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Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) #4
Remnants of Filth: Yuwu (Novel) Vol. 4
ECHOES OF A SHATTERED PAST
Gu Mang has emerged from the Time Mirror a changed man. With his shattered memories recovered, he sets out to distance himself once more from his erstwhile lover, Mo Xi. In turn, Mo Xi finds himself powerless against a Gu Mang who is both so familiar and yet so cruel. Regardless, if the two hope to complete their mission and return to Chonghua, they must work hand in hand to escape the demon-infested island.
Meanwhile, Mo Xi’s own experience in the Time Mirror has left him more certain than ever that some secrets still linger behind Gu Mang’s treasonous defection eight years ago. He’s determined to dig up the truth at any cost—even the cost of his own life.
Gu Mang has emerged from the Time Mirror a changed man. With his shattered memories recovered, he sets out to distance himself once more from his erstwhile lover, Mo Xi. In turn, Mo Xi finds himself powerless against a Gu Mang who is both so familiar and yet so cruel. Regardless, if the two hope to complete their mission and return to Chonghua, they must work hand in hand to escape the demon-infested island.
Meanwhile, Mo Xi’s own experience in the Time Mirror has left him more certain than ever that some secrets still linger behind Gu Mang’s treasonous defection eight years ago. He’s determined to dig up the truth at any cost—even the cost of his own life.
388 pages, Paperback
Published July 23, 2024
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May 26, 2025
fuck the emperor. all of my homies hate the emperor
November 28, 2025
What to expect when the bookcover pictures the main character crying? Pain, more pain, and MUCH MUCH MORE PAIN!! Please, even a smut scene can be heartbreaking, why?
Also, brain, reset everything you knew because apparently the story didn’t go like that. 🤯
Actually, I had guessed right about Gu Mang’s reason for defection, but Meatbun did a great job throwing so many red herrings I’d thought I was wrong. Still, I found myself surprised by the new facets of some characters. I expect more surprises about characters like Jiang Yexue (sus since book 3), Murong Lian (I might need to "unhate" him?), and probably more (Jiang Fuli and his mysterious Madam, I still haven't forgotten you!).
Back to the suffering part, for me, the most heartbreaking scene in this book takes place in a certain prison.
"This is the last time Gege can protect you. In the future, whether you advance or retreat, whether you forge ahead or set down your sword and retire—it’s all up to you."
(Book interior art)
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
Also, brain, reset everything you knew because apparently the story didn’t go like that. 🤯
Actually, I had guessed right about Gu Mang’s reason for defection, but Meatbun did a great job throwing so many red herrings I’d thought I was wrong. Still, I found myself surprised by the new facets of some characters. I expect more surprises about characters like Jiang Yexue (sus since book 3), Murong Lian (I might need to "unhate" him?), and probably more (Jiang Fuli and his mysterious Madam, I still haven't forgotten you!).
Back to the suffering part, for me, the most heartbreaking scene in this book takes place in a certain prison.
"This is the last time Gege can protect you. In the future, whether you advance or retreat, whether you forge ahead or set down your sword and retire—it’s all up to you."
(Book interior art)
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
March 23, 2025
“Oh, I missed you, Mo Xi…After I cut you out of my heart, that scar never healed.”
⋆｡ ﾟ☁︎︎ ｡ ✧ ⋆ ★ ★ ★ ★ stars 🍓｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡ ⋆
how am i doing after reading this volume? not well!!!! not well at all 🥰
October 1, 2024
If you look up angst in the dictionary, there's a picture of this book next to it.
Great volume, but so much pain!
Great volume, but so much pain!
July 27, 2024
Volume 4 was heartbreaking, more so, because it began with such a hopeful note. Gu Mang has his memories back and Mo Xi is starting to trust him again. All they need is to flee from the demon bat island and everything will be well. Except, Gu Mang is determined to push Mo Xi away. Even a night of passion brought on by a demonic potion affecting Gu Mang won’t change his mind.
