Guardian Readalong: Vol. 2, Chapters 17 & 18
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Welcome aboard for this week's chapters of our Guardian readalong!
Here are last week's chapters. You can find all previous discussions on the schedule post (vol. 1 part 1, vol. 1 part 2, vol. 2), or via the !readalong tag.
This week's chapters:
- Chapter 17: Chu Shuzhi is freed of the merit shackles; Zhao Yunlan catches up with the Emissary at Kunlun Mountain and takes everyone to the peak, Daqing transforms into human shape, and Shen Wei and Ghost Face battle, and the Merit Brush makes an appearance.
- Chapter 18: Shen Wei returns Daqing home, Zhao Yunlan talks to his father, and Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei have sex for the first time. Zhao Yunlan is unwell in the aftermath.
The corresponding part in the Chinese version on JJWXC/the fan translation starts with the last third of chapter 71 and goes up to the end of chapter 75.
Excerpts:
( 1) At the foot of Kunlun Mountain )
( 2) Shen Wei's greed )
( 3) Shen Wei vs. Ghost Face )
( 4) Zhao Yunlan and his father )
( 5) Zhao Yunlan vs. Shen Wei's plans )
Questions:
How did you like the battle between Shen Wei and Ghost Face? How cool is it to see Daqing change shape? What do you think about Zhao Yunlan's relationship with his father? Any thoughts about the parallels in the drama? Do you like how Weilan's first time turned out? How would you have liked it to go, if not like this?
And the big one: I understand exactly nothing of what happens on Kunlun Mountain, or what's going on with Zhao Yunlan afterwards. Help?
(As usual, these are just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like!)
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Schedule:
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Sign-Ups & Noms Close: April 23
Works Due: May 2
Works Revealed: May 3
Creators Revealed: May 10
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a MDZS Flash Exchange based on yarn color names!
Collection | Tagset | AutoApp Link
Participants will create gifts in a medium of their choice using a requested yarn colorway name as their inspiration and title. Minimums are 300 words of fic or podfic, a sketch on unlined paper/a clean background for art, or a reasonable gift equivalent for your medium of choice.
Schedule:
Sign-Ups & Noms Open: now!
Sign-Ups & Noms Close: April 23
Works Due: May 2
Works Revealed: May 3
Creators Revealed: May 10
All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC. See the exchange collection for full details!
Picspam and poll: Best Chu Shuzhi & Shen Wei moment
Apr. 17th, 2025 10:12 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardian
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Poll #32991 Chu Shuzhi & Shen Wei
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17
Best Chu Shuzhi & Shen Wei moment
View Answers
first rendezvous in the park with the Envoy (ep 2)
6 (35.3%)
interrogating Professor Shen (ep 4)
1 (5.9%)
second rendezvous in the park with the Envoy (ep 4)
4 (23.5%)
Chu Shuzhi awkwardly delivering Zhao Yunlan's banner (ep 6)
2 (11.8%)
post-Envoy reveal, "I will support you unconditionally" (ep 21)
13 (76.5%)
the Envoy rescuing Chu Shuzhi from the Regent (backstory) (ep 36)
4 (23.5%)
other
1 (5.9%)
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My latest Guardian fanworks
Apr. 14th, 2025 01:35 pmfacethestrange posting in sid_guardianWeilan art and two Zhubai fics. :)
Delicious by facethestrange
Fandom: é•‡é‚ | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Kissing, Lollipops, Lollipop Kiss, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Eating this many lollipops around Shen Wei is going to result in getting licked. (That's the plan.)
But I Know Where to Start (1040 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: é•‡é‚ | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Non-Explicit Sex, First Kiss, First Time, Light Angst, Tenderness, Crying, Hopeful Ending
Summary: It's the night of the last day of filming, and the last thing Bai Yu has ever expected from it is being kissed.
How Do You Want Me? (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: é•‡é‚ | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Dirty Talk, Tenderness, First Time, Triple Drabble
Summary: "I would say that I've never even dreamed of this, but... That's all I've been doing since I met you. Dreaming of this," Bai Yu says with his cheeky smile and boundless tenderness underneath, trailing kisses down Zhu Yilong's collarbone.
Delicious by facethestrange
Fandom: é•‡é‚ | Guardian (TV 2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Kissing, Lollipops, Lollipop Kiss, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Eating this many lollipops around Shen Wei is going to result in getting licked. (That's the plan.)
But I Know Where to Start (1040 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: é•‡é‚ | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Non-Explicit Sex, First Kiss, First Time, Light Angst, Tenderness, Crying, Hopeful Ending
Summary: It's the night of the last day of filming, and the last thing Bai Yu has ever expected from it is being kissed.
How Do You Want Me? (300 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: é•‡é‚ | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Dirty Talk, Tenderness, First Time, Triple Drabble
Summary: "I would say that I've never even dreamed of this, but... That's all I've been doing since I met you. Dreaming of this," Bai Yu says with his cheeky smile and boundless tenderness underneath, trailing kisses down Zhu Yilong's collarbone.
