Recaps

Ning Chen recovered in Weiyang Palace while Great Xia granted him the title of Martial Marquis, drawing the attention of the princes competing for the throne. He realized Fan Lingyue’s peace negotiations were likely meant to encourage Great Xia’s internal conflict, and the chapter left him facing the danger of a succession crisis.

• Fan Lingyue told Qing Wuyou that the time for her plan had not yet come and worried that Ning Chen had returned to the Great Xia Imperial Palace.
• The Three Grand Ministers granted Ning Chen the rank of Martial Marquis, prompting the Third Prince and Tenth Prince to seek his support.
• Ning Chen revealed to Xia Ziyi that he had awakened two days earlier, asked him to repair the broken Ink Sword, and gave him the Indestructible Vajra Body technique.
• Changsun told Ning Chen to leave the palace the next day and warned him that both princes would try to win him over.
• After Qing Ling described the Northern Mongol peace talks, Ning Chen suspected Fan Lingyue was feigning weakness to let Great Xia’s internal conflict erupt.

Ning Chen realized Fan Lingyue had maneuvered Great Xia toward another crisis as the Third Prince and Tenth Prince intensified their struggle for the throne. After leaving the palace with Mingyue, he faced pressure to choose a side while hiding the blood he coughed up.

• Ning Chen concluded that Fan Lingyue had used the Buddhist Kingdom to distract Great Xia and that the Imperial Princes' rivalry could no longer be stopped; he judged one of them would have to die to limit the damage.
• Ning Chen spent the evening caring for Mingyue, helping her bathe and dry her hair, then telling her a story as she fell asleep.
• Ning Chen secretly coughed blood through the night, and the next morning he and Mingyue left Weiyang Palace for his new marquis's residence.
• The Third Prince and Tenth Prince sent nearly identical visiting cards, but Ning Chen replied that he was unwell and could not receive them.
• Yue Hanyi, master of Lingyan Pavilion, sent Ning Chen a visiting card; Ning Chen declined and suspected Yue Hanyi's true master was tied to one of the Imperial Princes.

Ning Chen rejected pressure from Yue Hanyi and the Three Grand Ministers to stay out of the imperial succession struggle, and he defied Changsun’s order to remain home by attending her birthday banquet. The gathering ended with the court watching the seventeen-year-old Marquis of Knowing Fate closely, wary of his power and reputation.

• Ning Chen threatened to destroy Lingyan Pavilion if Yue Hanyi continued trying to recruit him, and Yue Hanyi reported his refusal to a man hidden behind a screen.
• The Grand Tutor, Duke Jingwu, and Duke Xiyu each sent Ning Chen letters telling him not to attend Changsun’s birthday banquet, but he discarded them and decided to go.
• A court historian questioned whether Ning Chen was truly seventeen when he was made Martial Marquis, and Changsun confirmed there was no error.
• Ning Chen arrived at Changsun’s birthday banquet with Little Mingyue despite having been told to stay home, and presented Changsun with a luminous pearl.
• Ning Chen ignored the approaches of Xia Mingri and Xia Yanwu while greeting Xia Ziyi and Xia Xinyu, as officials watched him with envy and wariness over his destruction of Mijie Mountain.

At the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet, Marquis Anqing mocked Ning Chen’s origins, prompting Ning Chen to ask for his daughter’s hand and Changsun to strip the marquis of his office. As rival factions fought over the vacant position, Ning Chen was appointed director of the Ministry of Justice, while Changsun hinted that she had plans for his marriage.

• Marquis Anqing asked whether Ning Chen was betrothed, and Ning Chen retaliated by formally asking to marry the marquis’s daughter before Changsun.
• Changsun granted Ning Chen’s request, then rejected Marquis Anqing’s plea to withdraw the order and told him to retire; Duke Xiyu supported replacing him as director of the Ministry of Justice.
• The Tenth Prince tried to defend Marquis Anqing, but withdrew once Changsun’s decision was final; Changsun then said she had her own plans for Ning Chen’s marriage.
• Officials from the Tenth Prince’s and Third Prince’s factions argued over who should replace Marquis Anqing, until Xia Ziyi proposed Ning Chen for the post.
• The princes and officials accepted the proposal, and Changsun formally appointed Ning Chen director of the Ministry of Justice, in charge of criminal law and prisons.

