Green Snake (2021) Movie Script

1
[birds chirping]
[gentle music]
[ominous music]
[wind blowing]
[Verta] Blanca.
[gasps]
[grunts]
- Sister!
- [grunts]
[gasps]
Don't worry, I'll save you, Xian.
[grunts]
JINSHAN TEMPLE, ZHENJIANG
[gasps]
[suspenseful music]
[gasps, grunts]
[grunts]
If you really insist on doing this,
then you'll need your sister by your side.
Let's destroy that temple.
[waves rumbling]
[both grunting]
[rumbling continues]
[both grunting]
[both grunting]
[warbles]
[ambient music]
[Fahai] Vajrasamdhi,
the power of stillness.
All living things are within me.
Leave!
[explosion]
[both groan]
[ambient music]
[suspenseful music]
- [Fahai] Take her!
- [gasps]
[rapid beating]
[gasps, coughs]
[breathes heavily]
[grunting]
Sister!
[groans]
Aum mani padme hm.
[rapid beating continues]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[gasps]
[muffled noise]
[gasps]
Xu Xian!
[yells]
Xu Xian!
Master! Master, please!
You know she's not a threat.
Master, you are far more powerful.
Have mercy on her.
[Verta] Blanca!
- [breathes heavily]
- [baby crying]
- Verta.
- Hold on.
[both grunting]
All this was my choice.
- He's not to blame.
- [grunts]
That man isn't Xuan anymore.
Why can't you see that?
[baby crying]
Verta, I believe you won't
make things difficult.
So please...
deliver this child to his father.
No!
[Verta sobbing]
Verta.
You must keep going!
Sister.
[Verta] No!
[sobbing]
Blanca!
[somber ambient music]
- [baby crying]
- [sobbing]
[Verta sobbing]
Imprisoned under Hangzhou's
Leifeng Pagoda,
till the end of days.
[somber ambient music]
[warbling]
[Fahai] My... how sinful.
[groans]
Fahai, you're one to talk.
Lust, murder...
Your hands aren't clean either.
What gives you the right to persecute us?
Even men of faith fall prey
to our base of nature.
I'm human.
- [warbles]
- [groans]
[Fahai] I am not worthy.
But Dharma is eternal,
and far greater than I.
I administer its justice as its servant.
You liar!
You hide behind Dharma.
We were just living our lives.
We were peaceful, harming no one.
And you destroyed us.
You're not more righteous.
All you are is strong.
You just abuse those weaker than you!
[baby crying]
[Fahai] I will not take it.
You ought to leave.
[Xu Xian grunts]
You are so useless.
And you've always been useless.
- You just failed her...
- [Xu Xian groans]
...in every incarnation.
[groaning]
[Verta] You think
becoming a monk frees you
from your worldly attachments.
[breathing heavily]
I won't go.
[ominous music]
At least not until I kill you first!
[dramatic music]
[Verta screams]
[grunts]
Tangled fortunes, lives of falsehoods.
[grunts]
[Fahai] The pursuit of illusion...
bars the way to Nirvana.
Go seek enlightenment
in a world devoid of one's self.
[dramatic music intensifies]
[screeches]
[groans]
[grunting]
[dramatic ambient music]
[Verta] Blanca...
[gasps]
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
[gasps]
[groans]
[Verta groaning]
[snarling]
[dramatic music fades]
GREAT TREASURES SUTRA:
EVIL OPENS FOUR PATHS.
HELL, HUNGRY GHOST, BEAST,
AND ASURAVILLE.
ASURAVILLE, THE PATH TRAVELED
BY THE OBSESSED AND THE QUARRELSOME.
[Verta muffled gasp]
[muffled heavy breathing]
- [rumbling]
- [gasping]
[groaning]
[exhales]
- [heart beat thumping]
- [groans]
[breathing heavily]
[gasps]
[ambient music]
[groans]
[ominous music]
[gasps]
[gasps]
What is this place?
Am I inside the Pagoda as well?
[gasps]
Blanca!
Blanca!
[Verta] Are you here?
[echoing]
Fahai, you coward.
Where did you send me to?
[Verta] Show yourself!
[echoing]
[panting]
[breathes heavily]
[Verta gasps]
[grunts]
[sighs]
[bell ringing in distance]
[ringing continues]
- [bell rings]
- [Verta grunts]
[car alarms]
[gasps]
My powers?
[exhales]
[ominous music]
[ominous music intensifies]
- [grunts]
- [heavy footsteps approaching]
Who's there?
Answer me!
[snarls]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[Verta groans]
[both grunting]
[yells]
[grunting]
[growls]
[yells]
[yells]
[Verta panting]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[groans]
- [loud thud]
- [gasps]
- [growls]
- [Verta screams]
- [glass shatters]
- [grunts]
[tense music]
[gasps, pants]
[cocks gun]
- [gasps]
- [feet screech]
- [music stops]
- [Verta breathing heavily]
[rifle fires]
[bullet clangs]
- [both gasp]
- [suspenseful music]
[girl grunts]
[girl] Come on!
[girl grunts]
[exhales]
[rifle firing]
[suspenseful music]
[both panting]
[suspenseful music continues]
- [rifle clicks]
- I'm all out.
What?
[chains shackling]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[all gasp]
[car revving]
[tires screeching]
- [tires screeching]
- [gasps]
[engine revving]
[tires screech]
[car window whirring]
[exhales sharply]
Get in.
[girl panting]
[Verta panting]
[grunting]
[tires screeching]
[cars banging]
[growls softly]
[car approaching]
- Hey, thanks.
- [Verta grunts]
[stammers]
[handbrake clicks]
[engine revs]
[tires screech]
[gasps]
[ominous ambient music]
So you must be new here?
Name's Sun. Well, last name.
- [Sun] Come on.
- Sun...
[stammers]
M... Ms. Sun.
[Verta] Can you tell me where we are?
This place? It's Asuraville.
Asuraville?
[door lock clicking]
Hurry, we should get inside.
Those damn Ox-Heads
and Horse-Faces can't be far.
[engine rumbling]
- [door creaks close in distance]
- [handbrake clicks]
[engine revs]
The one who saved us, who was he?
That guy?
He thinks he's some kind of hero.
But he's really not that strong.
And he doesn't take any sides.
Here, if you don't take sides, you die.
[Verta grunts]
- [Sun scoffs]
- [Verta panting]
[slurping]
Come on.
[Verta exhales sharply]
[clanging in distance]
- [Verta grunts]
- [door creaks]
[girl whimpers]
[shrieking]
This area's our home base.
It's Octopus territory.
- You saw how dangerous it is outside.
- [man 1] Please, I'm sorry.
- [Sun] It's way safer in here.
- [man 2] Keep going, huh?
- [groans]
- [man 2 grunts]
- Stay.
- [man panting]
- [snarls]
- [scoffs]
We're somewhat safer.
Hey, what era are you from?
- Um, what era?
- Mm-hm.
Uh, Song.
Which dynasty are you from?
Way after Song. By like a thousand years.
It's not like you get it, okay?
The folks here are from every era.
[Sun] Humans, demons,
and those Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces.
I actually haven't been here that long.
I went rock climbing two months ago,
then six feet from the summit,
I suddenly slipped and fell. It went dark.
Opened my eyes, and I was here.
- [grunts]
- Demons and monsters
actually exists. And there's also...
- [gasps]
- [man] Come here!
[grunting]
[machine shuts down]
[exhales heavily]
[gasps]
[grunting]
[gasps, grunts]
[Octopus roars]
So you see,
demons and monsters aren't that tough.
[grunting, groaning]
[Sun] I mean, yeah, they're strong,
but they can't shape-shift.
And they have no magical powers
like in the legends.
I don't get it.
What is Asuraville?
[Sun] Not heaven or hell,
and not really the human realm either.
But just like in the human realm,
it's all about survival.
And whether you're human or demon,
only the strong survive.