Guardian Readalong: Vol. 2, Chapters 15 & 16
Apr. 12th, 2025 08:58 amfacethestrange posting in sid_guardian
Hi, and welcome to this week's installment of the Guardian novel readalong! ♡
Here are last week's chapters, and you can find all previous discussions on the schedule post (vol. 1 part 1, vol. 1 part 2, vol. 2), or via the !readalong tag.
This week's chapters:
- Chapter 15: Zhao Yunlan takes Shen Wei to their still-unfinished new place, and gives him the key. Shen Wei receives bad news from the Netherworld - black clouds have formed in the thirty-third heaven, which hasn't happened for 800 years. Zhao Yunlan suspects that it was caused by Ghost Face, but Shen Wei doesn't explain and leaves for the Netherworld. Zhao Yunlan asks Daqing about Kunlun-jun, but Daqing doesn't remember much. He tells Daqing that Shen Wei is the Soul-Executing Emissary.
- Chapter 16: Zhao Yunlan asks Daqing about the Emissary's origin, and Daqing thinks he couldn't have been born from the Netherworld because he's older than the Netherworld. Back at the SID, Zhao Yunlan talks to Sangzan and does research. Information about Kunlun seems to be deliberately erased, so he reads other closely related ancient stories. He thinks that Ghost Face wants to collect the Four Hallowed Artifacts to destroy the Four Pillars that hold up the sky. Chu Shuzhi doesn't regret his crimes and has a fight with Zhao Yunlan about it, until Zhao Yunlan magically binds him to a chair. The Magistrate visits, and asks Zhao Yunlan to go to Kunlun Mountain to stop Ghost Face from acquiring the Merit Brush. He's not fully truthful, and Zhao Yunlan sees right through it. He uses this opportunity to get Chu Shuzhi's merit shackles removed, and agrees to go to Kunlun Mountain, despite a letter from Shen Wei telling him not to agree to anything.
The corresponding chapters in the Chinese version on JJWXC and the fan translation are:
Chapter 15: From about 1/5 into chapter 68 up to the end of that chapter.
Chapter 16: From the start of chapter 69 until about 2/3 into chapter 71.
Excerpts:
( 1) Zhao Yunlan gives Shen Wei the key to their new place )
( 2) Daqing's reaction to Shen Wei being the Soul-Executing Emissary )
( 3) Sangzan's insight helps Zhao Yunlan figure things out )
( 4) Guo Changcheng continues to follow Chu Shuzhi )
( 5) Zhao Yunlan gets Chu Shuzhi's merit shackles removed )
Questions:
What do you like the most about Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei's new place, and would you like to live there? What do you think Chu Shuzhi's neighbors think about him? Is the primordial past/mythology storyline easy for you to follow? Would you hate or enjoy being in a battle of wits with Zhao Yunlan? What's your favorite Chuguo moment and/or your favorite Weilan moment?
You can answer as many or as few questions as you like, or just comment without answering any of them at all! And if you see this post and you're not actually reading the novel: As always, I would love to know what you think about any of this with limited context. :D
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Picspam and poll: Guo Changcheng, the power of good (drama)
Apr. 10th, 2025 07:58 amchina_shop posting in sid_guardianAt the beginning of episode 37, Guo Changcheng is upset about his new power, and Shen Wei and Chu Shuzhi comfort him with shoulder clasps.
( More pics behind the cut. )
( More pics behind the cut. )
Poll #32961 Comforting Xiao Guo
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
What's the best thing about this scene / these screen caps?
View Answers
Shen Wei comforting Guo Changcheng
4 (28.6%)
Chu Shuzhi comforting Guo Changcheng
5 (35.7%)
Newly powered Guo Changcheng being mentored by two Dixingren
8 (57.1%)
Changcheng gathering his courage to accept his power
4 (28.6%)
the old-fashioned map of Dragon City, with red string and photos pinned all over it
6 (42.9%)
other
1 (7.1%)
Guo Changcheng's best inspirational speech
View Answers
comforting Li Qian in the hospital
2 (13.3%)
comforting Ji Xiaobai about his missing Weiwei
1 (6.7%)
talking back to Zhao Xinci during the loyalty test
7 (46.7%)
convincing Fourth Uncle to let Zhu Hong stay at the SID
1 (6.7%)
convincing his own uncle to let him stay at the SID
5 (33.3%)
honorary mention: insisting to Zhu Jiu that Ye Huo needs first aid (incl. agreeing to give his own life)
2 (13.3%)
after their Dial exchange, telling Chu Shuzhi, "You're not scary at all"
2 (13.3%)
passing on the last wishes of the dead via livestream
4 (26.7%)
breaking his hyponosis to tell Ye Zun, "I will never be your weapon to hurt others!"
9 (60.0%)
other
0 (0.0%)