#liu yao: the revitalization of fu yao sect

[drawulan]

After his return, Cheng Qian often wakes up on his dashixiong’s lap

[ranexpositioning]

The extra bonus stories in danmei absolutely gut me. What do the authors put in those, it's like they make them as sad as possible.

The first time I read Scum Villain's Self Saving System, I made it through without crying. But then I read Poem of the Bamboo Branch, and Shen Jiu's story, and Airplane's Fortuitous Encounter which gave me one of my all-time favorite lines:

"It’s just…

It’s just.

It’s just that he really, truly loved this story he’d written."

Or the absolute rollercoaster of emotions that were the extras in Liu Yao.

God, I love those books.

[akatsuki-shin]

PRIEST'S "LIU YAO" AND MENG XISHI'S "WU SHUANG (PEERLESS) ARE GETTING OFFICIAL ENGLISH VERSIONS IN 2024

"Liu Yao" will be getting a physical book by indie publisher ROSMEI from Singapore. You can check their Twitter @/Rosmeihey for information regarding their distributors and GOs for non-Singaporean buyers.

"Wu Shuang (Peerless)" will be published by Seven Seas Danmei, so we'll be getting both physical books and e-books.

[maria-taiwin]

you can't say Happy Mother's Day if you don't consider Yan Zhengming, the most frustrated and fashionable mother of all

[unfotp]

Currently Reading : Tai Sui

Read List:

Scum Villain's Self Saving System

The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

The Heaven Official's Blessing

Nan Chan

Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Liu Yao: Revitalization of the Fu Yao Sect

Thousand Autumns

Peerless

Telling Ghost Stories At My Ex-boyfriend’s Wedding

Faraway Wanderers

Lord Seventh

Sha Po Lang

Golden Stage

Mistakenly Saving the Villain

Guardian

Mo Du

To Read List:

She is the Protagonist

I became a God in a horror game

Tai sui

transmigrated senior martial brother

2ha

Copper Coins

Jing Wei Qing Shang

Stray

Female General Eldest Princess

Qiang Jin Jiu

copper coins

little mushroom

You've got mail: a cautionary tale

Lie Huo Jiao Chou

Jin se

Peach Blossom Debt

The Imperial Uncle

Can ci pin

Dinghai Fusheng Records

Comeback of the abandoned wife

Paintings of Terror

Being an extra actor in an escape game

Falling in love with an urban legend

Touched and Nah

The Legendary Master's Wife

Limited Possession

Secret Lore:

[to-fanartists-with-love]

Below are the main tags by medium and under the link to the tags, all the fandoms I've posted about in alphabetic order. The fandom and the characters that appear are tagged too but you're gonna have to look into my blog search function. You can also search the tags by canon art, gif, collage or doujinshi (for fancomics).

anime (aka. all animation bc I'm too lazy to modify the tag with the proper name)

alien stage, arcane, blue eyed samurai, code geass, castlevania, link click, mawaru penguindrum, mononoke, puella magi madoka magica, shojo kakumei utena, trigun stampede, yuuri on ice

book

all for the game, all of us villains, a song of ice and fire, bartimaeus trilogy, captive prince, dark rise trilogy, edas, greenwing and dart, harry potter heptalogy, kane chronicles, kingkiller chronicle, kusuriya no hitorigoto, les miserables, long live evil, nine worlds, omniscient reader's viewpoint, percy jackson universe, silmarillion, the scholomance, the folk of the air, the locked tomb, the raven cycle, the vampire chronicles, villains series, wheel of time

comic

dc universe

danmei and other not-chinese bl books

bing an ben, erha he ta de bai mao shizun, golden terrace, liu yao: the revitalization of fuyao sect, modao zushi, mo du, mozun ye xiang zhidao, tian guan ci fu, tian ya ke, turning by kuye, qiang jin jiu, qian qiu, scum villain self saving system, yuwu, zhen hun

