Hou Minghao mentioned KTTPH release time & his planning to sing the OST in his next Chengdu Concert.
Hou Minghao: Raise your hand if you got tickets. (Quite a few hands go up.) Now raise your hand if you didn't. (A huge number of fans raise their hands.) Wow, that many people couldn't get tickets? Haha. Then how about I add an extra show in every city from now on? I hope everyone will be able to get tickets. At the Chengdu concert, I'll perform several brand-new songs. The theme song "A Promise Becomes A River" (一诺成川) from 《Key to the Phoenix Heart 》 will be performed live for the very first time. There will also be a brand-new English single making its debut in Chengdu. Please look forward to them.
Speaking of "A Promise Becomes A River," the character Xiao Wuyi, whom the song represents, should finally meet everyone around July or August. Personally, he's one of my favorite characters, so I hope everyone will support him. 🥝: We will!
Hou Minghao: Wow... time really flies. The last time I saw so many of you together was at the concert. Did you miss me? Fans: Yes! Hou Minghao: I can see that so many Kiwis came today. I know it wasn't easy for everyone—you all traveled here from different cities. I also know that organizing this support event took a tremendous amount of effort from everyone. It really wasn't easy. So I just want to say... thank you for all your hard work. Looks like all your efforts were for that over there, right? Let me take a look. Oh, are these your ID signs? Fans: Yes.
Hou Minghao:(Reads several fan IDs.) I'll just randomly pick ten, okay? Don't feel bad if I don't read yours. Just choosing randomly. (Reads a few more IDs.) Alright, alright, let's stop here. Huh? There's more? Turn it over. Ahhhhhhh! Is this okay? Does this work?
─── Hou Minghao: Has everyone been doing well lately? Fans: Pretty well. Hou Minghao: How have you been feeling? After seeing me, you should be feeling a little better now, right?
I think... ever since my last drama wrapped filming, then the music festivals, concerts, variety shows, and now joining a new production... everyone's emotions have probably gone through quite a roller coaster. (The fans respond, but it's too noisy to hear.) I really can't hear you. There are too many people. (Turns to the staff.) Do we have a loudspeaker? Can you turn off the echo? Is it off now? Is it any better? I'll just make do.
───
Hou Minghao: Over these past few months, all of you have been by my side. Because of you, I've experienced many wonderful moments. Of course, there were also some moments of regret. But I hope you won't dwell too much on those regrets. Just treat them as beautiful experiences. I think that's what life is like. Not everything will unfold the way we imagined. Fans: Right! (Still too noisy to hear clearly.) Hou Minghao jokingly pretends to drop the microphone. Hou Minghao: Hello? Can you hear me now? Can you, or not? Fans: Yes! Hou Minghao: Alright, alright. You guys are really hard to please. (laughs)
Where was I? Right. I hope you don't let yourselves be trapped by negative feelings from the past. Life moves forward. Don't waste your emotions on things that no longer matter. And I'm incredibly grateful that all of you have supported every choice I've made. I'll show you in my own way that the support and encouragement you've given me are a mutual effort—a journey we're walking toward each other together. Thank you as well for trusting me. I'll prove to you that choosing to support me was never the wrong choice. Fans: Yes! Hou Minghao: There are many objective factors and unpredictable things that we simply can't control. But what we can do is believe in the present. Hold on to the choice we've made today. Keep moving forward. Stand by every decision I've made. Fans: We'll stay with you. Hou Minghao: Of course I believe we'll all become even better. I give all of you my complete affirmation. Fans: Hou Minghao gives us complete affirmation! Hou Minghao: In any case, I hope everyone treasures the present while looking forward to the future. We still have a long road ahead. There are so many exciting things waiting for us—more interesting experiences, bigger challenges, more opportunities to push our limits. Let's experience them together, okay? Fans: Okay!
───
Hou Minghao: Have you all listened to my new song? Do you like it? Fans: Yes! Hou Minghao: Can you sing it already? Fans: Yes! Hou Minghao: Since you can sing it, how about singing a couple of lines? Fans: Sure! You sing—we'll sing together. Hou Minghao: Ah! I thought you were going to sing. You tricked me! I'll start us off. Let's just sing the chorus, okay? Three... two... one... Wow! Amazing! Were you secretly practicing? Fans: You tell us. Hou Minghao: How is everyone's pitch exactly the same? That's incredible! Then I'll sing a little too. The main problem is that I can't hear my own voice. (Starts singing.) Fans: Wow! That sounds so good! Hou Minghao: Let's save the rest for the concert. The sound here echoes like a public bathhouse—I really can't hear myself.
