…alright, so hilariously enough, while looking this up I found a bunch of small differences between the three occurrences I could think of (episode 17 as above, then twice spoken in episode 21 via Zhu Hong's recording) XD more on that below.
EN translation – very roughly, because neither Ye Olde Ancient Language nor mythological references are my strong points:
Record of Ancient Secrets Year Yiyou, Ninth Month Written by Yu Meng
It is said that when the world first began, mankind wandered lost. A black-robed figure rose up in this time, with a sweeping call to arms, and the whole world followed inseparably, quelling chaos to bring peace to the lands, as wished by heaven and people alike; the masses rejoiced in adoration, fortune lasting for the ages.
Four pillars guarded the four directions; towards the northwest the sky tilted, and Kunlun sealed the words, speaking thus: The stone frail without aging, the water frozen without cold, the body dead without living, the soul gone without burning. All things beyond possibility, sealing the land beyond reach, as the four hallows; should the sky not fall, and the land not sink, then nor shall the four hallows appear, and thus the world comes to peace.
Notes:
The book is printed in traditional characters, appropriately enough.
Also, I don't remember if this is ever stated in the show, but it's made clear in the novel that the four parts of Kunlun's line each refer to one Hallow in order.
vs the novel: Only the second paragraph is from the novel (the preceding parts in the novel are about Nuwa instead). Hilariously, a typo in ch 70 (为冷 instead of 未冷) got carried over verbatim to the book LOL
vs Zhu Hong's recording in ep 21: In line with the other show changes, the body and soul lines are replaced – it's "the tree rotted without living, the gold/metal gone without burning" (未生已朽之木，未灼已化之金) instead. Also, the "sealing the land beyond reach" line is removed from the version heard in the hospital, but later in ZYL's flat you can still hear the first word of it right before SW stops the recording.
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…alright, so hilariously enough, while looking this up I found a bunch of small differences between the three occurrences I could think of (episode 17 as above, then twice spoken in episode 21 via Zhu Hong's recording) XD more on that below.
CN transcript – based on ep 17 book:
EN translation – very roughly, because neither Ye Olde Ancient Language nor mythological references are my strong points:
Notes:
......................I should probably migrate this a new post, shouldn't I