Recaps

Wang Hao reached Fuzhou, hid his ship, and discovered Li Haoran and other powerful fighters at the Fuwei Escort Agency. He reunited with Wu Tai under his Zhu Yanzu guise, revealed his true appearance, and asked where Qing'er was.

• Wang Hao improved his cultivation and martial techniques, then worried about the ailing spirit peach tree and seasick Wangcai as he neared Fuzhou.
• Wang Hao left the fleet, hid his ship in a secluded bay, and headed into Fuzhou City alone.
• Xiao Mengmeng warned Wang Hao that Li Haoran, another Half-step Innate expert, and more than a dozen Peak Grandmasters were at the Fuwei Escort Agency.
• Wang Hao went to the Grace and Righteousness trading house and revealed himself to Wu Tai, who welcomed him as his elder brother-in-law.
• Wang Hao ate the food Wu Tai had prepared and asked where Qing'er was.

Wang Hao learned that the Confucian School had imprisoned Lin Zhennan's family and was using Yushu to lure him to Fuzhou. He prepared for a fight, entered the Fuwei Escort Agency, and left Lin Zhennan with a warning as danger approached.

• Wu Tai told Wang Hao that Qing'er had gone to the Treasure Island of Ryukyu to establish a foothold and that the Fuwei Escort Agency had stopped taking jobs.
• Wang Hao learned Lin Zhennan had arranged a child bride for Lin Pingzhi named Yushu and realized the Confucian School was using her as bait.
• Wang Hao ate medicinal food, retrieved his Shameless Greatsword, and entered the Fuwei Escort Agency by climbing over the city wall.
• Wang Hao found Lin Zhennan under guard and learned that the Confucian School had captured Yushu while Old Cheng and Old Zhu had escaped with Miss Zhou and the others.
• Wang Hao told Lin Zhennan and his wife to join Yushu and Pingzhi, then strode outside after sensing danger.

Wang Hao confronted Li Haoran and Li Jishi, who attacked him over the suspected Mohist inheritance. After Wang Hao and Li Haoran argued over how Huaxia should face foreign powers, they clashed swords and discovered each other's weapons were extraordinary.

• Wang Hao mocked Li Jishi, who attacked him with sinister Sword Qi, but his protective True Qi deflected the blows and his counterstrike tore open Li Jishi's clothing.
• Xiao Mengmeng identified Li Jishi as the refined man who had plotted against Wang Hao in the capital, and Li Haoran stopped him from attacking again to ask about the Mohist School's inheritance.
• Wang Hao realized the Confucian School wanted the inheritance and challenged Li Haoran's belief that unifying Huaxia under Confucian principles was enough to resist foreign threats.
• Wang Hao and Li Haoran argued over whether restoring the Hundred Schools would save or divide Huaxia, then concluded that words could not settle their opposing ideals.
• Wang Hao and Li Haoran struck at the same time, and their swords met without either man yielding; Wang Hao noticed that Li Haoran's sword had cut into the Shameless Greatsword and spotted two seal-script characters on its blade.

Wang Hao recognized Li Haoran's Zhanlu Sword and fought the Confucian School experts, eventually using the Dao Comprehension Function to overwhelm Li Haoran. After Li Haoran tried to cover his allies' retreat, he used the Vast Righteousness Sword Instruction to flee, leaving Wang Hao bewildered.

• Wang Hao recognized the black sword in Li Haoran's hand as the legendary Zhanlu Sword after it cut deeply into the Shameless Greatsword.
• Li Haoran and the Confucian School experts surrounded Wang Hao, while Li Jishi ordered a Grandmaster to seize Lin Zhennan's family and Yushu.
• Wang Hao launched a furious assault when he heard the threat, then activated the Dao Comprehension Function and drove Li Haoran back with a powerful strike.
• The Grandmaster returned without capturing Lin Zhennan's group, and Li Haoran ordered a retreat, but Li Jishi urged everyone to attack Wang Hao instead.
• Wang Hao nearly killed Li Jishi, who fled the city, while Li Haoran stayed behind to cover the Confucian School Grandmasters' retreat.
• Li Haoran invoked the Vast Righteousness Sword Instruction: Sacrifice Life for Righteousness, then turned into a streak of sword light and escaped, leaving Wang Hao stunned.