At the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet, Ning Chen refused her order to marry the Ninth Princess, provoking her anger and leaving his standing at court uncertain. After the guests departed, Ning Chen and Xia Ziyi fought to a draw, and Ning Chen realized how deeply the First Prince had concealed his abilities.

• Changsun ordered Xia Xinyu to pour wine for Ning Chen, then announced she intended to betroth them; Xia Xinyu indicated she did not agree.
• Xia Mingri, Xia Ziyi, and Xia Yanwu each opposed the marriage, but Ning Chen also refused, saying he already had someone in his heart.
• Changsun angrily left the banquet, while Xia Mingri and Xia Yanwu invited Ning Chen to visit their residences and seek his support.
• After the others departed, Xia Ziyi asked Ning Chen to fight, and the two exchanged techniques beneath the moon.
• Xia Ziyi unleashed Boundless Ocean of Learning and Ning Chen answered with the Milky Way of the Nine Heavens; their clash ended without either gaining the advantage.
• Ning Chen carried the sleeping Mingyue away and reflected that Xia Ziyi had secretly suppressed his formidable abilities for more than twenty years.

Ning Chen argued with Changsun over her demand that he marry the Ninth Princess, then learned the Du'e Temple Abbot had been rescued and worried that Fan Lingyue would soon act. After witnessing his Red-Clad Guards trample a little girl’s Tanghulu, he headed to the Ministry of Justice to confront his subordinates.

• Changsun tried to force Ning Chen to marry the Ninth Princess, but he refused, and she agreed to think further about his troublesome background.
• Ning Chen and Mingyue returned to the marquis's estate, where he received word that the Du'e Temple Abbot had been rescued and the Blood-Patterned Sword was nearly ruined.
• Ning Chen left Mingyue at the estate and walked through the imperial city, reflecting on his life in this world.
• Red-Clad Guards of the Ministry of Justice charged through the street and trampled the Tanghulu bought by a little boy for his sister.
• Ning Chen apologized to the children and bought them two new sticks of Tanghulu, then went to the Ministry of Justice to confront his subordinates.

Ning Chen took control of the Ministry of Justice by overpowering its six leaders and learned that Marquis Anqing had ordered the execution of the Lord of Ying City. After summoning Yin Wugou and testing his swordsmanship, Ning Chen suddenly struck him down, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Yin Wugou returned to the Ministry of Justice with the severed head of the Lord of Ying City, while its leaders argued about the new Minister and the Empress Dowager’s influence.
• Ning Chen arrived, introduced himself to Elder Yuan, Old Woman Ding, Zhao Ji, Lu Suan, Jin Tu, and Yan Zishu, then forced them to their knees with his aura and demanded their cooperation.
• Ning Chen questioned the leaders about the execution and learned from Old Woman Ding that Marquis Anqing had ordered it.
• Yin Wugou wondered whether he had killed another good man, then went to meet Ning Chen after receiving the Minister’s summons.
• Ning Chen and Yin Wugou fought to a standstill with Frost Bloom and the Sword of Bloodlight; Yin Wugou acknowledged Ning Chen as the first swordsman he could not defeat and knelt to greet him as Minister.
• Ning Chen suddenly struck Yin Wugou with Frost Bloom and sent him flying, scattering blood across the ground.

Ning Chen asserted his authority as Director of the Ministry of Justice, investigated the Lord of Yingcheng’s records, and learned Duke Xiyu had examined them. He then visited the Third Prince, Xia Yanwu, at the Divine Wind Camp, where their smiling conversation continued as another training-ground duel ended.

• Ning Chen struck Kong Yu for criticizing him, and Yin Wugou stopped Kong Yu from provoking him further.
• Ning Chen ordered Yan Zishu to bring the records on the Lord of Yingcheng and learned that Duke Xiyu had handled the volume three days earlier.
• Ning Chen took Yin Wugou to visit the Third Prince at the Divine Wind Camp and promised Yin Wugou a chance to change his life.
• Ning Chen and Yin Wugou watched Xia Yanwu defeat Ming Chuan and rout the Divine Wind Camp troops in a battle exercise.
• Ning Chen and Xia Yanwu exchanged flattering remarks and walked together to the Training Ground, where a halberd wielder defeated a spear fighter.

