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[suibiansubs]

Announcing: The Closure of Suibian Subs

It's never truly easy to make these type of announcements... but what would I know, I've never had to make one like this before:

I am announcing the permanent closure of Suibian Subs. The public discord server and translation work will cease.

As for our downloads, we are still deciding whether to offer them on our tumblr - which will stay open - or if there is a better solution going forward.

Please note that this doesn't mean everyone should race to upload MDZS audio drama to Youtube!! We still do not appreciate our wishes being broken.

However, if you have a friend who's downloaded the audio drama, you can have them share with you privately either online or in person. Do not upload it for the public anywhere.

Treasure Chest subs is currently working on MDZS audio drama subs. Please find their information to get access to their downloads, and respect their rules.

Thank you everyone for your kind words and support these 6-7 years.

If you're truly wondering, this closing is not about the server hack. It's 10% server hack and 90% member interest. The server being hacked is what really brought things into perspective for us. That is:

It's just time.

A little note from kittykat2010 down below:

From kittykat2010:

It's kind of hard to believe this all happened because I was impatient. LOL

I was impatient and decided to try MTL translating the MDZS audio drama, myself. We all know how well that would've worked. Luckily, the first person to contact me was iarrod before I released anything

"Since 2018, Suibian Subs has been providing quality subtitles, especially known for subtitling the MDZS audio drama, for fans to enjoy worldwide."

I never really thought it would be of such significance to hundreds of people. It was simply a passion project between iarrod and I. Then we added a bunch of other members: Gwyn, askcj1, Yen, and several more that have left over the years... and the rest is history.

Yes, people come and go, life changes, they need to take a break, then a "break" turns into leaving. Sometimes personalities clash and drama ensues. And the group either recovers from these types of changes or struggles to come back to its full glory.

I will certainly miss the camaraderie among us, the random chats, the streams, etc. It was all a fun time in my life that I will look back on and cherish.

Thank you especially to all of the team members, translators and subbing team, for sticking around, enjoying the good times and not-so-good times. Thank you iarrod for helping me out when I was so damn impatient - ha!.

Thank you to those members who have left for your work and dedication to the server.

Thank you fans!!!

Those who have donated (when we had donations for the MDZS audio drama team), those who have thanked us for our work, and those who haven't. Those who have told everyone that the MDZS audio drama is the best adaption of the novel and the best/only place to watch is through Suibian Subs.

Again, thank you everyone. Suibian Subs and its fans will truly be missed.

#suibiansubs #suibian subs #suibian subs closing

[lanwangjiismyreligion]

Hi, I was wondering if you could share the MDZS Audio Drama links in my dm? I had them but lost them and I wasn't in time to get them all back before Suibian Subs closed. Please 🥺 I'd appreciate it😖

Omg, I'm so, so sorry, but I didn't safe those links because the audio drama ended a while ago😱. Perhaps @suibiansubs can help us here on tumblr? I don't know if I'm allowed to share my personal files either.

#suibian subs #mdzs

[robininthelabyrinth]

For the mdzs audio drama you should look up Suibian Scans! I believe that they've subbed it completely, though they do require you to join their discord to download the files of stuff they translate.

I would love to join their discord, but last I saw they had closed it and weren't accepting new applications - I've been wait for months for it to reopen, but no luck...

[dammirite]

Was planning to relisten to the mdzs audio drama but i found out that suibian subs has sadly closed?? Does anyone know of any alternate sites to listen to it? ( I will also take sites without subs but my chinese is so bad lol .. )

#fell to my knees #o7 suibian subs... #mdzs audio drama #helpff.. #random

[gusu-emilu]

raven sun: Ch 1/3, 4.6k

for @mdzsbingo prompts “rarepair, mission, hostile, paranoia”

Ship: Jiang Cheng / Wen Ning

Summary: Wen Ning becomes possessed by a vengeful spirit. Unfortunately, Jiang Cheng is the closest target.

Rated M, contains nonsexual but dubconny dom/sub elements in later chapters

Post-Canon

Angst and Eventual Hurt/Comfort

Antagonistic Uncles to Less Antagonistic Uncles

Dom Wen Ning

for those who saw the golden core reveal and said “needs more degradation”

Swordplay with Suibian (and all its implications)

Jiang Cheng’s plans for this night hunt did not include this much physical contact with the Ghost General.