Oh, yeah, baby.
That's how it works around here.
[gulping]
[exhales heavily]
Just like I keep telling you.
Just be my girl and you'll be fine.
Why risk it when you could be
with a big, strong man like me?
- Ooh, you've got a friend for me.
- [Sun] Get lost.
Whoa!
[laughs]
Why are you all so emotional?
- [yelps]
- [grunts]
Maybe you really should think
of my invitation.
- [man groans]
- [knife screeches]
[breathing heavily]
[gasps]
[chimes]
- [man 1] Back off. It's mine.
- [Sun] Let's go.
- [woman] No, it's mine.
- [man 2 grunting]
- Give it to me! Just a little piece.
- [man 1] Got it.
- [woman] It belongs to me. I saw it first.
- [man] Finder's keepers.
- In here.
- [woman] Stop!
[sighs]
[Verta gasps]
- [Sun] Soda?
- [grunts]
[gasps, grunts]
[Sun chuckles]
Let me show you some books.
They'll give a crash course
on the thousand years
since the Song dynasty.
[Sun] Time jumping like that
must be weird, right?
[sighs]
I did it before.
By 500 years.
[Sun] Really?
This one's not bad. Have a look.
[Sun] This has some good stuff in it too.
Someone saved a whole lot of info on it.
[key clanks]
[Sun] You'll see what you missed
in the last millennium.
Okay. Maybe you didn't miss much.
[warbling]
- [rifle fires]
- [can clangs]
[Sun] Here, try it.
Wide stance.
Line up your sights.
[Verta grunts]
- [rifle fires]
- [both gasp]
Again.
[gasps]
[demons laughing]
- [engine revving]
- [cocks gun]
[grunting]
[panting]
[Sun grunts]
[upbeat music]
- [tires screech]
- [coughs]
[gasps, groans]
[tires screech]
[flashlight clicking]
[tires screech]
[upbeat music continues]
[engine revving]
- [engine revving]
- [scoffs]
[Sun] Hm.
- [engine revs]
- [groans]
[gasps, grunts]
[demon shrieks]
[upbeat music continues]
[grunts]
[groans, screams]
[revving]
[music stops]
[soda can clicks, fizzles]
[gulps, exhales]
- [rumbling in distance]
- [gasps]
[Sun] Yeah.
The city is literally alive.
Alive?
[Sun grunts]
And that's not the weirdest thing.
Not by a long shot.
[soft grunt]
I don't really care what it's like here.
I just want a way out.
I have to save my sister.
[scoffs]
Well, to get out
you gotta survive first.
- [ground rumbles]
- [gasps]
[motor engines revving]
[gasps]
[suspenseful music]
Damn. All the Ox-Heads
and Horse-Faces are here.
Let's go.
They wanna take over the building.
- [Verta] Why?
- [Sun] I don't know.
But they'll kill every last one
of us to do it.
Hurry.
- [people whimpering]
- [loud banging on door]
[banging continues]
[people screaming]
[snarling]
[gasps]
- [clanks]
- [door creaks]
[engine revving]
[tense music]
[screams]
[gasps]
[demons groan]
[tires screech]
- [Octopus shrieking]
- [Ox-Heads grunting]
This way's blocked. The roof!
[engine revving]
[ominous chanting]
[tires screech]
[growls]
[ominous music]
[motor engine rumbling]
[honking in distance]
- [crowd cheering in distance]
- [growls]
[cheering continues]
[clamoring]
[roars]
[giggles]
[demon] Come on! Bring it!
[engine revving]
[tense music continues]
Mr. Ox.
[growls]
Well, Simon. So we meet again.
[scoffs]
You know,
every second since I showed up,
I've been in danger.
[Simon] Staying alive this long...
[scoffs]
...not easy.
Indeed.
You really wanna spend your time fighting,
you wanna rethink that.
[crowd clamoring]
[gasps]
They're already up here?
[ominous music]
Asuraville only needs one leader.
[chanting]
Go! Go! Go!
[clamoring]
As you know, gang fights,
they never end well.
Just so we're clear,
I'll be the winner here.
I guess it's time we find out.
After all,
there's no time like the present.
Got that right.
[tense music]
- [engine starts]
- [rifle firing]
[grunts]
[engines revving]
[suspenseful music]
[tires screeching]
Stay close.
- [shrieks]
- [Ox-head grunts]
[engine revving]
[engines revving]
[tires screeching]
[grunts]
[tense music continues]
[both grunting]
[Verta groans]
[tires screech]
[scoffs]
[Verta grunting]
[breathes heavily, gasps]
Ms. Sun!
[grunts]
[Sun groans]
[grunts]
- [Ox-head grunts]
- [gasps]
[chimes]
[scoffs]
[groans]
[girl sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[snarling]
[screams]
[grunting]
[scoffs]
[Verta grunting]
[groaning]
[mutters]
[groaning]
[suspenseful music]
[groans]
[rifle fires]
[all gasp]
[Verta breathing heavily]
[rifle firing]
[scoffs]
[panting]
[growling]
- [rifle clicks]
- [gasps]
[gunshot]
[gasps]
[scoffs]
[gasps]
[sighs]
- [grunts]
- [all growling]
[tense music]
[breathes deeply]
[muffled sound]
[chains shackling]
[breathing heavily]
[ominous ambient music]
[thunder rumbling]
[wind howling]
[growling]
[ominous ambient music]
[wind howling]
Go!
Let's go!
[all screaming]
[tense music]
[rumbling continues]
[grunts]
- [grunts]
- [growling]
[grunts]
[shrieks, grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[distant clamoring]
Huh?
[distant screeching]
[snarling]
[tense music]
[screaming]
[panting]
[screaming continues]
[panting]
[demon screams]
[Verta grunts]
[Verta grunts]
[both panting]
[masked man] Let's go!
[ground rumbling]
[masked man grunts]
[gasps]
[demon groans]
[Verta grunts]
[Verta yelps, grunts]
Hurry! Get in.
[spirits screeching]
[suspenseful music]
[music stops]
[wind gusting]
[thunder rumbles]
[breathing shakily]
[groans]
[indistinct murmurs]
[man 1] Why does he keep taking in strays?
[man 2] Seriously, what the heck?
Who's side is he even on?
[third lieutenant] These spirits
and demons are out of control!
When I first arrived,
they'd appear maybe once a month.
[third lieutenant] But no.
Now, it's happening every few days!
[fourth lieutenant]
Yeah, Third Lieutenant.
[grunts]
Whether of storm,
fire, flood, or even poisonous gas.
[fourth lieutenant] Every kalpas cycle
brings more spirits and demons.
They're cycling faster and faster.
We're doomed. They'll destroy us all.
We need to present a united front.
It's our only hope.
[third lieutenant]
That's why we need to band together,
instead of opening our doors
to just everyone.
[fourth lieutenant] That's right!
'Cause this is Raksha territory.
You worthless humans and demons
should leave.
- Why should we listen to you?
- Say that again if you dare!
- You think I won't kill you?
- [glass shatters]
[silence]
[ambient music]
[breathes deeply]
Well, I'm not a Raksha,
and I'm not some monster either.
Yeah. If Simon hadn't come along,
we Raksha's would've been wiped out.
[second lieutenant] Or did you forget
why we made him our leader?
You all swore a blood oath.
I expected way more out of you,
Third and Fourth Lieutenant.
We welcome all these... we can use.
What about her? How is she useful?
[Rakshas snarling]
[scoffs]
[gasps]
You damn little demon!
[suspenseful music]
[Verta grunts]
[fourth lieutenant snarls]
[gasps]
[suspenseful music]
[gasps]
- [third lieutenant giggles]
- [gasps]
[yelps, grunts]
[panting]
[growls]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[yelps]
[third lieutenant yelps]
[screams, groans]
[panting]
[grunts]
Listen Raksha, you don't wanna try me.
I'm not scared of a little mud,
or you either.
