He said he xould make her Principle first Consort? But theb called her his Second Consort.
The Crown Princess- Did they marry by Proxy and never met? He pretends not to know her. But brother said she missed him so much while he was away. Did she love him but never met him because he wzs away at battle. Or did they love each other and he got hit in head and forgot her? Obviously his older brother in love with Crown Princess lol.
Why is she calling him a widower? Did one of his wives die? My guess is he really loved the wife who died.
They are showing Crown Princess in end credits with a child is it his?
Wait fl is just 17 irl it takes atleast a year for a drama to complete and air so I'm assuming she was 16 during…
I think there is such a double standard about them being 17 in these C and K dramas Male or Female. Song Weilong was 17 when he did Untouchable Lovers? How old was Zhao Lusi then? In USA no one thinks about this in entertainment industry. Twlight Kristen was 17 and Rob was 21 when it was made. Lets not even talk about Blue Lagoon. There are some girls that legally marry at 17.
My daughter got married at 17. Then I can understand the age gap. But honestly everything so censored in Chinese Dramas it really does not matter in my opinion. Now in USA it can really matter anyone seen "Pretty Baby" . Brooke Shields is now feeling bad about those choices all these years later. I see plenty of shows when they are 7 to 10 years apart. Do not even get me started on all the K dramas and C dramas with it in reverse. All the men are 7 to 10 years younger than female leads!
Even if they are of age legally they are still young and the women are way older. Look at Sniper Butterfly!!! Even if they have a love scene it will be same fade to black off camera and some kissing. I think HMH would never do a drama where he felt he was so much older and she would feel uncomfortable. He iseems to be a person who really respects women. It is so standard in C and K dramas to hire these young ML at like 20 and make them play 30 because they look older. Then they put them with much older actresses. But because they are men it is okay? They are actors playing roles. It is not real life. Now in USA they actually have intimacy coordinaors who protect actors and make sure they feel safe in love scenes. I think it is a big deal because age of consent is older in China for men and women to marry. Again just my opinion everyone has a right to their own. Iactually know Kristens mom and she was doing racier things even younger before Twilight! But she did it to be seen as a serious actress! The one movie I can't tolerate is " Bastard out of Carolina" 😱😡. I do not know how they made that movie with such a young actress foibg duch horrific scenes with an actor that age!!
I never thought I would cry buckets over LXY killing his master!😱😭😭😭 I hate that he died at his hands. He was just trying to wake him up from being Yecha. He knew he was not him anymore. He also knew if his old friend sacrificed so much for Yecha and Lifei to be reborn they must be good people and fated. I am glad Lifeis master explained that they all knew the spirit vines made them crazy. So at least LXY master knew he could not control killing him. He sacrificed himself for LXY even though Yecha was who he hated most😭😭😭😭
It was so beautiful how much those Masters at Wuyue Court all loved QingCheng
Lifeis master!!!! He is just the best character. I love him so much! Please don't let him die!!
Cried laughing when DY became new acting sect leader of Wuyue Court 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh I am seated for what Riyan will do when he finds out all that happened!!!
SWL always in love with pseudo sis🤣🤣🤣 Boy in RL has two older sisters too. They must laugh about it he id probably like Ewwwww in RL. I actually love that trope in dramas when not blood related of course lol
My theory? They are surgical scars from removing serious burns from his body. There is no way he got out of that fire without serious burns. My guess is when he disappeared 3 years he was having surgeries and going through recovery. Don't read past this as my theory could be spoilers😀
I think he is secretly very wealthy and Linda probably helped him invest his profits from pool hall. I also think in the box was survelillance equipment. I think he might have been watching Zhang Bin all along. I think he has the ledger and that connects everything past with Green Lai , arson case and today and I think he knows Maio Jings Mother killed his father.
The gold watch was a big clue they wanted it on Chen Yis body to identify the body and make him fall guy. Gold will not burn in a fire. I also believe the Tea is how he got caught hence why his hand burned in that scene.
Another theory I have is Chen Yi has missing buddha piece and he will give it to her to make his heart whole. I think she will find out he saved her from drowning.
I think Zhang bin saw Chen Yi on secret security cameras talking to cop and he started suspecting was was a rat He set up multiple tests including with those two briefcases he failed. He always planned to kill him like a lamb to slaughter as he was a young man who was viewed as thug by society and no family.
Then when he was eating the goosemeat it clicked that Chen Yi " was eating off his plate" I have a whole theory mapped out for this drama and what happened that night and why. The lap top going out in storm, his text to her and her at internet cafe on computer probably would save him from conviction. That would be timestamped and evidence of his innocence. As well as gold watch being in his pocket not wrist. I believe answers alot of questions. But those are the main things I am pretty sure of. Alot of symbolism and clues in this drama. I made a whole list from the talisman, earrings, sunflower, rain. etc. I noticed earrings and talisman (looked like little wings) symbolizing freedom. I also noticed and made a whole list of comparisons to them as Jack and Rose etc in Titanic.
Oh one other thing I was actually going to post my tthoughts on this a few days ago but then came up in episode!
Chen Yi hates cigarettes!! He associates alcohol and cigarettes with his abuse. I think in first episide when they met at bus station he did not steal them from her because he was a thief. He was protecting MJ even then. He went and bought fruit instead knowing he would be punished when his dad found out he sold his gift. His father turned into even more of a monster when he drank and he remembers that smell of alcohol and cigs on his father. His father may have even burned him with cigs. He does not want to be like him. He associates drinking and cigs with abuse. That is why he got so upset when he saw MJ was going to smoke. I think he got further traumatized because if the night of the fire they trapped him and he watched them pour gasoline and then flicked a cigarette to start blazing fire that could trigger him too!