film

dune 2021, star wars, the handmaiden

manga

akatsuki no yona, banana fish, berserk, bleach, blue lock, blue period, boku no chikyuu wo mamotte, boku no hero academia, bungou stray dogs, cardcaptor sakura, dandadan, death note, detective conan, d.gray man, dungeon meshi, eroica yori ai wo komete, fullmetal alchemist, hetalia, hikaru ga shinda natsu, hikaru no go, hunter x hunter, jibaku shonen hanako-kun, jujutsu kaisen, kaze to ki no uta, kuroshitsuji, magic kaito, naruto, natsume yuujinchou, one piece, pandora hearts, poe no ichizoku, ranma 1/2, rg veda, shaman king, showa genroku rakugo shinjuu, spy x family, soul eater, tsubasa reservoir chronicle, uruwashi no yoi no tsuki, vampire knight, vanitas no shuki, witch hat atelier, xxxholic, x/1999, yugioh, yu yu hakusho

original art

tv show

dark 2017, dead boy detectives, house of the dragon, interview with a vampire, nirvana in fire, the untamed, wheel of time, word of honor

video game

genshin impact, persona 5

webcomic

girl genius, homestuck, tower of god

Enjoy! And remember it's always nice to like, reblog or comment if you loved the art!

[yanniangniang]

Thanks for answering my ask.....if you don't mind me asking (again), who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (can be canon or non-canon)? Why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....

Hi again! No, thank you for asking! This was a fun ask to receive! 🌺

Sephiroth/Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII, non-canon): Most extreme case of 'never meet your idols' lol Ah, the homoeroticism of being mortal enemies :) I enjoy the poetry of Cloud, sixteen years old and three whole ounces of whoop ass, stabbing and throwing the man he used to consider his hero into a mako pit. Sephiroth obsessively haunting Cloud like a fucked up ghoul and constantly trying to girlboss gatekeep gaslight his way to complete world domination is also very fun to me. Sephiroth latching onto Cloud's memories of him as a way to keep his own identity of self...Also, I simply cannot get over Sephiroth looking at the man who killed him with BEDROOM EYES and spewing the most homoerotic shit imaginable (like, what do you mean "don't deny me, embrace me"!!! is this a game to you!??!). Anyway, I just think they're neat :)

Yan Xiaohan/Fu Shen (Golden Terrace, canon): All time favorite! Political rivals to power couple! I love these two so much. They're so romantic, their affection felt like sugar injected straight into my veins haha. I can't even come up with a single thing I love about them because I simply love everything about them! They're peak romance?? Listen, if you are interested in novels set in a historical setting, I am holding your hands and BEGGING you to purchase Golden Terrace. It's such a good novel, you won't regret it!

Yan Zhengming/Cheng Qian (Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, canon): Now, these two! No matter, no matter what, I always go back to these two. This is one of my comfort ships, mostly because they are so entertaining! Their characters are so different, yet at their core, they have the same values and goal, so it is very fun to watch how these two's clashing personalities actually compliment each other. Plus, they're just very funny, okay?? PRIEST is a comedian lol

Xie Jingxing/Shen Miao (The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage, canon): The epitome of couples who scheme together stay together! Their evolution was gradual and so satisfying to me. I enjoyed how they went from scheming acquaintences who could barely stand each other (like, I know for a fact that my girl Shen Miao fantasized having Xie Jingxing dragged off to be executed for the unforgivable crime of being a meddling annoyance—deserved lol) to allies with grudging respect towards each other and a common goal to a devoted power couple who brought a country to its knees. Xie Jingxing's constant sneaking into Shen Miao's bedroom dead into the night to plot/banter/play qi/press her buttons until she's gnashing her teeth is something i remember very fondly lol.

[shen-daozhang]

Getting to Know Your BL Mutuals

rules: answer the questions and tag some people. include the tag ‘g2ky BL mutuals 2022’ on your post so we can find everyone’s answer.

thanks to @yanwushi for the tag- I am finally doing this!!! Doing both novels as well as visual media

What have been BLs that took you by surprise this year?

