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All he had to do was swallow hard and furrow his brows a bit and have kinda dark eyes. He's good at micro expressions.

Exactly. Moreover, in the novel ShenLi and XinZhi are actually butting heads, because she wants to do things alone as she's capable and is a general after all that many depend on, but he wants her to slow down, let others protect her and sometimes even hinders her actions. They make compromises.
This time he just let her go as she had business to take care of. He, too, has a huge burden.

If I was her and found out he's behind very brutal killings of her people and soldier then I , too, would quickly go from dumbfounded to murderous. She wanted to kill him right away because she felt guilty and made a promise of revenge.

I am living for XinZhi to finally show his about to cry face, furrowed brows and hard swallowing.
He's going to be a changed man after this.

ShenLi is such a badass and XinZhi, oh Xin Zhi, T_______T *ugly cries*
Today's episode was epic! 💔😭💔
I'm devastated yet hopeful for the upcoming episodes. I was positively surprised that they added tidbits which weren't in the novel and they worked so well ~

I remember having a discussion about it a few times in cdramas. Essentially all gods are genderless (Buddhist concept) but it is the audience/mortals giving them genders. But there are also folklore influences, The infamous CCP and finally the authors themselves. The autor of the novel made all the gods in ShenLi male for a comedic aspect I guess - the gods made a beauty contest and XZ lost by one vote. When he was born, all gods teased him by bringing flowers to him. Also ShenLi in the next fisher's village arc says that he is tragically good-looking xD

Same with the bunny lantern ;)

A lot of them died taking care of the big battle to set the Abyss. It is indeed annoying that since XZ is the only one , why not produce more then??
I guess the writer wanted to make XY and SL have babies haha who would take over the job in the future. Later on we will also find out that despite the Heavenly Dao (Natural Law) they can love but can't abuse power - that's the whole point. That's why ShenLi's idea about the Natural Law/Fate makes sense.

By "I did this to you" XZ recalled the time he was mean to ShenLi in her chicken form in the moral real. The more he interacts with her the more emotions he feels and realized he shouldn't have embarrassed her so much (taking a bath, feeding her, annoying her, her having fried feathers). In the novel, Shen Li herself mentions that it was one of the most humiliating moments for her.

However, XZ is XZ and he likes to tease ShenLi, so he muted ShuShu (the parrot) and made it pluck its feathers to look like a chicken. He knew ShenLi would notice it sooner or later and find out he does indeed remember everything when he was XY. He might have also done it to vent out lol
As you see, ShenLi didn't mind as much as ShuShu annoys the hell out of her too hahah

You see, you have to watch more episodes to find out why he's so aloof and unfazed. I also have no idea how you concluded he is ...a pervert (???). You get to find out later on what real perverts and scumbags are there in the drama.
This drama is based on a novel not a manhwa like Eleceed. Eleceed is great but not perfect. At least in ShenLi all things circle back (even that part where he covers her naked body if you mean that) unlike in Eleceed when things get forgotten or repetitive. But as I mentioned, you have to wait it out as the drama follows the novel.

🤣🤣🤣 choked on my water!!

So much us going on in the novel in chapter 56 (probably episode 25-26) that I want them to keep all the scenes and lines 🥹 I need it like air

Same, I rewatched it 3 times already and sometimes think about it. Don't know if I should be proud about it lol

The things he wouldn't do for his girl haha

there was a funny meme on weibo which said "love is to touch but not to touch" haha

You tell me, I'm so jealous of people who are on ep 8 or so

Came here again as usual to whine about only 1 episodes today with you guys together. Did not expect to be entertained instead 🤣.

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Oh, I noticed that some sites translate this drama in a more poetic way whereas others in a more modern one. From which subbing team/website is this one?? :) cuz I love it ~

I've been watching wuxia/xanxia for 17 years (a few every year) and it is hard for me to believe you consider it one of the most boring ones. Perhaps you got used to an abundancy of c-dramas that are filled with pretty idol faces, only man get shit done, or are very quick-paced. Nowadays there are c-dramas which take a more modern turn, slow ("boring") and are more down-to-earth. Maybe you should read the novel as they follow it very faithfuly.
It's really sad that there are still people who hate on Jackie Li (Youlan) and call her ugly.... It must be a sad life to even hate on anyone especially someone who you will basically never get a chance to interact with in real life lol