Why does Chenyi have so many marks on his body?? looks like he fought alot😭💔
My theory? They are surgical scars from removing serious burns from his body. There is no way he got out of that fire without serious burns. My guess is when he disappeared 3 years he was having surgeries and going through recovery. Don't read past this as my theory could be spoilers😀
I think he is secretly very wealthy and Linda probably helped him invest his profits from pool hall. I also think in the box was survelillance equipment. I think he might have been watching Zhang Bin all along. I think he has the ledger and that connects everything past with Green Lai , arson case and today and I think he knows Maio Jings Mother killed his father.
The gold watch was a big clue they wanted it on Chen Yis body to identify the body and make him fall guy. Gold will not burn in a fire. I also believe the Tea is how he got caught hence why his hand burned in that scene.
Another theory I have is Chen Yi has missing buddha piece and he will give it to her to make his heart whole. I think she will find out he saved her from drowning.
I think Zhang bin saw Chen Yi on secret security cameras talking to cop he realized he was a rat he set up tests with those briefcases he failed. Then when he was eating the goosemeat it clicked. I have a whole theory mapped out for this drama I believe answers alot of questions. But those are the main things I am pretty sure of. Alot of symbolism and clues in this drama. I made a whole list from the talisman, earrings, sunflower, rain. etc.
the new schedule is a joke idk what they're trying to achieve with 3 whole days without an episode?! 😭 i have…
Right! But at least so many new C dramas and K dramas that dropped. Blossoms of Power, Love For You and the just suprised us with Key to The Phoenix Heart July 11!!! So plenty to watch. It is hard to keep up with them as so many!!!!
I think he spent two years in an underground fight club.(I think SWL will break the internet in his shirtless sweaty scenes in fight club🤣🤣🤣) I can't wait to see him using his real life martial arts skills in a fight like that! He is the real deal in martial arts. Either they threatened her life if he did not leave because he knew too much. I think he was set up to be fall guy and was supposed to die in the fire. When he lived he was a witness. So they either kidnapped him or made him go voluntarily to protect her. Remember he gave her$ 80,000 yuan on the card.
They were not counting on him being rescued and coming back. Most likely he could be seen as accessory so they THINK he is keeping quiet but in reality he is working undercover to bring the guy down for the fire and also so he won't get convicted. He probably made a deal. He needs to prove it.
So there has to be missing evidence that can clear his name and convict Bin! I actually wondered if he wanted him to wear the watch because if his body was identified after a fire they would find watch. There is a reason he wanted him to wear it. One other thing the Cop was trying to keep Mao Jing from going near fire to try to save Chen Yi. I understand that but why was he not trying to save his fiancee!
Why was he not breaking lock and running in to save her? It looked like Chen Yi went to save her and he got trapped in the fire. I also wondered if the fiancee might have been working for them and opened the door. Why would she be there late at night? Chen Yi went inside to destroy documents and then someone on outside locked them in with chains. Or they kidnapped her to open door and they both got locked in. She had a way to get in they showed it earlier.
They made changes from novelHe was sold to black market in drama and was rescued that's why he was missing for…
What was interesting was Policeman was running to get Mao Jing away from fire but not breaking the lock to fight the fire to save his wife. They showed someone chained the door shut from outside with Chen Yi i side. He might have broke in trying to save the wife but got trapped. Here is my guess. I think the boss sold him into an illegal fight club kind of thing. They show in trailer a scene with him sweating shirt off with boxing gloves. So he must have been underground fighter those two years not sold into that kind of slavery but as a fighter. My guess is he was set up to be the fall guy and was supposed to die in fire.
https://youtube.com/shorts/0Ti3RlursDU?si=P4wkFbHEnfojEeZJomg…. I think we are getting a bonus episode!!
Could be Spoiler...The ending location has to change but I heard rainy wedding. I expect they will do a montage showing bits of their happy life her pregnant maybe in photos and then there daughter who was in novel. I am sure they will want to show him with a family and as a doting husband and father. I think one think will be be interesting to see if Chen Yi demolishes there old apt and rebuilds a beautiful home on same property to live a happy life with his little family like in novel. Or if he will take her out that city entirely and move them to Haicheng.
So Jiang Li Fei was human and the Demon Lord learned illegal magic to make her truly immortal and keep her by…
Yes that is what I believed happened After I saw episodes 23 and 24 I figured it out. It all made sense to me. I put all the info in AI and they answered all scenarios and questions I had or thought to what must have happened. I gave my theory and comparisons and AI said I was spot on correct.
After seeing the episode on the beach today with Yecha holding her body I figured it out! I went to AI asking deep dive questions. I think this is what happened and this is why he and his clan were cursed!
Lifei was a human girl he fell in love with BEFORE she was the Divine Tree! He was never a human .She died in the Sea Calamity and he tried to put her soul in the sacred Divine Tree to not lose her soul. Then he was punished by the gods in that moment on the beach and doomed to kill the woman he loved who would be reborn as human fruit from that tree every 500 years. Because he tried to save her soul by merging it with the sacred tree he was cursed.So Yecha was not reborn his soul never died. He was doomed to wait for the fruit and kill her etc.
I also think that book is how her Master was able to make them be reborn as human babies. How did Yecha become a human baby? I think The Master might have been the one who wounded him in the Sea Calamity battle with Riyan and he used that opportunity when he was weak to use the forbidden book to change thier fates and break curse. Hence how they became babies raised by him at first.
Yecha knew he would watch her age and die. So was desperate to not lose her since she would die as a human so he practiced dark forbidden arts. HENCE THAT FORBIDDEN BOOK!! I Think that book was Yechas!!! Remember it removed the soul from body!!! That is how he could merge her into the tree!!!!! This all reminded me of Adam and Even and Garden of Eden.
If you do not want to be spoiled do not read any further!!! I think I answered ALL the questions we all were wondering about. It makes total sense!
