The Promise Keepers (The Classic of Mountains and Seas / Shan Hai Jing Zhi Shang Gu Mi Yue / 山海经之上古密约)

Guardians of the Ancient Oath

What are you up to?

Why did you take me here?

You showed up

in front of me again and again

only to guide me?

What are you trying to tell me this time?

You want me

to chain up Nine-head again?

OK.

There you are.

Have you made up your mind?

I’m Li Ruo.

You were in love with Earth,

but for your so-called

greater good,

you decided

to seal me inside her.

Too bad, Earth wasn’t strong enough

and got controlled by me.

She’s me.

I’m her.

The love of your life,

the one you promise

to protect at all costs

is Li Ruo,

is Earth,

is also me.

What will you do?

If you kill me,

Earth will also die.

Or you’d rather keep your promise

and follow me?

What's wrong? Can't do it?

Kill me.

Yah!

Yah!

Stop!

You came anyway.

You kept me waiting for so long.

What's with the rush?

No catching up first?

Are you trying to kill me

to redeem yourself?

I did nothing wrong.

I did all this

not for myself.

You plotted the whole thing.

Without you, it wouldn’t have ended up like this.

Had you been

less greedy,

you wouldn't have been controlled

so easily.

You meant to save the world,

yet you were self-willed and competitive.

Your desire of becoming a hero

has never changed,

Zhu Rong.

You can control the spirit of gold

without casting the spell.

You didn’t teach us

your swordsmanship

to battle my saber today,

did you?

Speaking of weapons,

my sword

is scared

of no one.

Hadn’t master called us back,

I’ll use my saber

to battle it out with you.

Look,

you’ve gained such a strong power

and can control the purest spirit,

don’t you think

it's a waste

to only use your power

on internal challenges?

What do you suggest?

Nine-head is wreaking havoc in the world.

100,000 soldiers

in three realms

tried to capture her,

but that demon is formidable

and cunning.

All Gods suffered huge losses

and were played by her.

Shouldn’t we

do something?

You mean...

As Gods,

saving the world

is our duty.

Right now, it’s a good chance for us

to subdue evil and perform our duty.

But

she already killed

over half of the soldiers.

I don’t think

the five of us are her match.

I’ve been practicing for years

not to

hide in seclusion

but to chain up

that demon one day.

Even if it costs my life,

I won't regret it.

You did save the world,

but everyone died because of you.

No pain, no gain, huh?

Since I’m the cause

of everything,

I’ll take responsibility for it.

If you don’t want to join me,

just back off.

You're still as arrogant

as before.

Zhu Rong,

do you think

you’re better than me

and you can subdue Nine-head

on your own?

The five of us combined lost to her,

not to mention

you aren’t who you used to be.

You don't believe me?

Bring it on.

I’ll end you first

before killing Nine-head.

Easy.

Beat me first.

I’m here to bid you farewell.

Ling Jun, all these years,

you tried so hard to wake me up

just to say goodbye?

Are you doing this

for him?

In the end,

you’re no longer the same.

You can’t even defeat me

let alone

killing Nine-head on your own.

Are you injured?

You still won’t give up?

You've been controlling

the game all along.

Drink with me.

No, thank you.

We're different in nature.

I trusted the wrong person.

I won’t let you get away this time.

Fine.

You’ve been after me for over 100 years.

Let’s end it once and for all.

It’s only been a short while,

yet you’ve improved quickly.

Kill me now.

Being killed by Rushou

is nothing shameful.

Say that again.

Who am I?

Who’d know

you have such a quirk

before killing people.

Why didn’t you kill me?

I fear after so long,

even I no longer remember who I am.

You can serve as a reminder.

Can you drink?

You seem

to be a good drinker.

Are you thinking about your friends?

Have you considered

waking them up?

Don’t you want

to reunite with them one day?

You're God Metal.

It's easy for you.

Why are you here lamenting?

Honestly,

being a God

is boring.

The burden is too heavy

to allow you to stay true to yourself.

There’s nothing you can do about it.

I can help you with your mission.

Slowly.

Are you afraid of me?

No?

Of course.