3/ SHEN LI characters table (alphabetical list) |
numbers in brackets refer to the numbers in the Portrait Gallery lists sections for details
- Main cast of 10 lead roles and
- Secondary cast : Support, Guest, Special, Cameo) listed by order of appearance
Under construction
Character relations (click on picture to enlarge)
the details have moved after the alphabetical list
 Immortal Realm capital |  Divine Realm |
A[52, 53] Ā Hóng 阿鸿 and Ā Yuǎn 阿远 (Hongyuan village, Immortal Realm, ep.22) [30]. Ā Nuǎn 阿暖 child of Zi Xià (Immortal Realm capital, ep.7-8, 12, 18) |
B[44] Běi Xiǎoyán 北小炎, Third Prince of the Northern Sea (ep.19, 25-26) |
C[13] Chicken seller (Qingsheng city, ep.1) [31] "Chīmèi" Scorpion-Tailed Fox 蝎尾狐 among assorted monsters (Abyss, ep.8, 25) [24] Chì Róng 赤容, general (Immortal army, ep.6-9, 11, 22-23, 31-32, 35) |
D[54] Dragon King of the East Sea 东海龙王 (Divine Realm, ep.24-25, 27) |
F[41] Fairy Fǔ Huà 抚画仙子, Yōu Lán's friend (Divine Realm, ep.19-20) [42] Fairy Míngshū 明书仙子, Yōu Lán's friend (Divine Realm, ep.19-20) [43] Fairy Bǎo Qín 宝琴仙子,Yōu Lán's friend (Divine Realm, ep.19-20) [63] Fèng Lái 凤来, Chīmèi created by Liù Míng, Shěn Lí 's father (Immortal Realm, ep.33-37) [6] Fú Róng Jūn 拂容君 (Divine Realm, ep.9, 11-14, 18-22, 24-25, 28-29, 33-38) ; [20] Fú Shēng 苻生, wizard (Qingsheng city, Abyss, ep.3, 16, 22-25, 31-36.) |
G[21] Gù Chéngjǐn 顾成锦 (Qingsheng city, ep.3-6, 14) [19] Gù Chéngruì 顾成睿 (Qingsheng city, ep.3-6, 14) |
H[15] Half Immortal Wáng 王半仙, fortune-teller (Qingsheng city, ep.1) [59-60] Hēi Yuán 黒猿 and Hēi Zhì 黑雉, Guards in the wizard's prison (ep.25-26, 28-29) [26] Hú Lù 湖鹿, Earth Divine (Qingsheng city, ep.6, 14-15) |
I[32] Immortal Lord Wén Liǔ 闻柳仙君 (Divine Realm, ep.11, 14, 17) ; |
J[61] Jīn niángzǐ 金娘子 "Golden Lady" snake demon (Snowy Mountains, ep.29-32, 39) [23] Jǐng Xī 景惜, snake demon, reincarnation of Xiǎo Hé (Jinxiu city, ep.15-16) [37] Jǐng Xī's father 景惜爹, cultivator (Jinxiu city, ep.15-16) ; [36] Jǐng Xī 's mother 景惜娘, snake demon (Jinxiu city forest, ep.15) ; [21] Jǐng Yán 景言 reincarnation of Gù Chéngjǐn, crush of Jǐng Xī (Jinxiu city, ep.15-16) ; [38] Jǐng Yán 小景言 young (Jinxiu city, ep.17) |
K[48] Koi carp spirits 小锦鲤 [Xiǎo jǐnlǐ] of the pond in Xi Yuan (West Garden) of Divine Realm (ep.20) |
L[61] Lady Jīn niángzǐ 金娘子 "Golden Lady" snake demon (Snowy Mountains, ep.29-32, 39) [49] Lǎo Xiān Jūn 老仙君 and the White Spirit Divine Beast 百灵神兽 (Divine Realm, ep.20) [10] Liù Míng 六冥 Demon emperor (Immortal Realm & Abyss, ep.33-36 ) ; [9] Liú Yǔ 琉羽 Shěn Lí 's mother (Immortal Realm , ep.33-35) ; [45] Lord Wù Yuán 勿元仙君 (Divine Realm, ep.19, 24, 28, 31-32, 37-38) ; [46] Lù Qìng 陆庆, Fú Róng's attendant (Divine Realm, ep.19, 24) ; |
