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Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the license acquisition of The Beauty’s Blade: Mei Ren Jian by Feng Ren Zuo Shu. This baihe/Girls’ Love novel originally written in Chinese will be available in English for the first time—now illustrated and featuring new art! Two powerful swordswomen face off in this historical enemies-to-lovers tale.

Ruthless and mercurial, Fu Wanqing is hardly the type of woman anyone expected to be heir to the jianghu’s preeminent righteous cultivation sect. Yet she’s famous for more than just her attitude: her raw power and beauty are renowned, rivaled only by those of demonic sect leader Yu Shengyan. As such, Fu Wanqing is determined to face her in battle; after all, she must prove herself not just worthy of her station, but superior beyond the rest! Unfortunately, the ice-cold Yu Shengyan couldn’t be less interested in her challenge. Yet when Fu Wanqing offers the rare medicine Yu Shengyan needs to cure one of her comrades, she relents. The catch? Yu Shengyan must agree to stay by Fu Wanqing’s side for three months. Fu Wanqing is certain that by the end of their deal, she’ll get her duel—but will her fascination with Yu Shengyan come to encompass more than just her sword?

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[Propaganda below] - Spoilers Warning!

Fu Wanqing from The Beauty’s Blade

Submission: Okay, I haven't actually read the novel yet, but I've heard that she's sexy, narcissistic, shameless, chaotic neutral, and very thirsty over her female love interest Yu Shengyan. Not the deepest character out there, but very fun. 

Lin Wanyue from Female General and Eldest Princess

“In this life of mine, I’m so glad that I could have you as my wife…”  - Lin Wanyue to Li Xian, Wiki

Submission: She's a lesbian general. Joined the army as her (deceased) twin brother to get revenge after her entire village was murdered. Rose through the ranks to become the legendary Flying General. Fell in love with a princess. Married her. Adopted her dead best friend's daughter. Faked her own death. The list goes on.

Li Xian from Female General and Eldest Princess

"If you go fight against the enemy now, that is the best way to protect me."  - Li Xian, Female General and Eldest Princess, Chapter 25

Submission: Lesbian princess who is excellent at manipulating people and schemes all day every day. The girlboss of all time. 

Mod Propaganda: The Eldest Princess who’s (originally) trying to keep herself and her sickly brother, Crown Prince Li Zhu, alive during a fight for the throne

Li Yanru/The Masked Person from Clear and Muddy Loss of Love/JWQS

Submission: The og consumed by vengeance girlie! She’s the mastermind behind Qi Yan’s entire decades long revenge plan. She rescues Qi Yan and trains her to become a tool of her revenge to bring down the Nangong dynasty. The extras reveal that she was a child genius so smart that they sent her away because they felt she was overshadowing her brother and all of these powerful women, including both the concubine blamed for the fall of the previous dynasty and Nangong Jingnu’s eldest sister, were obsessed with her

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Mansha from Female General and Eldest Princess / FGEP

Submission: Queen of one of the Hun tribes. Has an...interesting relationship with another female character, Luo Yi. Badass and clever. I want her to step on me. 

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Nagsi Jiya from Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / JWQS

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Mod Propaganda: The Youngest Princess of the Tuba tribe who was originally offered to be Qi Yan’s wife. After the destruction & conquest of the plains, Nagsi Jiya decided to marry Emperor Nangong Rang as a consort for power. Also, a woman-kisser (←doesn’t actually know a lot about her)

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Nangong Jingnu from JWQS / Clear and Muddy Loss of Love 

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Nangong Shunu from JWQS / Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

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Qiyan Agula from Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / JWQS

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Mod Propaganda: The Prince of the Chengli tribe that was raised as a man to solidify her parents’ marriage & then pretended to be a frail scholar to get revenge on the Wei Kingdom that destroyed her tribe. A Horse Girl™ with more crimes than I can list 

Source: Wiki 

Qiyan Nomin/A-Die/Xiao Die from Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / JWQS

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Youqin from Female General and Eldest Princess / FGEP

Submission: She's incredibly loyal. She fell in love with the protagonist but accepted that her feelings were unrequited and still dutifully served Lin Wanyue. She was originally an expert in espionage and poisons but became a doctor. She adopted a baby and taught her how to be an even greater doctor. She's very underrated and deserves to be appreciated.

