Chapter Summaries

Mo Beiyuan recognized the celestial phenomenon as the emperor ordered a search for newborn twins, fearing they would threaten his throne. At the Yun Family, Yun Manman recovered after giving birth and began discussing names for her sons, while her family asked her to wait until they had studied more.

• Mo Beiyuan watched the strange sky and felt that he had seen the phenomenon before, recalling a girl with purple eyes and shared pain.
• The Imperial Astronomical Bureau chief told the emperor that twin stars foretold the birth of a destined sovereign and a god of war, likely among the imperial relatives or great families.
• The emperor ordered Yintou to investigate Southern Mo and slaughter every family in which twins had been born that day.
• Yun Manman admired her healthy sons with her family and wondered whether the second baby's blue eyes came from their father.
• Yun Manman asked Old Father Yun to name the babies, but Madam Zhou recalled the unappealing names he had once proposed.
• Yun Zewu, Yun Zeren, and Old Father Yun asked Yun Manman to wait so they could study and choose names for the boys.

Yun Manman named her newborn sons Yun Rui and Yun Xiao, protected them and began training her household’s fighters. The chapter ended with thirty-three trainees heading into the mountains while Old Woman Shen’s complaints about the Yun Family went unheard.

• Yun Manman named the elder twin Yun Rui and the younger Yun Xiao, while Old Father Yun and Yun Zewu gave them the nicknames Dabao and Xiaobao.
• Guagua warned Yun Manman that someone important held powerful resentment toward her newborn sons.
• Yun Manman distributed celebratory sweets, nursed the twins, and guided Yun Chuan in making concealed weapons from her designs.
• Yun Manman ordered her family to keep the twins safe and led thirty-three trainees through a month of intense training.
• Yun Manman took the trainees into the mountains for their next training, while Auntie Chen defended her sons’ place in the Yun Family and Old Woman Shen injured her foot in anger.

Yun Manman trained the Yun Family against a wolf pack and received two wolf cubs to raise alongside her own children. After half a month of training, she prepared to take everyone hunting, while Mo Beiyuan and Han Yu discussed the emperor’s investigation into the twins.

• Yun Manman brought the group to a cave, where they fought wolves under strict rules while she fed the pack Returning Lotus Fruits.
• The wolf queen gave Yun Manman two cubs after she asked to raise them with her own children.
• Mo Beiyuan learned that five hundred Imperial Shadow Guards had left the capital to investigate the great clans and chose not to interfere.
• After half a month of wolf sparring, Yun Manman declared the group ready for a final training exercise and planned to take them hunting.
• Yun Zewu suggested that the group hunt that day because everyone still had energy.

Yun Manman led her companions to infiltrate a bandit den concealed behind an illusionary cliff, then ordered them to rescue captives and seize the stronghold. She pursued the den’s leader through a hidden passage and left him crippled and dragged him away as she collected his treasure.

• Yun Manman and her companions disguised themselves as vulnerable women and let three bandits lead them toward the den.
• At the hidden entrance, Yun Manman’s companions subdued the bandits, and she dispelled the cliff illusion to reveal the valley stronghold.
• Yun Manman assigned Yuanwei and Yun Fang to rescue the captured women, Yun Lin and Yun Chuan to search for evidence and supplies, and Yun Mo to capture the bandits alive.
• During the raid, Yun Manman intercepted a poisoned needle aimed at Yun Mo and pursued the attacker into a hidden passage.
• Yun Manman crippled the black-robed bandit leader, silenced him, broke his kneecaps, and collected the gold and silver from his secret chamber.

Yun Manman raided the Longevity Stronghold and turned its bandits into sparring partners while coaching her companions through the fight. She left before the government troops arrived, and Mo Beiyuan protected her right to keep the stronghold’s treasure.

• Yun Manman took the stronghold’s valuables and gave Yun Ting, Yun Mo, Yun Lin, and the others tactical advice as they fought the bandits.
• Yun Mo severed the second chief’s arm, and Yun Lin prepared to use his expertise with drugs against his opponent.
• The exhausted third chief and the remaining bandits surrendered, complaining that Yun Manman had made them spar instead of killing them.
• Yun Yi warned Yun Manman that government troops were approaching, so she ended the training and led her group away.
• Mo Beiyuan arrived with County Magistrate Yang and heard the bandits explain how Yun Manman had defeated them without killing anyone.
• County Magistrate Yang objected to Yun Manman taking the treasure, but Mo Beiyuan said she had earned it, and the magistrate withdrew his complaint.

Four years after the mysterious woman broke through a bandit stronghold, Yun Manman had built the powerful Nine Lotus Pavilion while Mo Beiyuan and his allies discussed its influence. The chapter ended with Yun Manman reuniting with her four-year-old sons, including the unusually formal Dabao.

