Title: 絕世神醫:腹黑大小姐 [ Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss ]
Author: 夜北 [ North Night ]
Character Index ( includes spoilers )
Author: 夜北 [ North Night ]
Character Index ( includes spoilers )
Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss
1 — 131
1. Past and Present
Wu Xie escapes the cage her grandfather imprisoned her in and burns the place to the ground with a magical black cat that can communicate to her. She was a guinea pig in her grandfather’s study of medicine so she delighted in his death as he burned alive behind her. A year later, Wu Xie dies in an explosion and transmigrated into the body of Jun Wu Xie.
2—3. Self Help
Wu Xie wakes up at the bottom of a cliff in the wilderness extremely wounded, on the verge of death. She drags herself to a nearby cave and uses it as shelter. In the same cave, she finds a man chained up and says she’ll free him as long as he saves her. She picks the locks to his chains and he carries her back out the cave.
4—6. Lin Palace
Wu Xie wakes up in the original Jun Wu Xie’s bedroom with her grandfather, Jun Xian, worriedly standing over her. He thought that Wu Xie went to commit suicide (by jumping off a cliff) because she did not have a contractual spirit. However, Wu Xie knows that the original Jun Wu Xie left Lin Palace in the first place was because her fiance, the Second Prince wanted to meet with her and purposely caused her death.
Jun Xian reveals that the person that saved her and brought her home was her brother which confuses Jun Wu Xie who knows that the original Jun Wu Xie did not have a brother. It turns out, her “brother” was the man that Jun Wu Xie had saved back in the cave, Jun Wu Yao. He reveals small snake-like creatures that can enter people’s bodies and alter their memories.
7—10. Uninvited Guests
For the next couple of days, Jun Wu Xie is visited by doctors and given medicine which makes her extremely angry because they did not live up to her standards. But because she is so wounded, she did not have the ability to heal herself. Jun Wu Yao visits her one day and helps her change out of her clothes before she can react; he tells her that it’s natural for a brother to help his sister since she was so wounded. Because she is unused to intimacy with another person, she could only freeze in surprise while the little black cat is horrified that someone is “taking advantage” of his mistress.
Jun Wu Yao brings Jun Wu Xie to the grand hall as she had visitors, her fiance, the Second Prince, Mo Xuan Fei and a woman Jun Wu Xie does not recognize in her new memories. Jun Qing Yin, Wu Xie’s disabled uncle, is already there greeting them. The woman turns out to be Bai Yun Xian, someone who is skilled in medicine and sent by the Emperor to heal Jun Wu Xie. Bai Yun Xian is a direct disciple of Qing Yun Clan’s Sovereign, a major power renowned throughout the entire continent and known for their medical knowledge.
Mo Xuan Fei also breaks off his engagement with Wu Xie as he has found a sweetheart in Bai Yun Xian. Now that he has the backing of the Qing Yun Clan, he has nothing to fear from the Jun family’s famous army, the Rui Lin army because the Qing Yun clan is more influential. Jun Qing is upset, finding himself useless, allowing his niece to be bullied but is surprised to see Wu Xie indifferent to the news (as the original Jun Wu Xie was obsessed with Mo Xuan Fei). Mo Xuan Fei and Bai Yun Xian thought that Wu Xie was scheming something by “acting indifferent.”
11. Assault
Mo Xuan Fei and Bai Yuan Xian went to sight see out of town in a carriage with a group of guards only to be attacked by a stranger (Jun Wu Yao). He easily kills the guards, making their bodies explode and horrifying the two of them.
12—13. Memories of
Wu Xie decides to stay in Lin Palace despite the dangers, knowing she’s weak and not wanting Jun Xian to die as he is Lin Palace’s main power. She also finds out that she does have a contractual spirit, a white lotus which confuses her because contractual spirits are divided into two types: ones that can turn into weapons or morph into beasts. Hers is neither.
14. Three is a Crowd
Jun Wu Xie has an extremely bad reputation in the Imperial City now as everyone believes she is behind the attack on Mo Xuan Fei. Both Jun Xian and Jun Qing are upset that they can’t do anything for Wu Xie, one is without much power any longer despite his army and the other is crippled.
15. Grandfather
Jun Wu Xie overhears her grandfather and uncle discussing the situation. She is surprised at how much her family cares for her.
16—19. Small White Lotus
Now that she has experienced the love of her new family, especially her grandfather, Jun Wu Xie decided to ensure the protection of her new found happiness.
In the meantime, she also finds out that her white lotus, Little Lotus, can go between two forms: that of a lotus and that of a small boy. Afraid, Wu Xie will abandon him to the Spirit World, Little Lotus proves his usefulness by telling her that if she took a bite of him, she would immediately get her blood purified. She doesn’t bite him so he gives her lotus seeds instead, which strengthen bones and purify bone marrows. His tears can also condition the blood.
20—22. Body is a Treasure
Jun Wu Xie goes to her grandfather and tells him that she wants to study medicine, surprising him because she had always been spoiled before. He supports her, having servants send over medical books and herbs and even converting a room into a pharmacy for her. She also swallows one of Little Lotus’ lotus seeds and goes through excruciating pain as her body’s impurities were expelled out.
Meanwhile, Jun Xian is also looking for clues as to who was behind Mo Xuan Fei’s attack in order to clear his granddaughter’s name.
23—26. Poison
Jun Wu Xie goes to check out her uncle’s crippled legs feeds him one of Little Lotus’ lotus seeds before leaving. He then starts feeling extreme pain and is rushed back to his room while Jun Wu Xie remains ignorant to her uncle’s more extreme reaction. Doctors were called in to help but conclude that Jun Qing did not have long to live. However, once Jun Wu Xie finally learns about his condition, she takes his pulse and tells her grandfather that her uncle is fine.
27—30. Healing Hands
Jun Xian allows Jun Wu Xie to do some acupuncture and the room to be heated and the windows to be closed (on her orders) because all others doctors had given up on Jun Qing and he wanted to hold onto any strands of hope. Many servants does not believe in Wu Xie’s abilities and believed that she was only playing doctor. However, after seeing an improvement in Jun Qing’s complexion, Long Qi, a Major General of Rui Lin Army (who had confronted her before about not caring for her uncle multiple times) goes down on his knees and apologizes to Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Yao shows up again only to be kicked out since Wu Xie can smell blood on him and she does not like that smell. He is surprised on how keen her sense of smell is.
