ladysanna:

Thank you for this! :) I was curious to see what the pillow book was all about. Now im thinking about reading it. 

you should read it :D it was da best ♥

I will say this: there story: it is very entertaining.  I will keep my bias out of it.  I think you will like, and besides, YH and BQ appear in it!

https://hamster428.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/3l3w-pillow-book-ebooks/

Volume one and two :D

Waw, thank you so much!! I can read it now. I feel so much happy for this, thank you *_*

I don't have Ten Miles of Peach Blossom book only Pillow book. :)

My understanding is that FJ, though  in a coma, is in good hands because DH is an extraordinarily skilled medicine maker. He did, after all, manage to create a medicine strong enough to erase her memories AND the only person able to notice was the Phoenix, whose age rivals DH (and phoenix seems to be the best medicine man).

In terms of powers, I think that this is a more grey area.  A lot of novels by different authors have a similar theme of characters 'depleting x amount years of cultivation' this is exactly how it sounds.   A great example of this is in Journey of Flower, when Bones has a LOT of her power depleted at various times, and then Bai Zi Hua interferes, and this is when they start coughing up blood a lot.

 However, individuals like DH who are older than time and born with innate gifts, I don't think it's a problem because it also seems like some people are just more gifted and DH is one of them.  And he is so old that it probably doesn't really matter at this point he probs has reserves (sounds weird) .  This may help: https://immortalmountain.wordpress.com/glossary/wuxia-xianxia-xuanhuan-terms/#cultivation

I always thought that because the novel is primarily from FJ's perspective we don't really see how terrifying a person DH is (because he is pretty terrifying)  based on the random tidbits of others.  The only ones who seem to not really care are the fox tribe, and that Chiwa guy from the demon clan, who in spite of his beauty, is universally considered not the brightest bulb.  Sorry if my answer isn't helpful :/

Thanks for the info @Jordan 

The part where characters either improve skills or increase powers is nothing new- i also see this in other types of media like anime or even western sci fi/fantasy- but i like watching it all the same. But the link makes it easier to understand for me, since it’s presented in a different way in xianxia.

I honestly did not like Dijun much in the 3l3w10mpb drama (i felt like feng ju’s devotion to him was a bit wasted he just didn’t seem to care much) but once i looked through pillow book i appreciated his character better. I hope they will be able to explore his pov  in the upcoming pb drama. I can’t imagine him hitched- he just seems so unemotional after yehua. Whereas feng ju is the exact opposite.