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* HilariousInHindsight: It won't be the last time Creator/MoXiangTongXiu writes about [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi a sect whose colour motif is gold and has a reputation for its wealth]], with the sect leader being the GreaterScopeVillain and/or BigBad of the story.
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About canon parings, not YMMV.
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* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given the popular fanon of Liu Qingge's unrequited crush on Shen Qingqiu even as Shen Qingqiu is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
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* DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot:
** Shen Qingqiu knows he will have to push Luo Binghe into the Endless Abyss for Luo Binghe to become stronger, find his signature sword Xinmo and take control of his demonic heritage. He also knows that Luo Binghe will be furious for the betrayal and will take revenge.\\
'''You'd expect''': Given that Shen Qingqiu has two years two prepare, he would come up with a good reason for Luo Binghe to go into the Abyss. For instance, Shen Qingqiu could say that Luo Binghe is in more danger staying, as the Immortal Alliance Conference has just been attacked by demons, and as Luo Binghe is a half-demon, people will automatically suspect him.\\
'''Or at least''': The System says that Shen Qingqiu can avoid the plot if he earns ten thousand points. So Shen Qingqiu could have at least tried to do that. Yes, the System cheats and changes the required amount of points at the last moment, but Shen Qingqiu didn't know that in advance.\\
'''Instead''': Shen Qingqiu doesn't prepare in any way, pushes Luo Binghe down, spends three years mourning and depressed and prepares to be killed and/or tortured by the blackened protagonist.
** Luo Binghe succumbs to his demonic sword's influence, beats and threatens Shen Qingqiu, then unintentionally drives Shen Qingqiu to suicide. Shen Qingqiu dies to free Luo Binghe's mind from the sword's influence.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would immediately destroy the sword as soon as he's back to his senses. After all, he's already experienced how dangerous this thing is, has hurt someone he loves because of it, and it's disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory to keep using the thing that brought Shen Qingqiu's demise.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe keeps using Xinmo for the subsequent five years. Eventually he's driven to an attempt to destroy the world, and Shen Qingqiu has to die to free Luo Binghe from the sword's influence. Again. Only this time Shen Qingqiu is conveniently saved by a Deus Ex Machina.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Not only does Luo Binghe keep using the sword, he kidnaps and cripples a bunch of innocent people to use them as human vessels for his demonic energy, because he can't deal with Xinmo otherwise.
** Following Shen Qingqiu's death, Liu Qingge spends five years trying to take Shen Qingqiu's body away from Luo Binghe in order to give Shen Qingqiu a decent funeral. However, Liu Qingge knows full well he cannot defeat Luo Binghe, a nigh all-powerful half-demon, in combat.\\
'''You'd expect''': Liu Qingge would try to come up with a plan. Any plan. He could team up with some enemy of Luo Binghe's, he could try to bribe a Huanhua palace adept, he could try to sneak in and steal the body while Luo Binghe is away.\\
'''Instead''': Liu Qingge just keeps challenging Luo Binghe every day for five years. Knowing he would lose. This goes as well as you'd expect.\\
'''Admittedly''': It's subtly hinted that Liu Qingge might have been trying to self-harm or get himself killed. There is at least one occasion when Luo Binghe isn't home at the time of Liu Qingge's arrival, and Liu Qingge just leaves, and there are numerous instances where Liu Qingge blatantly disregards any danger to his life.
** Luo Binghe is trying to bring Shen Qingqiu back from the dead, a feat that no one has successfully managed before. He eventually finds out that it is possible, but requires a lot of power and effort on his part.\\
'''You'd expect''': That Luo Binghe would try to speak with the Cangqiong Mountain Sect and explain his intentions in a peaceful and rational manner. If anything, that might get Liu Qingge off his back and give him more free time to work on his goal, instead of fighting with Liu Qingge every day (which is, amongst other things, disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory).\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe deliberately antagonizes Cangqiong time and again, resulting in them seeing him as nothing but an enemy, wastes time on fighting and hurts the very people that Shen Qingqiu loved and was trying to protect.\\
'''To make matters worse''': He also allows his subordinates to antagonize Cangqiong adepts at every opportunity, even though he could have stopped it all with a single order.\\
'''Even worse''': Luo Binghe's efforts result in nothing, and Shen Qingqiu comes back to life on his own, so Luo Binghe has just spent five years in vain.\\
'''Admittedly''': Luo Binghe said from the start that his goal was to revive Shen Qingqiu. However, considering his first way of doing that was to kidnap the resident doctor and to demand "revive him or else", he didn't exactly make a strong case for himself.
** Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu are stuck in Tianlang-jun's camp. Liu Qingge arrives to the rescue, but he doesn't know that the situation has changed and understandably assumes that Luo Binghe is an enemy.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would try to say something along the lines of "our goal is the same, I want to get shizun out of here, let's not fight now". Together they'd be able to protect Shen Qingqiu more efficiently and to quickly leave.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe just fights both Tianlang-jun and Liu Qingge for no reason. He doesn't even try to say something, to provide any explanation, to show that he's not an enemy.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Tianlang-jun and Zhuzhi-lang proceed to use their blood to torture Shen Qingqiu, and Luo Binghe has to get distracted in order to protect him. So, not only is Luo Binghe stuck in a one-against-two scenario, he also can't give his full attention to combat. Eventually all three of them manage to escape, but only because Zhuzhi-lang had a change of heart and let Shen Qingqiu go.
** Shen Qingqiu knows he will have to push Luo Binghe into the Endless Abyss for Luo Binghe to become stronger, find his signature sword Xinmo and take control of his demonic heritage. He also knows that Luo Binghe will be furious for the betrayal and will take revenge.\\
'''You'd expect''': Given that Shen Qingqiu has two years two prepare, he would come up with a good reason for Luo Binghe to go into the Abyss. For instance, Shen Qingqiu could say that Luo Binghe is in more danger staying, as the Immortal Alliance Conference has just been attacked by demons, and as Luo Binghe is a half-demon, people will automatically suspect him.\\
'''Or at least''': The System says that Shen Qingqiu can avoid the plot if he earns ten thousand points. So Shen Qingqiu could have at least tried to do that. Yes, the System cheats and changes the required amount of points at the last moment, but Shen Qingqiu didn't know that in advance.\\
'''Instead''': Shen Qingqiu doesn't prepare in any way, pushes Luo Binghe down, spends three years mourning and depressed and prepares to be killed and/or tortured by the blackened protagonist.