Jun Qing wakes up.
31—34. The Mysterious Expert
Both Jun Xian and Jun Qing is surprised about Jun Wu Xie’s change of personality and wondered where she got her medical knowledge from especially now that he feels a lot better than before (his mind is more alert) despite him still being weak. He believes that Wu Xie feeding him a lotus seed, his body undergoing changes, and now his ability to feel his legs were all connected and Jun Wu Xie had something to do with it.
Wu Xie tells them that after she fell off a cliff, a master saved her and taught her medicine. She also reveals that with additional medicine and medicinal baths, Jun Qing’s legs would be able to heal.
35—37. Change
They decided to keep Jun Qing’s recovery a secret as Jun Xian does not believe he will have enough power to protect them once the royal family finds out that Lin Palace can be a threat again once Jun Qing recovers. She continues to give them medicinal drinks to help them improve their bodies.
38—39. The Royal Court
Jun Xian is currently getting mocked by officials for not finding Mo Xuan Fei’s attackers and for having a crippled son and an useless granddaughter. They also mockingly invite Wu Xie to the Crowned Prince’s birthday celebration in order to “lift her spirit” since her reputation is still bad to the public.
40—42. Ghost City
Because Jun Wu Xie’s contractual spirit is neither a beast nor weapon type, she cannot find any books that teaches a cultivation technique suitable for her. She decided to head to the “Ghost Market,” (disguised as a male) where people have goods up for trade.
43—45. Dilapidated Books
Little Lotus reacts to a bunch of old books but Jun Wu Xie was reluctant to get them. She only agreed after Little Lotus makes a big scene but the one trading the books only wanted Eastern Pearls in return. Because she doesn’t have any, Jun Wu Xie goes to a stall selling Eastern Pearls.
46—48. It’s a Small World
Standing around the stall is Mo Xuan Fei and Bai Yun Xian. Mo Xuan Fei wanted to get Bai Yun Xian spiritual gems but the stall owner only wanted elixirs so he was unable to get them. Bai Yun Xian offers Qing Yun Clan’s famous Qing Yun Pill, a life-saving pill whose recipe is so secretive that only the Sovereign of the Qing Yun Clan knows how to make it. However, the stall owner is not the least bit interested in the pill, which shocks all the bystanders.
49—51. Slapping One’s Face—Again and Again... and Again
Jun Wu Xie steps up to offer her nameless blood conditioning elixir, which the stall owner wants. He is even willing to give her more than she asked for (the Eastern Pearls), as he is afraid she will change her mind and ask for the elixir back. His reaction shocks the crowd but annoys Jun Wu Xie who just wants the transaction over and done with.
Mo Xuan Fei steps up, wanting to trade for Jun Wu Xie’s elixir but she rejects it which shocks him. Changing her mind, Jun Wu Xie offers another bottle of elixir to the stall owner for all his Spiritual Gems. Mo Xuan Fei thought Jun Wu Xie would trade her elixirs for the Spiritual Gems and give it to him as a gift but instead, she crushes them into powder in front of them.
She then turns to the the youth who was in charge of the stall of old books and trades the Easter Pearls for them. This moves shocks the crowd and angers Mo Xuan Fei. The youth, noticing the quality of her elixir asks her if she has any left but Jun Wu Xie just rejects him and leaves.
52—53. Followed
On Jun Wu Xie’s way back, she encounters Jun Wu Yao who reveals that her family found out that she left in the middle of the night. In an effort to ensure her safety, Long Qi had been following her and protecting her from the shadows.
54—55. Strange Cultivation Technique
Jun Wu Xie confronts a teary Little Lotus for forcing her to get the gardening books only to find out that they are actually cultivation techniques for her use. Little Lotus reveals that she will have to plant his seeds which will absorb, develop, and grow spiritual energy for her to absorb. Unfortunately, she finds out that in order to plant Little Lotus’ seeds, she was in need of watering ingredients (Heavenly Spring Water) she has never heard of before.
56—58. Birthday Celebrations
Jun Wu Xie finds out that she can also water Little Lotus’ seeds with Jade Nectar, a wine she knows the first Emperor had so she suspects there may still be some stored away in the Royal Palace. Remembering the Crowned Prince’s upcoming birthday celebration, she thought it would be a great opportunity to check it out.
She is also asked by her grandfather to make her uncle look as sickly as possible. Previously, news about Jun Qing being extremely ill broke out and everyone expected that he would die. Unfortunately because he is still alive, it made a lot of people restless and it is obvious that Jun Qing was only invited to the celebration so the Emperor could see if he really was as sick as they say.
Jun Wu Xie continues to heal her uncle’s legs and he suspects that he would be able to walk within half a year’s time.
59—64. The Banquet
The Jun family arrive at the Royal Palace; and other attendants believe that it was the beginning of the downfall of Lin Palace as they noted Jun Qing’s sickly appearance. Seeing the expensive banquet, Jun Wu Xie concludes that the Crowned Prince was not well-liked by the Emperor as that meant he was splurging on expenses and not thinking of the common people.
The Crowned Prince, Mo Qian Yuan was already drunk in the beginning of his birthday banquet, leaving an unfavorable impression among everyone. Little Black smells that there is some sort of poison in his system. Jun Wu Xie believes that this was some sort of conspiracy against him by the emperor who favored the Mo Xuan Fei which does not bode well with Jun Wu Xie who knows that if Mo Xuan Fei comes into power then it would be against Lin Palace.
The Emperor, wanting to confirm Jun Qing’s dying health, had the Imperial Doctors and Bai Yun Xian check on him under the guise of wanting to save him. Although Jun Xian was initially nervous about Bai Yun Xian checking Jun Qing health, even she (as a discipline from the Qing Yun Clan) was unable to see past Jun Wu Xie’s medical disguise.
65—68. The Crowned Prince
Mo Qian Yuan is dismissed from the banquet after his embarrassing drunk manner and Jun Wu Xie also leaves soon after under the guise of wanting some fresh air. She encounters the Crowned Prince and confronts him about him drinking himself to an early grave. He is shocked when Jun Wu Xie knows that he has been poisoned.
Jun Wu Xie gives him a pill that makes him sober and cleans out some of the poison. She reveals that she wants him to usurp the throne. They agree to work together.