Wushuang/Peerless. I was going to read it eventually, but Thousand Autumns is such a favorite I was putting it off because I thought there was no way Wushuang could be as good as its predecessor. @yanwushi finally got me to read it and omfg... seriously the only person more obsessed with Cui Buqu than Feng Xiao is me. This one rocketed to the top of my favorite novels in record speed. I also want to mention that as someone who is chronically ill, I really appreciated the way Cui Buqu's disability was handled- honestly I think it's the best portrayal of chronic illness/disability I've read in a c-novel.

Nan Chan. I hate calling this book weird because I think that's a loaded term but it's unusual for sure, and I didn't expect to fall in love with a book that's about a sword and a demon carp. As someone who is autistic I got a lot out of both main characters trying to figure out how to act "human" and deal with identifying and processing their emotions. Also I just think that Cang Ji should be able to eat whomever he wants, as a treat.

Little Mushroom. “你只是一只很小的蘑菇” CRYING SCREAMING THROWING UP. I never in a million years expected to be emotionally compromised by a book about a sentient mushroom but here we are. Normally I love angst but I had to stop reading and check if it had a happy ending because I honestly couldn't have handled it if it didn't (it does). Also honestly one of the best pieces of post-apocalyptic fiction that I read and I loved the aspects of cosmic horror in the second volume.

It's not technically a BL, but Under the Skin (c-drama). I usually don't watch modern crime dramas for personal reasons, but I decided to give it a chance for language practice and because I like Tan Jianci. I expected to have it on in the background and instead the show grabbed me by the throat and wouldn't let go. (tho it made me impatient for the Mo Du/Silent Reading donghua and live action, and for Winner is King. when???)

What have been BLs that you felt a bit disappointed with this year?

Copper Coins. I enjoyed it and I thought that Xue Xian is a delightfully full-of-himself protagonist but to me it felt like a young author's early work that needed trimming in some parts and expansion in others. I just really felt like it wasn't the masterpiece that I'd heard it talked up to be. (Although to be fair I think I did it a major disservice reading it after Nan Chan)

The Defective's donghua. It just didn't grab me at all which sucks bc I like the novel, and I really hated what they did with some of the female characters (wtf is with Penny's character design and what was with the choice to have Mint never speak??)

Legend of Exorcism donghua. I know there are people who adore this show, and I desperately wanted to like it... but there was something I can't quite put my finger on that turned me off. I think I would like it more if I'd read the novel, I felt like there were undercurrents of a good story that weren't being properly delved or something. That said, it did pique my interest enough to put the novel on my to-read list, and I'm looking forward to getting to it.

What has been your favorite BL this year?

WushuangWushuangWushuangWushuangWushuang. Did I mention Wushuang already?

Favorite BL/GL couples (not just of 2022)

Feng Xiao & Cui Buqu (Wushuang), Gu Yun & Chang Geng (Sha Po Lang), Yan Wushi & Shen Qiao (Thousand Autumns), Ranwan (Erha)

If you had to suggest a BL for someone what would it be?

If you like xianxia and a quirky found family (and also knives), hands down Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fu Yao Sect by Priest

If you're more into wuxia elements and rivals-to-lovers-but-still-rivals, Wushuang/Peerless by Meng Xishi.

Please, more people need to read these books. Also if you're looking for more things to read, I have a libguide reading list here! I need to update it, but it's an ongoing project. Let me know if there are any BL you think I should add!

What’s your non-BL favorite this year?

WIND BLOWS FROM LONGXI *banging pots and pans together* screaming, crying, throwing up. IT'S SO GOOD. I desperately want more "gritty" historical shows like this one. The Three Kingdoms Period is one of my special interests and Chen Kun is one of my favorite actors, seriously this show was almost tailor-made for me. Also for you Guardian fans out there Bai Yu is one of the two main characters.

