#Shangque/Xunfeng

[livingmeatloaf]

Can you do no. 7 late nights for LBFAD? You can pick the ship!

Soft prompt list

Oooh, this makes me think of Shangque/Xunfeng...

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Words swam before Xunfeng's eyes. If only they'd stop wriggling, he could pin down their meaning! Fresh light spilling from the lantern set on the desk beside his work sent them darting away as his eyes were drawn to the motion.

Strong arms embraced him. Gratefully, Xunfeng slumped into their steady hold, the weight of his crown braced on braided leather armor. He pressed his aching eyes into the constant warmth of Shangque's throat. The dragon general rumbled soothingly.

"It is late, Your Highness."

"The trade agreements..." Xunfeng protested half-heartedly.

"Nothing moves until His Highness commands it. They will wait until morning."

Xunfeng knew that. But everyday, it felt like he fell further and further behind. So much needed to be done, even after peace had been firmly established through great sacrifice. His chest seized for a moment and he pressed himself further into Shangque's hold. His dragon tightened his arms around him. Secure. Safe.

"I don't know how he could read reports and inquiries all day, and then still read novels in his free time," Xunfeng grumbled. Petty jealousy was an easier emotion than the yawning abyss of grief.

Shangque laughed and pet his hair. The slight rocking motion of his shoulders unspooled some tension in Xunfeng's back. "And he would read them so swiftly! It always impressed me. He would send me to fetch more volumes to read every week on the campaign trail, when he had finished his current stack."

Xunfeng chuckled, until it broke on a jaw-popping yawn. Shangque tutted and urged him to stand. Together, they walked the short distance to his rooms. Xunfeng blearily watched clouds move across the face of the moon as Shangque reverently stripped the robes of Moon Supreme from his body. A great sigh of relief escaped both of them when the crown was lifted and set onto its holder.

Crawling into bed, peeled from the shell of responsibility, the man who was Xunfeng curled into the welcome hollows of the man who was Shangque. Their kiss was warm, welcoming, familiar, and the last tension drained from his body. He let Shangque arrange him however he wished. His eyes slid closed as talon-tipped fingers massaged through his hair.

"How are the children?" he mumbled. He did not want to sleep yet. They barely spent enough time together.

With his ear pressed to Shangque's chest, many of his words were lost in a soothing rumble. Xunfeng caught enough of the happy stories of Jieli teaching the orphans math to ask follow-up questions in the morning, but despite his best attempts, he slipped into sleep between one breath and the next.

[clj-art-blog]

Wedding in Cangyan Sea (option two) | DFQC & XLH | CH, XF, SQ View all art CLJ 360°

[prolestari]

2025 Mountain and Moon Festival

Welcome to the Mountain and Moon Festival! This is a way to get to know your fellow fandom members and celebrate the love we have for LBFAD, all culminating on the full moon and eclipse on March 15, 2025!

You will be randomly assigned another participant—but it's a secret! Starting February 17, send them anonymous asks on Tumblr to learn more about them. You can ask about their hobbies, their opinions on LBFAD, anything at all! You can send as many asks as you like until March 15 (but we ask that you send at least 5 minimum).

Then on March 15, we will have a small gift exchange! You can create anything you'd like for your secret partner: a gif set, ficlet, moodboard, collage, doodle, anything at all! It doesn't need to be extravagant, just a little something for your partner on the theme of the Mountain and Moon Festival.

To participate please fill out the form below! The deadline to sign up is February 15, 2025.

[nothingwronghere]

would you fuck your clone?

[harocat]

Going back to my headcanon that while yes Dongfang Qingcang is canonically a 30,000-year-old virgin (and he has no shame about this, good for him), he has more knowledge of gay sex than any other kind because the man spent most of his life on the battlefield and UNDOUBTEDLY encountered his men getting it on multiple times.

Imagine him, when new to being at war, unashamedly asking Shangque about it because who else would he ask. And why be ashamed or embarrassed? At this point he has no capacity for that.

(And no, I don't think he'd care. He probably does not GAF what his men do during their free time as long as they get the job done.)

