Xien_Rue

Your welcome! The moment Xiao Wu sacrifices her everything in order to save Tang San, I think is the highlight of her character. That she as soul beast freely giving her spirit ring for the man she loves.

At first Xiao Wu is all: Why soul master should kill soul beast? I don't like it.
But in the end she is: Since it is you, you worth it. My spirit ring, my everything shall be yours.

Yeah, I agree that the donghua has done marvelous job on that particular scenes. It was beautiful.

You might want to read BTTH novel. It is very good. Really love seeing Xiao Yan perseverance and confidence in order to be worthy of Xun Er. I love it when he finally goes to Gu realm to meet again with Xun Er. The reaction from her family is so enjoyable.

Xiao Wu is a 100,000 years old soul beast that transformed into human. Her mother is also 100,000 years old soul beast and she is killed to become the 9th ring of Bibi Dong. The premise of this IP, is that there is an enmity between soul beast and soul master since soul master needs to kill soul beast to advance in their cultivation which lead to the decreasing number of soul beast in the world.

Therefore, for Xiao Wu as soul beast to fall in love in Tang San who is a soul master is a big deal. In the tournament arc, Xiao Wu identity will be revealed to the soul hall which lead her to be hunted. Tang Hao will show up and save them. Tang Hao tells Xiao Wu to leave Tang San temporarily since it is very unsafe for Xiao Wu (still low level as soul master) to be roamed in the open and Tang San is still not in the level where he can protect both of them. So, they get separated for years. In this separation period, we will have Slaughter/Killing City arc when Hu Lie Na character become important since she is the one who accompany Tang San in this endeavor. However, because Tang San appearance has been changed by then, Hu Lie Na doesn't recognize him as Tang San.

After this arc, Tang San will go to Star Dou forest for looking for Xiao Wu. However, at the same time, the soul hall is out hunting for her. They are collided and Tang San ends up doing suicide in order to let Xiao Wu escape. At this time, Xiao Wu decides to sacrifice herself to become 6th spirit ring for Tang San so that he can survive. This "sacrifice" is something unique that could be done by 100,000 years old soul beast. After the sacrifice, the soul beast will loss all their cultivation and have to start from scratch once more.

Please be noted here, that only people that will advance to 90+ level (titled douluo) that will have ability to absorb a spirit ring from 100,000 years old soul beast. As Tang San is only low level at that point of time, Xiao Wu needs to literally sacrifice her everything including her soul so that Tang San could accept the ring. This sacrifice of Xiao Wu makes her impossible to ever "re-start" because she gives her all to Tang San.

In my opinion, the development of Xiao Wu from the first she decides to roam the world, meeting Tang San, fall in love with him regardless of her identity, and lastly sacrifice herself to become his spirit ring is quite beautiful. Especially if you look from the background of the war between soul beast and soul master.

She will get character development, just not now. .... Umm, are you fine with spoiler? Because if you want to know about Xiao Wu character development in the original (which may or may not be adapted in this season 1), I will need to tell you a major spoiler.

"Then she devolves into a damsel on steroids who conveniently benefits from all of TS's power-ups by free-loading. Ugghhh.."

You said it! I was so very annoyed at that Xiao Wu power up setting. Just .... what the hell. But I persevered at that time since I liked Tang San character. Sacrifice arc actually is very good. It truly showed how far Xiao Wu can go for Tang San and vice versa.

I actually have not checked on Battle through the Heavens animation. Is is any good?

One of my colleague at work literally stop reading the novel once she got into the Sea God trial arc since she was annoyed at how the novel made Xiao Wu into damsel in distress, hahahahaha. But to be fair, Xiao Wu actually quite okay up to sacrifice arc.

It is actually difficult to have a great romance line in xuanhuan genre. One of romance line that I like is that of Xiao Yan - Xun Er in Battle through the Heavens (adapted as Fight Break Sphere) but the drama butchered that ......

You can go here:
https://mydramalist.com/discussions/douluo-continent/59337-novel-fans-and-donghua-fans-sanctuary?page=last&p=1574487#p1574487

Thank you very much for your kindness to us, original fans. Glad that you can find yourself to enjoy this drama.