M[13.1] Meat stall boss (Qingsheng city, ep.1) [3] Mò Fāng 墨方 (to 36.)；{56] young Mò Fāng 小墨方 (ep. 25, 31, 35-36) [58] Mermaid 美人鱼 (Hall of the Dragon King of Eastern Sea, ep.27) [62] Mù Zi Chún 慕子淳 (Mortal Realm to Snowy Mountains, ep.32, 39) |
Q[50] Qiān Jī 千机 ancient god (in Divine Realm Memorial Hall, ep.21) [25] Qīng Yán 青颜, general (Immortal army, ep.6-9, 11, 22-24, 31-32, 35) [21] Qīng Yè 清夜, fallen god (flashbacks, ep.4-6, 14, 16-17, 21, 37-38) |
R[27] Ròu Yā 肉丫, SL’s attendant (Immortal capital, ep., 11-12, 17-18, 24, 31-32, 38) |
S[16] Scholar 学者进士, candidate for imperial exams (Qingsheng City, ep.1) ; [31] Scorpion-Tailed Fox "Chīmèi"蝎尾狐 (Abyss, ep.8, 25) ; [11] Shàng Běi 尚北, general (Immortal army) ; [1]. Shěn Lí (Lord Bì Cāng / "Azure King") 沈璃, 碧苍王 (whose true inner core was the "Azure Sea Pearl" Bìhǎi cāng zhū 碧海苍珠) ; [55] young Shěn Lí 小沈璃 (ep.24, 31, 35-36) [4]. Shěn Mù Yuè 沈木月 (Her Holiness, Master of Immortal Realm) ; [22] Shī Luó 施萝, reincarnation of Yè Shī (Jinxiu city, ep. 14) new reincarnation ep.38; [39] Shī Luó 小施萝, young (Jinxiu city, ep.17) [35] Storyteller 说书人 (Qingsheng city, ep.14) ; |
T[5]. Tiān Jūn 天君 , (Emperor, Divine Realm) ; [57] Turtle Prime Minister 龟丞相 (Hall of the Dragon King of Eastern Sea, ep.27) |
U[33] Uncle Lǐ 李叔 (SL’s cook, Immortal Realm, ep.11) ; |
W[8]. Wáng Bǎo 王宝 (fishermen village chief's eldest son, ep.28) ; [32] Wén Liǔ 闻柳仙君 , Immortal Lord (Divine Realm, ep.11, 14, 17) ; [34] Wine Lady 酒娘 (Immortal Capital Big Bowl Tavern, ep.13) ; [45] Wù Yuán 勿元仙君 , Divine Lord (Divine Realm, ep.19, 24, 28, 31-32, 37-38) ; |
X[23] Xiǎo Hé 小荷, Lotus demon (Qingsheng city, ep.4-6) ; [14] Xiǎo Táo 小桃 neighbor (Qingsheng City, ep.1) ; [2]. Xíng Zhǐ 行止/ Xing Yún 行云 ; [51] Xíng Zhǐ, young 小行止 (in Divine Realm Memorial Hall, ep.21) ; |
Y[22] Yè Shī 叶诗, Gù Chéngjǐn’s wife (Qingsheng city, ep.4-6) ; [47] Yīng Gē 莺歌, personal maid for Shěn Lí (Divine Realm, ep.19) [7]. Yōu Lán 幽兰 (“Orchid”, Luótiān Goddess, Divine, ep.17-24, 27-28, 34-38) ; [17] Yún niáng, widow 云娘 (Qingsheng city, ep.2) |
Z[40] Zhào Méng 赵蒙, general (Immortal army, ep.18) ; [18] Zhōu Sān Láng 周三郎, ghost (Qingsheng city, ep.2) ; [12] Zhū Fēi 诸飞, general (Immortal army) ; [28] Zi Xià 子夏 , general, puppet of the wizard (Immortal army, ep.7-8, 16, 25) ; [29] Zi Xià's wife 子夏夫人 (Immortal Capital, ep. 7-8, 12, 18) |
 Deceased Gods Memory Hall (West Garden) |  Lingxiao Hall (Divine Realm) |
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4/ ILLUSTRATED CHARACTERS AND CAST GALLERY |
The characters are listed according to order of appearance, in the three Realms (Mortal, Immortal, Divine, and other locations described in the drama, after the description of the main leads. Main Cast identified characters are on gold background. The numbers in brackets are linked to the Alphabetical list of characters. Pictures and Gif link to their sources, there are some links to relevant music parts.