Wang Hao rescued Lin Zhennan’s family from the cellar and learned that Li Jishi had fled toward the southern docks. After arranging for Lin Zhennan to contact Zhou Xueyi and the others, Wang Hao chased Li Jishi out to sea by rowing after his ship.

• Wang Hao chose to pursue Li Jishi first because he considered the ruthless man a greater threat than Li Haoran, and Xiao Mengmeng located him heading for the southern docks.
• Wang Hao opened the cellar’s heavy stone door and reunited with Lin Zhennan, Yushu, Lin Pingzhi, and Madam Lin.
• Wang Hao teased Lin Pingzhi, praised Yushu and Lin Pingzhi’s marriage, and warned Lin Zhennan not to let Yushu’s past cause trouble in the family.
• Lin Zhennan told Wang Hao that purple fireworks had been a signal from Old Zhu and Old Cheng and that he could contact them within three days to reach Zhou Xueyi and the others.
• Wang Hao left his sword behind, told Yushu to call him Master, and rowed a small boat out of Fuzhou harbor toward Li Jishi’s ship.

Wang Hao pursued Li Jishi’s group across the sea, killed three Confucian School Grandmasters, and captured Li Jishi after wearing him down. He forced Li Jishi to reveal martial arts and Confucian School secrets, leaving Wang Hao with new techniques and intelligence to use against the school.

• Wang Hao caught Li Jishi and three Confucian School Grandmasters aboard their ship, killing the three before confronting Li Jishi on the aft deck.
• Wang Hao fought Li Jishi until Li exhausted his True Qi, then sealed his acupoints and shattered his Dantian to prevent him from resisting.
• Wang Hao threatened Li Jishi with an invented torture scheme, and Li Jishi agreed to answer his questions.
• Li Jishi explained that he practiced the Bixie Swordsmanship and recited its and the Vast Righteousness Sword Instruction’s cultivation mnemonics for Wang Hao.
• Li Jishi recited his other martial arts, including the Vast Righteousness True Scripture, and revealed the Confucian School’s circumstances and secrets.

After returning from sinking Li Jishi’s vessel, Wang Hao met Tan Buyong, the Dragon Head of the Azure Dragon Society, who revealed the society’s ties to the Mohist School and asked Wang Hao to inherit its leadership. Wang Hao weighed the power and resources on offer against the danger of provoking the Confucian School, leaving his decision unresolved.

• Wang Hao returned to the Fuwei Escort Agency after scuttling the vessel to conceal Li Jishi’s death, where he sensed another Half-step Innate expert.
• Tan Buyong examined Wang Hao’s Shameless Greatsword, introduced himself as the Azure Dragon Society’s Dragon Head, and asked whether Wang Hao had obtained the Mohist School’s Treasured Records of Mechanisms.
• Tan Buyong explained that he was the Hero King of the Heroic Mohists, while the True Mohists had been destroyed by the Confucian School during the Three Kingdoms era.
• Wang Hao offered to write out the Treasured Records of Mechanisms from memory, but Tan Buyong instead asked him to take over the Azure Dragon Society or succeed as Mohist Grand Master.
• Tan Buyong revealed that the society had fewer than fifty core members but counted more than half the world’s artisans among its unwitting peripheral members, and Wang Hao considered the benefits against the threat of the Confucian School’s eight Xiantian Grandmasters.

Wang Hao agreed to join the Azure Dragon Society, but discovered that his new Jianfu Branch had few members and little real influence. After putting Yushu in charge and arranging to flee the Confucian School’s reach, he sailed toward Ryukyu and reunited with Zhou Xueyi, Zhu Yuanwai, and the others, where he was shocked by what he saw beneath the women.

• Wang Hao accepted Tan Buyong’s offer to join the Azure Dragon Society and became master of its Jianfu Branch, with the promise of becoming Dragon Head after earning merit and surpassing Tan Buyong’s granddaughter in mechanisms and mathematics.
• Liu Fu handed over the branch and explained that it was understaffed, its craftsmen were loosely connected to it, and its operations were disguised as a trading company; he also warned Wang Hao about the Confucian School’s influence in the south.
• Liu Fu explained that he was eager to return to Wolong Valley to seek help breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm, while Lin Zhennan declined Wang Hao’s offer and recommended Yushu to manage the branch.
• Wang Hao appointed Yushu to handle the Jianfu Branch and decided to leave Fuzhou with Lin Zhennan, Wu Tai, and the others to avoid the Confucian School.
• Wang Hao sailed out in his hidden ship, reunited with Zhou Xueyi, Zhu Yuanwai, and the others, and was badly shaken by what he saw beneath the women.

