Genuine question. Should i watch the series or just read the novel ? Which is worth it?
Novel : - How to survive in netherworld [the participants are those who are gravely ill/dying.] - More scary/horror/gore scenes. - More romantic scenes for sure. - The characters can be considered more ruthless in order to survive this ordeal. - Happy Ending.
The Drama : - It is made into the game world. The participants are those who had registered/logged into the game. - Less scary/horror/gore scenes [good for those who can't stand this theme] - The romance can be felt through some hints and gestures/expressions. - The characters are more humane [probably closer to human relationship/interactions in daily life, not just to survive the game.] - Very bittersweet ending.
Both the novel and the drama are worth to read and watch.
If I may suggest, if you can stand this scary/horror/gore theme, you should watch the drama then read the novel.
I personally read the novel 2x, and always skipped the scary/horror parts. I watch the drama for umpteenth time. So yeah, I'm more into the drama [healthier for my soul coz I can't stand scary/horror theme.]
Happy reading and happy watching.. πππΌπ
If we follow the timeline of the story, the arrangements will be : 1. Dashing Youth 2. Blood River 3. The Blood of Youth
Each drama can be watched as a stand alone story although there are lots of intersections among characters since they shared the same universe [Beili Kingdom Universe aka Zhou Munan Universe]
If there's a bit continuation of the story then it might be from Dashing Youth to The Blood of Youth.
Zhou Munan [the author] wrote The Blood of Youth, then continued with Dashing Youth, and the last is Blood River.
That is why there are some inconsistencies between Dashing Youth [Baili Dongjun generation] and The Blood of Youth [Xiao Se Generation]
The author didn't really emphasize romance in his novels, I guess his focus is more about brotherhood and righteousness.
From three novels, Dashing Youth has more amount of romance than the other two.
After reading those 3 novels, I think it's not pure wuxia, there are some xianxia elements as well. The duels, the fighting scenes not just sword clashing or fist fighting, but more like what we saw on the drama. [The sword fighting is more like using inner energy and created some lighting thingy]
All in all, those 3 novels and dramas are worth to read and watch.
My favourite is still TBOY because the boys are more silly but have more sense of responsibilities, to clean up the evil that happened around Beili.
[I think that's why they looked older, Xiao Se was supposed to be 20-21; Wuxin 17; Lei Wujie 16-18; Tang Lian 22-23, Qianluo probably at the same age as Lei Wujie, and Ruoyi at the same age as Xiao Se]
Hello, allow me to explain a bit about the ending part.
The main plot is about surviving inside the virtual game. Once they install and log on the game, they automatically lived inside the game until they suceeded and survived the game.
Ruan Lanzhu is an NPC that created by Gao Dawei to assist Ling Jiushi to survive inside the game.
The main purpose of their journey is to purify the game because it has been used to control people and caused so many deaths.
At the ending, Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi finally managed to survived and reached the last door [12th door]
The last door only can be activated by Ruan Lanzhu because he is the 'key' or we can say the 'program' that needed to purify the game.
After the game was purified, everything returned to the normal world before the game exist. Everyone didn't retain the memory of their life inside the virtual game world [except Ling Jiushi].
Ling Jiushi felt devastated of losing Ruan Lanzhu and his Obsidian family worked to rebuild the Spiritual Realm.
It took him 50 years to create everything and everyone [in a form of NPC] back inside the Spiritual Realm.
When he finally made it, he decided that he wanted to leave his real world and spend the rest of his life inside The Spiritual Realm that he had created, to live with his Ruan Lanzhu and Obsidian Family.
I think that's the ending based on my own interpretation. Hope it can help you to understand the ending and the series in general.
Hello, allow me to explain a bit about the ending part.
The main plot is about surviving inside the virtual game. Once they install and log on the game, they automatically lived inside the game until they suceeded and survived the game.
Ruan Lanzhu is an NPC that created by Gao Dawei to assist Ling Jiushi to survive inside the game.
The main purpose of their journey is to purify the game because it had been used to control people and caused so many deaths.
