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Very interesting read for someone who hasn't read the novel, Thanks!

 RilakkumasBubbleTea:

Very interesting read for someone who hasn't read the novel, Thanks!

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Which colour do you prefer : this one, this one, you can mention 

 RikuTheUnicat:

Yellow would be perfect! <3

Ok, well you can ask anything we will try to write in both colors , yellow and black ☺️

 D aka diyu:

There are lots of colours other than yellow and orange, i am okay with anything, just tell the colour, I was just giving example 

Yellow instead of black is great, I can read it clearly and seems ok on white mode, too! I use yellow as my go-to color for subtitles, too cause it's visible on all kinds on backgrounds. 

It's only black  (and probably grey but you're not using it) that I can't see clearly in the dark mode. I'm super grateful you're OK with switching, I was worried you might think I'm whining or being unreasonable, thank you! 🤗 

🔥Episode 13- 19 half➔ Mid Ch. 28-  Ch. 52🔥

The drama has skipped a large chunk of LYT and Sima Jiao scenes from episode 13, Also this was the best part of this arc; after dual cultivation and hiding their identity part and living like a married couple is the most loved plot of this immortal arc. At this point I can officially say I don't appreciate any changes from the novel in this drama because they simply don't make sense; its not just YR and snake, all the others too. Except the heart melting romance scenes which I loved, others were changed from a perfect version to a combined mess of various old drama setting. I am not against change just because I love the novel version, changes can be nice if done right; LBFAD, TTEOM, BIA, TD, LGIEF are proof of that.

⇒🪴In the drama after Shi Qianlu and others arrived at baifeng mountain they fought to a draw and then, Sima Jiao left. In the novel, Sima Jiao went back to Yan City and took LYT and then the fight happened at Yan City and Sima Jiao would kill whoever comes to him, he killed quite a few from 8 palaces and left Shi Quanlu and others looking angry. Later, Sima Jiao called the snake and asked LYT to leave with the snake but LYT insisted taking Sima Jiao with her. The drama toned down Sima Jiao's overpowered setting and also due to YR, no scene of obedient loyal Cute Snake Sisi taking his master to escape 🍃

⇒🪴That mysterious immortal was a buddhist in the novel, the one who was called by Shi Qianlu's father to suppress Sima Jiao's murderous intent and give him the name lord of mercy (daoist CI Zang) alsothe one who  gave the red bead on his ankle. 🍃

⇒🪴The dual cultivation part, I suggest if anyone is interested go through chapter 31 to 32  . The drama showed it nicely but novel has more details and the author explained dual cultivation in the right way, you can check out the manhwa for this part too. A scene from the novel,

[[ Before she lost consciousness, she felt cold fingers pinching the back of her neck, which made her whole body tremble. Sima Jiao's voice said in her ear: "What were you doing before? This is the real spiritual communication."

  Liao Tingyan: Damn it!

Liao Tingyan's mind was broken. She even wanted Sima Jiao to just physically engage in intercourse. That way, maybe she could rest a little, at least mentally. This fucking spiritual intercourse left no room for reflection or rest; it was endless.

    She gave up on herself, pretending to be dead, lying there with an air of "Come and fry my corpse if you want."

    Sima Jiao poked the hollow beneath her collarbone. "Hmm... do you think that'll stop me from doing anything?"]] 🍃

⇒🪴After they reached the Luohe Immortal Mansion, the drama didn't show the part after LYT got to know that she would reach void relam soon. LYT thought her increase in cultivation was useless, because the ancestor could take on a bunch of them while fighting like a one man army; so even if she could fight one person, it wouldn't matter to Sima Jiao. So, LYT thought that she should just be her relaxed salted fish. Then LYT realized that she reached soulshift relam without thunder tribulation; then Sima Jiao snnered why do you think everyone wants the Fengshan flower!! LYT thought it wasn't that precious considering how he had broke off a flower and threw it at her when she was working for him. Sima Jiao said that growing a flower takes half of his blood and it can only be grown on the night of crescent moon and that's why every time he gets severely weak and if the flower isn't picked, the flower can live for a thousand years. LYT thought in modern medicine people would die if they lose half the blood, she had to surrender to the fantasy world and gave a thumbs up that you're great, ancestor. The drama should have shown this conversion; well they made some roundabout changes in plot and settings that doesn't make much sense. 🍃

