing the power to curse
its user to death would be a real problem.Copy !req
23. I'm afraid I can't allow
you to kill him just yet.Copy !req
24. But you, with your Index, would be
the only one inconvenienced.Copy !req
25. Then let me propose this.Copy !req
26. I offer you one of the Shén Huì
Mó Xiè contained in the Index...Copy !req
27. In exchange for custody of Shāng Bú Huàn.Copy !req
28. That is hardly a fair offer!
It needs to be at least four.Copy !req
29. Two swords, then.Copy !req
30. Three!Copy !req
31. I'm afraid I can't offer
more on my authority alone.Copy !req
32. I'll need to confer with Lord Míng Huáng.Copy !req
33. And you expect me to keep
him alive until you return?Copy !req
34. I ask that you exercise extreme caution.Copy !req
35. If he were to escape, it would
be disastrous for all involved.Copy !req
36. Cán Yún...Copy !req
37. How am I gonna explain this to Dān Fěi?Copy !req
38. I can think of few things more dreadful
than a demonic sword's enchantment.Copy !req
39. To offer up a former
comrade as a sacrifice...Copy !req
40. Why did you negotiate that
deal with Xíng Hài?Copy !req
41. Was it unexpected?Copy !req
42. It should be simple for His Eminence
to decipher the contents of the Index.Copy !req
43. I can't imagine any sword contained
within would be a problem for him.Copy !req
44. Then...Copy !req
45. Should we deliver it to
His Eminence as soon as possible?Copy !req
46. I would think that holding
onto the Index, General,Copy !req
47. would provide you with the chance to sort
out this matter you've been fretting over.Copy !req
48. I was simply trying to be considerate.Copy !req
49. What are you talking about?Copy !req
50. To intervene in the resurrection
of Zhào Jūn Lín, or not?Copy !req
51. Do you not still have your doubts?Copy !req
52. And in order to avoid raising
His Eminence's suspicions,Copy !req
53. the request for additional
time to retrieve the IndexCopy !req
54. will be made, with humble apologies, by me.Copy !req
55. Might I ask for the talisman?Copy !req
56. Very good.Copy !req
57. I will return shortly.Copy !req
58. You suspect Wàn Jūn Pò's
conviction is wavering, then?Copy !req
59. Yes, master. He held onto the
Index upon our retrieval of it.Copy !req
60. And has yet to withdraw from
the Void Junction.Copy !req
61. I must wonder if it is a signCopy !req
62. that he seeks to defy your will,
and use the Index for his own ends.Copy !req
63. I have come to warn you, as such.Copy !req
64. What you may not realize...Copy !req
65. is despite his lack of sophistication,
Jūn Pò is a seasoned general.Copy !req
66. Even if he did seek to betray me,Copy !req
67. he would not be so foolish
as to make it obvious to you.Copy !req
68. Yes... but, still...Copy !req
69. Assuming that this is not some
misunderstanding on your part,Copy !req
70. then you even being here would
likely be part of his strategy.Copy !req
71. Or someone intends on defamingCopy !req
72. Jūn Pò in an attempt to usurp his position...
likely one or the other.Copy !req
73. I-I may... have acted rashly
out of fear, master.Copy !req
74. Still, I cannot deny that he overestimates
the threat posed by Zhào Jūn Lín.Copy !req
75. So indecision from him in the event
of obtaining that mystic arsenalCopy !req
76. is to be expected.Copy !req
77. Or perhaps, Yì Piāomiǎo,Copy !req
78. you fear the resurrection
of the demon witch, too?Copy !req
79. As long as I am protected with
your blessing, my lord, I will know no fear!Copy !req
80. The answer of a loyal disciple... and a fool.Copy !req
81. I believe there is a need to
test the extent of your wisdom.Copy !req
82. Good and evil, placed on a scale.Copy !req
83. Onto which plate will you
place the locust symbol?Copy !req
84. It feels as if the nature of the
question is a trap, master.Copy !req
85. While that is not the correct answer,
I applaud the prudence in your response.Copy !req
86. Sir.Copy !req
87. When one concerns themselves with how their
actions will affect the balance...Copy !req
88. They become unable to seize true control.Copy !req
89. The position best-suited
to my symbol... is thus.Copy !req
90. One who resigns himself to hatred and greedCopy !req
91. has no choice but to stand
upon the plate of evil.Copy !req
92. Those who would deny that brand of tyranny are