At the ending, Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi finally managed to survived and reached the last door [12th door]
The last door only can be activated by Ruan Lanzhu because he is the 'key' or we can say the 'program' that needed to purify the game.
After the game was purified, everything returned to the normal world before the game exist. Everyone didn't retain the memory of their life inside the virtual game world [except Ling Jiushi].
Ling Jiushi felt devastated of losing Ruan Lanzhu and his Obsidian family worked to rebuild the Spiritual Realm.
It took him 50 years to create everything and everyone [in a form of NPC] back inside the Spiritual Realm.
When he finally made it, he decided that he wanted to leave his real world and spend the rest of his life inside The Spiritual Realm that he had created, to live with his Ruan Lanzhu and Obsidian Family.
I think that's the ending based in my own interpretation. Hope it can help you to understand the ending and the series in general.
Thanks! "the elusive prince" in the literal sense that he cannot be found? This means Xiao Se is still…
That Jin Xuan's scene happened 15 years before, he probably used that word to describe Xiao Se's stance of refusing the throne and leaving Tianqi to wander around Jianghu.
[If you remember at the last episode of TBOY and the 5 minutes special episode, Xiao Se and the other 3 left Tianqi.]
There is a slight error on the English subtitles for episode 1.
When Jin Xuan told the story about Tianzhan, based on the Chinese [traditional] subtitles
It's supposed to be: PiΔohΕ« de wΓ‘ngzΗ [the elusive prince]
It's not TΓ izΗ [crown prince]
I think this is supposed to be the spin off the original The Blood of Youth, because the time setting is around 15 years after Xiao Se's battle with Luo Qingyang [Tianzhan's appearance]
I guess although it is not written by Zhou Munan, it probably got approval from him. [Youku broadcast all of Zhou Munan's series, including the animation.]
- How to survive in netherworld [the participants are those who are gravely ill/dying.]
- More scary/horror/gore scenes.
- More romantic scenes for sure.
- The characters can be considered more ruthless in order to survive this ordeal.
- Happy Ending.
The Drama :
- It is made into the game world. The participants are those who had registered/logged into the game.
- Less scary/horror/gore scenes [good for those who can't stand this theme]
- The romance can be felt through some hints and gestures/expressions.
- The characters are more humane [probably closer to human relationship/interactions in daily life, not just to survive the game.]
- Very bittersweet ending.
Both the novel and the drama are worth to read and watch.
If I may suggest, if you can stand this scary/horror/gore theme, you should watch the drama then read the novel.
I personally read the novel 2x, and always skipped the scary/horror parts.
I watch the drama for umpteenth time.
So yeah, I'm more into the drama [healthier for my soul coz I can't stand scary/horror theme.]
Happy reading and happy watching..
πππΌπ
1. Dashing Youth
2. Blood River
3. The Blood of Youth
Each drama can be watched as a stand alone story although there are lots of intersections among characters since they shared the same universe [Beili Kingdom Universe aka Zhou Munan Universe]
If there's a bit continuation of the story then it might be from Dashing Youth to The Blood of Youth.
Zhou Munan [the author] wrote The Blood of Youth, then continued with Dashing Youth, and the last is Blood River.
That is why there are some inconsistencies between Dashing Youth [Baili Dongjun generation] and The Blood of Youth [Xiao Se Generation]
The author didn't really emphasize romance in his novels, I guess his focus is more about brotherhood and righteousness.
From three novels, Dashing Youth has more amount of romance than the other two.
After reading those 3 novels, I think it's not pure wuxia, there are some xianxia elements as well. The duels, the fighting scenes not just sword clashing or fist fighting, but more like what we saw on the drama. [The sword fighting is more like using inner energy and created some lighting thingy]
All in all, those 3 novels and dramas are worth to read and watch.
My favourite is still TBOY because the boys are more silly but have more sense of responsibilities, to clean up the evil that happened around Beili.
[I think that's why they looked older, Xiao Se was supposed to be 20-21; Wuxin 17; Lei Wujie 16-18; Tang Lian 22-23, Qianluo probably at the same age as Lei Wujie, and Ruoyi at the same age as Xiao Se]
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Actually Ruan Lanzhu is the representative of the ideal hero according to LJS and also part of Gao Dawei's personality.