Or those Horse-Faces and Ox-Heads.
Arrogant demon scum!
[screams]
[weapon clangs]
- [gasps]
- [third lieutenant panting]
You were the ones who made me your leader.
And ever since,
I've done what I could to keep you safe...
- [third lieutenant groans]
- ...and make you proud.
- [gasps]
- [Simon] However...
things will happen no matter what.
Evil spirits of pure disaster strike.
[exhales heavily]
But our priority is getting supplies.
That's right.
[coughs]
Thank you.
We should have enough food,
but our fuel is in short supply.
At sunrise, when the spirits retreat,
I'll hit up All-Good Market.
[second lieutenant] All-Good Market?
[Simon] Oh...
- and this one's coming too.
- [gasps]
All right, Boss.
If she can bring us all back supplies,
then let it be settled.
The Raksha will embrace her as our own.
[knob squeaks]
[grunts]
[groans softly]
[Simon] As soon as you're ready,
we'll hit the road.
I'll wait outside.
[engine revving]
[ground rumbling]
[gasps]
- [grunting]
- [tires screeching]
It's pretty freaky
when the buildings fall down.
But in the rubble, there's cars, food,
tons of stuff.
A couple of fish get washed up
after a low tide.
[tires screeching]
[man groaning]
[man gasps]
- [screams]
- [Verta gasps]
Is this a punishment? Who ends up here?
[scoffs]
People who can't accept reality.
- [ground rumbles]
- [Simon] Instead of being reincarnated,
you cling to this life.
[breathing heavily]
Well, then...
it's true of me.
She knew she could rely on me.
Then my sister ruined our bond
by falling for a pathetic human.
If she had to fall in love,
then she should've at least picked a man
who was strong enough to protect her.
[ground rumbling]
[screeching]
You're stronger than most, small pool.
What's up with the Ox-Heads
and the Horse-Faces?
Oh, them?
They're monster clans.
Here, we have humans and demons,
and the Ox-Heads, Horse-Faces
and Rakshas are monsters.
[Verta] And those evil spirits?
They were humans, demons, or monsters.
Or at least we think they once were
a long time ago.
If they get their teeth in you,
then you turn into one.
- [glass shatters]
- [thudding]
[man and Verta grunt]
- [shrieks]
- [tires screeching]
[man yelps]
[tires screech]
[tires screech]
- [gasps]
- Your driving really needs work.
[percussive tense music]
[monster groans]
[growling]
[ground rumbling]
[growls]
[monsters grunting]
[growling]
[engine revving]
[tires screeching]
[grunts]
[tense music continues]
- [monster grunts]
- [rifle fires]
[monster grunts]
[both grunting]
- [engine revving]
- [tires screeching]
[motors zooming]
[tires screech]
[breathing heavily]
- [engine revving]
- [tires screeching in distance]
- [Verta gasps]
- [Simon scoffs]
Everyone agreed
that the area from here on
belongs to All-Good Market.
[Simon] Neutral grounds. No one's turf.
[Verta sighs]
This place.
- [engine starts]
- [Simon sighs]
The owner of this land,
she's the one to talk to.
[tires screech]
[grunts]
[ominous music]
- [Verta gasps]
- [demon grunting]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[monster snarls]
Hand it over.
[snarls]
[snarls]
[gate opens]
[grunts]
[ambient music]
[Verta gasps]
[ominous music]
[bell dings]
[clanks]
[indistinct chattering]
[grunts]
[indistinct chattering]
[monster] Here.
[man] What are you doing?
[monster snarls]
[man] Stop him!
[Verta gasps]
[groans]
[Simon] Watch where you're going!
[breathes heavily]
[gasps]
Hey!
- [masked man grunting]
- Wait!
You know that guy?
[Verta] When I first got here,
he saved me.
[monster grunting]
[muffled growl]
[whooshes]
[gasps, sighs]
- [monsters giggle]
- [machine whirring]
[growls]
[both giggling]
[sighs]
We have new guests, I see.
[masked man breathing heavily]
[Baoqing sighs]
Simon tells me you want to know
the origin of Asuraville?
Yes, I do. What exactly is this place?
And why did I end up here?
[chuckles]
- [masked man gasps]
- You can have this back.
Since you know two of my old customers,
and I feel generous today,
fine, I'll tell you.
[inhales]
The most agonizing feeling in the world...
- [coughing]
- ...is an unfulfilled desire.
Asuraville was created
by the potent resentment brimming
from all of humanities' unmet luck.
No reincarnation.
No. Not for you, time travelers.
Your incessant obsessions
landed all of you where you are.
Obsessions?
[chuckles]
It's not what you seek and can't renounce.
It's what tortures you
and fills you with resentment.
[Baoqing] You're obsessed.
When that desire is unsatisfied,
it latches onto something material.
A token. Everyone arrives here with one.
[Baoqing chuckles]
And that token is a manifestation
of your one great obsession.
[Simon scoffs]
True.
This medicine gourd
has been a pain in my ass.
[giggles]
[gasps]
Then, how do I get out of this place?
[chuckles]
This way.
[both snickering]
[clattering]
[whirring]
[whirring continues]
[Baoqing] Since all obsessions stand from
a lingering attachment of some kind,
to release the obsessions hold,
you must first release your hold
on the attachment.
The water before you
is called, Release.
Dive in and you'll escape Asuraville.
- [masked man] It's that easy?
- [giggles]
Of course, silly.
- Impressive, right? However...
- [both giggling]
...everything just fades away
when in these waters.
That includes those little obsessions.
[Baoqing]
They all hesitate before jumping.
Every last one of them.
[giggles]
See for yourself.
Why do they pause?
[Baoqing] Because before jumping,
the water confronts them
with the very thing that torments them so.
[rumbling]
[scholar] I don't accept this. I can't.
I just need more time.
I know I can pass the exam.
I'll pass it for sure.
[sobbing]
I know I can do this time.
[fairy singing]
So much sorrow
Who can I tell
A misplaced love and there I fell
How to put aside
Such a beautiful infatuation
In the rain and wind
I dwell
[dramatic ambient music]
[sobbing]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Verta gasps]
[breathes heavily]
[dramatic ambient music]
[fairy whimpering]
- [screams]
- [gasps]
[spirits snarling]
[short demon] Very nice!
The Peach Blossom Fairy has freed herself!
- [both giggling]
- And there you have it.
A piece of her soul was attached
to that jade.
[Baoqing] Now, it's over. Easy as that.
Both her obsessions and soul are gone.
The water washed away
all that tied her to this realm.
Once unburdened,
she was free to leave Asuraville.
- [masked man grunts]
- [gasps]
[warbling]
[gasps]
[masked man grunts]
Why can't I see my obsession?
[giggles]
How could you expect to?
When you can't recall what it was.
[warbling]
[somber music]
[gasps, exhales]
[warbling]
[dramatic ambient music]
[gasps]
Verta.
[chuckles]
Blanca.
Whatever he looks like,
whether he remembers me or not,
I have to find him.
After all,
I remember.
Why couldn't you let go of him?
Just tell me why!
Tell me why!
[sobbing]
Just tell me why!
[scoffs]
- [warbling]
- [sobbing continues]
[Baoqing] Ready to take the leap?
If you do,
you'll finally leave Asuraville.
[sobbing]
[Baoqing] You'll forget
the person in the water.
Forget everything and finally be free.
[car door opens]
- [closes]
- [Simon sighs]
Don't worry.
[sighs]
It's hard.
I knew you wouldn't jump in.
I mean, if you're here,
it's clearly 'cause you can't let go,
am I right?
[masked man grunts]
Take care.
- Same to you.
- [engine ignites]
[clanking]
[Baoqing exhales]
[hissing]
[chuckles]
[gasps]
[brooding music]
- [engine starts]
- [all gasp]
[rumbling]
A kalpa!
It hasn't even been 24 hours yet!
