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Han LI already lost his virginity to Nangong Wan half way thru the series (this live action I mean not the novel or donghua). It's futile and also immoral to speculate he will end up with another woman. All those other girls are mainly there to add to to the dramatic tension, nothing more.

One aspect of the live drama that's superior to the donghua is, even on EP76 I have difficulty telling which female character is who.

Their faces all look so similar!

It's much easier to recognize a life real human actress face than a donghua girl face.

You can blame BiliBili for that. They don't exert much control over the outsourced animation studio's work. On the other hand, a competing work like Shrouding the Heavens from Tencent (also outsourced to the same animation studio Original Force), all the girls have distinctive looking faces. You cannot mistaken anyone of them.

Tencent been too long in the industry to realize ppl rather spent time enjoying the show than to be confused as heck which one of them girls is now in the limelight! Whereas BiliBili is a relatively new comer to donghua animations.

Famous my rear end. Han Li only used the Li Feiyu name once. Even then the bad guy found out that wasn't his real name. In short the REAL Li Feiyu must be weeping in heaven. BUT hey at least he tried, and that's all that counts!

go visit AVirtualVoyage dot net and read the most recent drama OST blog post. Can find the complete soundtrack of Immortal Ascension there in the best 320kbps quality MP3. Of course, you should support the artist by purchasing the soundtrack afterward (in any official distrubtion channel) if you really like it, as AVirtualVoyage is more piracy-oriented...

WHO JUST DIED? You know how all those MMO games from China go right? Every game has a lottery where the chances to win certain companion characters is extremely rare. The last (and first) time I won a rare char called "Master Jin", who's a Jianghu sword-welding fighter all dressed in white (almost like a funeral outfit), I later found out Jin Yong (which most refer to him as Master Jin) died that day. Not only that me winning "Master Jin" was a sort of jinx. My account soon got frozen by the bastard company, meaning my game char was effectively dead.

It happened a second time again in a diff account in the same MMO game from China (translated to ENG for international release). Today I won "Master Jin" by a rare fluke of "luck" in the game companion lottery system. I wonder who related to "Master Jin" in real life just died, and will my game character be jinxed again?

I love how they killed off Fatty real quick with a lightning bolt (episode 10-ish). He wasn't even in the donghua, so off he went disposed of real fast as a newly invented char only seen in the live drama.

LOL. This kind of thing is actually kind of cliche in Chinese dramas. You should also check out Shrouding the Heavens (the donghua), they also said the MC couldn't cultivate!

SAYS SOMEONE NEVER SEEN THE DONGHUA: Mortals realize they are weak, so they rely on artifacts, talismans and elixirs to win. They realize they have a short lifespan so they seek to cultivate immortality, etc. A mortal's weakness is his greatest strength -- I thought this was the most thoughtful insight from the donghua (these lines came exactly from the donghua episodes 70's-ish!)

The author of Fanren Xiu Xian Chuan is trying to create the ultimate do-gooder couple, not the ultimate clingy couple where one party just can't seem to uncling to the other party.

As such all of you can dream about shipping Han Li with Mo CaiHuan (and subsequent reincarnation) all you want, tis only a dream afterall!

Seen up to EP 12 of the live action. They had to make a few changes to explain things better to the audience, but the main story thread seems to be 100% faithful to the donghua.

There were lots of parts where I thought if someone never seen the donghua, they'd be outright confused. Meaning, this drama is one of those where it's imperative to watch the donghua first if you want to truly enjoy the show and not scratch your head at what's happening.

BTW, I think all of you are spoiled rich kids living off yours or your parents' investments. How do you find the time to watch more than a couple of episodes a day?

I dunno, the donghua anime is divided into clear arcs where the division seems to be Han Li teleports to a new world and begins a new adventure where no one from the old world got to bother him. In this sense, that division line is not something like a cliff hanger but more like a sequel.

JoL on the other hand truly ends in a cliff hanger in each season that's why you have to wait for all 3 seasons before you can truly enjoy the show. Fanren Xiu Xian chuan on the other hand, the season 1 is very... stand alone a completed work all on its own.