⇒🪴Well, the drama's newly added part about Shi family looking for people with photos and then to hiding into a room doesn't really fit Xiania world after all spiritual consciousness can sense things; for a moment I thought it was an ordinary costume ancient drama. In the novel, Sima Jiao had a clear plan to infiltrate using the arrogant siblings identity as they were related to the Shi family as distant relatives and the academy was simple so LYT can stay here leisurely while he does his work. Novel scene,

 [[ He pointed at them, and said to Liao Tingyan, "How about using their identities?"

    Liao Tingyan: "Hmm?"

    Sima Jiao assumed she agreed.

    Then, Liao Tingyan and Sima Jiao transformed into the siblings. As for the siblings... Sima Jiao transformed them into two pale gray pheasants.

    Sima Jiao, who looks like his brother, pushed two frightened little pheasants in front of Liao Tingyan: "Sister, here, it's for you to play with."

    Liao Tingyan: Ancestor, what kind of weird play are you playing... ?] ] 🍃

⇒🪴There were some scenes in the novel about Sima, LYT and the snake teasing those pheasants mainly the black snake liked to play with them. Also, LYT would dream of Sima Jiao's memories after the dual cultivation and even feel his emotions in that memory. Also, in the novel,

[[ Besides this minor aftereffect, another benefit of her spiritual connection with the Grand Master was that her cultivation was steadily improving. Even though she hadn't been practicing at all, it was still improving. So, she had this constant feeling of replenishing her yin with yang,  which she felt a bit embarrassed about. Sima Jiao didn't seem the least bit embarrassed. Besides being more intimate with her, there was nothing unusual about him, which put Liao Tingyan at ease. She didn't feel it was real, perhaps because the spiritual connection was so high-end. Her outlook on life, shaped by the scientific world of mortals, defined the most intimate relationships as low-level, physical ones. So, she didn't feel the reality of this kind of intimate  relationship for cultivators. As for Sima Jiao, he wasn't the type to change because of any intimate connection. But his actions miraculously made Liao Tingyan more accepting. Within two days, she was slumped beside him as naturally as before. ]]

LYT asked if they came to the school to make her learn things then the scene,

[[ Sima Jiao: "What's the point of studying? I'm here to kill." 

Liao Tingyan: "Then I'm relieved... No, who else are you going to kill?"

Sima Jiao's face darkened. "The Shi clan and their closely related families." ]]

LYT got to know that when dual cultivating, they can sense the other thoughts; she still doesn't know that he can mind read even when they are not doing anything.

[[ Liao Tingyan's first reaction was to thankfully believe this ancestor hadn't planned to kill everyone in the Gengchen Immortal Mansion; otherwise, how could  he have killed them all? Sima Jiao glanced at her and suddenly said, "I've already spared the others for your sake. I'll definitely kill every last one of the Shi clan. Don't worry about anything else."

  Liao Tingyan: "???"

  What was I thinking? Sparing the others for my sake? My pride is so important? No, why would you do it for my sake? I've never advised you not to kill people recklessly. Liao Tingyan wondered why Sima Jiao acted as if she'd been whispering in his ear. Was this ancestor just imagining things too much?  Sima Jiao smiled and pointed a finger at her forehead: "Don't you know that I can see some of your thoughts when we are in spiritual communication?"  So although she didn't say it, her resistance to the murder was very obvious. He was willing to accommodate her a little, even though he had never thought that he would be willing to accommodate anyone else before.

   Great, the case is solved.