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Book of the Week: The Beauty's Blade

Author: Feng Ren Zuo Shu (封刃作书)

Genre: cultivation, ancient setting, baihe

Rating: M (Fu Wanqing is a little too horny)

My Synopsis:

“I want revenge. I want to capsize jianghu. I’m not a good person, Yu Shengyan. Compared to you, I’m much more suitable for being the [Demonic] Creed Head.”

—Chapt. 20: Peeled Oranges

My Actual Review: Did I use a quote as my synopsis? Yes, yes I did, because it's the story in a nutshell. I’m a sucker for a good intricate revenge plot where the plan is slowly revealed to the audience and characters as the story goes on, and Fu Wanqing really holds everything in the palm of her hands. In a way, this reminds me of Record of the Missing Sect Master, just without the amnesia and with Fu Wanqing being motivated by a much pettier origin point: “my dumbfuck father needs to learn his place.” I also love her relationship with Yu Shengyan because I think the way she falls in love matches her personality: she’s a wildfire, bright, energetic, lustful, greedy, bloodthirsty, only interested in sowing chaos until she can find the thing that can kill her. Fu Wanqing lives fast and loose, and it’s only when Yu Shengyan enters the picture that she meets her match of a person who can scratch every single one of her itches…but simply won’t indulge her. That unfulfilled urgency driving her mad was delicious to watch. Light(ish) content warning for, like, every single man being the worst man imaginable in this novel. Like, THE worst in different shades, not a single redeemable male character in sight.

As for the translation: idk if it was a translation issue on top of a writer issue or just a writer issue, but some of the writing was disjointed in a way that I felt fucked up the legibility of the pacing. Like, in some scenes, stuff happened in such a way that I found myself confused about how much time had passed and where people were, if that makes sense. The reason why I say idk who to blame is because the pacing is also just kinda messy outside of those moments, too (the climax is kinda ridiculously fast lol). It wasn’t too bad to make the story unreadable, but really I was in it for the main pairing and also to see exactly how much blood Fu Wanqing was looking to shed behind her schemes. That girl is undeniably the villain lmao

Translation: complete, though you need to download the epub or google docs linked as the chapters on the actual site are not complete

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This is becoming a series, so let's call it Piórko's fav moments

Piórko's fav moments presents: The Beauty's Blade

Ik that it's a very unpopular book but I loved it so idk maybe check out my reactions to the first few chapters to judge if you'd like it? Idk idk

Anyways I really loved this book, the intrigue was so well written, romance was heavily... touch driven? It was mostly expressed through actions, which was super cool. Two MCs are much deeper than the first few chapters show, you don't stop learning new things about them up untill the end :D

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my fav moments under the cut (spoilers ofc)

TW: self harm, death

- chapter 1, OH SHE HAS A JADE THUMBRING DID YOU KNOW THAT IT ORIGINATED AS AN ARCHERS- *gets shot*,

- this book uses many smart words guys,

- Yu Shengyan from QQ and this Yu Shengyan have exactly the same name, like the same characters, it'll take some time to getting used to,

- Fu Wanqing is making tier list for the most unworthy of Yu Shengyan people lol,

- she's insanely possessive for someone who has never seen their crush,

- so she's like a fiery red rose, we need to remember that. there's no the beauty's blade's Wiki to save our ass during drawing fanarts,

- chapter 2, lol, Yu Shengyan is just so done,

- damn Fu Wanqing is a quick progresser. she really heard some stories about Yu Shengyan and went I WANT THIS ONE and here she is, on their first meeting, sitting on her lap. iconic,

- Fu Wanqing is a type of person who would bite a glass just to check out how it feels or jump over a bonfire until they fall into it. mood.

