So Gu Jin died 1000 yrs ago and later in epilogue, they have a kid. So my questions:a) Gu Jin really died?b) Is…
Yes, he is revived. When he pulled out AhYin's essence/souls the first time, it was due to his Chaotic blood. She survived because a part of Chaotic essence is mixed with hers. HE survived because of the same reason. As long as FengYin didn't die, GuJin/YuanQi wouldn't either. Not sure if this will be shown that way in the drama because it's a bit more complicated than that, heh.
During the break, i rewatched all the episodes and I gotta say that Gu Jin is so misunderstood. He really tried…
I think his biggest fault (besides not communicating with the one he loves) is his insistence to be impartial and "fair." The drama direction did not successfully explain about his Chaotic bloodline and his resistance to be responsible in his youth. Episode 1 covered A LOT and looking back, I think the emotional impact was missing because of its fast storytelling of background, backstory, intro of characters.
For example, I noticed many were confused with the Ghost AhYin's conversation with XiuYan and the Little Boy. XiuYan's words were supposed to relate to the viewers that AhYin couldn't seem to find happiness in her reincarnations, even though he kept trying, and that he was worried that her essence was slowly dying because of that. He hadn't figured out that AhYin must die yet at this point, but if only they added one line in that dialogue to let US know/understand that there was something impacting her reincarnations.
Then the next instant, they showed the very sad GuJin coming through because he sensed her soul mark. The drama direction AGAIN did not emphasize this. Yes, the conversation before that was pretty good--Ah Yin asked who that handsome man was, XiuYan and the Kid explained (the kid telling a myth circulated about AhYin's reason for dying) and then AhYin foreshadowing how she was going to treat such a horrid man. For me, rewatching, I'd have liked a short conversation between XiuYan and GuJin after XiuYan swept AhYin into the Reincarnation Whirlpool. This would set up GuJin's backstory and mission in his current state of mind (instead of being accused later of wandering around for 1000 years while not caring that Hua Shu was Acting Heavenly Empress). Xiu Yan could have told GuJin to give up looking for AhYin (like he did) AND said he should just go back to the Heavenly Realm to deal with Hua Shu (because XiuYan knew how she was). Then I would have liked a few lines of GuJin establishing the reasons he was allowing that bitch to continue for the moment--waiting for FengRan to regain her internal power, how the Heavenly Emperor gave him his last CureAll elixir and how he felt he owed Hua Shu a last favor because of LianFeng's death and her also giving him that ingredient to make that pill for AhYin, and most importantly, that he had felt that soul mark so AhYin MUST be alive. This would have given the reader some emotional connection with GuJin. The sentence he murmured to the disappearing AhYin was translated as "We will eventually meet again." (Wo men jung hui cai cien tao) I would have preferred the translation "Finally. We meet again." Just one change of emphasis interpreting a Chinese character would make a difference :).
I like that, as Hua Shu gets more and more evil, the color of her gown becomes darker and darker. Of course, the magic evil eyeliner (last step) will make its appearance soon!
This has got to be one of the first dramas that the ML has gotten so much hate from the very first episode 😔…
Many of us here liked and discussed Gu Jin in the first quarter when the protagonists were very young immortals. We have been enjoying the ride as he and Ah Yin became who they are now. 😊
He tried to save [Ghost] Ayin with his god spirit by nourishing the blood lotus. Without his god spirit, he’s…
The book ending has an epilogue and it is a happy one. HOWEVER, you know how these xianxia dramas are. They give you mostly a one or two minute happy ending, re: Three Miles, re: Love and Destiny, re: Longest Promise, Re: Love Between Fairy and Devil as examples. Or they're vague like Untamed. I would dare say they will give us a happy ending of sorts.
In the book, the epilogue is fun. Do you want me to tell you?
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For example, I noticed many were confused with the Ghost AhYin's conversation with XiuYan and the Little Boy. XiuYan's words were supposed to relate to the viewers that AhYin couldn't seem to find happiness in her reincarnations, even though he kept trying, and that he was worried that her essence was slowly dying because of that. He hadn't figured out that AhYin must die yet at this point, but if only they added one line in that dialogue to let US know/understand that there was something impacting her reincarnations.
Then the next instant, they showed the very sad GuJin coming through because he sensed her soul mark. The drama direction AGAIN did not emphasize this. Yes, the conversation before that was pretty good--Ah Yin asked who that handsome man was, XiuYan and the Kid explained (the kid telling a myth circulated about AhYin's reason for dying) and then AhYin foreshadowing how she was going to treat such a horrid man. For me, rewatching, I'd have liked a short conversation between XiuYan and GuJin after XiuYan swept AhYin into the Reincarnation Whirlpool. This would set up GuJin's backstory and mission in his current state of mind (instead of being accused later of wandering around for 1000 years while not caring that Hua Shu was Acting Heavenly Empress). Xiu Yan could have told GuJin to give up looking for AhYin (like he did) AND said he should just go back to the Heavenly Realm to deal with Hua Shu (because XiuYan knew how she was). Then I would have liked a few lines of GuJin establishing the reasons he was allowing that bitch to continue for the moment--waiting for FengRan to regain her internal power, how the Heavenly Emperor gave him his last CureAll elixir and how he felt he owed Hua Shu a last favor because of LianFeng's death and her also giving him that ingredient to make that pill for AhYin, and most importantly, that he had felt that soul mark so AhYin MUST be alive. This would have given the reader some emotional connection with GuJin. The sentence he murmured to the disappearing AhYin was translated as "We will eventually meet again." (Wo men jung hui cai cien tao) I would have preferred the translation "Finally. We meet again." Just one change of emphasis interpreting a Chinese character would make a difference :).
Of course, the magic evil eyeliner (last step) will make its appearance soon!
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In the book, the epilogue is fun. Do you want me to tell you?