#legend of exorcism donghua

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⠀       ꗃ sieartlery posted: legend of exorcism ☆ ͡  

[5water-kohaku]

The girls admiring Hongjun in a special video for the year of the Wood Dragon. Thanks for another fun crossover, Sparkkey Studio~! <3

[karo-li]

not too proud of it, but i haven't had the strength to draw lately

SO, a little fanart for legend of exorcism, that was fun, i wait for third season ehehe.

here, hongjun 💛

[kukuandkookie]

Danmei Donghua Part 2: Popular Non-Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Works

Danmei Donghua Part 2: Popular Non-Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Works

Oops, had another one week break in between entries due to travelling despite this being planned as a weekly blog… Maybe at this rate I should just let it officially be every two weeks, but that probably isn’t a smart way to run a blog haha. Ah well, guess we’ll see now that I’m settled back at home. But yes, my graduation convocation has officially passed, and it was really nice having it at…

[langlu]

on the off chance that you follow this blog but still haven’t watched legend of exorcism, the donghua adaptation of feitian yexiang’s seminal work ✨ tianbao fuyao lu ✨, the bilibili youtube channel put seasons 1 & 2 back up for free so go watch it please it’s good i promise

[unforth]

I've only got one episode of The King's Avatar left, which means it's ostensibly time for me to decide what to watch next. I went to my Big Ole List of Things I Want to Watch and was gonna post a poll with Nirvana in Fire and Love Between Fairy and Devil prominently among the options and then I got smacked in the face by The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty and...yeah. I definitely want to finish watching that (I've seen 4 episodes) before I watch something else, so. Guess that's solved, and given how slow I watch things it'll probably be late fall/early winter before I'm ready for something else.

Man, I'd kill for even an hour a day when I could reliably watch one episode of a show, that'd be swell.

*weary sigh*

[bellaroles]

Watching Legend of exorcism and guessing the couples other than the obvious one. Hmm Ah-Tai feels so very gay. His appearance is rather like Kaveh but he's so dramatic and flirtatious, rather more like Wizard Howl. Is he supposed to be with Mo Rigen?

Read the spoilers. What?!?🤣

[cnovelartreblogs]

How to Read Manhua on Bilibili: Legal, Free, and in English

In my posts on this blog, I keep sharing screen caps from manhua I've read on Bilibili, along with the link to read it yourself, but I know:

This blog doesn't have all that many followers.

It's one thing for me to post the link and quite another for people to realize just how easy this is to do.

Considering how often I see English-speaking MXTX/c-novel/c-drama/donghua fandom peeps screaming and begging for more content, I'm now begging you in return:

STOP SLEEPING ON THE BILIBILI APP!

If you want more danmei content, fully legal, entirely free, already translated, you literally c.a.n.n.o.t. do better than using the Bilibili app to read manhua. That's not to say this is a perfect method - their translations are...um...wanting sometimes? (Shout out to the four pages in a row I recently read where someone broke in to a residence and every time the breaker-inner was mentioned they were called "the intrud") But it's still ALL THERE, FOR US, ANYTIME, and the more eyes the manhua in the apps gets, the more content we'll get, so please, PLEASE, if you're out there thirsting for danmei content, DO THIS.

Wondering how?

Well, I've got you covered.

WAY 1: The Bilibili Manhua Website

I know I said "get the app" but honestly you don't even need an app to do this! You can read on Bilibili using any web browser.

The website is Bilibilicomics.com.

It looks like this:

Yes, you're reading that right: there's an entire section of BL.

There's also an entire section of GL!

There are 38 titles in GL and 121 titles, yes ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE titles, in BL.

AND there's het stuff, and non-romance stuff too!

New episodes general come out weekly or biweekly, though a few things are daily. The website is often a few chapters ahead of the app (which I actually didn't realize until just now - Chapter 55 of Legend of Exorcism, for example, came out today on the app, but it lists 60 episodes as available on the website. Which, considering the cliffhanger I just read... *eyes emoji*...though apparently in other cases there are more chapters on the app than on the website, so ymmv.)

The best-known title available (again: FOR FREE. OFFICIALLY. LEGALLY. IN ENGLISH) is Tian Guan Ci Fu. When you go to a specific title's page, you get this...

...and reading it is as simple as selecting the chapter you want, clicking it, and et voila! Just scroll down and read to your heart's content!!

