Chapter 25

Whose Side Are You On! [你是站哪一边的! Nǐ Shì Zhàn Nǎ Yī Biān De!] is the twenty-fifth chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
The chapter begins with an exposition of the Star Shattering Iron Gourd's origins. The gourd grew from a calabash vine containing spiritual energy in the Zhaoyao Mountain's Lingyun Cave. After a thousand years of absorbing the light of the stars and moon and condensing the energy from the mountain's ores into itself, the gourd was able to refine itself into the Iron Gourd. As the Star Shattering Iron Gourd, the damage it could do upon coming in contact with a normal person's body ranges from breaking bones and tearing nerves to complete pulverization.

Back to the present, Gu Xiaohua reveals that she only used thirty percent of the gourd's power to attack Wuren, and that she is attacking Ye Yan with its full power. As the gourd seemingly hits Ye Yan, its impact kicks up a dense cloud of dust and debris. Believing that she used too much strength and pulverized Ye Yan into powder, Gu Xiaohua snidely remarks that she thought a Nightwatcher's bones would be tougher.

However, as the dust disperses, Gu Xiaohua discovers that Ye Yan successfully blocked the Iron Gourd by summoning Hundun, which trapped the gourd by compressing and withdrawing its hide around it. Hundun then launches the gourd back at Gu Xiaohua, hitting her in the head after deflecting off a nearby building's concrete wall, which it breaks. Wuren comments on how Hundun owes its durability to its tough skin and thick fat, causing the Ancient Beast to kick him since it hates being called fat.

Sitting on top of Hundun, Ye Yan lists Gu Xiaohua's crimes and tells her to surrender or face death. She attempts to attack him with zombie gas again and summons two zombies, but they are promptly stomped to death by Hundun. As the Untitled Sage tries to escape, Hundun plows through several buildings while giving chase. Seeing this, Wuren fruitlessly warns them to not destroy city property since the school has to pay for reconstruction and they are already on a tight budget. As he is chasing Gu Xiaohua, Ye Yan notes that Hundun is shrinking due almost reaching the time limit for the day. Hoping to end the battle as soon as possible, he calls out to Gu Xiaohua that he is willing to let her live if she surrenders. He then spots Huang Xiaoyan standing on top of a nearby building and asks her to stop the girl. However, she instead kicks him in the face, causing him to fall off Hundun.

Chapter Notes

 * The origins of the Star Shattering Iron Gourd is explained.
 * Huang Xiaoyan attacks Ye Yan instead of helping him stop Gu Xiaohua.