(Warning : Character Gallery still under construction as of April 5, 2024)
Character presentation : SHEN LI, Lord BICANG |
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 | Shěn Lí 沈璃 - The demon phoenix was born with a bead in her mouth and was the strongest general in the three realms. She was unrestrained, free-spirited, deeply ashamed of the fact that the people of the demon world were servile to Heaven realm for thousands of years. She tried to escape from marriage, was seriously injured in the struggle and reverted to her original form while she fell to the (mortal lower realm) earth. Being in a coma, she was plucked and caged as a chicken or pheasant by a vendor, and then bought home by Xíng Zhǐ, who lived in seclusion in the world. The two gradually developed feelings for each other as they got along, and their fates became tightly intertwined. (Adapted from Baidu) |
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   咯咯哒 [gēgēdā] "Ke Da"/"Cluck Cluck" the half-plucked phoenix. 混世魔王 Hùnshì-mówáng ： Demon Lord of Chaos (ep5)  嘘嘘 [Xūxū], Shush, the annoying parrot (its name in Chinese means PeePee!) Food and leaf music Shěn Lí styles New Year in Jinxiu city (ep.17) | [1]. Shěn Lí (沈璃) name is playing on 神 Shén "god" sound, while also sounding very "fluid" as 沈 can mean to "pour" and 璃 lí can mean glass or glazed tile. Lord Bì cāng (碧苍王 which is Shěn Lí's title, sounds very martial and cold with its meanings of dark blue and green jade colors and the rank as 王 "king". In answer to wizard Fú Shēng, she stated that she was the "Demon Lord of Chaos". 碧苍王 can be simply translated "Azure King". But despite she was the strongest general of her realm, with her powers and "Red Plume" spear, when she felt the need to defend the realm from an attack by monsters, she had to disobey orders that had her grounded in the palace. A scorpion tailed monster, Qimei (奇美), swallowed her but she hacked her way out of it. Xíng Zhǐ arrived and treated her injuries in three days, and next cured her of the poisons while ordering her to accompany him on his inspection of the seals on the Abyss. Although free-spirited, she took everything very seriously and chose reason over sentiments: if she could not give in to those, she'd try her best to protect the one she was partial to. She was relatively tolerant of children and pets, such as her "parrot" Shush and Xíng Zhǐ's "lion cub". She did not know ladies' arts and crafts, but was a fearsome warrior, a charismatic general leading her armies, who appreciated good food, especially that made by Xíng Yún for her. She battled against the wizard and Mò Fāng until she disappeared in flames in the East SEa (ep.23). But the wizard had her helpless body brought to his cave, chained and tortured to give up the fused "pearl" that was a sort of demon core. Mò Fāng freed her and flew her to a refuge on the shore of the sea. XZ caught up to her and nursed her back to better health, before taking her to the Snowy mountains to get the necessary and rare medicine that would restore her powers They became lovers, despite the opposition of both Divine and Immortal Realm. | 
A graduate of Electronic Information Engineering, she officially entered showbiz in 2006 after winning a Yahoo competition. She made her acting debut in 2007 historical drama Century Endless Love, and since then, has played in about 45 dramas and 14 movies. Among her biggest hits were costume dramas such as 2017 Princess Agents, 2018 The Story of Minglan, and 2022 slice-of-life drama The Story of Xingfu. She got married to actor Féng Shàofēng 冯绍峰 in 2018, but in April 2021, Zhào and Féng announced their amicable separation and stated they would co-parent their son, born in March 2019. She has a 6 year younger brother whose name is Zhao Jianfei.  Instagram: zhaoliyingoffiicial Weibo: 赵丽颖 She is among the top "traffic" (liú liàng) actresses, an idol and singer with a huge fan following (second only to Yáng Mì 杨幂 on Weibo) : Zhào Lìyǐng has 90.9million fans. Fandom Name: Glowworm/Fireflies 萤火虫 [Yínghuǒchóng, play on the 颖 Yǐng part of her given name], Fandom Color: Yellow, Fanchants (among other slogans): 丽颖勇敢飞,虫儿永相随 (Lìyǐng yǒng gǎn fēi , chóng ér yǒng xiàng suí ; Liying flies bravely, and the fireflies will always be with her) and since her divorce: 赵丽颖颖火虫陪你一生一世 (Zhào Lìyǐng yǐnghuǒchóng péi nǐ yīshēng yīshì : ZLY, Fireflies will accompany you forever). One of her favorite animals is (no surprise there, since that's her Chinese zodiac sign) the Rabbit, which features in both of her iconic dramas. (Besides, the rabbit is known to be the luckiest out of all the twelve Zodiac animals. It symbolizes mercy, elegance, and beauty. People who are born in the year of the rabbit are calm and peaceful. They avoid fighting and arguing at all times, but are artistic and have good taste in life!). Zhào Lìyǐng can sing :she performed "Courtyard Full of Color", a song for the Year of the rabbit 2023 CMG Spring Festival Gala, about the national colors of China. But she has been keeping a white poodle called Máoqiú 毛球 ("FurBall") as a pet, for several years. (video) |
