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I mean, why bother covering their faces when they wear the same (very distinctive) outfits all the time?

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10 hours ago, kur4p1k4 said:

 

About the Ghost Valley person, yeah that guy who stole the Glazed Armor is dead and we still don't know why the leader fake the theft and claimed the Glazed Armor is gone, might be a traitor inside he wants to root out or might be some other scheme that I still can't guess for the moment. Btw, are we already sure the leader of Ghost Valley is WKX? I'm 99% sure it's him lol, but yeah don't want to ruin it for anybody that still hasn't know it yet.

 

 

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Year WKX is that guy, the leader in red outfit whose face wasn't revealed in episode 1. WKX is not a morally good guy in anyway. He doesn't kill for no reasons, but he's very willing to if someone attack him or if it benefits him. Although he's more than capable to achieve the same result without killing, he won't bother to do so (but he is not a psycho murderer who enjoys killing and seeing people in pain like the rest of the Ghost Valley :)). He had a tragic back story to explain why he ended up the way he is (won't spoil here). He's very dedicated though, to a selected few people that he cares about. Other than that he doesn't give a f*** about humans in general. Whatever righteous action that he takes, it's because he feels like doing it, not because he feels morally obliged to do so. It depends entirely on his mood and interest at the time.

 

About the Ghost Valley, yeah he has a scheme (obviously). Pretty sure it's not for the Ghost Valley's sake, but for his own.

 

Toning down a bit he could be an antihero, but I still consider him a villain (for the first part of the story).

 

That actress playing WKX's maid is an eyesore to watch. What kind of acting is that?

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@UnniSarahUntil now the drama is quite true to the novel, so it's not neccessary.

I think somewhere along the way WKX started to doubt ZS is ZZS, not sure when, but I think not from the get-go.

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23 hours ago, UnniSarah said:

 I enjoy watching  Wen Ke Xing stalk abs protect Zhou Zi Shu. I can’t help but think they know each other. WKX keeps trying to fight him. It is kind of funny watching. 
I don’t know if I will keep watching this , once the subs is out then I will make the decisions if I will stick around. 
ZZS save a boy who is being hunted down because he supposedly owns an important object which I think he doesn’t even know of it’s existence. That is all I could understand. 

 

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WKX doesn't know ZZS, like know who he is now cuz ZZS is in disguise, but they had a certain (kinda indirect) bond in the past very long ago and WKX had a hunch or sth. WKX is just intrigued by ZZS. WKX is the head of the demons wanting to be human again, and ZZS caught his eyes at first sight and then he just like, stalks him. That's how things go in the novel too. Also WKX has some other ulterior motive too.

 

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On 7/21/2020 at 9:25 AM, Alice84 said:

Wow, thanks for your response. That is very impressive. He's my new favourite actor! I just saw Guardian recently and loved it. 

The other actor in Guardian, Bai Yu is also an expert in controlling his age. He can be any age he want, even bypassing Facial recognition program. 

On 7/26/2020 at 11:25 AM, orenji_neko said:

I was browsing iqiyi and found out ZYL had a new drama but after watching ep1, I realized that I need to study this whole daomu biji's universe. I've spend the last few days binge watching Lost Tomb 1, Lost Tomb 2, Time Raiders, Shahai, Shahai side story - Huamei and currently watching Mystic Nine. I haven't read the novels but there were already so many information to process and it's been a long time since I've studied this hard 

Anyway, can anyone tell me whether the Huo Clan is from the top 3 family 上三门 or bottom 3 下三门?

Lost Tomb Reunion season 1 has how many episodes? 32 or 72?

 

Chronologically, Reunion comes after Shahai but Shahai side story - Huamei would be after Reunion because Liu Sang was there. 

 

Just watch the drama and come here to have others fill you up on missing details. That's how I watch it.

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On 8/23/2019 at 7:22 AM, kongshiah said:

I've basically binged watched the entire drama in 3 days and i'm sad now because there won't be anymore episodes  I wanna see more wangxian moments~ I must say this drama is now in my top 3 most favorite dramas OF ALL TIME (up there with goodbye my princess and 3w3l). Everything was perfect from the costumes, the casting, to the soundtrack. Despite everyone of them being new actors they all did amazing especially Xiao Zhan (his smile is to DIE for) i've basically been really obsessed with the actors in real life especially Wang Yibo, Xiao Zhan and Song Jiyang

 

Even though i have never read the novel, (though i will most likely start reading because i fell in love with the storyline and the characters), i wish they showed more scenes from Yi city arc. I was impressed and felt so many emotions by the scenes with Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang. My poor Xiao XingChen was such a pure soul that was unfortunately taken advantage of by the devious Xue Yang. I wish they showed more scenes of them along with Ah Qing during the 3 years they were there. i felt like they rushed it and didnt show enough of the relationship between the 3 of them. Though i've read from the other posts that the studio being the untamed filmed some side stories so i hope Yi City Arc is one of them? 

 

I can't wait for the actor's new dramas i hope they all star in another drama again <3 

In the novel the Yi city act is just as short

 

On 8/23/2019 at 4:49 PM, PaulaL said:

Hi everyone! So I was rewatching the whole thing because I'm already with withdrawal symptoms!!! But I had a very very silly doubt some of you may think: what exactly did happen to WX during those 16 years???? After all, he died and "reincarnated" in the Mo guy body with the incantation or he was "dormant" or something??? What does the novel say?