Ning Chen watched Yin Wugou and Yan Yun fight to a draw before stopping their deadly final attacks, then visited Prince Yan to thank him and test his own improved strength. The chapter ended as Ning Chen and Prince Yan crossed swords.

• Xia Yanwu praised Yan Yun’s martial skill and urged Ning Chen to send someone to challenge him, so Ning Chen ordered Yin Wugou to fight in his place.
• Yin Wugou and Yan Yun fought fiercely, each revealing formidable power and ultimately unleashing a deadly technique.
• Ning Chen intervened and stopped their sword and halberd, ending the match as the shattered platform collapsed and Xia Yanwu protected nearby soldiers.
• Ning Chen and Xia Yanwu shared tea in the command tent before Ning Chen returned to the Ministry of Justice with Yin Wugou.
• Ning Chen visited Prince Yan, who handed him the Azure Sword and invited him to demonstrate his improved strength.
• Ning Chen attacked Prince Yan, who blocked his Azure Sword with the Crimson Sword.

Ning Chen lost a sword match with Prince Yan, who criticized his weak foundation and ordered him to leave the imperial city with him in one month. Later, Ning Chen visited Lingyan Pavilion to find someone and watched an attendant pressure Su Feiyan to receive a guest.

• Ning Chen used two volumes of the Heavenly Book and several powerful techniques against Prince Yan, but Prince Yan defeated him with precise swordplay.
• Prince Yan explained that Ning Chen had neglected basic techniques, warned him against distraction, and ordered him to settle his affairs within a month before leaving with him.
• Ning Chen worried about the imperial city's political tensions as he walked to Lingyan Pavilion and pretended to be an ordinary, bashful guest while searching for someone.
• Su Feiyan's zither music silenced the pavilion, and her attendant refused a visitor on her behalf, prompting another attendant to press her to receive the guest.
• Ning Chen quietly watched the dispute from below, making no move to intervene.

Ning Chen entered Lingyan Pavilion amid a confrontation over Su Feiyan and learned that she needed the legendary Man Sha Flower. Su Feiyan gave him a half Great Sigh Pill from the Tenth Prince, while Ning Chen suspected Lingyan Pavilion had changed owners and wondered about her hidden identity.

• Nangong Qing tried to visit Su Feiyan, but Ji Yu intervened and Su Feiyan told them her illness could only be cured by the Man Sha Flower.
• Ning Chen recognized the Man Sha Flower as the Flower of the Other Shore, prompting Su Feiyan to invite him into her room; Yancui realized he had only been comforting her.
• Nangong Qing returned to his room after his attempt to test Su Feiyan failed, while Ning Chen went upstairs to meet her.
• Su Feiyan gave Ning Chen half of a Great Sigh Pill sent by the Tenth Prince to help with his injuries and said the prince had expected him to visit.
• Ning Chen told Su Feiyan he had come to find Yue Hanyi, and she said she was managing Lingyan Pavilion in Hanyi's absence.
• Ning Chen suspected Lingyan Pavilion had changed owners and noticed Su Feiyan concealed a faint martial aura; he told her he had never seen the Man Sha Flower.

Ning Chen declined to help Su Feiyan find the Flower of the Other Shore and returned home to celebrate Mingyue’s eighth birthday. As they began making a cake together, he refused a summons from the Empress Dowager.

• Ning Chen told Su Feiyan he would keep an eye out for the Flower of the Other Shore, though he suspected she had ulterior motives, and then left Lingyan Pavilion.
• Ning Chen found Mingyue waiting with dinner, learned that the next day was her birthday, and promised to stay home and make her a cake.
• Ning Chen and Mingyue bought ingredients, improvised a pan, and began preparing the cake in the kitchen.
• A young eunuch arrived with the Empress Dowager’s summons, but Ning Chen refused to go and told him to report that he was sick.

Ning Chen and Mingyue made a cake for Mingyue’s birthday, then Changsun arrived in person after Ning Chen ignored her summons. After scolding him and giving Mingyue a phoenix hairpin, Changsun asked about the Third Prince’s Divine Wind Camp, and Ning Chen warned that it would be difficult to deal with.