 At this time, Liao Tingyan couldn't help but think that if they come to have spiritual communication again next time, she must not think about anything else in her mind... Why should I think about next time? No, thinking about it will cause kidney damage. ]]

There were also some funny interaction about LYT trying to wake up early to go to class even though she feels sleepy and even asking Sima Jiao to go to class with her; to which Sima Jiao looked at her with the look "are you out of your mind?" and after going to the classroom and finding a corner seat to sit down she said to Sima Jiao "Okay, we can sleep now" Then Sima Jiao bored drew lots to decide who to kill next, LYT asked Sima Jiao about spells and Sima Jiao taught her some simple spells to efficiently kill people to which LYT said that okay, no more, enough for now. Then the snake came to drink the bamboo juice in, it reduced its presence and shrunk in a corner of the classroom. After drinking it played with the death lots balls that Sima Jiao made and kept on the table and pushed  one of them into LYT hands. After seeing the family name written in the ball, LYT asked how do you who is affiliated with who then Sima Jiao looked at her like she was a fool and said that after the seeing the life-death duels, who they choose to sacrifice and how they unite; it will naturally become clear to see who is related to whom. LYT then realized that, everyone thought the ancestor was going crazy then but actually he had a purpose. Sima Jiao asked LYT to pick a lot ball but LYT grabbed the black snake said that let this silly kid choose. The snake chose three balls and Sima Jiao put them away and then went to work (kill). 🍃

⇒🪴The banquet with school classmates scene skipped some parts, such as LYT monologue in the novel,

[[ Liao Tingyan replied, "Nothing to be angry about." After all, what did her scolding of Yong Lingchun have to do with her, Liao Tingyan?

 She is now considered to be from the lineage from Sima Jiao, the boss's great-grandmaster. Sima Jiao's status was roughly equivalent to that of a grandson of the old chairman, parachuted into the company. The company's veterans ostensibly supported him, but in reality, they were sidelining him. Now, he'd been demoted to a low-level branch to work on infrastructure... That's not quite right. It should be said that this isolated but mad boss, determined to bring down the company he disliked, had taken the initiative to demote him and undermine its foundation.

    As the boss's personal assistant, she was fearless. If nothing else, when the boss protected someone, he was unstoppable. ]]

The drama changed Sima Jiao to work with others, but novel didn't. The reason for Sima Jiao being a one-man army 

[[ A man, looking somewhat arrogant, said, "Grandmaster has an extremely high level of cultivation, and he's the only descendant of the Sima clan. It's natural for him to be a bit casual. You've all read the Gengchen history, and there are many Sima descendants like our Grandmaster. Each of them ultimately became the pillars of our Gengchen Immortal Mansion, bringing honor to it. They are great elders worthy of our respect and worship. Given the opportunity, I would willingly die for our Grandmaster."

    Many others shared this view. Most felt that killing a few people was fine, as long as they weren't killed. Of course, they would rather follow such a powerful figure.

    Unfortunately, Sima Jiao had no intention of gathering forces to fight against others. He never concealed his disgust for the entire Gengchen Immortal Mansion from beginning to end, and he would do everything alone. 

(From another chapter) If Sima Jiao wanted to, with the strength he displayed, he could easily rally a resistance force against the Gengchen Immortal Mansion. But he had no such intentions, his self-confidence reaching the point of paranoia.

    "What's the use of so many of you? I can kill you all by myself!"—this was probably a true reflection of Sima Jiao's arrogance.]]

After LYT got to know Sima Jiao can read her mind when she  is excited and why the drama showed that Sima Jiao said you've opened my eyes while reading her thoughts. 

[[ She couldn't help but imagine herself beating up Sima Jiao and cursing the old man for being such a jerk.   Sima Jiao raised his eyelids, a hint of warning on his overly youthful, fair face: "I can hear you."  Liao Tingyan began to silently recite the multiplication table in her head, using mathematics to refresh the bloody violence in her mind.  Sima Jiao stretched out his voice, "What are you afraid of? I'm not going to listen to your thoughts for no reason. Besides, I've seen all sorts of filth and darkness. You spend all day eating and sleeping, so what are you afraid of knowing?"