Character Presentation : XING ZHI, ancient god |
 | Xíng Zhǐ 行止 - The last ancient true god in the world, with extremely noble status and beauty, was the only source of stability for the people of the three realms. He seemed gentle, lazy and careless about world affairs, but in fact he was cold, distant, arrogant and sinister. He had ordered the demon world to guard the Xū Tiān Yuān (墟天渊) abyss, and "rewarded" Shěn Lí, their prince, by bestowing a marriage contract with Heaven realm, mistakenly thinking the name randomly chosen from a list, was that of a woman. Shěn Lí was extremely hostile to the imposed husband, whom she had never met before, but Xíng Zhǐ had no interest in investigating the matter, he only wanted to stay away from matters and did not want to see her again, after they met and got to know each other in mortal realm. But he was alerted about the failure of a seal he had put on the abyss, came to investigate, witnessed Shěn Lí's valiance, gradually felt sorry for her, liking her eloquent and unrestrained temperament, and he fell head over heels in love with her. (adapted from Baidu) |
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   Shěn Lí's cheeks and Xiang Yun's ears flushing red at a casual contact (ep.4) Leaf "flute" tune (and song) in ep.9 New Year in JInxiu city (ep.17) From Lin Gengxin Studio Weibo page.  Saving the Memory hall Disguising as "Yu Yi" the fisherman | [2]. Xíng Zhǐ (行止) sounds decisive and full of attitude (行止 = behavior!);whereas Xíng Yún (行云) sounded indolent, more airy and unattached, like drifting clouds, when he nicknamed Shěn Lí "Cluck Cluck" because she looked like a plucked chicken when he rescued her after her flight to Mortal Realm. "Xíng Zhǐ of the Zhishui Pavilion in the Extranatural Heaven" ( 天外天止水阁行止 , as he introduced himself in ep.8). In the past, he had sealed the Xū Tiān Yuān (墟天渊) abyss against miasma (瘴气 zhàng qì) and devils who threatened the Three Realms and Five Elements, but even godly seals could not last forever, so he had to come inspect and renew them, when he came back from Mortal Realm. He liked to tease and joke with understated humor, once even hiding behind a Monkey King (famous Joker in Chinese culture!) mask, so Shěn Lí had trouble understanding when he was serious and when he was not, with his contradictory actions and statements. He liked luring Shěn Lí with food or revelations, or sit idling with her under the Flame Red Phoenix flowering tree in his garden of Mortal Realm, that reminded him of the one in the West Garden of Heaven where he usually stopped by near the Gods Memory Hall. He felt compelled to stay near and keep Shěn Lí safe while telling her and himself why he could not be swayed by sentiments and love which was tabooed for high gods that could get stripped of their powers if they gave in to such. As the last god, he needed to stay detached.  Xíng Zhǐ checking the contents of the Qiankun bag where Furong Jun had hid Shěn Lí's armory. ep.12 (from the 1'08 video on LGX studio Weibo, linked) God given principle : "spare the rod and spoil the child" (Xíng Zhǐ having the little carps apologize to Shěn Lí for their crowding her). |
Debuting in the 2009 film The Blue Cornflower, LGX became a star in Asia with the 2011 TV series Scarlet Heart. Among his #1 box office hits are 2013 Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, 2014 My Old Classmate, and The Taking of Tiger Mountain ; 2017 Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back as well as 2017 TV series Princess Agents. Lín Gēngxīn manages his own career through Lín Gēngxīn Studio since 2013. Ranked 77th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2015, 43rd in 2017, and 84th in 2019. Idol actor, he has a large fandom of 52.632 million on Weibo. Fandom Name: Kids. Nicknames : he calls himself 林狗 (Lin gou /Lin dog) since his college years when he shared rooms with other "lone dogs" (unmarried young men) ; he also acknowledged having used the tongue-in-cheek nickname "900 million girls’ dream” (九亿少女的梦) as a gaming ID with mates. He was born in the tail end of the Year of the Rabbit, a Chinese Zodiac sign he shares with Zhao Liying. He was born in the then biggest and oldest industrial area of Shenyang, which became a wasteland, bleakly depicted in the movie Tiexi Qu. He likes Shanghai best and enrolled to study there at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2007. He is fond of dogs, has one called Xiaoba, and was reported to have a couple Corgis at home. (short video) . He also posted to Weibo a picture of him on set with a dog in April 2024:  |
MORTAL REALM - FIRST DESCENT - SECONDARY CHARACTERS |
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  | [11]. Shàng Běi 尚北 General of Immortal Realm ; he, Zhū Fēi and Mò Fāng tried to catch Shěn Lí when she refused the political marriage, and witnessed her fall to mortal realm. He and Zhū Fēi were sent out to look for her, but they did not spot her in Qingsheng City (although she sat in the basket just behind them!) He and Zhū Fēi assisted SL with the funerals of fallen generals in ep.22. (playing Hazy Sky while SL invoked the River Of Oblivion) and they followed her in the investigation of the attacks on Immortal Realm. He brought back the last relics from SL who disappeared in flames in the East Sea (ep.23) (ep.1, 8-9, 12-13...) |
