Ep 1, <part 2> ; Ep 2 <part 1> ; Ep 3 <part 1 & 2> ; Ep 4 <part 1 & 2>; Ep 5
listened on 01/05//2023
Ep 2 <part 2>
listened on 01/05//2023
**Skipped majority of it, because it’s too sad - downfall of MC.
Fanwai #1
**Skipped because 孟寒衣
Notes:
The MC voice actor sounds really nice so I’m going for this. Absolute dog blood tragedy. Ending theme for episode 1 is lovely. Mellow ballad also titled 朝秦暮楚, it’s a heart-wrenching duet.😭 ED for episode 2 has a sad and lamenting vibe too. Yeah, the songs are good!
I’ve not read the novel but based on the AD alone, lack of development on ML’s part. A weak-willed fool. He eventually made a comeback as general in the army, all he does is apologise endlessly to MC when things go south. Broken promises time and again. Everyone gets hurt.
Even more so on MC’s part, it doesn’t get any better for him, even in the end. Emotional investment totally wasted here.
The long answer is, this claim originates entirely from her English Wikipedia page.
Here, the editor cites FSYY as evidence…except FSYY never said that. When she was brought up in Chapter 1, she is just referred to as "A divine goddess of the ancient age" (上古之神女), who patches up the sky with the Five-Colored Stone after Gonggong knocked over Mt. Buzhou, and whose worship shall bring Zhaoge blessings.
There is literally zero lines in the novel that connects her together with the Heavenly Emperor/JE. So where, oh where, does the editor get this idea from? I have three theories.
1)Nüwa does go to pay her respect to the Three Sage Kings, Fuxi, Yandi and Huangdi in FSYY novel, before she returns to her temple and sees King Zhou's simp poem on the wall. They could've confused either of these with the JE.
2) There's another Nüwa in the Chinese mythos. The romanization is the same, but the last character is different: 女娃 instead of 女娲. This Nüwa is the daughter of Yandi, the Flame Emperor, who drowned in the East Sea and became a bird, Jingwei, hell-bent on filling up the entire ocean with sticks and stones.
Maybe that was the Nüwa they were thinking about.
3) They confused her with the Mystic Lady of the Nine Heavens (九天玄女), like a lot of practitioners did in folk religions. Often said to be QMoW's emissary and described as having the body of a bird, she was the goddess that assisted the Yellow Emperor during his battle with Chiyou and taught him the arts of war and magic.
In more obscure sources like the Qing dynasty compendium 全上古三代秦汉三国六朝文, however, it was recorded that some said she was the Heavenly Emperor's daughter. In a few Daoist works (徐仙真录, 太上老君中经), the Mystic Lady of the Nine Heavens was the Heavenly Emperor's wife instead.
Whatever the case might be: this is your PSA about taking the English Wikipedia with a grain of salt when it comes to Chinese mythology.
Namely, they keep saying "FSYY said that" when FSYY does not, in fact, say that. Like Shen Gongbao being a yaoguai. Or part of Nezha's origin story on Wikipedia being based off the 1979 film without actually citing it as such.
(Specifically, the part where the dragon king of the East Sea demanded human sacrifices from the people of Chentang Pass, which is entirely a film thing and not in the novel at all.)
Could you please tell us about the kings of the Underworld, their functions and if there is a kind of rank? I don't know if you talked about that. I just remember that one of them really liked pumpkins.
I can't say that I really know much about the ten kings off the top of my head. Most of my knowledge comes from Wukong threatening to beat one of them if they didn't get his underworld paperwork fast enough.
But I'll post what I can read what I can.
In the first palace King Guang of Qin, Jiang Xin, specializes in longevity, premature death the registration of, birth and death in the human world; unified management of punishment in the underworld, and good and bad karma in the next life. The Ghost Judge's Hall is located in the middle of the sea, outside Wojiao Stone, and due west on the black road of Huangquan.
In the second hall, King Li of Chujiang, Li Wen, at the bottom of the sea, under the Wojiao Stone in the south in charge of the Great Living Hell (i.e., the Ice Hell of Peiyi Pavilion). The criminals who fall into this category are those who have violated moral ethics, violated the law and discipline, committed countless crimes, and will not regret it until death.
In the third hall, Emperor Yu of the Song Dynasty, Yu Qin, at the bottom of the sea, under the Wojiao Stone in the southeast in charge of the Black Rope Hell. Those who commit chaos or create disputes in this world go to this hall.
In the fourth hall, King Lu of the Five Senses, Lü Dai, is in charge of the Hell at the bottom of the sea, the land of Hell under the Wojiao Stone in the east. Responsible for the Great Hell and the Blood River Hell. People who evade taxes and commit economic fraud go to this temple.
In the fifth hall King Yama, Bao Zheng, at the bottom of the sea, under the Wojiao Stone in the northeast also in charge of the Great Hell. Originally in the first hall, but because of his excessive sympathy for sinners, he was transferred to this hell. Those that fight for fame and gain, use any means to deceive, seduced the public, was ungrateful, repay kindness with hatred, or was a rapist is treated like a beast.
In the sixth palace King Bi of Bian Cheng, Bi Yuanbin, is in charge of the bottom of the sea, the Great Hell under the Wojiao Stone in the north. Responsible for summoning hell and the city of vain death. Those who complain about heaven and earth and urinate in front of the north go to this hall.
In the seventh hall, King Taishan, Dong He, is in charge of the great seabed, the great hell of Renu under the Wojiao Stone in the north of Ding. King Taishan is in charge of the brain-heating hell. Those who use corpses to make medicine and sow discord between relatives go to this hall
In the eighth hall, King Dushi, Huang Zhongyong, is in charge of the Great Hell at the bottom of the sea, under the Wojiao Stone in the west. Specializes in the hot brain hell. If people in the world do not know filial piety, do not care for their relatives, do not bury their relatives when they die, or make their parents and aunts frightened, depressed, and troubled, etc.
In the Ninth Hall, King PingPing, Lu You, is under the Wojiao Stone in the southwest. In charge of the great undersea world, the Abi Hell. Those who have committed the "Ten Unwholesome Deeds" will in the Abi Hell suffer eternal suffering.
The tenth hall, The King Xue Qi, Xue Li, the palace is located outside the Wojiao Stone in the underworld, due east, facing the world of five turbidities. Is responsible for distinguishing reincarnations based on the reports from the above hells.
I can't say that I saw anything about pumpkins in these but I did just mostly skim the material. I would say read each of the individual articles (I put the link in their names) yourself if you wanna get more detailed but otherwise, this should cover their responsibilities and which hall belongs to who. I can't say if this is a 'rank' as they are all kings but the numbered hall can show an urgency of which king takes on a more suitable role for themselves. They all work together after all so there isn't really a rank of higher or lower, just different departments.