His plans hadn't involved any physical contact with the Ghost General. Nor did they involve his right leg being immobilized by a blast of resentful energy from a tiny figurine, or limping out of a crumbling farmhouse with Wen Ning supporting him, arm around his waist. But most things don’t go the way Jiang Cheng wants them to.

As he and Wen Ning hobble out of the farmhouse, each step sending a jolt of pain up Jiang Cheng’s leg, the figurine releases a fiercer storm of resentful energy. As if angered by their attempt to escape, it kicks up dust and shards of wood that fly around them as the house collapses.

A beam crashes to the floor.

Wen Ning grabs Jiang Cheng by the shoulders and leaps forward. His jump is so powerful that it propels them through the doorway and into the forest a few dozen paces away. Jiang Cheng lands on his stomach, the wind knocked out of him, Wen Ning on top of him. They slide across the forest floor, turning up earth, until they crash sideways into a tree trunk.

Ears ringing, Jiang Cheng draws on his spiritual energy to restore his breath. He tries to stand, impatient to check how the juniors fared the attack, but he can only push up against Wen Ning without going anywhere.

Wen Ning seems to be shielding him with his body, a gesture which is thoroughly insulting.

“Get off me!” Jiang Cheng growls.

He lets his anger grow, feeds on the frustration of being trapped. He ignores the disturbing sliver of comfort that the weight of Wen Ning's body brings.

“Get off!”

The weight lifts.

Jiang Cheng sits up. “Where’s Jin Ling?”

“I’m not sure. Jin-zongzhu and the others escaped the house before us.”

“At least they got out,” Jiang Cheng says tersely.

At least one part of this night hunt is going according to plan: Jin Ling is safe.

And, he must admit, he’s been almost as concerned with keeping the other juniors safe, too. He’d taken the blow of resentful energy for Lan Sizhui, managed to shield him just in time. He’d be injured for nothing if the Lan boy doesn’t make it out of the night hunt alive.

He would’ve thought that perfect Hanguang-Jun’s perfect little child—the “most promising disciple of his generation”—would’ve been able to hold his own on a night hunt. But if Jiang Cheng must run around saving the boy…fine. He’ll do just that.

Jiang Cheng’s right leg is still locked, completely immobile. He makes it to his feet with difficulty, but quickly enough that Wen Ning doesn’t have the chance to help him. Thankfully. A few more overly attentive, patronizing gestures from the Ghost General, and Jiang Cheng might let Zidian demonstrate why Wen Ning ought to keep an appropriate distance.

Calling for his nephew, Jiang Cheng starts to make his way back toward the farmhouse, which is likely little more than ruins by now. He wonders if he’ll ever make it there to find out. He can barely manage to limp, dragging his leg behind him.

“Jiang-zongzhu, let me help—”

“Forget it. Just go ahead of me. See how the juniors are doing.”

Wen Ning just stares at him. When he isn’t ducking his head and looking at his feet, his black eyes have a soul-searching steadiness that is both chilling and disarmingly gentle. It makes Jiang Cheng want to crawl inside of himself.

“…Thank you,” Wen Ning says. “For…A-Yuan—”

“I didn’t do anything for ‘A-Yuan,’” Jiang Cheng snaps, refusing to look at Wen Ning any longer.

Wen Ning remains in place for a few moments. Then he turns and runs away, chains clinking behind him.

Last month, Jiang Cheng had to help him put those chains back on after they got knocked out of place by a demonic boar. A lovely experience for everyone.

By now, Jiang Cheng has figured out that Wen Ning keeps those chains on not just to use a weapon, but also as some strange form of comfort. Jiang Cheng doesn’t understand it. But for some reason, he just knows it’s true.

After so many night hunts, he’s developed a disturbing level of familiarity with Wen Ning’s habits and expressions. It crept up on him slowly, a few threads woven in at a time. Yet another thing that was not part of his plans.

Unfortunately, spending time in each other’s company seems unavoidable. They are both committed to protecting their nephews. If A-Ling must be friends with the Ghost General’s only living relative, Jiang Cheng will just have to grit his teeth and endure it.

At least it’s somewhat useful to know how Wen Ning fights, as it allows them to coordinate their protection of the juniors more easily. But it’s still unnerving to know the finer details, like the exact way Wen Ning likes his chains arranged, as if Jiang Cheng ever wanted to have so much knowledge about the man.

He doesn’t even care about Wen Ning.

And if he owes a debt to Wen Ning—owes a debt to protect what remains of Wen Ning’s family, too—that doesn’t affect his feelings at all.

