History Awesome / BewareOfChicken

* The fact Bi Di becoming a human is anti-climatic. He's just so powerful as a spirit beast that becoming a human is a ''step down'' for him.
* Following on that is Ri Zu's gaining the determination to be able to follow him, who finds out that, looking at Chow Ji's previous attempt through the technique she remembers, that not only is Chow Ji's transformation flawed, she has gained in the knowledge necessary to make a perfect human transformation. And this ends up being part of a breakthrough for her, increasing her power!

* To Jin and Meiling, the mere existence of a mushroom that can mostly cure cancer - and **they get to try and make more.**

* Jin vs Lu Ban, both times. The first time, Lu Ban breaks his hand on Jin's chest. The second time

** Finally [[BigDamnHeroes Jin arrives]] and near-singlehandedly puts a stop to the fighting by killing Lu Ban and intimidating all the others into submission by merely revealing his intent.
*** Jin's [[CurbStompBattle "fight"]] consists of merely a single punch. Lu Ban sees Jin begin to chamber what is described as the absolute most simple technique a cultivator can learn and decides [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere to just run for his life]], only to die instantly as the punch tears through Lu Ban, all five of his protective talismans, and gets launched 1000 li away into a far-off mountain. Somebody who hears about the this incident doubts that there's even a corpse left.
*** On top of this is the narrative description of the punch itself. Never has so simple a technique been described so [[MundaneMadeAwesome understatedly epically]]:

* Xianghua decides to become the leader of the Misty Lake Sect, so she has to undergo a series of trials. The first, the Trial of Might, requires her to defeat at least three Elders. She defeats all of them. [[WillfullyWeak Without her Steam Furnace]]. The second trial needs her to enter the Hall of Meditation - actually the Lord of the Lake's bedroom - and activate the formation in the pool in the middle of the room. Her father took a week to do so. Because it is the same formation used to power her Steam Furnace, Xianghua does it in mere minutes. The third trial has her meditate in the Misty Lake. Rather than be assaulted by heart demons and the likes, Xianghua instead sees the conflict between the Water and Wood qi and, thanks to Fa Ram's lessons, gives her own qi to the land... and allows Tianlan to connect to the Misty Lake. Tianlan in turn stabilizes the conflict between Water and Wood, bringing balance to the place.

* Lu Ri, on his quest to track down Jin and deliver his mail, very casually breaks down a dozen disparate organizations and gangs and reforms them into the Plum Blossom's Shadow, solely to make his job easier. It's implied that he's considering turning them into ''[[UnstoppableMailman cultivator mailmen.]]''

* Jin vs Lu Ban/Cuckoo, both times. The first time, Lu Ban breaks his hand on Jin's chest. The second time he gets one-punched 1000 li away into a mountain and dies. Somebody who hears about the second incident doubts that there's even a corpse left.
** The second time should be expanded on. Lu Ban sees Jin begin to chamber what is described as the absolute most simple technique a cultivator can learn and decides [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere to just run for his life]], only to die instantly as the punch tears through Lu Ban, all five of his protective talismans, and a significant portion of a far-off mountain.
** On top of this is the narrative description of the punch itself. Never has so simple a technique been described so [[MundaneMadeAwesome understatedly epically]]:
---> Feet drew power from the Earth. Hips twisted to refine it in the Core. The Core stabilized and channeled energy to the Shoulder. Shoulder pulled back Arm to condense Qi. Arm lengthened to send forward a Fist.\\
The Fist became a Blow.\\
''With all the weight of the world behind it.''

* Xianghua decides to become the leader of the Misty Lake Sect, so she has to undergo a series of trial. The first, the Trial of Might, requires her to defeat at least three Elders. She defeats all of them. [[WillfullyWeak Without her Steam Furnace]]. The second trial needs her to enter the Hall of Meditation - actually the Lord of the Lake's bedroom - and activate the formation in the pool in the middle of the room. Her father took a week to do so. Because it is the same formation used to power her Steam Furnace, Xianghua does it in mere minutes. The third trial has her meditate in the Misty Lake. Rather than be assaulted by heart demons and the likes, Xianghua instead sees the conflict between the Water and Wood qi and, thanks to Fa Ram's lessons, gives her own qi to the land... and allows Tianlan to connect to the Misty Lake. Tianlan in turn stabilizes the conflict between Water and Wood, bringing balance to the place.

* Following on that is Ri Zu's gaining the determination to be able to follow him, who finds out that, looking at Chow Ji's previous attempt through the technique she remembers, that not only is Chow Ji's transformation flawed, she has gained in the knowledge necessary to make a perfect human transformation. And this ends up being part of a breakthrough for her, increasing her power!

** Yun Ren's practice with illusions of light and shadow pays off, and Nezan's spirit clone reveals that he'd swapped Yun Ren's sword with ''Summer Sky'', an EmpathicWeapon with centuries of experience and the ability to perfectly counter the Shrouded Mountain Sect's lightning techniques. As a result, he's able to make Yingwen's attempt to kidnap him into something like a fight against a ghost in a house of mirrors.
** Likewise, Gou Ren's practice with Qi hardening comes in useful. He has basically no technique and his only weapon is a bamboo stick, but his skin becomes like stone, his stick unbreakable, and he causes miniature earthquakes with every blow. Fenxian is forced to dodge, because [[UnskilledButStrong even though the strikes are amateurish, there's enough force behind each to make them potentially lethal anyway]].
** Liu Xianghua decides that Gou Ren, her new boyfriend, is worth fighting for, and initiates combat by hurling her bedroll at Fenxian.