69—71. Love
Mo Qing Yuan invited Jun Wu Xie to the palace under the guise that he and her had hit it off. Because he was the disfavored Crowned Prince and the power of Lin Palace was going downhill, no one really put much thought into their meet up. Jun Wu Xie reveals that while she is able to heal him and clean his body of the poison, to have him completely well, they will have to determine the source of the poison. In order to do this, she gives him a pill that will make him react when he comes in contact with the poison.
72—74. Jade Nectar
Jun Wu Xie ends up having a meal at Mo Qing Yuan’s palace. However, once he takes a drink of alcohol, the pill Jun Wu Xie gave him earlier reacts and he immediately throws up. He is upset as the poison came from the Jade Nectar, an alcohol that his deceased mother fermented. At the same time, Jun Wu Xie’s notices that the Jade Nectar is one of the special watering ingredients she could use for Little Lotus. Mo Qing Yuan agrees to give her a jug to take back with her.
75. Rumors
Jun Wu Xie and Mo Qing Yuan’s new-found alliance causes gossip to spread across the city as they are a single lone female and male alone together. It does not help matters that every time Jun Wu Xie goes to Mo Qing Yuan’s palace, she leaves with a small jug of Jade Nectar (something that he does not give out to anyone else).
76. Spiritual Energy
Jun Wu Xie oblivious to the rumors, immediately waters Little Lotus’ seeds and she begins to feel a slight change within herself which she believes it to be her absorbing spiritual energy.
77—79. Don’t Bother Me
Jun Wu Yao suddenly appears while Jun Wu Xie was in the middle of absorbing spiritual energy. He appears upset at the thought that she was drinking wine given to her by Mo Qing Yuan and wanted to pour it away. Little Lotus shows himself in an attempt to protect Jun Wu Xie from Jun Wu Yao making him realize that Little Black was not her contractual spirit like he had originally thought.
Jun Wu Xie, annoyed that Jun Wu Yao was bothering her immediately puts several needles at his throat and warns him off. In the end, Jun Wu Yao gives her back her Jade Nectar and even gives Little Lotus a dark green bead as an apology to Jun Wu Xie for hurting him. At the same time, Little Lotus is surprised that he could feel actual pain (as contractual spirits don’t usually get hurt like that from humans) and doubt that Jun Wu Yao is human.
When Jun Wu Yao leaves his room, one of his shadow guards is surprised that he was hurt (from Jun Wu Xie’s needles) and reveals he had completed the mission Jun Wu Yao sent him on before. It appears that he is looking and dealing with the people that trapped him.
80—82. Embellished Wood Bead
Jun Wu Xie warns Little Lotus against confronting Jun Wu Yao in the future, believing that he is much stronger and more dangerous than he seems. Little Lotus then reveals that the dark green bead is actually a Embellished Wooden Bead, something that can aid contractual spirits in their cultivation.
83—86. Ill Intent
Back in the Crown Prince’s Residence, Jun Wu Xie continues her treatment when the Second Prince and Bai Yun Xian arrives. Mo Xuan Fei is a bit upset and taken back by Jun Wu Xie’s obvious change in personality in addition to the way she no longer pays attention to him.
Mo Xuan Fei presents Mo Qing Yuan with Jade Dew Pills (refined by Bai Yun Xian) and congratulates him on looking healthier. Mo Qing Yuan thanks him but does not reach out to take the pill which upsets Bai Yun Xian as she is used to people respecting her for being Qing Yun Clan Sovereign’s disciple.
Little Black knocks down the bottle of Jade Dew Pills and Jun Wu Xie pulls him back when he goes to smell it, telling him not to eat it because it was dirty. Her words upsets Bai Yun Xian who scolds her for ruining such rare pills. Jun Wu Xie scoffs at the comment, saying that it was “only some medicinal pills.”
87—89. It’s Just a Medical Pill
Mo Xuan Fei demands that Jun Wu Xie kills Little Black as an apology for insulting Bai Yun Xian. Instead, she just offers to compensate the pills back to Bai Yun Xian which only further angers Bai Yun Xian. No one believes that it is possible for Jun Wu Xie to refine the pills as she has not even touched the Jade Dew pills before and its recipe is a secret.
90—92. First Slap
Jun Wu Xie comes back from refining pills in the Crowned Prince’s furnace room and gives Bai Yun Xian a bottle of pills. However, Bai Yun Xian immediately does not believe that the pills are the Jade Dew pills as with the original formula, one needed at least three to five days to refine it but Jun Wu Xie only spent half a day.
In the end Mo Qian Yuan convinces Bai Yun Xian to verify the authenticity of the pills first. When she opens the bottle, she is immediately taken back as the smell is exactly the same as the Jade Dew pills refined by her. Even taking it out and looking at it visually, it looks exactly the same too.
However, despite that, Mo Yuan Fei and Bai Yun Xian tells Jun Wu Xie that it was not the correct pill even if it looked and smelled similar. Jun Wu Xie responds by telling them that she sent a bottle to the Emperor which meant that it would have to pass the Imperial Doctors’ verification.
93—95. Second Slap
In response, Mo Yuan Fei immediately readies himself and Bai Yun Xian to head to the Emperor in an attempt to stop the pills from reaching his hand. However, he was too late as an eunuch arrived to thank Bai Yun Xian for the Jade Dew pills and it was then that they found out that Jun Wu Xie sent the pill over under Bai Yun Xian’s name.
Jun Wu Xie further slaps Bai Yun Xian’s pride by stating that the poor quality of Mo Qian Yuan’s furnace room caused her to slow down in the production of the Jade Dew pills. And when asked how she knew the recipe for the pills, she replies that she could tell by just smelling it.
Before Bai Yun Xian and Mo Yuan Fei left in embarrassment and anger, Mo Qian Yuan had Bai Yun Xian admit that the pills refined by Jun Wu Xie were indeed Jade Dew pills.
96—98. Rui Lin Army
Spiritual energy is divided by strength into the colors of the rainbow, with red being the weakest and purple being the strongest. At this point, Jun Wu Xie can already manifest the red spiritual energy, something she managed to accomplish within half a month where it would take a regular person at least half a year.
Jun Wu Xie is invited by Jun Qing outside the Imperial City to the barracks of the Rui Lin Army. Additional, as a sign of trust in her capabilities, he also hands her three tubes known as Soaring Cloud Signals, a flare that mobilizes the Rui Lin Army.
