Episode 1
EVERYTHING IS RED.
EVERYTHING IN SIGHT IS COVERED IN RED.
ALL THAT REMAINS HERE NOW IS DEATH.
AND FOR WHAT? WHY WAS SO MUCH BLOODSHED NECESSARY?
BROTHER JANGMUN...
...MY FRIENDS...
...THE JUNIOR DISCIPLES...
...THEY ARE ALL DEAD.
AN ALLIANCE OF SECTS WAS FORMED, COMPRISED OF THE BEST OF THE BEST, FOR A FINAL STAND AGAINST CHEONMA.
MORE THAN TWENTY SECTS CAME TOGETHER, INCLUDING THE TEN GREAT SECTS.
IN THE END, THE CLASH BETWEEN THE ALLIANCE AND CHEONMA RESULTED IN TOTAL ANNIHILATION ON BOTH SIDES.
WHY DID THIS COME TO BE...?
IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF HIM.
A DEMON WHO DESCENDED FROM THE HEAVENS...
...THE LEADER OF THE FIENDS WHO DRENCHED THE EARTH IN BLOOD...
...THE LEADER OR THE DEMON CULT.
...MOUNT HUA SECT.
HOW UNFORTUNATE, DISCIPLE OF MOUNT HUA.
WERE YOU TO SURVIVE THIS BATTLE, YOU WOULD ENJOY A LIFE OF FAME AND GLORY FOR BEING THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY DEATH...
...IT SEEMS, HOWEVER, THAT OUR TIME ON THIS EARTH HAS REACHED ITS END.
...SHUT YOUR MOUTH...
TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, WARRIOR.
THOUGH MANY HAVE AIDED YOU DURING THE BATTLE, IT WAS ULTIMATELY YOUR BLADE THAT STRUCK THE FINAL BLOW.
IN THE NAME OF CHEONMA, THE LEADER OF THE DEMON CULT...
...I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR BLADE, THE BLADE OF MOUNT HUA, AS THE GREATEST ON THIS EARTH.
I SAID, SHUT UP!
HOW UNFORTUNATE, INDEED...
...HAD I BUT LIVED TO SEE ONE MORE DAY,
I WOULD HAVE BECOME TRULY WORTHY OF THE NAME CHEONMA.
BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER. THIS, TOO, IS MY DESTINY.
REMEMBER THIS, DISCIPLE OF MOUNT HUA.
THIS IS NOT THE END.
THE DEMONIC FORCES SHALL ONE DAY RETURN.
AND ON THAT DAY, THE WORLD WILL FALL UNDER THE RULE OF THE DEMON CULT.
AND WE WILL BE...
...UNSTOPPABLE...
...THE WAR IS OVER.
I KNEW MY LIFE, TOO, WAS NEAR ITS CLOSE.
...BUT WHAT WILL NOW BECOME OF MOUNT HUA?
EVERY MEMBER OF THE CHEONG LINE OF MOUNT HUA'S DISCIPLES LIES HERE, DEAD.
EVERY MEMBER OF THE BAEK LINE, WHO FOLLOWED THE SENIOR DISCIPLES INTO BATTLE, HAS ALSO PERISHED.
THE ONLY SURVIVORS ARE CHILDREN, BARELY ABLE TO WIELD A SWORD...
...DID ALL THE BLOOD MOUNT HUA SHED HERE MEAN ANYTHING, IN THE END...?
IF I HAD BEEN MORE DEDICATED TO MY TRAINING...
...COULD I HAVE SAVED AT LEAST ONE OF THEM...?
IT IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
ALL HAS BEEN IN VAIN.
EVEN THE MOST RADIANT BLOSSOMS WITHER IN THE END...
...MOUNT HUA...
THE 13TH DISCIPLINE OF THE GREAT MOUNT HUA SECT, ONE OF THE THREE GREATEST SWORDSMEN ON EARTH
MASTER OF THE BLOSSOMING BLADE
CHEONGMYEONG
AFTER CLAIMING THE LIFE OF CHEONMA, THE GREAT EVIL WHO BROUGHT CATASTROPHE UPON THESE LANDS...