- “hersay” girl you DID throw a thousand gold away to win a woman,

- chapter 4, I think previous notes include chapter 3 as well, I'm just good at missing chapters in my notes,

- she uses silk to wipe off blood. fucking. silk. what a bourgeois,

- 👀👀👀

- chapter 5, pretty privilege at its finest huh,

- Zhong brothers' descriptions, important for fanart,

- chapter 6, those chapters are pretty short and I like it,

- A TRANS ICON??, also description of the Third Young Master,

- lol they're progressing quickly. also, is Yu Shengyan starting to show some teeth..?

- chapter 7, well that's some fun family dynamic huh,

- chapter 8, T^T THEY WENT ON A CUTE DATE

- OH MY GOD SHE MADE HER A FLUTE I'M CRYING THAT'S SO CUTE

- chapter 9, oh, interesting, so Yu Shengyan is godlike... now that is giving me ideas

- chapter 10, YU SHENGYAN SMILED!!

- shout-out to Chun Fengxiao for being a bi icon,

- but you couldn't charm Fu Wanqing, this girl fell HARD,

- I swear this translation is some kind of twisted vocabulary test. what the hell is trepidation.

- chapter 11, ok so the guy is wearing changshan. I'm trying to figure out in what clothing I should imagine them in,

- chapter 12, Hu Qing has a big ass scar across her face,

- I think I'll have to draw a map of connections between these people lol,

- PFFF SHE FOUND SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING UNDER HER LAPELS,

- chapter 13, ok the flute is now even cuter,

- I love Yang Wumin, she's just a girl with bpd who likes to beat people,

- chapter 14, uuu we have a beef with gays,

- Third Young Master slays yet again, they use a fan, they have to be my fav now. that's the law.

- chapter 16, ooh, I did not expect Fu Wanqing to be not fond of extravaganza,

- “Warm as jade, with clothes whiter than snow — the Junzi Sword, Shen Shengyi”,

- warm as Jade cold as Jade is there something that is not as Jade? /lh

- oo casanova,

- ok so he's also wearing jade pin-crown,

- chapter 17, I am so confused by the setting, they read Ming books, wear Qing clothing and wear jade pendants. I'm trying to mash it up together in my brain but it's harddd,

- chapter 18, Guo Ju just had an epic entrance, falling for the sky just to dirty Shen Shengyi's robe lol,

- I ship SSYxGJ,

- Guo Ju is so fucking fruity I can't,

- chapter 19, we have another new pal, Zhang Zongyi, an elderly monk in red robes,

- chapter 20, my fav chapter so far!!

- chapter 21, Guo Ju femboy confirmed,

- chapter 22, this awkward moment when you say a ton of nonsense and meet someone who actually replays to it lol; and suddenly you're the shy one,

- chapter 23, another name to remember, Yue Qingtian. So far I remember everyone, I'm getting better at names!

- chapter 24, Guo Ju is really my fav side character now, also I'm curious about that not acting like himself part,

- chapter 25, Yue Qingtan – blue clothes, “cloud-and-water sleeves”, looking like a lady from a rich family, but also a lone wonderer

- I don't think “shes better because she doesn't care about her eeviiiil disciples” is the argument you think it is man XDDD,

- Yang Wumin now wears a veil, noted. could've expected that,

- chapter 27, woah woah this suddenly got serious,

- GUO JU IS ALSO TRANS? T4T ROMANCE? IN MY BAIHE? OMG???

- “Wine… makes people drunk.” such an enlightened quote from Yu Shengyan,

- god Guo Ju is so cute, sitting all night next to the Third Young Master just to make sure that she's safe... even though the tavern is full of the Third Young Master's people... first sunrays falling on her chest is another thing I'd love to paint,

- ok so I think Guo Ju is more leaning into cis woman forced to be a man. still not sure about the Third Young Master tho, what kind of gender fuckery is happening here,

- chapter 29, I can't get over how much their flirting is physical. very often they don't say many loving things but kiss each other, hug, lay on each other, play together... it's all so cute and betrays their emotions in a way words never could,

- SHE FUCKING BIT HER LMFAOO I LOVE YOU FU WANQING

- chapter 30, woah woah Gu Yu got so roasted she turned into a tiny coal piece, that was a bit uncalled for,

