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Happy you like that,but how to submit?
Last time I tried to submit a small edit about adding characters and cast, I found it got so complicated that I just gave up.
If someone here is more experienced, they can do it directly, I don't mind their copying my stuff.
What I do is just a gift anyway. I don't intend to accrue revenue from my hobby.


That's also why I do the things in Discussions : I am more free there than going through lengthy complications to do Articles that can't be modified or added to if necessary but have to stay in fixed form.
When I decide to stop, I just put an indication of "final edit" with date. Even then "final" is relative if there is something I think warrants my checking back for adding stuff.

As I wrote it was puzzling so if this conforms to book, and there is such a thing, it might be there's a continuation and rescuing or a twist like in the end of Ashes of Love where Xufeng finds Jinmi reincarnated with all her memory intact, and they go off marrying and have a kid who goes cutely "fishing for a wife".
We can delete the possibly puzzling part. I deleted the first copy and the comment about my puzzlement.

it is also due to noise on set, especially when there are action scenes. Having to dub themselves for such reasons may be boring, and professional dubbers are more expert at following lip movements, even if it will never be perfect be it their own dubbing or a pro. Probably better with a trusted pro.
Perhaps also less expensive for production since dubbers time is not paid at the same rate as star actors.

shares or stares ?

Besides, it is a bit too long for an MDL introductory blurb.
Just this then :
"The play is adapted from the novel 《本王在此》(The King Is Here) written by Jiu Lu Feixiang (九鹭非香). It tells the story of Shen Li, the Bi Cang King of the spirit world, who fell to Earth while on the run from marriage. By chance, she met the last ancient god, Xing Zhi, who had come down to earth to experience life. This launched a new mythical love story of the "three realms", full of pyrotechnics and majestic power.

Shen Li ( played by Zhao Liying ) had been severely wounded in her flight as a phoenix. She was plucked, and caged to be sold on the marketplace. Xing Zhi ( played by Lin Gengxin) bought and rescued the spunky fowl, albeit staying aloof or playing pranks on her to relieve his boredom. Shen Li was grateful for his care and protection, torn between the temptation to escape again or to stay until the spirit world would force her back to resume her duties.
That day came soon...

Yes sandrusca, I raised the matter earlier in comments. I had not noticed that bizarre Bai Cai before when I started the Notes in Discussions part, ance.

By the way, I am curious about that Pearl that was introduced in Episode 11: what is it about ? I don't mind some spoiler from the novel readers ! ;) Her Holiness making it merge into Shen Li's body had me reminded of the "love suppressing" pill that Jinmi's divine mother, the Flower Goddess, had imposed on her daughter to "protect her from the ravages of infatuation" in Ashes of Love !

Thanks!
it is the same as the Youtube Opening theme of the drama, played by Budapest Film Symphony Orchestra, titled also 碧苍之名 which got translated to Name of the Beauty (but then we know 碧苍 Bicang is the name of Shen Li) So the opening theme apparently had its name changed from 《碧苍战歌》Bi Cang Battle song that was on the Baidu OST listing.

Was thinking same :)
Perhaps I will switch to another drama while in wait for enough.

Nice! I'll add it to the music section in my Notes then!
btw I thought the title should be 《碧苍战歌》 Bi Cang battle theme, which was on the OST list but hitherto seemed "unreleased", as per my conversation with Peachey Blossom who translates many OST songs.
Peachey chose to translate Shen Li's martial name of Lord Bicang as "Hazy Sky" in the title for another song by same composer, but as another translator of OST remarked: it might be better to leave the name as is (Bi Cang) or, if necessary translate to "azure sky" to convey the image in the name of deep blue and green colors. Anyway, it is never easy to translate from Chinese, especially with names, that can lead to over translation.

Here, the drama subtitle translations are more or less ok, we don't get too much over-translation, just some minor mistakes,
In MDL synopsis, I wonder where the "Bai Cai" name emerged from. Can't remember if that was a nickname of Shen Li, on whom Xing Zhi "generously" bestowed the nickname "Ke Da" (Cluck Cluck) that can also be heard as "ke ke da" (an onomatopoeia funnily close to French "cotcotcodett"!)

(PS. I added some stuff about xianxia, beasts, realms and abyss to answer an inquiry, and linked that "essay" to the Table of contents in the Discussions companion piece, that I am still tinkering with.)

more likely slit his throat... Cluck Cluck was bad enough. 🤣

ouch !
Nonononoooo!, we cannot let Shen Li be nicknamed Clunky 🤣🤣 🤣

hahaha :clunk clunk go the two left thumbs 🤣🤣 🤣
I also commit typos, we all do, don't worry! What amused me was that other guys apparently thought it was the genuine nickname.

It looks like an early trailer song since the lyrics appear on screen and some snippets are not in the drama from what I remember. Are you sure about date? I am not sure I saw a trailer mentioned for that date on Baidu...

Nostalgia :-)
Yeah, I've watched both Lin Yi "twin dramas" of March 2024. The one that got first place in web series last week (for 2nd week running) got a review of "Everyone Loves Me - Not" from me, the other one, "Angels Fall Sometimes" is excellent but so heavy that it cannot be recommended as casual entertainment ; it still placed 1st among TV dramas (albeit with less points than ELM, so casual viewers might think it is less quality than ELM, which is a mistake)..
Lin Yi was good in both, but Li Landi in the other one was stellar superior in acting, compared to ZY. Anyway, that's my feeling.

Another question. Did you notice the 《碧苍战歌》Bi Cang Battle song in the OST listing on Baidu ? It is listed separately from the Wang Heye song, but with same name of composer, described as "opening song": more an instrumental version perhaps? Have you found a separate recording somewhere of that instrumental ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H8kO31kWJ0
It did not really look like a fanvid.

I agree about your observation on make up. The over-emphasized eyebrows were strange in some pictures from the "mortal realm" part. Well, that's the fault of the make up artists. Besides it did not make him look that much younger fro my pov. He still looked the part of the "sickly man" who was nice to her and fed her what she wanted, from Shen Li's description.
Even if Xing Zhi is old, he does not need to appear elderly. He is described as "handsome, most beautiful", so that would mean rather "unaging" but not necessarily "young" looking. 36/37 is about right. I agree he looks fine and with a different, more commanding vibe, as of episode 8.

ooh you're harsh on her - but I agree totally , both there and in the previous drama LMLMV - wondering why such a change when she was quite tolerable in the movie with Chen Feiyu.
My grumble about the parrot was also that it is incongruous in the xianxia universe, would fit better in a pirate story, don't you think.
Then I was also fidgeting about the CGI monster that reminded of the one in Ashes of Love( I prefer the battles against it in AoL) But it does fit the xianxia theme.

Yes, somehow I did not find back the Curley Gao one when I looked for it !
Have you got the Ling Long /Exquisite song ? I stumbled upon it while searching for Shen Li OST on YT, and I had added it in the playlist on my Notes :) The OP has translated it in comments, the Hanzi are in the description of the video. It was left out of the sneakpeak 5 songs and does not appear on the Baidu list, don't know why. Need to be listening attentively in case it does pop up in the drama, or is it a song from elsewhere that was used for the trailer like video ?

For those who would like to check the data about where and when the drama was filmed, the OST music videos ; the evolution of heat index ; and the number of reservations ; + more about some characters, etc, you can peek over in pinned Discussion section :
https://kisskh.at/discussions/yu-feng-xing/124265-notes-about-the-legend-of-shen-li-xianxia-drama

I will add more on the way, surely.