You can also think of it like Super Mario. At the end of 1 Mario said good bye to all his friends and began a funky new journey in 2. 2 looked and played nothing like 1. It's only in 3 when Mario bears some resemblance to 1 again. Meaning it's probably Season 3 that will tie the loose ends back with Season 1.

She dies a mortal and reincarnates the next life as a cultivator and meets Han Li again. What's there to be sorry about her?

You Are My Glory was so stupid. The whole drama was just a big advert for Honor of Kings the MOBA game in real life.

Seriously, these gaming centric genres need to die the way of the BL genre. MMO PVP type games featured in The King's Avatar are so corny nowadays it's AAA or action adventure like Genshin Impact.

Just a fun thought... Anyone of you ever thought Han Li is actually a jinx? Everyone of them that befriended him or became his master met with a tragic fate.

Qu Hun was his best friend, became brain dead and a puppet becoz they trained together. Both his first two masters died a tragic fate. Mo Caihuan fell for him and died. Nangong Wan lost her viginity becoz she crossed fate with him. Lots of people became his friends and immediately perished.

Betcha all those ppl above, if Han Li never came into their lives, would still be kicking and alive well into their retirement age! The guy that bragged about Han Li knowing about the Immortal Token that allowed them to gain admission to the 7 sects without even trying in the live drama, he wouldn't have died if he never met Han Li, etc.

Tencent must learn to suck it up. All their dramas except by famous authors like Liu Cixin of Three Body fame usually receive terrible to v low scores on douban.

But even average looking series from iQiyi and Youku receive better scores than them. Speaks volumes about viewers satisfaction for viewing Tencent series from the Mainland China.

Tencent however produces the best visual effects and best opening sequence in the industry. I found myself fast forwarding the entire 2 mins opening sequence of every episode of Immortal Ascension, but enjoy every frame of the opening credits of Land of Warriors.

Overall I think Tencent should STFU about other companies productions and stay far away from live adapting reknown IPs untill they do a major overhaul of themselves from the way they do things on the live action side...

Are you kidding me? Ep 1-4 literally had me zzzzz falling asleep half way thru each episode. It's only from 5 onward where they changed things a little from the donghua that kept me fully awake.

BUT this can be said for other dramas too! Usually the first few episodes are the MOST boring where they focus on world and character building first. It's like building a car, the first few episodes they are putting all the screws of the car in place. You only get to the stunts and car chase scenes after the car has been built.

It becoz of Yang Yang and the word of mouth from female viewers. Since China banned the BL genre, all those "suppressed cravings for brotherly affections" from the female viewers have to go somewhere.

Don't listen to anyone of these other anime recommendations besides Ling Cage (Incarnation), which is also produced by BiliBili that made the Fanren Xiu Xian Chuan series. Most of these other series are produced by Tencent and even though they are new (aired in the last couple of years) are way inferior to their classics like Douluo Continent (Soul Land) from over 5 years ago. In fact, you're better off watching Swallowed Star (still airing) than any of these other newly aired Tencent series if you must view a Tencent series at all!

So basically my take from the Tencent productions:

Shrouding the Heavens (A+)
Swallowed Star (A+, but it's a sci-fi with cultivation-esque super powers/ ie. not hardcore xianxia)
Renegade Immortal (maybe)

Of course from BiliBili:

Ling Cage (Incarnation S1+S2) (A++/SSS)

I just finished EP 76 of the donghua hand have started watching the live action till EP3. I was right! The drama watches better after you've familiarized yourself with the donghua (less confusion, you focus more on the little nuances that are new/only shown in the drama).

Think of the donghua as the rough draft and the live action as the final polished draft. You will never appreciate the polishing otherwise!

If Fanren is Pokemon, then Digimon will have to be Shrouding the Heavens. They are both almost identical/parallel IPs (hence the Pokemon/Digimon comparison) and animated by the same studio, Original Force, except the studio answers to BiliBili for the former and to Tencent for the latter.