- it's so funny to me that they all think that Yu Shengyan is a good person while she only cares for her moral code, not other people,

- LMFAO SHE JUST BULLSHITED WITH CONFIDENCE I LOVE YOU FU WANQING x2 but like true, why would you believe this asshole XDDDD

- chapter 32, well, Yang Wumin has some point about Fu Wanqing, she isn't exactly... an honorable person XD,

- I love this uncaring (chaos) x uncaring (peaceful) energy lol,

- chapter 33, can Yu Shengyan fucking stop destroying books please,

- chapter 35, it might sound dumb and I would usually hate this, but I love that in this book we just get new characters introduced all the time, even now, well over the half mark,

- Liu Zhishang has a rectangular face and bright eyes, noted,

- Guo Lingtian is mostly angry and has thick brows,

- Yang Yifei looks young, wears green and looks like a scholar,

- I can't, Liu Zhishang just heard his kid saying that he wants to marry Yue Qingtian and already treats her like his daughter, that's so damn cute,

- about Yue Qingtian: “She was akin to a plant without roots, having no sense of belonging wherever she went.”,

- chapter 36, ok, I like Wei Xian, the guy is just doing his best and is basically responsible for taking care of the whole Creed bcs ysy isn't interested in it and lkx is not the sharpest tool in the shed,

- chapter 38, so we get Yue Honghua of the Limitless Palace, she hates being called that tho, especially by her sister,

- also she called Third Young Master a Third Sister so is she Yue too? or is it just a title,

- I like that even when dumb things happen in this book, like poisoning of Yu Shengyan, there are exactly the type of dumb things these characters would do,

- chapter 39, and who the fuck is Fu Rong,

- Zhong Li Yu Xiu 钟灵毓秀, I like it,

- chapter 40, OHHH SHES ZHONG'S DAUGHTER LMFAO

- the moral of the story is clearly that the only competent people are women and you know what I can't disagree,

- new name!! the Ghost Doctor is Ye Xueqing, she's also blind btw,

- chapter 41, another new name! Jiang Huailuo, white-haired woman,

- ok I love Ye Xueqing and Jiang Huailuo's dynamic, amazing food for fanfics,

- that honestly read like the last chapter but there's still 9 to go lol,

- chapter 42, HEY WHERE'S MY SEX SCENE, I was in the mood today :( but more seriously, this book was teasing with all this touches and kisses to just skip a sex scene, I am a little bit disappointed,

- I wonder if Fu Hui is getting tired of being played by his daughter all the time lol,

- I love Guo Lintian so much omg he's so fucking sweet,

- chapter 43, ok so face of Yue Honghua is covered in a web of scars left by Yue Qingtian,

- ok I'm still not sure what is Yue Qingtian's part in all of this tho, am I missing something?

- chapter 44, and now we got some Zhang Zongyi, I think this is the last new person in the book tho,

- chapter 45, rip Yang Yifei,

- I love that Liu Wei is trying to get a divorce at a wedding, queen shit,

- chapter 46, bloodstains could also indicate that Fu Wanqing disappeared by herself because she is fucking mental,

- Yu Shengyan carrying Fu Wanqing in a bridal carry, while the latter is wearing torn bridal clothing... another cool thing to draw,

- chapter 47, I get that Fu Wanqing wanted to drive Yang Yifei mad but I'm so sad that she harmed so many people to achieve that, it matches her character but still :< I liked Liu Wei,

- god Yang Yifei also killed Madame Fu, what a shithead,

- ok but Yu Shengyan and Fu Wanqing being cute revenge wives, so adorable,

- chapter 48, ““You once showed me a lot of drawings at Goldmelt Grotto.” Yu Shengyan raised her brows, expression unchanged. “You want to try all of them out, Lady Fu?”” WHAT A QUOTE OMG

- chapter 50, AWWW?? SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DUEL ANYMORE BCS YU SHENGYAN DOESN'T LIKE IT. THIS WOMAN WHO NEVER GAVE UP ANYTHING FOR ANYONE WITHOUT A GRUDGE IS JUST. TRASHING ONE OF HER DEEPEST DREAMS. AWWW!!

