just had a horrifying thought. if cloud piercer was made by yingxing to be sharp enough to pierce even dragon scales, and this was something that had never been done before. does that mean the preceptors used cloud piercer, the gift his husband forged for him to descale him.
they still had their bracers on when they were in the shackling prison. did yingxing feel what they were doing to dan feng, and know that it had to have been done with the weapon yingxing forged so dan feng could protect himself against anything? is that why he told ashveil that he deserved to stay in the shackling prison? because his craft had been used to torture his beloved?