• Ning Chen and Mingyue baked a cake, shared it with the servants, and left the chefs to try making their own.
• Changsun arrived at Ning Chen’s residence, and Ning Chen pretended to be sick until an imperial physician confirmed his injuries were still healing.
• Changsun caught Ning Chen’s deception, scolded him for ignoring her summons, and learned that the servants were making cake.
• Changsun tasted the cake and gave Mingyue a phoenix hairpin for her birthday.
• Changsun asked Ning Chen about the Third Prince’s Divine Wind Camp, and Ning Chen said its strict discipline and many experts would make it troublesome.

Changsun entrusted Ning Chen with the Dragon Guard Camp’s command token as Great Xia faced growing political threats. After Fan Lingyue arranged to contact the Third Prince, Ning Chen took Mingyue to the Yin River’s Courtesan Queen Competition, where they discovered they had forgotten their invitation and would have to pass the qualifying tests.

• Ning Chen told Changsun that the Lord of Yingcheng’s death might involve the Tenth Prince or the Three Grand Ministers, and Changsun warned him against pledging himself to either prince.
• Changsun gave Ning Chen the Dragon Guard Camp’s command token and told him to consult Ziyi, trusting him with authority she could no longer hold forever.
• Fan Lingyue ordered Qing Wuyou to keep seeking a meeting with Great Xia’s Third Prince, then coughed blood as Mu Chengxue warned her that Ning Chen was formidable.
• Ning Chen accepted Su Feiyan’s invitation to the Courtesan Queen Competition and agreed to take Mingyue after she expressed curiosity about Lingyan Pavilion.
• Ning Chen and Mingyue arrived at the Yin River without their invitation, so Ning Chen decided they would pass the tests on the smaller flower boats.

Ning Chen and Little Mingyue passed the first three trials aboard the flower boats and reached the final banquet, where Su Feiyan waited in vain for the Marquis of Knowing Fate. As the flower queen selection began, five dazzling women descended onto the stage.

• Ning Chen answered the first trial’s couplet and the second trial’s poetry prompt, passing both with Little Mingyue.
• Ning Chen admitted he could not write an essay for the third trial, so Little Mingyue composed one and earned them a pass.
• Ning Chen and Little Mingyue boarded the final flower boat, where Su Feiyan learned that the Marquis of Knowing Fate had not arrived.
• While Su Feiyan played the zither, Ning Chen and Little Mingyue ignored the performance and ate; Su Feiyan then ordered the selection to begin without waiting.
• Five beautiful women in red descended onto the stage, eclipsing the ten dancers in green.

Ning Chen attended the Courtesan Queen competition with Mingyue, where an assassin attacked Liu Ruoxi during her dance. Su Feiyan later tried to draw Ning Chen into taking Liu Ruoxi in, but he refused, so Su Feiyan ordered her sent to the Zhiming Marquisate.

• Ning Chen gave Mingyue ten taels to cast a vote, and Liu Ruoxi won the title of Courtesan Queen.
• An assassin struck at Liu Ruoxi during the Startled Swan Dance, but a zither note diverted the sword into her shoulder; Ning Chen did not intervene.
• Su Feiyan summoned Ning Chen and asked what he thought of Liu Ruoxi, then hinted that he had never been castrated.
• Ning Chen rejected Su Feiyan's offer to take Liu Ruoxi and left with Mingyue.
• Su Feiyan ordered Qiulan to send Liu Ruoxi to the Zhiming Marquisate, with Madam Hong to decide her fate if it refused her.

Ning Chen attacked Su Feiyan at Lingyan Pavilion, but their battle worsened his old injuries and exposed his use of the Scroll of Earth. The Ghost Maiden confronted him to reclaim the scroll, and Prince Yan intervened, compelling Ning Chen to return it.

• Ning Chen put on an evil ghost mask and attacked Su Feiyan at Lingyan Pavilion, where he and Su Feiyan exchanged powerful blows.
• Su Feiyan stopped Qiulan from pursuing Ning Chen, while Ning Chen escaped with his old injuries flaring up.
• The Ghost Maiden arrived with her underworld attendants and demanded the Scroll of Earth from Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen fought the Ghost Maiden, and their clash destroyed her ghost carriage and shattered his sword.
• Prince Yan sent the Azure Sword to disperse the ghosts and ordered Ning Chen to return the Scroll of Earth.
• Ning Chen expelled the broken Golden Pages from his dantian qihai and gave them to the Ghost Maiden, who promised him a favor.