───
Hou Minghao: Let's talk about the Chengdu concert. A lot of people said they couldn't get tickets, right? Fans: We couldn't get any! Please add another show! Hou Minghao: Raise your hand if you got tickets. (Quite a few hands go up.) Now raise your hand if you didn't. (A huge number of fans raise their hands.) Wow, that many people couldn't get tickets? Haha. Then how about I add an extra show in every city from now on? I hope everyone will be able to get tickets. At the Chengdu concert, I'll perform several brand-new songs. The theme song "A Promise Becomes A River" (一诺成川) from 《Key to the Phoenix Heart 》 will be performed live for the very first time. There will also be a brand-new English single making its debut in Chengdu. Please look forward to them. Speaking of "A Promise Becomes A RIVER," the character Xiao Wuyi, whom the song represents, should finally meet everyone around July or August. Personally, he's one of my favorite characters, so I hope everyone will support him. Fans: We will!
───
Hou Minghao: As for the role I'm filming now in 《长生骨》 (Longevity Bone)... I'm playing a demon hunter, which is a type of role I've never tried before. The character is very layered and has multiple identities. He's hiding many mysteries about his background. The script contains many scenes where the present and the future "speak" to each other. The shadows of his past continue to haunt him, making him a very complete and three-dimensional character. I hope you'll all look forward to him. Fans: We will!
───
Hou Minghao: Let me think... what else? Right. Moving forward, I'll continue exploring music and taking on even more challenges on stage. You'll be seeing many more performances from me. Please look forward to them. This year's music stages are only the beginning. There will be many, many more stages coming after this. Please stay excited!
─── Hou Minghao: I'll check in first, and then we'll take a group photo, okay? Fans: Okay! Hou Minghao: Should I stand over here? How about I take a photo with everyone's support ID boards? Let's do this page first. Okay! (He took photos together with all the fans' ID signs. Giving the huge board lots of hugs and kisses. He took pictures with everyone. Gave Kiwis high five two times ; after entering and before leaving the venue)
China has strict censorship laws. If the film has passed the censorship board, I don't think anyone, regardless…
Coming at you? I gave my honest opinion and shared the most effective method. Just say that your concern wasn't genuine at all. You are more into 🗣 instead of taking action.
China has strict censorship laws. If the film has passed the censorship board, I don't think anyone, regardless…
It's better to take proper steps for your concern so that similar things don't happen again. I suggest you to send an immediate message to her agency who arranged the role for her. You might try contacting her chinese fans who might provide you enough information about how you can contact her parents who gave consent. Two of her upcoming dramas have big age gap and she's acting in romantic roles with adults since she was 13. It's concerning.
Hope you succeed to send your concern to the right place. Best of luck👊🏻
Calling an entire fandom “devious” says more about you than the fandom. two fandoms clash but somehow only…
Search Hou Minghao’s name on weibo to check how your fandom is devious. At the same time search Esther's name on weibo to find any negative post from kiwis! That's the moral difference of us and the true definition of being devious.
🍉I don't know how true that is...It said on Weibo that he was only allowed to participate in 2 episodes of…
Singer competition doesn't work like that. It depends on the live voting system to eliminate any singer. Those unreliable 🍉 were created to put him in a tough position.
Analysis of #HouMinghao’s Fight Scenes Pt. 2“Next, let's look at the second fight scene. The look of fighting…
It's a risky task to handle a long sword with real fire. Most production team and actors don't dare to attempt using this weapon. Fortunately kttph team and HMH both are courageous enough to give it a shot. And the outcome is full of satisfaction.
Hou Minghao: “Xiao Wuyi is a rather heroically tragic character. Deep down, he possesses an innate toughness, a kind of resilience etched into his bones. He’s the type who would clench his teeth and swallow everything down, bearing it alone without sharing it with others. He quietly shoulders an enormous amount on his own.
At the same time, he is an extremely fractured person. In truth, from the very moment his story begins, his fate has already entered a countdown. He has always been carrying an immense ambition, along with the injustice that destiny has imposed on him. He is also racing against time, doing everything he can to realize his ideals and aspirations, while desperately trying to protect the people around him from harm.