The moment they return home, things start going wrong. Gu Mang is taken into custody for excruciating magical experiments. Mo Xi isn’t there, because he’s investigating the truth about Gu Mang. He learns it too, but almost destroys his own health in the process. The truth isn’t what he had thought, and it sets him against the emperor—never a good place to be. But it might be in vain, because Gu Mang may have lost his mind again. The book ends before we learn for sure.
This book was mostly from Gu Mang’s point of view. And it’s such a different story than the reader has been led to believe. The love story we’ve thought was one-sided was very real for him too. But he’s a realist and knows that a slave and a nobleman can never be together, and so he’s pretended to only toy with Mo Xi. Here, in his thoughts, he can confess his love. But he doesn’t reveal it to Mo Xi. For his part, Mo Xi, having learned the truth, is more willing than ever to declare his love publicly. Only, he never gets a chance to do that either.
This was an intense volume that wrung the reader dry. But at least there was the great spicy scene at the beginning of the book, and the knowledge that the men love one another. Now there’s the agonising wait to learn if it’s too late; whether Gu Mang has lost his mind for good or if there’s still hope for the men.
The moment they return home, things start going wrong. Gu Mang is taken into custody for excruciating magical experiments. Mo Xi isn’t there, because he’s investigating the truth about Gu Mang. He learns it too, but almost destroys his own health in the process. The truth isn’t what he had thought, and it sets him against the emperor—never a good place to be. But it might be in vain, because Gu Mang may have lost his mind again. The book ends before we learn for sure.
This book was mostly from Gu Mang’s point of view. And it’s such a different story than the reader has been led to believe. The love story we’ve thought was one-sided was very real for him too. But he’s a realist and knows that a slave and a nobleman can never be together, and so he’s pretended to only toy with Mo Xi. Here, in his thoughts, he can confess his love. But he doesn’t reveal it to Mo Xi. For his part, Mo Xi, having learned the truth, is more willing than ever to declare his love publicly. Only, he never gets a chance to do that either.
This was an intense volume that wrung the reader dry. But at least there was the great spicy scene at the beginning of the book, and the knowledge that the men love one another. Now there’s the agonising wait to learn if it’s too late; whether Gu Mang has lost his mind for good or if there’s still hope for the men.
February 10, 2025
At this point, I think I like to suffer.
August 4, 2024
Might be recency bias but YUWU moves up on my all time favorites list with each book released. This is one of the most emotional stories I’ve ever read.
Meatbun's ability to evoke so many feelings through her characters' pain is unrivaled. I love Mo Xi and Gu Mang with all my heart and cannot wait for their HE (three more volumes to go 😩).
Meatbun's ability to evoke so many feelings through her characters' pain is unrivaled. I love Mo Xi and Gu Mang with all my heart and cannot wait for their HE (three more volumes to go 😩).
May 2, 2025
REF, DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!! DO SOMETHING REF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 25, 2025
4.5 ⭐️ Reminder to my future self:
Never binge-read Meatbun’s novels and all the books at once. They will emotionally devastate you in the best and worst ways possible. Your heart is not ready.
*Proceeds to binge-read the remaining three books
Never binge-read Meatbun’s novels and all the books at once. They will emotionally devastate you in the best and worst ways possible. Your heart is not ready.
*Proceeds to binge-read the remaining three books
October 14, 2024
❤️ Remnants of Filth 4 - Meatbun ❤️
one word to accurately describe this danmei is PAIN 😭😭😭 do not get me wrong because I LOVE this story 🥰 but it is getting too tragic to the point that I consider dropping this series until it is actually finished and then I will resume reading about my boys Mo Xi and Gu Mang 🩷
one word to accurately describe this danmei is PAIN 😭😭😭 do not get me wrong because I LOVE this story 🥰 but it is getting too tragic to the point that I consider dropping this series until it is actually finished and then I will resume reading about my boys Mo Xi and Gu Mang 🩷
October 4, 2024
₊˚⊹♡ ˚ ➺ 5/5 ✧
"oh, i missed you, mo xi... after i cut you out of my heart, that scar never healed."
"oh, i missed you, mo xi... after i cut you out of my heart, that scar never healed."
April 20, 2025
I think this might be the most painful novel I've ever read. The plot twists are insane and the agony spills from the pages, one chapter after another. Nevertheless, the story is immaculate.
