I don’t understand the synopsis. The translation makes no sense. I rephrased it. If you have a better version, please share!
For centuries, the war has persisted. This is an era of heroes and famous generals, assassins and beautiful women, conspiracy and espionage. A strong man values his promise, but a king despises life and death. Beauty is a source of disaster, and white hair elders tell a long story. A smile can captivate a city, and a word can destroy a country.
Fu Cha once held dominion, but everything turned around. Xi Shi endured humiliation for ten years and looked back with clouds. Qingqing, a Yue girl, infiltrated the Wu Palace to retrieve her father's relics. The sword was stolen from the Jianlu, and the Wu palace was shaken. Qingqing encountered the descendant of Sun Wu and also saw the long-lost Yue girl Xishi. She was involuntarily drawn into the overt and covert conflicts between Wu and Yue and witnessed the tragedy of the assassin, the helplessness of the guest, the shamelessness of the counsellor and the unrighteousness of the king
yes. in fact he cheated and married few I think. I jumped on episodes here and there.
the last image is him alone watching the horizon on top of a hill on his horse. But I am not 100% sure he has an empress next to him after her departure.
It looks like S1 is very light and S2 very dark. that's my impression but since I did not watch the full drama, I may be biased here.
sidenote: I am not a big fan of Allen though lolll
Wow, your summary is great. I have read all of them. No wonder you don't enjoy the drama as much.Thanks for the…
yes. Ye Liuyun showed up out of the blue the last 2 minutes of the epilogue. (definitely NOT in the novel lollll)
Regarding the good character... I may be wrong. The major issue I have with the novel is the translation at times. Names are mixed up a lot. I re-read a part and it seems that the good character was in jail for a couple of years and once free, he joined Fan Xian in his exile too.
To be honest, I loved chapters 1 2 3 4 and 5... not much 6 (for me it was a bit too long)... and 7 was definitely the more teary (Thanks Gawd I was alone crying like a baby at one scene).
Regarding the author, Mao Ni, many times reading the novel I thought he was a misogynic and homophobic.
Each time I try to update MDL, I get rejected. So here goes lol
Exactly. I also tried to correct some synopsis that were so badly translated that my teeth hurt… nope. And you nailed it. After few attempts I got tired to be slapped. I gave up giving my time.
Wow, your summary is great. I have read all of them. No wonder you don't enjoy the drama as much.Thanks for the…
Only 1 great-grandmaster left Ye Liuyun + wu zhu who is no martial but is above a grandmaster. While in Dongyi, when the grandmaster sigu died, Ye land master Fei (poison master) showed up in a big boat and said their farewell to western countries with no return. Meanwhile the grandmaster Ku He also died. Dognyi gave his sect to fan Xian and Ku He gave a book in Italian (why, no idea, no explanation fromauthor… maybe he was on vacation in Italy when he wrote that part?). The notebook help fan Xian to reach almost the realm, but not quite. Fan Xian could not understand the notebook but he learned it phonetically and it worked. (yeah yeah… at times the author was homophobic, very misogynistic and forgot his own plot added few inconsistencies that made no sense )
So left the emperor and wu Zhu. At the end fan Xian was the strongest 9-ranked in all kingdoms, including above duoduo and thirteen wang.
Wu Zhu was very badly injured but last page of the novel, we know he recovered physically. He also recovered his feelings, few memories, including the understanding that fan. Ian is his family.
Most of the good characters stayed alive, except 1.
Fan Xian is put on a pedestal by all kingdoms because he went to the divine temple, came back alive and is the only one who knows what happened to earth. He is around 26 years old. Wanner, 2 kids, sisi, dabao and closed aides and more live with him in exile
Regarding Yan grandfather, The screenwriter forgot to tie the knot. It was never in the novel. But may you'll see Is it in S3? Yan betrayed fan Xian in the end. He didn't die but fan Xian didn't forgive him.
Wow, your summary is great. I have read all of them. No wonder you don't enjoy the drama as much.Thanks for the…
Yes, she did. She gave the emperor the second book she stole from the divine temple. He became a grandmaster early on (the most powerful after WuZhu, then Fan Xian). Hu Ke (of the Qi northern kingdom) got the first book in exchange for helping her escape. She was only four years old when she escaped. It is unclear about the 3rd grandmaster, Ye. The 4th grandmaster is the emperor. It is often mentioned that WuZhu is the 5th grandmaster, the most powerful of all. He is a cyborg, although it is never explicitly stated in the novel. It is always suggested that he never gets old, remains with the face of a 15-year-old, does not have feelings, can change his voice, and knows all the individual martial tricks of the grandmasters. Each grandmaster has their own martial tricks.
Fan Xian never became a grandmaster but he was very very VERY close at chapter 7 to be one. The emperor, his father, had the very same tyrannical quenzi power. Fan Xian was only missing the 2nd book to understand the last plateau to reach the realm. But Fan Xian, up to chapter 7, was the strongest 9-ranked (9-level) martial.