No wonder he was like 'I'm surprised you didn't take my body out to go cruising for men' to XLH. He's well aware of how often his men were getting dicked down because that's just what happens when thousands of men are living in little tents together.

[lbfad-minibang]

LOVE BETWEEN FAIRY AND DEVIL FIRST ANNIVERSARY MINI BANG.

Everything in this world is fate. Only love, is not fate.

The Love Between Fairy and Devil/Cang Lan Jue Mini Bang is a fandom event for writers and artists, with the goal of creating collaborative work based on and inspired by the hit 2022 Chinese Drama, Love Between Fairy and Devil. It is in celebration of the first anniversary of the series.

Participating authors will each write a fanfiction of at least 5,000 words. Once the authors have decided on and submitted summaries for their work, the stories will be claimed by artists and matched. As the author works on completing their work, they will collaborate with the artist. Then, each artist will create at least one piece of accompanying fanart. Once we reach the deadline, all fic writers and artists will 'reveal' their work, resulting in a 'bang' of LBFAD fan content.

ABOUT AND FAQ

SCHEDULE

Signups for both artists and authors will open on AUGUST SEVENTH, aka the first anniversary of LBFaD.

We hope to see as many participants as possible. Please let your friends know, even if they are not on tumblr. Please also share our post regardless of whether you plan to participate or not. After all, more LBFaD fanworks is good for everyone. The more this spreads, the better, as we are a rather small fandom. 💜

Thank you so much. We can't wait to see you on signup day!

-Mod @harocat

ETA: Promo us on twitter via this tweet.

[prolestariwrites]

Wedding Night by prolestari

Fandom: Love Between Fairy and Devil Rating: T+ Tags: Humor, Romance, First time

As the wedding of Dongfang Qingcang and Xiao Lanhua approaches, the groom turns to his most trusted advisors for some much needed advice.

A quick little oneshot I wrote! Let me know if you'd like part two :)

[mistbornthief]

yah dongfang qingcang watching over the flower version of xiao lanhua while she's resurrecting is romantic and all but like....doesnt homie have a country to run

[xiaohuayaos]

shangque immediately running to gossip with the girlies and even re-enact what happened with Dongfang Qingcang and Xunfeng is so funny to me....

[cljprompts]

Prompt: Shangque and Xunfeng in the 500 years

Characters: Shangque (Love Between Fairy and Devil), Xunfeng (Love Between Fairy and Devil)

Optional Tags: Shangque/Xunfeng (Love Between Fairy and Devil), Polyamory, Grief/Mourning

Summary

Just something focused on Shangque and Xunfeng during the 500 years. How does working together in DFQC's absence shape their relationship? How does their shared grief affect them? Do they become close friends? Lovers, even? It's up to you. If going the romance route, I'm not opposed to polyamory (Shangque has two hands!). But Jieli doesn't need to be included if that isn't wanted. Dnw: rape/noncon, watersports, scat, infidelity

Claim on AO3

More about the CLJ/LBFAD prompt meme

[clj-art-blog]

"With the breeze to meet adventure" or "Charming moon couplу`s active weekend" or "When they have a free minute"

[nothingwronghere]

Everything appears to be fine after the evil god Tai Sui is defeated. But one day, Jieli encounters a strange shadow. More shadows appear and no one can find out what they are, where they come from and what they want. Throughout it all, Jieli has to convince Shangque that she isn't his soulmate, because though she once had his name on her skin, she had it removed and she can't have a soulmate anymore.

[harocat]

We have spent the last couple days in LBFAD discord matching up all the major characters to what kind of cat they would be. Their catsona? Anyway this is vital information and we decided we must compile it.

Dongfang Qingcang:

Xiao Lanhua:

(I'm pretty sure this is a cat on douyin and her name might be Luna? If so, that's appropriate.)

Shangque:

Not a cat!! He's just so clearly a dog. In specific, we decided on a Rottweiler because they have somewhat of a scary reputation, but naturally he is sweet and loyal and just lets all the cats ride on him.

Changheng:

Ragdoll!

Danyin:

Jieli:

We decided on a tortie, but then it was like 'what about a split faced tortie because duplicity?'