July 24, 2024
Flowers will bloom, rain will cease, winter will pass. Believe me… My princess, my royal highness. Because…if even you lose faith in me…
If even you lose faith in me, then I truly will be fighting on my own. I will really be alone.
Believe in me, won’t you…?
even in all of mo xi’s anger; even in all his feelings of betrayal; even in all his heartache and grief and confusion…he has always believed in gu mang.
always, in even the deepest recesses of his heart.
no matter how hard he tried to bury it, it was the one thing he couldn’t suppress—even if it meant getting his own heart stabbed in the process. and he was always so angry about it. i’ve seen it since volume one and it all comes to a head here—just how much reverence he had in gu mang and how it’s that reverence that kept him alive. even when everyone else but maybe one or two characters were spitting on gu mang’s image.
mo xi is so earnest, he feels so much, and i always loved that about his character. i loved that dichotomy of such a cold and unfeeling persona evoking so much heartache in the reader in his own feelings of grief and misunderstanding.
all he wanted was to just understand. he needed to believe that there was a bigger truth at play and there was. he believed in gu mang…
and he always will :’)
which meant that gu mang really was never alone….
i can’t tell you surreal it felt reading this volume. finally we get more answers, and there was a lot of pain in the process that even mo xi was dealt with. it felt just as surreal to see gu mang in the present as he always was, before he was tortured to the point he lost his own memories. to see him express the yearning that we always only saw on mo xi’s side was such a relief, and we also got to see the pain & grief he experienced playing someone else’s puppet.
this book hurt me. a lot. and i love mo xi & gu mang a lot. they’ve really been tested on for far too long and….gu mang’s history continues to break my heart.
and of course the end leaves me with a cliffhanger; why the hell not??
but this story truly is beautiful. i love it very much
content warnings:
major: descriptions of both physical & mental torture, injury/injury detail, and explicit sexual content
moderate: exploration of grief, and extreme blood loss
minor: references to human sacrifices, scenes of war & death, and slavery
If even you lose faith in me, then I truly will be fighting on my own. I will really be alone.
Believe in me, won’t you…?
even in all of mo xi’s anger; even in all his feelings of betrayal; even in all his heartache and grief and confusion…he has always believed in gu mang.
always, in even the deepest recesses of his heart.
no matter how hard he tried to bury it, it was the one thing he couldn’t suppress—even if it meant getting his own heart stabbed in the process. and he was always so angry about it. i’ve seen it since volume one and it all comes to a head here—just how much reverence he had in gu mang and how it’s that reverence that kept him alive. even when everyone else but maybe one or two characters were spitting on gu mang’s image.
mo xi is so earnest, he feels so much, and i always loved that about his character. i loved that dichotomy of such a cold and unfeeling persona evoking so much heartache in the reader in his own feelings of grief and misunderstanding.
all he wanted was to just understand. he needed to believe that there was a bigger truth at play and there was. he believed in gu mang…
and he always will :’)
which meant that gu mang really was never alone….
i can’t tell you surreal it felt reading this volume. finally we get more answers, and there was a lot of pain in the process that even mo xi was dealt with. it felt just as surreal to see gu mang in the present as he always was, before he was tortured to the point he lost his own memories. to see him express the yearning that we always only saw on mo xi’s side was such a relief, and we also got to see the pain & grief he experienced playing someone else’s puppet.
this book hurt me. a lot. and i love mo xi & gu mang a lot. they’ve really been tested on for far too long and….gu mang’s history continues to break my heart.
and of course the end leaves me with a cliffhanger; why the hell not??
but this story truly is beautiful. i love it very much
content warnings:
major: descriptions of both physical & mental torture, injury/injury detail, and explicit sexual content
moderate: exploration of grief, and extreme blood loss
minor: references to human sacrifices, scenes of war & death, and slavery
July 29, 2025
“you painted a picture of that future and that home for me. i lived that beautiful and carefree lifetime through your eyes. that’s more than enough. so when you return in fathomless glory and i’m not here, don’t be sad… i do love you. all my life, every “i love you” that left my lips was true.”
initially i thought this series is boring and for that i profoundly apologise, with meatbun you never know when the twist will come and my sixth sense is saying this(vol. 4) is just the beginning. i have so many questions and at the same time i don't trust some people.. let's see what happens next. truly queen meatbun knows how to make you feel emotions you never knew existed (at this rate i will end up seeking therapy).
my questions are :
1. why i feel like murong lian is not bad and there's a backstory?? ik he's torturing gu mang but the way he went to search mo xi is telling me a different story....