Ning Chen learned that Su Feiyan was descended from the Hexi Dynasty and heard that the Third Prince had contacted Northern Meng. He rejected Liu Ruoxi’s pleas for shelter, but later offered her a chance to stay if she could give him a reason to keep her.

• Ning Chen accepted a Netherworld Pearl from the Ghost Maiden, who warned him about the Underworld Son and told him where to find the underworld entrance.
• Prince Yan identified Su Feiyan’s Spring Thunder Zither and Seven-String Heavenly Art, explaining that she was likely descended from the Hexi Dynasty and that the Ziyin Dynasty also had surviving descendants.
• A scout reported to Ning Chen that the Third Prince had been in contact with Northern Meng, and Ning Chen ordered continued surveillance.
• Ning Chen rejected Liu Ruoxi’s request to stay at his residence, and Su Feiyan ordered that Liu Ruoxi be handed over to Madam Hong.
• On the Tenth Prince’s flower boat, Ning Chen offered Liu Ruoxi one chance to give him a reason to keep her, but her pleas that she could learn anything failed to move him.

Ning Chen staged an assassination attempt against Xia Mingri to rescue Liu Ruoxi and make the Tenth Prince reveal his hidden abilities. After Xia Mingri believed Liu Ruoxi had died, Ning Chen secretly brought her back to his residence, where she awoke as he told her he had given her a place to belong.

• Xia Mingri asked Ning Chen to support him against the Third Prince and revealed that the Third Prince was secretly contacting Northern Mongolia.
• Kong Yu and Yin Wugou, acting on Ning Chen’s plan, attacked Xia Mingri on the pleasure boat, and Ning Chen defeated them while Liu Ruoxi appeared to be killed.
• Xia Mingri ordered Liu Ruoxi buried, while Ning Chen returned to his residence and later met with Changsun at the palace.
• Ning Chen checked on the drugged Liu Ruoxi and told Mingyue that he had arranged the apparent assassination to save her.
• Liu Ruoxi woke at Ning Chen’s residence, and Ning Chen told her he had given her the place to belong that she wanted.

While Liu Ruoxi recovered at the marquis’s residence, she heard from the shopkeeper and Xiaoyun that Ning Chen was kinder and poorer than his reputation suggested. After caring for Little Mingyue, Ning Chen learned that Duke Xiyu had left the capital and that his disciple Yin Moxiao had been meeting with Peerless City, leaving him wary of the growing political turmoil and Fan Lingyue.

• The Du'an Pharmacy shopkeeper treated Liu Ruoxi, demanded that Ning Chen repay his debt, and urged Liu Ruoxi not to trust rumors about the marquis.
• Xiaoyun told Liu Ruoxi that Ning Chen treated his servants kindly but had little money, and Liu Ruoxi wondered whether she had misjudged him.
• Ning Chen and Xiaoyun chased Little Mingyue through the residence when she refused her medicine; she hid in Liu Ruoxi's bed and accidentally exposed her as they tried to catch her.
• Little Mingyue agreed to take her medicine after Ning Chen soothed her, then asked to sleep with him and hear the story of Snow White.
• Ning Chen secretly used his true qi to help Liu Ruoxi recover, then listened to a spy report that Duke Xiyu had left the capital and Yin Moxiao had met frequently with Peerless City.
• Ning Chen ordered the spy to keep watching and worried that Duke Xiyu's actions, the Three Grand Ministers, and Fan Lingyue could worsen Great Xia's unstable situation.

Ning Chen left the Imperial City and began wiping out Cloud Ridge Stockade, a bandit stronghold hiding several Ninth Rank experts. After silently killing much of the stockade with his bow, he revealed himself by striking down one of its chieftains with a powerful arrow.

• Ning Chen sent Xia Mingri a letter promising to help him ascend the throne, and the news of their correspondence soon spread through the Imperial City.
• Xia Yanwu rode to the Zhiming Marquisate, but the old steward told him Ning Chen had left and asked him to return another day.
• Ning Chen went alone to Cloud Ridge Stockade, where his informant confirmed that its three chieftains were Ninth Rank experts.
• After nightfall, Ning Chen used the darkness and an east wind to shoot the bandits silently, killing nearly half before a woman's scream exposed the slaughter.
• As Huamu left the wooden hall to investigate, Ning Chen fired a powerful arrow that tore through his body and calmly counted it as his first arrow.