Wang Hao reunited with Zhou Xueyi and Qing'er on the Treasure Island of Ryukyu after they escaped the Confucian School aboard Zhu Yuanwai’s red-gold submersible. He discovered Qing'er had postponed marrying Wu Tai because of her facial scars, and began treating them while promising to help Wu Tai improve his cultivation.

• Wang Hao praised Zhu Yuanwai’s red-gold submersible and learned Zhou Xueyi had rescued abducted women and coastal orphans from Japanese pirates.
• Wang Hao’s fleet reached Qing'er’s hidden harbor on the southern shore of the Treasure Island of Ryukyu to avoid the Confucian School’s spies.
• Wang Hao reunited with Qing'er and learned she had refused to marry Wu Tai until her facial scars were healed.
• Wang Hao scolded Wu Tai for his slow cultivation, ordered him to prepare a blood ginseng medicinal meal, and promised to help him break through.
• Wang Hao examined Qing'er's scars and began treating them after she agreed to endure the pain.

Wang Hao healed Qing'er's facial scars, transplanted the dying spirit peach tree, and forced Wu Tai to break through by battling him for hours. After Lin Zhennan's men brought in a female Overlord Tiger, a gigantic Lion-Tiger Beast charged out of the forest, and Wang Hao rushed to meet it.

• Wang Hao repaired Qing'er's facial scars and left her resting under a towel soaked in Nine-Flower Jade Dew Liquid while guards watched over her.
• Wang Hao planted the spirit peach tree on the island in the lake, then spent more than six hours beating Wu Tai until he broke through.
• Lin Zhennan's men brought Wang Hao a bound female ma tiger, which Wang Hao suspected was the rare Overlord Tiger.
• Wangcai fled from the forest as a huge Lion-Tiger Beast emerged, and Lin Zhennan warned Wang Hao that it was likely the female tiger's mate.
• Wang Hao dismissed the danger and charged at the Lion-Tiger Beast as it rushed toward him.

Wang Hao defeated the Lion-Tiger Beast and used its blood to begin awakening Wu Tai’s Bloodline Power and Bloodline Divine Ability through a dangerous, painful method. As the tigers slipped away, Wu Tai endured the process by holding on to his feelings for Qing'er.

• Wang Hao caught the Lion-Tiger Beast’s attack, then swung and smashed it into the ground until it was badly injured.
• Wangcai approached the fallen beast but fled behind Wang Hao when it opened its eyes, while the female Overlord Tiger comforted it.
• Wang Hao collected the Lion-Tiger Beast’s blood, mixed it with liquor, and forced Wu Tai to drink it before using his power to begin the bloodline awakening.
• The Lion-Tiger Beast freed the female Overlord Tiger from her chains and retreated with her toward the mountain forest while Wang Hao continued treating Wu Tai.
• Wu Tai endured the agonizing fusion and steadied his consciousness by murmuring Qing'er’s name.

Wu Tai recovered from his injuries after awakening Bloodline Power, while Wang Hao offered Lin Zhennan’s group the chance to train their descendants and planned how to build up his forces on Ryukyu. Zhou Xueyi showed Wang Hao the electric eel she had chosen for her bloodline, Xiaolongnü, and revealed that she had obtained it by trading for a sea merchant’s youngest son’s life.

• Wu Tai healed completely after awakening Bloodline Power, and Wang Hao urged him to go consummate his marriage with Qing'er.
• Wang Hao told Lin Zhennan and the other older fighters that their young descendants could train in external techniques and potentially awaken Bloodline Power.
• Wang Hao explained the liger to Lin Pingzhi, who declared that he would grow up to pet cats like Wang Hao.
• Wang Hao considered using Ryukyu and the Southeast Asian islands as a base for growth, then lay on a reef beneath the stars.
• Zhou Xueyi joined Wang Hao on the reef and introduced Xiaolongnü, a gigantic electric eel she had chosen for her bloodline.
• Zhou Xueyi told Wang Hao that she had acquired Xiaolongnü from a sea merchant by trading for his youngest son's life.