NOTE: SOME CHAPTERS WILL HAVE WAIT TIMES. More on this shortly.

WAY 2: The Bilibili App for Android

I personally have been reading primarily from the Android app, since I have a Samsung Galaxy phone and a lot of time sprawled on my couch while my kids watch cartoons.

You can download the app from the Play store - here's a link, for what that's worth.

It looks, essentially, like this (I'm logged in so mine looks a little different than non-logged-in, I made an account even tho you don't actually need one):

If you don't want to make an account, you don't have to. If you choose to, as you see it'll try to guess what other titles you might like. tbh I have no idea how good these recommendations may be; I'm still reading/catching up on the specific titles I wanted to read so I haven't had to try their recommendations yet. But, there's definitely some stuff that looks interesting (that top middle one definitely looks up my alley...)

You can also "favorite" things (again: EVEN WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT) and it'll store them in your library and make a red dot (like you can see on the above screen cap) when something has an update you haven't read yet. For example, here's my Favorite list, which helps me keep track of what I'm reading and enjoying (or, well, in one case I'm more "wtfing" than "enjoying" but hey that still counts).

There's even a weird, like, "dress up" side game??? So like, every chapter you read there's a chance the app will drop a "card" and you can use the cards to dress your avatar up, and there's a whole crafting system built in? It's. A little odd. But, considering I recently quit my Love Nikki addiction after 3+ years, it's nice to get a small hit of pointless dress up.

Yes, my avatar is currently wearing San Lang's shirt.

The point is, again: this app is free to download, and incredibly easy to use, and even has a fun pointless side game.

BUT. There is one "but" here. See the Coins: 0 Top Up right below my randomly assigned username?

There is an optional pay system. What does it do? It reduces wait times.

Some titles, but not ALL, have a "built in delay" that kicks in at some point. On some, it seems to start when you're "within 5 chapters of the most recent" (that's what's happened with Global Examination and TGCF, for example). For others, it seems to be arbitrary - for A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost, it kicked in at chapter 40 even tho there are, like, 80 something chapters up. Regardless, it always works the same.

The system functions using wait times, and it has 5 tiers that are always the same.

Tier 1: You must wait one minute before you can read the next chapter. This tier is rarely an issue; the count down sometimes (but not always??? it's weird) starts when you start a new chapter, and it almost always takes more than one minute to read a full chapter, so this tier is often "satisfied" before you even get to the next chapter.

Tier 2: You must wait six minutes before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 3: You must wait one hour before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 4: You must wait six hours before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 5: You must wait twenty-four hours before you can read the next chapter.

I initially thought this system functioned as "once you reach Tier 5, you're just stuck there and can only read a chapter a day" but it's turned out that's not the case - A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost having 40+ semi-locked chapters has given me the chance to actually test this a bit. In fact, what happens is:

The first time you hit a "wait delay" chapter, it puts you at Tier 1 and you have to wait a minute. The next chapter, you up to Tier 2, the next to Tier 3, then Tier 4, then Tier 5...and then it cycles back to Tier 1. So, with a little care and planning (which I almost always fail at) I can time reading something with many wait-delayed chapters such that I can read 5 chapters in one day, then I have to wait a full day, then I can read 5 more chapters.

Here's how it looks when you've done your waiting in purgatory and can now read on...

...and here's how it looks when the sad trombones play...

Now, I mentioned I'd circle back to the coins? THE TIME HAS COME! Because, look - for 17 coins, you can read on instantly!! Alternatively, if you're willing to share on social media, you can also skip (I have no if that's something you can do over and over, or just once, cause I haven't tried - you can skip the wait time once for free). This begs the question, then...is 17 coins a lot?

And the answer is...

...eh not really, no. Ten bucks will get you the ability to pay 17 coins many, many times (58, to be precise), but honestly? I haven't spent a penny yet and I've caught up on 7 different titles and am steadily reading through two more (one of which hasn't had wait times kick in yet, I just can only read so fast).

All of which is to say: yes, there's a pay system, and tbh, I'm probably going to throw them a few bucks not because I care about the wait times but because I'm getting so much enjoyment out of reading these titles and I want to support them a little (I also bought the print version of the TGCF vol. 1 and will likely buy the other volumes, and I once-upon-a-time paid to watch TGCF s. 1 streaming as they came out). With a little patience there is absolutely zero call for spending even one penny to read as much of this cornucopia as you want.