** Luo Binghe succumbs to his demonic sword's influence, beats and threatens Shen Qingqiu, then unintentionally drives Shen Qingqiu to suicide. Shen Qingqiu dies to free Luo Binghe's mind from the sword's influence.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would immediately destroy the sword as soon as he's back to his senses. After all, he's already experienced how dangerous this thing is, has hurt someone he loves because of it, and it's disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory to keep using the thing that brought Shen Qingqiu's demise.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe keeps using Xinmo for the subsequent five years. Eventually he's driven to an attempt to destroy the world, and Shen Qingqiu has to die to free Luo Binghe from the sword's influence. Again. Only this time Shen Qingqiu is conveniently saved by a Deus Ex Machina.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Not only does Luo Binghe keep using the sword, he kidnaps and cripples a bunch of innocent people to use them as human vessels for his demonic energy, because he can't deal with Xinmo otherwise.
** Following Shen Qingqiu's death, Liu Qingge spends five years trying to take Shen Qingqiu's body away from Luo Binghe in order to give Shen Qingqiu a decent funeral. However, Liu Qingge knows full well he cannot defeat Luo Binghe, a nigh all-powerful half-demon, in combat.\\
'''You'd expect''': Liu Qingge would try to come up with a plan. Any plan. He could team up with some enemy of Luo Binghe's, he could try to bribe a Huanhua palace adept, he could try to sneak in and steal the body while Luo Binghe is away.\\
'''Instead''': Liu Qingge just keeps challenging Luo Binghe every day for five years. Knowing he would lose. This goes as well as you'd expect.\\
'''Admittedly''': It's subtly hinted that Liu Qingge might have been trying to self-harm or get himself killed. There is at least one occasion when Luo Binghe isn't home at the time of Liu Qingge's arrival, and Liu Qingge just leaves, and there are numerous instances where Liu Qingge blatantly disregards any danger to his life.
** Luo Binghe is trying to bring Shen Qingqiu back from the dead, a feat that no one has successfully managed before. He eventually finds out that it is possible, but requires a lot of power and effort on his part.\\
'''You'd expect''': That Luo Binghe would try to speak with the Cangqiong Mountain Sect and explain his intentions in a peaceful and rational manner. If anything, that might get Liu Qingge off his back and give him more free time to work on his goal, instead of fighting with Liu Qingge every day (which is, amongst other things, disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory).\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe deliberately antagonizes Cangqiong time and again, resulting in them seeing him as nothing but an enemy, wastes time on fighting and hurts the very people that Shen Qingqiu loved and was trying to protect.\\
'''To make matters worse''': He also allows his subordinates to antagonize Cangqiong adepts at every opportunity, even though he could have stopped it all with a single order.\\
'''Even worse''': Luo Binghe's efforts result in nothing, and Shen Qingqiu comes back to life on his own, so Luo Binghe has just spent five years in vain.\\
'''Admittedly''': Luo Binghe said from the start that his goal was to revive Shen Qingqiu. However, considering his first way of doing that was to kidnap the resident doctor and to demand "revive him or else", he didn't exactly make a strong case for himself.
** Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu are stuck in Tianlang-jun's camp. Liu Qingge arrives to the rescue, but he doesn't know that the situation has changed and understandably assumes that Luo Binghe is an enemy.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would try to say something along the lines of "our goal is the same, I want to get shizun out of here, let's not fight now". Together they'd be able to protect Shen Qingqiu more efficiently and to quickly leave.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe just fights both Tianlang-jun and Liu Qingge for no reason. He doesn't even try to say something, to provide any explanation, to show that he's not an enemy.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Tianlang-jun and Zhuzhi-lang proceed to use their blood to torture Shen Qingqiu, and Luo Binghe has to get distracted in order to protect him. So, not only is Luo Binghe stuck in a one-against-two scenario, he also can't give his full attention to combat. Eventually all three of them manage to escape, but only because Zhuzhi-lang had a change of heart and let Shen Qingqiu go.
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* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given Liu Qingge's unrequited crush on Shen Qingqiu even as Shen Qingqiu is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
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* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given the popular fanon of Liu Qingge's unrequited crush on Shen Qingqiu even as Shen Qingqiu is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
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* DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot:
**Shen Qingqiu knows he will have to push Luo Binghe into the Endless Abyss for Luo Binghe to become stronger, find his signature sword Xinmo and take control of his demonic heritage. He also knows that Luo Binghe will be furious for the betrayal and will take revenge.\\
'''You'd expect''': Given that Shen Qingqiu has two years two prepare, he would come up with a good reason for Luo Binghe to go into the Abyss. For instance, Shen Qingqiu could say that Luo Binghe is in more danger staying, as the Immortal Alliance Conference has just been attacked by demons, and as Luo Binghe is a half-demon, people will automatically suspect him.\\
'''Or at least''': The System says that Shen Qingqiu can avoid the plot if he earns ten thousand points. So Shen Qingqiu could have at least tried to do that. Yes, the System cheats and changes the required amount of points at the last moment, but Shen Qingqiu didn't know that in advance.\\
'''Instead''': Shen Qingqiu doesn't prepare in any way, pushes Luo Binghe down, spends three years mourning and depressed and prepares to be killed and/or tortured by the blackened protagonist.
**Luo Binghe succumbs to his demonic sword's influence, beats and threatens Shen Qingqiu, then unintentionally drives Shen Qingqiu to suicide. Shen Qingqiu dies to free Luo Binghe's mind from the sword's influence.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would immediately destroy the sword as soon as he's back to his senses. After all, he's already experienced how dangerous this thing is, has hurt someone he loves because of it, and it's disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory to keep using the thing that brought Shen Qingqiu's demise.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe keeps using Xinmo for the subsequent five years. Eventually he's driven to an attempt to destroy the world, and Shen Qingqiu has to die to free Luo Binghe from the sword's influence. Again. Only this time Shen Qingqiu is conveniently saved by a Deus Ex Machina.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Not only does Luo Binghe keep using the sword, he kidnaps and cripples a bunch of innocent people to use them as human vessels for his demonic energy, because he can't deal with Xinmo otherwise.
