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Translators: flycrane01 & 5Water
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Narrator: A millennium-long era had finally drawn to a close.

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The hearts of the people became desolate.

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The once vast and bountiful fields of memory

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turned to dust in the shadow of the new world.

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Those who clung to the past and resisted

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were trampled under heartless iron hooves, one after the other.

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The independent warring states were forged into a united empire.

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The clamor and chaos of the past had been silenced into a single voice.

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Ying Zheng, the ruler of this empire,

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was the first emperor of China.

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He was known as the First Qin Emperor.

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On the ruins of the bygone era,

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he set to work to bring to fruition an unprecedented dream,

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one that belonged solely to him.

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At the same time, deep under the earth,

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he began construction on an enormous mausoleum for himself.

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He never stopped expanding his army.

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Everything above the earth and under its surface,

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he wanted to conquer it all.

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For the sake of this ambitious dream,

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he was willing to eliminate any obstacle that opposed his empire.

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Qin General: Those two are criminals whose arrest
was personally ordered by the Prime Minister.

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They're carrying sensitive information that could jeopardize
the stability of the Empire.

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Don’t make a move until I give the order.

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Ge Nie: Tianming, are you scared?

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Tianming: No.

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Ge Nie: Do you know why they’re not charging at us, even though we're outnumbered?

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Tianming: It looks like they’re terrified.

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Ge Nie: That's right.

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Tianming: Are they afraid of you?

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Ge Nie: They're not afraid of me.

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Tianming: Then what are they afraid of?

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Ge Nie: They’re afraid of the consequences of standing in my way.

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You must remember their eyes.

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Don’t ever forget this moment.

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Tianming: Why?

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Ge Nie: Because those are the eyes of the weak.

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You mustn’t be weak.

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Tianming: I’ll become strong.

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Someday, I’ll be as strong as you, Uncle.

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Ge Nie: To become strong, you must confront your fear.

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Tianming: I won't be afraid.

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Ge Nie: Fear is not a weakness.

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Being strong means making your enemies more scared than you are.

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Qin General: Ge Nie, there's no escape for you now.

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Drop your weapon!

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Master Ban: A face-off between the best swordsman in all of Qin and Qin’s elite cavalry unit...

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This is sure to be a splendid show.

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Juzi: How's the investigation on the kid going?

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Master Ban: The kid’s name is Tianming. He's an orphan.

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He was adopted by an elderly couple,

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but they perished in a fire.

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The kid had been wandering the streets since then,

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until Ge Nie found him a month ago.

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Juzi: Orphaned… Adopted… A fire… Drifting...

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He’s had quite a complicated life for a boy of his age.

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Ge Nie secretly searched far and wide for many years,

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all for the sake of tracking down this kid.

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Master Ban: That seems to be the case.

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However, nobody knows why he did that.

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Juzi: The identity of this child can’t be as simple as it seems on the surface.

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Did Ying Zheng dispatch so many soldiers

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because of the boy, or because of Ge Nie, who betrayed the Empire?

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Master Ban: Ge Nie's recent betrayal won’t affect our operation, will it?

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Juzi: I believe we'll find out very shortly.

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Qin General: The Prime Minister hopes that you’ll return with us, sir.

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If you're willing to cooperate, we will do you no harm.

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You fool!

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Qin General: Arrows!

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Hurry and stop him!

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Tianming: Watch your back!

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[Xianyang]

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[Xianyang]

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Ying Zheng: Ge Nie and a kid?

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The two of them annihilated three hundred of Qin’s elite cavalrymen?

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No matter how you look at it, this battle report is completely absurd.

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Years ago, when Qin invaded Chu,

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I lost 100,000 soldiers and returned home after a humiliating defeat.

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The very next year, I sent five times as many soldiers.

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Even a kingdom as stubborn as Chu

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couldn’t withstand the might of Qin’s elite cavalry.

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If three hundred people aren’t enough to arrest them,

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deploy three thousand, thirty thousand,

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or even three hundred thousand!