[explosion]
[Kalpa loud screeching]
Let's go! It's heading our way!
[loud screeching continues]
[people whimpering]
[all panting]
[all groaning]
[tense music]
- [Simon] Come on!
- [Verta grunts]
[panting]
- [man] Get inside!
- These kalpas, what are they?
Calamity cycles.
It's Asuraville inhaling and exhaling.
Between breaths,
it makes sure its work of eliminating
those poor conflicted souls
who refuse to leave.
- [demon guard] It won't hold!
- [gasps]
- [explosion]
- [all scream]
To the Pool!
[spirits screeching]
[demons screaming]
[Verta grunting]
[screaming]
[grunts]
[ground rumbling]
[grunting]
- [roars]
- [grunts]
[Verta grunts]
- Come on! Quick, hurry!
- Get in!
[spirit screeching]
- [Verta grunts]
- [spirit snarls]
[whirring]
[spirit screeching in distance]
[all panting]
[groaning]
[yelps]
[groaning continues]
[both whimper]
[groaning]
[roars]
[whimpers, groans]
[indistinct muttering]
[spirit screeching]
[tense music]
[roars]
- [grunts]
- [metal clangs]
[all screaming, grunting]
[crashes]
[groans]
[grunts]
[both grunting]
[growling]
[tense music continues]
[roars]
[panting]
[shuddering]
[snarls]
[spirit grumbles]
[spirit snarls]
[deep exhale]
[sniffing]
[breathes heavily]
[masked man gasps]
[soft grunt]
[sniffing continues]
- [whistling in distance]
- [growling]
- [roars]
- [whistles]
- [masked man grunts]
- [growls]
[gasps]
[gasps]
- [demons muttering]
- [Baoqing chuckles]
[masked man pants and grunts]
[masked man yelps, grunts]
[whimpers]
My brush!
- [spirit snarls]
- Ah!
- [roars]
- [yelps]
No!
[panting]
[both grunting]
[whimpering]
- [masked man yelps]
- [spirit snarls]
[roars]
- [growls]
- [scholar screams]
[screams]
[whimpers]
[warbling]
- [spirit growling]
- [groans]
[Verta grunting]
[groans]
[Simon grunts]
They're impossible to kill,
unless you cut off their heads.
[sword whooshes]
[breathing heavily]
- [demons grunting]
- [clattering]
- [yelling in distance]
- Hm?
[Simon grunts]
Everything was burned!
[breathing heavily]
[grunts]
Guess we're walking!
- [grunts]
- [loud thud]
[masked man coughing]
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
[coughs]
Simon, why don't we take him with us?
[Simon grunts]
[scoffs]
The guy you saved just turned around
and put you in danger.
We're stuck in Asuraville.
Do you think you're a bodhisattva
or something?
Do you have any other powers?
You're nothing but a bad imitation.
Good hearted yet weak,
who hurts himself and others.
I knew someone like that.
But he saved me, so there's that.
Let's take him back to Raksha territory.
I'm not taking someone
who won't even show me their face.
[both grunting]
[masked man panting]
Walk around here with a face like that...
[scoffs]
...rather appropriate.
[Simon] Okay.
I'll take him.
[breathing heavily]
[howling in distance]
[Verta] Where did they go?
[sighs]
Something's wrong.
Let's go around.
[Simon and Verta grunting]
[both breathing heavily]
[ominous music]
- [distant clamoring]
- [gasps]
- [grunting in distance]
- [metal clanking]
[whooshing]
- [explosion]
- [Simon grunts]
[tense music]
[groaning]
[yelps]
- [ground rumbling]
- [explosion continues]
[gasps]
Go! Get out of here!
[Raksha shouts indistinctly]
- [Raksha] Retreat!
- [second lieutenant] Leave!
[grunts]
[grunts, gasps]
[tense music]
I'll take you all on!
[screaming]
- [arrows clanging]
- [grunts]
Let's go.
[all panting]
[grunting]
[screaming]
[shrieks]
[grunts, groans]
No!
- [yelps]
- [weapon clanks]
[fourth lieutenant grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[grunting]
[groans]
[yells]
[panting]
- [weapons clashing in distance]
- [gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[gasps]
- [groaning]
- [heavy footsteps approaching]
[groans]
You die tonight.
It's the end of the Rakshas.
[Mr. Ox] Where is Simon?
[laughs]
You missed him. Sorry.
Don't worry, though,
he'll be back for your head.
[grumbles]
[second lieutenant laughs]
[weapon pierces]
[breathing heavily]
[groans, laughs]
[roars]
[Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces chanting]
Victory! Victory! Victory!
A great victory over the Rakshas
is thanks to your efforts.
[grunting]
Laws of heaven and earth dictate,
all must die and be reborn.
[groaning]
So, like the city of Asuraville,
all forms are temporary.
[both] Existence is short.
[both] Kalpas must run their course.
[both groaning]
[screaming]
[screaming continues]
Arise.
For you are now Defenders.
The moment has arrived.
Reveal to them your new chosen form!
[Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces chanting]
Victory! Victory! Victory!
[tense music stops]
[grunting]
[all panting]
This isn't the end.
I'll make them pay.
[grunts]
[muffled breathing]
[ground rumbling]
[all gasp]
[all grunt]
Run! Flood kalpa!
[panting]
[rumbling continues]
[grunts]
[spirits screeching]
[gasps]
Quick, that door.
- [clanging]
- [masked man grunts]
- [gasps]
- [spirit roaring]
[masked man grunting]
[whispers]
He's just dead weight.
Verta, let's leave.
Then we can live to fight another day.
And together,
we'll find a way to leave Asuraville.
[masked man groans]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[groans]
- [Verta grunts]
- [masked man] Don't worry about me.
You should just leave.
[Verta grunting]
[suspenseful music]
[grunting continues]
[Verta] Simon, help us.
- [gate closes]
- [Verta gasps]
[masked man grunting]
[gate rattling]
- Simon?
- [Simon] I was wrong.
- [Verta] Simon!
- [gate rattling]
[Simon] Just like him...
[water rippling]
...a dead weight I refuse to shoulder.
[gasps]
[screams]
Simon!
[angry grunting]
[grunting continues]
[spirit roars]
[breathing heavily]
[sobs]
[scoffs]
All men are all the same, it turns out.
Strong or weak.
Whenever things get difficult,
they fail you.
[scoffs]
Why did I end up in Asuraville?
I've often struggled at death's door.
So why do I fight? Why hold on?
[sighs]
If I know one thing,
it's that this is the way the world is.
[Verta] I'm sorry...
Blanca.
[rumbling, water splashing]
[masked man] Verta. Verta.
[Snarling in distance]
If I were to get bitten
by these creatures,
and fade into nothingness,
that would be a release too.
[roars]
[masked man grunts]
Verta!
Verta!
[spirit roaring]
[suspenseful music]
[masked man] Verta!
Look at me!
[panting]
[gasps]
[both] Verta.
[both] You must keep going!
You're her!
You're Blanca!
Watch out!
[roaring]
[grunting]
[tense music]
[metal piece pierces]
[snarling]
[Verta grunts]
[tense music]
[Verta grunts]
[spirits barking]
- [music stops]
- [coughs]
- [clanking in distance]
- [raspy breathing]
[somber music]
[masked man groaning]
- [groaning]
- [Verta gasps]
[groaning continues]
[both breathing heavily]
[both gasp]
[breathing heavily]
[somber ambient music]
[chuckles]
Blanca.
Look at that, it's another twilight.
How many have you and I seen together?
[somber ambient music]
[wood clatters]
- [grunts]
- [wood clatters]
[Verta] You have no memories
of being trapped under the pagoda?
How'd you escape?
If you're her,
then why are you in the body of a man?
I don't know.
I can't recall.
All I know is
when I tried to cross the street...
- [stones clatter]
- ...the light changed back.
And there was a truck.
- [sighs]
- [stones clatter]
I flew into the air.