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  | [12]. Zhū Fēi 诸飞 General of Immortal Realm, sent together with Shàng Běi to Qinsheng City and leading Shěn Lí's troops together as "generals of left and right sides" to her. (ep.1, 8, 12-13 ...) |
--Fandom Name: ZhènZhèn Bǎobè 震震宝贝 ("ZhenZhen baby") ; 5 million fans on Weibo. | ||||
   | [13] Chicken seller on the Qingsheng City river city market in Mortal realm, with his basket holding the "mountain chicken" he caught in the morning! (ep.1) Adding as [13.1] the Meat stall boss He caught the "chicken" when it emerged from under the wood tub that had been slammed over it, as it was trying to escape the people on the market, where it had strayed after getting away from Xing Yún's courtyard. (ep.1) |
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  | [14]. Xiao Tao 小桃 She was the "River snail maiden" neighbor who "broke in" when he was absent to tidy up and clean and almost cooked CluckCluck. She suffered unrequited love for Xing Yún who cruelly told her he had never noticed her. She quietly left to go away south. (ep.1) |
--Fandom Name: Ěr Kāng 尔康 ("healthy"); 4.5 million fans on Weibo. | ||||
 王半仙 is the simplified form for 王半僊 [Wáng bànxiān] in traditional characters read formerly from right to left. | [15]. Half Immortal Wang 王半仙 (Note : a "xiān", 仙/仚/僊) is an enlightened person/“immortal.) "The "Daoist" fortune teller on the Qingsheng City market lost a bet against Xíng Yún. Shěn Lí heard that he "suffered bloodshed" when he got home and was punished by his wife! Shěn Lí mildly scolded Xíng Yún for going against Heaven in revealing the future (it is frowned upon in many religions), but was grateful for the meat he had won. (ep.1) |
áng Chūnyuán) /王春 (Wáng Chūn). An alumni of People's Liberation Army Academy of Art, he has played in 7 movies since 1982 and in many dramas since 2001. | ||||
 | [16] Scholar who wished to know if he would make it in the imperial exams, and rushed back home when Xíng Yún told him there was an emergency. |
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 GIF from Dǒng Jié's Weibo short video (linked) |  [17]. Yún niáng 云娘The woman, crazy with grief, who had looked for her missing husband for 10 years after he went to war. (ep.2) |
--Fandom Name: Jié mí 洁迷 ("fans of Jie"), 3.7 million on Weibo. | ||||
 Bgm: River of Oblivion 引忘川  | [18]. Zhōu Sān Láng 周三郎 The hero who had ascended as Divine for his valor in battle, but lingered as a ghost to protect his wife. He was finally sent on his way by Shěn Lí invoking the River of Oblivion. (ep.2) |
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  | [19]. Gù Chéngruì 顾成睿 Nasty First Young Master of Qingsheng city in Mortal Realm, who was waiting for the death of his father to take over full control, and bullied those who did not obey him. (ep.3-6, 14) |
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   | [20]. Fú Shēng 苻生 Mysterious wizard who appeared in the Mortal world to counsel and help Gù Chéngruì, and later, in the Fú Shēng sect secret stronghold of Jinxiu city. He reappeared after the attacks on Divine and Immortal Realm, revealing that his target was the Azure Sea Pearl. His hand got a burn from SL spear when he attacked Hongyuan village, but he lured her to the East Sea, where they had a seemingly final battle: he was defeated. But he had the "power of revival" and was later revealed to be the loyal follower of Liù Míng! (ep.3, 16, 22-25, 31-36) |
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|  [21]. Gù Chéngjǐn 顾成锦 Second Young Master of Qingsheng city ; Xíng Yún thought he'd make a better city leader, and he did, once SL and XZ had left. Qīng Yè 清夜. In fact, he was a reincarnated ancient god, punished to be forever missing his love. Xíng Yún recognized the scar on his neck and remembered many times with him ; he was included in the Memory Hall tablets despite having fallen. Jǐng Yán 景言 was Gù's reincarnation in Jinxiu city. See also [38]. |
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  | [22]. Yè Shī 叶诗 Gù Chéngjǐn's wife, kept in vegetative state awaiting enough spirit infusions to come back to life. Shī Luó 施萝 was Yè Shī's reincarnation in Jinxiu city, cared for by Jǐng Yán. See also [39] (ep.4-6, 15-16, 38) |
--Fandom Name: Dān Zi 蛋仔 ; 2 million fans on Weibo. | ||||
  | [23]. Xiǎo Hé 小荷, Lotus demon who had fallen for Gù Chéngjǐn. When she realized she had been tricked, she let the demon's wrath wreak havoc on Gù Chéngjǐn's mansion, but she still loved him. Jǐng Xī 景惜 In a next life, she became his new incarnation's younger "sister" (daughter of Jǐng Yán's master) as a snake demon. (ep. 4-6, 15-16 ) again, as lookalike, ep.38 sailing on the river, past Qingsheng. |
--Fandom Name: Yìrén薏仁 ("barley"), 2.8 million fans on Weibo. | ||||