And do check my fav to tell me if you like it!!! I'm finishing LZ version of it too! 

The drama tries to evade censorship so WWX's coming back to life was brushed off quickly. Even in the novel the author left out quite a few details so how he comes back is not very reasonable (hey, fantasy novel) but I will try to use my experience in reading many cultivating novels to explain this.

 

So according to common cultivating system, the more powerful a cultivator is, the more powerful is his soul. When a cultivator dies, his soul can either be summoned back (like how Lan family inquire souls or WWX summons Wenning) or break into pieces (like Xiao Xingchen's) or just wander off and with time, fade away into the air. In the cultivating world there's a saying, you used the air around you to cultivate your core, so when you die, you should release that power back to the air. But if a cultivator is really powerful, he would have certain control over his soul, when he dies, he can take over a weak cultivator's body by force by pushing the owner's soul out of its vessel (the action is called duoshe, duo meaning taking by force). However, then the bond between the body and the soul are not very firm (since not it's original soul) and if whipped by zidian (Jiangcheng's weapon) the soul would be pushed out of the body. WWX is very satisfied with being dead and not having the will to reincarnate so he chooses not to duoshe and his soul would have just faded away without Mo Xuanyu. Mo Xuanyu uses a very rare powerful ancient spell that is xianshe (xian meaning sacrifice) to summon WWX. The spell requires the castor to willingly offer up his body to summon a powerful evil being to fulfill his wish (meaning he agrees to die) and since there is no resistance from the original soul, the body acknowledges the new soul as his own so zidian can't push it out.

 

The novel never clearly explained but I presume Nie Huaisang leaks the spell to Mo Xuanyu, cuz there's no way Mo Xuanyu could have come up with it by himself. He chooses to summon WWX because WWX is actually the most evil and powerful legend there is. I don't think that Nie Huaisang keeps WWX's soul all these years simply because he doesn't have the means (and WWX doesn't feel it)

 

About why LZ's inquiry doesn't work on WWX. LZ's inquiry doesn't work on everyone, it needs a few conditions to fulfill, for example: 1.the soul has to be nearby or 2.the soul has a very strong bond with the inquirer or 3.the soul is willing to react to calling, all of which are not met.

 

In the drama, WWX doesn't lose any of his memory, he just couldn't know what's going on in the world during the time he was dead. In the novel, he does lose a bit of it but it would be very long to explain. The reason he can be cheerful again is because he chooses not to mention the past (not that he actually forgets it) and he feels everything in the past ends with his death and he pays back his sins with his life.

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7 hours ago, frostflower14 said:

 

I think the censorship is much stricter on live action productions. As far as I could tell superstitious subjects like ghosts and demons are banned. So is reincarnation, so I guess Wei Wuxian getting summoned by Mo Xuanyu and taking over his body doesn’t count as reincarnation?

I don't know about animation censorship but in the drama it's not reincarnation. They evaded censorship by having Mo sacrifice himself to save WWX. WWX doesn't take Mo's body. He just assumes Mo's identity by putting on his mask. Once he takes off his mask all of his "old friends" recognize him.

 

6 hours ago, Addicted2 said:

As far as I know, it is not true the JC lost his core while trying to save WWX.  I am not sure about the novel as I have not come to that part yet but in the drama, JC lost his core because he was stupid and irrational, going back to the house and got caught there.  Because of his stupidity, WWX promised his sister to bring him back safely and took the risk to go back to their house.  He was lucky that he met Wen Ning there and he helped him rescue JC.  Since having a golden core to JC is a big deal, WWX ended up giving up his own golden core to him.  He even warned him to be careful in the future as no one would be able to help in 'get back' his core again.

Both in the book and in the drama, JC saw that the Wen solders were approaching WWX, so he created a fuss to lead them away, resulting in him getting caught and taken back to his old house (where Wen Zhao was staying after eliminating his family). So yes he did lose his core trying to save WWX.

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I am a regular reader of Chinese BL novels and have read several of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's novels including this one and also Tian Guan Si Fu (rumored to be made into drama soon). Her novels follow a typical style of multiple flashbacks, which is distracting sometimes, so I love it when The Untamed decided to go for a more linear timeline. Although I really love her stories, I almost couldn't go back to read them the second time, cuz they are so heartbreaking. Each and every named character is a tragedy. From heroes to villains, no one seems to be blessed with luck. So when the villains are defeated, the readers don't feel any sense of satisfaction, just sadness. Many characters you love end up dead or in misery, and if they get an okay ending they carry with them massive wounds and scars. Only the main cp get a happy ending, but after all the unbearable pain and losses in their life, the final HE tastes bitter like dark chocolate.

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@lizax1 It's not about censorship but I think the change is to make it more coherent. Because if WWX is really responsible for Jin Ling's parents death then the relationship between them (and also with Jiang Chen) can never be mended. In the novel they just kinda forget and be casual to each other again but it should have been very unlikely. Jin Guang Yao has to die anyway so just blame him instead.

 

I also felt sorry for Jiang Chen bc now everyone knows WWX gave him the core but no one would know he lost it trying to save WWX.