- epilogue – how is it an epilogue and not chapter 51? the story isn't complete without this epilogue at all,

- god damn poor Shen Shengyi, this little white lamb, this revelation will so fuck him up lol,

- SHE WAS JUST LYING LMFAO WHY THESE PEOPLE JUST KEEP BELIEVING EVERYONE <- is not better,

- I hope that Guo Lintian didn't fuck up in the past :< I like him,

- Ok I really like this ending :3

- extra: IS GUO LINTIAN'S ONLY CONCLUSION FROM ALL THAT THAT HE WANTS TO RETIRE I really love this man omg,

- the Zhong brothers' arc is also quite wholesome

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Arknights Spring Festival 2024 PVs

New Operators

Wanqing, 5* Welfare Standard Bearer Vanguard

If you come across farmland, be sure to watch your step.

Grain Buds, 5* Decel Binder Supporter

I used to manage the animals back at Dahuang City, so of course I'm in charge of you here.

Zuo Le, 6* Soloblade Guard (formerly known as Musha branch)

Good talents should be put to good use, by those who are most capable. Zuo Le will do his best.

Shu, 6* Limited Guardian Defender

You and I, we are but a drop in the basin that is our world.

Operator Skins Update

Total of 7 new skins, 5 new additions for the Made by 0011 brand and 2 new additions for the new Unveiling of Devotion brand

Made by 0011

Highmore's The Land With Me

Honeyberry Saturated Within Rain

Lin's Heavenly Mirage - L2D skin

Chongyue's Alighting - L2D skin

Purestream's Yearly Present - Event Reward skin

Unveiling of Devotion

Harmonie's Decoration

Arene's Dangerous Invitation

Purestream's skin is a reward from Trials for Navigator #4

Announced skin reruns

Series II 0011/Tempest skins (Ceobe, Waai Fu)

Series VII Vitafield skins (Pozëmka, Proviso, Mousse)

Nian's Unfettered Freedom

Manticore's Under A Veil

~104 other skins as part of Goodbye to the Old, Welcome the New edition of Rhodes Fashion Review

Operator Modules Update

All the new operators being part of branches with modules immediately get their modules

GUA-X module base effect increases Shu's healing amount by 15% on targets below 50% HP

MUS-X module base effect gives Zuo Le 25% Sanctuary when below 50% HP

DEC-X module base effect makes Grain Buds recover SP faster when there are enemies in her range

BEA-X module base effect makes Wanqing give +1 block count to the ally in front of him when his skill is active

Fighter Guard branch gets 2 module types

Module 1 given to Chongyue and Jackie

Module 2 given to Mountain, Indra, Flint, Dagda and Beehunter

Events and Stories

Here a People Sows, the next installment of the Yan-Sui storyline taking place in the agriculture city of Dahuang

Trials for Navigator #4, scheduled after Here a People Sows

Operator Archives update for Shu, Qiubai, Wind Chimes, Cliffheart

Record Restore update for An Obscure Wanderer and Guiding Ahead

Misc Stuff

Annihilation #24 - New Hotel Avenue, annihilation mission with So Long Adele enemies and mechanics

Surtr, April and Arene added to recruitment

CN dialect voices for Shu and Zuo Le

CC ops/skins and past login event skins will start to be rereleased via side story event shops

Ops and skins available in the CC shop will not be removed, they are simply making them more accessible by giving players more options on how to get them

Bibeak and her tokens along with Hibiscus' Night Watcher skin will be available for purchase in the Here a People Sows event shop

When the event shop closes, the listed ops and skins will be moved to the certificates shop and will not be put in future side story event shops

Livestream Stuff

Showcased Shu, a 6* Guardian Defender Sui Sibling with a decent amount of support options in her kit

First talent makes her heals sow seeds on the tile the target ally is on and the 4 adjacent tiles which grants passive healing per second and a certain % of Sanctuary

Second talent increases all operators Max HP if there are 3 ops of different classes deployed, increases all operators ASPD if there are 3 ops of the same class deployed, and increases all operators ATK and makes them gain 1 SP every few seconds if there are 4 [Sui] operators in the team