2. mengze is too nice.. idk what she's trying to do ..is she actually good??
3. why everything between chuyi and yexue is so suggestive? sorry but that scene where mo xi encountered chuyi at the academy and then went to retrieve the scrolls is just extremely weird..they are like bitter exes
4. why can't chuyi treat his nephew kindly?(specially when that said nephew is a ball of sunshine) come on you have a face like wanning you can't be bad and mean..
now i just want to rant about the emperor can't he speak normally without saying “we” ?? (idc if it's royal form of address or not) and wdym you can't do anything?? mf you are the emperor if you wish you can do everything.
i must mention the highlight of this volume which is the brotherly bond between gu mang and lu zhangzing. that one chapter broke me, i cried so much.
current top 5 : ERHA, TGCF, BAB, LITTLE MUSHROOM & YUWU (yes yuwu has successfully entered the list it's 'that' good)
before i end this blabbering just want to say someone go give housekeeper li some words of encouragement he's not getting paid enough for all this shit 😭 AND XIMANG I LOVE YOU my babies!! be happy!!
initially i thought this series is boring and for that i profoundly apologise, with meatbun you never know when the twist will come and my sixth sense is saying this(vol. 4) is just the beginning. i have so many questions and at the same time i don't trust some people.. let's see what happens next. truly queen meatbun knows how to make you feel emotions you never knew existed (at this rate i will end up seeking therapy).
my questions are :
1. why i feel like murong lian is not bad and there's a backstory?? ik he's torturing gu mang but the way he went to search mo xi is telling me a different story....
2. mengze is too nice.. idk what she's trying to do ..is she actually good??
3. why everything between chuyi and yexue is so suggestive? sorry but that scene where mo xi encountered chuyi at the academy and then went to retrieve the scrolls is just extremely weird..they are like bitter exes
4. why can't chuyi treat his nephew kindly?(specially when that said nephew is a ball of sunshine) come on you have a face like wanning you can't be bad and mean..
now i just want to rant about the emperor can't he speak normally without saying “we” ?? (idc if it's royal form of address or not) and wdym you can't do anything?? mf you are the emperor if you wish you can do everything.
i must mention the highlight of this volume which is the brotherly bond between gu mang and lu zhangzing. that one chapter broke me, i cried so much.
current top 5 : ERHA, TGCF, BAB, LITTLE MUSHROOM & YUWU (yes yuwu has successfully entered the list it's 'that' good)
before i end this blabbering just want to say someone go give housekeeper li some words of encouragement he's not getting paid enough for all this shit 😭 AND XIMANG I LOVE YOU my babies!! be happy!!
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July 6, 2025 "oh, i missed you, mo xi… after i cut you out of my heart, that wound never healed." KILL ME.
another peak yuwu volume! enjoyed this one a lot and i believe it’s wayy sadder than its predecessor. also loveee this cover, might be my favourite one of all the yuwu volumes.
i was pleasantly surprised by a reveal in this book, i thought i had a hang on what the plot twist was going to be but it wasn’t that and someone i thought was an antagonist (still have a few volumes left tho…) wasn’t one. somehow was moved by the person i thought was the antagonist and gu mang’s interactions asw.
gu mang and lu zhangzing’s brotherly bond just keeps getting sadder asw 💔. surprisingly found that drama in the yue family sad asw when yue chenqing finally shits on murong chuyi. all the reveals of the past were veryy sad but, personally i found the beginning with the demonic aphrodisiac incredibly heartbreaking.
there were a LOT of good quotes and moments in this. i’m gonna put the ones i liked the most… but there were a lot…
1.
in the silence of the hut, mo xi murmured, “gu mang. wouldn’t it be nice if all i wanted was to have you? things would be so much simpler if that was the case.” gu mang didn’t answer him. “but what i wanted was for you to come back.”