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Li Si: Your Majesty, please don't be angry.

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Qin’s elite cavalry excels at fighting on the battlefield and conquering cities.

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Dealing with a martial arts expert like Ge Nie is not its strong suit.

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The sword is the king of all weapons,

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and Ge Nie is one of the best swordsmen.

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He's widely known as the Sword Master.

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His reputation is well deserved.

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Ge Nie was deeply favored by Your Majesty,

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yet instead of repaying your kindness,

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he committed treachery.

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That is a serious crime.

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Ge Nie's betrayal was no accident.

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According to the intelligence I've gathered, every sign indicates

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that the rebels from the former six states

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are concocting a scheme to topple the Empire.

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Ying Zheng: Is that so?

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Li Si: To eliminate these kinds of underground forces,

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it’s best to fight fire with fire.

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Ying Zheng: Fight fire with fire?

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Li Si: Ge Nie learned his skills in Ghost Valley.

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Every Master of Ghost Valley trains only two disciples in his lifetime.

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Oddly enough, the two disciples are destined to be rivals.

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One of them is the Vertical, and the other is the Horizontal.

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They are incompatible by nature.

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In the end, only one can remain.

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He will become the next master of Ghost Valley.

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This strange tradition has been observed for hundreds of years.

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Ge Nie is one of the two disciples.

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Qin Soldier: Look!

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Li Si: We're here to visit the master of this place.

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Li Si: Is this how the royal family of Han is taught to receive their guests?

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Chilian: This forest devours the unwary.

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Please follow me closely and don't get lost.

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Li Si: It's been a while, Mr. Wei Zhuang.

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I am Li Si.

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Wei Zhuang: Your identity is the only reason you’re not already dead.

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Qin Soldier: How dare you speak to the Prime Minister with that kind of tone?

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Be more respectful!

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Wei Zhuang: All of the good customs of the past have been forgotten.

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Some people simply don't bother remembering what has already been said.

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Li Si: The Kingdom of Han always placed a great deal of importance on etiquette.

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The rules here are indeed strict.

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Wei Zhuang: The manners-obsessed Kingdom of Han doesn't exist anymore.

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It was destroyed by Qin three years ago.

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You should know that better than I do, Lord Li.

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Li Si: Sir, you used to be the most distinguished warrior in the King of Han's service.

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If you waste your talent and continue to lie dormant in these woods,

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it would be such a shame.

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Wei Zhuang: Oh? Would it?

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Li Si: His Majesty is an emperor without equal.

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Wei Zhuang: Are you referring to Ying Zheng, the ruler of Qin?

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Li Si: The world only has one ruler: the ruler of Qin.

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His grand plans have only just begun,

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— Li Si: ...and he is in desperate need of talented individuals like you…

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— Li Si: ...and he is in desperate need of talented individuals like you...
— Wei Zhuang: I don't need you to state the obvious.

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— Wei Zhuang: I don't need you to state the obvious.

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You’ve traveled all this way just to offer me
banal promises of fame and fortune?

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Lord Li, I find you rather disappointing.

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You're just like everybody else in the world,

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but that's not a crime.

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You may leave.

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Li Si: Mr. Wei—

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Wei Zhuang: I don't want to repeat myself.

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Chilian: Gentlemen, please take your colleague with you.

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Li Si: What a terrifying sword technique.

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It’s a pity that it will never be as good as Ge Nie's.

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Wei Zhuang: Ge Nie?

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That's a name that I’ll never forget.

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Episode 1: Eternal Dream

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Xiang Liang: This man is gravely wounded.

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Who did this to him?

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Wei Zhuang: They have been searching for me ever since,

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in the hopes of killing me.

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Fan Zeng: Nothing is as it appears on the battlefield;
the situation can change by the second.

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Tianming's mother: My son, don't be scared; be strong.

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Ge Nie: Then remember, you must continue walking down this path...

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Tianming: Don't forget your promise.