It was as if time had stopped.
[somber music]
[masked man exhales sharply]
What happened to me?
Why was I floating there?
I sensed someone was waiting.
[sighs]
Everything stood still.
I actually know the feeling well.
Then I hit the ground.
When I woke up,
I was faced down on the concrete.
There was fire. Fire was everywhere.
[soft gasp]
And here I was.
[ground rumbles]
[gasps]
[rumbling continues]
[grunts]
This bone flute was there as well.
But I still can't figure out
why this thing represents my obsession.
All I know
is I have to leave here...
and find that person.
The one whose face...
I couldn't make out in the water.
[gasps]
- [soft grunt]
- [rumbling]
[gasps, sighs]
[soft grunt]
[gasps, pants]
[breathes heavily]
[rumbling continues]
[sighs]
Asuraville.
It's no different from the outside world.
Only the strong survive.
Even here, that's true.
My sister loved a man who had a big heart,
but a weak body.
That's when I decided
that one day, if I ever fell in love,
it would be with someone strong
and capable.
One who, in times of trouble,
would be able to protect me.
I thought I found that when I met Simon.
[sighs]
But he was also useless.
In the face of danger,
he betrayed me
and left me to die.
[flute playing]
[scoffs]
So maybe my sister was right.
In love, strength doesn't matter.
And so then,
the only thing that matters
is them having a good heart.
[flute continues playing]
[Verta] You don't remember me.
So when I got here,
why'd you save me?
[gasps]
I'm not sure.
I just knew I had to.
No matter how dangerous it was.
Really, that's the truth.
And you...
felt familiar.
[gasps, chuckles]
- Though you forgot the past...
- [flute playing]
...you still felt our bond.
[Verta] I understand.
[flute playing]
[sighs]
Blanca.
All that matters is that you're here,
and that we're together again.
Just us.
[flute playing]
[water rippling]
[lanterns snoring]
[chuckles]
[lantern groans]
[squealing]
- [Verta laughing]
- [masked man yelping]
[laughing]
[ambient music]
[squirrel chittering]
- [snow rustles]
- [squirrel chittering]
[grunting]
- [Blanca grunts]
- [both laughing]
[laughter continues]
[laughter continues]
[lanterns chittering]
[both laughing]
[breathes deeply]
[Verta] The owner of All-Good Market.
Does she know of other ways
to get out of here?
Of everyone here,
she can come and go of her own freewill.
I'm sure she would know of a way.
[Verta] Would she help us?
[masked man] I heard she came here...
because humans and demons
all possess things she wants.
She's a business woman.
It's true, I'm a business woman.
So you say you want to leave Asuraville,
but can you afford to pay
what it will cost?
What do you want? Just say the word.
[laughs]
Come.
[monsters grunting]
In the human realm,
I run a small business, you see.
It's actually a workshop.
And this little workshop of mine
has smelters are hard at working,
which means the forge
requires a lot of fuel.
So I power it by deriving fuel
from your little obsessions.
The stronger they are,
the more intense the obsession,
and the harder they burn.
[giggles]
So what I from you and you...
[giggles]
...are your obsessions.
- [chains shackling]
- [Baoqing laughs]
[chains clanging]
[grunts]
Just before you both got here,
another disillusioned soul
at its wit's end, quite coincidentally,
came to conduct some business.
[Baoqing] He also wanted
to leave Asuraville.
[gasps]
Verta!
[gasps]
Simon!
Oh, that's awkward. Let me guess,
Simon and you are having a little feud?
[scoffs]
No way.
[chuckles]
Well, Simon,
have you thought about our deal?
What do you wanna do?
[Simon] Let's go!
[chuckles]
[suspenseful music]
If you desire to leave this place,
there is another option.
Via the Wish Bridge.
[Baoqing] It's harder,
but the advantage
is that you get to leave Asuraville
with body and memories still fully intact.
- [breathing heavily, grunts]
- [Baoqing] Simon's choice though
was obviously this one.
[suspenseful music]
[breathing heavily]
[Baoqing] His obsession is quite fierce.
[Simon groaning]
[Baoqing] It will make
an excellent source of fuel.
[groaning]
[groaning continues]
[spirits chitter]
[Baoqing giggles]
If I take away your pesky,
little obsession, be forewarned,
you'll then lose every last ounce
of your will
and be weak like him.
Are you still interested?
Weak or strong, it doesn't matter.
As long as we can get out of here,
and the two of us can be together.
I'll do anything.
[giggles]
And what does our other guest say?
[sighs]
Yeah, it's a deal.
[giggles]
Good, let's start.
[both gasp]
[Baoqing] Watch closely.
The layout of Asuraville
is almost the body of a live serpent.
See how its head and tail
almost connect at that section there?
[Baoqing] The intriguing thing
is that the tail
is where all the evil spirits nest
and congregate.
Even more intriguing
is that from time to time,
the snake's tail grows a little bridge
right off the end.
That is the Wish Bridge.
If you take a running leap off of it
directly into the snake's mouth,
you can then escape from Asuraville.
[water rumbles weakly]
[murmurs]
[groans, gasps]
[suspenseful music]
[gasps]
If you want to jump off the Wish Bridge,
you better be careful.
The timing of it is crucial.
What do you mean?
[giggles]
Do you think I'm an idiot?
I am a businesswoman.
Once the deal is done,
only then will I tell you.
[sighs]
But considering we've met before,
even if the deal were to fall through,
sure, why not.
I'll let you in on a little secret.
Now, listen close.
Why does the Wish Bridge grow?
Remember that...
- [whispers]
- [distant bang]
[guard] Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces!
They just killed the Rakshas,
and that wasn't enough?
Now, they need to smash my market?
[suspenseful percussive music]
[weapons firing]
[demon guards clamoring]
The iron chains!
[guard] Let's go. Hurry!
[guards grunting]
[tense music]
[grunting]
- [metals clang]
- [grunts]
[all grunting]
[metals clanging]
[short demons laughing]
- [giggles]
- [short demons scream]
- [grunts]
- [lantern mutters]
[farts]
[lantern shrieks, chitters]
- Hm?
- [distant clamoring]
[ominous music]
- [lanterns grumble]
- [short demon grunting]
- [missiles whistling]
- [explosions]
[Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces screaming]
[chuckles]
Cut the chain!
[brooding drum beat]
[gasps]
- [chains clanging]
- [Horse-Faces grunting]
Open fire on the fleas!
[rifles firing]
[groans]
[rifle cocks, fires]
[chains clanging]
- Here.
- [groans]
[rifle firing]
[explosion]
[grunting]
[chain clangs]
- [firing continues]
- [grunts]
[screams]
[gasps]
[sucks pipe]
[blows slowly]
[rifle fires]
[groans, grunts]
[latch clicks]
[chain clangs]
[both grunt]
Forward!
[Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces scream]
Fire kalpa, they destroyed our defenses.
Retreat to the Pool?
- [guard gasps]
- Go.
- [rumbling]
- [screaming]
[both grunting]
[all grunting]
[bell ringing in distance]
[gasps, groans]
[grunting]
[metal clanging]
[Baoqing] Well, well, Simon,
your old friend is here.
What?
[breathes heavily]
What could he possibly want?
I'd imagine he wants all of Asuraville.
[metal banging]
[guards screaming]
That was fast.
- [breathing shakily, groans]
- [short demon shrieks]
[grunts]
[Horse-Face growls]
[guard groans]
[all yelp]
[water splashes]
What a shame. Looks like we're trapped.
What do you do now?
[ground rumbles]
[ominous music]
All right, Boss, it's been a good time,
but I'm not gonna make it
to the Wish Bridge.
But I still need to thank you.
After getting rid of my token,
I don't have a care in the world.
No need. It's just business.
[scoffs]
Verta,
- I apologize.
- [gasps]
[exhales heavily]
Goodbye for now.
