History Manhua / IronLadies

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The forces of the Dragon Slayer Alliance are AlwaysChaoticEvil down to the last soldier, so Siyun usually kills them enemies [[PayEvilUntoEvil every bit]] as mercilessly as they kill others and does not accept the occasional surrender, but every once in a while, he will spare captured enemies that are useful.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Siyun usually kills his enemies [[PayEvilUntoEvil every bit]] as mercilessly as they do, but every once in a while, he spares captured enemies that are useful.

* EnlightenedAntagonist: When asked why she would betray her family and people without the slightest remorse, Empress Mu describes herself as one, having erased all ties, seeking absolute self and being one with the Dao. Though really she's just got a GodComplex based on being TheUnfettered.

* {{Magitek}}: Various occult practices, such as alchemy and HumanSacrifice, make no scientific sense, and yet they seem to work.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Siyun gives one to his materialistic ex-girlfriend Shufen after she yells he ruined her chances of becoming the wife of a Prince (who was clearly an abusive asshole). After slapping her he tells her she should find an honest way of living rather than selling herself like an animal to get luxuries.
** She gets one from the EvilPrince she planned to marry [[GoldDigger purely to fatten her bank account]], because she egged him on to attack her ex, Siyun, before telling him who the guy was, since she is still somehow unaware that Mu Siyun is the Beyang Fleet Admiral. Oops.

* GeniusLoci: Immortal Cloud Planet is sentient, capable of creating something akin to an air force using ''leaves''. It's the main reason no fleet has been able to conquer it since its discovery.

* LostTechnology: While human technology in general has far surpassed what it was during the god slaying era, so many weapon engineers were killed during the war that military technology had to be redeveloped pretty much from scratch, with much remaining lost. Also not helping matters is the fact that with humanity on the brink of extinction at the hands of {{Precursors}}, engineers were desperate enough to resort to [[{{Magitek}} the occult]], whereas modern engineers focus on science that is actually understood.

* DealWithTheDevil: In order to become a DeityOfHumanOrigin, Empress Qin offered HumanSacrifice to a dead SufficientlyAdvancedAlien. She ended up failing because the dead god wanted to enact GrandTheftMe, forcing her to cancel the ritual.

* MechanicalLifeforms: Angels are [[GenderRestrictedAbility women]] who have been augmented with divine blood. They can freely shift themselves between biological and mechanical form. Several of the divine races, while capable of shifting to biological forms, seem to default to fully mechanical forms.

* LostTechnology: While human technology in general has far surpassed what it was during the god slaying era, so many weapon engineers were killed during the war that military technology had to be redeveloped pretty much from scratch, with much remaining lost. Also not helping matters is the fact that with humanity on the brink of extinction at the hands of {{Precursors}}, engineers were desperate enough to resort to the occult, whereas modern engineers focus on science that is actually understood.

* IHatePastMe: Dying, and experiencing MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes, Ding Yuan wants to punch her memory of her bratty childhood self to death.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: It becomes clear that most of Ditu's soldiers are traitors who defected from Daxia so they wouldn't be bound by things like law, morals or basic human decency. Even their civilians appear to be an entire nation of BloodKnight [[TheSociopath sociopaths]].

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: It becomes clear that most of Ditu's soldiers are traitors who defected from Daxia so they wouldn't be bound by things like law, morals or basic human decency. Even their civilians have a distinctive LackOfEmpathy, even for one another.

* " Zhang severely overestimates his influence, and even when it's clear Siyun won't show him any mercy if he keeps talking bullshit about his girls. He keeps pushing until Siyun is about to rip his entrails out in front of his father and by this point is too late to back down.