 | [26]. Hú Lù 湖鹿 Earth Deity whom Shěn Lí had summoned to cure Xíng Yún of the lethal wounds he had sustained. In a second Mortal lifetime, he was rescued by SL and XZ and his clansmen were saved from the cages they had been thrown into by the Fú Shēng sect. (ep.6, 14-15 ) |
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| Character | MO FANG (Main Cast) | Actor |
   Drinking buddies ep12 & 18   爱慕 (àimù : admire)同仇敌忾 (tóngchóu-díkài : bound by bitter hatred for a common enemy) 占有 (zhànyǒu : comrade-in-arms) | [3]. Mò Fāng (墨方) : the name of Shěn Lí's most faithful soldier evokes 墨水 ink, seals, square things, obedience. but also a complication, such as in the Rubik's cube puzzle 魔方 mó fāng ; the pronunciation is also close to Fēng (疯 crazy, so will that one see his character change as if stained in dark ink murk and crazy thoughts?) He helped her escape in the prologue by stabbing her, wounding her seriously but non lethally, so she wound fall to mortal realm and gain time there. He was infatuated with Shěn Lí and jealous of Xíng Zhǐ, but accepted her rejection ep9. His body had reportedly been "devoured" by monsters in the attack on Immortal realm (ep.22) But when SL gave chase to the wizard, it was revealed that he was the "young master" that the wizard was priming to defeat Immortal realm. He refused to kill SL, but SL killed him before engaging the wizard in her last battle and sacrifice, burning the East Sea as a phoenix.(ep.23) But... was MF dead? No, the wizard had the "power of revival", and took possession of MF's body, although MF fought to keep some free will flickering on and off, let go of SL and regain his independence! | 
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| Character | SHEN MU YUE (Main Cast) | Actress |
    | [4]. Shěn Mù Yuè (沈木月) The Queen of the guardian demon realm, who decides what the armies do, and what Shěn Lí must do, is surnamed Shěn, Mù yuè 木月, wood moon is her given name, that furiously evoke a 木头人 Mùtourén (stubborn blockhead) but is she really that bad ! (Note: Despite they have the same name Shěn Lí and Shen Mùyuè are not daughter and mom; "Her Holiness" is Shěn Lí's master who brought her up and kept safe the Bìhǎi Cāng zhū 碧海苍珠 bead/pearl she was born with, until returning it to her (ep.11). Shěn Lí despite having tried to flee the marriage alliance, agreed with the reasons for it. ) She lived in the Zhaoqian Hall palace of the Immortal realm capital most of the time, because of an injury 1000 years before against the Chimei. (when she saved SL, daughter of her younger sister Liú Yǔ ) |
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| Character | TIAN JUN (Main cast) | Actor |
   | [5]. Tiān Jūn (天君) Heavenly Emperor Even though he was the Emperor of the 99 heavens and relative of Fú Róng Jūn (who was his 33rd grandson), he followed the advice of Xíng Zhǐ and ordered Shěn Lí and Fúróng to marry. (It is funny that the very long list of candidates he had shown for the marriage deal may have been that of his male descendants! #33 was the number that Xíng Zhǐ, out of boredom had haphazardly chosen.) This Emperor hated to make decisions and was negligent of how the realm was ruled. He only looked forward to celebrations and banquets in airy Lingxiao Hall, so he was taken aback when Divine realm was attacked. Mass killings and destructions were reported too late ; the ancient gods memory hall was almost destroyed, saved by Shěn Lí who had come to know its importance for Xíng Zhǐ. |
A graduate from Beijing Dancing Academy, 176cm (5'9") tall, he debuted in the 2006 drama Han Emperor 3. He is well known for his main role as Cai Ba Dou in 2014 Longmen Express. - |
| Character | FURONG JUN (Main cast) | Actor |
    |  [6]. Fú Róng Jūn (拂容君 : "brush"/"allow" sounds comically like 芙蓉 Fúróng hibiscus flower!!) No wonder Xíng Zhǐ haphazardly chose that name to grant marriage to the supposed male general Bi cang !He was a playboy who feared the ruthless reputation of Shěn Lí, and tried to avoid the marriage imposed on him. (ep.9, 11-12) But he was not totally bad, as his rising to help a Mortal city showed (ep.13) and he tried to help her in Divine realm when she came for the Hundred Flowers banquet. He was granted more power to purify by XZ, who he tried to help secretly (although Yōu Lán spied on him). After trying to purify Mò Fāng of his possession by the evil wizard, he persuaded Tiān Jūn to let him go with the Immortals to fight off the threat of breaking open the Abyss in wait for Divine reinforcement troops, which he finally went on to lead himself. |
He talked for about an hour on a live stream about TLoSL (2024.04.11) Fun BTS to watch. And if you like him, follow him in Sword and Fairy 1 tthe remake of the oiginal Chinese Paladin, where he stars with Yang Yutong and four others, from April 2 on WeTV (direct link) |
IMMORTAL REALM - Shen Li's return (Secondary characters) |
Pictures link to their sources ; reference to some music from bgm linked. By order of appearance :
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| [11]. Shàng Běi 尚北 General of Immortal Realm ; see Mortal Realm First Descent |
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| [12]. Zhū Fēi 诸飞 see Mortal Realm First Descent |