* While meeting and getting to know the various residents of Fa Ram, Shen Yu learns that Baowu, the only non-cultivator of the group, intends to seek immortality – not by ascending to the heavens, but by creating something so amazing that his name will live on forever. Shen Yu honestly can't help but approve of such ambition.

** The second time should be expanded on. Lu Ban sees Jin begin to chamber what is described as the absolute most simple technique a cultivator can learn and decides [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere to just run for his life]], only to die instantly as the punch tears through Lu Ban, all five of his protection talismans, and a significant portion of a far-off mountain.

* While meeting and getting to know the various residents of Fa Ram, Shen Yu learns that Baowu, the only non-cultivator of the group, intends to seek immortality – not by ascending to the heavens, but by creating something so amazing that his name will live on forever. Shen Yu can't help but approve.

* The final assault upon the demonic beachhead. It is exactly what you might expect from the climactic battle of a more traditional Xianxia plot arc: legions of disciplined mortals led by entire sects of righteous cultivators pitted against an enormous horde of slavering demons, epic duels between the demonic generals and the most powerful cultivators, massive battlefield-reshaping formations, everything a grand climactic Xianxia battle should be. And it ends with the demonic forces annihilated, and the legions of the Phoenix Empire triumphant.

* The final assault upon the demonic beachhead. It is exactly what you might expect from the climactic battle of a more traditional Xianxia plot arc: legions of disciplined mortals led by entire sects of righteous cultivators pitted against an enormous horde of slavering demons, epic duels between the demonic generals and the most powerful cultivators, massive battlefield-reshaping formations, everything a grand climactic Xianxia battle should be.

* Meiling and Ri Zu using a combination of acupuncture, surgery, and Qi-enhanced herbs to repair Liu Bowu's broken leg.

** Yun Ren's practice with illusions of light and shadow pays off, and Nezan's spirit clone reveals that he'd swapped Yun Ren's sword with ''Summer Sky'', an EmpathicWeapon with centuries of experience and the ability to perfectly counter the Shrouded Mountain Sect's lighting techniques. As a result, he's able to make Yingwen's attempt to kidnap him into something like a fight against a ghost in a house of mirrors.
** Likewise, Gou Ren's practice with Qi hardening comes in useful. He has basically no technique and his only weapon is a bamboo stick, but his skin becomes like stone, his stick unbreakable, and he causes miniature earthquakes with every blow. Fenxian is forced to dodge, because [[UnskilledButStrong even though the strikes are amateurish there's enough force behind each to make them potentially lethal anyway]].

** Ri Zu and Xuilan manage to concoct a variety of vile poisons and deceive Lu Ban into ingesting one, in a successful attempt to cause a distraction to free Tigu.
** Xuilan then leads the majority of the Shrouded Mountain Sect's disciples on a merry chase across the town, disabling most of them and holding out for a respectably long time against Lu Ban, whose cultivation is a whole realm above hers.
** Bi De then shows up JustInTime to save Xuilan, and despite fighting a desperate DelayingAction against Lu Ban, he maintains his cool, gets good hits in, and even [[IShallTauntYou manages to give him grief for being fought to a standstill by a chicken]].

** On top of this is the narrative description of the punch itself. Never has so simple a technique been described so understatedly epically:

** Bi De then shows up JustInTime to save Xuilan, and despite fighting a desperate DelayingAction against Lu Ban, he maintains his cool, gets good hits in, and even [[IWillTauntYou manages to give him grief for being fought to a standstill by a chicken]].

* Jin vs Lu Ban/Cuckoo, both times. The first time Lu Ban breaks his hand on Jin's chest. The second time he gets one punched 1000 li away into a mountain and dies. Somebody who hears about the second incident doubts that there's even a corpse left.

** On top of this is the narrative description of the punch itself. Never has so simple a technique been described so epically:

** The second time should be expanded on. Lu Ban sees Jin begin to chamber what is described as the absolute most simple technique a cultivator can learn and decides [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere to just run for his life,]] and dies instantly as the punch tears through Lu Ban, all five of his protection talismans, and a significant portion of a far-off mountain.

* Meiling and Ri Zu using a combination of acupuncture, surgery, and chi-enhanced herbs to repair Liu Bowu's broken leg.

* The Lord Magistrate and Jin finally clear up their misunderstandings thanks to the timely intervention of the Magistrate's wife. Jin then asks him for lessons in politics.

** The second time should be expanded on. Lu Ban sees Jin begin to chamber what is described as the absolute most simple technique a cultivator can learn and decides [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere to just run for his life,]] and dies instantly as the punch tears through Lu Ban, all five of his protection talismans, and a significant portion of a far-off mountain.

* Jin vs Lu Ban/Cuckoo both times. The first time Lu Ban breaks his hand on Jin's chest. The second time he gets one punched 1000 li away into a mountain and dies.