Honorable mention to Love Between Fairy and Devil, which made me take back everything I had previously said about Dylan Wang Hedi's acting.

Tagging: I think everyone I'm mutuals with has already done this, but if you see it and you want to please pretend I tagged you :)

[izartn]

Of Priest, the novel I've enjoyed the most was Liu Yao. I have to try to read Priest because it gets really difficult between trying to muddle through the translations and the distant pov + somewhat flat secondary charas + the usual cnovel convoluted plot, so if the MC doesnt get to me... But in Liu Yao I really liked the main chara, and his love interest, and the plot et all, even though it had its usual priest failings.

Also the themes, the fact that ascension doesn't exist in the story, that it's simply getting to the point were you can voluntarily let go of life and be one with the universe made a lot of sense with the Taoist background of the cultivation setting. Plus the constant dunking on cultivators as a whole.

Also there is the thing we're Cheng Qian and Yan Zhengming team up to lead the others, and also the tragedy of those 100 years, and the fact the two know each other since there were teen horrors, and also. At one point early on Cheng Qian is brushing Yan Zhengming hair and he puts a flower on him and look, I'm weak to that xD

[yuziyou]

Fuyao Mountain 扶搖山

[incorrect-web-novels]

If you're not caught up on the whole Fuyao Sect lore, that's fine because frankly, I'm not either.

Yan Zhengming as Sect Leader

[miniatureclover]

A series of live readings for a handful of boy’s love novels I have been meaning to read or continue for months...might as well motivate myself with some halfway decent graphics and (attempted) book blurbs!

If you’re interested in LGBT+ Asian-inspired fantasy, I highly recommend delving into the world of Chinese web novels. Many dedicated fans pick these up for translation on the bird app and they are literally everything I always look for in Asian-inspired fantasy but never find, probably due to the publishing industry’s idea of what counts as “marketable”. 

They all are, of course, #OwnVoices and written by authors who are pretty well-versed or do their research on the history, philosophy, and literature their characters consume. As a result, characters never feel like they don’t at least belong in their world - it’s reflected in their speech, mannerisms, values, etc. The natural integration of a common canon of Chinese poetry, philosophy, and values is particularly valuable and difficult to write if you haven’t been raised learning all of that history in school and absorbing it from the culture you live in.

Genre Notes: • Wuxia = martial arts fantasy, no supernatural elements • Xianxia = “cultivation” novels, a mix of fantasy and martial arts wherein characters usually aim to cultivate spiritual energy to reach immortality • Xuanhan = fantasy, may have cultivation, but also encompasses more supernatural elements including the heavens/gods

All of these have m/m romance, some more heavily than others. Warnings are not complete, will be updated as I progress through the stories. None of these are too bad though, except for a certain scene in Invitation to Wine.

Faraway Wanderers / Tianyake / 天涯客

A tired ex-spy wants to live out his remaining days in leisure but ends up involved in a chaotic series of events along with the other lead character, a playboy martial artist, and some ducklings (children) tagging along. Ultimately, a story that questions the possibility for redemption with a heavy amount of gritty realism sprinkled with hope and second chances.

Author: priest Genre: Wuxia, Action/Adventure Warnings: Mild gore

Nan Chan / 南禅

The story of a fish that cultivated to gain a human form and an immortal with amnesia, who committed a serious crime and was cast from the heavens for it. Together, they go on a quest that will take them through the “eight sufferings” (birth, death, old age, sickness, partings with loved ones, encounters with enemies, unfulfilled wishes, and the inability to let go) and uncover a mystery in the heavens.

Author: Tang Jiuqing Genre: Supernatural, Xuanhuan

To Rule in a Turbulent World / Luan Shi Wei Wang / 乱世为王

The spoiled son of a wealthy tea merchant acquires a loyal slave who supports him when he is down on his luck and cast out by his father, having to renovate the old estate his mother left to him. Later, he goes to take the imperial examinations and war breaks out when the “barbarian” tribes from the north attack. Ultimately, a story of growing up in a turbulent era.