**Following Shen Qingqiu's death, Liu Qingge spends five years trying to take Shen Qingqiu's body away from Luo Binghe in order to give Shen Qingqiu a decent funeral. However, Liu Qingge knows full well he cannot defeat Luo Binghe, a nigh all-powerful half-demon, in combat.\\
'''You'd expect''': Liu Qingge would try to come up with a plan. Any plan. He could team up with some enemy of Luo Binghe's, he could try to bribe a Huanhua palace adept, he could try to sneak in and steal the body while Luo Binghe is away.\\
'''Instead''': Liu Qingge just keeps challenging Luo Binghe every day for five years. Knowing he would lose. This goes as well as you'd expect.\\
'''Admittedly''': It's subtly hinted that Liu Qingge might have been trying to self-harm or get himself killed. There is at least one occasion when Luo Binghe isn't home at the time of Liu Qingge's arrival, and Liu Qingge just leaves, and there are numerous instances where Liu Qingge blatantly disregards any danger to his life.
**Luo Binghe is trying to bring Shen Qingqiu back from the dead, a feat that no one has successfully managed before. He eventually finds out that it is possible, but requires a lot of power and effort on his part.\\
'''You'd expect''': That Luo Binghe would try to speak with the Cangqiong Mountain Sect and explain his intentions in a peaceful and rational manner. If anything, that might get Liu Qingge off his back and give him more free time to work on his goal, instead of fighting with Liu Qingge every day (which is, amongst other things, disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory).\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe deliberately antagonizes Cangqiong time and again, resulting in them seeing him as nothing but an enemy, wastes time on fighting and hurts the very people that Shen Qingqiu loved and was trying to protect.\\
'''To make matters worse''': He also allows his subordinates to antagonize Cangqiong adepts at every opportunity, even though he could have stopped it all with a single order.\\
'''Even worse''': Luo Binghe's efforts result in nothing, and Shen Qingqiu comes back to life on his own, so Luo Binghe has just spent five years in vain.\\
'''Admittedly''': Luo Binghe said from the start that his goal was to revive Shen Qingqiu. However, considering his first way of doing that was to kidnap the resident doctor and to demand "revive him or else", he didn't exactly make a strong case for himself.
**Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu are stuck in Tianlang-jun's camp. Liu Qingge arrives to the rescue, but he doesn't know that the situation has changed and understandably assumes that Luo Binghe is an enemy.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would try to say something along the lines of "our goal is the same, I want to get shizun out of here, let's not fight now". Together they'd be able to protect Shen Qingqiu more efficiently and to quickly leave.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe just fights both Tianlang-jun and Liu Qingge for no reason. He doesn't even try to say something, to provide any explanation, to show that he's not an enemy.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Tianlang-jun and Zhuzhi-lang proceed to use their blood to torture Shen Qingqiu, and Luo Binghe has to get distracted in order to protect him. So, not only is Luo Binghe stuck in a one-against-two scenario, he also can't give his full attention to combat. Eventually all three of them manage to escape, but only because Zhuzhi-lang had a change of heart and let Shen Qingqiu go.
**Shen Qingqiu knows he will have to push Luo Binghe into the Endless Abyss for Luo Binghe to become stronger, find his signature sword Xinmo and take control of his demonic heritage. He also knows that Luo Binghe will be furious for the betrayal and will take revenge.\\
'''You'd expect''': Given that Shen Qingqiu has two years two prepare, he would come up with a good reason for Luo Binghe to go into the Abyss. For instance, Shen Qingqiu could say that Luo Binghe is in more danger staying, as the Immortal Alliance Conference has just been attacked by demons, and as Luo Binghe is a half-demon, people will automatically suspect him.\\
'''Or at least''': The System says that Shen Qingqiu can avoid the plot if he earns ten thousand points. So Shen Qingqiu could have at least tried to do that. Yes, the System cheats and changes the required amount of points at the last moment, but Shen Qingqiu didn't know that in advance.\\
'''Instead''': Shen Qingqiu doesn't prepare in any way, pushes Luo Binghe down, spends three years mourning and depressed and prepares to be killed and/or tortured by the blackened protagonist.
**Luo Binghe succumbs to his demonic sword's influence, beats and threatens Shen Qingqiu, then unintentionally drives Shen Qingqiu to suicide. Shen Qingqiu dies to free Luo Binghe's mind from the sword's influence.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would immediately destroy the sword as soon as he's back to his senses. After all, he's already experienced how dangerous this thing is, has hurt someone he loves because of it, and it's disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory to keep using the thing that brought Shen Qingqiu's demise.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe keeps using Xinmo for the subsequent five years. Eventually he's driven to an attempt to destroy the world, and Shen Qingqiu has to die to free Luo Binghe from the sword's influence. Again. Only this time Shen Qingqiu is conveniently saved by a Deus Ex Machina.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Not only does Luo Binghe keep using the sword, he kidnaps and cripples a bunch of innocent people to use them as human vessels for his demonic energy, because he can't deal with Xinmo otherwise.
**Following Shen Qingqiu's death, Liu Qingge spends five years trying to take Shen Qingqiu's body away from Luo Binghe in order to give Shen Qingqiu a decent funeral. However, Liu Qingge knows full well he cannot defeat Luo Binghe, a nigh all-powerful half-demon, in combat.\\
'''You'd expect''': Liu Qingge would try to come up with a plan. Any plan. He could team up with some enemy of Luo Binghe's, he could try to bribe a Huanhua palace adept, he could try to sneak in and steal the body while Luo Binghe is away.\\
'''Instead''': Liu Qingge just keeps challenging Luo Binghe every day for five years. Knowing he would lose. This goes as well as you'd expect.\\
'''Admittedly''': It's subtly hinted that Liu Qingge might have been trying to self-harm or get himself killed. There is at least one occasion when Luo Binghe isn't home at the time of Liu Qingge's arrival, and Liu Qingge just leaves, and there are numerous instances where Liu Qingge blatantly disregards any danger to his life.
**Luo Binghe is trying to bring Shen Qingqiu back from the dead, a feat that no one has successfully managed before. He eventually finds out that it is possible, but requires a lot of power and effort on his part.\\
'''You'd expect''': That Luo Binghe would try to speak with the Cangqiong Mountain Sect and explain his intentions in a peaceful and rational manner. If anything, that might get Liu Qingge off his back and give him more free time to work on his goal, instead of fighting with Liu Qingge every day (which is, amongst other things, disrespectful to Shen Qingqiu's memory).\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe deliberately antagonizes Cangqiong time and again, resulting in them seeing him as nothing but an enemy, wastes time on fighting and hurts the very people that Shen Qingqiu loved and was trying to protect.\\
'''To make matters worse''': He also allows his subordinates to antagonize Cangqiong adepts at every opportunity, even though he could have stopped it all with a single order.\\
'''Even worse''': Luo Binghe's efforts result in nothing, and Shen Qingqiu comes back to life on his own, so Luo Binghe has just spent five years in vain.\\
'''Admittedly''': Luo Binghe said from the start that his goal was to revive Shen Qingqiu. However, considering his first way of doing that was to kidnap the resident doctor and to demand "revive him or else", he didn't exactly make a strong case for himself.
**Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu are stuck in Tianlang-jun's camp. Liu Qingge arrives to the rescue, but he doesn't know that the situation has changed and understandably assumes that Luo Binghe is an enemy.\\
'''You'd expect''': Luo Binghe would try to say something along the lines of "our goal is the same, I want to get shizun out of here, let's not fight now". Together they'd be able to protect Shen Qingqiu more efficiently and to quickly leave.\\
'''Instead''': Luo Binghe just fights both Tianlang-jun and Liu Qingge for no reason. He doesn't even try to say something, to provide any explanation, to show that he's not an enemy.\\
'''To make matters worse''': Tianlang-jun and Zhuzhi-lang proceed to use their blood to torture Shen Qingqiu, and Luo Binghe has to get distracted in order to protect him. So, not only is Luo Binghe stuck in a one-against-two scenario, he also can't give his full attention to combat. Eventually all three of them manage to escape, but only because Zhuzhi-lang had a change of heart and let Shen Qingqiu go.
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* NauseaFuel: [=QingSi=]. [[BodyHorror Plants literally grow through the skin of the person affected by it.]] Shen Qingqiu's entire arm ends up covered with plants growing out of it. It can only be cured by burning the plants off with a hot coal several times a day.
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* NauseaFuel: [=QingSi=].Ties That Bind. [[BodyHorror Plants literally grow through the skin of the person affected by it.]] Shen Qingqiu's entire arm ends up covered with plants growing out of it. It can only be cured by burning the plants off with a hot coal several times a day.
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* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards Shen Jiu can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another as slaves, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate when Yue Qingyuan escaped to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue Shen Jiu. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Qingqiu for not being strong enough for him and Shen Qingqiu sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
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* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards Shen Jiu can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another as slaves, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate when Yue Qingyuan escaped to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue Shen Jiu. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Qingqiu for not being strong enough for him and Shen Qingqiu sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. And to twist the knife even deeper, Yue Qingyuan's words weren't just an apology, they were an ''explanation'' that would've cleared a long-standing, deeply personal misunderstanding between them. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
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** Fanfics of Shen Jiu returning are also not extreme rare largely due to the fact that his arc was left entirely unresolved in canon.
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* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards Shen Jiu can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another as slaves, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate when Yue Qingyuan escaped to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue Shen Jiu. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Yuan for not being strong enough for him and Shen Yuan sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: It's already kind of canon that Shen Yuan has quite the harem. Besides Luo Binghe, there's also Liu Qingge, Yue Qingyuan, Zhuzhi Lang, and Gongyi Xiao.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: It's already kind of canon that Shen Yuan has quite the harem. Besides Luo Binghe, there's also Liu Qingge, Yue Qingyuan, Zhuzhi Lang, and Gongyi Xiao.
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* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards Shen Jiu can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another as slaves, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate when Yue Qingyuan escaped to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue Shen Jiu. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Yuan Qingqiu for not being strong enough for him and Shen Yuan Qingqiu sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: It's already kind of canon that ShenYuan Qingqiu has quite the harem. Besides Luo Binghe, there's also Liu Qingge, Yue Qingyuan, Zhuzhi Lang, and Gongyi Xiao.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: It's already kind of canon that Shen
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* {{Moe}}: Luo Binghe, especially when he’s first introduced, is a pure ball of sunshine. One can easily see why Shen Yuan quickly warms up to him despite knowing what Luo Binghe would do to him in the future.
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* {{Moe}}: Luo Binghe, especially when he’s first introduced, is a pure ball of sunshine. One can easily see why Shen Yuan Qingqiu quickly warms up to him despite knowing what Luo Binghe would do to him in the future.
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* NauseaFuel: [=QingSi=]. [[BodyHorror Plants literally grow through the skin of the person affected by it.]] Shen Yuan's entire arm ends up covered with plants growing out of it. It can only be cured by burning the plants off with a hot coal several times a day.
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* NauseaFuel: [=QingSi=]. [[BodyHorror Plants literally grow through the skin of the person affected by it.]] Shen Yuan's Qingqiu's entire arm ends up covered with plants growing out of it. It can only be cured by burning the plants off with a hot coal several times a day.
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* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given Liu Qingge's unrequited crush on Shen Yuan even as Shen Yuan is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
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* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given Liu Qingge's unrequited crush on Shen Yuan Qingqiu even as Shen Yuan Qingqiu is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
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** [=BingQiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Yuan. And on that note, [=BingJiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Jiu.
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** [=BingQiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Yuan.Qingqiu. And on that note, [=BingJiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Jiu.
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** [=LiuShen=] for Liu Qingge x Shen Yuan.
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** [=LiuShen=] for Liu Qingge x Shen Yuan.Qingqiu.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Anyone new to the reading the novel might not initially like Ning Yingying, who InUniverse is written by Shang Qinghua to be the annoying character who may mean well but always (albeit inadvertently) causes trouble as much as she gets in trouble. As soon as Shen Yuan's changes to the plot caused her to grow out of the trope, she comes across as more likable to the reader.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Anyone new to the reading the novel might not initially like Ning Yingying, who InUniverse is written by Shang Qinghua to be the annoying character who may mean well but always (albeit inadvertently) causes trouble as much as she gets in trouble. As soon as Shen Yuan's Qingqiu's changes to the plot caused her to grow out of the trope, she comes across as more likable to the reader.
