Linest

I wish but censorship laws are getting crazier and crazier lmao it never would happen

IKR, and the fact that what makes Wu Xie such a special character and Xiaoge's bond to this world is basically he refusing to see Xiaoge as anything else than human and his very dear friend ;3;

NGL I feel they really tried make the iron triangle resemble their older versions in Reunion

At this point he is the official Wu Xie lmao

So excited for this one, specifically to see Joseph Zeng as Wu Grandpa (what is just funny) and also because I'm curious to see if they will touch the whole mess that is Mystic Nine past

Praying for this cast to be the official one, I absolutely loved Xu ZhenXuan as Wu Xie, he is my favorite Wu Xie after Joseph Zeng and the one close to Zhu YiLong in appareance, what makes a neat connection between this new 2025 version with Reunion

I still need warm up to Cheng Xiang as Zhang Qiling, but can't lie he looks as a badass and delivered perfectly the otherworldly guy vibes from early Xiaoge in the books, and differently of some people I like this Pangzi, he is a little annoying, but sincerely his touching more personal and honest scenes with Wu Xie was the best part in this adaptation, a good change from the book

The only one lacking is A Ning, what I hope get better in Season 2 (idk if they will follow her destiny in the books or change it, but so far I sadly don't feel much connection with this A Ning)

And kudos for this adaption making me care about Wu Sanxing and Xie Lianhuan when I absolutely hate them in the books, also kudos for making me ship Pan Zi/Wu Sanxing

Tbf I think this way is better, they had time to cover all of book 1 pretty well, and if they do season 2 long enough to cover book 2 and 3 we will have UN taking book 4-7

I just hope we finally get book 8 adaptation

Book spoilers, but nothing that made it less entertaining:

1 Xiaoge real identity is Zhang Qiling, that is a title for the patriarch of the Zhang Clan, a lot of complexy background happens and Xiaoge is basically the last patriarch of his clan (that still exist but Xiaoge is from the main clan) and is cursed with a long life (he is almost immortal, but still can get killed, but only in a VERY violent way), the thing is that he lost his memory from time to time because of reasons and that's why he doesn't remember a lot of details of 20 years ago

2- It's a way later revelation in the books, but Xie Lianhuan and Wu Sanxing are cousins and look a lot alike, a lot of shit happened back in the first generation time (grandpa Wu) and because of that the second generation had to take extreme methods to fight a ghost enemy (connected to the Zhang clan and the Mystic Nine, aka a group of grave robber families), that's why XLH is taking WSX place sometimes and why everyone thinks XLH is dead

3 Oh it is not addressed properly because it doesn't matters to THIS story, but probably Grandpa Wu will have more character development in Mystic Nine 2

That's because A Ning and Wu Xie wasn't ever meant to be anything more than frenimes, they had way less chemistry in the books too and well her destiny is... yeah, anyway it is never to be a romance between them and fans wouldn't be happy if they forced one again

tbf the Qiling blood scene wasn't canon either lmao but I still think it's weird they didn't show Wu Xie eating the pill that made him a little more special than he already is and giving him the ability to getting old slowly

Believe me you will not be in future adaptations lmao actually some popular danmeis are based in pingxie fanfics because it is like a big ship in China FOR YEARS

Legend of Zhang Hai was to be part of DMBJ series actually, so you will see a lot of connections

The bromance is very shy in the start lmao but wait and soon you will see a more gay romance than any boys love

Start filming? I through most of Book 2 was already filmed, maybe they will film book 3 as well? Maybe it means more than 18 episodes?

Completely okay since it's a new start for new fans, I would rec waiting season 2 and maybe give Ultimate Note a change since it's so good

Oh they will, but if it keeps as close to the original book as it is, we will not see Xiaoge so soon (not that I expect that lmao they already changed some scenes so we had more pingxie moments)

They not adaptating book 8 with Joseph Zeng will always be the fandom roman empire ;3;

Book fan here, you can easily find watch order lists based in each book covered by each adaptation if you care about chronological timeline, but I mean not that it helps much since each adaptation take free creative inspirations (some for good and some for TOO MUCH BAD), probably the new adaptations will be more accurate to the books (like this one was) but after UN technically the next one would be Tibetan Sea Flower and then Sand Seas (since vol 8 doesn't have an adaptation, UN is book 4 to 7 adaptation)

Okay as a book reader I will try help, first you need always keep in mind that each Daomu Biji drama is an adaptation, so the best way to understand wtf is happening is known what drama is what book adaptation. Time Raiders 2025 is book 1 and pretty much accurate to it (Lost Tomb 1 and 2 wasn't fan favorite specifically because they changed A LOT of stuff) and UN is book 4-7

So yeah pretty confusing, you still can enjoy UN for it own, but it's not exactly the best start point in the Daomu Biji series, but you can easily find watch order lists with each book listed too