2.
gu mang’s brow furrowed, words stuck in his throat. his body was in such a fragile state, but his soul remained unyielding. he wanted to say, how could it be anyone but you?
it’s always been you. mo xi, only you…
3.
he had abandoned everything, save for mo xi. gu mang hasn’t abandoned mo xi; he’d carved into his own flesh and dug mo xi out of his heart.
4.
but how could that be the honest truth? he loved him so much, missed him so much. he missed him in the barracks, missed him in battle, missed him in every plaintive melody. in the depths of his shattered memories, he loved him, cherished him, and longed for him.
5.
his mouth was so close to gu mang’s temple. he could kiss his cheek if he just dipped his head. everything seemed so much like how it had been eight years ago, before this debt of hatred festered between them. the only thing missing was a kiss - but that kiss could never fall.
😭😭😭😭 i do love you. all my life, every "i love you" that left my lips was true. 😭😭😭😭
another peak yuwu volume! enjoyed this one a lot and i believe it’s wayy sadder than its predecessor. also loveee this cover, might be my favourite one of all the yuwu volumes.
i was pleasantly surprised by a reveal in this book, i thought i had a hang on what the plot twist was going to be but it wasn’t that and someone i thought was an antagonist (still have a few volumes left tho…) wasn’t one. somehow was moved by the person i thought was the antagonist and gu mang’s interactions asw.
gu mang and lu zhangzing’s brotherly bond just keeps getting sadder asw 💔. surprisingly found that drama in the yue family sad asw when yue chenqing finally shits on murong chuyi. all the reveals of the past were veryy sad but, personally i found the beginning with the demonic aphrodisiac incredibly heartbreaking.
there were a LOT of good quotes and moments in this. i’m gonna put the ones i liked the most… but there were a lot…
1.
in the silence of the hut, mo xi murmured, “gu mang. wouldn’t it be nice if all i wanted was to have you? things would be so much simpler if that was the case.” gu mang didn’t answer him. “but what i wanted was for you to come back.”
2.
gu mang’s brow furrowed, words stuck in his throat. his body was in such a fragile state, but his soul remained unyielding. he wanted to say, how could it be anyone but you?
it’s always been you. mo xi, only you…
3.
he had abandoned everything, save for mo xi. gu mang hasn’t abandoned mo xi; he’d carved into his own flesh and dug mo xi out of his heart.
4.
but how could that be the honest truth? he loved him so much, missed him so much. he missed him in the barracks, missed him in battle, missed him in every plaintive melody. in the depths of his shattered memories, he loved him, cherished him, and longed for him.
5.
his mouth was so close to gu mang’s temple. he could kiss his cheek if he just dipped his head. everything seemed so much like how it had been eight years ago, before this debt of hatred festered between them. the only thing missing was a kiss - but that kiss could never fall.
😭😭😭😭 i do love you. all my life, every "i love you" that left my lips was true. 😭😭😭😭
November 26, 2024
If you took a shot for every time a characters eyes were described as “red rimmed” you would die of alcohol poisoning
August 1, 2025
4.5 ✨
June 16, 2025
4.5 stars. You ever had somebody rip your beating heart out of your chest, toss it onto the gravel-strewn ground, and violently stomp on it until nothing remained but a sad, gritty paste? This book did that to me.
July 30, 2024
Genuinely foaming at the mouth. I need the next one yesterday. I hate this series. This is the saddest series I've ever read in my life. Why did I sign up for this? I hate it here. God I can't wait for the next book. I love it so much. I can't even explain anything that happened because everything I could possibly say would be a spoiler. I just want to say that they better fix everything or I will riot. I'm glad there are seven volumes because Xihe-Jun has work to do and mysteries to solve.
August 20, 2024
Someone needs to check up on meatbun and make sure she’s okay because no mentally well person could write angst this heartbreaking 😭
December 15, 2024
Volume 4 was incredible. will review later.
July 28, 2024
“Believe me…My princess, my royal highness. Because…if even you lose faith in me… If even you lose faith in me, then I truly will be fighting on my own. I will really be alone. Believe in me, won’t you…?”