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  | [24]. Chì Róng 赤容 General of Immortal Realm, Shěn Mùyuè's subordinate who led the search party to Mortal Realm to force Shěn Lí to go back home. He was sent to investigate the puppet matter (ep.6-9, 11, 18, 22-23, 31-32, 35) |
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  | [25]. Qīng Yán 青颜 General of Immortal Realm, Shěn Mùyuè's subordinate, member of the search party. He was sent to investigate the puppet matter (ep.6-9, 11 18, 22-24, 31-32, 35, 38) |
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 | [27]. Ròu Yā 肉丫 Shěn Lí's attendant (ep.7, 11-12, 17-18, 24, 31-32, 38) |
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 | [28]. Zi Xià 子夏 general of Immortal Realm who died reportedly to a Scorpion-Tailed Fox. He had left with Mò Fāng to inspect the disturbance near the Xū Tiān Yuān Abyss. His corpse was invaded by miasma and he became one of the first puppets of the wizard. (ep.7-8. 16, 25) |
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  | [29]. Zi Xià's wife 子夏夫人 She had been out buying groceries on the market, when miasma attacked the town. [30]. Ā Nuǎn 阿暖 Zi Xià's daughter whose father had promised candied lotus seeds when he'd return home. (ep. 7-8, 12, 18) |
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 Clip from ep.8, music 碧苍 (Bi Cang) - 李佳薇 (Jess Lee / Li Jia Wei) | [31] Scorpion-Tailed Fox 蝎尾狐 [Xiē wěi hú], monster of Xū Tiān Abyss A shape shifting Chimei monster who swallowed Shěn Lí before she hacked her way out of it, to kill it. Before that, Mò Fāng was stabbed by the sting on its tail. (ep.8, 25) |
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 | [32] Immortal Lord Wénliǔ 闻柳仙君 [Wén Liǔ xiānjūn], Fú Róng 's friend who woke him up from a nightmare and advised him to make such a nuisance of himself that Shěn Lí would make Xíng Zhǐ annul the marriage deal. (ep.11, 14, 17) |
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 | [33] Uncle Li 李叔, cook of Lord Bì Cāng Manor, who was bullied by Fú Róng Jūn when he came to live in Shěn Lí's manor. (ep.11) |
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 | [34] Wine Lady 酒娘 She was dancing, at the Big Bowl Tavern, admired by Fú Róng Jūn, who still was not impressed by the wine, before he was served another, but he ended up drunk and disorderly behaving with the barmaid, causing Shěn Lí to file a complaint to the Emperor! (ep.13, 18) |
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 | [40] Zhào Méng 赵蒙, general of Immortal Realm, he was guarding the entrance to the Abyss. SL met him on her return from Jinxiu city and inquired about Mò Fāng. He told her that the Luótiān goddess had requested Mò Fāng for a talk in the garden. (ep.18) |
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| Character | YOU LAN, Goddess Luótiān (Main Cast) | Actress |
   Click on picture for a fun short video! (ep.24) |  [7]. Yōu Lán - means "quiet"/Orchid ( 幽兰). She was the "Luótiān Goddess" (Dà Luó Tiān 大罗天 is the highest heaven of Daoism) who had been cured in the past by Xíng Zhǐ from a severe affliction. She was intent on keeping Shěn Lí away from Xíng Zhǐ to protect his powers, acting like the leader of his "fanclub", keeping tabs on him through the immortal "live show" as if in front of a giant "multiple screen". She was Fú Róng Jūn's sister and came to visit Immortal realm briefly to deliver an invitation to the Hundred Flowers banquet, before returning home.She had ways to wiggle the truth out of her brother, but what she saw made her sympathetic to XZ's desires, and help her brother assist the God and the Three Realms as well. (ep.17-24 27-28) |
Her fandom is called Xiàng Yánghuā / 向洋花 (10.307 million fans on Weibo)  Yōu Lán and the 3 gossip fairies ep.19 |
MORTAL REALM - Second descent -Qingsheng city, Jinxiu City, Qingya cave |
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 | [35] Storyteller 说书人 While Shěn Lí was looking for Fú Róng Jūn, who had been kicked down to Mortal realm by Mò Fāng, she enjoyed revisiting Qingsheng city, reading and listening to the storyteller regaling a young audience with the lore of the half immortal Xíng Yún and of Gù Chéngjǐn. (ep.14) |
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 | [36] Jǐng Xī 's mother 景惜娘 She had an isolated tea house in the forest, where she and her daughter, snake demons both, used to rob travelers, without killing them. (ep.15) |
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 | [23] Jǐng Xī 景惜, snake demon, reincarnation of Xiǎo Hé (Jinxiu city, ep.15-16) |
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 | [37] Jǐng Xī 's father and Jǐng Yán's teacher 景惜爹 A cultivator who had sought refuge in Northern Academy of Jinxiu city, where Fú Róng Jūn had set up a shelter against miasma. (ep.15-16) |
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 | [38-39] Jǐng Yán 小景言 and Shī Luó 小施萝, young. (cf {21], [22]) Qīng Yè recalled to,XZ the youth of his reincarnation, who had been caught by Fú Shēng and put in a cage; Shī Luó broke the locjk to free him, but her parents had been killed by the sect. (ep.17) |