99. Mass Production
After seeing the Rui Lin Army, the sword behind Lin Palace, Jun Wu Xie decides to help sharpen them. She spends her day locked up in her pharmacy, having medicinal herbs delivered to her every day. She refined fortification medicine that would help strength veins and arteries. This is extremely shocking because no one has been able to develop such a medicine. Once matured, one’s veins and arteries are impossible to improve so for a medicine to be able to help meant that their cultivation could be improved exponentially.
100—101. Imperial Ruse
As Jun Wu Xie continues to refine medicine for the Rui Lin army, in the Imperial Palace, the Emperor finds out that the Jade Dew pills he had received before was actually refined by Jun Wu Xie. Both him and Mo Xuan Fei believe that because of this in addition to the fact that Jun Qing is still alive and the Crown Prince seemed to have recovered from his poisoning, there is an extremely gifted doctor behind the Lin Palace.
To counter their apparent rise in power, the Emperor makes a plan to arrest Lin Yue Yang, someone that had saved Jun Gu in the past. He has no doubt that the Lin Palace would try to take action if their past benefactor was arrested.
102—104. Peerless Medicine
Jun Wu Xie goes to visit her grandfather and uncle. She tells them that the crates of medicine she had refined was to help improve the veins and arteries of the Rui Lin Army. Additionally, she reveals that they have been taking the same thing in the form of medicinal meals which really shocks them. They warn her against telling outsiders that she had the ability to refine such a medicine as they fear it would attract the attention of powerful people and that they would be unable to protect Jun Wu Xie.
105—109. A Storm is Brewing
After Jun Wu Xie leaves, Jun Qing and Jun Xian discuss the situation with Lin Yue Yang only to have General Li Ran (the General that the Emperor sent to bring in Lin Yue Yang for questioning) come in, say that Lin Yue Yang had gone insane. Apparently he had killed thirty-six people from his household, including his wife. Wanting to get to the bottom of his situation, Jun Xian personally moves out to handle the matter himself.
Unknown to him, however, Lin Palace was being watched. Those watching immediately take note that with Jun Xian gone and most of the Lin Palace guards had already left earlier (escorting the crates of pills Jun Wu Xie had refined to the barracks), Lin Palace would be without strong defense.
The shadow army moves to attack Lin Palace but is immediately intercepted by the few Rui Lin Army soldiers remaining. However, because the number of the shadow army is large, two groups managed to rush. One of them encounters Jun Wu Yao who immediately kills a vast majority of them. Jun Wu Xie wakes up from the noise and rushes to Jun Qing who manages to hold his own against the second group that had rushed in from before.
110—114. Soaring Cloud Signal
Jun Qing mistaken Little Black to be Jun Wu Xie’s contractual spirit and she confirms it, not knowing how else to explain their relationship. After the shadow army has been defeated, Li Ran comes back and tells them that Jun Xian had met with an incident, the guards he was with was killed and Jun Xian himself was no where to be found.
Jun Wu Xie moves outside the gates of the Lin Palace and releases one of the Soaring Cloud Signal. It’s thunderous roar manages to wake up the Emperor who is horrified at the thought that the Rui Lin Army has been mobilized. The Rui Lin Army charges into the Imperial City, waking everyone with the commotion and stop in front of Lin Palace, awaiting orders.
When asked what she was planning, Jun Wu Xie reveals that she wanted the Emperor to abdicate. She tells the Rui Lin Army that there were traitors to the crown that was threatening the Imperial City and that it was time to take down said traitors. The Rui Lin Army moves to obey her orders, surrounding palaces and residences of high ranking officials. These officials are then dragged out of the homes and to the gates of the Imperial Palace where it was surrounded by a large group of civilians, who were wondering what was going on.
The Emperor came down to the gates and demanded to know what was going on. Jun Wu Xie responds and says that Lin Palace was simply obeying the Emperor’s orders and pursuing the culprits who had attacked Mo Xuan Fei and shows the bodies of the shadow army that had attacked them before. In front of the large crowd of civilians, the Emperor could only praise her.
115—118. Winds of Change
Then, much to the horror of the Emperor, Jun Wu Xie has Wu Wang (the Emperor’s brother) executed, citing that he had colluded with the attackers and had bad intentions towards the Second Prince. And Jun Wu Xie didn’t stop there, she tells the Emperor that they were hunting for additional accomplices, and calls out the name of high ranking court officials.
The Emperor immediately realizes that because of the crowd of civilians watching everything, he could not stop Jun Wu Xie if he had no proof of the court official’s innocence. She also has Mo Xuan Fei’s grandfather killed and no matter how Mo Xuan Fei shouted, the Imperial guards did not dare to stand against the Rui Lin army.
119—123. The Art of Killing
To make matters worst, she had the court officials crimes (bribery, manslaughter, et cetera) read out, making the civilians stand on her side. With this, the Emperor had no plausible reason to stop her. Jun Wu Xie has all the captured official lined up and forces them to read their own crimes out loud. She executes them one by one and the Emperor realizes that she would not stop until he hands over Jun Xian.
124—126. Death Looms
Unfortunately, the Emperor receives news that Jun Xian (who he had been holding in his dungeons) had disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood. Jun Wu Xie, realizing that something was wrong commands the Rui Lin Army into the Imperial Palace, saying that the assassins had infiltrated the Imperial Palace.
Jun Xian then appears, calling out Jun Wu Xie’s name. Jun Wu Xie pulls back the Rui Lin Army and says that the assassins have been taken care of. She then credits the event to the Crowned Prince, citing that he had hidden his intelligence and wisdom in order to catch the corrupted officials unaware and secure all the evidence. This immediately shocks everyone, including Mo Qian Yuan himself and raised his reputation among the civilians.
127—131. This is Just the Beginning
Now that Jun Xian has returned, the Emperor tries to dismiss Jun Wu Xie. To his shock, she also takes the Crowned Prince with her to Lin Palace under the guise of wanting to discuss further plans as there were additional culprits. Additionally, she had the Rui Lin army garrison themselves inside the Imperial City.
Upon returning back to Lin Palace, Jun Xian collapses and Jun Wu Xie says that he had been poisoned. She easily cures him with acupuncture and they find out that Lin Yue Yang was poisoned and that the result of it made his body blow up which spread the poison to Jun Xian and the accompany Rui Lin guards.
