| 1. | Her New Life | EP 1 | 01 - 15 | In the drama, there's no new life or family. He Yan didn't reborn because her Master is the one who cured and helped her falsify her new identity.
There's also no love debt, and tragedy happened that forces her to enter Yezhou Garrison.
Entering Yezhou Garrison was her plan from the start, once she woke up from the coma.
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| 2. | General Fengyun,
Xiao Jue! | 15 - 18 |
| 3. | Love Debt & Tragedy | 19 - 29 |
| 4. | Joining the Army,
Liangzhou Garrison | EP 2 - 3 | 29 - 34 | For this one, there are quite a lot of changes.
1. Horse scene
- Drama: Happened in garrison
- Novel: Happened in her hometown during her first meeting with Xiao Jue after her rebirth
2. He Yan's weak state in garrison
- Drama: Because she's still recovering from the major wound and poisoning
- Novel: Because she has been reborn into a new body, she needs to train her stamina and strength from the start
3. Her sword, Qinglang
- Novel: Taken by He Rufei
- Drama: Taken by Xiao Jue |
| 5. | Military Camp: Training
| 34 - 47 |
| 6. | Military Camp:
Archery Competition
| 47 - 53 |
| 7. | Sworn Brother, Cheng Lisu
| 53 - 54 |
| 8. | Military Camp:
Spear & Blade Duel
| 55 - 61 |
| 9. | Military Camp:
Mounted Archery
| 62 - 65 |
| 10. | Military Camp:
White Moon Mountain
| EP 4 - 5 | 66 - 77 | 1. Her identity as a woman
- Drama: Discovered after a wolf attack on the mountain during the Qixi Festival
- Novel: Discovered during the 1st mission
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| 11. | Military Camp: Rest
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EP 5 | 78 - 79 | 1. Lantern
- Drama: She released the lantern for Xiao Jue's father and her old self.
- Novel: She released the lantern for her unborn child. He Yan only knew she was pregnant when that woman told her while drowning her in the pond to kill her.
“I’m sorry,” she murmured softly, full of sorrow. “We, mother and child, have no fate in this lifetime. If there’s a next life, I hope you’ll be born into a good family, a life filled with joy and free of worries. Please, never encounter me again.” “I will…” She placed the water lantern into the river. “Seek revenge for you.”
2. Xiao Jing and Bai Rongwei (Xiao Jue's elder brother and his wife)
- Drama: There's no scene of them together
- Novel: There's a chapter about them missing Xiao Jue since he's not home during the Mid-autumn Festival.
3. Flag Capture Event
- Not that much difference from the novel
- But the novel's description of this event is more complex
- When they descend the mountain, He Yan's group will counter a formation called Bagua formation, and He Yan successfully breaks it
- The author also describes how their group fight
- But in the drama, we can only see the final duel between He Yan and Lei Hou.
- Other than that, everything else is the same
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| 12. | Military Camp:
Flag Capture Event
| 80 - 84 |
| 13. | Military Camp:
Rewards Ceremony & Drunk... | EP 6 | 85 - 86 | 1. He Yan & friends
- Drama: He Yan drank with them and then went to Xiao Jue's tents
- Novel: They exchange stories together as to why they enter the military. So, we get to know their backstory.
2. Cheng Lisu
- Drama: Drink with He Yan's group
- Novel: Drink with instructors
3. Fei Nu
- Drama: Fei Nu wasn't in the tent
- Novel: Fei Nu was there, witnessing He Yan's drunken behaviour
4. Sword
- Drama: He Yan did a sword dance and broke the zither completely
- Novel: He Yan drunkenly asks for a duel to prove she's the best. She ended up throwing an alcohol jug. Xiao Jue then slashed the jug using his sword and caused the zither's strings to snap.
5. Eavesdrop
- Drama: Lei Hou was the one who stood outside Xiao Jue's tent.
- Novel: Instructor Shen was the one who accidentally listened to their drunken moments because he wanted to share a roasted duck with Xiao Jue. And from that, the instructor thought He Yan and Xiao Jue were a gay couple... Hahaha... |
| 14. | Mission 1: The Banquet | EP 6 -10
| 87 - 103 | First Mission
1. Ding Yi
- Drama: He Yan saw and recognised him at the garrison.
- Novel: He Yan saw him during the Sun Family's banquet.
2. Tavern
- Drama: He Yan was sneakily going out, Fei Nu went to investigate the Sun Family and Xiao Jue, the one who would watch He Yan.
- Novel: He Yan asked permission from Xiao Jue. It was at night. Fei Nu secretly followed her but ultimately lost her trail. He reported back to Xiao Jue.
3. Wanhua Pavilion
- Drama: He Yan entered the pavilion because she was following Ding Yi and wanted to prevent Xiao Jue from following her.
- Novel: He Yan entered the pavilion accidentally while searching for a tavern.
4. Chu Zhao (Chu Zilan)
- Drama: He Yan first met him during her journey to join the army at the Yezhou Garrison.
- Novel: He encountered He Yan on her way back from a gambling house. After her rebirth, He Yan wanted to find some money to buy some clothes for her brother. Chu Zhao wasn't present during this arc.
