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Feng Miao Jun, a princess of the fallen Anxia Kingdom, crosses paths with Yun Ya, a cruel master from Wei. Despite initial distrust, their fates intertwine. Together with Master Mo Ti Zhun and Saintess Han Yue, they become close allies in their battle against the Heavenly Demons. Through trials, love, and mutual support, they grow into powerful beings capable of facing all challenges.

Feng Miao Jun, a princess of the fallen Anxia Kingdom, crosses paths with Yun Ya, a cruel master from Wei. Despite initial distrust, their fates intertwine. Together with Master Mo Ti Zhun and Saintess Han Yue, they become close allies in their battle against the Heavenly Demons. Through trials, love, and mutual support, they grow into powerful beings capable of facing all challenges.

Both are uncensored Chinese BL with similar themes of cold second lead and misconceptions about each other.

Same time period and about war and the hard lives of commoners. About invading forces and then then every day commoners suffer oppression, poverty and illness.

Both focus on:

-GL romance with a more dramatic and mature tone.
-Emotional resistance one partner struggles to accept or return love.
-Themes of protection, power imbalance, and redemption through love.
-Heavy on melodrama, tension, and character growth rather than light romance.

Very similar premise and similar vibes, setting, and characters. In both:

+ leads are childhood sweethearts who promised to marry (or eloped in SL)
+ they are separated and ML goes off to war for many years
+ ML returns after military success
+ by the time ML returns, FL is married to someone else in his family and has a son
+ ML actively tries to steal FL while she's still married
+ there are scenes of ML getting spicy with FL while her husband is nearby
+ FL denies ML and repeatedly rejects & hurts him
+ very aggressive, domineering ML, assault warning for both dramas

The list goes on but I won't spoil beyond this. If you liked one, you are bound to like the other.

- thai dramas
- murder mystery, dramatic, romance
- betrayal, intrigues, affairs, secrets, investigations
- multiple perspectives and multiple characters
- almost lakorn kind of quality
and ofc a very similar title!

- thai dramas with adult characters
- darker setting, romance, mystery and drama shows
- multiple main characters, stories and perspectives
- overlapping cast (Punpun)

- thai dramas
- intrigues, affairs, secrets coming to light
- murder, investigation, uncovering the truth
- dark vibes, setting
- multiple mains
- dramatic

- gmmtv dramas
- both series are based on novels by the same author
- mystery, drama, romance shows
- multiple mains, mulitple couples/affairs
- darker vibes and settings
- overlapping cast (Aye, Luke)

Enemies to lovers trope - MLs and FLs are from rival states, with the FLs pretty much subtlety going over to the other side to collaborate with the MLs to find the truth behind their earlier demise.

FLs looking good in red and both have the second ML obsessing over them.

- Gmmtv shows
- dramatic, Mystery, Thriller shows
- family secrets, intrigues, death, murder, investigation, sexual/romantic affairs
- multiple mains
- overlapping actors (Chimon)

Enemies to lovers trope - both from rival states/clans but end up together as allies early on in the drama. They find out who their real enemies are by learning to work together.

Both ML and FL leads are very clever, composed and collected. This establishes solid chemistry between the shows' leads, as they complement each other and can understand each other given that they match each others' intellect (and trauma/pain).

ML has one toxic parent who hopefully gets a chance to redeem themselves. Makes you feel for the ML, tbh.

Elements of brotherhood in both.

Tang San and Xiao Wu join five other prodigies from various academies in their journey of cultivation. Strong in their power, the seven students become known throughout the land as the “Shrek Seven Devils”. With their fame ever-growing, the talents of the Seven are eventually noticed by a few very prominent nobles who invite them to continue their cultivation at the esteemed Tian Dou Royal Academy.

Not long after accepting the invitation, the Seven Devils find themselves caught up in an imperial struggle for power between the first and fourth princes. At the same time, Tang San uncovers a long-hidden secret about his mother’s death. Suddenly facing battles on many fronts, Tang San finds himself forced to fight, not only to protect those he loves but to bring honor to his sect, save his country, and complete his quest to become the greatest soul master of all time.

Tang San and Xiao Wu join five other prodigies from various academies in their journey of cultivation. Strong in their power, the seven students become known throughout the land as the “Shrek Seven Devils”. With their fame ever-growing, the talents of the Seven are eventually noticed by a few very prominent nobles who invite them to continue their cultivation at the esteemed Tian Dou Royal Academy.

Not long after accepting the invitation, the Seven Devils find themselves caught up in an imperial struggle for power between the first and fourth princes. At the same time, Tang San uncovers a long-hidden secret about his mother’s death. Suddenly facing battles on many fronts, Tang San finds himself forced to fight, not only to protect those he loves but to bring honor to his sect, save his country, and complete his quest to become the greatest soul master of all time.