Author: Fei Tian Ye Xiang Genre: Historical, Wuxia, Action/Adventure, Slice of Life Warnings: War violence, explicit sex, underage sex

Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fu Yao Sect / 六爻

A boy is taken in by the eccentric master of a rundown cultivation sect comprised of kids. Later, tragedy strikes after leaving their mountain home and they must find their way back – uncovering the secrets of their sect and proving themselves against a world that mocks them.

Author: priest Genre: Xianxia, Adventure, Drama

Invitation to Wine / Qiang Jin Jiu / 将进酒

The main character is a young man whose family was accused of treason and he barely escaped with his life, the second male lead is the man who once kicked him while he was down. A story about the “epic feud” between these two people who never get along whenever they meet.

Author: Tang Jiuqing Genre: Historical, Romance Warnings: Torture, animal abuse

[ranexpositioning]

It actually distresses me how few people are as crazy over Liu Yao as I am.

People who get into niche interests, how do you do it? Liu Yao isn't even niche and I'm losing my mind over how there's not a lot of people to share in the joy that is the story with me.

Because it's a great story. It's an amazing story. It's a sad story and a funny, hilarious, laugh out loud story; a tragic story, and at the end of it I could barely breathe through my tears and the strength of the nostalgia that ending aroused in me. I felt so bad that it was ending, and I refuse to believe I'm the only one who feels that way.

Where are you guys? My fellow Liu Yao lovers?

[akatsuki-shin]

Review: 六爻 Liu Yao - The Revitalization of Fu Yao Sect

Finally touching Priest’s work again after a long time~

Note(s):

(Very) long post ahead

Contains spoiler

This is my personal review and does not represent the entire audience

Summary:

Born into a life of poverty, at ten years old Cheng Qian was sold by his parents to a shady cultivator for the price of a silver ingot. Following his new Master, he became the disciple of a sect—questionable and unheard of—the Fu Yao sect.

Here, his path on cultivation began alongside his laid-back Master, a narcissistic and overly pampered eldest shixiong, a troublemaking second shixiong, and a former beggar, good-for-nothing shidi.

Life was peaceful and ordinary for the teenagers, despite having difficulties to get along due to their contrasting personalities and background. However, following a rare trip down the mountain with their Master, their undisturbed days came to an abrupt end and their life was turned upside down.

Forced to grow up in the face of unprecedented and seemingly unending hardships, the young disciples of Fu Yao sect found themselves entangled in conflicts dating back to the days of their predecessors centuries ago.

Being lost and found, separated and reunited, they must thread on the arduous path to reestablish their tattered family and sect.

STORY: 7/10

A story packed full of adventure, familial bond, growth and struggles to protect what one holds dear.

Throughout the story, we are presented with chronicles of how their predecessors—the ones that still lived and the ones who had passed—attempted to achieve greatness, some even straight out defy the will of Heavens, and a journey of the young disciples of Fu Yao sect from being a bunch of naive kids to gaining immeasurable strength after being thrown into a sudden tribulation.

Some failed, some were successful. Some was able to find peace at the end of the road, while some others strayed into a twisted path and causing ruin to themselves.

One could say it is both a typical "shounen" and "Xianxia" story, but the plot is so condensed and detailed from start to finish with no holes and fillers, laying out the intense journey of the once innocent youths as they grew into a much more reliable version of themselves.

A few parts of the story, especially in the later half, might be lost or confusing to those unfamiliar with Xianxia genre in general, but overall I feel that the story is written and closed nicely.

The earlier part started out rather slowly, but it served as a good and detailed introduction of the characters, making their character development in the later part of the story more "visible" and 'tangible".

It has a great plot twist towards the end. Albeit rather typical, the execution was very well-done and it certainly made for a good closing after all the conflicts spread from start to finish.