5. Ying Xiang
- Drama: She knows martial arts and served as Chu Zhao's maid and bodyguard.
- Novel: She didn't know martial arts.
6. Ding Yi
Drama: He Yan saw Ding Yi and followed him to the pavilion. She also witnessed Ding Yi hiring some dancers.
-Novel: He Yan met Ding Yi during the banquet.
7. Sword dance performance
- Drama: He Yan did a sword dance performance that caused Chu Zhao to realise she's a woman.
- Novel: This scene doesn't exist in the novel.
7. Song Tao Tao
- Drama: Tao Tao didn't see He Yan in the pavilion. It was He Yan's initiative to save her.
- Novel: He Yan saved her when Tao Tao secretly threw a small note, 'Save me', to He Yan.
8. Imperial Inspector
- Drama: Chu Zhao
- Novel: Yuan Baozhen
9. Assassination
- Drama: Sun Xiangfu & Ding Yi's plan.
- Novel: Yuan Baozhen & Ding Yi's plan.
10. Testing
- Drama: Ding Yi came alone to see if He Yan was truly gone blind.
- Novel: Yuan Baozhen & Ding Yi came together.
11. Poisonous Ball
- Drama: He Yan fell into the pond with Xiao Jue.
- Novel: He Yan made an excuse to go to the restroom and make herself fall into the pit toilet.
12. Encounter each other
- Drama: He Yan & Xiao Jue encountered each other after they eavesdropped on the roof.
- Novel: They didn't meet, and only He Yan listened on the roof. But, she did accidentally encounter Xiao Jue took a bath like in the drama.
13. Ding Yi's death
- Drama: He Yan was the one who lured Ding Yi away.
- Novel: Ding Yi was the one who lured He Yan out of her room.
14. Her identity as woman
- Drama: Confront He Yan about her identity. Xiao Jue already knew since EP 4.
- Novel: He just knew and immediately confronted her about it in her room after He Yan sneakily went back after killing Ding Yi.
15. The reason
- Drama: He Yan told a fabricated reason that her Master prepared.
- Novel: He Yan told the truth that she joined the army after she killed a man who lusted over her beauty.
16. Fei Nu
- Drama: Fei Nu still didn't know that He Yan is a woman.
- Novel: Fei Nu knew her identity on the same day as Xiao Jue.
17. Sun's Family Case
- Drama: The case was linked to the tax evasion case.
- Novel: There's no tax evasion or military funding case.
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| 15. | Military Camp:
Back to the Camp
| EP 11 - 13 | 103 - 106 |
1. Hot Springs
Drama: With her gangs.
Novel: With the instructors. They successfully pulled He Yan into the hot springs. Then Xiao Jue pulled her out before wrapping her with his cloak.
2. Single Room
Drama: He Yan requested it as compensation for ruining her 'reputation'.
Novel: Cheng Lisu exchange his room with He Yan because he doesn't want to be close to Taotao. Xiao Jue disagrees, but Cheng Lisu doesn't care. He Yan also threatened him a bit.
Xiao Jue sneered, “What right do you have?” “Just because… I’m only a red mole away from being the woman you deeply love.” He Yan looked at him with a smile.
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| 16. | Military Camp:
The Qiang & Wutou People
| 107 - 113 | 1. Fighting with the Spy
Drama: In the garrison area.
Nove: On the White Moon Mountain.
2. The Victim
Drama: Instructor Ma.
Novel: Wang Xiaohan, new recruit.
3. Qiang-Wutuo Army
Drama: They enter using the front gate.
Novel: The Qiang Army spies kill all the soldiers who are on the night shift and pile up all the corpses at the centre of the training ground in the morning.
4. Cheng Lisu & Song Taotao
Drama: They were held hostage in the middle of the battle between He Yan & General Rida Muzi.
Novel: They were held hostage from the beginning so that instructors would accept the sparring challenge.
5. He Yan's Waist Injury
Drama: Gotten it from the duel with General Rida Muzi.
Novel: Gotten it from the fight with Ding Yi during the banquet arc. The wound reopened throughout the 3 rounds sparring challenge.
6. The Sparring Challenge
Drama: Suggested by He Yan, a duel between her and General Rida Muzi.
Novel: Suggested by General Rida Muzi, three rounds.
Drama: He Yan (Whip) vs General Rida Muzi (Curve Blade)
Novel:
- 1st Round: Wei Huan (Blade) vs Wala (Stone Axe)
Wei Huan almost lost, but He Yan came at the right time and kicked the axe that nearly landed on his head.
- Re-match: He Yan (Whip) vs Wala (Stone Axe)
Wala lost. He Yan broke his neck.
- 2nd Round: He Yan (Whip) vs Ba Zhu (Curve Blade)
Ba Zhu lost. His throat was pierced by He Yan using an iron caltrop. He Yan's old injury on her waist has worsened, and Ba Zhu got a chance to pierce a blade on top of He Yan's old injury.
- 3rd Round: He Yan (Whip) vs General Rida Muzi (Curve Blade)
General Rida nearly got killed when he suddenly asked his subordinate to throw Taotao into the battle platform. To save her, He Yan released General Rida. He then took the chance to kill He Yan. But the attack was intercepted by Xiao Jue.