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* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards the other can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another in a prostitute house, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate as Yue Qingyuan left to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue the other. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Yuan for not being strong enough for him and Shen Yuan sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
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* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards the other Shen Jiu can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another in a prostitute house, as slaves, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate as when Yue Qingyuan left escaped to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue the other.Shen Jiu. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Yuan for not being strong enough for him and Shen Yuan sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
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* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given the other's unrequited crush on Shen Yuan even as the other is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
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* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given the other's Liu Qingge's unrequited crush on Shen Yuan even as the other Shen Yuan is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
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Bastard Boyfriend has been rehauled into Fetishized Abuser (for then the narrative portrays an abuser as sexually desirable). Otherwise, it's an example of Domestic Abuser. If both people display toxic behaviors, it's Romanticized Abuse. If the romantic partner is an unpleasant person but not outright abusive, then they are just a Jerk Ass.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Luo Binghe is divisive among Western fans, mostly because of his status as the protagonist's love interest. Either you acknowledge that while he has some issues, he's nevertheless a well-written and likable character who has his own baggage and tries to work through his flaws; or you see him as a mere low-key manipulative BastardBoyfriend who has it too easy due to PlotArmor both in and out-universe.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Luo Binghe is divisive among Western fans, mostly because of his status as the protagonist's love interest. Either you acknowledge that while he has some issues, he's nevertheless a well-written and likable character who has his own baggage and tries to work through his flaws; or you see him as a mere low-key manipulative BastardBoyfriend FetishizedAbuser who has it too easy due to PlotArmor both in and out-universe.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process
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* UncannyValley:
** While the ''donghua'' captures the characters' expressions well, particularly Shen Yuan's, anyone can quickly notice that the spoken dialogue rarely match the characters' lips.
** Among the entire cast, Yue Qingyuan's design in the ''donghua'' is the most strange-looking as [[OffModel his bodily and facial features are not entirely proportional to the other]].
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While there's some UncannyValley to be found in the characters' movements and some of the character models, it's obvious that the animators and put a lot of effort in capturing the facial expressions of the main cast, as the viewer can see exactly what kind of emotion they're displaying.
** While the ''donghua'' captures the characters' expressions well, particularly Shen Yuan's, anyone can quickly notice that the spoken dialogue rarely match the characters' lips.
** Among the entire cast, Yue Qingyuan's design in the ''donghua'' is the most strange-looking as [[OffModel his bodily and facial features are not entirely proportional to the other]].
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While there's some UncannyValley to be found in the characters' movements and some of the character models, it's obvious that the animators and put a lot of effort in capturing the facial expressions of the main cast, as the viewer can see exactly what kind of emotion they're displaying.
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** While the ''donghua'' captures the characters' expressions well, particularly Shen Yuan's, anyone can quickly notice that the spoken dialogue rarely match the characters' lips.
** Among the entire cast, Yue Qingyuan's design in the ''donghua'' is the most strange-looking as [[OffModel his bodily and facial features are not entirely proportional to the other]].
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* NarmCharm: Even those who have a few gripes about the animation can't help but agree that the 3D animation helps lend to the series' brand of humor and actually works in the adaptation's favor since the story's setting is in an InUniverse novel that plays many tropes straight as much as it deconstructs them. One example is the generic and copy-paste faces given for the nameless background [=NPCs=], which makes sense considering that ''is'' the role the play in the novel proper.
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* NarmCharm: Even those who have a few gripes about the animation can't help but agree that the 3D animation helps lend to the series' brand of humor and actually works in the adaptation's favor since the story's setting is in an InUniverse novel that plays many tropes straight as much as it deconstructs them. One example is the generic and copy-paste faces given for the nameless background [=NPCs=], which makes sense considering that ''is'' the role the they play in the novel proper.
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* {{Moe}}: Luo Binghe, especially when he’s first introduced, is a pure ball of sunshine. One can easily see why Shen Yuan quickly warms up to him despite knowing what Luo Binghe would do to him in the future.
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Removing Shen Jiu from Fan Nickname since it's a canonical name.
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** To distinguish between the two Shen Qingqiu's, fans call the original Shen Qingqiu, Shen Jiu.
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** It's popular to portray Shen Yuan as having been terminally ill or otherwise sickly in his first life.
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* MemeticMutation: Fans joked that before the ''donghua'' had made an official release date that the characters were "stuck in the microwave". Given that the only content they've had for years were just the models of Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu spinning around, the joke took off and stuck.
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* MemeticMutation: MemeticMutation:
** Fans joked that before the ''donghua'' had made an official release date that the characters were "stuck in the microwave". Given that the only content they've had for years were just the models of Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu spinning around, the joke took off andstuck.stuck.
** When fans of MXTX's other works complain about some content they receive, SVSSS fans are quick to joke that they're surprised that Scum Villain gets ''any'' content at all.
** Fans joked that before the ''donghua'' had made an official release date that the characters were "stuck in the microwave". Given that the only content they've had for years were just the models of Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu spinning around, the joke took off and
** When fans of MXTX's other works complain about some content they receive, SVSSS fans are quick to joke that they're surprised that Scum Villain gets ''any'' content at all.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: While Wu Lei is already an accomplished voice actor in China and is one of the veterans in the industry, both those who are familiar with roles and those who are not unanimously agree that he outdid himself as the protagonist, nailing how he'd sound when he's speaking either as Shen Yuan or as Shen Qingqiu (but ''especially'' as Shen Yuan, considering the character's wide range of emotions and dialogue).
* HilariousInHindsight: It won't be the last time Creator/MoXiangTongXiu writes about [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi a sect whose colour motif is gold and has a reputation for its wealth]], with the sect leader being the GreaterScopeVillain and/or BigBad of the story.
* HilariousInHindsight: It won't be the last time Creator/MoXiangTongXiu writes about [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi a sect whose colour motif is gold and has a reputation for its wealth]], with the sect leader being the GreaterScopeVillain and/or BigBad of the story.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: While Wu Lei is already an accomplished voice actor in China and is one of the veterans in the industry, both those who are familiar with roles and those who are not unanimously agree that he outdid himself as the protagonist, nailing how he'd sound when he's speaking either as Shen Yuan or as Shen Qingqiu (but ''especially'' as Shen Yuan, considering the character's wide range of emotions and dialogue).
dialogue). Not to mention, this is his first role as the ''shou'' (bottom) rather than the ''gong'' (top), the latter of which he's commonly cast as due to his baritone; and he still managed to more than nail his role with great finesse.
* HilariousInHindsight: It won't be the last time Creator/MoXiangTongXiu writes about [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi a sect whose colour motif is gold and has a reputation for its wealth]], with the sect leader being the GreaterScopeVillain and/or BigBad of the story.
* HilariousInHindsight: It won't be the last time Creator/MoXiangTongXiu writes about [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi a sect whose colour motif is gold and has a reputation for its wealth]], with the sect leader being the GreaterScopeVillain and/or BigBad of the story.
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** Mobei-Jun while never fully described in the novel, he's depicted in fanart with a muscular build, a blue marking on his forehead, dark hair and wearing dark robes with fur on it. While some don't mind his donghua appearance, there are still other fans who prefer his fanon design more.