...CHEONGMYEONG DIED AT THE TOP OF THE HUNDRED THOUSAND MOUNTAIN RANGE.
THIS SHORT ACCOUNT WAS THE LEGACY I WOULD LEAVE BEHIND ON THIS EARTH.
HEY, CHEONGMYEONG!
...WHAT ARE THESE VISIONS?
YOU'RE MORE THAN JUST A MARTIAL ARTS TRAINEE-- YOU'RE A STUDENT OF THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!
CAN YOU NOT SEE THAT STRENGTH WITHOUT VIRTUE IS NOTHING BUT VIOLENCE?!
THE SAME OLD NAGGING...
IT WAS ALL SO TEDIOUS.
ALTHOUGH I WAS A DISCIPLE OF MOUNT HUA, I DID NOT FOLLOW ITS TEACHINGS BY HEART.
WHILE I WAS GRANTED A TITLE I DID NOT DESERVE DUE TO MY SKILL WITH THE BLADE, I WAS THE PARIAH OF THE MOUNT HUA SECT.
I WAS
HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN...
...THAT I OWED EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE TO MOUNT HUA?
DO YOU HAVE REGRETS, CHEONGMYEONG?
YES, BROTHER JANGMUN...
...I HAVE SO MANY REGRETS...
IF ONLY I HAD MORE FAITH IN THE SECT'S TEACHINGS...
...AND THAT FAITH COULD HAVE MADE ME A STRONGER WARRIOR...
...I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO CHANGE THIS HORRIFIC OUTCOME.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR REGRETS.
THIS IS ALL PART OF MOUNT HUA'S DESTINY.
AND YET...
...MOUNT HUA WILL LIVE ON.
CHEON...
...CHEONMA?!
I THOUGHT I KILLED THAT BASTARD!
CHEONMA, HUH?
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHO THAT IS!
QUIT DAYDREAMING, YOU FILTHY STREET RAT!
EVERYONE ELSE IS OUT PANHANDLING, YET YOU'RE IN HERE AND TAKING A NAP LIKE YOU OWN THE PLACE?!
WHAT...? WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT IS THIS LITTLE BEGGAR DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT?!
IS HE THREATENING ME?
LOOK HERE, CHILD.
I WILL EXCUSE YOUR IGNORANCE, JUST THIS ONCE. SO PUT DOWN THE STICK.
LOOK HERE?
...HAH!
HAHA!
HAHAHAHA!
I'M STARTING TO LOSE MY PATIENCE.
I'M CHEONGMYEONG, THE MASTER OF THE BLOSSOMING BLADE.
NOT EVEN THE LEADER OF THE GAIBANG BEGGARS' SECT CAN TREAT ME LIKE THIS...
...LET ALONE THIS CHURLISH FOOL!
THAT'S IT, YOU'RE SCREWED NOW.
I SHOULD TEACH THIS KID A LESSON.
I'LL START BUY BLOCKING THAT FLIMSY LITTLE SWING!
...HUH?
WHAT?
WHY IS MY ARM... SO SHORT?
IT CAN'T BE THAT SHORT, CAN IT?
I CAN'T BLOCK THAT WITH ARMS THIS SHORT.
YOU LITTLE PRICK!
IGNORANCE? IGNORANCE?!
SURE! I'LL TEACH YOU A THING OR TWO ABOUT IGNORANCE!
YOU DARE SPOUT SUCH NONSENSE?!
THIS'LL TEACH YOU SOME MANNERS, YOU BRAT!
AAAGH!
THWACK
ACK!
UGH!
AAUGH!
H-HEEEEELP!
I'LL COME BACK LATER...
HMPH!
OW, ARGH...
THAT DAMN STREET RAT...
I'VE NEVER BEEN BEATEN LIKE THAT, EVEN IN ALL MY YEARS AT MOUNT HUA...