Xunfeng:

Naturally.

Ronghao:

???? do the markings vanish when he's pretending to be normal Ronghao and not the Lord of Haishi?

Chidi:

The ever elegant Abyssinian.

Yunzhong:

(NGL this is kind of mean to Wilfred, the very lovable cat in the pic, but... we thought it was funny.)

Xiao Run:

He would SO be a golden retriever, but if he had to be a cat, there is only one possibility...

[himboblackdragon]

Fic: A Shade of the Deepest Blue

by circumference (me!) betaed by Prolestari and Voulve

Relationships: Dongfang Qingcang/XLH, XLH & Changheng

Characters: DFQC, XLH, Changheng

Tags: Minor character appearances: Jieli; Shangque; Xunfeng; Yunzhong, original characters, Canon-typical worldbuilding, Canon-atypical notions of time and space, determinism, Changheng and Xiao Lanhua start out married in this, Rated T for emotional infidelity and physical infidelity up to kissing, happy ending, canglan ending

Summary: "Dongfang Qingcang, do you really understand? Do you truly know the price you're about to pay? Every trace of you will be erased, as if you had never existed at all in the Three Realms." Dongfang Qingcang forfeits his very existence to seal the ancient god. The fallout.

And a rescue.

[glorious-sunset]

How Immortals age in cdramas – clues from LBFAD

Many of our favourite cdramas sweep us into the beautiful fantasy world of the Xianxia genre, where immortal beings live for thousands of years! But they look so young?! How does ageing work for these lucky immortals in terms of human appearance? LBFAD (Love Between Fairy and Devil) gives us a few clues about this mysterious process!

Details are below, but in a nutshell, immortal beings grow quickly in childhood then the appearance of ageing slows down and stops! Sometimes their hair turns white when they are drained of energy making them look older than they should! For spirits who have cultivated from plant or animal form, it works differently as they transform directly into adult human form :) I created a graph of the immortal ageing process vs. human appearance based on clues from LBFAD (appears further down, yes I am a math nerd and proud :D ).

Young child

Our first clue to the mysteries of immortal ageing is Changheng, who was a few hundred years old during the Battle of Two Tribes (30,000 years ago) and is described as having been only a young boy at that time (let’s say around 7). Babies born to immortal parents mature (relatively) quickly into young children over a few hundred years, but ageing slows down after that.

Shangque was also a young boy when he was orphaned and rescued by a young DongFang QingCang (DFQC). Since Shangque describes DFQC as like a brother to him, they are likely of a similar age and DFQC was also a young boy at that time - both a few hundred years old.

Pre-teen

Shangque says that he has served DFQC for 38,000 years since DFQC saved him (in ep. 17). For the last 30,000 of those, DFQC was imprisoned in Haotian tower. Therefore, DFQC had been aged just over 8,000 years during the Battle of the Two Tribes - rough guess 8,500 – 9,000 years old since he was a young boy when he saved Shangque. The Battle of Two Tribes occurred soon after killing his father* and physically, his appearance was of an 11-year-old at that time (the actor was 11 during filming).

At this time, Xunfeng’s appearance was of a 9-year-old (actor was 9), and his age probably around 5,000 years old (based on graph below :D )

Xiao Lanhua’s (XLH) first life with her parents in the beautiful mountains of Xishan was also cut short when she was the same age as DFQC entering Haotian Tower. Her actress was also 11 during the tragic massacre of her tribe, and she began a new life as a little orchid flower spirit hidden in the mortal realm.

(*We know that the Battle of Two Tribes occurred soon after the death of DFQC’s father because XLH tells his father’s spirit in ep. 17 that 30,000 years have passed since his death).

Early 20s

The immortals Xunfeng, DFQC and Changheng have the appearance of young men aged 21, 22 and 23 (the age of their actors during filming) and represent the early 20s demographic in human appearance! 30,000 years have now passed and their immortal ages are around 35,000 for Xunfeng, 30,500 for Changheng, and 39,000 years for DFQC. (Sadly for DFQC, his body had been unconscious over these 30,000 years while imprisoned in Haotian tower, but his disembodied spirit had stayed conscious and pounded on the Haotian matrix every day.)