forced to stand upon the plate of justice.Copy !req
93. But submitting to either would
be the true height of folly.Copy !req
94. We of the Divine Swarm seek
control of the scales themselves,Copy !req
95. and with them, the world.Copy !req
96. But does General Jūn
Pò understand all this?Copy !req
97. Whether he is able to share my vision...Copy !req
98. will be made evident over
the course of his mission.Copy !req
99. If his loyalty truly lies with me,
instead of how the scales fall...Copy !req
100. He will have well and truly earned a
position as one of my most trusted blades.Copy !req
101. Y-You're willing to gamble the
Sorcerous Sword Index to find out?Copy !req
102. You exist as insurance for
just such an possibility.Copy !req
103. Listen well, Yì Piāomiǎo.Copy !req
104. Should you be forced to, you posses
the means to outmaneuver Jūn Pò.Copy !req
105. Should that happen, make sure that your
our efforts have not been in vain.Copy !req
106. Yes, my master! Of course!Copy !req
107. Damn it! Let me out! Get me out of this thing!Copy !req
108. This coffin drains the spiritual
strength of those inside.Copy !req
109. Even the infamous Shāng Bú Huàn
won't be able to escape on his own.Copy !req
110. There's a chance another one of his
comrades might try to free him.Copy !req
111. Do you really think a
single lock will suffice?Copy !req
112. True...Copy !req
113. There was once a fool who felt compelled
to pry open any keyhole he came across.Copy !req
114. Give it! Give it back to me! That sword!Copy !req
115. But he is hardly in a position
to unlock anything now.Copy !req
116. I made sure to thoroughly
bathe him with my power.Copy !req
117. We can leave him be and he will still
lust for me, anguished, in agony,Copy !req
118. for three days and nights.Copy !req
119. So how will we put this puppet to use?Copy !req
120. I think to begin with, I will make
him a tool for my vengeance.Copy !req
121. There is a Hù Yìn Shī
girl who once humiliated me.Copy !req
122. She is the wife of the the boy
who was offered up to you.Copy !req
123. I used one of the scrying mirrors
to deliver a letter to her...Copy !req
124. Letting her know that the Enigmatic Gale
has murdered her beloved.Copy !req
125. I'm sure she will rush to the Void Junction
with fury in her eyes.Copy !req
126. Where you will spring a lethal trap on her?Copy !req
127. As a master of necromancy...Copy !req
128. I can only imagine you intend
to animate her husband's corpse,Copy !req
129. and have it attack her.Copy !req
130. Am I that transparent?Copy !req
131. The thought of the fear and
despair that awaits her...Copy !req
132. is enough to make me squirm.Copy !req
133. Let me take her blood in the end!Copy !req
134. I have never tasted anything as sweet...Copy !req
135. As the blood of a Hù Yìn Shī
who has lost all hope!Copy !req
136. Was that... the voice of my princess?Copy !req
137. Are you there, my dear princess?Copy !req
138. O-Oh no!Copy !req
139. Xíng Hài, for now, place me on the ground.Copy !req
140. Oh, princess!Copy !req
141. What are you doing in a place like this?Copy !req
142. The man in chains was careless.Copy !req
143. I manipulated him into liberating me from
that accursed Shāng Bú Huàn's possession.Copy !req
144. It has been some time, Zhèn Jiè.
You seem to be well.Copy !req
145. How I've longed for the day
where we would be reunited!Copy !req
146. It has been all I've lived for!Copy !req
147. Give it back! That's my sword!Copy !req
148. You would dare make that
claim in my presence?Copy !req
149. I've taken possession of this man.Copy !req
150. I intend to relieve myself of my vendetta
by humiliating him for a hundred days,Copy !req
151. before spending a century making
a mockery of his corpse!Copy !req
152. Does this demon have some relation to you?Copy !req
153. Xíng Hài and I are kindred spirits.
You are to show her respect.Copy !req
154. I had no idea! I apologize for my
brusque behavior prior to this point.Copy !req
155. You see, with Xíng Hài's help, I have
a grand plan that I aim to accomplish.Copy !req
156. We will use the scrying mirrors
to travel into the past,Copy !req
157. allowing me to gain my true power,
which was once stolen from me.Copy !req
158. How magnificent!Copy !req
159. Will you shine with an even more
sublime radiance at that time?Copy !req