Regarding the true villain itself, perhaps I'm the one who missed a few plot points while reading. I feel that his motive for doing all the bad things he did has a rather awkward position. If he became the way he was because of the wish made by Fu Yao sect's former leader, then it meant his motive was "created" by fate and was "forced" onto him. But if I'm not mistaken, that wish of Fu Yao sect's former leader was in the end not granted at all, so not only the villain became the way he was on his own accord, Fu Yao sect's former leader also ended up jeopardizing his entire sect, all over an unachievable wish.

And finally, although the story overall was great and not lacking in intensity, I feel that I personally am no longer capable of vibing with this type of story. Some people may rate "Liu Yao" with a 9/10, but I could only give it 7/10. It's neither the story or the author's fault; the fault seems to lie entirely with me. If I were about ten years younger, I might have been mindblown-ed reading this. Unfortunately, I seem to be too old to get excited over a story of youthful growth and adventure. :'))

CHARACTER: 8/10

Clear, detailed, and accurate portrayal of character growth from naive teenagers to adults tempered by hardships. It was truly refreshing to see them rise from children who could do nothing but swallow humiliations, to great figures that others didn't dare mess with, all through their own efforts.

As youths who knew nothing of the world, they were suddenly separated from the only adult figure in their life and was forced to mature on their own. They went from being disconnected and not getting along to inseparable, then a tribulation caused some of them to be lost, until they were reunited again much, much later.

It's like a classic RPG-kind of story and characters. Each of them have a unique personality, strength, and weaknesses, and together they complemented each other very well like a perfect house with all the fitting parts in the right place. Although they aren't immediately likeable for me at the start, they have good dynamics and this was further enriched as the story progressed.

I also quite like the awkward, yet adorable development between Cheng Qian and Yan Zhengming. The way their feelings grew until it was reciprocated was true to their characters with not a single moment of being out of place.

TECHNICAL ASPECT: 8/10

Great pacing, not too fast and not too slow. It's just perfectly right to serve this type of story from start to end, the ups and downs are presented very well.

Sometimes there could be too many descriptions or explanations in-between scenes and dialogues that disturbed the flow a little, but it isn't too much of a flaw.

Also, good sense of humor as usually found in Priest's narratives.

OVERALL SCORE: 7.6/10

A great story of familial bond, growth, love, struggles, all packed in an intense adventure. I already said this before, but it really is like looking back on the stories of some of the most classic RPGs out there, with all the epic battle spread throughout the plot.

Again, I feel that I am already a bit too old to be able to enjoy this youthful growth and adventure. Thus, if you see people giving a higher score for "Liu Yao" than this, don't be surprised, this story actually deserved it).

To sum it up, for me, "Liu Yao" is a very well-written story that I will read only once (twice, at most), because finishing it was really that exhausting (yet fulfilling).

[maria-taiwin]

I know Priest doesn't write explicit 🔞 scene in her novels but I was thinking about Yan Zhengming and his rare cultivation and how his sword aura can shape his features... 👀 his primordial spirit is basically a sword.

He's a pillow princess but he could fuck like a madman if he's in the mood

[unfotp]

op who r the guys in ur header,,, they look so cute,, i kinda wanna check em out too,, love, fellow shizunfucker enjoyer

AH heads up it's NOT Shizunfucker centric I'm afraid. the shizunfucking is merely background information. THERE IS HOWEVER SHIXIONG FUCKING

the header is official art of Liu Yao (or the complicated title Liu yao: Revitalization of the Fu Yao Sect). written by priest

it's very much found family dynamics and priest's usual dry humor. it's one of my favourite novels right after qi ye! it is xianxia and I highly recommend if you like the bitchxbitch format.

there's just something about watching these five kids go through various traumas and tribulations and then come out the other side changed and completely broken and yet their level of spite for each other remains ever-present ❤️

for when you pick it up because you have to

I'm over playing the romance btw it's THERE obviously but my god do they bitch and moan the entire time just to get there AND THEN FOREVER AFTER too