Pei Ming

* Manhua
* Donghua

将军折剑, *Jiāngjūn Zhé Jiàn* – The General Who Broke His Sword

**Pei Ming** (裴茗, *Péi Míng*), titled as **General Ming Guang**, is the Martial God of the North with nine thousand temples dedicated to his palace.

Pei Ming is one of the Four Famous Tales: "The General Who Broke His Sword", as well as a member of the Three Tumors.

## Appearance

Pei Ming is a tall man of around twenty-six to twenty-seven years. He has an exceedingly handsome, graceful and charming appearance, being the type that *"could definitely steal hearts"*.

His voice sounds lyrical, adding to the alluring characteristics.

## Personality

He is a well known womanizer and flirt among the three realms. However, he dislikes strong-willed and forceful women like Xuan Ji. In addition, it's stated that Pei Ming is overall hard to describe when it came to women. While he loves them and is shown to treat them with tender and protective care, never to foster false hopes or play with feelings, he also has quite traditional expectations of women like cooking skills.

He was also frequently embarrassed by having to be saved by the Rain Master multiple times due to their history of when they were mortals, even refusing her offer of borrowing her sword because of it.

Pei Ming is a man who takes great arrogance and pride in his power and success. Thus, he tends to be insensitive and look down on others, for example telling Xie Lian to ask about Hua Cheng's background despite it being rude to ask about a demon king's history. He's quite stubborn and confident which doesn't make him easily frightened. He almost always keeps his composure even when faced with exceedingly dangerous situations such as the fight against Jun Wu. He has a protective nature as well despite his opinions on people, shielding his comrades without hesitation on Tonglu Mountain.

Despite his vanity, he's a humorous and laid back person, willing to cooperate even with people like Hua Cheng. He's quite suspicious of Xie Lian in the beginning too, although he gradually warms up to him and becomes allies with him as well. He's even supportive of his and Hua Cheng's romantic relationship.

Pei Ming is an honest person, forthright and genuine in the way he speaks and acts. He never denounced any affairs he had or pretended they never happened. He's known to remember the women he has a past with and everyone who he indeed had an affair with would be guaranteed a life of wealth and care. Hua Cheng himself stated that Pei Ming wasn't a shady man. His earnesty is also reflected in the way he fights, as he stated he doesn't do ambushes or sneak attacks and refused Xuan Ji's offer of betraying her nation for him.

He's not fond of talking about his past and the story behind "The General Who Broke His Sword".

## Trivia

* He got 4th place in the Battle of The Lanterns with 580 lanterns.
	+ It's noted that's over 100 less than the previous year, a result from Pei Xiu's scandal.
* He's also worshiped as the God of Love.
* He prefers women of the mortal realm.
* He has good instincts and intuition.
* Despite the number of affairs he had with women, he has never gotten infected with anything.
* Before Pei Xiu, another one of his descendants was his right hand, but that descendant was sentenced to exile and was quickly forgotten by everyone.
* According to rumors, he's had at least one thousand short-lived relations with women.
* He doesn't know how to cook.
* He never forged any spiritual weapons after breaking Ming Guang.
	+ When Xie Lian asks for the reason, Pei Ming finds the question unpleasant and doesn't answer.

## References

2. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 9: The Mountain's Locked Ancient Temple, The Forest of Hanging Corpses
3. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 35: Enter the Ghost City! Rendezvous with the Ghost King
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 33: In the Great Martial Hall; Crown Prince Meets Crown Prince III
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 11: The Mountain’s Locked Ancient Temple, The Forest of Hanging Corpses III
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Novel, Book 3, Chapter 149: Panic Left and Right; East and West Undecided
7. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 10: The Mountain’s Locked Ancient Temple, The Forest of Hanging Corpses II
8. ↑ Novel, Book 5, Chapter 227: Burning Flames of Karma; Demonic God Descends Upon Royal Capital II
9. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 171: The Last Princess; Throat Slit Before Palace Gates
10. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 172: Ride the Black Ox; Flying Hooves Mount the Kiln
11. ↑ Novel, Book 5, Chapter 226: Burning Flames of Karma; Demonic God Descends Upon Royal Capital
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Novel, Book 3, Chapter 170: Resentful Female Ghost; Flames of Jealousy Burn the Affection
13. ↑ Novel, Book 5, Chapter 202: Taking the Helm; Four Martial Gods Transform into a Sword
14. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 99: Bizarre Game Plan; Doors Open to the Fetus Ghost Thief II
15. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 145: Gates Open at Mount Tonglu; the Assembly of Millions of Ghosts III
16. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 147: Ambivalent Regrets; General Ming Snaps the Hateful Sword II
17. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 91: Temple of a Thousand Lights Endlessly Illuminating the Lingering Nights
18. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 133: Seen Through the Ghost King; Play the Ghost King
19. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 89: The Mid-Autumn Festival; Battling Lanterns on Moon Watch Eve