Nine-Nine Eighty-One

Title

九九八十一 Pinyin: Jiǔjiǔbāshíyī English: Nine-Nine Eighty-One

Uploaded on February 22, 2016 4,043,000+ bilibili views and 108,300+ YouTube views

Singer

Yuezheng Ling Luo Tianyi

Producer(s)

Wugui (compose) Xie Jiao Jiaozhu (lyrics) St (subtitles) Haixianmian (guitar) Si Gu Jun (drums) O Tianqi Qinglang O (flute) Dongbei Xian Jiaozi (pipa) Na Lan Xun Feng (tuning) xinkun (mixing) Su Fei, Hai Ya, INxico (illustrators) NekoLoco (video editor)

Link(s)

Bilibili  Youtube

"Jiǔjiǔbāshíyī" is an original song featuring Yuezheng Ling, with Luo Tianyi singing the harmonies. It was showcased at the 2016 bilibili New Year Gala and was officially uploaded to bilibili and YouTube on February 22, 2016 with improved mixing and PV. Certain parts of the song uses a melody from 权御天下 (Quán Yù Tiānxià) as a reference.

The song is titled after the 81 obstacles that Sun Wukong (The Monkey King) and his allies face during their journey to the west. The song is based on the epic itself.

In the PV, Ling is cast as Sun Wukong, while other voice synthesis characters and the staff of the song were cast as his allies or enemies. For the allies: Luo Tianyi is Zhu Bajie (Pigsy), Xin Hua is Sha Wujing (Sandy), YANHE is Xuanzang, and Yuezheng Longya is the dragon prince disguised as Xuanzang's horse. Other VOCALOIDs and related characters that appear are: KAITO, Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Len, Camui Gackpo, Megurine Luka, GUMI, Nekomura Iroha, VY2 (Roro), SeeU, OLIVER, IA, Zhanyin Lorra, Ling Caiyin, Zhiyu Moke, Sato Sasara, and Dong Fang Zhi Zi.

This song has exceeded 100,000 views on bilibili within 18 hours. Its YouTube upload exceeded 100,000 views in nearly a year later. The bilibili upload reached 1 million views in March 2016 and became the first song featuring Ling to reach this number.

A short version of the song was performed in front of a live audience for Hunan TV. This version featured Ling, Tianyi, and singer Ma Ke.

Lyrics

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上路

Set out on the journey,

巩州遇虎熊

fall into the Tiger's den in the city of Gongzhou

五百年前一场疯

havocked in Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago,

腾宵又是孙悟空

the one riding on the cloud is again Sun Wukong

失马

Lost the horse,

鹰愁涧飞白龙

the White Dragon flies out from the Eagle's Sorrow Gorge

沙河阻断路难通

The River of Flowing Sands blocks the path to proceed.

福陵山中收天蓬

Subdue the "Marshal Canopy" on the Mount Fuling

岭上

Upon the ridge,

前行逆黄风

walking against the yellow wind

七星不照波月洞

The shine of the Seven Stars is not able to reach the Moon Water Cave.

千年白骨化阴风

The one-thousand-year-old white bone has turned into a devilish wind

鱼篮

Guanyin's Fish Basket

网通天一尾红

covers the sky and captures the Red Cyprinus

紫金葫芦二道童

Two Taoist kids hold the Purple Gold Gourd and the Suet Jade Flask

九尾老狐敢压龙

while the nine-tailed vixen dares to subdue the Ocrean Dragon

白虹坠

The fogbow falls,

雪浪击石碎

the waves dash against the rocks

思归

Reminiscing about the past

难归

Hard to go back,

堕回

Turning into demon,

轮回

The cycle of death and rebirth

月满一江水

The waning moon sinks into the river,

前世莫追

who would find their pre-existence?

福泽聚宝象

The happiness is brought to the city of Elephantia.

春风度不让洛阳

This spring scene rivaled the beauty of Luoyang

玉面狐折兰香

The Jade-faced Vixen is picking the fragrant orchids.

七绝崖上暗伏赤色大蟒

An enourmous python is hiding on the Mount Seven Perfection

过西梁

Enter the country of Western Liang.

女儿国鸳鸯罗帐

The Woman Nation is overwhelmed with net of beauties and curtains of thin silk

与三道斗法相

Match magical powers with three Taoist Immortals

火云扬

summoning up the clouds of fire.