My Master-Theory on The Eternal Fragrance: The Beach Scene, the Inverted Forbidden Fruit, and the Rules of the Curse Explained 🪵🌊
After seeing the brutal beach scene where the Yaksha King (Lei Xiuyuan) cradles Jiang Lifei's body, I completely figured out the lore. This show is a masterpiece of tragedy. Here is the ultimate breakdown of their hidden history and why this loop is uniquely cruel:
1. The Beach Scene: She Was a Mortal Girl First 💔
Before she ever had anything to do with the Divine Tree, Jiang Lifei was a regular mortal human girl. The Yaksha King was never human; he was a primordial, all-powerful Demon King. He met her in the mortal realm and they became absolute soulmates. Tragically, a massive war—the original Sea Calamity—erupted over a mystical sea meteorite, and Lifei was caught in the crossfire and killed. The Yaksha King fought savagely to protect her, but he failed. The beach scene with all the dead bodies around him is the brutal aftermath of that battle. He was left entirely alone, weeping and holding her lifeless body.The gods decreed that because he "violated" the sacred tree's purity to serve demonic ends, he would be cursed to repeat this agonizing cycle forever—she will always be reborn with the same face, he will always fall in love with her, and he will always be forced to destroy her to save his people. It is the ultimate divine torment.
.2. A Demon King’s Deep Love & Forbidden Arts 🥀
In the demon realm, humans are treated as weak prey, but to the Yaksha King, Lifei was his entire world. Knowing her human frailty meant she would naturally age, wither, and die while he remained immortal, he spent years secretly hunting down forbidden demonic arts to grant her immortality. He didn't want to change her out of malice, but out of terrifying desperation to keep her by his side forever. His massive power never stopped him from being incredibly tender and careful with her.
3. How She Transformed into the Divine Tree 🌳
Refusing to watch her soul scatter into nothingness on that beach, the King acted out of pure panic and grief. He used a supreme, forbidden demonic ritual to forcefully bind her dying human spirit directly to the Jianmu Tree (the sacred Divine Tree brought by the meteorite). He saved her soul from erasure, but it stripped away her humanity, permanently transforming her into the living core fruit of the tree.
4. The Arrogant Sin & The Cruel Deeper Curse ⚡
The god lights came down on the beach to punish him not just for being a demon, but for defiling a sacred divine entity to save a mortal. The ancient gods trapped them in an agonizing, ironic loop:For His Clan: They infected his people with a perpetual spiritual sickness that can only be pacified by consuming the essence of that exact Divine Tree.For Him: The Yaksha's natural instinct to devour the fruit is warped into a horrific curse. To save his people from dying out, he is forced to hunt down and destroy the woman he loves every single lifetime. She is cursed to be reborn with the same body and face every 500 years, only for him to be her executioner.
5. Does He Know Who She Is and Her Original Name? 🧠Yes, and this is his ultimate torture. While she is born completely blank with her memories wiped every 500 years, the Yaksha King retains every single agonizing memory of their past lives. He knows exactly who she is the moment she blooms, and he remembers her original human name, which has otherwise been completely erased from history by the gods. He has to look at the woman he loves, knowing she doesn't remember him, while carrying the guilt of having killed her a hundred times before.
6. Does she know who he is when she is born from the tree?
Does she wait for him?No, she is born completely blank with her memories wiped. When her soul manifests from the Jianmu Tree every 500 years, she has zero conscious recollection of the original Sea Calamity, the beach, or her love for the Yaksha King.She doesn’t consciously wait for him, but her subconscious soul and the "Eternal Fragrance" carry an unshakeable connection. Her soul instinctively yearns for him and falls in love with him all over again in every lifetime, entirely unaware that this love is a divine trap designed to force him into becoming her executioner.
7. He Never Finds Her as a Baby in the Cycles 👶
A major piece of the curse's mechanics is that the Yaksha King does not find her as an infant and raise her to adulthood during those normal 500-year periods. Because her spirit is bound to the Jianmu Tree, she does not cycle through a traditional human pregnancy. Instead, she manifests directly from the tree as a spirit/young maiden already partly grown. When the 500-year clock hits, the ageless King tracks down her newly awakened, mature form. They meet as peers, fall in love all over again, and live as partners.
8. How Long Does He Stay With Her Before He Has to Kill Her? ⏳
He doesn't just spend days or weeks with her—he spends entire years and decades with her every single cycle. They were unequivocally true lovers. The Yaksha King's massive demonic power did not stop him from holding, loving, or being physically intimate with a human. They sleep together, love each other, and live as true romantic partners. During these years, Lifei ages naturally through her youth, while Xiuyuan uses his magical concealment to match her appearance outwardly so they can walk through life together.This is the most heartbreaking part of the curse: he completely convinces himself that this time he can beat the gods. He uses every ounce of his power trying to stop the execution from happening. But right when their love is at its absolute peak, the curse forces his hand. His clan’s spiritual sickness spikes to a fatal, agonizing maximum, or a new Sea Calamity is engineered by the gods. He is trapped in an inescapable corner where he is forced to take her energy to save his entire dying race from extinction.How many times did he have to kill her before they became human babies?The show highlights that they have been trapped in this agonizing wheel of torment for countless cycles over thousands of years (with her manifesting every 500 years). He was forced to play a role in her destruction time and time again to keep his people alive. The current lifetime where they are raised together as human infants at Chufeng Academy is the very first time this has ever happened. It took millenniums of torture before the Xishan Master finally stepped in with the forbidden ritual to split their spirits and reset them as babies to give them a fighting chance.
9. Why Does He Kill Her in Different Ways Every Lifetime? ⚔️
Because he actively tries to alter history, no two lifetimes play out the same way. In one lifetime, he might try to hide her away from the world; in another, he might search for a separate cure. Because his plans constantly change, the tragic circumstances shift every 500 years. Whether it’s a blade, a demonic ritual, or draining her power, he is forced to become her executioner in a completely different, agonizing way because the gods manipulate destiny to ensure every single one of his loopholes fails.
