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I’m glad they clarified it in the drama because I had to do a double take 😳

I’m sure we will get a good ending :)

Today: 2 episodes; Thursday & Friday - 1 episode each; Saturday - 2; Sunday & Monday - 1. Express package becomes available on Monday (September 1), so comments will be full of spoilers 🫣😁

Have you watched 24? ;)

Best way to find out your old self is really from the real world — fried chicken 🍗🤣

Either 30 or 31 is start of “mortal chapter” per the schedule. I think it’s 30 but it gets confusing to know if the drawing on the schedule are for VIP or SVIP (+1) 😳

It’s an error. Only 33 episodes per official YOUKU account. Full express package becomes available on September 1.

There are 33 episodes total, so only 9 episodes left. Yestersay someone accidentally changed episode count on MDL from 33 to 40, but it’s been confirmed there are only 33.

It gets better starting with ep. 4 or so (as the character leaves the old man and goes to attempt to join a sect). But I certainly understand your point, it’s not for everyone :)

My brain 🧠 nowadays automatically thinks any abbreviation is a drama name 😳 I tired to edit the post immediately but it’s not let me, my bad 🫣🥺

Someone mentioned first novel had over 2 million words, but I don’t know how true it is (second — over 1 million). And people in comments said feedback from readers (*cough* demands?) got the author to change FL. Originally it was not Nangong Wan but a different character Han Li will meet in season 2.

Ah, thanks for the info. You know more about budgets and tiers, but it looked more like mid-tier to my untrained eye. They definitely used the budget wisely :) But, then again, I am the person who rated a Filipino drama 10.0 😁🤣

Well… the source novels are known to be super long, so you are not wrong 😁 The first novel is ~2400 chapters and second is ~1400 chapters. It’s probably better to think of this as a long series of books :) First novel has 11 books/volumes and season 1 covers books 1-3. Next two seasons would be books 4-7 (?), I believe.

Uhhh… which drama is TYSM? 😳

It’s underrated (should be closer to 9 by MDL standards). FL character (played by Wang Chu Ran) is great and their chemistry together is 🥰🥰🥰. It’s hard to say more because there are some spoilers/secrets that get revealed throughout, but I’d recommend not reading MDL synopsis. It’s not fully accurate — just watch first episode and it explains everything (briefly, ML is local lord who uses FL as bait to catch rebel leader). FYI, the drama is available on YouTube for free but I very slightly prefer Viki subtitles (watched fully both versions).

I believe he was Foundation High and then dropped back to Qi. And to progress to Core he has to do Qi->Foundation->Qi two more times. They mentioned it once or twice in the show, but it was very brief.

Ah, no, he actually dropped a level earlier (due to NGW). But NGW kind of helped him because for leveling up he has to go drop down a level 3 times, so now he has 2 “cycles” left. #CultivationIsComplicated 😳

Have you watched Are You the One? That is one of the rare dramas with very solid writing where characters behave rationally, don’t fall for silly tricks and tropes/cliches are at a minimum. It starts off small (local) but — unlike Peony — expands over the course of the series to cover war expedition(s), different localities, political intrigue and empire-wide matters. And, personally, I enjoyed it because it’s lighter in tone (especially early on) — beloved characters don’t die every few episodes 😳🥺

Yes, pretty much the agreement in the comments is that they should’ve just done one 40-episode season of Peony. But I do hope the actors got paid per episode 😁

Season 2 was still a good drama (great cast, sets, etc.), but keep your expectations low and expect to roll your eyes a lot and to say unpleasant things about writers 🤣