160. I trust you will aid us,
won't you, Lóu Zhèn Jiè?Copy !req
161. But of course.Copy !req
162. I have already sworn to accompany
you to the very end of time itself.Copy !req
163. Y-Yes, I suppose you did.Copy !req
164. Where are we?Copy !req
165. Oh, hell, seriously? The Phoenix
Light Palace? Again? Why?Copy !req
166. Unlike the previous trip through time,Copy !req
167. your existence is now
something akin to a ghost.Copy !req
168. No one will see you, and no
one will hear your voice.Copy !req
169. This music!Copy !req
170. M-Mother?Copy !req
171. Despite looking like a different person...Copy !req
172. It seems your affection
for your mother runs deep.Copy !req
173. Lady Ling Mò Yán's playing is so lovely!Copy !req
174. It combines the intensity of fire
with the sadness of an autumn wind.Copy !req
175. What were you feeling when
you composed this piece?Copy !req
176. Well, I thought of making a
song about forbidden love.Copy !req
177. Love?Copy !req
178. I'm joking, of course.Copy !req
179. But when faced with such a cruel fate...Copy !req
180. I wondered if I would be able
to remain strong until the end.Copy !req
181. I took that flight of fancy,
and made it into music.Copy !req
182. Oh, milady!Copy !req
183. Forbidden... love?Copy !req
184. Precisely.Copy !req
185. No matter how exalted her bloodline
may be, a woman is still a woman.Copy !req
186. And it is romantic longing itselfCopy !req
187. that leads maidens into making
mistakes of unlimited foolishness.Copy !req
188. Ling Mò Yán... this can't continue!Copy !req
189. Our stations are just too different!Copy !req
190. Even so, I don't care!Copy !req
191. I am willing to forsake the name of
Ling Mò Yán if it means we can be together!Copy !req
192. What are you saying?Copy !req
193. If our love is that of untrod territory...
let us forge a path for it, together!Copy !req
194. A path where our unborn child
will not be held at fault.Copy !req
195. What did you just say...?Copy !req
196. You're already... with child?Copy !req
197. You are my light. You show me the way.Copy !req
198. Please, take me with you when you flee!Copy !req
199. So I'm light, eh? Ah, of all
the things to call me.Copy !req
200. Wha... What is the matter?Copy !req
201. So be it!Copy !req
202. Then let the truth of who I am
blind you in its brilliance!Copy !req
203. You're...Copy !req
204. If you would claim what
you're seeing is light...Copy !req
205. Then I doubt you'll need the light
of the surface world ever again!Copy !req
206. Mother!Copy !req
207. You bastard!Copy !req
208. You mean to say Ling Mò Yán
was deceived by an incubus?Copy !req
209. Yes. The doctor says she has already
been violated, and is carrying its baby.Copy !req
210. How dreadful!Copy !req
211. The child of a d-demon? It can't be allowed!Copy !req
212. The child must be terminated,
and she needs to be sent to a nunnery!Copy !req
213. As sad as it may be...Copy !req
214. Whatever blood they may carry,Copy !req
215. this child, who has not even
been born, bears no fault!Copy !req
216. Mother...Copy !req
217. I can't believe it.Copy !req
218. I'm guessing from your state of shock,Copy !req
219. she never did share the secret
of your conception with you.Copy !req
220. Well, I suppose that goes without saying.Copy !req
221. To think that the seed of her child...Copy !req
222. came from a devil who was
simply toying with her.Copy !req
223. You! That voice!Copy !req
224. Oh, yes indeed...Copy !req
225. My name is Azibělpher!Copy !req
226. And I proposeCopy !req
227. we celebrate the contortions of fate that
have led to our meeting, Làng Wū Yáo...Copy !req
228. My son.Copy !req
229. Ah, such breathtaking fury!Copy !req
230. Such sweet hatred...Copy !req
231. I see! Then these are the
bonds that make a family.Copy !req
232. Sadly, we find ourselves on the fringes
of time, unable to even come in contact.Copy !req
233. When we meet again, I would love to
take you into my arms, dear child.Copy !req
234. Aw, Làng... Man...Copy !req
235. Now, let us overturn the order that defines
creation, and journey to a distant time!Copy !req
236. A plot is never more vulnerable than
in the moments before its completion.Copy !req
237. The slightest mistake
renders all effort null...Copy !req
238. In these moments, a strategist
shows their true worth.Copy !req