WAY 3: Download the Bilibili App on Apple

I don't have access to an iPhone and don't feel like grabbing my tablet rn and I've hit the Tumblr image limit anyway, but the Apple app looks about the same as the Android app, and you can download it HERE.

Basically: use the website, or download the app for whichever platform you're using, and READ, READ, READ!

So, what is there to read?

I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED!

(okay, cutting to a read more)

I've been reading on the app pretty regularly for like two months (prior to that I was only reading TGCF, and only when I remembered, which was rarely), but I'm juggling a lot AND reading other stuff too so I am far from having explored the wide range of options. I can, however, highlight a few I think are likely to be of interest to a danmei-reading audience. Note that of these, I've only read the novels for TGCF, TYQHM, and Daomu Biji, which means that I only know as far as the manhuas have covered for the rest - I haven't read farther than that yet.

A. Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. The one, the only - this is the official manhua with art by Starember. It tells the story of newly ascended god Xie Lian trying to navigate the intricacies of the heavenly bureaucracy, figure out his place in the world, and understand why a sexy guy in red keeps showing up in his life. (Worst synopsis ever award goes to: ME!). The English translation is currently on episode 77, which has Xie Lian and Hua Cheng in the gambler's den. A volume just ended, which means it's on hiatus temporarily - there's usually a month or two break between volumes - so it'll be back soon!

B. Global Examination by Mu Su Li. Based on the book Global University Entrance Examination, featuring art by E Zi. Global Examination is a story set in a dystopian near-future about a world where groups of people are randomly selected (read: kidnapped and forced) to participate in an "exam" where they have to answer extremely complex puzzles. If they succeed, they get to live and become one of the people who administer the exam. If they fail, they die. Despite the premise sounding dark, it's really not been so bad and I've been reassured it won't become so. The story itself focuses on You Huo, a recently selected examinee with amnesia, the other people in his examinee group, and Examiner 001, who clearly has some kind of history with You Huo. If only he didn't also have amnesia, we might even know what that history is...

C. Dinghai Fusheng Records and Legend of Exorcism, both based on the books of the same names written by Fei Tian Ye Xiang. The art for Dinghai Fusheng Records is by Qianerbai (who has also done a lot of work for the Mo Dao Zu Shi audio drama) and for Legend of Exorcism, it's by Warp. These stories are set in the same 'verse, at least several hundred years apart; it's a xianxia high-fantasy setting, and the main enemies are resentment monsters and demons (...or are they? dun dun duuuun). Dinghai Fusheng Records takes place, chronologically, first, and occurs a couple hundred years after a calamity caused all qi to fade from the world - there are only mortals, and no one can cultivate. It follows Chen Xing, a young man born with a gift, as he seeks his protector - Xiang Shu - and others, and they encounter (surprise!) unspeakable evil. Legend of Exorcism takes place in the "future" of Dinghai Fusheng Records, and focuses on Kong Hongjun, a half-demon boy who has received a summons to join the Exorcism Department, as he explores the mortal world for the first time and gets to know the others who have summoned to join the Department, especially the mortal leader Li Jinglong.

D. Daomu Biji titles, originally by Nanpai Sanshu. There are two DMBJ titles on Bilibili right now, though both only have a few chapters, and the website lists them as "on hiatus." I've read them both, and am not entirely sure what's up with one especially, but... Grave Robbers' Chronicles starts where Book 1 starts, with changes of course but it's quite recognizable as the initial "Wu Xie is brought a silk scroll and gets curious and then Wu Sanxing gets involved" plot line. The Grave Robbers' Chronicles Seven Dreams is...odder...and as far as I can tell is an alternate canon/AU which starts with a "what if" of "what if the Zhang's were incredibly abusive, raised child!Zhang Qiling themselves, and Wu Xie and he met as kids." It's. Um. Extremely weird. And not for those sensitive to kids getting beaten bloody. But I'm still hoping they'll release more than 9 chapters, if only because I'm curious.

E. A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost, based on the novel A Sword of Frost by Yu Xiao Lanshan. This one opens with the Prince Ji Yanran approaching Sect Master Yun Yifeng, who runs a sect of spies and information collectors, to ask for help finding an item that has been stolen from the palace. In exchange, he promises to give Yun Yifeng the cure to an ailment that plagues him. Problem 1: he doesn't actually have this cure. Problem 2: everywhere they go people start dying. Problem 3: catching feels for the pretty Sect Master. Despite having the trappings of xianxia, this story has actually thus far been a sequence of murder mysteries with politics-related causes.