5 stars - utter pain. After volume 3 released back in March I took it upon myself to read the rest of the book at once, but that wasn’t enough to spare me from the pain and tears. Gu Mang went through so much to only suffer more. Meatbun wrote Mo Xi’s guilt upon learning the truth so well too it was heart-wrenching. Just going to put some of my favourite quotes as the rest of my thoughts are very much spoilers for the rest of the series TvT. Also can’t wait for the next volume! (And the few happy moments we’ll get before the pain kicks in once again)
“ ‘I saw you as my comrade, my friend, my…’
My beloved. My god.”
“Gu Mang — back then, you nearly ripped out my heart. Couldn’t you see?”
“Since Gu Mang had already chosen this path, he didn’t need Mo Xi’s pity, indignance, or dissatisfaction, and he especially didn’t need the slightest hint of his love. He only needed Mo Xi to hate him completely.”
“Your warmth will make me hesitate, will keep me moving forward. I’m already a traitor. Mo Xi, I don’t want to be a coward too...”
“He loved him so much, missed him so much. He missed him in the barracks, missed him in battle, missed him in every plaintive melody. In the depths of his shattered memories, he loved him, cherished him, and longed for him.”
“Oh, I missed you, Mo Xi…After I cut you out of my heart, that scar never healed.”
“Mo Xi. I’m sorry. Your shixiong really, really loves you.”
“Mo Xi’s eyes shone brilliantly in the dark. Gu Mang didn’t have the heart to dim that light.”
5 stars - utter pain. After volume 3 released back in March I took it upon myself to read the rest of the book at once, but that wasn’t enough to spare me from the pain and tears. Gu Mang went through so much to only suffer more. Meatbun wrote Mo Xi’s guilt upon learning the truth so well too it was heart-wrenching. Just going to put some of my favourite quotes as the rest of my thoughts are very much spoilers for the rest of the series TvT. Also can’t wait for the next volume! (And the few happy moments we’ll get before the pain kicks in once again)
“ ‘I saw you as my comrade, my friend, my…’
My beloved. My god.”
“Gu Mang — back then, you nearly ripped out my heart. Couldn’t you see?”
“Since Gu Mang had already chosen this path, he didn’t need Mo Xi’s pity, indignance, or dissatisfaction, and he especially didn’t need the slightest hint of his love. He only needed Mo Xi to hate him completely.”
“Your warmth will make me hesitate, will keep me moving forward. I’m already a traitor. Mo Xi, I don’t want to be a coward too...”
“He loved him so much, missed him so much. He missed him in the barracks, missed him in battle, missed him in every plaintive melody. In the depths of his shattered memories, he loved him, cherished him, and longed for him.”
“Oh, I missed you, Mo Xi…After I cut you out of my heart, that scar never healed.”
“Mo Xi. I’m sorry. Your shixiong really, really loves you.”
“Mo Xi’s eyes shone brilliantly in the dark. Gu Mang didn’t have the heart to dim that light.”
December 16, 2025
In the silence of the hut, Mo Xi murmured, “Gu Mang. Wouldn’t it be nice if all I wanted was to have you? Things would be so much simpler if that were the case.” Gu Mang didn’t answer him. “But what I wanted was for you to come back.”
“This is the last time Gege can protect you. In the future, whether you advance or retreat, whether you forge ahead or set down your sword and retire—it’s all up to you.”
“Shixiong, I’m sorry, I’ve made you wait too long. I’ve come to take you home.”
I NEED SOMEONE TO SEDATE ME!
“This is the last time Gege can protect you. In the future, whether you advance or retreat, whether you forge ahead or set down your sword and retire—it’s all up to you.”
“Shixiong, I’m sorry, I’ve made you wait too long. I’ve come to take you home.”
I NEED SOMEONE TO SEDATE ME!
April 15, 2025
"Fuck you, Meatbun" said the fuck you guy, who actually really liked this book but wants to talk to Meatbuns manager.
May 15, 2025
These characters are always crying and so am I while reading this. this series is killingggg me.
July 22, 2025
why is this series so good?