Skill 1 is a generic "next attack heals nearby ally if below certain % HP"

Skill 2 makes her stop attacking to focus on healing 2 nearby allies at once with a modified attack interval, increases her ATK and block count, and boosts the power of her first talent

Skill 3 increases her healing range and her ATK and allows her to heal and attack at the same time, during skill duration seeded tiles grant allies an ATK and ASPD boost when there are ground enemies on the seeded tiles, additionally enemies walking on seeded tiles will be marked and have the following effect: after going a certain distance away from the first seeded tile they walk on, the marked enemy will immediately be teleported back to that tile

Showcased Zuo Le, a 6* Soloblade Guard that focuses on SP recovery and activating his skills as much as possible

First talent grants him a unique Tenacity effect, giving him more ASPD and SP recovery as his HP lowers

Second talent gives him a chance to gain 1 SP when attacking and the chance increases when he is below a certain % of HP

Skill 1 increases the damage of the next attack, when below a certain % of HP this skill hits twice and when below a lower % of HP this skill hits thrice instead, able to hold charges

Skill 2 makes him immediately lose a certain % of current HP and gains a certain amount of Barrier upon skill activation, during skill duration he has increased ATK and block count and attacks all enemies equal to block count, loses the Barrier when skill ends

Skill 3 makes him immediately perform a number of slashes attacking enemies on the tile in front of him and ends the skill with a big slash that deals more damage and stuns the enemies, any healing gained from the trait during this skill is instead converted into a Barrier

Showcased the event mechanic, agriculture water tiles that can be polluted by enemies and deals damage to your allies, pollution can spread to adjacent agriculture tiles

The water tiles can be purified by pumping clean water into the polluted tiles and placing ops behind the pumps can help purify water faster, but at the same time take care not to let enemies pollute the water source as the pumps can also pump out polluted water

Announced a new anime tie-in bundle that contains various goodies including interactive furniture that can play music and a new Ch'en skin, also announced a rerun of the Exusiai anime tie-in bundle

Showcased some of the new RA2 stuff

More in-field stories and major UI changes throughout the whole gamemode

Ability to catch wildlife with special equipment and put them in your base

Certain nodes adjacent to your base can be entered to construct buildings in without needing to spend action points on said nodes, also showcased the ability to undo your placements before saving it

Food buffs are no longer permanent and can wear off after a few days

Ability to load saves from previous days

Teased plans for Originium Slug Racing to be added in a future update

Showed the Trials for Navigator #4 boss lineup

Showed some collab items for the R6 side in the upcoming Rainbow Six collab event

Announced a small Arknights × Ex Astris collab where you get skins in Ex Astris and furniture in Arknights

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The Imperial Guard’s Revenge / 锦衣杀 | Chapter 133

Chapter 133 – The Child Pada malam hari, Hong Wanqing terbaring sendirian di tempat tidur, berguling-guling tak bisa tidur. Suaminya telah pergi dari rumah selama satu setengah tahun, dan kini setelah ia kembali dengan kemenangan, Hong Wanqing bukanlah orang pertama yang melihatnya. Bahkan ketika ia mengirim seseorang untuk menanyakan keberadaan Fu Tingzhou, ia dimarahi oleh Chen Shi, yang…

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[text] New License: The Beauty's Blade: Mei Ren Jian (novel).

Story and art by Feng Ren Zuo Shu.

This Chinese baihe/Girl's Love novel will be available in English for the first time! Two powerful swordswomen face off in this enemies to lovers historical tale.

Ruthless and mercurial, Fu Wanqing is hardly the type of woman anyone expected to be the heir to the jianghu's preeminent righteous cultivation sect. Beyond her attitude, her raw power and beauty are renowned, rivaled only by those of demonic sect leader Yu Shengyan. Fu Wanqing is determined to face Yu Shengyan in battle, but Yu Shengyan couldn't be less interested. When Fu Wanqing offers a rare medicine Yu Shengyan needs to cure one of her comrades, she agrees to stay by Fu Wanqing's side for three months. Fu Wanqing is certain she'll get her duel-- but will her fascination with Yu Shengyan come to encompass more than just her sword?