F. Saved the Public Enemy By Mistake by Liu Muqiao. If this is based on a novel, I haven't been able to track it down. It's xianxia; demon immortal cultivator Liu Jianghe shows up, nearly dead, on the doorstep of famed doctor Lu Jiu who is just trying to live a quiet life in seclusion. Not knowing who Liu Jianghe is, Lu Jiu saves him, and thus stumbles into a mess of politics and history he doesn't understand...but nothing is actually how it seems, there's amnesia and hidden back stories galore, there's a heavy side plot of sword lesbians, and honestly I've read like 50 chapters and I'm still a little lost but the art is pretty and I really need to read the reveal on the two MCs history together so I'm sticking with it. Warning that it's got a fair amount of blood and gore.

G. Those Years in Quest of Honor Mine by Man Man He Qi Duo. A historical (non-cultivation) setting focused on politics, machinations, and the long history and deep love between Zhong Wan - former top-scorer on the national exam who lost his position when his adopted father was accused of treason - and Yu She, of dubious parentage and believed by most people to be the bastard son of the Emperor. I loved the book for this, and finding out that the manhua was on Bilibili is a lot of what drove me to download the app.

So - that's everything I'm currently reading: 6 titles inspired by explicitly BL danmei titles, 2 based on other books I like that aren't BL, and 1 BL that just looked interesting and my taste.

There's SO MUCH MORE, seriously. I'm going to be reading on this app for months and still finding more, I'm positive of it.

But unforth, I hear you say, there's some other manhua I want to read! What about Mo Dao Zu Shi? What about Erha? Are those on Bilibili? Can I read them? And the answer, sadly, is no. Those two are published by Kuaikan, which does not offer free legal English translations at this time. But! I am holding out hope that if the audience for Bilibili grows, other manhua publishers will see the profitability in emulating them. I cannot guarantee that anything we do will result in this happening, but I do feel pretty confident that if we don't read with the options currently available, we sure ain't likely to get more options.

SO. GO FORTH. READ THE THINGS I'VE MENTIONED. READ OTHER THINGS. COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT YOU LOVED SO I HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT TO READ NEXT.

PLEASE.

I'm begging. GO READ MANHUA!!!

RIGHT NOW.

ON BILIBILI.

(and signal boost this post to get other people to do the same!! help the small fandoms grooooow! I really just wrote all of this so I'd have someone to scream with about the current awful that is the recent chapters of Legend of Exorcism PLEASE WE ALL NEED SQUEEMATES COME READ!!! THE THINGS! THEY'RE GOOD! WITH PRETTY ART!)

[5water-kohaku]

Sparkkey Studio released a Lunar New Year video!

[ganymede-lorena]

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Para el dibujo del tercer día del Dibujaton BL (organizado por Ero Manga BL en Instagram y Twitter) tuvo como tema "cambio de época", así que elegi a la pareja protagonista del donghua Tianbao Fuyao Lu (O Leyenda del Exorcista) Li Jinglong y Kong Hongjun. Debido a que la historia se desallora en China durante la Dinastia Tang, decidí irme por un AU moderno basado en unas ilustraciones oficiales que andan por ahí.

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The drawing of the third day of the Dibujaton BL (organized by Ero Manga BL on Instagram and Twitter) had the theme "change of era", so I chose the leading couple of the donghua Tianbao Fuyao Lu (O Legend of Exorcism) Li Jinglong and Kong Hongjun. Since the story takes place in China during the Tang Dynasty, I decided to go with a modern AU based on some official illustrations that are out there.

[cuckoo-among-beasts]

ROLEPLAY HISTORY !

The rules are simple ! Post characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, and might bring back .

Please repost, don’t reblog !

CURRENT MUSE / S:

Nie Huaisang - @cuckoo-among-beasts

Lan Qiren - @hetaoren

MuMu - @assortedsouls Ji Naizhu (also as Nathanael Hunt @goodheartedfool)(OC) Jiang Zhongxin (canon donghua-based MDZS char) Mo Xuanyu (MDZS) Nie Shuangnao (canon-based MDZS char) Ruoye (TGCF) Shangque (LBFAD/CLJ)

WANT TO WRITE:

I still kind of want to try my hand at Xichen, but I'd slaughter him xD There's also this Legend of Exorcism character I'm a bit interested in, Lu Xu.