November 25, 2024
The more YUWU i read the more I find myself liking it. I finally start to see why this series caries the reputation of one of the most agonising and yearnful storylines.
So far, this one is definitely the best book of YUWU so far as the previous ones have been sooooooo repetitive I’ve found myself struggling to carry on (despite the fact plot didn’t always carry on), but out of respect to THE Mother - Meatbun - I’ve pushed through and oh how glad i am for it!
The rest of this review is more for me to remember my feels about this particular book as I wanna encapsulate my thoughts on it as they’re fresh.
Hot take - i never liked Mo Xi. He was always too stern, too closed, too quiet or too explosive, too glacier cold. Now though, I’ve finally seen him melt down these ice walls caging his heart, I’ve seen him break down in his genuine emotions and I’ve seen how much he cares for his shixiong-gege. How without a second of hesitation he is willing to give up his pristine well respected reputation, his official general ranking, his mind, his body, his soul and his spiritual core- all of him, just to see an end to his Gu Mang gege’s sufferings.
The latter, got me going through sooo many emotions throughout the whole series. But just as Mo Xi, I’ve come to understand that he has felt and suppressed hordes more than I could ever even begin to comprehend. Gu Mang, how are you so selflessly admirable? How can you be so out of this world impenetrable and strong?
I’ve typed down these questions while I already know the (full?) answer. I just really really respect him, despite all the difficult choices he’s been forced to make. I hope Mother Meatbun allows him what was promised to him at the Golen Terrace and even more golden days spent in the embrace of his little princess in peace.
Also mad how muh he went through overall yes, but also the short but yet interminable journey he had in this very book from regaining his memories thru the Time Mirror, remembering his innocence, remembering his seventy thousand comrades, his sworn brother Lu, his Xihe-Jun… To convince the masterminds of Chonghua’s to not reveal his secret to the rest of the officials. Only to go under Zhou He’s knife and loose it all over again.
I’m also very glad that in this book we learned so much about the side characters like master artificier Jiang Yexue, Chonghua’s ‘ignorance’ Murong Chuyi, Chonghua’s ‘wrath’, medicine master Jiang Fuli, even the insane Liao Kingdom’s black magic experimentalist Zhou He.
Speaking of Zhou He- i need to know who exactly was that friend of his who commissioned for him to mess with Gu Mang’s mind again? It couldn’t have been anyone of the spoiled rotten officials as he simply doesn’t care about any of them. This only leads me to suspect the emperor or someone very close to the emperor…???
One more character that I really wanna mention is the fire bat demon queen - Wuyan. First of all - HOW COME MY QUEEN DOESNT HAVE ANY OFFICIAL NOR EVEN FANART OF HER ?!?!?!?!!!!!!? She definitely put a spell on me and I’m on a brink of commissioning someone to draw her! What an incredible and original side-caracter thanks to who we got ximang to go through the insanest wildest and probably the utmost heart wrechening ummm dual cultivation sesh of all times ever. I was glad but oh my also how sad was i ?!?!?!
Meatbun, I really love you, please be kind to us lowly worshippers (more please).
So far, this one is definitely the best book of YUWU so far as the previous ones have been sooooooo repetitive I’ve found myself struggling to carry on (despite the fact plot didn’t always carry on), but out of respect to THE Mother - Meatbun - I’ve pushed through and oh how glad i am for it!
The rest of this review is more for me to remember my feels about this particular book as I wanna encapsulate my thoughts on it as they’re fresh.
Hot take - i never liked Mo Xi. He was always too stern, too closed, too quiet or too explosive, too glacier cold. Now though, I’ve finally seen him melt down these ice walls caging his heart, I’ve seen him break down in his genuine emotions and I’ve seen how much he cares for his shixiong-gege. How without a second of hesitation he is willing to give up his pristine well respected reputation, his official general ranking, his mind, his body, his soul and his spiritual core- all of him, just to see an end to his Gu Mang gege’s sufferings.
The latter, got me going through sooo many emotions throughout the whole series. But just as Mo Xi, I’ve come to understand that he has felt and suppressed hordes more than I could ever even begin to comprehend. Gu Mang, how are you so selflessly admirable? How can you be so out of this world impenetrable and strong?