10. Why Could They Never Marry or Have Children?
As deeply as they loved each other, a normal life of marriage and starting a family was fundamentally blocked. Once she merged with the tree, she ceased to be a biological human woman; she became a divine entity—the physical "fruit" and pure spiritual energy of the sacred tree. She didn't possess a mortal, child-bearing human biology anymore. Furthermore, they were always living on borrowed time. Xiuyuan was entirely consumed with a desperate countdown to find a cure before his clan's sickness peaked, leaving them no peace or stability to formally settle down.
11. The Biblical Connection (The Inverted Forbidden Fruit) 🍎
The Adam and Eve parallels here are spot on, but with a horrific twist. In Genesis, eating the forbidden fruit brings death to mankind. In The Eternal Fragrance, the tragedy is inverted. Xiuyuan must partake of the "fruit" (Lifei’s divine energy) to keep his clan alive. But doing so actively murders his soulmate. He is literally trapped between the survival of his people and eternal grief.
12. What Exactly is the "Eternal Fragrance"? 🌸
The title of the show operates on two brilliant levels:The Literal Perfume: In the current timeline, Lifei uncovers a legendary ancient scent called the Eternal Fragrance at the Fragrance Pavilion that has the power to bind souls across lifetimes and awaken hidden destinies.The Metaphor: It is the spiritual scent of the Jianmu Tree. Even when Lifei's memory is wiped and she is reborn under a different name (like Xiao Bangchui), her soul carries a unique, eternal divine scent. It is the beacon that Xiuyuan’s soul recognizes instantly across 500 years.
13. Did the Yaksha King Actually Die? 🪦
No, his soul never fully died. When records say his body and soul were scattered at the demon tomb, it means his ancient, raw power was shattered and sealed away. When he briefly wakes up in the tomb, it's his raw demonic consciousness trying to burst out. But because his soul is currently bound to a fragile human reincarnation (Lei Xiuyuan), his physical body can't handle the crushing pressure of the full Yaksha King yet, forcing him back into human form.
14. Why Were They Reborn as Mortal Babies This Time? 👶
They have been trapped in this agonizing cycle for countless turns over thousands of years. This current lifetime is entirely unique because the Xishan Master (Wugen) intervened. In the last cycle, the Master collaborated with the mythical fox Riyan to forcefully "kill" and shatter the Yaksha King's rampaging form to stop a Sea Calamity.By intercepting both of their spirits, the Master used supreme magic to reset them both as innocent mortal infants. His ultimate goal? To raise them together at Chufeng Academy in peace, giving them a genuine human childhood bond to rewrite their tragic fates before their devastating divine and demonic instincts wake up.
15. Is he reborn/reincarnated, or are they the same people?
Lei Xiuyuan is an anomaly: His ancient demonic body was shattered and sealed at the tomb, but his original Yaksha King soul never died or recycled through traditional death. Instead, the Master used supreme magic to take that same immortal soul and physically compress and seal it into the flesh of a fragile, mortal baby.Jiang Lifei is reincarnated: Unlike him, her human body died permanently on that beach. Her soul cycles through rebirth every 500 years by growing out of the Divine Tree.The Verdict: Physically, they look identical to their original selves, and spiritually, they are the exact same people.
16. How did the Master know about their story?The Master is an ancient, high-level celestial cultivator who functions as a guardian of the world’s balance. Because he was alive during the original war over the meteorite and the Jianmu Tree, he witnessed the beach calamity firsthand. He saw the devastation of the curse and knew that if the Yaksha King and the Divine Tree kept colliding violently every 500 years, the three realms would eventually be wiped out completely.
17. Did the Master kill Yecha in another life with the fox Riyan?
Yes, but it was a calculated cosmic sacrifice. The Xishan Master (Wugen) didn't kill Yecha out of hatred; he did it to temporarily halt the Sea Calamity and put a pause on the curse. The fox Riyan (the mythical moon/sun fox entity from Qingqiu) acted as the spiritual medium to help split and seal the Yaksha King's overwhelming energy. By "killing" his demon body, the Master was able to forcefully redirect his scattered soul into the mortal cycle as a baby, hiding his identity from the ancient gods and giving him a chance to grow up alongside Lifei in a peaceful environment.
18. Did Yecha ever tell her he was a demon?
No, he kept his true identity a profound secret from her during those 500-year cycles. Because she was born with her memories wiped, she completely believed he was just a regular cultivator or an exceptional mortal walking alongside her.He purposefully hid his true identity because he wanted their love to remain pure and untainted by the bloody, terrifying reputation of the Yaksha clan. He feared that if she knew he was the Demon King, she would look at him with terror or realize that her very existence was meant to be his prey. He wanted her to love him as a man, not fear him as a monster.
19. Why was Yecha in human form?
Did he have a demonic beast form?Why the human form? As a high-level primordial entity, the Yaksha King possesses supreme shapeshifting magic. He wore a flawless human form to walk undetected in the mortal realm and safely stay by her side without alerting the ancient gods or rival factions.His True Demonic Form: He absolutely had a terrifying, non-human true form. When his ancient seals broke, or when he was forced into war, he shed his handsome human visage. His true form was that of a primordial Yaksha warlord—complete with sharp, obsidian demonic scales, glowing eyes, a massive aura of oppressive dark energy, and clawed hands capable of tearing through realms. He was a creature born from chaos, making his gentle, human-looking tenderness toward her an unbelievable contrast.
