DistantDream

I agree! It will fit the time loop really well and will most likely be like this

Timeline 1 (original)
LWY dies
JL survives
JL becomes Li Shi
Ji Shi regrets everything → goes back in time

Ji Shi interferes
He saves LWY

👉 BUT the cost:

JL now dies instead

Ji Shi now offer LWY to go back in time to save JL * we are probably gonna be here

Thanks to the character map, we learn that the white-robed person in the trailer who looks like Ji Ling is named Ji Shi. Of course, with all the names in the show being crafted to reveal more about each character, Ji Shi also has meaning behind it.

In episode 19, LWY explains what Ji Ling means by Ji (寄) as in fleeting life and Ling (灵 ) as in a kindred understanding

Ji (寄) as in fleeting life, but the character for Shi (食) revealed something dark about the character.

Shi (食) as in to eat, consume, rely on for sustenance

together you get a character name Ji (寄) as in fleeting life, Shi (食) as in to eat, consume, rely on for sustenance

so Ji Shi can roughly mean A fleeting life that survives by consuming.

But in the context of the show. Since obsession is a huge theme of the show. This could literally be what Ji Ling becomes when he is consumed by obsession; his name is now Ji Shi (寄食)

About Ji Shi from the character maps, and possible spoiler from the implication of his name

One thing that might be interesting to everyone, Hanba is an actual Drought Demon in the Chinese "Classic of Mountains and Seas" collection of myths.

But Hanba was always depicted as female.

personally I don't think we in the time loop yet.

But as most thing up to this point have been clarify, trust GJM will continue to clarify them !

O it gonna be heartbreak central til maybe the theorized happy ending

it basically the same song. But if you look at it from the context of JJY character

And then TJR character the song have similar but different meaning.

She is the alpha ! 9 tail fox > Poor little wild fox 🤣.. even JL know it

Episode 19 at 32:10 JL say it, those who know he wasnt CW.... lol I had to rewatch the whole episode to find it he literally casually mention it.

I knew I wasnt crazy ! and it was say.

Episode 19 at 32:10 JL say it, those who know he wasnt CW.... lol I had to rewatch the whole episode to find it he literally casually mention it.

I knew I wasnt crazy ! and it was say.

Im trying to find it, I remember it was briefly explain.

I mean Ji Ling, does know what happen with Hanba

They tell you why later ! if you already caught up, you might have missed it

It been explain, you might have missed it

Yes

Episode 20 was amazing, going back to how the earlier episode was! Comedy weaving in storytelling and uncovering newer mysteries.... 🤭 people instantly go back to theory instead of complaining about who is on the screen

ah gotcha

GJM really loves these cinematography shots.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F9lSx8XDBNQ

🤨 what episode are you ?

The show is filled with Daoist and Confucian themes, and I’m worried that it won’t translate well in a live-action adaptation.

Since they’ll most likely focus on Season 1 of the donghua, which was mainly world-building and honestly a bit slow, it’ll be interesting to see how they handle it.

I just hope they dont inject too many thing that didnt happen