Zhou Xueyi revealed that the Wang Trading Firm had sold tens of thousands of people to Japanese raiders in exchange for resources, and Wang Hao understood why she had acted against them. After advising her on developing her lightning ability, Wang Hao learned she might regret his brief stay and decided to change his appearance before returning to the Central Plains.

• Zhou Xueyi told Wang Hao that most of Feng Lun's gold came from Japanese raiders and that the Wang Trading Firm had sold more than thirty thousand people to them over ten years.
• Wang Hao condemned the collaboration and recognized that the raiders used plundered wealth to buy ore, craftsmen, and other resources.
• Wang Hao saw Xiaolongnü channel electricity into Zhou Xueyi and advised her to combine it with Innate Qi after reaching the Grandmaster Realm so she could eventually generate lightning herself.
• Zhou Xueyi explained that the golden pythons had hatched from the snake eggs and that Yushu had been captured while saving them; she then asked how long Wang Hao would stay.
• After Wang Hao teased Zhou Xueyi about missing him, she blushed and fled, and he decided to alter his appearance before traveling back to the Central Plains.

Wang Hao gathered Zhou Xueyi, Qing'er, Zhu Yuanwai, and the people at the beach to begin building and training his forces, demonstrating the martial art he had devised as a foundation. The chapter ended with his display of power leaving even Zhou Xueyi stunned.

• Wang Hao showed Zhou Xueyi his altered appearance, then apologized to Qing'er for summoning her and Wu Tai after their wedding night.
• Wang Hao told Qing'er to rest and waited for Zhu Yuanwai, who arrived with the weapons he had forged; Wang Hao praised his skill and progress.
• Wang Hao surveyed Zhou Xueyi's more than a thousand trained young women and Qing'er's three thousand youths and children, then addressed them as members under his command.
• Wang Hao promised to grant them power if they showed faith and loyalty, then began demonstrating his Foundation Establishment Fist Art.
• Wang Hao shattered a hard reef with a single stamp and continued the demonstration, astonishing the assembled people and even Zhou Xueyi.

Wang Hao demonstrated and explained nine foundational martial arts, then gave Qing'er manuals and promised to create a dictionary to help her recruits learn to read. The chapter left Qing'er reassured as Wang Hao took charge of training the recruits and improving their literacy.

• Wang Hao demonstrated nine refined Foundation Establishment martial arts and explained how recruits could choose, adapt, and safely practice them.
• The recruits eagerly agreed to follow Wang Hao's guidance and heed his warning not to overtrain before reaching First-Rate.
• Qing'er praised Wang Hao for smashing many of the bay's reefs and recognized that the location could serve as a concealed harbor base.
• Wang Hao gave Qing'er his martial arts manuals and instructed her to have copies printed for the recruits.
• Qing'er worried that the recruits knew too few characters to study the manuals, so Wang Hao promised to write a dictionary with pinyin to help them learn to read.

Wang Hao expanded his plans for education and industry while preparing to secure funding for his growing base. He told Qing'er and Yushu to develop factories and announced that he would take two fleets to the Yangtze River to retrieve treasures.

• Zhou Xueyi watched Wang Hao demonstrate his enhanced Foundation Establishment Spear Art, then dove into the bay to practice it.
• Wang Hao spent a month writing textbooks, and Qing'er and Yushu arranged for craftsmen to establish papermaking and printing operations.
• Wang Hao instructed Qing'er and Yushu to keep printing textbooks, open factories, and recruit orphans and beggars, while noting that he needed teachers from Tan Buyong's Azure Dragon Society.
• Qing'er warned Wang Hao that their funds would last only another month, and he promised to obtain substantial funding and urged them to build profitable businesses.
• Wang Hao told Qing'er and Yushu to prepare two fleets to accompany him to the Yangtze River the next day, where he planned to retrieve two treasures.

Wang Hao found the Jianwen Emperor's Treasure in Xu Da's former residence and traveled to Tianning Temple to claim its treasure. Abbot Xuancheng attacked him with the Prajna Five Poisons Divine Palm, but Wang Hao remained standing, leaving Xuancheng shocked.

• Wang Hao used the Treasure-Seeking Function to find ten chests of treasure in Xu Da's abandoned residence in Jinling.
• Wang Hao and Zhou Xueyi bribed a city-gate commander, loaded the chests onto ships, and split their fleet between Ryukyu and Jiangling.
• Wang Hao reached Tianning Temple and sensed that its sole occupant, Abbot Xuancheng, was a Half-step Innate expert guarding the treasure.
• Xuancheng revealed that he had killed the temple's other monks and vowed to kill Wang Hao and his companions.
• Xuancheng struck Wang Hao with the Prajna Five Poisons Divine Palm, but Wang Hao remained standing, making Xuancheng recoil in disbelief.