Doesn’t even enter his thoughts…

* *  *

As willing as Wen Ning usually is to defer to others’ judgment, admitting when Jiang Wanyin is right pricks a nerve. Still, they do need to look after the juniors first, and Wen Ning can do that fastest on his own.

Wen Ning also feels a bit guilty leaving Jiang Wanyin behind while he’s wounded—especially when he’d taken that injury for A-Yuan. But there will be time to heal him later.

Maybe it's because he doesn’t have Jiejie anymore, maybe it's because he has A-Yuan to look after, but Wen Ning has become preoccupied with caretaking. Perhaps it’s for good reason. He has the ability to protect others, and he knows the lost medical techniques of the Dafan Wen. What better use for his unnatural existence than to help others? What better way to atone for the past?

He arrives back at the wreckage of the farmhouse, but it’s deserted. He returns to the forest to continue searching for the juniors.

“Wen-qianbei!” he hears from bushes in the forest near the wreckage.

“A-Yuan?”

The juniors nearly leap out of the forest.

“Wen-qianbei!” Jin Ling and Lan Jingyi excitedly call at the same time. They shoot somewhat surprised glares at each other, then hurry over along with A-Yuan and Ouyang Zizhen.

“We’ve been looking for you!” Lan Jingyi says.

“Yeah, we were really worried!” says Ouyang Zizhen.

A-Yuan puts a hand on Wen Ning’s shoulder. Fondness warms him as soon he meets A-Yuan’s gaze.

“Are you alright?” A-Yuan asks.

“Of course,” Wen Ning says, almost wanting to laugh with the relief that washes over him at seeing that everyone seems unharmed. “I’m always alright. I should be asking you.” 

The juniors all seem so happy to see him. Even Jin Ling is smiling. He still isn’t quite used to affection from them, especially not from Jin Ling.

“Is everyone okay? Any injuries?” Wen Ning asks.

He’s met with a cheerful chorus of various variations of “We’re fine.”

Except from Jin Ling, whose smile is fading. “Where’s my jiujiu?”

Wen Ning nods over his shoulder. “Close behind. But he needs help getting here.”

Jin Ling flies off to find him.

After Wen Ning has checked the other three juniors for injuries, they start inspecting the ruins of the farmhouse to search for the figurine. But Wen Ning hangs back, a feeling of dread churning inside his chest, clawing at him.

He’d already felt unusually anxious for this night hunt before embarking on it. Still, he’d been able to face it.

But he hadn’t expected the figurine’s spirit to be this powerful.

The rumors about the figurine had all been similar, and had seemed typical for a mid-level vengeful spirit. Recently, a new footpath was created to connect two villages that lay a two-day traveling distance apart, with the abandoned farmhouse as the midpoint. If a lone traveler spent the night in the farmhouse, nothing happened.

But if a group of travelers slept inside, one of them would become possessed. The possessed traveler would accuse their companions of horrible deeds and attempt to murder them all in the name of retribution.

After some research, it was discovered that the family that used to live in the farmhouse had always gotten into fierce arguments—and one day, they all killed each other inside the house. The sole witness was a small figurine of an immortal. The figurine soaked up all the family’s hatred and bloodlust until it developed its own spirit.

And developed an aptitude for possession.

It’s possible that the figurine had destroyed itself when the house collapsed, but unlikely. The juniors will have to dig it up and figure out how to pacify it.

Wen Ning watches from a distance while the juniors search through the ruins. Anxiety continues to churn inside him. It’s different from the nervous excitement he usually feels about night hunts, having never gone on a proper night hunt before his death. And it’s different from his typical parentlike worry for the juniors.

The juniors should be relatively safe confronting the spirit. They have high cultivation levels for their age, and they underwent spirit-calming rituals as infants. Their risk of possession is low.

But Wen Ning is the perfect conduit for possession. To approach a spirit this strong would be like holding a metal rod in a lightning storm.

The memory of fighting against Baxia’s saber spirit still hangs heavy over him. Almost as heavy as what happened in Qiongqi Path. Despite Wei Wuxian having taught him how to maintain some autonomy while in the clutches of resentful energy and spirits, he still has so little control over himself.

He can’t get near this spirit. He could put everyone at danger if he does.

“They’re back!” Ouyang Zizhen calls. The juniors run over to the edge of the forest.