Jun Wu Xie reveals to everyone that she plans to have the Emperor abdicate and allow the Crowned Prince to ascend the throne. From the beginning she already had everything meticulously planned and her actions tonight were all part of it.
Wu Xie escapes the cage her grandfather imprisoned her in and burns the place to the ground with a magical black cat that can communicate to her. She was a guinea pig in her grandfather’s study of medicine so she delighted in his death as he burned alive behind her. A year later, Wu Xie dies in an explosion and transmigrated into the body of Jun Wu Xie.
2—3. Self Help
Wu Xie wakes up at the bottom of a cliff in the wilderness extremely wounded, on the verge of death. She drags herself to a nearby cave and uses it as shelter. In the same cave, she finds a man chained up and says she’ll free him as long as he saves her. She picks the locks to his chains and he carries her back out the cave.
4—6. Lin Palace
Wu Xie wakes up in the original Jun Wu Xie’s bedroom with her grandfather, Jun Xian, worriedly standing over her. He thought that Wu Xie went to commit suicide (by jumping off a cliff) because she did not have a contractual spirit. However, Wu Xie knows that the original Jun Wu Xie left Lin Palace in the first place was because her fiance, the Second Prince wanted to meet with her and purposely caused her death.
Jun Xian reveals that the person that saved her and brought her home was her brother which confuses Jun Wu Xie who knows that the original Jun Wu Xie did not have a brother. It turns out, her “brother” was the man that Jun Wu Xie had saved back in the cave, Jun Wu Yao. He reveals small snake-like creatures that can enter people’s bodies and alter their memories.
7—10. Uninvited Guests
For the next couple of days, Jun Wu Xie is visited by doctors and given medicine which makes her extremely angry because they did not live up to her standards. But because she is so wounded, she did not have the ability to heal herself. Jun Wu Yao visits her one day and helps her change out of her clothes before she can react; he tells her that it’s natural for a brother to help his sister since she was so wounded. Because she is unused to intimacy with another person, she could only freeze in surprise while the little black cat is horrified that someone is “taking advantage” of his mistress.
Jun Wu Yao brings Jun Wu Xie to the grand hall as she had visitors, her fiance, the Second Prince, Mo Xuan Fei and a woman Jun Wu Xie does not recognize in her new memories. Jun Qing Yin, Wu Xie’s disabled uncle, is already there greeting them. The woman turns out to be Bai Yun Xian, someone who is skilled in medicine and sent by the Emperor to heal Jun Wu Xie. Bai Yun Xian is a direct disciple of Qing Yun Clan’s Sovereign, a major power renowned throughout the entire continent and known for their medical knowledge.
Mo Xuan Fei also breaks off his engagement with Wu Xie as he has found a sweetheart in Bai Yun Xian. Now that he has the backing of the Qing Yun Clan, he has nothing to fear from the Jun family’s famous army, the Rui Lin army because the Qing Yun clan is more influential. Jun Qing is upset, finding himself useless, allowing his niece to be bullied but is surprised to see Wu Xie indifferent to the news (as the original Jun Wu Xie was obsessed with Mo Xuan Fei). Mo Xuan Fei and Bai Yun Xian thought that Wu Xie was scheming something by “acting indifferent.”
11. Assault
Mo Xuan Fei and Bai Yuan Xian went to sight see out of town in a carriage with a group of guards only to be attacked by a stranger (Jun Wu Yao). He easily kills the guards, making their bodies explode and horrifying the two of them.
12—13. Memories of
Wu Xie decides to stay in Lin Palace despite the dangers, knowing she’s weak and not wanting Jun Xian to die as he is Lin Palace’s main power. She also finds out that she does have a contractual spirit, a white lotus which confuses her because contractual spirits are divided into two types: ones that can turn into weapons or morph into beasts. Hers is neither.
14. Three is a Crowd
Jun Wu Xie has an extremely bad reputation in the Imperial City now as everyone believes she is behind the attack on Mo Xuan Fei. Both Jun Xian and Jun Qing are upset that they can’t do anything for Wu Xie, one is without much power any longer despite his army and the other is crippled.
15. Grandfather
Jun Wu Xie overhears her grandfather and uncle discussing the situation. She is surprised at how much her family cares for her.
16—19. Small White Lotus
Now that she has experienced the love of her new family, especially her grandfather, Jun Wu Xie decided to ensure the protection of her new found happiness.
In the meantime, she also finds out that her white lotus, Little Lotus, can go between two forms: that of a lotus and that of a small boy. Afraid, Wu Xie will abandon him to the Spirit World, Little Lotus proves his usefulness by telling her that if she took a bite of him, she would immediately get her blood purified. She doesn’t bite him so he gives her lotus seeds instead, which strengthen bones and purify bone marrows. His tears can also condition the blood.
20—22. Body is a Treasure
Jun Wu Xie goes to her grandfather and tells him that she wants to study medicine, surprising him because she had always been spoiled before. He supports her, having servants send over medical books and herbs and even converting a room into a pharmacy for her. She also swallows one of Little Lotus’ lotus seeds and goes through excruciating pain as her body’s impurities were expelled out.
Meanwhile, Jun Xian is also looking for clues as to who was behind Mo Xuan Fei’s attack in order to clear his granddaughter’s name.
23—26. Poison
Jun Wu Xie goes to check out her uncle’s crippled legs feeds him one of Little Lotus’ lotus seeds before leaving. He then starts feeling extreme pain and is rushed back to his room while Jun Wu Xie remains ignorant to her uncle’s more extreme reaction. Doctors were called in to help but conclude that Jun Qing did not have long to live. However, once Jun Wu Xie finally learns about his condition, she takes his pulse and tells her grandfather that her uncle is fine.
27—30. Healing Hands
Jun Xian allows Jun Wu Xie to do some acupuncture and the room to be heated and the windows to be closed (on her orders) because all others doctors had given up on Jun Qing and he wanted to hold onto any strands of hope. Many servants does not believe in Wu Xie’s abilities and believed that she was only playing doctor. However, after seeing an improvement in Jun Qing’s complexion, Long Qi, a Major General of Rui Lin Army (who had confronted her before about not caring for her uncle multiple times) goes down on his knees and apologizes to Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Yao shows up again only to be kicked out since Wu Xie can smell blood on him and she does not like that smell. He is surprised on how keen her sense of smell is.
Jun Qing wakes up.