HAVE WRITTEN:

Oh my, so many, here are the ones I've rped on Tumblr:

DC: Tim Drake (still on discord though), Barry Allen, Yoyo (OC)

Marvel: Dr Bruce Banner, Francis Barton, Johnny Do, Tony Stark (Armored Adventures)

Star Trek: Spock, Sarek, B'Elanna Torres

Other sci-fi: Dr Carson Beckett, Dr Samantha Grimm, Radek Zelenka, Rudy Lom

Other: Castiel, Duro, Dr Spencer Reid

WOULD WRITE AGAIN:

Honestly, most of them (except Castiel), but I especially miss Duro and Beckett.

Tagged by: @multeasers

Tagging: anyone interested

[otakucomunista666]

HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING (1° Temporada) - análise

POR QUÊ EU NÃO ASSISTI A ESSE ANIME ANTES?!!!!!!!!!

HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING talvez seja uma das melhores animações asiáticas nos últimos anos

Esse anime ou donghua (termo usado para classificar animações chinesas), para mim é algo novo e familiar ao mesmo tempo. Novo porque estou descobrindo todo um novo mundo, os donghuas, os famigerados animes chineses; eu confesso que em 2016, 2017, quando estava tendo a primeira onda disso, eu dei uma olhada em algumas como em HITORI NO SHITTA (2016-2021) e BLOODIVORES (2016), como era a primeira onda, a maioria ainda era dublado em japonês; eu lembro que achei interessante, mas nunca mais conferi outra, mas de uns anos pra cá vi a popularidade de algumas obras crescendo, e com a pandemia e o isolamento, as pessoas foram garimpando séries e filmes novos, e isso fez com que os donghuas fossem redescobertos, com obras como LINK CLICK (2021-2023) e MO DAO ZU SHI (2018-2022) ganhando cada vez mais fãs, mas eu estou embarcando nessa jornada agora, graças à três obras, LEGEND OF EXORCISM (2020-Atualmente), THE DAILY OF THE IMMORTAL KING (2020-Atualmente) e o próprio HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING (2020), os três até o momento estão disponíveis na Netflix e Crunchyroll; e pretendo continuar com mais obras. E familiar porque apesar de eu só estar começando com os donghuas agora, eu sempre fui apaixonado pelo cinema chinês, principalmente por filmes de kung-fu, que foram uma das principais coisas que moldaram minha infância e adolescência, então esses animes me dão um certo aconchego por isso.

Agora falando do anime em si, eu realmente fiquei muito surpreso em como essa é uma obra gostosa de assistir, falando principalmente do tom e dos personagens. É um anime leve e agradável aos olhos, as cores são muito bonitas e o visual é impecável e a animação só melhora a cada episódio, sendo muito fluida e consistente, principalmente em cenas noturnas onde todas essas qualidades parecem só aumentar.

Os protagonistas são muito fofos e carismáticos; assim, esse é um anime Yaoi (romance entre garotos), e claramente os personagens se gostam, mas a China tem uma forte censura à materiais LGBT, embora homosexualidade não seja crime no país, o governo chinês não aprova muito esse tipo de material; mas acho que a censura só beneficiou a obra, os personagens dão flertadas discretas e isso me deu a impressão de que os sentimentos e a relação entre os dois fosse mais interessante de se acompanhar. Os dois são fofos e tem uma química saudável, e essas flertadas discretas também dão um bom alívio cômico.

O anime também é um Xianxia, que pra quem não sabe, é um gênero de fantasia influenciado pelo taoismo e budismo, muito popular na cultura pop, tendo vários livros, jogos, filmes e séries do gênero; devo dizer que o mundo criado, por mais que seja bem padrão de fantasia chinesa, é muito bem explorado através das lendas e histórias ao longo dessa temporada.

HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING é uma obra linda e revigorante, e com certeza vale o seu tempo.

Nota: 5/5 (EXCELENTE)

[unforth]

Lmaooo. So my brother and soon-to-be sil took the kids to the playground and I've got maybe a half hour to myself so I decided that, now that I've finished Dinghai Fusheng Records and read all of the Legend of Exorcism manhua, I could try starting the donghua again, since I'll have some idea wtf I'm doing now. And anyway I'm lmao cause I realize now that this is the donghua showing us Li Jinglong...