 Liao Tingyan felt that her ancestors' understanding of her was not comprehensive enough. For example, when he talked about filth, her mind couldn't help but recall the various pornographic films she had seen in her previous life. She lived in an era of information explosion. Back in her youth, before the crackdown on pornography, there was an abundance of resources. Out of curiosity, she watched a lot of bizarre stuff. She had seen many dramas starting with A and ending with V, or starting with G and ending with V. The human mind is like this: the more you can't help but think, the more you can't help but think. And thoughts are really hard to control, they can take flight without you noticing. Sima Jiao watched her expression grow increasingly erratic. Finally, he half-smiled and pressed his temples. "I've never seen anything like this before." Liao Tingyan quickly censored the contents of her mind and tossed them into the trash. She heard Sima Jiao say, "As expected of someone trained by the Demon Realm, you've really opened my eyes. I've learned a lot."  Liao Tingyan: "The Demon Realm's reputation is damaged. I'm sorry to the Demon Realm."

She raged for ten minutes, then withered again. Never mind. It's no big deal. Just stay calm and don't get too worked up. This ancestor won't hear her calling him an idiot in her head. From today on, be a calm and composed person. Speaking of which, she'd been calling him an idiot in her head quite a few times before. Could he have heard it all?! Liao Tingyan couldn't control herself and became agitated again.

 Sima Jiao: "I heard it." Liao Tingyan howled miserably, "Please, ancestor, stop talking to my mind."

Liao Tingyan suddenly realized another problem. She had cursed Sima Jiao so much, but he hadn't reacted, nor had he slapped her to death in anger. Could this be true love? !

 Sima Jiao did not react, as if he did not hear. Just pretend that he did not hear. ]]

Sima Jiao also bought a spell book for her since she showed interest in spells before which includes almost all spells in the immortal cultivation world and then they had some fun interaction regarding LYT lazy nature of not wanting to learn anything. The drama didn't show that either. Then, in the novel

[[ Sima Jiao was so shocked by her loud noise that his brain almost went crazy. He said with a dark face: "If you keep making noise, I will do spiritual intercourse."

Liao Tingyan switched between soft and hard positions with ease, immediately collapsing and chanting "Amitabha" (Amitabha Buddha). She then placed a leaf of the Spirit Clearing Herb on her forehead. Under immense pressure, she fell asleep in just three minutes. Sima Jiao even suspected the herb had any sleep-inducing properties, so he peeled it off to take a look. The grass had no sleep-inducing effect; the only one who did was Liao Tingyan herself. She exuded the aura of worry for living fish and comfort for dead fish. Sima Jiao, successfully hypnotized, buried his head against her neck and closed his eyes to rest.

I don’t know when it started, but as long as I’m next to her, I can naturally feel sleepy and fall asleep normally, as if... he is just a normal person. ]]

In the novel, the kiss scene between LYT and Sima Jiao  at the restaurant was seen by Qi Leitan and he spread rumours about their incest in school. It was quite ironic,

[[ Liao Tingyan touched his forehead: Oh my god, I almost forgot about this brother and sister setting.

    Sima Jiao: "Hahahaha."

    Liao Tingyan: "Ancestor! Your reaction in this situation should not be to laugh!"

    Sima Jiao couldn't stop laughing, and on the way back to the academy, he was still laughing while sitting in the cloud car.

    Liao Tingyan thought to himself, is it really that funny?

    Sima Jiao's laughter morphed into a sinister sneer as he resumed fiddling with his death lottery balls, shaking them casually. "I heard my parents were actually brother and sister. Those people, desperate to obtain the pure Sima bloodline, brainwashed them daily, pressuring them to bear children... I thought they didn't care about such things, but it seems they have a sense of shame and know what they can and can't do." ]] 🍃

⇒🪴Chapter 37 was about dual cultivation, suggest you can read it; 

[[ Liao Tingyan discovered that spiritual intercourse was actually a very fair form of communication. While physical contact might naturally divide the male and female body into upper and lower, with spiritual intercourse, all feelings were mutual. For a moment, she clearly sensed Sima Jiao's mood and feelings, flowing over her like warm water, drowning her.