31—34. The Mysterious Expert
Both Jun Xian and Jun Qing is surprised about Jun Wu Xie’s change of personality and wondered where she got her medical knowledge from especially now that he feels a lot better than before (his mind is more alert) despite him still being weak. He believes that Wu Xie feeding him a lotus seed, his body undergoing changes, and now his ability to feel his legs were all connected and Jun Wu Xie had something to do with it.
Wu Xie tells them that after she fell off a cliff, a master saved her and taught her medicine. She also reveals that with additional medicine and medicinal baths, Jun Qing’s legs would be able to heal.
35—37. Change
They decided to keep Jun Qing’s recovery a secret as Jun Xian does not believe he will have enough power to protect them once the royal family finds out that Lin Palace can be a threat again once Jun Qing recovers. She continues to give them medicinal drinks to help them improve their bodies.
38—39. The Royal Court
Jun Xian is currently getting mocked by officials for not finding Mo Xuan Fei’s attackers and for having a crippled son and an useless granddaughter. They also mockingly invite Wu Xie to the Crowned Prince’s birthday celebration in order to “lift her spirit” since her reputation is still bad to the public.
40—42. Ghost City
Because Jun Wu Xie’s contractual spirit is neither a beast nor weapon type, she cannot find any books that teaches a cultivation technique suitable for her. She decided to head to the “Ghost Market,” (disguised as a male) where people have goods up for trade.
43—45. Dilapidated Books
Little Lotus reacts to a bunch of old books but Jun Wu Xie was reluctant to get them. She only agreed after Little Lotus makes a big scene but the one trading the books only wanted Eastern Pearls in return. Because she doesn’t have any, Jun Wu Xie goes to a stall selling Eastern Pearls.
46—48. It’s a Small World
Standing around the stall is Mo Xuan Fei and Bai Yun Xian. Mo Xuan Fei wanted to get Bai Yun Xian spiritual gems but the stall owner only wanted elixirs so he was unable to get them. Bai Yun Xian offers Qing Yun Clan’s famous Qing Yun Pill, a life-saving pill whose recipe is so secretive that only the Sovereign of the Qing Yun Clan knows how to make it. However, the stall owner is not the least bit interested in the pill, which shocks all the bystanders.
49—51. Slapping One’s Face—Again and Again... and Again
Jun Wu Xie steps up to offer her nameless blood conditioning elixir, which the stall owner wants. He is even willing to give her more than she asked for (the Eastern Pearls), as he is afraid she will change her mind and ask for the elixir back. His reaction shocks the crowd but annoys Jun Wu Xie who just wants the transaction over and done with.
Mo Xuan Fei steps up, wanting to trade for Jun Wu Xie’s elixir but she rejects it which shocks him. Changing her mind, Jun Wu Xie offers another bottle of elixir to the stall owner for all his Spiritual Gems. Mo Xuan Fei thought Jun Wu Xie would trade her elixirs for the Spiritual Gems and give it to him as a gift but instead, she crushes them into powder in front of them.
She then turns to the the youth who was in charge of the stall of old books and trades the Easter Pearls for them. This moves shocks the crowd and angers Mo Xuan Fei. The youth, noticing the quality of her elixir asks her if she has any left but Jun Wu Xie just rejects him and leaves.
52—53. Followed
On Jun Wu Xie’s way back, she encounters Jun Wu Yao who reveals that her family found out that she left in the middle of the night. In an effort to ensure her safety, Long Qi had been following her and protecting her from the shadows.
54—55. Strange Cultivation Technique
Jun Wu Xie confronts a teary Little Lotus for forcing her to get the gardening books only to find out that they are actually cultivation techniques for her use. Little Lotus reveals that she will have to plant his seeds which will absorb, develop, and grow spiritual energy for her to absorb. Unfortunately, she finds out that in order to plant Little Lotus’ seeds, she was in need of watering ingredients (Heavenly Spring Water) she has never heard of before.
56—58. Birthday Celebrations
Jun Wu Xie finds out that she can also water Little Lotus’ seeds with Jade Nectar, a wine she knows the first Emperor had so she suspects there may still be some stored away in the Royal Palace. Remembering the Crowned Prince’s upcoming birthday celebration, she thought it would be a great opportunity to check it out.
She is also asked by her grandfather to make her uncle look as sickly as possible. Previously, news about Jun Qing being extremely ill broke out and everyone expected that he would die. Unfortunately because he is still alive, it made a lot of people restless and it is obvious that Jun Qing was only invited to the celebration so the Emperor could see if he really was as sick as they say.
Jun Wu Xie continues to heal her uncle’s legs and he suspects that he would be able to walk within half a year’s time.
59—64. The Banquet
The Jun family arrive at the Royal Palace; and other attendants believe that it was the beginning of the downfall of Lin Palace as they noted Jun Qing’s sickly appearance. Seeing the expensive banquet, Jun Wu Xie concludes that the Crowned Prince was not well-liked by the Emperor as that meant he was splurging on expenses and not thinking of the common people.
The Crowned Prince, Mo Qian Yuan was already drunk in the beginning of his birthday banquet, leaving an unfavorable impression among everyone. Little Black smells that there is some sort of poison in his system. Jun Wu Xie believes that this was some sort of conspiracy against him by the emperor who favored the Mo Xuan Fei which does not bode well with Jun Wu Xie who knows that if Mo Xuan Fei comes into power then it would be against Lin Palace.
The Emperor, wanting to confirm Jun Qing’s dying health, had the Imperial Doctors and Bai Yun Xian check on him under the guise of wanting to save him. Although Jun Xian was initially nervous about Bai Yun Xian checking Jun Qing health, even she (as a discipline from the Qing Yun Clan) was unable to see past Jun Wu Xie’s medical disguise.
65—68. The Crowned Prince
Mo Qian Yuan is dismissed from the banquet after his embarrassing drunk manner and Jun Wu Xie also leaves soon after under the guise of wanting some fresh air. She encounters the Crowned Prince and confronts him about him drinking himself to an early grave. He is shocked when Jun Wu Xie knows that he has been poisoned.
Jun Wu Xie gives him a pill that makes him sober and cleans out some of the poison. She reveals that she wants him to usurp the throne. They agree to work together.
