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The drama left out the beginning chapters and condensed the story more (donghua already had some condensations). Quite a lot of plots were borrowed from donghua's modification to the original story (e.g. Li Huayuan & Hong Fu).

In the novel he was a small thug of Siping Gang HL met at the harbor at Jiayuan City, when HL was going to the Mo's Mansion. He became HL's follower and provided him info on tasks the Mo's family gave HL, and later became the Gang's leader. Because of Sun's loyalty, hundreds years later when HL met his 7th generation descendant, he also helped him out.
In the drama this was simplified, and he was a waiter at Siping restaurant when 1st met HL, and many years later he became the shopkeeper/owner when HL revisited the place.

The best comedies are the ones that make you laugh at first and then sad when thinking deeper...👍

You mean donghua? dongua means winter melon😂

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There were male senior cultivators with flawed personality too, e.g. senior Lu, the one who drugged senior Chen. You'll find out why Dong Xuan'er had such personality in later episodes, and she had good side too.

Han Li's rollercoaster ride farewell with Senior Chen:
Chen: I'll be marrying to someone from the Qi clan soon.
HL: (Yay finally!!!!! But pretend to be sad) 😟
Chen: I know you'll be leaving, can you take me with you.
HL: (Oh shit & shake head violently) 😱
HL: Before we part, please take these elixir pills, they are good for preserving youth.
Chen: Sure, as long as they are not some strange pills.
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Yes it's very different from the usual Xianxia. Soon the ML will be chased around by many high levels and running for his life a lot lol. That's why he also got a nick name called Han Paopao, which means Han Runrun lol.

I started watching the donghua when it started several years back, and then completed the novel (both volumes). Nowadays the donghua is just icing on the cake and I don't agonize since I already know the story lol. But I gotta say the donghua is really top notch and a real treat to watch especially the later seasons ones, and I still get excited watching them😂

Haha that I don't know😂

Frankly I like Zi Ling more than NGW too lol. Near the end of volume 2, the author had given strong hint Zi Ling was Ms Mo's reincarnation but never spell it out straight. Mo had asked HL whether a person without spiritual root will never be able to cultivate, because she was a mortal without it and so could never be with HL. Near the end of volume 2 when Zi Ling regained her previous life memory, she told HL that in her pass life she was one without spiritual root, and she died of old age waiting for one man. She was glad that in present life she could still meet HL, and she was glad that she had cultivated hard so that she could be with him (her main motivation on cultivation throughout the novel was because she wanted to be with HL). When NGW teased HL about ZL, HL also told NGW he and ZL had crossed path in her pass life. So the hint is rather obvious, because in the novel the only girl that had crossed path with HL that had no spiritual root and died of old age due to unable to cultivate was Ms Mo😂

From what I heard (not sure how true it is), the author originally intended Zi Ling to be his Tao companion (that's why she is the most beautiful in the novel), but eventually yielded to pressures from majority of the paid readers who wanted NGW lol.

Another one here but not sure if it's free:
https://www.webnovel.com/book/a-record-of-a-mortal%E2%80%99s-journey-to-immortality_8099388005005405

Ok found both volumes on Wuxiaworld, paid reading though:
https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/rmji
https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/rmjiir

You're most welcome👍 I've seen people mentioned an English translation of the novel available, but it's paid by chapter reading, and I'm not sure if there is one for volume 2.

Lol I started off watching the donghua several years back at season 1, and just like you I couldn't stand the slow pace the episodes were released, so I ended up picking up the novel😂

Yes it is. Some corrections to the wiki though: In previous life her name was Gan Rushuang (extra 'u', rushuang means "like frost"). Her daughter's name was Gan Jiuzhen, Jiao San (which means Jiao-3) was her call sign when doing missions with The Reincarnation Hall (btw Jiao in Chinese mystic means "dragon like snake", it has the potential of becoming a dragon "long" but still at its infancy form). The Reincarnation Hall didn't appear until volume 2; they put on mask when doing missions, and their call sign was written on their mask. When Han Li first joined their missions, his call sign was "Jiao Shiwu" (Jiao-15) and he was under the command of Jiao-3. Later he was promoted and given a new mask, and his call sign was changed.

Their character modelling was criticized in the first season or two in that the women appearances all looked about the same, but they have improved tremendously since then. Now not only the girls are very pretty. the graphics and animations look top notch as well.

Yes you're right on this account. The storyline is quite flat and like you said it's just about HL's cultivation. What's really amazing in the novel is the author's imagination and his ability to make the battles extremely exciting and tense. When I first read through the novel, there were many moments that made me unable to put it down and wanted to carry on reading, even when it was way pass bed time lol.

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