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** Mobei-Jun while never fully described in the novel, he's depicted in fanart with a muscular build, a blue marking on his forehead, dark hair and wearing dark robes with fur on it. While some don't mind his donghua appearance, appearance in the AnimatedAdaptation, there are still other fans who prefer his fanon design more.
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* MemeticMutation: Fans joked that before the donghua had made an official release date that the characters were "stuck in the microwave". Given that the only content they've had for years were just the models of Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu spinning around, the joke took off and stuck.
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* MemeticMutation: Fans joked that before the donghua ''donghua'' had made an official release date that the characters were "stuck in the microwave". Given that the only content they've had for years were just the models of Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu spinning around, the joke took off and stuck.
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Not a Fan Preferred Couple if the canon couple still wins in fan popularity. Ascended Fanon is trivia.
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* AscendedFanon: "Bingpup" [[note]]Luo Binghe as a puppy[[/note]] is a popular topic of fanart, and sometimes even fanfiction, since many associate Luo Binghe with a dog for the affectionate way he acts towards Shen Yuan and how he tends to pull PuppyDogEyes on him. Some time before the ''donghua'' aired, merchandise featuring Bingpup was announced, much to the fandom's delighted surprise.
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* FanPreferredCouple: [=BingQiu=] is canon and a well-loved ship, although there are also some fans who favor [=LiuShen=].
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%%* LesYay: Don't be surprised when you see fanworks featuring Liu Mingyan and Sha Hualing as a couple. Sometimes, Ning Yingying is also added to the equation.
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%%* LesYay: Don't be surprised when you see fanworks featuring Liu Mingyan and Sha Hualing as a couple. Sometimes, Ning Yingying is also added to the equation. %%needs context as to where their subtext comes from
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* WinTheCrowd:
** After the release of the first trailer of the ''donghua'', some fans weren't exactly pleased with the designs for both Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe. Luckily, the second trailer fixed this by showing the revamped designs, which were more well-received. By the time of the ''donghua's'' airing, some fans have praised the show's animation, while others commend the use of humor in the story (especially the way Shen Yuan's voice actor delivers his lines), and many even liking the opening and ending songs.
** While many were ecstatic at the fact that the novel was finally getting an adaptation that was not likely to get cancelled, they were also skeptical or cautiously optimistic about whether the ''donghua'' would do the novel justice. The first two episodes had quickly assuaged the fears of many fans. To hammer it home, its popularity skyrocketed after its premiere and is now the top-rated ''donghua'' on [=WeTV=], surpassing even franchise juggernaut ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''.
** After the release of the first trailer of the ''donghua'', some fans weren't exactly pleased with the designs for both Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe. Luckily, the second trailer fixed this by showing the revamped designs, which were more well-received. By the time of the ''donghua's'' airing, some fans have praised the show's animation, while others commend the use of humor in the story (especially the way Shen Yuan's voice actor delivers his lines), and many even liking the opening and ending songs.
** While many were ecstatic at the fact that the novel was finally getting an adaptation that was not likely to get cancelled, they were also skeptical or cautiously optimistic about whether the ''donghua'' would do the novel justice. The first two episodes had quickly assuaged the fears of many fans. To hammer it home, its popularity skyrocketed after its premiere and is now the top-rated ''donghua'' on [=WeTV=], surpassing even franchise juggernaut ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''.
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Migrating. Tropes cannot be played with. Example Indentation In Trope Lists.
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* AscendedFanon: "Bingpup" [[note]]Luo Binghe as a puppy[[/note]] is a popular topic of fanart, and sometimes even fanfiction, since many associate Luo Binghe with a dog for the affectionate way he acts towards Shen Yuan and how he tends to pull PuppyDogEyes on him. Some time before the ''donghua'' aired, merchandise featuring Bingpup was announced, much to the fandom's delighted surprise.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The production team did not hold back with giving the ''donghua'' memorable theme songs. For example, "Song of Forgotten Words" (忘言歌) by X-NINE and [=R1SE=] member Zhao Lei perfectly captures the ''xianxia'' setting established by the novel, with the lyrics encapsulating Luo Binghe's character well.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Luo Binghe is divisive among Western fans, mostly because of his status as the protagonist's love interest. Either you acknowledge that while he has some issues, he's nevertheless a well-written and likable character who has his own baggage and tries to work through his flaws; or you see him as a mere low-key manipulative BastardBoyfriend who has it too easy due to PlotArmor both in and out-universe.
* BrokenBase: This novel is basically the most controversial of Creator/MoXiangTongXiu's published works, with the main pairing turning off many readers (most prevalent in the Western fandom due to ValuesDissonance and expectations from what fans from different cultures perceive to be an LGBT+ work). Either you think [=BingQiu=] is a nuanced and complex pairing in their own right, or you think they're too shallow, problematic, and toxic.
* CantUnHearIt: Some fans who are introduced to Wu Lei's voice acting in the AnimatedAdaptation are likely to be in for a whiplash when they hear his other roles, especially in other ''danmei'' adaptations.
* FanficFuel:
** It's not a surprise that there are fanfics that cover the possibility of how the rest of the cast -- or at least Luo Binghe -- would react when they learn "Shen Qingqiu's" true identity.
** There are plenty of fanfics that dive into Luo Bingge traveling to alternate universes to find his own Shen Yuan seeing as he can already do that as established by the "Face Off" extra.
* FanNickname:
** When the ''donghua'' was released, some parts of the fandom started to affectionately call younger Luo Binghe "Bunhe".
** To distinguish between the two Shen Qingqiu's, fans call the original Shen Qingqiu, Shen Jiu.
** Western fans often refer to Shang Qinghua as "Hamster Bro", given how he comes off like a hamster stuffing roasted watermelon seeds into his mouth when he's forced to help out Shen Qingqiu.
* FanPreferredCouple: [=BingQiu=] is canon and a well-loved ship, although there are also some fans who favor [=LiuShen=].
* {{Fanon}}:
** Luo Binghe is near-universally accepted in the Western fandom to have wavy hair, a muscular build, and a cleavage-revealing outfit, despite the latter never being mentioned in the novel and the first two outright contradicting his canon description.
** Mobei-Jun while never fully described in the novel, he's depicted in fanart with a muscular build, a blue marking on his forehead, dark hair and wearing dark robes with fur on it. While some don't mind his donghua appearance, there are still other fans who prefer his fanon design more.