He is someone who places himself in the most inconspicuous corner of the world. Yet at the same time, he is still a young man—a child. Though he retains a pure, childlike heart, I think he has been tempered into someone who appears extraordinarily mature—”
Analysis of #HouMinghao’s Fight Scenes Pt. 1“People used to say that #HouMinghao couldn't pull off ruthless…
Analysis of #HouMinghao’s Fight Scenes Pt. 2
“Next, let's look at the second fight scene. The look of fighting in an alley while blindfolded with a red cloth is clearly a tribute to the famous blindfolded battle scene in ‘The Legend 2.’
In that movie, Fong Sai-yuk is ambushed in a narrow alley by his former fellow disciples. The people blocking his path are martial brothers he grew up training with. Unable to bear watching himself kill old friends, he covers his eyes and fights blind.
Likewise, most of the soldiers surrounding #XiaoWuyi are former troops who once guarded the border alongside him. They have been manipulated and pressured by Crown Prince Li Mao and corrupt officials into carrying out orders to kill the heir of Prince Jing'an. He cannot bear to watch his comrades die by his own sword, so he covers his eyes to avoid seeing them.
Cross-step chain slashes, an outward arm control and push to neutralize the opponent's weapon hand, followed by a throat slash. A downward sword strike into a horizontal slash, followed by a grappling hold that forces the opponent's centerline open. In the instant he slashes across the opponent's abdomen, he also seizes the opponent's ring-handled saber.
With a sword in one hand and a saber in the other, does this scene remind you of #BailiDongjun's dual sword-and-saber technique?
For many years, wuxia dramas have been in decline. Formulaic visual effects became widespread, and slow motion was used to pad out runtimes. But after several years, wuxia dramas are gradually making a comeback. Works like ‘Mysterious Lotus Casebook,’ ‘The Journey of Legend,’ ‘Blood River,’ and ‘Zhan Zhao Adventures’ have appeared one after another. These productions have slowly helped audiences rediscover the feeling of classic wuxia. They have upheld the genre's standards.
A solid horse stance, lowered shoulders, and dropped elbows. Steady, grounded movements. Punches that carry an audible force. Every move feels powered by real muscular effort. The way weapons are held is stable rather than floaty. A saber has the weight and power of a saber; a sword has the lightness and agility of a sword.
These seemingly basic movements are actually the framework of wuxia. Without solid fundamentals, no amount of flashy visual effects can support the spirit of a true martial hero.
These productions have brought back the most fundamental skills of classic wuxia, and in doing so have gradually restored audiences' trust in the genre. It is works like these, which uphold the basics, that remind people wuxia is still alive and thriving.” - https://x.com/i/status/2064207577483981077
“People used to say that #HouMinghao couldn't pull off ruthless characters, until the moment blood stained the corner of his eye and he raised a flaming saber taller than himself, slaughtering his way through a sea of fire without leaving a single enemy standing. In that instant, I saw redemption. Today, let's break down Hou Minghao's new drama (#KeytothePhoenixHeart #雀骨).
#XiaoWuyi, the heir to Prince Jing'an, is known as the ‘Demon General.’ On the battlefield, he kills decisively and without hesitation, earning the title of a ‘hellish asura’ in the eyes of enemy forces.
Xiao Wuyi's weapon is a Flame Zhanmadao, a blazing horse-cutting saber. The zhanmadao was one of the most destructive long-handled heavy weapons in ancient China, measuring roughly 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) in length. When surrounded by enemies, its advantage lies in the principle of the longer the weapon, the greater the reach.
The opening move, sweeping across a thousand troops: When besieged from all sides, a 360° sweep is one of the most efficient techniques available to a polearm weapon user. With the added power of flames, its effectiveness is doubled. Any enemy entering this zone is cut in half with a single strike. Even heavily armored soldiers cannot withstand it.
Cloud-saber charge into an upward slash Right horizontal cut, left horizontal cut Advance and waist-level slash Middle-level thrust Guarding block Forward-pushing saber technique
The enemy begins using their own soldiers as cannon fodder to absorb the attacks. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, this tactic was known as ‘driving conscripts to lead the charge,’ forcing frontline soldiers to act as human shields, exhausting the enemy while creating opportunities for the main force to attack.
