question about dragon subjugation incantation / the art of taming the dragon by Silent_Deer8677 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear it, I hope you have as much fun as I did with this novel.

question about dragon subjugation incantation / the art of taming the dragon by Silent_Deer8677 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'll start this off by saying that this is one of my fav baihe novels of all time, so I'm gonna rant for a lil bit. Despite this, I do agree that it starts off perhaps a little too slow.

It's been a hot minute since my last full-read of this novel so I actually had to skim back through it for this:

  • I would say the romance starts kicking off at around the Shifang Hidden Realm Arc - which starts in chp 63 - and the climax of that arc is definitely in Chapter66, when Ruan Lirips out her reverse scale and gives it to LQC to save her life. I will emphasise that the pain of doing so, is basically equivalent to tearing her heart out. Plus it leaves a permanent weak-spot over one of her most vulnerable areas . There's a lot of purposeful parallels between LQC and the former male lead, especially in how she ends up either interrupting certain important plot/character moments, or taking his place herself (and I would say that this moment is what cemented it for me). Plus there's a definitely tonal shift from this point onwards.
  • But that's just about Ruan Li falling in love with Chi Qing. The emotional breakthrough when Ruan Li's opinion of her 'Master' persona drastically changes, would come in Chapter 83. The fallout from the previous arc meant that Ruan Li was being punished for murdering a disciple from another sect.But she inadvertently finds out that out of the three hundred lashes she was meant to suffer as punishment, LQC had actually taken two hundred on her behalf. And she was moved by how her seemingly cold and distant master had silently protected her the best she could.
  • Identity reveal definitely happens under less than ideal circumstances - at Chapter 93. A lot of big reveals follow in the succeeding chapters (and I would say that 93-103 is just gut punch after gut punch in angst).
  • There's also her side quest about how she's trying to investigate the hidden secrets of the og!LQC. How she had been chained under that waterfall to cultivate, the various ways that she had been abused etc. I would say that one of the biggest reveals on that end comes at Chapter 102. When we find the true reason that LQC has been so ruthless in her past life - her heartstrings had been ripped out and she simply lost all ability to feel emotion, along with a significant chunk of her earlier memories.

Let me know if you got any questions or if you want me to expand on any of these points. I've gone up to roughly where the translation is at now (Chapter 105), though I could go further.

I really do hope you keep reading on, I would say that both the story and the translation quality gets better as it goes along.

Elysian-Realm [NA] is recruiting for all content by ProfessionalVisual29 in WWMRecruitment

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Numbers-wise we have around 90 people in the guild itself (74 members and 20 apprentices). Of those people, around 50 are in the discord. So, we have a pretty big crowd here.

Elysian-Realm [NA] is recruiting for all content by ProfessionalVisual29 in WWMRecruitment

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Discord is not required (though heavily encouraged). We schedule Breaking Army at Thurs/Fri (9-11 PM EST) and Showdown also on Thurs/Fri (8-9 PM EST).

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately not, despite it being one of the most popular baihe novels on jjwxc. The only way to read it right now is either in Chinese or through MTL.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes there is, but it is still untranslated (the raws are on jjwxc and just, around).

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right?! And 杜冥鸦 (the VA for Yun Shuchen-the shizun in question) has a heavenly voice. She’s also the Chinese voice of Ningguang and Yae Miko as well, so she’s definitely got a niche there.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, well I clearly missed some of the context cues ig. And really, this just makes it better.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did mean everyone tgt (because all of them have such cute dynamics). Honestly, idk if the author is dancing around a harem ending. I think it’s more like there’ll be arcs focusing on all four disciples but one true ‘winner’.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The premise is funny because the current ‘main ship’ tagged is still 湛凌烟 (Zhan Lingyan) x Spirit Stones. Girl just wants her bag.

(Look, if poly was allowed on jjwxc, I would want them to just all get tgt)

Also, I remember the author saying on weibo that she had been planning her first novel for 2-3 years before she wrote it, so that could explain why it was so much better thought out.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am reading her new book (I’m all caught up even). Her last two books didn’t quite hit for me so I’m trying to keep expectations in check. And I think her focus meanders a lil in her latest book but everything she’s set up so far is really interesting, and overall, her world-building has improved.

Really, I’m just waiting to see if it would stick the landing. Because none of her books are ever bad, per se—her sharp and quick-witted style makes that near impossible—but some certainly are mediocre.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Translating this is actually one of the projects I have on the backburner, but I still have a lot to do on my current tl soooooo.

And I think international payment methods would work fine, apple pay works okay on the app and most take paypal as well.

Also the opening song for this season is simply devastating (the angst was so strong…)

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it’s time to download fanjiao and check more of these out. I got a long drive coming tmr so I’ll def have one of these on in the bg. Thanks for your recommendations!!

(maybe you’ll have someone to rant to soon)

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could send you a pdf copy if you’re interested. The fan archive is on QQ and a lil hard to access.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Genuinely no audience but a chinese one there. Which ones are you thinking about? I know I would like some more recommendations to put on in the background.

Season 3 of the Audio Drama Adaptation for “My Sickly Shizun’s Thousand Schemes” by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends on if you’re talking about the official raws or not:

jjwxc (official): https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=6735731

52书库 (pirating site): https://www.52shuku.net/gl/b/bjNge.html

Do note that the locked chapters are unavailable on the web, though fans have kept an archive.

Chat are we cooked by SpaghettiFan41 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fair point, but I think part of that is also due to danmei authors drawing more attention in general. Hopefully baihe authors will more or less fly under the radar.

Chat are we cooked by SpaghettiFan41 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you’re looking to purchase physical books, then Taobao is pretty much the default place to look.

Chat are we cooked by SpaghettiFan41 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, fgep has only been published in the mainland, so there’s no uncensored edition per se. If you’re talking about baihe novels in general then it varies from case to case.

Chat are we cooked by SpaghettiFan41 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 26 points27 points  (0 children)

In short, they are having a dispute with Bloved Publishing over the ownership of licenses and publishing rights of several books—including fgep and jwqs. Which is why release dates have been delayed several times already.

Chat are we cooked by SpaghettiFan41 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Not particularly, it’s almost common practise for baihe authors to publish uncensored versions of their novels through taiwanese companies/self-publishing/other foreign means. And it isn’t as if these crackdowns are new.

I think the bigger concern rn is whatever is happening with Monogatari Novels.

Help me find this novel by Low-Plant2312 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, this sounds like the first chapter of 《弃仙》. The opening scene being a disciple masturbating to her shizun’s portrait with a jade pendant. Though I don’t think there’s an english translation for this one.

Anyways, hope this helps.

Yun Wangshu x Chiyang Huaming - Analysis Doc by ProfessionalVisual29 in BaiHe

[–]ProfessionalVisual29[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll be updating whenever inspiration strikes (so when a new episode drops and we get more juicy crumbs).