Drama-Zhong Chunji is an interesting character for an actress to take here, because there's a lot of micro-emoting required. I wonder how similar ZCJ will be in the end, with the novel. Her role in the drama is greatly expanded.
Chi Yun will not escape his fate, even if the end is different.
I hate romance, recently Guardians of the Dafeng was the first cdrama I watched in years with a female lead who…
The fanservice is artfully done so different shippers can see what they want in the background that also requires some imagination, but 30 episodes in, Fang Zhou is always Tang Lici's most important person in how Tang Lici makes decisions.
There's nothing wrong with no romance in dramas. "Immortal Ascension" and "Mysterious Lotus Casebook" isn't about romance, neither is the first season of recently-finished-releasing "Time Raiders" from DmBJ. If you like the FL in GotD, ask yourself what kind of FL you'd want to see if there is romance, and then describe based on that. And some of us can give suggestions :)
No wonder LY is crazy and lying to himself. He can't admit he caused his Shixiong's death, likely manipulated…
Drama-Shen Langhun has a future as a therapist for warriors of the pugilistic world, assuming he survives in his goal to do away with Liu Yan. In the novel Shen Langhun leaves Tang Lici after an epiphany, and Liu Yan doesn't die by his hands.
No wonder LY is crazy and lying to himself. He can't admit he caused his Shixiong's death, likely manipulated…
Gui Mudan doesn't want Liu Yan to give Tang Lici his half of the Tome of Samsara (the Rebirth Scroll). After all, Tang Lici is soon to be a guest of Gui Mudan. And Chi Yun might unfortunately pay the price for that, since he always does his best to save Tang Lici.
Actually, I don't think this drama has a female lead per se. If we talk love interest, out of all three main female…
There is only one lead role, and that is Luo Yunxi. Don't know why the MDL cast has been wrongly edited to have other roles listed as main roles.
Tang Lici can smile for anybody or be serious with anybody. 30 episodes in, there is only one person Tang Lici sheds tears for, and the true significance of his carvings to him becomes more evident to viewers in episode 30. Fang Zhou is the most important person to Tang Lici in the novel, and this far the drama stays true to this aspect of the novel.
Don't bother with RMP unless you have nothing left to watch.
Love In Pavilion is worth a try.
SaB - After episodes 1 to 7, you'll have to make up your own mind whether at some point, you're content with 3rd FSM installment: Wang Quan arc (renamed as "Sword and Beloved" which doesn't even match the mandarin being "Heart of Sword: Heaven and Earth") as the story of Wang Quan Fugui being underhandedly written out of his own story to be replaced by three other actors for at least eleven episodes, before being brought back in to finish the drama and leave viewers like me feeling cheated with such blatant bait-and-switch by the producer and production house.
There's a mini-drama titled "The Tower of Whispers". It's the equivalent of an S+ longform drama which broke 4000 on the iQiyi heat index on the first day of airing, and the production quality is good despite minor flaws. Director and stunt director know their stuff. 24 episodes, with slightly less than 8 minutes of actual content per episode.
Try "Egg and Stone". It's a parody of wuxia (and some xianxia tropes) which also weaves in a sweet love story.
All my suggestions have romance that will result in happy endings :)
I feel like... my mana depletes after watching the ending 😅 I feel robbed of my positive energy 😅 which…
The producer of this drama is the CEO of the production house, and he has a not-yet-aired drama coming out in 2026 on a different platform whereby two of the supporting actors from this drama are in that drama: https://kisskh.at/60463-fox-spirit-matchmaker#comment-24122694
It’s pretty amazing that you have last till the end. Great patience and faith for this franchise. Reading your…
I'm always fair. If you look at the names of those listed as "Crew" for this drama? The producer of this drama Wang Yi Xu is the CEO of Stellar Gravity Media.
The support actors playing Quan Rumu and Fang Yunfei in this drama are also appearing in the not-yet-aired-until-2026 drama with Li Yitong by the same producer and production house, and the airing platform will be Tencent not IQiyi: https://kisskh.at/742861-gu-yue-feng-hua-lu
It might be entirely coincidental to see a spate of promotional activity on that not-yet-aired drama's weibo account around end-October and early-November for the not-yet-aired drama, while SaB had aired at least seven episodes (the first seven episodes are the strongest episodes of SaB).
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Chi Yun will not escape his fate, even if the end is different.
And perhaps Saint Saiya, if having an urge for anime.
There's nothing wrong with no romance in dramas. "Immortal Ascension" and "Mysterious Lotus Casebook" isn't about romance, neither is the first season of recently-finished-releasing "Time Raiders" from DmBJ. If you like the FL in GotD, ask yourself what kind of FL you'd want to see if there is romance, and then describe based on that. And some of us can give suggestions :)
Tang Lici can smile for anybody or be serious with anybody. 30 episodes in, there is only one person Tang Lici sheds tears for, and the true significance of his carvings to him becomes more evident to viewers in episode 30. Fang Zhou is the most important person to Tang Lici in the novel, and this far the drama stays true to this aspect of the novel.
Love In Pavilion is worth a try.
SaB - After episodes 1 to 7, you'll have to make up your own mind whether at some point, you're content with 3rd FSM installment: Wang Quan arc (renamed as "Sword and Beloved" which doesn't even match the mandarin being "Heart of Sword: Heaven and Earth") as the story of Wang Quan Fugui being underhandedly written out of his own story to be replaced by three other actors for at least eleven episodes, before being brought back in to finish the drama and leave viewers like me feeling cheated with such blatant bait-and-switch by the producer and production house.
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Chi lam + Cheng Yi = SOawesome
If you find anymore DM me
(or send funny/BTS wuxia clips of Chi Lam, works too XD)
There's a mini-drama titled "The Tower of Whispers". It's the equivalent of an S+ longform drama which broke 4000 on the iQiyi heat index on the first day of airing, and the production quality is good despite minor flaws. Director and stunt director know their stuff. 24 episodes, with slightly less than 8 minutes of actual content per episode.
Try "Egg and Stone". It's a parody of wuxia (and some xianxia tropes) which also weaves in a sweet love story.
All my suggestions have romance that will result in happy endings :)
https://kisskh.at/60463-fox-spirit-matchmaker#comment-24122694
The support actors playing Quan Rumu and Fang Yunfei in this drama are also appearing in the not-yet-aired-until-2026 drama with Li Yitong by the same producer and production house, and the airing platform will be Tencent not IQiyi: https://kisskh.at/742861-gu-yue-feng-hua-lu
It might be entirely coincidental to see a spate of promotional activity on that not-yet-aired drama's weibo account around end-October and early-November for the not-yet-aired drama, while SaB had aired at least seven episodes (the first seven episodes are the strongest episodes of SaB).
Here's the Tencent promotion: https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5226274492518119