Sima Jiao, sleeping next to her, should have been awake, but he was too lazy to open his eyes. He'd snatched her pillow and made a nest, giving her a perfect spot to rest her head inside, forcing her to sleep against him in the perfect couple's position.

  Men, even men like Sima Jiao, seemed much more relaxed at times like this, lying there harmlessly and comfortably, like a cat basking in the sun, making you want to pet his belly. Liao Tingyan slapped herself awake. What the hell? There wasn't even any hair to pet. ]]

The drama showed the mirror gift thing as video call  even though what they talked about was livestream, well the in the novel Sima Jiao sat in class playing with the mirror then when we came  back from going out next time she gave LYT various live stream channels such as showing dance performance, a restaurant kitchen preparing delicious food, bustling city street, natural scenery etc. 

[[ After watching all the live streams, Liao Tingyan looked at Sima Jiao with a touch of emotion. My ancestors understood me!

    Sima Jiao: “Is this what you want?”

    Liao Tingyan: “Yes, watching this kind of live stream is the easiest way to kill time, and it’s even hypnotic.”

    Sima Jiao remained noncommittal, watching the various greasy foods coming out of the pot in the mirror, and asked: “What else, what else do you want?”

    Liao Tingyan: “…” It’s over. Seeing the Grandmaster acting like a tyrant who can get anything he wants, he’s really going to follow the script of “The Overbearing Grandmaster and His Little Demon Concubine.” ]]

There were also scene of Sima Jiao and LYT soaking in the pool and sleeping; and black snake playing and sometimes Sima Jiao hugging her which drama didn't show. 🍃

⇒🪴The fish catching scene similar to the original. But they skipped conversation and a big part of the later fun plots such as Sima Jiao would be given this fish including other foods when he was young in sansheng mountain. LYT later packed up a lot of fish from the lakeand kept it in her storage for later consumption. Sima Jiao old her that it used to belong to a powerful member of the Sima Clan, but later Shi family came to power and Shi Quanlu's half brother Shi Qianju taking advantage of his brother being the sect leader he acquired many treasures such as this fish and lake. Later the news of the fish theft spread and LYT was crunching on fish listening to this gossip

[[ It turned out to be such a precious thing, and it felt even more delicious. Sima Jiao listened to all this with an expressionless face, playing with death lot balls. That was a sign that he was going to go out and cause trouble again.

  Liao Tingyan looked at him twice more, and Sima Jiao suddenly reached out and pulled her neck, pressed the back of her head and kissed her.

  He said with disgust: "You taste like fish."

  Liao Tingyan wiped her mouth and continued to eat the dried fish.

 After finishing the dried fish, she reasoned, "I suggest you find me something more delicious. That way, next time, I'll have a different taste. Let me think... How about beef?"

    Sima Jiao: "What's so good about beef?"

    Liao Tingyan: "I'm tired of hearing you say that. I'll eat anything. I want it all."

    Sima Jiao: "You've been eating too much lately. You've gained weight."

    Liao Tingyan instantly stood up. "Nonsense! How can a cultivator gain weight?"

    Sima Jiao: "Then you're pregnant."

  Liao Tingyan sat down with her legs weakened. "Impossible! How can you get pregnant through spiritual intercourse?!"

    Sima Jiao's face was filled with indifference. "Have you never heard of 'pregnancy through intercourse'?"

 He spoke as if it were the truth. Liao Tingyan looked at him in horror. "What nonsense! Are you guys that good at playing around? If you can get pregnant like this, you didn't take any protection?!"

  Sima Jiao: "Pfft." He covered his forehead and eyes with his slender fingers.

  Liao Tingyan: "You're laughing, so you're lying to me, right?"

 Sima Jiao shook his head and laughed, looking at her with the pitying expression of someone with a mental disability.

