It’s been announced that ML Cheng Lei’s character’s name will be changed from Diao Zhuo to Cheng Zhuo (程琢) Not only Cheng （程 ）is homophone with Cheng Lei’s Cheng (丞）， Cheng Zhuo can be a wordplay with chenzhuo (沉着 ) in “ Chénzhuó lěngjìng” (沉着冷静)= Calm and composed
According to Cheng Lei’s team, the drama’s camera opening ceremony will be on May 26th in Dunhuang, Gansu (located near Mongolia’s border, out in the Northwest desert)
“Dunhuang is a historic oasis city in China's Gansu Province, famous as a crucial junction on the ancient Silk Road where trade, culture, and religion converged. It is renowned for the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring thousands of Buddhist murals and sculptures, and is surrounded by desert landscapes like the Mingsha Sand Dunes and Crescent Lake. Historically, it was a vital military and trade outpost, serving as a gateway between East and West.”
Cheng Lei’s new drama’s filming will hold open ceremony on May 26th, 2026 🎉 and fan’s support event will be allowed (location not yet confirmed), it’s expected to be drama 许你星河千里/The Leading Star
The head producer of this project visited Cheng Lei on his last drama’s filming set last January and real insiders only mention Cheng Lei and Shen YuJie. This latest 🍉 has high possibility to be true (Other 🍉 were from marketing bloggers and April 1st pranks)
2026/03/19 ChengLei is filming his last scene at midnight and will finally wrap up his filming today! 🎉 It seems that the drama team also wrap up their filming together today! 🎉 5 months of hard works has come to an end! Congratulations to TLOA drama team 🎉
2026/03/17 - Xu RuoHan will wrap up her filming today in ShangHai. Congratulations! She has worked so hard! Let’s reunite when the show airs 🩵 - The crew will stay in ShangHai as they have booked the ShangHai Film Park from the 16th to the 22nd (not sure which cast will be included for the rest of the schedule. It seems like each actor/actress will wrap up on their own time) - On the 19th, ChengLei will be traveling back to HengDian to join his fans for his wrap-up party (Mostly because the ShangHai venue doesn’t accommodate the event, he might still be filming after that)
2025/03/16 The crew will be filming in ShangHai today. Not sure how many days but ChengLei’s official fanclub has announced his expected wrap-up to be in HengDian on the 19th (tentative, might change depending on filming progress)
2025/03/11 Child actress Feng Xue Ya will join the crew today, playing 13-year-old Ye PingJun. She will act together with Yu JiaCheng (17-year-old Yu ChangXuan).
The recent rumor of Cheng Lei being in contact with the drama “ 京洛再无佳人“ is false. Cheng Lei’s side has confirmed that he has never been in contact with this drama team. His currently filmed TLOA will wrap up next month (around the end of 3rd week, depending on the speed of filming)
The team will stay filming in HengDian until March (the plan is until around the 10th but it can change depending on the speed of filming) then they will move to Shanghai. Wrap-up ceremony will be held in Shanghai around the end of 3rd week of March, again can change depending on the progess) Such a journey and we’re already so close to the end 🥹
Someone commented below it's written by the same author & yes he WAS the ML Love in Flames of War I think…
No. Two stories are not related to each other. The only connection is the ML of TLOA and his sister knows the ML of LiFoW. That’s why Dou Xiao only films for a few hours, his cameo is very short because he’s not involved in the main story. If they follow the novel, Xiao BeiCheng and Yu ChangXuan are rivals, one rules the North and one rules the South. Xiao BeiCheng is briefly involved with ChangXuan’s little sister after she saves him.
Not only Cheng （程 ）is homophone with Cheng Lei’s Cheng (丞）， Cheng Zhuo can be a wordplay with chenzhuo (沉着 ) in “ Chénzhuó lěngjìng” (沉着冷静)= Calm and composed
“Dunhuang is a historic oasis city in China's Gansu Province, famous as a crucial junction on the ancient Silk Road where trade, culture, and religion converged. It is renowned for the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring thousands of Buddhist murals and sculptures, and is surrounded by desert landscapes like the Mingsha Sand Dunes and Crescent Lake. Historically, it was a vital military and trade outpost, serving as a gateway between East and West.”
https://weibo.com/6432345565/5288405741080247
ChengLei is filming his last scene at midnight and will finally wrap up his filming today! 🎉
It seems that the drama team also wrap up their filming together today! 🎉
5 months of hard works has come to an end! Congratulations to TLOA drama team 🎉
Actor Liu Dong Qin will wrap up his filming today in ShangHai! 🎉
Actress Guo Yu Xin also wrapped up her filming 🎉
- Xu RuoHan will wrap up her filming today in ShangHai. Congratulations! She has worked so hard! Let’s reunite when the show airs 🩵
- The crew will stay in ShangHai as they have booked the ShangHai Film Park from the 16th to the 22nd (not sure which cast will be included for the rest of the schedule. It seems like each actor/actress will wrap up on their own time)
- On the 19th, ChengLei will be traveling back to HengDian to join his fans for his wrap-up party (Mostly because the ShangHai venue doesn’t accommodate the event, he might still be filming after that)
The crew will be filming in ShangHai today. Not sure how many days but ChengLei’s official fanclub has announced his expected wrap-up to be in HengDian on the 19th (tentative, might change depending on filming progress)
Child actress Feng Xue Ya will join the crew today, playing 13-year-old Ye PingJun. She will act together with Yu JiaCheng (17-year-old Yu ChangXuan).
His currently filmed TLOA will wrap up next month (around the end of 3rd week, depending on the speed of filming)
The team will stay filming in HengDian until March (the plan is until around the 10th but it can change depending on the speed of filming) then they will move to Shanghai. Wrap-up ceremony will be held in Shanghai around the end of 3rd week of March, again can change depending on the progess) Such a journey and we’re already so close to the end 🥹