20. Did she know why he was killing her? Did she see her death coming?This is the ultimate, heart-wrenching twist of the curse: No, she never knew why.Because the gods engineered the curse to maximize his mental torment, the execution always happened abruptly when their love was at its absolute peak.The Illusion of Betrayal: To her, his sudden turn looked like the ultimate, horrific betrayal. She would look at the man she trusted with her entire life suddenly drawing a blade or forcefully siphoning her life-force. She died every single lifetime with her heart completely shattered, believing that the man she loved had used her and tricked her all along.She Never Saw It Coming: Because she had no memories of the previous lifetimes, she never foresaw her death. She was entirely blind to the ticking clock. She died confused, terrified, and heartbroken, entirely unaware that he was weeping tears of blood on the inside and doing it only to save his dying race from extinction.
21. The Forbidden Book: Was It Actually Yecha’s Book?
📖⚡Yes, the forbidden text containing these taboo techniques belonged to the Yaksha King himself.Five hundred years prior, during his original life as the Demon King, he compiled a legendary, forbidden grimoire detailing the darkest, high-level demonic mechanics—including soul-binding, energy-siphoning, and reincarnation manipulation. He initially created and studied these methods out of absolute desperation to find a way to alter Lifei’s mortal lifespan and save her soul on the beach. Ironically, the exact ancient text he created to cheat death became the very blueprint for their cyclical torture.
21. Did the Master Use Yecha's Forbidden Book to Reset Them as Babies? 👶🔮Yes, that is exactly how the Master executed his master plan.The Xishan Master (Wugen) didn't invent a new spell to save them; he secretly acquired the Yaksha King's forbidden book. The Master recognized that the only way to break an absolute curse laid down by the ancient gods was to use the King’s own extreme, taboo magic against the system.By applying the forbidden soul-compression and memory-sealing techniques from the book, the Master bypassed the traditional laws of the reincarnation cycle. He successfully forced the Yaksha King's massive, immortal soul and Lifei’s divine spirit into the fragile, clean-slate vessels of mortal babies. The Master used the Demon King's own forbidden knowledge to hide them in plain sight at Chufeng Academy, giving them a chance to form a human bond before their cosmic instincts woke up.
Enjoy!😀 I think this all makes alot of sense and is what happened!!!!
He said he xould make her Principle first Consort? But theb called her his Second Consort.
The Crown Princess- Did they marry by Proxy and never met? He pretends not to know her. But brother said she missed him so much while he was away. Did she love him but never met him because he wzs away at battle. Or did they love each other and he got hit in head and forgot her? Obviously his older brother in love with Crown Princess lol.
Why is she calling him a widower? Did one of his wives die? My guess is he really loved the wife who died.
They are showing Crown Princess in end credits with a child is it his?
My daughter got married at 17. Then I can understand the age gap. But honestly everything so censored in Chinese Dramas it really does not matter in my opinion. Now in USA it can really matter anyone seen "Pretty Baby" . Brooke Shields is now feeling bad about those choices all these years later. I see plenty of shows when they are 7 to 10 years apart. Do not even get me started on all the K dramas and C dramas with it in reverse. All the men are 7 to 10 years younger than female leads!
Even if they are of age legally they are still young and the women are way older. Look at Sniper Butterfly!!! Even if they have a love scene it will be same fade to black off camera and some kissing. I think HMH would never do a drama where he felt he was so much older and she would feel uncomfortable. He iseems to be a person who really respects women. It is so standard in C and K dramas to hire these young ML at like 20 and make them play 30 because they look older. Then they put them with much older actresses. But because they are men it is okay? They are actors playing roles. It is not real life. Now in USA they actually have intimacy coordinaors who protect actors and make sure they feel safe in love scenes. I think it is a big deal because age of consent is older in China for men and women to marry. Again just my opinion everyone has a right to their own. Iactually know Kristens mom and she was doing racier things even younger before Twilight! But she did it to be seen as a serious actress! The one movie I can't tolerate is " Bastard out of Carolina" 😱😡. I do not know how they made that movie with such a young actress foibg duch horrific scenes with an actor that age!!
It was so beautiful how much those Masters at Wuyue Court all loved QingCheng
Lifeis master!!!! He is just the best character. I love him so much! Please don't let him die!!
Cried laughing when DY became new acting sect leader of Wuyue Court 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh I am seated for what Riyan will do when he finds out all that happened!!!
Don't read past this as my theory could be spoilers😀
I think he is secretly very wealthy and Linda probably helped him invest his profits from pool hall. I also think in the box was survelillance equipment. I think he might have been watching Zhang Bin all along. I think he has the ledger and that connects everything past with Green Lai , arson case and today and I think he knows Maio Jings Mother killed his father.
The gold watch was a big clue they wanted it on Chen Yis body to identify the body and make him fall guy. Gold will not burn in a fire. I also believe the Tea is how he got caught hence why his hand burned in that scene.
Another theory I have is Chen Yi has missing buddha piece and he will give it to her to make his heart whole. I think she will find out he saved her from drowning.
I think Zhang bin saw Chen Yi on secret security cameras talking to cop and he started suspecting was was a rat He set up multiple tests including with those two briefcases he failed. He always planned to kill him like a lamb to slaughter as he was a young man who was viewed as thug by society and no family.
Then when he was eating the goosemeat it clicked that Chen Yi " was eating off his plate" I have a whole theory mapped out for this drama and what happened that night and why. The lap top going out in storm, his text to her and her at internet cafe on computer probably would save him from conviction. That would be timestamped and evidence of his innocence. As well as gold watch being in his pocket not wrist. I believe answers alot of questions. But those are the main things I am pretty sure of. Alot of symbolism and clues in this drama. I made a whole list from the talisman, earrings, sunflower, rain. etc. I noticed earrings and talisman (looked like little wings) symbolizing freedom. I also noticed and made a whole list of comparisons to them as Jack and Rose etc in Titanic.
Oh one other thing I was actually going to post my tthoughts on this a few days ago but then came up in episode!