[grunts]
[tense music]
[grunting]
[weapons clanging]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[panting]
[grunts]
[growls]
- [gasps]
- [metal clicks]
- [grunts]
- [metal screech]
[Simon panting]
- [warbles]
- [gasps]
[laughs]
[all gasp]
[grunting]
[sword clangs]
- [Simon screams]
- [ground rumbles]
- [Simon groaning]
- [Mr. Ox grumbles]
Well, Simon,
our little cat-and-mouse game
has come to an end.
[grunts]
To an end?
[scoffs]
No way. We're only just getting started.
[snarls]
[bone crushes]
Simon!
[Verta growls, grunts]
- [grunting]
- Watch out!
[screaming]
[gasps]
Blanca!
[Verta] Blanca?
[masked man groaning]
[gasps]
[groaning continues]
[breathing shakily]
[all exclaim]
[Mr. Ox laughs]
Today marks the day
I've conquered all of Asuraville.
[Mr. Ox] Tell me Madam Proprietress,
how about you and I form an alliance?
- [Baoqing giggles]
- [short demon mumbles]
So do all those who join you
need to wear
an incredibly tasteless skin mask?
[scoffs]
As a matter of fact,
do you care to venture a guess
as how I found you so quickly?
[scoffs]
I know you're an intelligent woman,
and it's common knowledge
that by putting on a mask of this nature,
you can change your appearance
into anything you could possibly imagine.
- [breathing heavily]
- [Mr. Ox] That's obvious, but...
there's another use
that very few people are aware of.
[laughs, then sniffs]
It gives off a smell
that's rather distinct.
So it doesn't matter wherever you go,
- I can track you down.
- [masked man sobbing]
Indeed, I could smell you.
There was no use in hiding.
[laughs]
[Mr. Ox] You did very well.
It was definitely worth saving your life
and giving you the mask.
What's that mean?
[Mr. Ox evil laugh]
It was only after I've removed
his skin mask
was I able to put two and two together
that this guy was your spy.
- Gotta say, Boss, you're really smart.
- [Verta breathing heavily]
You're not my sister?
Then who are you?
[breathing shakily]
[grunts]
[breathing shakily]
[breathing heavily]
You betrayed me!
How could I have believed you were Blanca?
Now, select your final form.
Do it. Rise and step into your role
as a Defender.
And like Asuraville,
old forms are temporary.
[Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces chanting]
Old forms are temporary!
[masked man] My existence is short.
[Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces chanting]
Old forms are temporary!
Kalpas must run their course.
[ominous music]
[masked man groaning]
[groaning continues]
[groaning continues]
[ominous music stops]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Defender] He changed
to the same human face?
- [growls]
- [Defender 1] That's not right.
- Did it now work?
- [Verta gasps]
- [grunting]
- [Baoqing giggling]
I just realized something.
You lost face in more than one way.
It must be so humiliating for you.
[snarls]
[giggles]
Oh, a little word of advice.
[gasps]
When the next kalpa begins...
[grunting angrily]
...throw yourself in.
[grunts, gasps]
[ominous music builds]
[Defenders grumbling]
[water sloshing]
- [explosion]
- [Defenders gasp]
[loud rumbling]
[both gasp]
[laughs]
A parting gift. Enjoy the water!
[laughing]
[suspenseful music]
[water rumbling]
[Defenders screaming]
[Defender] Show yourself!
- [Defender mutters]
- [rumbles]
[groaning]
- [panting]
- [masked man] Verta!
[grunting]
[Defender 1] Boss!
- [Defenders whimper]
- [Defender] We're drowning!
[Mr. Ox grunting]
[Mr. Ox shrieks]
[Baoqing laughs]
[gasps]
[masked man grunts]
[Verta panting]
[masked man] Verta!
Over here!
[scoffs]
[Verta grunts]
[masked man grunts]
[Verta grunts]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
- [grunts]
- [masked man groans]
[both grunt]
[masked man] Verta!
[both grunting]
[both grunting]
[groaning]
[both grunting]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[whimsical music]
[Verta gasps]
[Baoqing giggles]
[laughs]
[suspenseful music]
[both grunting]
[both yelp]
[suspenseful music continues]
[thunder rumbles]
[suspenseful music ends]
[rumbling continues]
[masked man breathing heavily]
[grunts, coughs]
[Verta] Who are you?
[masked man breathing heavily]
Who are you really?
[soft grunt]
[grunts]
[Verta grunts]
[masked man]
When I first got to Asuraville,
all I had was a ruined face and no memory.
The Ox took me in and saved me.
I'm only alive...
because of him.
And then, the day I saw you,
I don't know why, but I...
[groans]
[masked man] In the Pool of Release,
I saw that face.
You called her Blanca.
So while I was in the tunnel,
I figured
if I could somehow resemble Blanca,
you'd listen to what I had to say...
But you aren't her!
[thunder rumbles]
You're right, I'm not.
And it turns out I'm not strong enough
to do very much, let alone help you.
[exhales sharply]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[Verta] Strength doesn't matter.
The strong can lie,
then again, so can the weak.
[somber music]
[sighs]
[Verta] But you know what?
I get it.
It was my error.
Why do I always rely on others?
Whether they are weak or strong,
anyone can let you down.
And the way to avoid it
is for me to get even stronger.
[Verta] So don't apologize.
It's my mistake.
I should've known
the only one I can rely on is myself.
So I won't let go of my obsession,
and I won't rely on anyone else again.
If I get stronger,
then I'll be able to kill Fahai,
topple that pagoda,
and release myself from Asuraville!
[suspenseful music]
[sighs]
Back at the Pool,
why'd you choose to keep her face?
[exhales]
Well...
[somber music]
[Verta sighs]
[Verta] Let's go.
The fox told me what I needed to know.
The secret of Wish Bridge.
[sobs]
[loud thump]
[Mr. Ox grumbles]
[groans]
[snarls]
[Mr. Ox sniffing]
[roars]
[sniffing]
[grunts]
[Verta] The thing that makes
the Wish Bridge grow
is Asuraville's black wind tunnel.
And in that tunnel, they test your karma.
If you somehow manage to survive
everything that it throws at you,
she said a path well extend
from the snake's tail...
and that is the Wish Bridge.
[Verta] We're here. This is it.
[vehicle approaching]
[tires screeching]
[suspenseful music]
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[Verta gasps]
Hurry!
[both grunting]
[grunting]
[Verta] Get in!
[masked man panting]
[Verta gasps]
[spider demon chuckles]
That fox loves butting
her nose into things.
All right...
for her sake,
I'll take you. Welcome aboard.
- [tires screeching]
- [spider demon grunts]
Demon girl, know why you're in Asuraville?
[slurping, exhales heavily]
Could be karma or fate.
- Hard to say.
- [tires screeching]
But there's a reason
for all your fear and loathing.
And whatever it is, it's in that tunnel.
Trial by fire, and I mean, literally.
If you don't have what it takes,
- you'll be disintegrated.
- [tires screeching]
Hm. Do you still wanna go?
[grunts]
My fear and loathing...
I need to understand it.
Hm.
Sure. Well, good luck, girl.
- [spider demon grunts]
- [latch clicks]
- [thuds]
- [masked man gasps]
[Verta] Thank you.
[chuckles]
[scoffs]
[metal clangs]
[both gasping]
[ominous music]
[gasps]
[groans]
[Verta] Here I go.
- [loud screeching]
- [both groaning]
Verta! Verta! Are you all right?
[groans]
What was in there?
Fahai.
[gasps]
[Verta] How long was I in there?
[masked man] A few seconds.
- Then you flew out.
- [gasps]
It's a barren void,
and I was in there for two hours.
Two hours?
[ominous music]
[Verta] I'm going in.
[gasps, grunts]
[grunting]
[screams]
[screams]
[ambient music]
[panting]
[ominous music]
So, Little Demon, you've returned.
You lousy monk.
I have wiped out so much evil,
yet a few always manage to slip through.
