Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Capital City, Ye Jingtang visited Pei Xiangjun and then reunited with Luo Ning at their old courtyard, where they reminisced and became intimate. The chapter left Ye Jingtang and Luo Ning together in bed after he teased her about their first meeting.

• A palace messenger invited Ye Jingtang and his beloved companions to a banquet at Taihua Hall and asked him to visit the palace.
• Ye Jingtang left Pei Xiangjun and rode toward Twin Osmanthus Alley, recalling his early days in the Capital City.
• Ye Jingtang surprised Luo Ning while she cooked, then helped finish the meal and reminisced with her about their old home.
• Ye Jingtang and Luo Ning drank together, and he gave her transparent tights from Pei Xiangjun before they became intimate.
• Luo Ning reached for her Sabre when Ye Jingtang teased her about their first meeting, then turned away and hid beneath the quilt.

Ye Jingtang returned to the capital and reunited with Luo Ning and Dongfang Liren while visiting the Black Bureau and Jade Resonance Tower. He and Dongfang Liren discussed a new martial ranking, then stayed together at the tower as he delayed his visit to the palace.

• Xue Baijin discovered Zhe Yunli had joined the Black Bureau, questioned her about the job, and hesitated to attend the palace banquet with Ye Jingtang.
• Ye Jingtang walked through the city with Luo Ning, who visited A Lan, before he entered the Black Bureau by leaping over its wall.
• Ye Jingtang encountered Qiu Tianhe and Meng Jiao in the case archive, greeted them, and continued to Jade Resonance Tower to see Dongfang Liren.
• Ye Jingtang and Dongfang Liren discussed ranking the strongest martial artists and decided to publish a provisional list of the Ten Under Heaven.
• Dongfang Liren urged Ye Jingtang to visit the Empress Dowager and the Empress, but he stayed to kiss and tease her in the tower.

Ye Jingtang returned to the Imperial Palace and reunited with the Empress Dowager and the Empress, discussing their wedding, Great Wei’s future, and his plans to leave worldly affairs behind someday. The chapter ended with Ye Jingtang, the Empress, Dongfang Liren, and the Empress Dowager sharing an intimate, playful evening in the Brilliant Sun Pool.

• The Empress Dowager waited for Ye Jingtang, who surprised her with roast chicken before teasing her and punishing her for neglecting her martial training.
• The Empress Dowager hid when the Empress caught her with Ye Jingtang, then the Empress walked with him and discussed Great Wei’s unification and their possible future beyond the mountains.
• The Empress brought Ye Jingtang to the Brilliant Sun Pool, where she offered him a Jade Radish as a reward.
• Dongfang Liren arrived and discovered Ye Jingtang hiding underwater, then joined the playful struggle with him and the Empress.
• The Empress Dowager arrived at the pool and was pulled into the group, where the four continued laughing and splashing together.

Ye Jingtang reunited with Zhe Yunli after her patrol, then returned to the New Residence and found Perfected Person Xuanji drawing an erotic painting of Fan Qinghe. Their teasing exposed Xuanji’s antics to the household, and Ye Jingtang left to check on Baijin before the next night’s palace banquet.

• Ye Jingtang met Zhe Yunli and Ping'er on Tiger Platform Street after her patrol shift, then walked home with Zhe Yunli.
• Zhe Yunli told Ye Jingtang that her master was nervous about attending the palace banquet and might not come.
• Ye Jingtang found Perfected Person Xuanji in the Study drawing an erotic painting of Fan Qinghe, and she challenged him to resist her while writing calligraphy.
• Fan Qinghe and Zhe Yunli caught Perfected Person Xuanji with the painting, then discovered Ye Jingtang had written “Harder, Hubby” on her lower back.
• Luo Ning, Hua Qingzhi, and Pei Xiangjun joined the household’s teasing, and Ye Jingtang left to check whether Baijin would attend the banquet.

Xue Baijin agreed to return to the New Residence and negotiate Southern Skies Mountain’s peaceful submission in exchange for fair posts for the Sky-Pacifying Sect’s people and equal treatment at home. Ye Jingtang brought her back, where she joined the wives’ late-night gathering despite her initial unease.

• Xue Baijin waited alone in the Small Courtyard until Ye Jingtang arrived and persuaded her to come home.
• Xue Baijin discussed their unborn child’s name with Ye Jingtang and set conditions for Southern Skies Mountain to submit.
• Ye Jingtang carried Xue Baijin back to the New Residence, where they heard the women teasing Perfected Person Xuanji in revealing clothes.
• Xue Baijin sat with the group, and Ye Jingtang and the others gradually helped her overcome her reservations and join them.

Ye Jingtang brought his family to the palace for a reunion banquet, where the Empress turned the celebration into a playful game that drew Xue Baijin into the household’s teasing. As evening fell, the family’s gathering marked the end of the upheaval that had shaken Great Wei.

• Ye Jingtang and the women prepared for the palace banquet while Xue Baijin worried about the household’s frequent gatherings and Madam Hua cautioned her pregnant daughter, Hua Qingzhi.
• Ye Jingtang escorted his wives to the palace, where the Empress, Dongfang Liren, the Empress Dowager, and Perfected Person Xuanji welcomed them into Taihua Hall.
• The Empress seated Ye Jingtang on the Dragon Throne and began a plaque game, drawing a move that made her and Xue Baijin compete for his attention.
• Xue Baijin accepted her own embarrassing forfeit, and the women continued the game amid teasing, laughter, and wine.
• The banquet continued into the evening as the family reunited, and the upheaval across the land finally subsided.

On New Year's Day, a general amnesty freed the Two Princes of Yanzhou, who learned that Ye Jingtang had reshaped the realm and was marrying. Ye Jingtang celebrated his wedding with ten brides before a gathering of friends and former rivals, and the chapter ended with Niao Niao looking toward the Northwest as she remembered the person who had raised her.

• She Long freed Wang Er and Wang Chengjing from the Black Bureau under the general amnesty, and the brothers collected their belongings and left.
• At a noodle shop, Wang Er and Wang Chengjing learned of Ye Jingtang's rise, Northern Liang's fall, and the wedding banquet at Skywater Bridge, so they hurried there to pay their respects.
• Ye Jingtang greeted the gathered guests, toasted Great Wei's officials and the martial world, and welcomed the Two Princes of Yanzhou among the guests.
• Ye Jingtang married Yu Hu, Silly, Shui'er, Huaiyan, Baijin, Ning'er, Yunli, Third Madam, Qinghe, and Qingzhi in the main hall.
• In the bridal chamber, the brides and their attendants playfully surrounded Ye Jingtang, while Niao Niao watched the snowfall and thought of her past in the Northwest.