** Shang Qinghua's AnimalMotif amongst fans seems to be a hamster.
** Many fanfiction writers tend to portray Shang Qinghua as more cowardly or stupid than he actually is, and essentially blame him for everything bad that happens in the original story. While this makes sense since he was the author, it also ignores the fact that he was writing a work of fiction, and could hardly have predicted his own death or that transmigration was actually a possibility. It's likely influenced by Shen Qingqiu, since the main story is told in his perspective, and he makes his disdain for Shang Qinghua as the original author ''very'' well known.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: While Wu Lei is already an accomplished voice actor in China and is one of the veterans in the industry, both those who are familiar with roles and those who are not unanimously agree that he outdid himself as the protagonist, nailing how he'd sound when he's speaking either as Shen Yuan or as Shen Qingqiu (but ''especially'' as Shen Yuan, considering the character's wide range of emotions and dialogue).
* HilariousInHindsight: It won't be the last time Creator/MoXiangTongXiu writes about [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi a sect whose colour motif is gold and has a reputation for its wealth]], with the sect leader being the GreaterScopeVillain and/or BigBad of the story.
* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards the other can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another in a prostitute house, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate as Yue Qingyuan left to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue the other. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Yuan for not being strong enough for him and Shen Yuan sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: It's already kind of canon that Shen Yuan has quite the harem. Besides Luo Binghe, there's also Liu Qingge, Yue Qingyuan, Zhuzhi Lang, and Gongyi Xiao.
%%* LesYay: Don't be surprised when you see fanworks featuring Liu Mingyan and Sha Hualing as a couple. Sometimes, Ning Yingying is also added to the equation.
* MemeticMutation: Fans joked that before the donghua had made an official release date that the characters were "stuck in the microwave". Given that the only content they've had for years were just the models of Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu spinning around, the joke took off and stuck.
* NarmCharm: Even those who have a few gripes about the animation can't help but agree that the 3D animation helps lend to the series' brand of humor and actually works in the adaptation's favor since the story's setting is in an InUniverse novel that plays many tropes straight as much as it deconstructs them. One example is the generic and copy-paste faces given for the nameless background [=NPCs=], which makes sense considering that ''is'' the role the play in the novel proper.
* NauseaFuel: [=QingSi=]. [[BodyHorror Plants literally grow through the skin of the person affected by it.]] Shen Yuan's entire arm ends up covered with plants growing out of it. It can only be cured by burning the plants off with a hot coal several times a day.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The only thing most people will remember about the short-lived ''manhua'' adaptation is that one of the staff that worked on it was an Creator/MoXiangTongXiu anti-fan and would openly hate on her on their social media, and that complaints about this staff member led to the ''manhua'''s cancellation (or at least indefinite hiatus).
* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given the other's unrequited crush on Shen Yuan even as the other is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
* PortmanteauCoupleName:
** [=BingQiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Yuan. And on that note, [=BingJiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Jiu.
** [=MoShang=] for Mobei Jun x Shang Qinghua.
** [=LiuShen=] for Liu Qingge x Shen Yuan.
** [=QiJiu=] for Yue Qingyuan x Shen Jiu.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Anyone new to the reading the novel might not initially like Ning Yingying, who InUniverse is written by Shang Qinghua to be the annoying character who may mean well but always (albeit inadvertently) causes trouble as much as she gets in trouble. As soon as Shen Yuan's changes to the plot caused her to grow out of the trope, she comes across as more likable to the reader.
* UncannyValley:
** While the ''donghua'' captures the characters' expressions well, particularly Shen Yuan's, anyone can quickly notice that the spoken dialogue rarely match the characters' lips.
** Among the entire cast, Yue Qingyuan's design in the ''donghua'' is the most strange-looking as [[OffModel his bodily and facial features are not entirely proportional to the other]].
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While there's some UncannyValley to be found in the characters' movements and some of the character models, it's obvious that the animators and put a lot of effort in capturing the facial expressions of the main cast, as the viewer can see exactly what kind of emotion they're displaying.
* WinTheCrowd:
** After the release of the first trailer of the ''donghua'', some fans weren't exactly pleased with the designs for both Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe. Luckily, the second trailer fixed this by showing the revamped designs, which were more well-received. By the time of the ''donghua's'' airing, some fans have praised the show's animation, while others commend the use of humor in the story (especially the way Shen Yuan's voice actor delivers his lines), and many even liking the opening and ending songs.
** While many were ecstatic at the fact that the novel was finally getting an adaptation that was not likely to get cancelled, they were also skeptical or cautiously optimistic about whether the ''donghua'' would do the novel justice. The first two episodes had quickly assuaged the fears of many fans. To hammer it home, its popularity skyrocketed after its premiere and is now the top-rated ''donghua'' on [=WeTV=], surpassing even franchise juggernaut ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The production team did not hold back with giving the ''donghua'' memorable theme songs. For example, "Song of Forgotten Words" (忘言歌) by X-NINE and [=R1SE=] member Zhao Lei perfectly captures the ''xianxia'' setting established by the novel, with the lyrics encapsulating Luo Binghe's character well.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Luo Binghe is divisive among Western fans, mostly because of his status as the protagonist's love interest. Either you acknowledge that while he has some issues, he's nevertheless a well-written and likable character who has his own baggage and tries to work through his flaws; or you see him as a mere low-key manipulative BastardBoyfriend who has it too easy due to PlotArmor both in and out-universe.
* BrokenBase: This novel is basically the most controversial of Creator/MoXiangTongXiu's published works, with the main pairing turning off many readers (most prevalent in the Western fandom due to ValuesDissonance and expectations from what fans from different cultures perceive to be an LGBT+ work). Either you think [=BingQiu=] is a nuanced and complex pairing in their own right, or you think they're too shallow, problematic, and toxic.
* CantUnHearIt: Some fans who are introduced to Wu Lei's voice acting in the AnimatedAdaptation are likely to be in for a whiplash when they hear his other roles, especially in other ''danmei'' adaptations.
* FanficFuel:
** It's not a surprise that there are fanfics that cover the possibility of how the rest of the cast -- or at least Luo Binghe -- would react when they learn "Shen Qingqiu's" true identity.
** There are plenty of fanfics that dive into Luo Bingge traveling to alternate universes to find his own Shen Yuan seeing as he can already do that as established by the "Face Off" extra.
* FanNickname:
** When the ''donghua'' was released, some parts of the fandom started to affectionately call younger Luo Binghe "Bunhe".
** To distinguish between the two Shen Qingqiu's, fans call the original Shen Qingqiu, Shen Jiu.
** Western fans often refer to Shang Qinghua as "Hamster Bro", given how he comes off like a hamster stuffing roasted watermelon seeds into his mouth when he's forced to help out Shen Qingqiu.