[Fahai] You should release yourself
from this obsession, Little Demon.
You wish I would.
[exhales heavily]
[ominous music]
[gasps]
You and the Ox are connected?
It is the natural order
for beings to reincarnate,
not stay trap in their own resentment.
This city shouldn't exist.
I gave him a golden aura
to help him conquer Asuraville.
My desire was for him to exterminate
all those there, one by one.
So they'd be driven out.
And be reincarnated.
So he worked for you?
What did he get in exchange?
[Fahai] When he's task is complete,
Asuraville would disappear.
In exchange, I will spare him damnation,
keep his body intact,
and he'll go back to his world.
- [Fahai] Little Demon.
- [snarls]
You should release yourself too.
My sole purpose is to ease others
into their next lives.
I don't need any help
and certainly not from you!
[Green Snake roars]
[suspenseful music]
[screeches]
- [Verta grunts]
- [Green snake roars]
Aum mani padme hm.
[screeches]
[roaring]
- [Verta screams]
- [masked man groans]
[both panting]
Verta.
[exhales heavily]
[snarls]
[roars]
[screeching]
[grunts]
Aum mani padme hm.
[both grunting]
[breathing heavily]
- [thunder rumbling]
- [gasps]
[gasps]
[roars]
[dramatic music]
[groaning]
[grunting]
[masked man grunting]
Stay back. I'm okay.
[dramatic music]
- [Verta groans]
- [masked man grunting]
[Verta grunting]
[squeals]
[screams]
[dramatic music continues]
[screeches]
Years have passed,
yet still you keep fighting.
When will you give up and let go?
When you're finally defeated,
and your tower lies in ruins!
[grunting, screams]
[dramatic music rises]
[screeches]
[grunts]
- [groans]
- [rumbling]
[breathes heavily]
[tires screeching]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[ambient music]
[somber ambient music]
[masked man muffled shout]
Verta!
Verta!
[grunts]
Verta!
- [rumbling]
- [grunting]
[groaning]
- [dramatic music]
- [masked man grunts]
[both grunting]
[grunting continues]
[Mr. Ox breathes heavily]
[sniffs]
[sniffing]
[grunts]
[both breathing heavily]
Here, hand it over.
[masked man groans]
[breathes shakily]
[somber music]
How's that?
It's fine.
[somber music continues]
[intense music]
[Fahai] It has been 20 years,
Little Demon.
And you have proven to be
quite the annoying thorn.
I told you I won't quit.
Not until both you and the pagoda
are gone.
[loud rumbling]
[tense music]
[roars]
[screeches]
[tense music intensifies]
[screeches]
- [gasps]
- [vehicle rattling]
[tires screeching]
[Mr. Ox grunts]
[panting]
[tense music continues]
- [crunches]
- [gasps]
[roars]
[grunts, screams]
[power crackles]
[Fahai groans]
[tense music]
[Verta grunting]
[screaming]
[temple rumbles]
[music stops]
[panting]
[ominous music]
Dharma embraces all,
though even it comes to an end.
Not all is granted
for that which is sought.
So I'm not immune.
I no longer possess the strength,
so be it.
This is for the best.
[grunting]
- [demons grunting]
- [roars]
[demon] Come on!
- [metal clangs]
- [snarls]
- [gasps]
- [warbling]
[groaning]
- [explosion]
- [Mr. Ox screams]
[groaning]
- [Mr. Ox breathing heavily]
- [demon grunts]
[both grunting]
[Mr. Ox growls]
[Mr. Ox exhales heavily]
[panting]
[ambient music]
[ambient music fades]
[gasps]
Verta.
You and I can leave Asuraville now.
- [ground rumbles]
- [gasps]
- [explosion]
- [masked man groans]
[vehicle screeching]
[power shuts down]
[grumbling]
[ominous music]
[petals rustling]
[ominous music continues]
"When the next kalpa begins,
throw yourself in."
[gasps]
[spider demon] Twenty years in there
is only one day here.
You're karma free.
Asuraville won't hold you any longer.
Do your thing, Demon Girl.
[both] Mm.
[Mr. Ox grumbling softly]
My aura's vanished.
[breathing heavily]
- [Mr. Ox grunts]
- [sword clangs]
[gasps, groans]
You lied to me, you wretched Monk!
You lied to me!
[panting]
- [petals rustling]
- Huh?
[Mr. Ox grunts]
The Wish Bridge.
[gasps]
What did the fox say?
"When the kalpa begins,
throw yourself in."
[both panting]
[ambient music]
[scoffs]
You never told me your name.
I don't know it, remember?
Hey, you can call me whatever you want.
It's just a name.
[chuckles]
Right. It's just a name.
[soft gasp]
After I leave,
I'm going to find my sister.
And you can search for...
the one you saw in the water.
[gasps, chuckles softly]
[both panting]
[ominous ambient music]
[gasps]
[both gasp exasperatedly]
[ominous music]
[breathing heavily]
[both grunt]
[glass jar trilling]
[masked man gasps]
[Verta gasps]
[loud clang]
[Verta gasps]
[spirits snoring]
[exhales]
[grunts]
[both grunting]
[tense music]
[exhales]
[grunting]
[spirit snoring]
[breathing shakily]
[gasps]
[Verta grunts]
- [masked man grunts]
- [swords clashes]
[Verta breathing heavily]
[pierced sword creaking]
[gasps, grunts]
- Let's go!
- [grunts]
[tense music]
[both panting]
[panting continues]
Hurry!
[thunder rumbles]
- [gasps]
- [warbles]
Huh?
[panting]
- [both groan]
- [loud rumbling]
[ground roaring]
[howling]
[screeching]
[masked man] Hurry! Gas kalpa!
[both panting]
[groans, coughs]
[coughing]
[thunder rumbling]
[coughing]
[screeching]
[thunder rumbling]
[tense music]
[tense music rises]
[growling]
[both grunting]
[tense music continues]
[both grunting]
[rumbling]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[snarls]
[grunting]
[Verta panting]
- [growls]
- [Mr. Ox shrieks]
[grunts]
[grunting continues]
Help me!
Someone help me!
[panting]
[grunts]
[Mr. Ox panting]
[panting continues]
[Mr. Ox grunts]
[grunting]
- Run!
- [gasps]
- [spirit growls]
- [grunting]
[breathes heavily]
- [shrieks]
- [Verta grunts]
[Mr. Ox panting]
[action music]
[grunting]
[Mr. Ox growls]
[masked man grunting]
- [spirits growl]
- [suspenseful music]
[gasps, pants]
[grunting]
- [spirits screeching]
- [grunts]
[spirit grumbling]
- [breathing heavily, gasps]
- [spirit snarls]
[gasps]
[masked man] Jump!
[grunts]
[spirit screeching]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[both groan]
- [both gasp]
- [spirit snarling]
[Verta] Let's go!
[tense music]
The bridge is collapsing.
[both panting]
[Mr. Ox] I still haven't turned.
Must hang in.
I got to get out of here!
Just to climb on the...
No! I won't end up stuck here!
- [breathing heavily]
- [rocks rumbling]
- [ground grumbles]
- [masked man] Hurry!
[tense music]
Hold on. I can go back.
Just need to jump.
I can still be saved.
And I can finally go home.
[screaming]
- Quick!
- [panting]
[Verta grunts]
[ambient music]
[snarling]
[ambient music continues]
[chuckles softly]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[groans]
[masked man grunting]
[screams]
[masked man grunting]
[gasps]
- [grunts]
- [steel bar pierces]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[both grunting]
[masked man grunts]
[spirit snarling]
[masked man grunts]
[masked man groaning]
[tense music intensifies]
[silence]
- [screams]
- [gasps]
[both grunting]
[grunts]
[screams]
[grunting]
[ominous music]
[exhales, grunts]
[both grunting]
[panting]
- [groans]
- [yelps]
[breathes heavily]
[whimpers]
Why'd you let him bite you?
