The Legends and 3 Other Chinese Fantasy Dramas Based on Jiu Lu Fei Xiang Novels
Magical tales of immortals, ancient curses and, of course, love.
Jiu Lu Fei Xiang is one of the most prominent writers in the genre of Chinese historical fantasy. This is a separate layer of modern pop culture in which demons and celestials fight, fall in love, and change ideas about good and evil.
Jiu Lu Fei Xiang's novels are often adapted into dramas that win the love of viewers.
1. The Blue Whisper, 2022
Besides humans, there are two other races in the world – demons and immortals. Immortals are considered to be wise and noble, and among them there are those who occupy a special position. They are called demon taming masters. And Ji Yunhe is one of them.
The girl has a talent for negotiation – she manages to defeat demons not with violence, but with words. At the same time, she does not do her job of her own free will: Yunhe is a prisoner of the world she lives in. And more than anything else in the world, she dreams of breaking out of it.
One day, she is tasked with taming a demon from the mermaid world – the powerful Chang Yi. This task will turn their lives upside down, for the most important law of tamers is that demons and immortals cannot fall in love.
2. The Legend of Shen Li, 2024
Shen Li is a princess from the demon world with a freedom-loving character. On the eve of her millennium, she receives news: for the common good, she must enter into a political marriage with the Heavenly Emperor's grandson.
Not satisfied with this arrangement, Shen Li makes a desperate decision and flees to the human world. But she enters the mortal world in her original form – as a phoenix.
The mortals think she is an ordinary chicken and offer her for sale at the market. Fortunately, she is bought by a young man, Xing Yun. But behind the appearance of a good-natured mortal hermit lies a centuries-old secret.
3. The Legends, 2019
Zhao Yao is a girl from an unusual family. Together with her grandfather, she lives on an abandoned mountain and guards the Demon Seal. It is a burden her family has carried for centuries.
The Demon Seal closes the entrance to the cave where the Demon King's son is imprisoned. According to legend, he possesses an unknown power, and if released, he will destroy all living things.
But one day, the seal was broken: a warrior decided that the best way to stop living in fear was to destroy the demon. He overestimated his strength: the Demon King's son wounds him and breaks free. Zhao Yao finds herself at the epicenter of events that reveal another, darker essence within her.
4. Love Between Fairy and Devil, 2022
The main character, the spirit of the orchid flower, lives among the immortals. In the absence of her mentor, she looks after the books of fate. She has no friends among the celestials – they consider her too weak and useless.
The only people Orchid communicates with are the plants in her garden. And she is secretly in love with the God of War, who once helped her. The girl wants to pass the test for immortality and thank him properly. But for now, she is just an orchid, not even able to stand next to him.
Her life goes on as usual, until one day she accidentally releases the Moon Supreme Demon – the most powerful and dangerous.