 Liao Tingyan, enraged, lunged forward, determined to teach this little brat a lesson for bullying a female classmate. He tripped her with his legs and pinned her down onto the table, unable to move.

 Completely suppressed, Liao Tingyan said with a stern and cruel expression, "I need to lose weight. I need to get rid of all the soft flesh on my belly. I'll never feel this good again!"

  Sima Jiao: "..."

  This time, he returned with a cow. ]]

But the cow was a spirit or a demon cow  so she couldn't eat it; 

[[ In addition to the two pheasants, the black snake also had to feed a cow.

    Liao Tingyan asked Sima Jiao: "What is the identity of this cow?"

    Sima Jiao said: "The wife of a bull demon."

    Liao Tingyan: "??? If you snatch his wife away, won't the bull demon come to seek revenge? And it's a bit miserable to have his wife snatched away for no reason."

    Sima Jiao thought for a moment, "You're right."

    Then he disappeared for a long time and brought the bull demon back, allowing the couple to reunite. The two shrunken cows stayed in another small cage and became pets of the little black snake.

    Liao Tingyan: What a cool operation! 

 Liao Tingyan asked, "Excuse me, what are your thoughts?"

    Sima Jiao replied, "The tragedy shouldn't be borne by just one person. Since they have such a close relationship, they should bear it together."

    Liao Tingyan, who had thought he would release Sister Niu, was convinced. The ancestor before her had a natural expression, clearly believing this from the bottom of his heart and not seeing anything wrong with it. "

    Boss, are you a sociopath?

    " It wasn't long before Liao Tingyan discovered that the captured bull demon couple not only held no hatred towards Sima Jiao, but were actually extremely respectful. They constantly sought to curry favor with this unfathomable boss, eager to become his subordinates. To this end, they took on the responsibility of jailer and began herding the two pheasants. Even the little black snake rose to a higher level, becoming the bull demon couple's eldest brother.

    The little black snake's IQ wasn't high, but its sensitivity to people was similar to Sima Jiao's. Its approach to life was similar to Liao Tingyan's, with a touch of naiveté and innocence—in short, a single-mindedness. While Sima Jiao wasn't particularly kind to it, he did indulge it. Liao Tingyan often brought it food and drink, occasionally patting its head and playing with its pet Frisbee.

    The bull demon couple chatted privately, speculating that the elder who had captured them might be a snake demon, whose origins were too high for them to discern. The little black snake was the elder's child with that woman ]] 🍃

⇒🪴The plot of killing Yue Chuhui was changed in the drama and they added a setting of her absorbing other's cultivation and that's why the moon palace master sent her to a remote palace. In the novel, since coming to Luohe city, according to the relationships he sorted out of 8 palaces and Shi family, he started killing all the core and powerful big shots  (remember the death lot balls with family name written that Sima Jiao plays with in the classroom) so moon palace master who was already injured when Sima Jiao escaped from the Yan town and fearing Sima Jiao's revenge sent her to the remote Luohe town.  In the  conflict with LYT who was disguised at the cloth shop Yue Chuhui tried to take the little black snake from LYT in exchange to let LYT go; but LYT refused then was taken away. Sima Jiao crushed Yue Chuihui's head along with her spirit completely killing her. Also in the novel Sima Jiao had no confrontation with the shi and 8 palaces before the end, after baifeng mountain incident; after taking LYT they changed to their next disguised identity and left this place. Also, the novel scene context was different for the part about their first physical intimacy combined with soul communication. Suggest reading chapter 42. Also, all those silly plot scenes of YR and trying to seal Sima Jiao doesn't exist in the novel because the Shi family and 8 palaces don't have the ability to seal again. In the novel, Sima Jiao literally kept his enemies cornered and always injured/killed people but drama expanded the perfect conspiracy and scheming of Sima Jiao to some roundabout plots with supporting characters such as YR, Canlang, snake, Shi Zenxu, Anxue, Yuan Che, Yuan Sheng etc.  and made it into something  that has glaring plot holes and doesn't make sense thus reduced Sima Jiao's overpowered setting. Also, LYT in novel never said something hurtful to Sima Jiao because of YR betrayal like the drama; everytime YR is involved LYT becomes a typical FL. 🍃