I SWEAR I'LL MAKE THE ENTIRE GAIBANG SECT PAY FOR WHAT THAT BRAT DID TO ME!
BUT ANYWAY...
...WHO IS THIS LITTLE KID REFLECTED IN THE WATER?
WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
IS THIS THAT REINCARNATION BUSINESS THOSE BUDDHISTS BELIEVE IN?
IF I KNEW THAT WERE THE CASE, I WOULD'VE ENROLLED AT SHAOLIN INSTEAD OF MOUNT HUA...
...HEY.
OH... I SAW YOU WHEN I WAS GETTING BEAT UP EARLIER...
ARE YOU OKAY?
WANGCHO'S ALWAYS LIKE THAT, BUT HE WENT A LITTLE FAR WITH YOU TODAY...
ONE QUESTION.
?
NO.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
AM I...
BEGGAR?
...ISN'T THAT OBVIOUS FROM THE WAY YOU'RE DRESSED?
ARGH! DAMMIT! WHY AM I A BEGGAR?!
FINE, GOT IT. NOW, MY SECOND QUESTION...
CHEONMA!
DO YOU KNOW OF CHEONMA?!
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE YOU WERE DOING ALRIGHT, FOR SOMEONE WHO GOT SUCH A WALLOPING...
BUT YOU MUST STILL BE DAZED.
JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION, YOU STREET URCHIN!
HAA... FINE, YOU STREET URCHIN.
HMM...
...I HAVE HEARD OF CHEONMA.
HE'S THE GREAT DEMONIC LEADER WHO DIED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, RIGHT?
WHAT...?
A HUNDRED...
A HUNDRED YEARS?!
DID YOU SAY IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE CHEONMA DIED?!
A HUNDRED?!
H-HEY, WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU?!
IS THAT THE TRUTH?! YOU AREN'T LYING TO ME?!
WHY WOULD I BE LYING TO YOU?!
...HAH...
NO WAY...
...A HUNDRED YEARS?
WHY COULDN’T I HAVE BEEN REBORN RIGHT AFTER MY DEATH?!
HOW COULD THIS BE?
IT’S AS IF...
...I’VE BEEN LEFT ALL ALONE IN THIS WORLD.
HOW COULD FATE PLAY SUCH A CRUEL TRICK ON ME?
YOU ALRIGHT THERE?
SO THAT MEANS MOUNT HUA MIGHT...
...HUH?
THAT’S RIGHT, MOUNT HUA!
MOUNT HUA!
WHAT’S BECOME OF MOUNT HUA?!
...MOUNT HUA?
WHAT'S MOUNT HUA?
YOU'RE... A BEGGAR, AREN'T YOU?
SURE I AM.
JUST LIKE YOU.
SO THAT MEANS YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE GAIBANG SECT, WHICH OVERSEES ALL BEGGARS.
AND YET YOU DON'T KNOW THE MOUNT HUA SECT, ONE OF THE TEN GREAT SECTS?
THAT MAKES NO SENSE!
WHAT ARE YOU BABBLING ON ABOUT?
THE TEN GREAT SECTS ARE...
GAIBANG KONGTONG SHAOLIN ZHONGNAN QINGCHENG WUDANG EMEI
KUNLUN
DIANCANG
HAINAN
SHAOLIN, WUDANG, DIANCANG, KONGTONG, QINGCHENG, EMEI, HAINAN, KUNLUN, GAIBANG, AND ZHONGNAN!
THERE'S NO MOUNT HUA SECT IN THE TEN GREAT SECTS!
MOUNT HUA ISN'T ONE OF THE TEN GREAT SECTS...?!
WHY NOT?!
On a blood-soaked battlefield, Mount Hua swordsman Cheongmyeong strikes down Cheonma, leader of the Demon Cult, at the cost of total annihilation. Dying, he mourns his fallen sect and regrets his wasted life. He awakens a hundred years later in the body of a young beggar boy, beaten by another beggar, and is stunned to learn Mount Hua is no longer among the Ten Great Sects.
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