The actor who played Gao Dawei n Ruan Lanzhu are the same tho.
The main plot is about surviving inside the virtual game. Once they install and log on the game, they automatically lived inside the game until they suceeded and survived the game.
Ruan Lanzhu is an NPC that created by Gao Dawei to assist Ling Jiushi to survive inside the game.
The main purpose of their journey is to purify the game because it has been used to control people and caused so many deaths.
At the ending, Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi finally managed to survived and reached the last door [12th door]
The last door only can be activated by Ruan Lanzhu because he is the 'key' or we can say the 'program' that needed to purify the game.
After the game was purified, everything returned to the normal world before the game exist. Everyone didn't retain the memory of their life inside the virtual game world [except Ling Jiushi].
Ling Jiushi felt devastated of losing Ruan Lanzhu and his Obsidian family worked to rebuild the Spiritual Realm.
It took him 50 years to create everything and everyone [in a form of NPC] back inside the Spiritual Realm.
When he finally made it, he decided that he wanted to leave his real world and spend the rest of his life inside The Spiritual Realm that he had created, to live with his Ruan Lanzhu and Obsidian Family.
I think that's the ending based on my own interpretation. Hope it can help you to understand the ending and the series in general.
Thank you
The main plot is about surviving inside the virtual game. Once they install and log on the game, they automatically lived inside the game until they suceeded and survived the game.
Ruan Lanzhu is an NPC that created by Gao Dawei to assist Ling Jiushi to survive inside the game.
The main purpose of their journey is to purify the game because it had been used to control people and caused so many deaths.
At the ending, Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi finally managed to survived and reached the last door [12th door]
The last door only can be activated by Ruan Lanzhu because he is the 'key' or we can say the 'program' that needed to purify the game.
After the game was purified, everything returned to the normal world before the game exist. Everyone didn't retain the memory of their life inside the virtual game world [except Ling Jiushi].
Ling Jiushi felt devastated of losing Ruan Lanzhu and his Obsidian family worked to rebuild the Spiritual Realm.
It took him 50 years to create everything and everyone [in a form of NPC] back inside the Spiritual Realm.
When he finally made it, he decided that he wanted to leave his real world and spend the rest of his life inside The Spiritual Realm that he had created, to live with his Ruan Lanzhu and Obsidian Family.
I think that's the ending based in my own interpretation. Hope it can help you to understand the ending and the series in general.
Thank you
It has more scary scenes but has a happy ending.
The series is less scary with a bittersweet ending.
LanJiu lived happily with their Obsidian family inside the Spiritual Realm.
Some said it's just a dream, some said [including me] it really happened.
Different people will have different understanding, different interpretation, different opinion.
If you miss them, can't move on, then welcome to the club. Many of us have rewatched this series again and again.
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[Welcome to The World of Spiritual Realm]
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He almost dropped it but RLZ managed to save it but it had cracked.
RLZ then swapped it with his in order to protect LJS. LJS finally knew about it after almost being killed by the door god.
Happy second anniversary for our LanJiu and Obsidian family.
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The 78 episodes [20mnts per episode] is the old format.
The one that's been broadcast is the new format, 38 episodes with 40mnts duration per episode.
There's no difference in the content between the old and new format, except for the opening and ending song on the new format.
I hope you can enjoy the series just like us here.
Many of us have watched this series for more than once because this series is really good and worth the time and effort to watch it.
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[If you remember at the last episode of TBOY and the 5 minutes special episode, Xiao Se and the other 3 left Tianqi.]
When Jin Xuan told the story about Tianzhan, based on the Chinese [traditional] subtitles
It's supposed to be:
PiΔohΕ« de wΓ‘ngzΗ [the elusive prince]
It's not TΓ izΗ [crown prince]
I think this is supposed to be the spin off the original The Blood of Youth, because the time setting is around 15 years after Xiao Se's battle with Luo Qingyang [Tianzhan's appearance]
I guess although it is not written by Zhou Munan, it probably got approval from him. [Youku broadcast all of Zhou Munan's series, including the animation.]