A Thought of Parting
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Summary
He was cast out of his sect despite unmatched talent, drifted through the jianghu for years—and now returns in glory. Sect grudges? Scheming and intrigue? He cares for none of it. Touch her, and he will wipe out your entire clan. On the Xiyun Continent, war among the four great families is about to erupt. Dongfang Huai, a gifted youth of the Dongfang family, was once the great hope of his father, Dongfang Shanyue, and the whole clan. But by a twist of fate, his cultivation stopped growing at the age of thirteen. Faced with the clan’s doubts, Dongfang Shanyue has no choice but to expel Dongfang Huai from the sect. Harboring resentment toward his clan and his father, Dongfang Huai sets out to wander the Xiyun Continent. Unwittingly drawn into the open and covert struggles among rival powers, he comes to know the bitterness of loss and parting through the passions and sorrows of several women of the jianghu. In the end, he will return to his clan with a new bearing and, by his own strength, reshape the face of the continent.
Editor's review
Yinian Bieli is a xuanhuan wuxia novel set against the feud among the four great families of the Xiyun Continent. The story begins when Dongfang Huai’s cultivation stalls at thirteen and his father, though it pains him, expels him from the clan, tightly weaving personal fate into family rivalry. The novel’s readability lies in the protagonist’s growth during his wanderings through the jianghu: drawn into open and covert struggles among rival powers, he also comes to know loss and parting through the passions and sorrows of several women, with the emotional line and the adventure line advancing side by side. The “parting” in the title is both a plot driver and the resting point of the character’s inner state. Beyond sect grudges, the author Siji yu Feng focuses on a youth’s resentment and rebuilding after being abandoned by his closest kin. In the end the protagonist returns to his clan with a new bearing and, by his own strength, reshapes the face of the continent, forming a complete arc of reversal and redemption. It suits readers who enjoy the cast-off-son-of-the-sect setup, with both gratifying vengeance and emotional entanglement, for continuous reading in leisure hours, and also serves as a reference sample for writing in the xuanhuan genre.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Xuanhuan readers who enjoy the cast-off disciple’s rise and gratifying vengeance
- Genre-fiction fans drawn to jianghu wanderings and multi-faction power struggles
- Readers comfortable with a main adventure line running alongside multiple romantic entanglements
- Writers interested in the motifs of youth growth and father-son conflict
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer rigorous historical research or realistic subject matter
- Readers strongly averse to multi-angle romance lines and revenge tropes
- Readers seeking light slice-of-life stories with low conflict
Reading tips
- Read the section where the protagonist is expelled from the clan first to grasp the starting point of his resentment and growth.
- Sort the jianghu wandering chapters by faction thread to clarify the four families’ power struggles.
- Slow down at the emotional line and note how the theme of “parting” changes as the plot advances.
- When reading the return to the clan, look back at earlier foreshadowing to appreciate how fully the character’s bearing has transformed.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五章
- 第六章
- 第七章
- 第八章
- 第九章
- 第十章
- 第十一章
- 第十二章
- 第十三章
- 第十四章
- 第十五章
- 第十六章
- 第十七章
- 第十八章
- 第十九章
- 第二十章
- 第二十一章
- 第二十二章
- 第二十三章
- 第二十四章
- 第二十五章
- 第二十六章
- 第二十七章
- 第二十八章
- 第二十九章
- 第三十章
- 第三十一章
- 第三十二章
- 第三十三章
- 第三十四章
- 第三十五章
- 第三十六章
- 第三十七章
- 第三十八章
- 第三十九章
- 第四十章
- 第四十一章
- 第四十二章
- 第四十三章
- 第四十四章
- 第四十五章
- 第四十六章
- 第四十七章
- 第四十八章
- 第四十九章
- 第五十章
- 第五十一章
- 第五十二章
FAQ
What role does the setup of the protagonist’s stalled cultivation play in the story?
It is the starting point that drives the whole book: when Dongfang Huai’s cultivation stops growing at thirteen, he turns from a gifted youth of great expectations into an object of the clan’s doubts, and his father, Dongfang Shanyue, expels him from the sect. This setup creates both the father-son conflict and the protagonist’s resentment, and gives him a plausible motive to leave the clan and wander the jianghu; his later growth and return are built on this turning point.
Is the romance line the main plot or a subplot?
Judging from the synopsis, the emotional line and the jianghu adventure line run in parallel. During his wanderings, Dongfang Huai is drawn into open and covert struggles among rival powers while also coming to know the bitterness of loss and parting through the passions and sorrows of several women of the jianghu. The romantic experiences read more as a force that drives changes in the character’s inner state and, together with sect grudges and family war, form the main line rather than unfolding in isolation.
I haven’t read the author’s other works—can I start with this one?
Yes. This is a standalone story set on the Xiyun Continent, centered on Dongfang Huai’s personal experiences; the main characters and power relationships are all introduced within this book, with no dependence on previous works. Readers new to Siji yu Feng can start here without their understanding being affected by missing background.
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About the author
四季与风
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Siyu Yufeng is a web-fiction author about whom little public information is available. Five works can currently be confirmed: the representative titles And Use Lasting Love as a Wedding Dress, Meeting in This World, A Thought of Parting, Deep Love Does Not Last Long, and Selected Ancient-Style Works of Siyu Yufeng (three volumes). Judging from the existing works, the author mainly writes in such genres as modern romance, time-travel alternate worlds, and otherworldly continents, and is skilled at developing character relationships amid emotional entanglements and shifts in time and space. The titles often feature images of lasting love, encounter, parting, and deep affection, suggesting a writing orientation that emphasizes emotional intensity and the ups and downs of fate. Because the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name are unknown, further biographical details cannot be introduced; readers can only come to know the author's thematic preferences and narrative style through the works themselves.