• Mo Beiyuan ordered Qingyi to investigate the woman who had broken through the stone wall, but they found no clues.
• Four years later, Han Yu complained to Mo Beiyuan that the Nine Lotus Pavilion was taking Ten Cold Gate's business, and Mo Beiyuan advised him to seek friendly relations.
• Si Shang and Mo Beiyuan discussed the Nine Lotus Pavilion's vast reach and elusive female master, while Mo Beiyuan dismissed the emperor's chances of controlling her.
• Yun Manman ordered Yun Lin to tell Yuanwei to strike the Leng Family's brothels and gambling houses without restraint.
• Yun Lin departed with pills and Yun Manman's message; the chapter noted her medical training and the continued growth of Yun Manman's space.
• Yun Manman found Erbao teasing Dabao, then greeted Dabao, who insisted that a refined gentleman should restrain his emotions.

Yun Manman took Dabao to One Grain Academy for the Double Seventh Festival, where they found Yun Zeren fighting Qian Youjin’s guards after Qian insulted Yun Manman and her sons. Yun Manman rejected Qian’s advances and knocked his reaching hand away with an unseen force.

• Yun Manman assigned Dabao two hours of Lotus Heart Art practice and Erbao fifty large characters after Erbao complained about his brother.
• Village Chief Zhang promised a band of two hundred men that he would deliver the Yun Family’s grain after the harvest, and their leader gave him five days.
• After the harvest, Yun Manman took Dabao to One Grain Academy, where he hurried to visit Yun Zeren, Yun Sheng, and Yun Ye.
• Qian Youjin insulted Yun Manman and her sons while Yun Zeren fought eight guards, and Yun Rui joined the fight.
• Yun Manman confronted Qian Youjin, dismissed his offer to view lanterns, and sent his reaching hand flying with a powerful force.

Yun Manman told Yun Rui that his father might still be alive and offered to find him, but Yun Rui said he wanted only her. Yun Rui then encountered Mo Beiyuan, who looked exactly like him, and the chapter ended as Mo Beiyuan recognized Yun Manman’s purple eyes and reacted with shock and joy.

• Qian Youjin insulted Yun Manman, but Yang Muwen arrived and drove him away while Yun Manman ordered Yun Sheng to punish him and deal with the Qian family.
• Yun Manman asked Yun Rui whether he wanted his father to return, and Yun Rui insisted that he and Xiao'er did not need a father and promised to bring him to her if they met.
• At a bookshop, Yun Rui saw Mo Beiyuan, whose face matched his own, and followed him to a secluded residence.
• Qing Yi attacked Yun Rui, but froze after recognizing his face and was struck by Yun Rui’s palm.
• Mo Beiyuan saw Yun Rui’s purple eyes, recognized the resemblance to Yun Manman, and began speaking in stunned disbelief.

Mo Beiyuan recognized Yun Rui as his son and reunited with Yun Manman, the woman he had dreamed of for five years. Yun Manman protected Yun Rui and threatened Mo Beiyuan when he confronted her about their past.

• Mo Beiyuan subdued Yun Rui, realized he was his son, and joyfully embraced him.
• Yun Rui warned Mo Beiyuan that his mother would destroy the hidden guards if they kept him.
• Yun Manman stormed into the prince's residence, fought Mo Beiyuan, and took Yun Rui into her arms.
• Mo Beiyuan recognized Yun Manman from his dreams and tried to stop her from leaving with Yun Rui.
• Mo Beiyuan accused Yun Manman of leaving after their encounter and hiding their child, while Yun Manman threatened to kill him if he targeted Yun Rui.

Yun Manman let Mo Beiyuan begin spending time with their children, while Yun Xiao discovered an attack on the Yun family and tried to defend their home. Yun Manman rushed to save him, but Yun Xiao collapsed as a sword came down behind him.

• Mo Beiyuan asked to stay with Yun Rui and Yun Xiao, and Yun Manman allowed him to visit the children but forbade him from taking them away.
• Yun Rui told Mo Beiyuan to take him home to meet Yun Xiao, then rode in the carriage with Mo Beiyuan and Yun Manman.
• Yun Xiao warned Old Father Yun and the village chief that an old man and a burly man planned to steal the grain with a group hiding in the back mountain.
• Yun Xiao ran out to fight the attackers while Old Father Yun and Madam Zhou sought shelter, and Old Father Yun was knocked down as two wolves guarded him.
• Yun Manman sensed danger as the carriage reached the village and flew toward the battle, urging Yun Xiao to focus his heart into a lotus.
• Yun Xiao formed a weak lotus strike against a saber-wielding attacker, then fell as another man's broadsword came down behind him.