Novoland: The Castle in the Sky (九州·天空城, Jiǔ Zhōu Tiān Kōng Chéng, meaning roughly "Nine Provinces: City in the Sky") is a 2016 Chinese series starring Guan Xiao Tong and Zhang Ruo Yun. It's set in the universe of Novoland, but is an original story and not based on any of the novels. A sequel series, Novoland: The Castle in the Sky 2, and a sequel movie, Novoland: The Castle in the Sky: Time Reversal, aired in 2020. It's the second television series based on the Novoland series.
The Yu Tribe, the only tribe with the ability to fly, have built a castle in the sky. Then the castle explodes. Yi Fu Ling, a human girl who was unlucky enough to be nearby, is branded the culprit. Feng Tian Yi, King of Yu Tribe, believes Fu Ling is innocent and tries to protect her. He and Fu Ling discover the real culprits are part of the Yu Tribe trying to start a war with humans, and the two of them try to reveal the truth before war breaks out.
The series can be watched on YouTube
with English subtitles.
Not to be confused with Castle in the Sky.
Contains examples of:
- A Minor Kidroduction: The series starts with Fu Ling's birth.
- As You Know: Yin Chi helpfully announces that "today is the annual Seven-star Lantern Prayer Ceremony" — which everyone present already knows.
- Distant Prologue: The first part of the prologue takes place a hundred years before the second part, which is set eighteen years before the main series.
- Fake-Out Make-Out: Tian Yi pretends to make out with Fu Ling to make the guards leave them alone.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Tian Yi has a human mother. Because of this he's the only member of Yu Tribe who can't grow wings.
- Love Makes You Evil: Love makes Fei Shuang increasingly manipulative.
- Missing Mum: Fu Ling's mother Rui Zhu dies shortly after Fu Ling's birth.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: Ji Shu left Bai Xue for Rui Zhu, so Bai Xue murdered Rui Zhu.
- Occult Blue Eyes: The Yu Tribe have blue eyes to show they aren't human (or fully human in Tian Yi's case).
- The Scapegoat: Fu Ling becomes one after the explosion.
- Snow Means Death: Rui Zhu dies in the snow.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Ji Shu and Bai Xue became this thanks to Ji Shu's actions. He was from Yu Tribe and she was Queen of the Human Tribe, so he decided their relationship would never work and left her for Rui Zhu. Bai Xue reacted... badly.
- A Taste of the Lash: Fu Ling gets whipped as punishment in episode two.
- Weapon Specialization: A whip is Tian Yi's weapon of choice.
- Winged Humanoid: Everyone from Yu Tribe has wings — except Tian Yi.