However, the Flame Zhanmadao has a fatal limitation, its flames burn for only 3-5 minutes. The enemy continuously drags out the battle through human-shield tactics, waiting for the fire on the blade to die out. Once the flames are extinguished, the weapon's psychological intimidation factor drops by 90 percent. Without the armor-piercing effect of intense heat, ordinary shields and armor become much more effective at defending against its strikes.
The zhanmadao is large and possesses an exceptionally long blade. As Xiao Wuyi performs a continuous 720° spinning charge-up, a closed ring of fire forms around him. The enemy dares not approach recklessly.”
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Hou Minghao: Raise your hand if you got tickets.
(Quite a few hands go up.)
Now raise your hand if you didn't.
(A huge number of fans raise their hands.)
Wow, that many people couldn't get tickets?
Haha. Then how about I add an extra show in every city from now on?
I hope everyone will be able to get tickets.
At the Chengdu concert, I'll perform several brand-new songs.
The theme song "A Promise Becomes A River" (一诺成川) from 《Key to the Phoenix Heart 》 will be performed live for the very first time.
There will also be a brand-new English single making its debut in Chengdu.
Please look forward to them.
Speaking of "A Promise Becomes A River," the character Xiao Wuyi, whom the song represents, should finally meet everyone around July or August.
Personally, he's one of my favorite characters, so I hope everyone will support him.
🥝: We will!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaN03mzEs5j/
Hou Minghao: Wow... time really flies.
The last time I saw so many of you together was at the concert. Did you miss me?
Fans: Yes!
Hou Minghao: I can see that so many Kiwis came today. I know it wasn't easy for everyone—you all traveled here from different cities.
I also know that organizing this support event took a tremendous amount of effort from everyone. It really wasn't easy.
So I just want to say... thank you for all your hard work.
Looks like all your efforts were for that over there, right? Let me take a look.
Oh, are these your ID signs?
Fans: Yes.
Hou Minghao:(Reads several fan IDs.)
I'll just randomly pick ten, okay? Don't feel bad if I don't read yours. Just choosing randomly. (Reads a few more IDs.)
Alright, alright, let's stop here.
Huh? There's more? Turn it over.
Ahhhhhhh!
Is this okay? Does this work?
───
Hou Minghao: Has everyone been doing well lately?
Fans: Pretty well.
Hou Minghao: How have you been feeling? After seeing me, you should be feeling a little better now, right?
I think... ever since my last drama wrapped filming, then the music festivals, concerts, variety shows, and now joining a new production... everyone's emotions have probably gone through quite a roller coaster.
(The fans respond, but it's too noisy to hear.)
I really can't hear you. There are too many people.
(Turns to the staff.)
Do we have a loudspeaker? Can you turn off the echo? Is it off now?
Is it any better?
I'll just make do.
───
Hou Minghao: Over these past few months, all of you have been by my side.
Because of you, I've experienced many wonderful moments. Of course, there were also some moments of regret.
But I hope you won't dwell too much on those regrets. Just treat them as beautiful experiences.
I think that's what life is like.
Not everything will unfold the way we imagined.
Fans: Right!
(Still too noisy to hear clearly.)
Hou Minghao jokingly pretends to drop the microphone.
Hou Minghao: Hello? Can you hear me now?
Can you, or not?
Fans: Yes!
Hou Minghao: Alright, alright. You guys are really hard to please. (laughs)
Where was I?
Right.
I hope you don't let yourselves be trapped by negative feelings from the past.
Life moves forward.
Don't waste your emotions on things that no longer matter.
And I'm incredibly grateful that all of you have supported every choice I've made.
I'll show you in my own way that the support and encouragement you've given me are a mutual effort—a journey we're walking toward each other together.
Thank you as well for trusting me.
I'll prove to you that choosing to support me was never the wrong choice.
Fans: Yes!
Hou Minghao: There are many objective factors and unpredictable things that we simply can't control.
But what we can do is believe in the present.
Hold on to the choice we've made today.
Keep moving forward.
Stand by every decision I've made.
Fans: We'll stay with you.
Hou Minghao: Of course I believe we'll all become even better.
I give all of you my complete affirmation.
Fans: Hou Minghao gives us complete affirmation!
Hou Minghao: In any case, I hope everyone treasures the present while looking forward to the future.
We still have a long road ahead.
There are so many exciting things waiting for us—more interesting experiences, bigger challenges, more opportunities to push our limits.
Let's experience them together, okay?
Fans: Okay!
───
Hou Minghao: Have you all listened to my new song?
Do you like it?
Fans: Yes!