Thus immortals aged 30,000 to 40,000 years seem to take on the appearance of humans in their early 20s. Wouldn’t it be great to stay 21 for thousands of years?! :D

Early 30s

The ages of most of the other characters are unknown, but we have one more clue from an older immortal! We know that Supreme Liyuan is aged over 80,000 years, as he tells “Changheng” in ep. 12 that he is over 50,000 years older than him, and Changheng himself is aged ~30,500 years. Physically, Liyuan’s human appearance is mostly that of a 33-year-old man (the age of his actor during filming). What is strange about his appearance is his hair, which had turned white during the Battle of Two Tribes and never recovered – more on this phenomenon further down.

The Immortal ageing process

Based on the clues LBFAD gave us, here is my take on the ageing process for immortal beings born to immortal parents. Plant spirits, and animal spirits (mentioned in the novel but not the drama) that cultivate into human form are discussed separately below.

Hair turning white

We sometimes see the hair of immortals turning white when they are drained of their energy and cultivation. It happens to three immortals in LBFAD. The first is Ronghao – he uses up half of his cultivation to heal Changheng in ep. 13. His face and lips drain of blood and his hair starts to turn white.

DFQC’s hair also turned white during the Battle of Two Tribes. First he was weakened by his battle with Lady Chidi, then Lord Dong, Supreme Liyuan and the entire High Council of Shuiyuntian ganged up on him, separating his body and spirit and imprisoning both with the Haotian matrix. It also turns white when he is possessed by Taisui in ep. 36.

Back to Supreme Liyuan. Along with the others in the Heavenly High Council, he poured his spiritual energy into creating the powerful magical seal of the Haotian matrix 30,000 years ago. Liyuan is one of Lord Dong’s peers, and he and Lord Dong likely worked especially hard to seal DFQC. The process was so draining for Lord Dong that he has been in seclusion since then, leaving his son Yunzhong in charge. Liyuan managed to stay out of seclusion but his hair hasn’t been the same since! It used to be black during the scenes where he enters fatherhood but now seems to be permanently white. (Assuming Danyin and Jieli were born shortly before the Battle of Two Tribes, this would make them around Changheng’s age).

Cultivated spirits

XLH is a special case and has lived three lives in LBFAD (In her third life, she tells Changheng in ep. 35 that she remembers her previous two lives). In the first, she aged “normally” as above after being born to immortal parents. In the second and third of her lives, she cultivates directly into adult human form from a plant spirit form after cultivating for a period of time. This is what generally happens for plant and animal spirits cultivating into human form in Xianxia.

In XLH’s second life, she was an orchid plant in the mortal realm for 28,500 years or less (or so Siming told her). Time runs faster in the mortal realm, where a few hours in the immortal realm is equal to a few months in the mortal realm. Then Siming brought her to Arbiter Hall, cared for her, and she transformed into human form! At the start of LBFAD, she is 1,500 years old (as she says in ep. 2) and mentally a young girl on the brink of adulthood. She then quickly matures through the drama.

In XLH’s third life, DFQC meticulously cared for her orchid form so well every day that her transformation process is much shorter! (the drama doesn’t specify how long but it took ten years in the novel). After transforming this time, she retains the memories of her previous two lives, and is a mature and responsible goddess with the appearance of a woman in her early 20s.

Lived experience

The lived experience of both DFQC and XLH was interrupted early. DFQC was aged only ~9,000 years when he was imprisoned in Haotian tower. XLH was similarly aged when her tribe was massacred and she was reverted back to a plant spirit with no human form. The child actors for both were 11 during these tragic events. XLH re-emerges 1,500 years prior to the start of LBFAD, then frees DFQC in ep. 1. Thus compared with other “young” characters like Xunfeng and Changheng, their total lived experience is much less, and they are most comparable (and compatible! :D ) with each other.

Here is a link to my article: Character Names in LBFAD – Meaning and Significance

All of my LBFAD articles can be viewed with the tag #lbfad reflections (hyperlinked) and the table of contents to these is here.