7. General Rida Muzi's Death
Drama: Killed by He Yan using her whip.
Novel: He committed suicide after witnessing his army's defeat by the Nine Banner Battalion.
8. He Yan's Request to Enter the Nine Banners Battalion
Drama: Approved.
Novel: Rejected. Again. 🤣
9. Dungeon
Drama: He Yan entered with Xiao Jue & Fei Nu.
Novel: Xiao Jue entered with Shen Han, and He Yan listened to the interrogation with Lin Shuanghe from outside.
10. Lei Hou's Background
Drama:
- Que City's survivor
- The longevity lock belonged to his little brother
Novel:
- Recommended by Instructor Du Mao
- The embroidered sachet and longevity lock belonged to his wife and son.
Chai Anxi
Novel: Chapter 122 - 123
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| 17. | The Physician, Lin Shuang He | EP 12 | 113 - 115 | Character has been merged with Cheng Lisu
Even though this character has been merged with Cheng Lisu but they share the same timeline and scene regarding knowing He Yan's identity as a woman.
“Gentle and weak?” Xiao Jue chuckled, seemingly amused by his words. He raised an eyebrow and said slowly, “Before I returned, she had just chopped off the heads of two Western Qiang people.” Lin Shuanghe: “…” “If I had come a bit later, she would have been working on her third.” Lin Shuanghe: “…”
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| 18. | Military Camp: His Story
| EP 13 | 116 - 117 | History of Battle in Que City and Nine Banners Battalion
1. Telling the Story
Drama: Xiao Jue himself.
Novel: Lin Shuanghe.
2. Nine Banners Battalion
Drama: No explanation.
Novel: Excerpt from the novel,
“His Majesty wanted Xiao Jue to personally select three thousand troops from the Nanfu soldiers. This was his last act of kindness towards Huaijin. Huaijin stood in front of the Nanfu soldiers and asked them to choose whether they were willing to follow him to Mingshui.” Before going, no one believed they could win this battle. It was a suicide mission, and everyone who stepped forward did so with a determination to die, following this young general. “The first eight hundred who stepped forward later became the Nine Banners Battalion,” he laughed.
3. Xiao Jue's Frustration
Drama: Xiao Jue let it out by doing the sword routine until He Yan came and put up the cloak.
Novel: Xiao Jue just stood by the window, and He Yan later picked the lock to his room. Xiao Jue asked her to put the cloak on the bed. He Yan left after leaving a candy for him. |
| 19. | The 4th Young Master,
Chu Zilan, Chu Zhao | EP 14
| 118 - 120 |
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| 20. | Military Camp: Drunk again...
| 120 - 121 |
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| 21. | Military Camp: Planning
| EP 15 | 122 - 124 |
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| 22. | "Do you know her name?"
"He Yan."
| 124 - 127 |
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| 23. | Mission 2: Jiang City | EP 15 - 21 | 128 - 161 | Second Mission |
| 24 | Cloud Pavilion, Jinling City
| EP 21 - 22 | 183 - 192 |
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| 25. | Military Camp:
The Matter of Heart
| EP 22-24 | 162 - 169 |
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| 26. | Mission 3: Rundu City | EP 25-26 | 169 - 182 | Third Mission |
| 27. | Back to the Capital | EP 27 | 192 - 199 |
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| 28. | The Palace & The Confession |
| 199 - 202 |
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| 29. | Family Reunion |
| 202 - 205 |
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| 30. | Yuhua Temple,
Visiting Liangzhou Garrison |
| 205 - 207 |
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| 31. | Assassination, Qin Momo |
| 208 - 213 |
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| 32. | "He Yan." |
| 214 - 219 |
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| 33. | Visiting Xianchang Academy |
| 219 - 221 |
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| 34. | Sneaking into He Mansion |
| 222 - 225 |
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| 35. | Lantern Market Date Night |
| 225 - 229 |
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| 36. | Wutou Envoy, Family meeting
& Bridal Attire |
| 229 - 231 |
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| 37. | Palace Banquet, Sword Duel |
| 232 - 234 |
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| 38. | "Young Master He, are you
Flying Phoenix General?" |
| 234 - 236 |
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| 39. | Aftermath: He & Xu Family |
| 237 - 241 |
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| 40. | Aftermath: Chu Zilan |
| 241 - 245 |
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| 41. | Happy New Year, Wedding
& Marriage Life |
| 246 - 251 |
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| 42. | News from the Palace |
| 252 - 256 |
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| 43. | The War: Preparation |
| 257 - 260 |
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| 44. | The War: Victory |
| 261 - 266 |
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| 45. | The End |
| 267 |
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| 46. | Extra 1: Seven Years Later |
| 268 - 269 |
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| 47. | Extra 2: Moon's Secret |
| 270 | (Xiao Jue POV for their shared moments from the first meeting until after marriage) |
| 48. | Extra 3: Longing (Yan Xiu) |
| 271 - 272 | About another side couple
(Can you guess?) |
Shangguan Qian:
inkedhalo:
_Kage_:
