Love in Pavilion Episode 1 Recap
> Love in Pavilion Recap
To please Lady Poison, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord mobilized great manpower to build the Star Picking Tower. Although there were still ten days left until the tower's scheduled completion, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord ordered his subordinate, the Ghost-Faced Spider, to finish it within five days. Following the order, the Ghost-Faced Spider captured more people to work on the Star Picking Tower, causing widespread panic in Nanchui, with more and more people disappearing.
Dongfang Huaizhu, the eldest daughter of Divine Fire Villa, and Dongfang Qinlan, the second daughter, went to Lilu Mountain in Nanchui to gather medicinal herbs. As in previous years, they stayed at a small town in Nanchui, only to find it completely different from before—deserted, with crumbling walls and ruins, and spider webs covering everything, clearly abandoned for a long time. However, the inn where they used to rest while gathering herbs still stood, brightly lit, though it seemed eerie.
Despite the strangeness, the sisters entered the inn. The innkeeper explained that a great demon had appeared in Nanchui, abducting many people, and those who remained had fled in fear. The innkeeper said there were many magical treasures left behind by demon-hunting heroes, so there was no need to worry about demonic attacks. However, the server who brought the food moved stiffly, and Dongfang Huaizhu noticed that he was a demon who had only recently taken human form.
She immediately attacked. The Ghost-Faced Spider had been prepared and blocked Dongfang Huaizhu’s assault. Dongfang Qinlan was skilled both in martial arts and magical artifacts, and easily subdued another small Ghost-Faced Spider, but when faced with the larger one, she was at a disadvantage. Soon, Dongfang Qinlan was seized by the larger Ghost-Faced Spider, her life hanging by a thread.
The Ghost-Faced Spider used Dongfang Qinlan to force Dongfang Huaizhu to put down her bamboo flute artifact, then launched a sneak attack from behind while she was off guard. Dongfang Huaizhu fainted to the ground. Just as the Ghost-Faced Spider was about to strike her down, a surge of powerful sword energy arrived, forcing the Ghost-Faced Spider to realize the vast gap in strength and retreat decisively.
Dongfang Huaizhu awoke in a spacious area and found that her rescuer was a masked man with a tall, straight figure, wearing a smiling mask. Although he was the legendary "Sword Gentleman," he looked somewhat comical. Dongfang Huaizhu tactfully asked him to turn away. Seeing Dongfang Huaizhu using Divine Fire to fend off enemies, the Sword Gentleman guessed she was from the Dongfang Spirit Clan.
He had a request he found difficult to voice, so instead, he simply took a lock of Dongfang Huaizhu’s hair without asking. The Sword Gentleman then flew away on his sword. Dongfang Huaizhu caught up with him and proposed a partnership. Since the Sword Gentleman only knew the general location of the demon while Dongfang Huaizhu knew the exact location of her sister Dongfang Qinlan, he agreed, on the condition that they establish three ground rules. Dongfang Huaizhu accepted.
They quickly located the Star Picking Tower, but it was already shrouded in a poisonous miasma barrier. The Sword Gentleman unleashed a sword strike that split the dense, purple miasma, his sword energy unstoppable like a blade through bamboo. Dongfang Huaizhu was astonished and grew suspicious of his identity, but the Sword Gentleman claimed he was merely a swordsman who liked cute masks. In a dungeon cave, the Sword Gentleman and Dongfang Huaizhu found and rescued Dongfang Qinlan.
They encountered three members of the Yiqi Alliance, who disparaged the Masked Group. Then, Li Zizai and Li Quzhuo of the Masked Group appeared and severely beat the three, locking them back in the dungeon as per the Sword Gentleman's instructions, and rescued all the imprisoned townsfolk. The Sword Gentleman and Dongfang Huaizhu confronted Lady Poison and the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord. Lady Poison was no match for Dongfang Huaizhu and collapsed, coughing blood.
The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord unleashed his Hundred-Eyed Golden Eyes, each carrying a hundred years of cultivation. However, the Sword Gentleman broke the formation using only a few strands of Dongfang Huaizhu’s hair. Previously, Lady Poison’s clan had stolen nanmu wood from the Nangong family, which they used for coffins. The Nangong family retaliated by sending people to massacre Lady Poison’s clan at the Star Picking Tower.
The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord sought revenge for Lady Poison, capturing many Nangong family members, killing them, and hanging their bones as bone chimes at the center of the Star Picking Tower. The Sword Gentleman's goal was to take the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord's demon core to save Nanchui. However, unexpectedly, a greater threat appeared: Huan Du Qingtian, the Poison King of Nanchui. Huan Du Qingtian’s demonic power was far greater than that of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord.
The Sword Gentleman's sword shattered into dust after blocking just one attack. Huan Du Qingtian unleashed wave after wave of attacks, sealing off the Sword Gentleman’s qi flow and releasing poisonous gas. Li Quzhuo, the fourth brother, formed a sword formation. The Sword Gentleman forged a spiritual sword to break Huan Du Qingtian’s Black Tortoise position, allowing Li Zizai and Li Quzhuo to escort Dongfang Huaizhu away first.
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