Chen Yi hates cigarettes!! He associates alcohol and cigarettes with his abuse. I think in first episide when they met at bus station he did not steal them from her because he was a thief. He was protecting MJ even then. He went and bought fruit instead knowing he would be punished when his dad found out he sold his gift. His father turned into even more of a monster when he drank and he remembers that smell of alcohol and cigs on his father. His father may have even burned him with cigs. He does not want to be like him. He associates drinking and cigs with abuse. That is why he got so upset when he saw MJ was going to smoke. I think he got further traumatized because if the night of the fire they trapped him and he watched them pour gasoline and then flicked a cigarette to start blazing fire that could trigger him too!
Don't read past this as my theory could be spoilers😀
I think he is secretly very wealthy and Linda probably helped him invest his profits from pool hall. I also think in the box was survelillance equipment. I think he might have been watching Zhang Bin all along. I think he has the ledger and that connects everything past with Green Lai , arson case and today and I think he knows Maio Jings Mother killed his father.
The gold watch was a big clue they wanted it on Chen Yis body to identify the body and make him fall guy. Gold will not burn in a fire. I also believe the Tea is how he got caught hence why his hand burned in that scene.
Another theory I have is Chen Yi has missing buddha piece and he will give it to her to make his heart whole. I think she will find out he saved her from drowning.
I think Zhang bin saw Chen Yi on secret security cameras talking to cop he realized he was a rat he set up tests with those briefcases he failed. Then when he was eating the goosemeat it clicked. I have a whole theory mapped out for this drama I believe answers alot of questions. But those are the main things I am pretty sure of. Alot of symbolism and clues in this drama. I made a whole list from the talisman, earrings, sunflower, rain. etc.
They were not counting on him being rescued and coming back. Most likely he could be seen as accessory so they THINK he is keeping quiet but in reality he is working undercover to bring the guy down for the fire and also so he won't get convicted. He probably made a deal. He needs to prove it.
So there has to be missing evidence that can clear his name and convict Bin! I actually wondered if he wanted him to wear the watch because if his body was identified after a fire they would find watch. There is a reason he wanted him to wear it. One other thing the Cop was trying to keep Mao Jing from going near fire to try to save Chen Yi. I understand that but why was he not trying to save his fiancee!
Why was he not breaking lock and running in to save her? It looked like Chen Yi went to save her and he got trapped in the fire. I also wondered if the fiancee might have been working for them and opened the door. Why would she be there late at night? Chen Yi went inside to destroy documents and then someone on outside locked them in with chains. Or they kidnapped her to open door and they both got locked in. She had a way to get in they showed it earlier.
Lifei was a human girl he fell in love with BEFORE she was the Divine Tree! He was never a human .She died in the Sea Calamity and he tried to put her soul in the sacred Divine Tree to not lose her soul. Then he was punished by the gods in that moment on the beach and doomed to kill the woman he loved who would be reborn as human fruit from that tree every 500 years. Because he tried to save her soul by merging it with the sacred tree he was cursed.So Yecha was not reborn his soul never died. He was doomed to wait for the fruit and kill her etc.
I also think that book is how her Master was able to make them be reborn as human babies. How did Yecha become a human baby? I think The Master might have been the one who wounded him in the Sea Calamity battle with Riyan and he used that opportunity when he was weak to use the forbidden book to change thier fates and break curse. Hence how they became babies raised by him at first.
Yecha knew he would watch her age and die. So was desperate to not lose her since she would die as a human so he practiced dark forbidden arts. HENCE THAT FORBIDDEN BOOK!! I Think that book was Yechas!!! Remember it removed the soul from body!!! That is how he could merge her into the tree!!!!! This all reminded me of Adam and Even and Garden of Eden.
If you do not want to be spoiled do not read any further!!! I think I answered ALL the questions we all were wondering about. It makes total sense!
My Master-Theory on The Eternal Fragrance: The Beach Scene, the Inverted Forbidden Fruit, and the Rules of the Curse Explained 🪵🌊
After seeing the brutal beach scene where the Yaksha King (Lei Xiuyuan) cradles Jiang Lifei's body, I completely figured out the lore. This show is a masterpiece of tragedy. Here is the ultimate breakdown of their hidden history and why this loop is uniquely cruel:
1. The Beach Scene: She Was a Mortal Girl First 💔
Before she ever had anything to do with the Divine Tree, Jiang Lifei was a regular mortal human girl. The Yaksha King was never human; he was a primordial, all-powerful Demon King. He met her in the mortal realm and they became absolute soulmates. Tragically, a massive war—the original Sea Calamity—erupted over a mystical sea meteorite, and Lifei was caught in the crossfire and killed. The Yaksha King fought savagely to protect her, but he failed. The beach scene with all the dead bodies around him is the brutal aftermath of that battle. He was left entirely alone, weeping and holding her lifeless body.The gods decreed that because he "violated" the sacred tree's purity to serve demonic ends, he would be cursed to repeat this agonizing cycle forever—she will always be reborn with the same face, he will always fall in love with her, and he will always be forced to destroy her to save his people. It is the ultimate divine torment.
.2. A Demon King’s Deep Love & Forbidden Arts 🥀
In the demon realm, humans are treated as weak prey, but to the Yaksha King, Lifei was his entire world. Knowing her human frailty meant she would naturally age, wither, and die while he remained immortal, he spent years secretly hunting down forbidden demonic arts to grant her immortality. He didn't want to change her out of malice, but out of terrifying desperation to keep her by his side forever. His massive power never stopped him from being incredibly tender and careful with her.
3. How She Transformed into the Divine Tree 🌳
Refusing to watch her soul scatter into nothingness on that beach, the King acted out of pure panic and grief. He used a supreme, forbidden demonic ritual to forcefully bind her dying human spirit directly to the Jianmu Tree (the sacred Divine Tree brought by the meteorite). He saved her soul from erasure, but it stripped away her humanity, permanently transforming her into the living core fruit of the tree.
