DistantDream

lol the fact your new PFP and olcy are JL and LWY in the same outfit 😂

Cause it not out yet, he probably just guessing douban don’t combine all the review til the show end

Xianxia typically does poorly on Douban

Xianxia is a newer term than Wuxia... And was considered a subgenre of Wuxia. Cause themes found in Wuxia are also found in Xianxia, cause again they are based on real-life things... I.E Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Myth.

In the novel, you actually meet Chiwen's brother... 😂 cause most of these stories use Chinese mythology for worldbuilding, like VoS and many others.

But yes, people have used Magic/No Magic to divide Wuxia and Xianxia. But they are just label

I knew it ! 😂😂😂 I was right you would like Riyan, he so snarky like this in the novel... that line is something he would have say.

From the trailer, the cinematography is similar, which makes me chuckle that Zhan Zhao finally decided to kill a lot of bad guys.

She was even younger... she was 16 when this was film... So it really limited the script. Her as Chu Qiao wasn't that bad all thing consider what Chu Qiao was like the novel... but yeah if she was older would have help

When she meet puppet JL for the first time ? that was never explain. But maybe cause he was a puppet so it didnt fully work ? Another thing is depend on the timeline he could still had Xiaowei power in the ring.

They even change Guang Wei... The Drama really wants to punish Lei Xiu Yuan. He is now getting beaten up by his loving master in the novel......

The scriptwriter might not like him 😅

There is no way to tell which 7-episode worth was cut; my assumption is that they most likely cut the other support characters' stories.

The novel pretty much starts the way episode 1 does. So there isn't anymore before that. So they have to make it up if there was an episode for it. JLF was 11, and LXY was 12 when they were at the academy in the novel. Of course, they aren't that age in the drama.

Out of all the shows you mention, Generation to Generation would be the closest.... funny enough, Shao Si Han, who was the main screenwriter for Generation to Generation, is also involved in this one.

Just to give you some context, the core story that this was based on is a coming-of-age/discovery... It follows the 2 Lead, as they grow up, literally, they go from young teen to adult. Most of the time, you look at everything through the lens of Jiang Li Fei.

Most of the action/conflict doesn't happen later in the story. This does follow the escalating conflict into a world-ending disaster, which most xianxia stories follow.

Now for the drama, it's taking the same story but moving a lot of stuff up and focusing on the romance much earlier. At this point, they already tease the viewer with enough clues as to who their secret identity are. I understand the decision to do so, but this does decrease that mysterious factor to me, at least.

For example, The First Jasmine does this pretty well, you know something wrong with the FL there. But you kinda wanna keep watching to learn wtf happen at Lishan and why she likes this. Even though there's a clue along the way, you kinda already can guess it.

They are, the story was a coming of age story as well 😂 they probably didnt wanna pay a child actor/actress to act in the first couple of episodes

Doesn't look like the drama will explain it yet, but Chongyi from the drama setup, it seems like they are going to draw a stronger connection between him and FL's old master. Probably why they decided to age and change Chonyi's character.

However, in the novel, they explain it. Chonyi, even among all the peak masters, was unique or maybe quirky. His specialty was sensing spiritual energy. When he met FL for the first time, he recognized her special constitution right away.

It when down again...

He one of the first person to die

Qin is definitely one of the most "evil" character in the novel. he got zero redeeming quality

you got to bear with it a few more episode hopefully 😂

Did you watch up to the latest episode today ?

O it most likely not real, it sound like it written by chatgpt. they didnt even take time to edited so it doesnt sound AI.

Key events and differences
Why these changes matter
- Emotional stakes:
- Character resolution:
- Viewer impact:
Closing / Takeaway

GPT love using this kind of language when you ask it to create stuff when it come to writing and asking it why it would work.

They might adjust it for the drama, but she basically the divine tree... well she was the fruit of the divine tree in the novel.