It is unclear how she was reborn (yes, just like Fan Xian, she lived in the past 100,000+ years before and was reborn with all her memories and knowledge). The letter she left in the chest (sniffle gun) was clear enough. No, Fan Xian was not an "experiment" or an "error". In the letter she said, "Mum, Dad, I miss you so much!". Plus, she wrote that she gave an aphrodisiac to the emperor to become pregnant. You can consider both as anomalies of the universe or just God's will. Fan Xian in the novel was an atheist in his previous life but became a believer in the second. Fan Xian believed that her previous life was scientific (she re-created window glasses, soap, porcelain... every actual necessity).
In the letter, she does not know if she has a daughter or a son. She hoped for a daughter because she mentioned that if she had a son, his "father" would take control of him. It was not said who his father was, but indeed, she said that she played with HIS beard. Fan Xian suspected the emperor was then his father, but there is no mention of it, but a bit later, when the Empress Dowager colluded with the Elder Princess and Crown Prince, the three of them asked three officials to set up Fan Xian and beat him (hoping to death). This part is right after the corruption examination. The second Prince's schemes were very hidden in the novel.
I will soon write a post about DRAMA versus NOVEL. I will list what scenes are inspired or truly in the novel. So far, not many. I would say 10% are from the novel, and 90% are a mix of invented and inspired. I do recognize some events here and there, but they are nothing like what happened in the novel.
Like up to the examination, Fan Xian met the crown prince only once (when he went in the mountains for a "long weekend"). He met the second prince right before the examination on a "pleasure boat". Fan Xian tried his best to avoid both of them. Both princes tried to gain his favor because everyone knew that because of his marriage, he would handle the palace/kingdom revenue. Crown prince is not a bad villain at all in the novel. Just a puppet manipulated by the elder princess with not much intelligence. However, the second prince is more hidden. In the novel, we learn mid-novel that he colluded with the elder princess in the two assassination attempts (when he killed the 8th ranked martial and when Waner brother was killed by WuZhu).
In the novel, everything is revealed bit by bit. The clues are given little by little. Fan Xian is an extreme strategist, a genius planner, a cunning scheming guy. He only wants power on his own to protect his family understanding that the other power is the emperor. He understands early on that he cannot be a puppet.
Oh, and he met Chen PingPing for the first time right after the examination, when he was forced to publicly reveal that he was the Overwatch Council commissioner.
Mao Ni wrote a very (VERY) similar second novel with the same kind of plot featuring earth destruction and a hero reborn. Although part 1 is missing on Amazon (which is quite stupid), part 2, 3, and 4 are available. Part 1 can be found unofficially translated on the web. When I say unofficially, I mean it is either badly AI-translated or manually translated with a few grammar/typos, but it's still better than having no part 1 at all.
Funny enough, I loved season 1. It was not copy verbatim as novel but close enough. Fan Xian personality was very similar: cunning, arrogant, lovable.
I really didn't like season 2 because they focused on the second prince as a villain, added cringeworthy comedy with yodeling sounds, and removed the real villain (the elder princess). Everything seemed chaotic to me. Most of all, Fan Xian seemed like a crying baby puppet.
I'm looking forward to watching season 3, but I'm not expecting much from it after season 2 It is the last chapter 7 of the novel packed with martial fights, two major battlefields, the deaths of two grandmasters, and the Wu Zhu/Emperor/Fan Xian fight. It could be really good if they have the budget, but if they don't, it might be a flop. We'll see how it turns out.
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This looks like very much like The story of Ming Lan which I truly liked. Family drama mixed romances with a real man, not a youngster. I am not fond of comedy at all.
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For centuries, the war has persisted. This is an era of heroes and famous generals, assassins and beautiful women, conspiracy and espionage. A strong man values his promise, but a king despises life and death. Beauty is a source of disaster, and white hair elders tell a long story. A smile can captivate a city, and a word can destroy a country.
Fu Cha once held dominion, but everything turned around. Xi Shi endured humiliation for ten years and looked back with clouds. Qingqing, a Yue girl, infiltrated the Wu Palace to retrieve her father's relics. The sword was stolen from the Jianlu, and the Wu palace was shaken. Qingqing encountered the descendant of Sun Wu and also saw the long-lost Yue girl Xishi. She was involuntarily drawn into the overt and covert conflicts between Wu and Yue and witnessed the tragedy of the assassin, the helplessness of the guest, the shamelessness of the counsellor and the unrighteousness of the king
the last image is him alone watching the horizon on top of a hill on his horse. But I am not 100% sure he has an empress next to him after her departure.
It looks like S1 is very light and S2 very dark. that's my impression but since I did not watch the full drama, I may be biased here.
sidenote: I am not a big fan of Allen though lolll
Regarding the good character... I may be wrong. The major issue I have with the novel is the translation at times. Names are mixed up a lot. I re-read a part and it seems that the good character was in jail for a couple of years and once free, he joined Fan Xian in his exile too.