4. The Arrogant Sin & The Cruel Deeper Curse ⚡
The god lights came down on the beach to punish him not just for being a demon, but for defiling a sacred divine entity to save a mortal. The ancient gods trapped them in an agonizing, ironic loop:For His Clan: They infected his people with a perpetual spiritual sickness that can only be pacified by consuming the essence of that exact Divine Tree.For Him: The Yaksha's natural instinct to devour the fruit is warped into a horrific curse. To save his people from dying out, he is forced to hunt down and destroy the woman he loves every single lifetime. She is cursed to be reborn with the same body and face every 500 years, only for him to be her executioner.
5. Does He Know Who She Is and Her Original Name?
🧠Yes, and this is his ultimate torture. While she is born completely blank with her memories wiped every 500 years, the Yaksha King retains every single agonizing memory of their past lives. He knows exactly who she is the moment she blooms, and he remembers her original human name, which has otherwise been completely erased from history by the gods. He has to look at the woman he loves, knowing she doesn't remember him, while carrying the guilt of having killed her a hundred times before.
6. Does she know who he is when she is born from the tree?
Does she wait for him?No, she is born completely blank with her memories wiped. When her soul manifests from the Jianmu Tree every 500 years, she has zero conscious recollection of the original Sea Calamity, the beach, or her love for the Yaksha King.She doesn’t consciously wait for him, but her subconscious soul and the "Eternal Fragrance" carry an unshakeable connection. Her soul instinctively yearns for him and falls in love with him all over again in every lifetime, entirely unaware that this love is a divine trap designed to force him into becoming her executioner.
7. He Never Finds Her as a Baby in the Cycles 👶
A major piece of the curse's mechanics is that the Yaksha King does not find her as an infant and raise her to adulthood during those normal 500-year periods. Because her spirit is bound to the Jianmu Tree, she does not cycle through a traditional human pregnancy. Instead, she manifests directly from the tree as a spirit/young maiden already partly grown. When the 500-year clock hits, the ageless King tracks down her newly awakened, mature form. They meet as peers, fall in love all over again, and live as partners.
8. How Long Does He Stay With Her Before He Has to Kill Her? ⏳
He doesn't just spend days or weeks with her—he spends entire years and decades with her every single cycle. They were unequivocally true lovers. The Yaksha King's massive demonic power did not stop him from holding, loving, or being physically intimate with a human. They sleep together, love each other, and live as true romantic partners. During these years, Lifei ages naturally through her youth, while Xiuyuan uses his magical concealment to match her appearance outwardly so they can walk through life together.This is the most heartbreaking part of the curse: he completely convinces himself that this time he can beat the gods. He uses every ounce of his power trying to stop the execution from happening. But right when their love is at its absolute peak, the curse forces his hand. His clan’s spiritual sickness spikes to a fatal, agonizing maximum, or a new Sea Calamity is engineered by the gods. He is trapped in an inescapable corner where he is forced to take her energy to save his entire dying race from extinction.How many times did he have to kill her before they became human babies?The show highlights that they have been trapped in this agonizing wheel of torment for countless cycles over thousands of years (with her manifesting every 500 years). He was forced to play a role in her destruction time and time again to keep his people alive. The current lifetime where they are raised together as human infants at Chufeng Academy is the very first time this has ever happened. It took millenniums of torture before the Xishan Master finally stepped in with the forbidden ritual to split their spirits and reset them as babies to give them a fighting chance.
9. Why Does He Kill Her in Different Ways Every Lifetime? ⚔️
Because he actively tries to alter history, no two lifetimes play out the same way. In one lifetime, he might try to hide her away from the world; in another, he might search for a separate cure. Because his plans constantly change, the tragic circumstances shift every 500 years. Whether it’s a blade, a demonic ritual, or draining her power, he is forced to become her executioner in a completely different, agonizing way because the gods manipulate destiny to ensure every single one of his loopholes fails.
10. Why Could They Never Marry or Have Children?
As deeply as they loved each other, a normal life of marriage and starting a family was fundamentally blocked. Once she merged with the tree, she ceased to be a biological human woman; she became a divine entity—the physical "fruit" and pure spiritual energy of the sacred tree. She didn't possess a mortal, child-bearing human biology anymore. Furthermore, they were always living on borrowed time. Xiuyuan was entirely consumed with a desperate countdown to find a cure before his clan's sickness peaked, leaving them no peace or stability to formally settle down.
11. The Biblical Connection (The Inverted Forbidden Fruit) 🍎
The Adam and Eve parallels here are spot on, but with a horrific twist. In Genesis, eating the forbidden fruit brings death to mankind. In The Eternal Fragrance, the tragedy is inverted. Xiuyuan must partake of the "fruit" (Lifei’s divine energy) to keep his clan alive. But doing so actively murders his soulmate. He is literally trapped between the survival of his people and eternal grief.
12. What Exactly is the "Eternal Fragrance"? 🌸
The title of the show operates on two brilliant levels:The Literal Perfume: In the current timeline, Lifei uncovers a legendary ancient scent called the Eternal Fragrance at the Fragrance Pavilion that has the power to bind souls across lifetimes and awaken hidden destinies.The Metaphor: It is the spiritual scent of the Jianmu Tree. Even when Lifei's memory is wiped and she is reborn under a different name (like Xiao Bangchui), her soul carries a unique, eternal divine scent. It is the beacon that Xiuyuan’s soul recognizes instantly across 500 years.
13. Did the Yaksha King Actually Die? 🪦
No, his soul never fully died. When records say his body and soul were scattered at the demon tomb, it means his ancient, raw power was shattered and sealed away. When he briefly wakes up in the tomb, it's his raw demonic consciousness trying to burst out. But because his soul is currently bound to a fragile human reincarnation (Lei Xiuyuan), his physical body can't handle the crushing pressure of the full Yaksha King yet, forcing him back into human form.