And when Zhao Zilong says "do you know a better-looking man is more deceiving?"

Li Jinglong fucking SNEEZES lmaooooo

[mqfx]

ok. tell me now if it's gonna be weird before I get too invested. but um uh uhhm...... I randomly started a new donghua 👉👈 it's called legend of exorcism and I just got it as a recommendation under tgcf on Netflix

[tc-doherty]

I love Chinese media lot! I got obsessed with that silly Great Wall movie (I still love it honestly), and then I got obsessed with Thunderbolt Fantasy, and then I found the Mo Dao Zu Shi novel and that was the final nail in the coffin LMAO

but here are some of my favorites (under a cut because it's literally just me rambling a bit):

Novels:

You would probably assume MDZS but no! Although yes, I am obsessed with it and it is my favorite of MXTX's books. But!

My actual favorite Chinese novel is 反派白化光环, a.k.a. The Villain’s White Lotus Halo. I love this book sooooo much. Every chapter renders me incapable of doing anything else except thinking about it. Unfortunately it's not fully translated yet, so it's not accessible to other people. Even worse, a lot of what's available seems to be machine translated which is just awful.

I do think it's very funny that a few years ago some people accused me of being an MXTX apologist because they didn't like my opinions about another famous Chinese author who I will not mention here, but I literally have a signed post card by the author of White Lotus Halo on my pegboard in my office and I paid extra to get that with a box set of one of her other series. Clearly, if I’m an apologist for anyone, it's TP. Anyway.

I also really like 泾渭情殇, a.k.a. Clear and Muddy Loss of Love. To be fair I hate the ending, the last few chapters are awful. But everything up until then is 10 out of 10. I just pretend the last few chapters never happened. This one is fully translated, and I think the translation is still available.

Manhua:

Anyone who knows me knows that I have one manhua that I love above all others, and it’s 我家大师兄脑子有坑, a.k.a. My Senior Martial Brother Has a Pit in His Brain. What can I say? This story is so hysterical to me. I'm over 400 chapters into it, and I love the donghua as well. Every episode of that (except for the 1st one???) has English subtitles but afaik the comic has never been translated outside of the what I've done (which isn't very much).

Donghua:

Aside from the above, I really like 时光代理人, a.k.a. Link Click, which I don't have to talk about because everybody already knows what it is. It's excellent, I'm ready for the 2nd season LMAO

A less well-known show I absolutely adore  is 风灵玉秀, a.k.a. Sunflowers a.k.a. Soulmate Adventure a.k.a. Spirit Wind Elegance, whatever you want to call it. It's currently the only GL donghua in existence and although it can be a bit rough around the edges, it's super cute. It needs more support and love! You can watch it with English subtitles on Bilibili’s youtube channel and we’re also getting a 2nd season, yay~

There's 天宝伏妖录 , a.k.a. Legend of Exorcism which is very funny to me and can be watched on Netflix

Honestly so many more? I watch a lot of donghua. I'm really waiting for information about 六爻, a.k.a. Liu Yao. Hello? It's been so long, is the production team still alive? 

Dramas:

香蜜沉沉烬如霜, a.k.a. Ashes of Love made me fucking yell! Literally made me yell "oh fuck” out loud. Show is insane. It's on Netflix, I highly recommend it.

There's also 镇魂, a.k.a. Guardian which… Look. I hate the book that this is based on but the show is absolutely bonkers and it is so funny, and I was in the middle of re-watching it and it got taken down from everywhere that I can access and I'm so mad about it.

延禧攻略, a.k.a. Story of Yanxi Palace is so good. Every single episode makes me scream out loud. Again, literally.

招摇, a.k.a. The Legends. I will admit that the very beginning and very end of this show are not great but 80% of what's in the middle is fantastic and I loved it.

Movies:

Other than The Legend of Hei, I really like 姜子牙, a.k.a. Jiang Ziya. So good, and the animation is beautiful.

I have to mention 哪吒之魔童降世, a.k.a. Nezha because it got a very limited release in America and I literally drove 3 hours each way to see this movie in theaters.

And I also like 新神榜：哪吒重生, a.k.a. Nezha Reborn, which I think is super fun. Although I feel like people in the circles that I was in didn't like it as much for some reason.

Honestly, I love Chinese media. I read a lot of novels, watch a lot of donghua and animated movies, and a lot of c-dramas. And if you want recommendations for any of those things I'm happy to provide ahahahaha