After Xuancheng’s poison palm wounded him, Wang Hao changed his fighting style and used the Ziwei Soft Sword to drive Xuancheng toward the temple gates. Zhou Xueyi stopped Xuancheng’s attempt to seize hostages, but he escaped with a severed arm, and Wang Hao pursued him toward Jiangling City.

• Xuancheng’s Prajna Five Poisons Divine Palm poisoned Wang Hao, who transformed into his Zhu Yanzu disguise and drew the Ziwei Soft Sword.
• Wang Hao wounded Xuancheng with the soft sword and suppressed him with Avoid the Solid and Strike the Void, forcing Xuancheng to flee toward Zhou Xueyi and the other women.
• Xuancheng tried to seize Zhou Xueyi, but she struck him with A Hundred Flowers Compete in Beauty, whose lightning numbed his arms.
• Wang Hao caught up and severed Xuancheng’s arm, but Xuancheng escaped over the courtyard wall; Wang Hao told Zhou Xueyi’s group to take the treasure to the ship and continued the chase.
• Xuancheng headed for Jiangling City, hoping to use Ling Situi and his Grandmaster-level experts to turn them against Wang Hao.

Wang Hao tracked Xuancheng to the Jiangling prefectural office and enlisted Ding Dian to help stop Xuancheng and Ling Situi from escaping. After Ding Dian recovered from his torture, someone approached the jail, leaving the two men ready for a confrontation.

• Wang Hao learned from an old man that Ling Situi was the Jingzhou prefect and recognized him as a ruthless leader searching for Tianning Temple's treasure.
• Wang Hao used Xiao Mengmeng's Treasure-Seeking Function to locate Ding Dian in the prefectural jail, then killed the four guards protecting him.
• Wang Hao freed the tortured Ding Dian, gave him food and medicinal wine, and explained that Xuancheng and Ling Situi had joined forces.
• Wang Hao asked Ding Dian to help prevent the two men from escaping, and Ding Dian agreed to fight Xuancheng while Wang Hao killed Ling Situi.
• Ding Dian removed the hooks from his shoulders and rapidly healed with the Divine Illumination Scripture, while Wang Hao noticed someone approaching the jail.

Wang Hao and Ding Dian fought Ling Situi and Xuancheng at the prefectural residence, where Ding Dian discovered Xuancheng had used the murderous Five Poisons Devil Cultivation Method. The battle left Xuancheng near defeat, but Ling Situi ordered his men to seize Ling Shuanghua and use her to control Ding Dian.

• Wang Hao confronted Ling Situi and entrusted the injured Xuancheng to Ding Dian, who said his Divine Illumination Scripture made him a strong counter to poison arts.
• Wang Hao clashed with Ling Situi while Ding Dian fought Xuancheng, and their battles kept the surrounding experts at a distance.
• Ding Dian recognized Xuancheng’s Five Poisons Devil Cultivation Method and learned its shortcut had killed more than a thousand people.
• Furious, Ding Dian attacked without restraint and drove Xuancheng into a desperate defensive position.
• Ling Situi ordered a subordinate to seize Ling Shuanghua, prompting Wang Hao and Ding Dian to intensify their attacks before she could be brought to them.

Wang Hao defeated Ling Situi and his forces, crippled Ling Situi and Xuancheng, and kept them alive to extract their martial arts. Ding Dian discovered the scars on Ling Shuanghua’s face and wept as he held her.

• Wang Hao severed Ling Situi’s treasured saber, cut off his arm, crippled him, and knocked him unconscious.
• Wang Hao killed several of Ling Situi’s Grandmaster-level subordinates, while the survivors fled.
• Wang Hao crippled Xuancheng and threatened him with torture unless he gave up his martial arts.
• Wang Hao put Ling Shuanghua to sleep and dragged Ling Situi into the cell, leaving Ding Dian to care for her.
• Ding Dian lifted Ling Shuanghua’s veil, saw the scars across her face, and held her as he wept.