Hou Minghao: Can you sing it already?
Fans: Yes!
Hou Minghao: Since you can sing it, how about singing a couple of lines?
Fans: Sure! You sing—we'll sing together.
Hou Minghao: Ah! I thought you were going to sing. You tricked me!
I'll start us off. Let's just sing the chorus, okay?
Three... two... one...
Wow!
Amazing!
Were you secretly practicing?
Fans: You tell us.
Hou Minghao: How is everyone's pitch exactly the same? That's incredible!
Then I'll sing a little too.
The main problem is that I can't hear my own voice.
(Starts singing.)
Fans: Wow! That sounds so good!
Hou Minghao: Let's save the rest for the concert.
The sound here echoes like a public bathhouse—I really can't hear myself.
───
Hou Minghao: Let's talk about the Chengdu concert. A lot of people said they couldn't get tickets, right?
Fans: We couldn't get any! Please add another show!
Hou Minghao: Raise your hand if you got tickets.
(Quite a few hands go up.)
Now raise your hand if you didn't.
(A huge number of fans raise their hands.)
Wow, that many people couldn't get tickets?
Haha. Then how about I add an extra show in every city from now on?
I hope everyone will be able to get tickets.
At the Chengdu concert, I'll perform several brand-new songs.
The theme song "A Promise Becomes A River" (一诺成川) from 《Key to the Phoenix Heart 》 will be performed live for the very first time.
There will also be a brand-new English single making its debut in Chengdu.
Please look forward to them.
Speaking of "A Promise Becomes A RIVER," the character Xiao Wuyi, whom the song represents, should finally meet everyone around July or August.
Personally, he's one of my favorite characters, so I hope everyone will support him.
Fans: We will!
───
Hou Minghao: As for the role I'm filming now in 《长生骨》 (Longevity Bone)...
I'm playing a demon hunter, which is a type of role I've never tried before.
The character is very layered and has multiple identities.
He's hiding many mysteries about his background.
The script contains many scenes where the present and the future "speak" to each other.
The shadows of his past continue to haunt him, making him a very complete and three-dimensional character.
I hope you'll all look forward to him.
Fans: We will!
───
Hou Minghao: Let me think... what else?
Right. Moving forward, I'll continue exploring music and taking on even more challenges on stage. You'll be seeing many more performances from me. Please look forward to them.
This year's music stages are only the beginning.
There will be many, many more stages coming after this.
Please stay excited!
───
Hou Minghao: I'll check in first, and then we'll take a group photo, okay?
Fans: Okay!
Hou Minghao: Should I stand over here?
How about I take a photo with everyone's support ID boards?
Let's do this page first.
Okay!
(He took photos together with all the fans' ID signs. Giving the huge board lots of hugs and kisses. He took pictures with everyone. Gave Kiwis high five two times ; after entering and before leaving the venue)
He spent around 30 mins with Kiwis 🥝
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaN03mzEs5j/
Just say that your concern wasn't genuine at all. You are more into 🗣 instead of taking action.
Two of her upcoming dramas have big age gap and she's acting in romantic roles with adults since she was 13. It's concerning.
Hope you succeed to send your concern to the right place. Best of luck👊🏻
At the same time search Esther's name on weibo to find any negative post from kiwis!
That's the moral difference of us and the true definition of being devious.
https://youtu.be/Fp9C6ZKbLOM?si=fbgJZ68KuuSTncrx
Episode 5
Hou Minghao: “Xiao Wuyi is a rather heroically tragic character. Deep down, he possesses an innate toughness, a kind of resilience etched into his bones. He’s the type who would clench his teeth and swallow everything down, bearing it alone without sharing it with others. He quietly shoulders an enormous amount on his own.
At the same time, he is an extremely fractured person. In truth, from the very moment his story begins, his fate has already entered a countdown. He has always been carrying an immense ambition, along with the injustice that destiny has imposed on him. He is also racing against time, doing everything he can to realize his ideals and aspirations, while desperately trying to protect the people around him from harm.
He is someone who places himself in the most inconspicuous corner of the world. Yet at the same time, he is still a young man—a child. Though he retains a pure, childlike heart, I think he has been tempered into someone who appears extraordinarily mature—”
https://x.com/i/status/2017591907107696929
“Next, let's look at the second fight scene. The look of fighting in an alley while blindfolded with a red cloth is clearly a tribute to the famous blindfolded battle scene in ‘The Legend 2.’