69—71. Love
Mo Qing Yuan invited Jun Wu Xie to the palace under the guise that he and her had hit it off. Because he was the disfavored Crowned Prince and the power of Lin Palace was going downhill, no one really put much thought into their meet up. Jun Wu Xie reveals that while she is able to heal him and clean his body of the poison, to have him completely well, they will have to determine the source of the poison. In order to do this, she gives him a pill that will make him react when he comes in contact with the poison.
72—74. Jade Nectar
Jun Wu Xie ends up having a meal at Mo Qing Yuan’s palace. However, once he takes a drink of alcohol, the pill Jun Wu Xie gave him earlier reacts and he immediately throws up. He is upset as the poison came from the Jade Nectar, an alcohol that his deceased mother fermented. At the same time, Jun Wu Xie’s notices that the Jade Nectar is one of the special watering ingredients she could use for Little Lotus. Mo Qing Yuan agrees to give her a jug to take back with her.
75. Rumors
Jun Wu Xie and Mo Qing Yuan’s new-found alliance causes gossip to spread across the city as they are a single lone female and male alone together. It does not help matters that every time Jun Wu Xie goes to Mo Qing Yuan’s palace, she leaves with a small jug of Jade Nectar (something that he does not give out to anyone else).
76. Spiritual Energy
Jun Wu Xie oblivious to the rumors, immediately waters Little Lotus’ seeds and she begins to feel a slight change within herself which she believes it to be her absorbing spiritual energy.
77—79. Don’t Bother Me
Jun Wu Yao suddenly appears while Jun Wu Xie was in the middle of absorbing spiritual energy. He appears upset at the thought that she was drinking wine given to her by Mo Qing Yuan and wanted to pour it away. Little Lotus shows himself in an attempt to protect Jun Wu Xie from Jun Wu Yao making him realize that Little Black was not her contractual spirit like he had originally thought.
Jun Wu Xie, annoyed that Jun Wu Yao was bothering her immediately puts several needles at his throat and warns him off. In the end, Jun Wu Yao gives her back her Jade Nectar and even gives Little Lotus a dark green bead as an apology to Jun Wu Xie for hurting him. At the same time, Little Lotus is surprised that he could feel actual pain (as contractual spirits don’t usually get hurt like that from humans) and doubt that Jun Wu Yao is human.
When Jun Wu Yao leaves his room, one of his shadow guards is surprised that he was hurt (from Jun Wu Xie’s needles) and reveals he had completed the mission Jun Wu Yao sent him on before. It appears that he is looking and dealing with the people that trapped him.
80—82. Embellished Wood Bead
Jun Wu Xie warns Little Lotus against confronting Jun Wu Yao in the future, believing that he is much stronger and more dangerous than he seems. Little Lotus then reveals that the dark green bead is actually a Embellished Wooden Bead, something that can aid contractual spirits in their cultivation.
83—86. Ill Intent
Back in the Crown Prince’s Residence, Jun Wu Xie continues her treatment when the Second Prince and Bai Yun Xian arrives. Mo Xuan Fei is a bit upset and taken back by Jun Wu Xie’s obvious change in personality in addition to the way she no longer pays attention to him.
Mo Xuan Fei presents Mo Qing Yuan with Jade Dew Pills (refined by Bai Yun Xian) and congratulates him on looking healthier. Mo Qing Yuan thanks him but does not reach out to take the pill which upsets Bai Yun Xian as she is used to people respecting her for being Qing Yun Clan Sovereign’s disciple.
Little Black knocks down the bottle of Jade Dew Pills and Jun Wu Xie pulls him back when he goes to smell it, telling him not to eat it because it was dirty. Her words upsets Bai Yun Xian who scolds her for ruining such rare pills. Jun Wu Xie scoffs at the comment, saying that it was “only some medicinal pills.”
87—89. It’s Just a Medical Pill
Mo Xuan Fei demands that Jun Wu Xie kills Little Black as an apology for insulting Bai Yun Xian. Instead, she just offers to compensate the pills back to Bai Yun Xian which only further angers Bai Yun Xian. No one believes that it is possible for Jun Wu Xie to refine the pills as she has not even touched the Jade Dew pills before and its recipe is a secret.
90—92. First Slap
Jun Wu Xie comes back from refining pills in the Crowned Prince’s furnace room and gives Bai Yun Xian a bottle of pills. However, Bai Yun Xian immediately does not believe that the pills are the Jade Dew pills as with the original formula, one needed at least three to five days to refine it but Jun Wu Xie only spent half a day.
In the end Mo Qian Yuan convinces Bai Yun Xian to verify the authenticity of the pills first. When she opens the bottle, she is immediately taken back as the smell is exactly the same as the Jade Dew pills refined by her. Even taking it out and looking at it visually, it looks exactly the same too.
However, despite that, Mo Yuan Fei and Bai Yun Xian tells Jun Wu Xie that it was not the correct pill even if it looked and smelled similar. Jun Wu Xie responds by telling them that she sent a bottle to the Emperor which meant that it would have to pass the Imperial Doctors’ verification.
93—95. Second Slap
In response, Mo Yuan Fei immediately readies himself and Bai Yun Xian to head to the Emperor in an attempt to stop the pills from reaching his hand. However, he was too late as an eunuch arrived to thank Bai Yun Xian for the Jade Dew pills and it was then that they found out that Jun Wu Xie sent the pill over under Bai Yun Xian’s name.
Jun Wu Xie further slaps Bai Yun Xian’s pride by stating that the poor quality of Mo Qian Yuan’s furnace room caused her to slow down in the production of the Jade Dew pills. And when asked how she knew the recipe for the pills, she replies that she could tell by just smelling it.
Before Bai Yun Xian and Mo Yuan Fei left in embarrassment and anger, Mo Qian Yuan had Bai Yun Xian admit that the pills refined by Jun Wu Xie were indeed Jade Dew pills.
96—98. Rui Lin Army
Spiritual energy is divided by strength into the colors of the rainbow, with red being the weakest and purple being the strongest. At this point, Jun Wu Xie can already manifest the red spiritual energy, something she managed to accomplish within half a month where it would take a regular person at least half a year.
Jun Wu Xie is invited by Jun Qing outside the Imperial City to the barracks of the Rui Lin Army. Additional, as a sign of trust in her capabilities, he also hands her three tubes known as Soaring Cloud Signals, a flare that mobilizes the Rui Lin Army.