* FanPreferredCouple: [=BingQiu=] is canon and a well-loved ship, although there are also some fans who favor [=LiuShen=].
* {{Fanon}}:
** Luo Binghe is near-universally accepted in the Western fandom to have wavy hair, a muscular build, and a cleavage-revealing outfit, despite the latter never being mentioned in the novel and the first two outright contradicting his canon description.
** Mobei-Jun while never fully described in the novel, he's depicted in fanart with a muscular build, a blue marking on his forehead, dark hair and wearing dark robes with fur on it. While some don't mind his donghua appearance, there are still other fans who prefer his fanon design more.
** Shang Qinghua's AnimalMotif amongst fans seems to be a hamster.
** Many fanfiction writers tend to portray Shang Qinghua as more cowardly or stupid than he actually is, and essentially blame him for everything bad that happens in the original story. While this makes sense since he was the author, it also ignores the fact that he was writing a work of fiction, and could hardly have predicted his own death or that transmigration was actually a possibility. It's likely influenced by Shen Qingqiu, since the main story is told in his perspective, and he makes his disdain for Shang Qinghua as the original author ''very'' well known.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: While Wu Lei is already an accomplished voice actor in China and is one of the veterans in the industry, both those who are familiar with roles and those who are not unanimously agree that he outdid himself as the protagonist, nailing how he'd sound when he's speaking either as Shen Yuan or as Shen Qingqiu (but ''especially'' as Shen Yuan, considering the character's wide range of emotions and dialogue).
* HilariousInHindsight: It won't be the last time Creator/MoXiangTongXiu writes about [[Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi a sect whose colour motif is gold and has a reputation for its wealth]], with the sect leader being the GreaterScopeVillain and/or BigBad of the story.
* HoYay: For Yue Qingyuan and the original Shen Jiu. After seeing Shen Jiu's past, Yue Qingyuan's near UndyingLoyalty towards the other can almost be seen in an entirely different light. They were both raised with one another in a prostitute house, were sold to the Qiu household before they were forced to separate as Yue Qingyuan left to cultivate and then promised to return one day to rescue the other. When he ultimately wasn't able to, Shen Jiu destroyed the Qiu manor and managed to cultivate and ascend to his current position. The air around the two former friends almost reads like an really messy romantic pair having fallen out with one still trying to make their relationship work. When Yue Qingyuan thinks he's going to die, he tries to apologize one last time to Shen Yuan for not being strong enough for him and Shen Yuan sadly thinks it's truly heartbreaking that the person he's telling these words to no longer exists. Also in the original canon, Yue Qingyuan did not make any move to save Shen Jiu likely because he knew he would die, but the moment Luo Binghe sent him Shen Jiu's legs he blindly got up to try and save Shen Jiu only to die in the end.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: It's already kind of canon that Shen Yuan has quite the harem. Besides Luo Binghe, there's also Liu Qingge, Yue Qingyuan, Zhuzhi Lang, and Gongyi Xiao.
%%* LesYay: Don't be surprised when you see fanworks featuring Liu Mingyan and Sha Hualing as a couple. Sometimes, Ning Yingying is also added to the equation.
* MemeticMutation: Fans joked that before the donghua had made an official release date that the characters were "stuck in the microwave". Given that the only content they've had for years were just the models of Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu spinning around, the joke took off and stuck.
* NarmCharm: Even those who have a few gripes about the animation can't help but agree that the 3D animation helps lend to the series' brand of humor and actually works in the adaptation's favor since the story's setting is in an InUniverse novel that plays many tropes straight as much as it deconstructs them. One example is the generic and copy-paste faces given for the nameless background [=NPCs=], which makes sense considering that ''is'' the role the play in the novel proper.
* NauseaFuel: [=QingSi=]. [[BodyHorror Plants literally grow through the skin of the person affected by it.]] Shen Yuan's entire arm ends up covered with plants growing out of it. It can only be cured by burning the plants off with a hot coal several times a day.
* OvershadowedByControversy: The only thing most people will remember about the short-lived ''manhua'' adaptation is that one of the staff that worked on it was an Creator/MoXiangTongXiu anti-fan and would openly hate on her on their social media, and that complaints about this staff member led to the ''manhua'''s cancellation (or at least indefinite hiatus).
* PairTheSpares: Some fans seem to enjoy pairing up Liu Qingge with an older Yang Yixuan, given the other's unrequited crush on Shen Yuan even as the other is married to Luo Binghe in the novel extras.
* PortmanteauCoupleName:
** [=BingQiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Yuan. And on that note, [=BingJiu=] for Luo Binghe x Shen Jiu.
** [=MoShang=] for Mobei Jun x Shang Qinghua.
** [=LiuShen=] for Liu Qingge x Shen Yuan.
** [=QiJiu=] for Yue Qingyuan x Shen Jiu.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Anyone new to the reading the novel might not initially like Ning Yingying, who InUniverse is written by Shang Qinghua to be the annoying character who may mean well but always (albeit inadvertently) causes trouble as much as she gets in trouble. As soon as Shen Yuan's changes to the plot caused her to grow out of the trope, she comes across as more likable to the reader.
* UncannyValley:
** While the ''donghua'' captures the characters' expressions well, particularly Shen Yuan's, anyone can quickly notice that the spoken dialogue rarely match the characters' lips.
** Among the entire cast, Yue Qingyuan's design in the ''donghua'' is the most strange-looking as [[OffModel his bodily and facial features are not entirely proportional to the other]].
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While there's some UncannyValley to be found in the characters' movements and some of the character models, it's obvious that the animators and put a lot of effort in capturing the facial expressions of the main cast, as the viewer can see exactly what kind of emotion they're displaying.
* WinTheCrowd:
** After the release of the first trailer of the ''donghua'', some fans weren't exactly pleased with the designs for both Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe. Luckily, the second trailer fixed this by showing the revamped designs, which were more well-received. By the time of the ''donghua's'' airing, some fans have praised the show's animation, while others commend the use of humor in the story (especially the way Shen Yuan's voice actor delivers his lines), and many even liking the opening and ending songs.
** While many were ecstatic at the fact that the novel was finally getting an adaptation that was not likely to get cancelled, they were also skeptical or cautiously optimistic about whether the ''donghua'' would do the novel justice. The first two episodes had quickly assuaged the fears of many fans. To hammer it home, its popularity skyrocketed after its premiere and is now the top-rated ''donghua'' on [=WeTV=], surpassing even franchise juggernaut ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''.
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