In that movie, Fong Sai-yuk is ambushed in a narrow alley by his former fellow disciples. The people blocking his path are martial brothers he grew up training with. Unable to bear watching himself kill old friends, he covers his eyes and fights blind.
Likewise, most of the soldiers surrounding #XiaoWuyi are former troops who once guarded the border alongside him. They have been manipulated and pressured by Crown Prince Li Mao and corrupt officials into carrying out orders to kill the heir of Prince Jing'an. He cannot bear to watch his comrades die by his own sword, so he covers his eyes to avoid seeing them.
Cross-step chain slashes, an outward arm control and push to neutralize the opponent's weapon hand, followed by a throat slash. A downward sword strike into a horizontal slash, followed by a grappling hold that forces the opponent's centerline open. In the instant he slashes across the opponent's abdomen, he also seizes the opponent's ring-handled saber.
With a sword in one hand and a saber in the other, does this scene remind you of #BailiDongjun's dual sword-and-saber technique?
For many years, wuxia dramas have been in decline. Formulaic visual effects became widespread, and slow motion was used to pad out runtimes. But after several years, wuxia dramas are gradually making a comeback. Works like ‘Mysterious Lotus Casebook,’ ‘The Journey of Legend,’ ‘Blood River,’ and ‘Zhan Zhao Adventures’ have appeared one after another. These productions have slowly helped audiences rediscover the feeling of classic wuxia. They have upheld the genre's standards.
A solid horse stance, lowered shoulders, and dropped elbows. Steady, grounded movements. Punches that carry an audible force. Every move feels powered by real muscular effort. The way weapons are held is stable rather than floaty. A saber has the weight and power of a saber; a sword has the lightness and agility of a sword.
These seemingly basic movements are actually the framework of wuxia. Without solid fundamentals, no amount of flashy visual effects can support the spirit of a true martial hero.
These productions have brought back the most fundamental skills of classic wuxia, and in doing so have gradually restored audiences' trust in the genre. It is works like these, which uphold the basics, that remind people wuxia is still alive and thriving.”
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https://x.com/i/status/2064207577483981077
“People used to say that #HouMinghao couldn't pull off ruthless characters, until the moment blood stained the corner of his eye and he raised a flaming saber taller than himself, slaughtering his way through a sea of fire without leaving a single enemy standing. In that instant, I saw redemption. Today, let's break down Hou Minghao's new drama (#KeytothePhoenixHeart #雀骨).
#XiaoWuyi, the heir to Prince Jing'an, is known as the ‘Demon General.’ On the battlefield, he kills decisively and without hesitation, earning the title of a ‘hellish asura’ in the eyes of enemy forces.
Xiao Wuyi's weapon is a Flame Zhanmadao, a blazing horse-cutting saber. The zhanmadao was one of the most destructive long-handled heavy weapons in ancient China, measuring roughly 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) in length. When surrounded by enemies, its advantage lies in the principle of the longer the weapon, the greater the reach.
The opening move, sweeping across a thousand troops: When besieged from all sides, a 360° sweep is one of the most efficient techniques available to a polearm weapon user. With the added power of flames, its effectiveness is doubled. Any enemy entering this zone is cut in half with a single strike. Even heavily armored soldiers cannot withstand it.
Cloud-saber charge into an upward slash
Right horizontal cut, left horizontal cut
Advance and waist-level slash
Middle-level thrust
Guarding block
Forward-pushing saber technique
The enemy begins using their own soldiers as cannon fodder to absorb the attacks. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, this tactic was known as ‘driving conscripts to lead the charge,’ forcing frontline soldiers to act as human shields, exhausting the enemy while creating opportunities for the main force to attack.
However, the Flame Zhanmadao has a fatal limitation, its flames burn for only 3-5 minutes. The enemy continuously drags out the battle through human-shield tactics, waiting for the fire on the blade to die out. Once the flames are extinguished, the weapon's psychological intimidation factor drops by 90 percent. Without the armor-piercing effect of intense heat, ordinary shields and armor become much more effective at defending against its strikes.
Leaping charged arm-blade strike
Double-ring returning-edge slash
The zhanmadao is large and possesses an exceptionally long blade. As Xiao Wuyi performs a continuous 720° spinning charge-up, a closed ring of fire forms around him. The enemy dares not approach recklessly.”
https://x.com/i/status/2064204851278671964