99. Mass Production
After seeing the Rui Lin Army, the sword behind Lin Palace, Jun Wu Xie decides to help sharpen them. She spends her day locked up in her pharmacy, having medicinal herbs delivered to her every day. She refined fortification medicine that would help strength veins and arteries. This is extremely shocking because no one has been able to develop such a medicine. Once matured, one’s veins and arteries are impossible to improve so for a medicine to be able to help meant that their cultivation could be improved exponentially.
100—101. Imperial Ruse
As Jun Wu Xie continues to refine medicine for the Rui Lin army, in the Imperial Palace, the Emperor finds out that the Jade Dew pills he had received before was actually refined by Jun Wu Xie. Both him and Mo Xuan Fei believe that because of this in addition to the fact that Jun Qing is still alive and the Crown Prince seemed to have recovered from his poisoning, there is an extremely gifted doctor behind the Lin Palace.
To counter their apparent rise in power, the Emperor makes a plan to arrest Lin Yue Yang, someone that had saved Jun Gu in the past. He has no doubt that the Lin Palace would try to take action if their past benefactor was arrested.
102—104. Peerless Medicine
Jun Wu Xie goes to visit her grandfather and uncle. She tells them that the crates of medicine she had refined was to help improve the veins and arteries of the Rui Lin Army. Additionally, she reveals that they have been taking the same thing in the form of medicinal meals which really shocks them. They warn her against telling outsiders that she had the ability to refine such a medicine as they fear it would attract the attention of powerful people and that they would be unable to protect Jun Wu Xie.
105—109. A Storm is Brewing
After Jun Wu Xie leaves, Jun Qing and Jun Xian discuss the situation with Lin Yue Yang only to have General Li Ran (the General that the Emperor sent to bring in Lin Yue Yang for questioning) come in, say that Lin Yue Yang had gone insane. Apparently he had killed thirty-six people from his household, including his wife. Wanting to get to the bottom of his situation, Jun Xian personally moves out to handle the matter himself.
Unknown to him, however, Lin Palace was being watched. Those watching immediately take note that with Jun Xian gone and most of the Lin Palace guards had already left earlier (escorting the crates of pills Jun Wu Xie had refined to the barracks), Lin Palace would be without strong defense.
The shadow army moves to attack Lin Palace but is immediately intercepted by the few Rui Lin Army soldiers remaining. However, because the number of the shadow army is large, two groups managed to rush. One of them encounters Jun Wu Yao who immediately kills a vast majority of them. Jun Wu Xie wakes up from the noise and rushes to Jun Qing who manages to hold his own against the second group that had rushed in from before.
110—114. Soaring Cloud Signal
Jun Qing mistaken Little Black to be Jun Wu Xie’s contractual spirit and she confirms it, not knowing how else to explain their relationship. After the shadow army has been defeated, Li Ran comes back and tells them that Jun Xian had met with an incident, the guards he was with was killed and Jun Xian himself was no where to be found.
Jun Wu Xie moves outside the gates of the Lin Palace and releases one of the Soaring Cloud Signal. It’s thunderous roar manages to wake up the Emperor who is horrified at the thought that the Rui Lin Army has been mobilized. The Rui Lin Army charges into the Imperial City, waking everyone with the commotion and stop in front of Lin Palace, awaiting orders.
When asked what she was planning, Jun Wu Xie reveals that she wanted the Emperor to abdicate. She tells the Rui Lin Army that there were traitors to the crown that was threatening the Imperial City and that it was time to take down said traitors. The Rui Lin Army moves to obey her orders, surrounding palaces and residences of high ranking officials. These officials are then dragged out of the homes and to the gates of the Imperial Palace where it was surrounded by a large group of civilians, who were wondering what was going on.
The Emperor came down to the gates and demanded to know what was going on. Jun Wu Xie responds and says that Lin Palace was simply obeying the Emperor’s orders and pursuing the culprits who had attacked Mo Xuan Fei and shows the bodies of the shadow army that had attacked them before. In front of the large crowd of civilians, the Emperor could only praise her.
115—118. Winds of Change
Then, much to the horror of the Emperor, Jun Wu Xie has Wu Wang (the Emperor’s brother) executed, citing that he had colluded with the attackers and had bad intentions towards the Second Prince. And Jun Wu Xie didn’t stop there, she tells the Emperor that they were hunting for additional accomplices, and calls out the name of high ranking court officials.
The Emperor immediately realizes that because of the crowd of civilians watching everything, he could not stop Jun Wu Xie if he had no proof of the court official’s innocence. She also has Mo Xuan Fei’s grandfather killed and no matter how Mo Xuan Fei shouted, the Imperial guards did not dare to stand against the Rui Lin army.
119—123. The Art of Killing
To make matters worst, she had the court officials crimes (bribery, manslaughter, et cetera) read out, making the civilians stand on her side. With this, the Emperor had no plausible reason to stop her. Jun Wu Xie has all the captured official lined up and forces them to read their own crimes out loud. She executes them one by one and the Emperor realizes that she would not stop until he hands over Jun Xian.
124—126. Death Looms
Unfortunately, the Emperor receives news that Jun Xian (who he had been holding in his dungeons) had disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood. Jun Wu Xie, realizing that something was wrong commands the Rui Lin Army into the Imperial Palace, saying that the assassins had infiltrated the Imperial Palace.
Jun Xian then appears, calling out Jun Wu Xie’s name. Jun Wu Xie pulls back the Rui Lin Army and says that the assassins have been taken care of. She then credits the event to the Crowned Prince, citing that he had hidden his intelligence and wisdom in order to catch the corrupted officials unaware and secure all the evidence. This immediately shocks everyone, including Mo Qian Yuan himself and raised his reputation among the civilians.
127—131. This is Just the Beginning
Now that Jun Xian has returned, the Emperor tries to dismiss Jun Wu Xie. To his shock, she also takes the Crowned Prince with her to Lin Palace under the guise of wanting to discuss further plans as there were additional culprits. Additionally, she had the Rui Lin army garrison themselves inside the Imperial City.
Upon returning back to Lin Palace, Jun Xian collapses and Jun Wu Xie says that he had been poisoned. She easily cures him with acupuncture and they find out that Lin Yue Yang was poisoned and that the result of it made his body blow up which spread the poison to Jun Xian and the accompany Rui Lin guards.
Jun Wu Xie reveals to everyone that she plans to have the Emperor abdicate and allow the Crowned Prince to ascend the throne. From the beginning she already had everything meticulously planned and her actions tonight were all part of it.