Ning Chen attacked Cloud Ridge Stockade, killing its experts and overpowering its leaders. He ordered the bandit-clad woman to take the surviving purple-clad woman down the mountain while he stayed to kill the remaining bandits.

• Ning Chen used the Po Shang Bow to kill the stockade’s Eighth-Rank and Seventh-Rank fighters, then entered the wooden hall to confront the leaders.
• The purple-clad young woman recognized Ning Chen as the Marquis of Knowing Fate, and he discovered more hidden experts inside the hall.
• Ning Chen defeated the stockade’s Seventh-Rank, Eighth-Rank, and Ninth-Rank fighters as they attacked him together.
• Ning Chen unleashed Nine Heavens Void Wave Fury, destroyed the wooden hall, and killed two of the remaining Ninth-Rank experts.
• Ning Chen crippled the purple-clad young woman and told the bandit-clad woman to take her down the mountain while he stayed to kill the rest.

Ning Chen wiped out Cloud Ridge Stockade, tortured a captive to death, and persuaded Eunuch Pei to leave the imperial mausoleum by promising him a chance to kill him in a fair fight. Badly injured by Eunuch Pei, Ning Chen recovered enough to depart, still determined to carry out his urgent plans.

• Ning Chen descended from the blood-soaked Cloud Ridge Stockade and kept Little Mingyue at a distance when he returned home.
• Ning Chen questioned the purple-robed captive in the Ministry of Justice's dark chamber, then ordered the blue-robed woman to bury her after she died from his torture.
• Ning Chen obtained Changsun's edict to enter the imperial mausoleum and persuaded Eunuch Pei to leave by offering him a future fair battle.
• Eunuch Pei struck Ning Chen hard enough to send him flying from the mausoleum, and Qing Ling stopped him from attacking in return.
• Qing Ling carried the injured Ning Chen back to the palace, where she and Changsun treated him until his bleeding eased.
• Ning Chen left the Heavenly Edict Hall despite Changsun's protests, insisting that he had urgent matters to handle.

After the Cloud Ridge Stockade massacre, Changsun suspected Ning Chen was responsible and ordered the Dark Shadow Guard to watch for any fallout. Ning Chen concealed the true severity of his injuries, then sent the Nine Marvelous Separation-Reunion Flower to auction to draw out people tied to Duke Xiyu and the Tenth Prince; Xia Yanwu visited as Ning Chen pretended not to know about the auction.

• Qing Ling told Changsun that Ning Chen likely destroyed Cloud Ridge Stockade, and Changsun ordered the Dark Shadow Guard to monitor the imperial city without intervening.
• Ning Chen secretly watched Duke Xiyu's residence and the Tenth Prince's side, then coughed up blood from injuries he had concealed from the court.
• Liu Ruoxi helped Ning Chen into her room and agreed not to reveal his condition; seeing his weakness eased her fear and resentment toward him.
• Changsun sent Ning Chen a Nine Marvelous Separation-Reunion Flower, but Ning Chen ordered it taken to Kylin Pavilion for auction with an opening bid of one hundred thousand gold.
• Kylin Pavilion announced the flower's auction, and Xia Yanwu visited Ning Chen, offered help, and asked how much money remained in the marquisate.

Ning Chen accepted Mu Qianshang’s challenge and borrowed the Great Yin Azure Sparrow Sword to fight him despite his injuries. He met Mu Qianshang outside the imperial city, and their battle began beneath the moon.

• Xia Yanwu left Ning Chen after asking him to consider supporting the Third Prince, and Ning Chen weighed the succession before Mu Qianshang’s challenge arrived.
• Ning Chen asked Xia Ziyi for a sword and learned the Ink Sword was not ready, so Xia Xinyu suggested borrowing the Great Yin Azure Sparrow Sword from Changsun.
• Changsun lent Ning Chen the sword, warned him to admit defeat if necessary, and urged Xia Xinyu to reconsider her marriage to him.
• Ning Chen returned to the Marquisate, prepared himself for the duel, and left Mingyue at home before setting out to meet Mu Qianshang.
• People across the imperial city noticed Ning Chen’s fighting intent and went to watch as he and Mu Qianshang faced each other a hundred li away.
• Ning Chen and Mu Qianshang exchanged formal invitations to fight, then collided as frost and snow scattered around them.