Plot-wise, how the adaptation goes doesn’t really stray far from the book. I was enjoying the show, and cried once (at the end of the series), and I decided to pick up the novel because 1) I was confused with several things in the drama, and 2) the fan-translation is just finished several days before I finish the adaptation! I thought, like MDZS and other novel-adaptation film/series, the book would clear up several confusions of mine. I’m talking about how the female characters are badass in the adaptation, when in the novel they are barely there, yes. Chen Qing Ling’s storyline is basically the same as how the novel goes even making it better in several aspects, despite of the censorship. Both adaptations are also presenting their female characters more than the original novel does! Now, that’s what we call a plus point.Īpparently, because I also watch Mo Dao Zu Shi’s drama before I actually read the novel, I sort of expecting Zhen Hun to be similar. Not that I have something against Bai Yu and Zhu Yi Long singing, no. Well, you cannot actually compare them together, but, like, in the way the drama was shot, or the wardrobe, or the soundtrack, generally I would vote CQL higher than Guardian. Guardian the Adaptation is ok, though honestly speaking, Chen Qing Ling (MDZS drama adaptation) has done better in several aspects. Let’s just dive into the review, and please mind there will be spoilers inside! You can find the summary of the book here: because I suck at writing summary and I don’t want to add 500 words just for summary lol sorry.

It’s not a BL, if it’s not your preference.) There’s no official English translation of the novel, as far as I know, but the fan-translation is already completed! You can find it on Twitter easily enough, I guess. There’s a drama adaptation of it, you can easily search it up on Youtube (bless.) (There will be another Priest adaptation coming up, either this year or the year after this, titled Legend of Fei. Zhen Hun, or alternatively, Guardian, is a danmei novel written by Priest. I didn’t know how or why I watched the drama first it was just randomly popped out on my Twitter timeline, and I was like “oh, so there’s a drama for this? It wouldn’t hurt to watch it and not get attached with it, would it?”Īnd that, folks, how I couldn’t get rid of Bai Yu and Zhu Yi Long’s face out of my mind until today. Honestly I picked up Zhen Hun just because I got headache reading the first 20 chapter of Sha Po Lang, and I didn’t want to continue Mo Du just yet, because the translation was only up to 69 th chapter, and I didn’t want to get a cliff hanger in the middle of a case story.

镇 魂 by priest

镇魂 by priest