明枪易挡暗箭难防

An frontal attack is easy to block but a stab in the back is hard to guard against

十方魔

The demons in all sides

渴饮着我的脆弱

thirst for my frailty

凭你计法相迫

under attack of magic powers,

逐个击破要你识我本色

break them up one by one, I'll let you see my true identity

万里恶

The evils within thousands of miles

摧垮了我的沉默

force me to break my silence

一肩担路坎坷

Bear all the burdens on my shoulder along the journey,

我不说

If I said nothing,

又何须旁人来嚼口舌

then why do I need others to comment on

借扇

Visit the Demonic Lady

翠云访罗刹

at Mount Turquoise Cloud for borrowing the fan

碧波潭内结亲宴

The Bull Demon King hold the banquet with his relatives in the Green Wave Pool.

招来九头的驸马

This attracts the Prince with nine heads

雾隐

Hidding in the mist,

金斑豹伸利爪

the Leopard with flower-patterned coats stretches out his claws

城北黄狮盗钉耙

On the moutain North of the city, the Tawny Lion Spirit planed to steal the rake.

白毛小鼠偷烛花

The White-haired Mouse Spirit secretly ate Tathagata's candle

思乡

Feeling nostalgic,

未敢听琵琶

have been afraid to listen to the Pipa

摄魂曲后三股叉

What follows the soul-seizing melody is a keen trident.

一朝命断美人画

The beauty transformed by the scorpion is eventually killed

六耳

It's hard to distinguish

幻形难辨真假

the Six Eared Macaque from his transformations

太岁摇铃唤风沙

Tai Sui rings his bells to conjure the dust storms.

玉兔抛绣高台搭

The Jade Rabbit throws the embroidered ball from top of the pavilion

红霓垂

The red skirt flutters,

九重紫云飞

the purple clouds fly over the high heaven

久归

Long path to come back.

未归

Still haven't come back.

欲回

yearn for the return.

恨回

Hate that it has not returned

凡胎恰登对

Mortals just met the the right one,

天命难违

the destiny is inevitable

比丘走白鹿

In Bhiksuland, a white deer has walked pass.

十三娘情丝缠缚

The seven spider spirits entwines Pigsy in Gossamer Cave

乌袍君生百目

The Taoist with a jet black robe has hundreds of eyes.

庙前拦路自称黄眉老祖

The one blocking the way in front of the temple called himself the Yellow-browed Buddha

将云拂

Wipe off the clouds,

孤直公对谈诗赋

Guzhi Gong discusses poetry with Tang Seng

还未能抵天竺

Still haven't reached Tianzhu.

金平府

In Jinping Prefecture.

钺斩红尘斧辟寒暑

The battle-axe owning by Kings of Cold and Heat Protection slashs off the the world

众笔者

Many bards

嘲笑着我的贪得

are mocking my greediness

藏美酒有甚者

what's more I also collect good wine,

谁却敢说自己放肆醉过

who dare say that they have been truly drunk in front of me?

休怪我

Don't blame me

这半生痴情煞多

for being so spoony half this lifetime

活一遭风流客

Live as a dissolute person lust after Chang'e.

慕娇娥

All I wish is

但愿抱拥世间真绝色

to hold world's most beautiful woman in my arms

浮世千寻沫

My silhouette has been washed off

冲荡了我的轮廓

and faded in this turbulent world

纵身入尘埃里

Jump straight into the dust.

雷雨大作我也放声而歌

Despite the furious thunderstorm, I will still sing loud

方寸中

In a short time,

方寸却不能定夺

I could not make up my mind

七十二般胆魄

With my seventy-two transformations,

这次我决意不闪躲

this time I decide not to dodge

世尊如来佛

The bhagavat Buddha

诘问着我的执着

queries my stubbornness

当年我瑶池刻

In those years I inscribed my name at Jade Pool.

闹得痛快并未想过太多

A havoc in heavenly palace, I didn't really think too much

状罪责

List my sins,

拿捏了我的业果

this decides my retribution

可顽心不服错

Yet my stubburn heart will never admit defeat,

不思过

never reflect on mistakes

齐天大圣地上行者

Great Sage, Equal of Heaven. The walker upon the earth

那传说

My loneliness

忘却了我的寂寞

has been forgotten in that legend

英雄名不堪得

I don't deserve the name of a hero.

何必较我混沌徒费口沫

There is no need to argue about it

这人间

After all,

毕竟我真正走过

I have walked across this world on my own feet

一途平九百波

A journey that pacified nine hundred tribulations,

九千错

Made nine thousand mistakes.

凌云渡成正果但我

Even though I have reached the Western Heaven and become immortal

有九九八十一种不舍

There are still nine thousand nine hundred eighty one reasons for me to linger about