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DIVINE REALMpreparing for Hundred Flowers banquet, visiting the Ancient Gods Memory Hall |
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 | [32] Immortal Lord Wénliǔ 闻柳仙君 [Wén Liǔ xiānjūn], a Divine, Fú Róng 's friend - see description in Immortal Realm (ep.11, 14, 17) |
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| [40] Zhào Méng 赵蒙, general of Immortal Realm, See detailed description in Immortal Realm (ep.18) |
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 | [41] Fairy Fǔ Huà 抚画仙子, Yōu Lán's friend, who with the two other fairies was a terrible gossip and extreme fan of XZ. (ep.19-20) |
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 | [42] Fairy Míngshū 明书仙子, Yōu Lán's friend, another possessive fan in Yōu Lán's "fanclub". (ep.19-20) |
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 | [43] Fairy Bǎo Qín 宝琴仙子, Yōu Lán's friend (ep.19-20) |
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 | [44] Third Prince of the Northern Sea, Běi Xiǎoyán 北小炎 He was jostled by Shěn Lí rushing to Divine Realm, and lost his treasure box. While he retrieved the scattered contents, he found a strange hand. (ep.19, 25-26) |
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 | [45] Lord Wù Yuán 勿元仙君 He was keeping the guest list to the Hundred Flowers Banquet and did not know Lord Bì Cāng. (ep.19, 24, 28, 31-32) |
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 | [46] Lù Qìng 陆庆, Fú Róng's attendant, he took SL to Furong's residence, after her arrival, and Fú Róng warned that his sister's friends might cause a clash. (ep.19) |
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 | [47] Yīng Gē 莺歌, personal maid assigned to Shěn Lí in Divine Realm (ep.19) |
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 | [48] Koi carp 小锦鲤 [Xiǎo jǐnlǐ] spirits of the pond in Xī yuán (West Garden) of Divine Realm The seven koi spirits had fun with Shěn Lí, pestering her like children and being midly punished by XZ, who assigned them to serve as attendants to her. (ep.20) | Dèng Miào Qī 邓妙柒 Child actors who have not yet been big notoriety. | ||
 | [49] The old immortal Lǎo Xiān Jūn 老仙君 and the White Spirit Divine Beast 百灵神兽 When provoked (by Yōu Lán) the beast became a huge lion, but if thrown a ball, it reduced to its normal cub size. XZ had asked that it be brought to SL to amuse her. (ep.20) |
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 | [50] Qiān Jī 千机 ancient god One of the gods whose memory tablets told the story of Xingzhi to Shěn Lí (ep.21) |
--Fandom Name: Fried Rice With Egg 蛋炒饭 | ||
 | [51] Xíng Zhǐ, young 小行止 He was very mischievous (ep.21) | Qiū Wén Bīn 邱文斌 Child actor |
ATTACK OF THE EVIL AND AFTERMATHHongyuan Village in Immortal Realm ; Eastern Sea ; Snowy Mountains |
(still under construction, until last episodes air)
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 | [52, 53] Ā Hóng 阿鸿 and Ā Yuǎn 阿远 The children of Hongyuan village were playing with masks before the miasma and puppets attack (ep.22) | Chéng Yǔzhòu 程宇宙 Child actors. (Chéng Yǔzhòu debuted in 2022: no more info). | ||||
 | [54] Dragon King of the East Sea 东海龙王 He came complaining to Tiān Jūn about XZ having frozen the sea. But he took good care of the injured god during his recovery in his palace. (ep.24-25, 27) |
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 Music : Bi Cang (Jess Lee) | [55] young Shěn Lí 小沈璃 in memory flashbacks of Shěn Mù Yuè (ep24, 31) |
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 | {56] young Mò Fāng 小墨方 in memory flashbacks of Fú Shēng, who saved the son of the Demon king and fed him his own life blood. (ep.25, 31, 35) |
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 | [57] Turtle Prime Minister of the Eastern Sea Dragon King 龟丞相 He came with news that XZ was fishing, but thought the God wanted something else! (ep.27) |
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 | [58] Mermaid 美人鱼 When XZ himself came to ask for fish, he was offered ... a mermaid, but didn't like her! (ep.27) |
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 | [59-60] Hēi Yuán 黒猿 and Hēi Zhì 黑雉, Guards from the wizard's prison (ep.25-26, 28-29) |
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   | [8]. Wáng Bǎo ( 王宝) The fishermen village chief's eldest son, a bully and a snitch. (ep.28) |
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 | [61] Ms Jīn 金娘子 [Jīn niángzǐ = "Golden Lady"] She was a Snake, older than XZ, residing in Snow Mountain with her treasures. She did not care about her demon core, but cared a lot about Mù Zichún's health in the Snowy Mountain where she had abducted him ! (ep.29-32, 39) |
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 | [62] Mù Zi Chún 慕子淳 Nice name (characters mean "admire/seed/pure") The "mortal cultivator" helped the Golden Lady who was confronting her doppelgänger that was holding her stolen core, and used magic to keep Jinxiu city from stones falling from Extranatural heaven. Lady Jīn swept him away with her (to finally marry him)! (ep.32, 39) |
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