I’ve typed down these questions while I already know the (full?) answer. I just really really respect him, despite all the difficult choices he’s been forced to make. I hope Mother Meatbun allows him what was promised to him at the Golen Terrace and even more golden days spent in the embrace of his little princess in peace.
Also mad how muh he went through overall yes, but also the short but yet interminable journey he had in this very book from regaining his memories thru the Time Mirror, remembering his innocence, remembering his seventy thousand comrades, his sworn brother Lu, his Xihe-Jun… To convince the masterminds of Chonghua’s to not reveal his secret to the rest of the officials. Only to go under Zhou He’s knife and loose it all over again.
I’m also very glad that in this book we learned so much about the side characters like master artificier Jiang Yexue, Chonghua’s ‘ignorance’ Murong Chuyi, Chonghua’s ‘wrath’, medicine master Jiang Fuli, even the insane Liao Kingdom’s black magic experimentalist Zhou He.
Speaking of Zhou He- i need to know who exactly was that friend of his who commissioned for him to mess with Gu Mang’s mind again? It couldn’t have been anyone of the spoiled rotten officials as he simply doesn’t care about any of them. This only leads me to suspect the emperor or someone very close to the emperor…???
One more character that I really wanna mention is the fire bat demon queen - Wuyan. First of all - HOW COME MY QUEEN DOESNT HAVE ANY OFFICIAL NOR EVEN FANART OF HER ?!?!?!?!!!!!!? She definitely put a spell on me and I’m on a brink of commissioning someone to draw her! What an incredible and original side-caracter thanks to who we got ximang to go through the insanest wildest and probably the utmost heart wrechening ummm dual cultivation sesh of all times ever. I was glad but oh my also how sad was i ?!?!?!
Meatbun, I really love you, please be kind to us lowly worshippers (more please).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 27, 2025
I only have three words: Poor Gu Mang!
Okay, maybe I have a few more.
First of all I'm still finding it really hard to trust the Emperor, I mean he's just going to have to do way better than he did to get me to believe that he's actually trying to enact change for the better.
I think Mo Xi *finally* maybe understands Gu Mang fully; how could he not after the Time Mirror and the Jade Scrolls?
But omg Gu Mang, everything he endures is just too much, and to have no one else know about it? Even without all of the just straight-up torture, it's, as the book says, a testament to his dedication to his dream that he has not fully lost his mind. Yet.
And ugh, that ending. I have so many questions. Where the hell is Jiang Fuli going is a huge one. He was just a side character at best up until this point. I mean, even with him healing Gu Mang, he's still only got a couple of lines, but with that ending, he's clearly got a bigger role to play. I dont believe there is any way that the goushi in Liang isn't a traitor from Chonghua. I just don't. He can't be some random dude that just hates Chonghua for no reason, so I think it's going to be really interesting when his identity is revealed.
I am now, of course, incredibly sad I didn't pick up volume 5!
Okay, maybe I have a few more.
First of all I'm still finding it really hard to trust the Emperor, I mean he's just going to have to do way better than he did to get me to believe that he's actually trying to enact change for the better.
I think Mo Xi *finally* maybe understands Gu Mang fully; how could he not after the Time Mirror and the Jade Scrolls?
But omg Gu Mang, everything he endures is just too much, and to have no one else know about it? Even without all of the just straight-up torture, it's, as the book says, a testament to his dedication to his dream that he has not fully lost his mind. Yet.
And ugh, that ending. I have so many questions. Where the hell is Jiang Fuli going is a huge one. He was just a side character at best up until this point. I mean, even with him healing Gu Mang, he's still only got a couple of lines, but with that ending, he's clearly got a bigger role to play. I dont believe there is any way that the goushi in Liang isn't a traitor from Chonghua. I just don't. He can't be some random dude that just hates Chonghua for no reason, so I think it's going to be really interesting when his identity is revealed.
I am now, of course, incredibly sad I didn't pick up volume 5!
July 29, 2024
JESUS CHRIST 😭🤧
January 21, 2025
The last half of this is rip your heart out…
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