Available from Seven Seas Entertainment August 2025

The baihe wuxia novel The Beauty's Blade (美人剑) by Feng Ren Zuo Shu is getting licensed by Seven Seas!

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I need more of them…

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Yu Shengyan was a piece of white paper, so Fu Wanqing was going to brush some of her own colour on her.

The Beauty's Blade 美人剑 - 封刃作书 / Feng Ren Zuo Shu

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Fu Wanqing wound around to be in front of Yu Shengyan, then sat in her arms like this was a matter of course, and as if Yu Shengyan’s embrace was set up for her alone. Even though she was in men’s clothes, that couldn’t cover up the innate romanticism and seductiveness in her looks. Fingertip curling around a lock of black hair hanging beside Yu Shengyan’s face, she giggled as she asked, “Someone who never smiles suddenly opens up — what happens, then?”

Yu Shengyan knew on the inside that Fu Wanqing wasn’t referring to Chun Fengxiao, but herself.

With no audible answer, she merely hooked her lips up into a shallow smile.

It passed in a wink, like the brief bloom of orchid cacti.

Fu Wanqing was infatuated, and felt like she was going mad. She believed herself to be attractive enough, yet Yu Shengyan was cool and composed before her; she believed herself to be calm and self-controlled enough, yet she lost her way within Yu Shengyan’s one shallow smile. Grinning obsessively, she tightly pressed her body close to her to come beside her fine earlobe, and exhaled lightly. “If you were a man, I’d kill you.”

In truth, her words hadn’t been said to completion.

Yu Shengyan was a woman, a woman able to be compared to her — she would only be able to kill her after defeating her

Now, this is what I call romance

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Web Novel Women Tournament 

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Yu Sangah / Yoo Sangah from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

Submission: 

Yu Sangah is a intelligent and hardworking woman with a vast array of skills, which are sadly not optimized for surviving the apocalypse. But there is nothing she can't learn if she puts her mind into it, and soon enough she is a powerful force to be reckoned with.  She has the best interpersonal skills of the main cast and a vast array of knowledge. Her fighting style is graceful, athletic and utterly brutal. She wields dual daggers and threads.  All the while she remains the moral heart of the group, a steadfast support to her friends, and a capable leader in her own right. 

Fu Wanqing from The Beauty’s Blade

Submission: Okay, I haven't actually read the novel yet, but I've heard that she's sexy, narcissistic, shameless, chaotic neutral, and very thirsty over her female love interest Yu Shengyan. Not the deepest character out there, but very fun.

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She sat face to face with her now, swiping her fingertips at the corner of her lips to wipe pastry crumbs off. “Seems like I haven't gotten the thought to duel with you in a long, long time, she brought up.

Yu Shengyan lapped the crumbs off Fu Wanqing’s fingers, looking down. “That’s good.”

“No, it isn’t.” The other shook her head, blinked, then grinned. “Can you guess what I’m thinking about right now?”

“No.”

Fu Wanqing looped her arms around her waist, then buried her face into her chest, listening to her heartbeat. After a while, a muffled laugh leaked out of her mouth. “I’m suddenly thinking that three months is too short. I want to keep you by my side until I’m tired of you.”

— The Beauty's Blade by Feng Ren Zou Shu, translated by Chichi

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mei ren jian................

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Demigods and Semi-devils, Chapter VI (XI)

The Crocodile God had hurried to Zhen’nan Palace right after speaking to Yunzhong He, hoping to spirit Duan Yu away and induct him into his South Seas Clan. But exchanging a single blow with Duan Zhengchun had caused him to feel a little trepidation. It would not be easy for him to kidnap Duan Yu when he was surrounded by so many highly-skilled people. He feared that he would not even be able to take on his disciple’s father. 

So when Duan Yu said he would fight the Crocodile God himself, the big man could not have hoped for a better turn of events. He would be able to catch hold of the young man in one move, and the others - no matter how highly-skilled they were - would not dare to intervene. They would only be able to watch, wide-eyed, as he spirited his disciple away. “Alright, show me your three moves,” he called. “I won’t use any internal energy and I won’t hurt you.”

“Let’s make the rules clear first,’ Duan Yu replied. “So what happens if you can’t defeat me within three moves?”

The Crocodile God laughed again. He knew Duan Yu was a weak scholar with less ability than a tied-up chicken. Even half a move would be enough to subdue him. “If I can’t beat you in three moves, I’ll call you my master.”

“Alright, everyone heard that,” Duan Yu said, smiling. “Are you going to keep your word?”

“When Second Master Yue says something, he always means it!” snapped the Crocodile God.

“Third Master Yue,” Duan Yu said.

“Second Master Yue!”

“Third Master Yue!”

“Oh, hurry up! Why are you wasting time like this?” the Crocodile God growled. Duan Yu took two steps forward, standing directly opposite him.

Everyone gathered - apart from Mu Wanqing, that is - had watched Duan Yu grow up. They knew he was a scholarly young man who had no interested in martial arts, and had never taken the time to learn them. In fact, when the Baoding Emperor and Duan Zhengchun had tried to force him to learn them, he had run away from home. He did not have the ability to take on a regular soldier, let alone a highly-skilled professional.

At the start, everyone knew he had been deliberately provoking the Crocodile God for sport. But now, it looked as though he was really going to have to fight that idiot. Although the Crocodile God wanted to take Duan Yu as his disciple and had said he wouldn’t hurt him, the wild, fierce man was clearly unpredictable. It would not do for the precious scion of the family to risk life and limb this way.

The Sage of the Jade Hollow was the first to speak up. “Yu’er, stop your nonsense. There is no need to pay attention to riffraff like him.”

“My lord marquis, issue orders to have this ruffian apprehended,” the empress added.

Gao Shengtai bowed. “I hear and obey.” He turned, raising his voice. “Chu Wanli, Gu Ducheng, Fu Sigui, Zhu Dancheng - listen! Her Majesty has ordered this ruffian to be apprehended.”

The four bowed in unison. “We hear and obey.”

Seeing that those gathered were preparing to attack him, the Crocodile God growled: “Come on then, you big fellows! I’m not afraid. You two - you’re the emperor and empress? You come on too!”

“Wait, wait,” Duan Yu said, waving his hands frantically. “Let me take his three moves first!”

The Baoding Emperor knew that his nephew often did things that people did not expect, and perhaps had a trick or two up his sleeve. In any case, the Crocodile God was not out to kill him, and his men and Duan Yu’s mother were both nearby. He decided that there was no harm in letting things continue as they were. “Be still!” he commanded. “Let this wild ruffian see what a prince of Dali is capable of.”

Chu Wanli and his four men had been rushing forward, but stopped at the emperor’s word.

“Third Master Yue, let’s be clear about things,” Duan Yu said. “If you can’t beat me in three moves, you’ll have to call me your master. But even if I become your master, you’re too stupid for me to actually teach your any martial arts. Agreed?”

“You teach me?” snapped the Crocodile God. “What kind of bloody martial arts do you even know?”

“Alright, we are agreed,” Duan Yu replied. “After I become your master, my word will be as law and cannot be disobeyed. Whatever I order you to do, you must do - or you will be dishonouring your ancestors and breaking the rules of the martial community. Okay?”

The Crocodile God laughed. “Well, naturally. And if I become your master, the same will apply to you.”

Duan Yu considered his Light Steps Over the Waves technique. It would not be too difficult, he thought, to evade the Crocodile God’s three strikes. But having never sparred with anyone before, and knowing how powerful his opponent was, he had no assurance of victory. He decided it would be best to leave himself an avenue for retreat.

“We are agreed,” he said. “But to have me as your disciple, you must also defeat my masters here. This will prove that you are indeed more powerful than my masters. Only then will I accept you as my master.” If he catches hold of me within three moves, I will name every person here as my master and he will have to beat them one by one.

“Alright, alright!” the Crocodile God said. “You keep talking and take no action, and that’s nothing like me at all. Us of the South Seas Clan fight when we say we fight, and there’s no ambiguity about it.”