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Me too!
I found all the promotional pictures in the snow suspicious, because those definitely belong to the Heavenly Palace arc. So that would definitely be an explanation for that.

Sun Gechuanye is a great Pangzi, in my opinion, and he's proving himself especially in the second story arc of the drama.

I think he greatly channels Chen Minghao's older version of Pangzi here. His mannerisms, facial expressions and speech, the way he turns into both Wu Xie's friend and emotional support in this—all those are remarkably consistent to how I've experienced his character in, for example, Reunion or Adventure Behind the Bronze Door.

But yeah, that's just my personal opinion.

Season 2 has already been filmed and is done, and it has been filed for release in August. So if it's not released by the end of this year, it should be in the first months of 2026.
(If it doesn't have to adhere to the 12-month-between-sequels rule, that is.)

The dehumanization is a constant theme with him and it broke my heart more than once.
Because he himself barely knows what kind of person he is due to his recurring memory loss. And that memory loss (while he's still retaining his martial arts and tomb-raiding skills) also makes it easier for others to use him for their personal gains.
Wu Xie and Pangzi are not only vehemently against this, they are also among the few people who always treat him like a human being with own thoughts and feelings.
Xiaoge's story is so very tragic. 💔

My guess is that they remade it because

1. the author (who's also heavily involved in the making of the new adaptations) wasn't happy with the old ones any longer

2. to finally bring some order into that whole chaos of adaptations with their missing and/or overlapping storylines and tell a whole, COMPLETE story—and this time with a fixed cast of actors.

Time Raiders covers all of The Lost Tomb (2015), as well as the first part of The Lost Tomb 2 (2019).
So if you want to know what happens next, you should start with TLT2 (with Hou Minghao & Cheng Yi) and continue from there.

Chronologically, it fits between the first season of The Mystic Nine and this drama (Time Raiders).

You're welcome!
Please let me know if you find this song online somewhere, I really like it as well.

There are three songs listed in the end credits of the drama. The song you're looking for should be 废墟 (Ruins) by 郑楠 (Zheng Nan).
Zheng Nan is the same artist who made the song that is played during the end credits of Tibetan Sea Flower/Adventure Behind the Bronze Door.

Literally the first thing he says to Wu Xie when they meet again is: "You have aged."
Which, coming from Xiaoge, can mean anything and everything. My guess is he simply knows and can see the years of hardships in him.

Yeah. He's in his late 30s when they see each other again.
He's lost a lot of his innocence by then because he had to learn to survive without Xiaoge, and has turned into a person you don't want to mess with.

Her name is Wang Yunzhi. Weird that she wasn't added with the rest.

The first time he went in during the Heavenly Palace arc (right before UN), he didn't stay for long. The second time he went (takes place between UN and most of ABtBD), he's gone for 10 years.

He went in more than once over the course of the novels. One time before Ultimate Note, during the Heavenly Palace arc, and a second time after. The second time is described in the final volume of the main novel series that hasn't been adapted yet.
Wu Xie looks back on those events in "Adventure Behind the Bronze Door".
They appear as flashbacks in which the young Wu Xie is played by Xu Zhenxuan for the first time.

I use the WeTV app.
I paid extra for the express package, though.

Skill issue.
I really enjoyed the adventure AND I'm shipping them. It's possible to do both. <3

You're welcome. :)

I just have slightly too much money to spare and no self-control when it comes to these adaptations. 😂

Tell me about it. My first marathon of all the DMBJ adaptations sure was a confusing one. 🫠

I very much doubt they will be skipped because they are really important to the story, especially Heavenly Palace.
Looking at all those promo pics of the Iron Triangle in the snow, my guess is that those parts have already been filmed and are in post-production.
Adding those two arcs would then cover the entire plots of TLT, TLT2 and TLT2: Heavenly Palace on the Clouds combined.

And then come the events of UN and we're back on track.