Hey guys, it’s Anton. This video contains spoilers from episode 49, the final episode of “The Wolf”.
So please turn it off right now if you don’t want to know. This video is part two of our explained
series for episode 49, and if you haven’t seen part one yet, I will leave a link down in the
video description below. If you are a new viewer to the channel then please remember to hit that
subscribe button. Anyways, let’s get to it. So this portion starts off with Darren Wang,
who had been fighting his way to get past archers and get through the main gates of the citadel,
which he does. As he passes the city walls and fights through the soldiers, he yells out to them
that he’s only here today to save a person not to kill anyone. He tells everyone to stand down.
When he walks away from them, one of the officers yells out that Lord Bo had saved them before in
the past and has been their commander through life and death. The soldiers kneel and recite their
allegiance pledge to him as he runs by. We briefly go to a quick scene of Xiao Zhan trying to sneak
past the guards, weaving his way through soldiers who yell out that Ma Zhai Xing is in the palace.
He can see that there is a commotion, and starts making his way there. We then cut to where the
action is and Li Qin as Ma Zhai Xing is at the steps of the second prince’s palace surrounded
by guards. What a look. No wonder why she got casted into “The Song of Glory” from this year.
She looks like a straight cold blooded killer. After a pretty epic fight scene where she wipes
out all the guards, Li Qin draws closer to the second prince, who starts to panic and yells
out that he will use the Wolf’s own sword to kill the fourth prince if she comes closer. Remember,
this is why she’s here, her last favor to the Wolf was to save the fourth prince. When the
second prince shoves him at her and thrusts his sword towards the fourth prince, Li Qin makes the
quick choice to push him out of harm’s way and gets run through by the sword. The Wolf finally
appears and just before the second prince can finish her off, he grabs the second prince’s broad
sword with his bare hands and kicks him back. As he holds her, she whispers with her final breaths:
“You came. It’s always you who rescues me.” He tells her: “If I had just come sooner…” but is
interrupted by Li Qin who tells him that he came soon enough because she was still able to see him.
She says that this time she didn’t need to rely on anyone and asks him if she did well. At this point
the second prince tries to beg for his life, but Darren ignores him and continues by reminiscing:
“In the past there was a girl on Wolf Mountain who always cared for me. Others called me a
beast or monster, but after many years later I finally realized that the real monsters
are people who were hungry for power, those who lose their humanity and character.” As he talks,
the second prince makes an attack, and the Wolf impales him with his own sword,
finally ending the reign of terror for good. As Li Qin lies there, the rain still pouring, she says:
“I remember Wolf Mountain now. It turns out the bottom of the mountain was the place with the
most monsters.” He tells her not to talk anymore, and that they should return to Wolf Mountain. She
agrees, and reminisces about the many butterflies on the mountain. Darren says he will take her back
to treat her wounds but she shakes her head and says that the sword had pierced through her body.
She tell him stay with her there so she can continue look at him. Li Qin says she doesn’t
want to forget about him and if in the next life he still likes butterflies that he should come
look for her. Her hand falls and presumably she dies, but I’ll talk more on that later.
Xiao Zhan finally arrives on the scene, too late, and he’s also devastated by what he sees.
As the Wolf carries her away, the fourth prince watches them from afar and narrates the end to the
audience: “On that day, there started a heavy rainstorm that would not stop for three days.
It was like heaven also didn’t want to part with Ma Zhai Xing. The human world seemed to
follow its lead with major changes happening throughout the land.” The screen flashes and
we see the events of half a year later. The fourth prince is still narrating: “That year
after the death of the second prince, the kingdom was like a snake without a head. We were lucky to
have many generals and officers from Lord Bo who had found out the truth that the second prince
murdered his father to take power.” The fourth prince succeeded the throne, but in this scene he
gives up the power to Xiao Zhan’s father, merging the two kingdoms. He credits the decision to
Ma Zhai Xing, who had taught him that revenge is an endless cycle and that it is better to pursue
peace with your opponents so the people can live in peace. Everyone remembers and honors Zhai Xing
and cheers that the world is now unified and conflict is resolved. We go to a quick scene with
Xiao Zhan and Bao Na. He tells her that the amulet had saved him when he got shot by an arrow. It got
broken because of the arrow and he had spent a lot of time trying to find someone to fix it. He tells
her that he came here today to thank her and also to apologize. She tells him she doesn’t know what
he’s talking, and he starts walking away but comes back and asks her why she gave the amulet to him.
She tells him in an off way that she didn’t know how to express her feelings for him. He tells her
to pack her bags, and when she asks him if he’s telling her to go away, he replies he wants to
explore the world with her together. The fourth prince starts to narrate again: “Ji Chong is now
wandering the world, but with a new companion. Lord Bo’s two surviving guards kept their promise
and moved to the southern province to open an orphanage. They named one of the orphans
after their deceased friend. As for Yao Ji, she no longer works for the kingdom, but instead focuses
her energy on developing medicine to save people. She acknowledges that even though she has now
saved countless people, the good karma of the world should still go to Ma Zhai Xing who had
saved them all. And finally for the Wolf. After he carried Zhai Xing away, no one saw him again.
The fourth prince tells us that although Darren had chosen to follow Li Qin and the pair are now
gone, they will always remember their story. Once upon a time on Wolf Mountain, there was a boy and
girl who were the two most important people in each others’ lives. The boy had taken her into the
world of wolves, and thanks to him she was able to forget about the pain from the human world.
Although there was a lot of misunderstanding and hatred, love was able to prevail. The fourth
prince concludes that hopefully in another world, the two will always still have love.
And… that’s the end. That’s it you guys, a 49 episode journey into the world of the Wolf.
I think the message is pretty clear. Humanity can be greedy, selfish, or evil, but the world
cannot live without love. The drama began with an act of evil, and that evil act had consequences
that kept perpetuating further until it took a sacrifice of love to right the wrong.
Ma Zhai Xing had come from the last royal family and was spared, so you could say that since the
beginning of the drama she already doomed by fate. Meeting the innocence of the Wolf allowed her to
remedy the wrong, and although he himself also got taken up by all the turmoil that was inherent in
her character’s past, the Wolf in a sense allowed her to mend the wounds from all the strife she had
inherited from this past and right the wrongs of the world. I’d like to do more analysis on this
show in a future video, because I think it’s got a lot more complexities that need some discussion.
Including the big one: Is Ma Zhai Xing still alive at the end of the drama? The fourth brother says
the pair aren’t, but there are some subtle hints here and there that make me believe they are still
both alive and well on Wolf Mountain. I’ll have to go into that in a separate video since this
one is a little long, give this video a like if you would like to see something like that.
Anyways, it was a good ending and although I know we all want that happy clear ending
and smooth sailing between the leads, there’s always a little quote I always remember. It goes:
everybody loves pleasure, nobody likes pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.
And I’ll end on that note today, thank you all so much for watching.
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