You didn't have to do that.
[groaning]
[both breathes heavily]
[somber ambient music]
[exhales, chuckles]
[sobbing]
[somber ambient music fades]
[whooshing]
- [rumbling]
- [masked man grunting]
[gasps]
- [masked man grunting]
- [wings flapping]
[dramatic music]
[gasps]
[both grunting]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[grunting continues]
No!
[dramatic music continues]
[grunting]
No!
[grunting]
[screams]
[grunting]
[breathes heavily]
Wait!
[grunts]
[screams]
No!
Don't do this!
[both grunting]
[Verta sobbing]
Go!
[both grunting]
[Verta sobs]
Verta.
I'm afraid that I can't leave Asuraville.
Tell me why!
It's not fair!
[sobbing]
[groans]
[breathing shakily]
[sobbing]
[chuckles]
That day, it was cloudy...
but the air was filled with petals
just like right now.
I can see it...
[chuckles]
...the blurry face in the water.
Blanca!
Come back!
[somber music]
[Verta sobbing]
[gasps]
[sobbing]
[somber music continues]
[Verta grunting]
[sobs]
[somber music fades]
HANGZHOU
[Verta] I left Asuraville...
and returned to the human realm.
[indistinct background chatter]
But I also left someone behind.
[breathes heavily]
It's impossible to go back.
No one even knows where Asuraville is.
And then, there's my sister.
The Pagoda fell...
but where is she?
[wind howling]
- Are these new?
- [woman chuckles]
- I haven't seen these before.
- Yeah, you noticed.
- [woman] Hey, let's take a selfie.
- [man] Sure.
[camera shutter clicks]
[man exhales]
I'm so sorry.
You always keep me waiting forever.
- [woman grunts]
- [man stammers]
- Come on. Baby, don't be mad.
- [flute playing]
[flute playing continues]
[Verta gasps]
Sir, is that Leifeng Pagoda?
Huh? Why yes.
[flute playing continues]
[Verta] It didn't fall?
So then it's still standing?
[man sighs]
No.
It was rebuilt. That's not the original.
You must not be from here.
Everyone here knows the story.
The old tower fell centuries ago.
Wait, it did?
That's right. So if the legendary
White Lady was trapped underneath it,
she would have long been freed.
Perhaps she cleansed her karma
and reincarnated as a human.
[laughs]
Who could really say though?
She could be anywhere.
[flute playing]
[exhales heavily]
Hey, if you can,
try to check out the exhibition.
After the pagoda collapsed, they found
all kinds of treasure underneath it.
[man] You can see them on display.
[flute playing]
[tour guide] The colored patterns
you see on the wall
mostly used traditional painting method.
The result is the great example
of the simple elegance valued
- by ancient scholars. Gather round.
- [tourist gasps]
Here, we have on display
one of Leifeng Pagoda's little mysteries...
[girl] Whoa! Is that a hairpin?
[tour guide] Correct! It is a hairpin.
But there's something rather unique
about this one.
You see, this one is not only
incredibly ancient,
- it's made of bone.
- [Verta gasps]
[grunts]
- [Verta grunting]
- [crowd gasps]
[tour guide] Legend has it,
this item belonged to the White Lady.
But what was it doing
under Leifeng Pagoda?
Why was it broken?
Where's the missing piece?
We may never know what actually transpired
or how it ended up there.
[ominous music]
[heartbeat pounding]
[Verta grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[gasps]
[dramatic music]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[breathes heavily]
[dramatic music ends]
[warbles]
[gasps, sobs]
[Verta] Blanca!
You have no memories
of being trapped under the pagoda?
How'd you escape?
I don't know.
[masked man]
When I first got to Asuraville,
I had a ruined face and no memory.
There was fire everywhere.
[Verta] If you don't remember me,
- so why'd you save me?
- [masked man] I'm not sure either.
But I just knew I had to do it.
When I saw you, you felt so familiar.
[masked man] And this bone flute,
I don't know why
it represents my obsession.
[Verta sobbing]
Blanca.
That person in Asuraville...
that had to be you, right?
[sobbing]
You escaped the pagoda,
and we found each other there.
[Verta] If you really insist on
doing this,
you need your sister by your side.
Let's destroy that temple!
Hold on!
[grunts]
[Verta] Blanca!
[masked man] Why can't I see
my obsession?
[somber music]
Find that person...
the one whose face
I couldn't make out in the water.
[masked man screaming]
Tell me why!
It's not fair!
[masked man] That day, it was cloudy...
but the air was filled with petals
just like right now.
[Verta sobs]
I can see it...
the blurry face in the water.
[sobbing]
That day it was cloudy,
but the air was filled with petals.
[sobbing continues]
Blanca.
The one you were looking for in the water...
it was me.
[somber music intensifies]
- [sobbing]
- [masked man] Verta...
What do you want? Just say the word.
[Verta] Though you forgot the past,
you still felt our bond.
I understand.
[masked man] I have to leave here.
I sensed someone's waiting.
You never told me your name.
I don't know it, remember?
Hey, you can call me whatever you want.
It's just a name.
[Verta] After I leave,
I'm going to find my sister.
And you can search for
the one you saw in the water.
[sobbing]
[gasps]
[sobs]
[gasps]
[somber music rises]
[masked man groans]
[breathes heavily]
[somber music intensifies]
[somber music fades]
[solemn music]
[gasps]
- [Blanca] Verta?
- [Verta gasps]
[gasps]
[sobbing]
[chuckles]
[Verta] Blanca.
[somber music]
Flowers fill the air
So many seasons
So many sunsets
So many cliffs
Will the flower lend me its petals
And scatter me with the wind
Heaven and earth
I must search everywhere
How many promises were broken
In this changing world?
It makes the kite string wander
In the world
Through the darkness
I turned around
And there you are
How many times did moonlight shine
Through the window?
With closed eyes
I travel along the river in spring
Those joyous memories
Fated or not
It remains in my heart
STAY TUNED FOR POST-CREDIT SCENE
Flowers fill the air
So many seasons
So many sunsets
So many cliffs
For whom do the flowers bloom
And wilt?
So much has happened
When oh when
Will I see you again
How many times did sunsets tint
My thoughts a rosy hue?
When will we reunite?
The flowers don't answer me
Yet I wait to see you again
To talk about the petal-filled sky
- [imitates plane zooming]
- [short demons giggle]
[both grunting]
[short demons giggling]
[both murmuring]
[both grunting]
[yelps]
[both yelp]
[murmuring]
[both grunting]
[both groaning]
[murmuring continues]
[water rippling]
[grunts]
- [ominous music]
- [grunts]
[inhales deeply]
[blows air]
[rumbling]
[roars]
[ominous music continues]
[water monster]
It's been another thousand years.
[Baoqing] Where is it?
[suspenseful music]
Ha...
[Baoqing] My foe is in sight.
Soon I'll have my revenge!
[dog barking]
[engine rumbling]
[quirky music]
NEW GODS: YANG JIAN
IN THEATERS SUMMER 2022
A FILM BY LIGHT CHASER ANIMATION
PENGLAI
Half-sober, half-awake
I'm still devoted to you
Let me be like snow in the wind
And give me a cold kiss on the cheeks
Bring out waves of lingering
How much love the world contains
To welcome the changes
In this fleeting life
Just be joyous and free
With the one you love
Don't ask if it's meant to be
How much love the world contains
To welcome the changes
In this fleeting life
Just be joyous and free
With the one you love
Don't ask if it's meant to be
How much love the world contains
To welcome the changes
In this fleeting life
Just be joyous and free
With the one you love
Don't ask if it's meant to be
How much love the world contains
To welcome the changes
In this fleeting life
Just be joyous and free
With the one you love
Don't ask if it's meant to be
Like willow fronds
Like the spring breeze
Accompanying you this spring
Bury your head in the clouds
Release the passion in your heart
Embrace the spring rains
That fall all round