Episode 25 recap: Ying Gu came seeking revenge at midnight.
Lord Duan's martial arts prowess had now been completely exhausted. Ying Gu expressed that their enmity had been resolved, and asked Lord Duan to perform daily rites for the repose of the soul of Ying Gu's deceased child. Ying Gu had originally planned to seek out Qiu Qian Ren for revenge, but Huang Rong persuaded Ying Gu to let go of his hatred. Subsequently, Ying Gu learned from Huang Rong the whereabouts of Zhou Bo Tong, and was puzzled as to why Zhou Bo Tong had not come to seek him out.
Wan Yan Hong Lie wanted to quickly regain the ancestral manual of the Wumu school, and Yang Kang was preparing to go to the Drunken Immortal Tavern on the 15th of August to wrest this book from Guo Jing. Ying Gu came to Lord Duan's residence at midnight seeking revenge, and Guo Jing appeared to persuade Ying Gu to spare Lord Duan. Seeing that Ying Gu would not heed the persuasion, Guo Jing had no choice but to physically intervene to stop Ying Gu.
Unexpectedly, Lord Duan used the One Yang Finger to immobilize Guo Jing. Lord Duan had been waiting all these years for Ying Gu to come, fearing that Ying Gu would never come to understand the cause and effect behind their conflict. Lord Duan asked Ying Gu to personally understand him, but Ying Gu, remembering Lord Duan's kindness to him over the years, could not bring himself to kill the other man.
Qiu Qian Ren arrived in pursuit, and Ying Gu was surprised to discover that Qiu Qian Ren's laughter was identical to the laughter of the one who had killed Ying Gu's son years ago, realizing that it was Qiu Qian Ren who had killed his child. Qiu Qian Ren had done so to reduce the number of opponents at the Mansion Debate at Mount Hua, hoping that Lord Duan would exhaust his energy trying to save the child.
Ying Gu wanted to kill Qiu Qian Ren but was no match for him. Not only did Qiu Qian Ren injure Ying Gu, he was also grateful that Ying Gu had caused Huang Rong to come and treat Lord Duan, which had made Lord Duan fall ill and deplete his true qi. Guo Jing and Huang Rong appeared to block Qiu Qian Ren from harming Ying Gu, and Qiu Qian Ren even schemed to kill Huang Rong to unsettle Huang Yao Shi, reducing another opponent for the Mansion Debate.
Knowing that Guo Jing could not easily defeat Qiu Qian Ren, Huang Rong collaborated with him to tease and unsettle Qiu Qian Ren, making him wary. When Lord Duan appeared, Qiu Qian Ren thought Lord Duan's skills were still intact, and was forced to retreat for the time being.
Ying Gu had given up on seeking revenge against Lord Duan, and only wished for Lord Duan to perform rites for the repose of the soul of Ying Gu's deceased child.
Ying Gu accidentally learned from Huang Rong that Zhou Bo Tong had already left the island. Ying Gu persuaded Huang Rong to spare her life and go find Zhou Bo Tong, so they could go kill Qiu Qian Ren together.
The last few chapters of the Nine Yin Manual were in Sanskrit. Guo Jing learned that the Nine Yin Manual might be able to help treat the injuries of the Prince, so he proactively copied down the Nine Yin Manual from memory to help treat the Prince's wounds. The Prince also promised to help translate the Sanskrit for Guo Jing and Huang Rong once he had studied it.
The Jin forces were in retreat. Wan Yan Hong Lie received a secret decree urgently summoning him back to the capital. If he could not obtain the Testament of Marshal Yue before the situation worsened, the emperor would be furious, and he and his son Yang Kang would have no good days ahead.
Yang Kang said that all the top martial artists in the jianghu would gather at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in Jiaxing for a martial arts competition before the 15th of the 8th month. Guo Jing and the Seven Heroes of the South would definitely attend, and Yang Kang saw this as their last chance to regain the Testament of Marshal Yue.
The Seven Heroes of the South knew of the misunderstanding between the Complete Truth Sect and Huang Yao Shi, so they went to Peach Blossom Island to find Huang Yao Shi and explain the situation, hoping to prevent any conflict in the jianghu.
When the Seven Heroes arrived at Peach Blossom Island, Huang Yao Shi did not want to see them, so they were trapped within the large formation on the island and unable to find him.
The Prince practiced the cultivation methods from the Nine Yin Manual, and in about a month, he could achieve five years' worth of progress. He passed the techniques on to Guo Jing, instructing him to give them to Hong Qi Gong, so that Hong Qi Gong might be able to unblock his meridians and recover his martial arts.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong bid farewell to the Prince and went to find their teacher Hong Qi Gong. Zhou Bo Tong found Hong Qi Gong at the imperial palace and led him, taking the opportunity to subdue the four top experts loyal to Wan Yan Hong Lie along the way.
Hong Qi Gong unexpectedly saw the traces of Ke Zhen E in Jiaxing and went to look for him, while the mischievous Zhou Bo Tong remained at the inn to compete in a test of inner strength against the guards of the Wang府.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong found Zhou Bo Tong at the inn, learned he was in a competition, and Huang Rong intervened to stop the match. However, they were unable to obtain any information about the whereabouts of Hong Qi Gong, so they had to go out and continue searching for their teacher.
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