⇒🪴Drama showed Sima Jiao controlled some people in spirituals as puppets to search for spirit fire and set up explosion points but in novel, Sima Jiao only set up tiny flames under various spiritual pools of the inner domain of  gencheng immortal mansion which consist of 9 holy mountains that houses all core Shi family and 8 palace members. Then he controlled  the people guarding the spiritual pool as puppets and when the day comes they will ignte at his signal of spiritual fire and blast off the inner court of gencheng immortal mansion. 🍃

⇒🪴Shi Yuxiang and thunder valley incident, if curious about why the way of heaven can't tolerate Shi Clan then you can read my plot spoilers post where I wrote about this world background. Sima Jiao and LYT had some fun moment with puppet magic on wooden puppet using modern emoticon on their faces; drama skipped all that. The killing scene wasn't Zenxu in the novel but one of Shi Yuxiang's lover who said some bad insulting words to LYT so Sima Jiao made LYT crush his head and then the the tiny angst about killing happened which is written in detail in my summary post. 🍃

⇒🪴Like the drama Sima Jiao just doesn't leave after giving her a new necklace, after seeing the dream tapir pillow she shows curiosity in this mythical beast so Sima Jiao takes her to Taiwu mountain where Shi Qianlu  keeps holy beasts for an outing. After some fun visit, Sima Jiao realizes there is something going on this mountain so he sent LYT back. Then he realized the presence of another spiritual fire. All the plots about finding spiritual fire in the drama doesn't exist in the novel. 🍃

⇒🪴From eps 19, unlike the drama, taiwei peak had sleight of hand, the demonic insects, and the arrays which Sima Jiao solved quickly then the ferocious beast. At the black jade jotus pond, the context was different in drama than the novel. Sima Shi was very weak, so he asked Sima Jiao to put his hand on his forehead  as Sima Shi had a special bloodline ability that allowed him to communicate through thoughts. Sima people had another special feature that they could awaken different special ability like Sima Jiao's truth buff. So, they went to Sima Shi's mind space to talk.  Sima Shi said that he is also Sima Yan from the previous generation and he sensed Shi clan's ambition but he was sick and didn't have much time left so used the reincarnation art to born with memories as Sima Shi. The clansmen scene in the drama  doesn't exist; in the novel Sima Jiao and his parents are the last Simas.  🍃

⇒🪴Before leaving Sima Jiao left her in Shi Yuxiang's place considering safe and told her not to come to central area of genchenng mansion. But she was captured and brought here. Sima Jiao kept fighting to drag time until the explosion when his blood and spirit fire would lit the fuse. After he learned LYT was there and found the broken necklace,

[[ Sima Jiao had once told Liao Tingyan that as long as he didn't want her to die, she wouldn't. So, he would bring her soul back. A dead body didn't matter; as long as the soul remained, she could always be resurrected. She could continue to laze beside him, doing nothing. She would probably be frightened and cry when she was resurrected, but that didn't matter. He could assure her that nothing like today would happen again.

 With a fierce determination, he single-handedly restrained the souls of this vast world, causing the faint crack of thunder in the sky, a warning from heaven.

 Sima Jiao paid no heed to these thoughts, examining each captured soul.

 Not all souls were here; some were unstable and fragile, and would have been scattered and shattered in the catastrophe just now.

 Sima Jiao thought, Liao Tingyan's soul couldn't be that fragile; she must still be here, somewhere.

   There was no way he couldn't find her.

   But he didn't.]]

This ends the first and longest arc. 🍃

[P.S. I don't know if I will continue doing this from next episodes; it depends on how the drama turned out for the demon arc; because episode 19 ending that Sima Jiao slept for 18 years and trailer of LYT being successfully brainwashed by Shi Qianlu to stand on the opposite side of Sima Jiao which was totally opposite from the novel makes me very discouraged]