To be honest, I loved chapters 1 2 3 4 and 5... not much 6 (for me it was a bit too long)... and 7 was definitely the more teary (Thanks Gawd I was alone crying like a baby at one scene).
Regarding the author, Mao Ni, many times reading the novel I thought he was a misogynic and homophobic.
I started watching but since it is a SE. I stopped
And you nailed it. After few attempts I got tired to be slapped. I gave up giving my time.
So left the emperor and wu Zhu. At the end fan Xian was the strongest 9-ranked in all kingdoms, including above duoduo and thirteen wang.
Wu Zhu was very badly injured but last page of the novel, we know he recovered physically. He also recovered his feelings, few memories, including the understanding that fan. Ian is his family.
Most of the good characters stayed alive, except 1.
Fan Xian is put on a pedestal by all kingdoms because he went to the divine temple, came back alive and is the only one who knows what happened to earth. He is around 26 years old. Wanner, 2 kids, sisi, dabao and closed aides and more live with him in exile
Regarding Yan grandfather, The screenwriter forgot to tie the knot. It was never in the novel. But may you'll see Is it in S3? Yan betrayed fan Xian in the end. He didn't die but fan Xian didn't forgive him.
Fan Xian never became a grandmaster but he was very very VERY close at chapter 7 to be one. The emperor, his father, had the very same tyrannical quenzi power. Fan Xian was only missing the 2nd book to understand the last plateau to reach the realm. But Fan Xian, up to chapter 7, was the strongest 9-ranked (9-level) martial.
It is unclear how she was reborn (yes, just like Fan Xian, she lived in the past 100,000+ years before and was reborn with all her memories and knowledge). The letter she left in the chest (sniffle gun) was clear enough. No, Fan Xian was not an "experiment" or an "error". In the letter she said, "Mum, Dad, I miss you so much!". Plus, she wrote that she gave an aphrodisiac to the emperor to become pregnant. You can consider both as anomalies of the universe or just God's will. Fan Xian in the novel was an atheist in his previous life but became a believer in the second. Fan Xian believed that her previous life was scientific (she re-created window glasses, soap, porcelain... every actual necessity).
In the letter, she does not know if she has a daughter or a son. She hoped for a daughter because she mentioned that if she had a son, his "father" would take control of him. It was not said who his father was, but indeed, she said that she played with HIS beard. Fan Xian suspected the emperor was then his father, but there is no mention of it, but a bit later, when the Empress Dowager colluded with the Elder Princess and Crown Prince, the three of them asked three officials to set up Fan Xian and beat him (hoping to death). This part is right after the corruption examination. The second Prince's schemes were very hidden in the novel.
I will soon write a post about DRAMA versus NOVEL. I will list what scenes are inspired or truly in the novel. So far, not many. I would say 10% are from the novel, and 90% are a mix of invented and inspired. I do recognize some events here and there, but they are nothing like what happened in the novel.
Like up to the examination, Fan Xian met the crown prince only once (when he went in the mountains for a "long weekend"). He met the second prince right before the examination on a "pleasure boat". Fan Xian tried his best to avoid both of them. Both princes tried to gain his favor because everyone knew that because of his marriage, he would handle the palace/kingdom revenue. Crown prince is not a bad villain at all in the novel. Just a puppet manipulated by the elder princess with not much intelligence. However, the second prince is more hidden. In the novel, we learn mid-novel that he colluded with the elder princess in the two assassination attempts (when he killed the 8th ranked martial and when Waner brother was killed by WuZhu).
In the novel, everything is revealed bit by bit. The clues are given little by little. Fan Xian is an extreme strategist, a genius planner, a cunning scheming guy. He only wants power on his own to protect his family understanding that the other power is the emperor. He understands early on that he cannot be a puppet.
Oh, and he met Chen PingPing for the first time right after the examination, when he was forced to publicly reveal that he was the Overwatch Council commissioner.
Mao Ni wrote a very (VERY) similar second novel with the same kind of plot featuring earth destruction and a hero reborn. Although part 1 is missing on Amazon (which is quite stupid), part 2, 3, and 4 are available. Part 1 can be found unofficially translated on the web. When I say unofficially, I mean it is either badly AI-translated or manually translated with a few grammar/typos, but it's still better than having no part 1 at all.
Funny enough, I loved season 1. It was not copy verbatim as novel but close enough. Fan Xian personality was very similar: cunning, arrogant, lovable.
I really didn't like season 2 because they focused on the second prince as a villain, added cringeworthy comedy with yodeling sounds, and removed the real villain (the elder princess). Everything seemed chaotic to me. Most of all, Fan Xian seemed like a crying baby puppet.
I'm looking forward to watching season 3, but I'm not expecting much from it after season 2 It is the last chapter 7 of the novel packed with martial fights, two major battlefields, the deaths of two grandmasters, and the Wu Zhu/Emperor/Fan Xian fight. It could be really good if they have the budget, but if they don't, it might be a flop. We'll see how it turns out.