14. Why Were They Reborn as Mortal Babies This Time? 👶
They have been trapped in this agonizing cycle for countless turns over thousands of years. This current lifetime is entirely unique because the Xishan Master (Wugen) intervened. In the last cycle, the Master collaborated with the mythical fox Riyan to forcefully "kill" and shatter the Yaksha King's rampaging form to stop a Sea Calamity.By intercepting both of their spirits, the Master used supreme magic to reset them both as innocent mortal infants. His ultimate goal? To raise them together at Chufeng Academy in peace, giving them a genuine human childhood bond to rewrite their tragic fates before their devastating divine and demonic instincts wake up.
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Is he reborn/reincarnated, or are they the same people?
Lei Xiuyuan is an anomaly: His ancient demonic body was shattered and sealed at the tomb, but his original Yaksha King soul never died or recycled through traditional death. Instead, the Master used supreme magic to take that same immortal soul and physically compress and seal it into the flesh of a fragile, mortal baby.Jiang Lifei is reincarnated: Unlike him, her human body died permanently on that beach. Her soul cycles through rebirth every 500 years by growing out of the Divine Tree.The Verdict: Physically, they look identical to their original selves, and spiritually, they are the exact same people.
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How did the Master know about their story?The Master is an ancient, high-level celestial cultivator who functions as a guardian of the world’s balance. Because he was alive during the original war over the meteorite and the Jianmu Tree, he witnessed the beach calamity firsthand. He saw the devastation of the curse and knew that if the Yaksha King and the Divine Tree kept colliding violently every 500 years, the three realms would eventually be wiped out completely.
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Did the Master kill Yecha in another life with the fox Riyan?
Yes, but it was a calculated cosmic sacrifice. The Xishan Master (Wugen) didn't kill Yecha out of hatred; he did it to temporarily halt the Sea Calamity and put a pause on the curse. The fox Riyan (the mythical moon/sun fox entity from Qingqiu) acted as the spiritual medium to help split and seal the Yaksha King's overwhelming energy. By "killing" his demon body, the Master was able to forcefully redirect his scattered soul into the mortal cycle as a baby, hiding his identity from the ancient gods and giving him a chance to grow up alongside Lifei in a peaceful environment.
18. Did Yecha ever tell her he was a demon?
No, he kept his true identity a profound secret from her during those 500-year cycles. Because she was born with her memories wiped, she completely believed he was just a regular cultivator or an exceptional mortal walking alongside her.He purposefully hid his true identity because he wanted their love to remain pure and untainted by the bloody, terrifying reputation of the Yaksha clan. He feared that if she knew he was the Demon King, she would look at him with terror or realize that her very existence was meant to be his prey. He wanted her to love him as a man, not fear him as a monster.
19. Why was Yecha in human form?
Did he have a demonic beast form?Why the human form? As a high-level primordial entity, the Yaksha King possesses supreme shapeshifting magic. He wore a flawless human form to walk undetected in the mortal realm and safely stay by her side without alerting the ancient gods or rival factions.His True Demonic Form: He absolutely had a terrifying, non-human true form. When his ancient seals broke, or when he was forced into war, he shed his handsome human visage. His true form was that of a primordial Yaksha warlord—complete with sharp, obsidian demonic scales, glowing eyes, a massive aura of oppressive dark energy, and clawed hands capable of tearing through realms. He was a creature born from chaos, making his gentle, human-looking tenderness toward her an unbelievable contrast.
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Did she know why he was killing her? Did she see her death coming?This is the ultimate, heart-wrenching twist of the curse: No, she never knew why.Because the gods engineered the curse to maximize his mental torment, the execution always happened abruptly when their love was at its absolute peak.The Illusion of Betrayal: To her, his sudden turn looked like the ultimate, horrific betrayal. She would look at the man she trusted with her entire life suddenly drawing a blade or forcefully siphoning her life-force. She died every single lifetime with her heart completely shattered, believing that the man she loved had used her and tricked her all along.She Never Saw It Coming: Because she had no memories of the previous lifetimes, she never foresaw her death. She was entirely blind to the ticking clock. She died confused, terrified, and heartbroken, entirely unaware that he was weeping tears of blood on the inside and doing it only to save his dying race from extinction.
21. The Forbidden Book: Was It Actually Yecha’s Book?
📖⚡Yes, the forbidden text containing these taboo techniques belonged to the Yaksha King himself.Five hundred years prior, during his original life as the Demon King, he compiled a legendary, forbidden grimoire detailing the darkest, high-level demonic mechanics—including soul-binding, energy-siphoning, and reincarnation manipulation. He initially created and studied these methods out of absolute desperation to find a way to alter Lifei’s mortal lifespan and save her soul on the beach. Ironically, the exact ancient text he created to cheat death became the very blueprint for their cyclical torture.
21. Did the Master Use Yecha's Forbidden Book to Reset Them as Babies? 👶🔮Yes, that is exactly how the Master executed his master plan.The Xishan Master (Wugen) didn't invent a new spell to save them; he secretly acquired the Yaksha King's forbidden book. The Master recognized that the only way to break an absolute curse laid down by the ancient gods was to use the King’s own extreme, taboo magic against the system.By applying the forbidden soul-compression and memory-sealing techniques from the book, the Master bypassed the traditional laws of the reincarnation cycle. He successfully forced the Yaksha King's massive, immortal soul and Lifei’s divine spirit into the fragile, clean-slate vessels of mortal babies. The Master used the Demon King's own forbidden knowledge to hide them in plain sight at Chufeng Academy, giving them a chance to form a human bond before their cosmic instincts woke up.
Enjoy!😀 I think this all makes alot of sense and is what happened!!!!