Wang Hao exposed how Ling Situi had ruined his chance to obtain the treasure from A Deadly Secret, then killed him and arranged a story to help Ding Dian reunite with Ling Shuanghua. After summoning Zhou Xueyi for Nine Flower Jade Dew Wine to heal Ling Shuanghua, Wang Hao prompted her jealousy when she saw the unconscious beauty.

• Wang Hao discovered that Ling Situi had falsified part of the Five Poisons Devil Cultivation Method and killed Xuancheng after extracting the genuine manuals from Ling Situi.
• Wang Hao revealed that Ding Dian had already told Ling Shuanghua the secret of the treasure, and Ding Dian explained that he had intended to give it to her as a betrothal gift before Ling Situi interfered.
• Ling Situi broke down with regret, and Wang Hao killed him, adjusted his face into a gentle smile, and told Ding Dian to claim that Ling Situi had repented and asked Wang Hao to heal Ling Shuanghua's scars.
• Ding Dian went to fetch a coffin, while Wang Hao signaled Zhou Xueyi and learned that the women moving the treasure had recovered from mild poisoning after drinking Nine Flower Jade Dew Wine.
• Zhou Xueyi gave Wang Hao her remaining wine, then followed him into the cell and grew jealous when she saw him preparing to treat the unconscious Ling Shuanghua.

Wang Hao treated Ling Shuanghua’s facial scars and convinced her that Ding Dian had acted to save her from her father, easing the couple’s conflict. After Ling Situi’s cremation, they left the residence with Ling Shuanghua and her mother’s memorial tablet, but pursuers appeared as they headed for the city gate.

• Zhou Xueyi slapped Wang Hao and ran away after his offhand reply, while he returned to treating Ling Shuanghua’s scars.
• Wang Hao woke Ling Shuanghua and told her that Ling Situi had regretted his actions and died by suicide, then gave her the letter he had written.
• Ling Shuanghua read the letter, mourned her father, and allowed Ding Dian to comfort her.
• Wang Hao and Ding Dian cremated Ling Situi and Ling Shuanghua’s mother, gathered Ling Situi’s wealth, and prepared to leave with Ling Shuanghua and Qingdie.
• As they left the government residence by carriage, Wang Hao and Ding Dian noticed they were being followed, and Wang Hao went into an alley to deal with the pursuers while Ding Dian continued toward the docks.

After returning to the ship, Wang Hao learned that the remaining pursuers had scattered and exchanged martial arts manuals with Ding Dian. He examined the Divine Illumination Scripture, discovered how its unusual energy worked, and offered Ding Dian the Body Tempering True Scripture and foundation-building methods in return for his own techniques.

• Wang Hao reunited with Ding Dian and Zhou Xueyi at the dock, then set sail with them after saying that most of their pursuers had been dealt with.
• Wang Hao shared manuals taken from Ling Situi and Xuancheng, while Ding Dian copied out the Divine Illumination Scripture and added Liancheng Swordsmanship.
• Wang Hao tested Ding Dian's Divine Illumination Scripture True Qi and recognized it as Pseudo-Innate Qi produced by a method that trained the body as well as the internal arts.
• Wang Hao concluded that the Scripture's physical training explained how torture had accelerated Ding Dian's cultivation, and Ding Dian admitted that he had suffered during his training.
• Ding Dian said he favored the sky-piercing halberd, and Wang Hao gave him the Body Tempering True Scripture in exchange for the Divine Illumination Scripture, promising foundation-building methods for Liancheng Swordsmanship.

Wang Hao persuaded Ding Dian to cultivate Innate Qi and offered him foundational martial arts so he could develop his own halberd technique. After Ding Dian left, Wang Hao and Zhou Xueyi kissed, but his admission that he loved another woman and hoped to marry them both drove her away.

• Wang Hao explained that Ding Dian could retrace his cultivation and awaken Innate Qi, then let him feel how it overwhelmed his True Qi.
• Wang Hao offered Ding Dian seven foundational external arts or a custom set, and Ding Dian chose to create his own halberd technique.
• After Ding Dian left, Wang Hao confronted Zhou Xueyi about slapping him, and they kissed before she asked when he would marry her.
• Wang Hao hesitated because he had not won over Dongfang Bai, and Zhou Xueyi threatened him with the Startled Dragon Divine Spear.
• Wang Hao admitted he loved another woman and hoped to marry them both, so Zhou Xueyi slapped him and ran away in tears.