You can bring this complain to the special thread that I made: Novel and Donghua fans Sanctuary, where we hold the discussion regarding this in earnest. The majority of drama fans in this thread don't take kindly to our complaining and comparing.

I think @OniBro has explained to you very well about the stance of the original fans regarding this adaptation. I made a special discussion thread for us the original fans, one of the reason so that I would never ever read this kind of comment like you come out again. I have my own argument down below in this thread with someone thinking like you and it was just not pretty.

This drama is an ADAPTATION. So, the comparing to the original is inevitable. It is time for drama fans and actor fans to accept this fact. Not to mention, this is a big IP. You can enjoy it. I have not seen the original fans here telling people to not watch this drama. But, we have our rights to complain just as you have your rights to praise. All this nonsense about not comparing the drama with the novel because bla bla bla, we get all your argumentation already. We knew from the beginning that the drama will change something in order to escape the censor. But the change in this drama is just too much. It literally change the flavor of the entire IP.

You, who have not read the novel or watch the anime, will never be able to understand our frustration. And we are not asking of any consolation. As I see it, the majority that reply to our complain is also original fans. Please don't make a comment like this again. It sounds so arrogant in my point of view and in the core just tell us to shut up because original fans are pest. You might even make the neutral original fans angry and change their mind toward this drama.

I have restrained myself and constraining my complain to the special thread. But you cannot make all original fans banished themselves from the main thread. Also, I have never seen original fans abusing actor here. However, I do question your logic that actor is innocent. In a drama, director, scriptwriter, and actor have their own part to make the drama either good or bad. Because as you have said it, the actor has freedom to give flavor to their character.

You will love the tournament arc in donghua. I made a discussion thread for any discussion regarding comparison between drama and original material. You can come there

Already made a discussion thread for that. Since honestly I am very much felt unwelcome here. Hopefully we can discuss and complain to our heart content there. Original fans with their knowledge of the entire plot also usually prone to give up spoiler accidentally. So moving to somewhere else to discuss is better. You are welcome to come and join.

I make a new discussion thread for us original fans. We can go there to discuss and complain to our heart content

I just make a new discussion thread for us original fans to discuss things. Lets discuss there. I am tired of getting complain from drama fans.

I just made the thread. We can move there to further discuss things. I hope this can resolve the problem between original and drama fans here. Honestly, I am getting uncomfortable in this forum.

Based on your saying, I suspect they will scrap any plot regarding Dugu Bo and her granddaughter. Because Tang San here, I take is not proficient with poison like in the novel.

Oh, I remember wrongly then. My bad ..... Thanks for clarifying

If I were to count the user, the user who are drama/actor fans actually numbered more than original fans. They should be more than able to drown the original fans complain posts.

Well, good for you if you have group that so harmonious when talking about this drama and you are respected when sharing the anime and novel version. What I see here is that complaining is not allowed. The original fans more or less are seen as pest. All my posts in this section mainly just explaining why we should be allowed to speak instead of being shooed away and take our complain somewhere else. I don't even ranting angrily or anything and still the drama fans more or less tell me to shut up already.

Household cockroach!! LOL! hahahahahahahaha!

I saw a clip about that fight. I think one thing that made you think of cockroach perhaps the spider CGI. Honestly, it looks ugly and weak.

What spoiler? Is it about Ning Rong Rong spirit?

By the way, how do you think if we open a discussion for us novel fans? So we can complain freely without "offending" those who want to "enjoy" the drama

"They said the school couldn't pay him to stay"
What the hell?? But this is an important character since he is one of triangle with Xiao Gang and Flander in their team. Or perhaps they will change his place with Er Long later on .......

Ah I see. Tell you the truth I haven't watched the drama properly, only clips here and there since I am still in lunar new year holiday and the internet in my home is limited. I hear that the drama change the entry test but I thought that Acala will still be there.

Mind filling me up? Where is the story currently at? As I hear you said about Er Ming, I take we now already in Star Dou forest arc when Xiao Wu will get kidnapped and Tang San will get that external soul bone?