Jiang Wanyin and Jin Ling emerge from the forest. Jiang Wanyin’s leg doesn’t look any better. He’s still dragging it along behind him, with Jin Ling supporting him the way Wen Ning had a few minutes ago.

“Jiang-zongzhu,” A-Yuan says with a small bow. “Thank you for—”

“What are you talking about? I did nothing. Get back to work,” Jiang Wanyin says before he can finish. “The spirit is in that wreckage somewhere. We should deal with it fast before something else happens.”

A-Yuan glances back at Wen Ning, looking a bit disappointed. Wen Ning just shakes his head.

“That means all of you,” Jiang Wanyin says to Jin Ling when his nephew doesn’t move from his side.

With a mix of concern and displeasure, Jin Ling helps Jiang Wanyin over to a tree he can hold for support, then joins the others. The four juniors make to leave, then stop and look over expectantly at Wen Ning when he doesn’t follow.

Wen Ning should help them search for the figurine. Should help them pacify such a dangerous spirit. But anxiety freezes him in place.

A-Yuan seems to notice his discomfort. He smiles and gives Wen Ning a tiny nod, making gratitude swell inside Wen Ning for how perceptive his nephew is.

A-Yuan steps forward. “Wen-qianbei, Jiang-zongzhu, we can complete the rest of the night hunt. Facing the spirit on our own would be valuable experience.”

“We are an ideal team,” Ouyang Zizhen adds.

“Yeah, we can hold our own!” Lan Jingyi chimes in. “The four of us even escaped the spirit’s attack way faster than you guys.”

Jiang Wanyin frowns. A-Yuan shoots a chastising glance at Jingyi.

“You’re right,” Wen Ning says, feeling a bit more relaxed. “You’re all capable enough to handle this. I’ll stay behind to heal Jiang-zongzhu. The two of us will be close by if you need help.”

The juniors head back toward the wreckage.

Jiang Wanyin side-eyes Wen Ning. “Why so eager to let them run off without you? Is the Ghost General scared of a doll?”

His words wouldn’t bother Wen Ning so much if they weren’t absolutely true. “They’re all capable cultivators, and Jin Ling is a sect leader. They’ll be fine without us. But you need to be healed.”

“Worry about them first. I’ll last until the spirit is dealt with—and that’ll happen a lot faster if you put yourself to work.”

“They’ll be safer if both of us are on our feet and ready to help if they call.”

Jiang Wanyin sighs. “Fine.”

He winces as Wen Ning helps him to the ground, his back propped against the tree. Wen Ning kneels beside his injured leg. He lifts Jiang Wanyin’s violet robes and trousers up to his mid-thigh, revealing a black wound traveling from his ankle up to just below his knee.

“It’s a curse mark,” Wen Ning says in disbelief.

The skin hit by the curse is blackened and swollen, the muscle tissue immobilized. Currents of resentful energy snake along the wound’s surface like a second set of veins outside the skin.

It looks just like the curse mark Wei Wuxian transferred to himself from Jin Ling, but worse. Now both Wei Wuxian and Jiang Wanyin have received curse marks to protect a boy that the other cares about.

Wen Ning can’t decide whether he finds that surprising or not. He knows that Jiang Wanyin cares fiercely about his family, but he also knows that he isn’t the best at following through on it. And he definitely didn’t know that Jiang Wanyin might care about any member of the Dafan Wen.

He looks up at Jiang Wanyin. “This curse mark won’t disappear until—"

“I know how curse marks work,” Jiang Wanyin snaps.

Wen Ning takes a deep breath and reminds himself that Jiang Wanyin received this wound while protecting A-Yuan. “The curse won’t disappear until the spirit’s grievances are resolved, but I can apply a charmed tourniquet to keep it from spreading up your leg.

“…Alright.”

Reaching into his qiankun sleeve of medical supplies, Wen Ning pulls out the tourniquet and begins tying it around Jiang Wanyin’s leg, just below his knee.

Jiang Wanyin tenses as he continues tying. He isn’t sure if it’s because Jiang Wanyin is in pain, or if he just feels uncomfortable with Wen Ning touching him. Probably both.

“Don’t you need a windlass to tie a tourniquet?” Jiang Wanyin asks. Remarkably, it sounds like a genuine question, not criticism.

“The purpose of this tourniquet isn’t to stop blood flow, and the charm is very effective, so it doesn’t need to be so tight. It actually needs to be a little loose so your qi can flow to the wound and suppress the curse mark.”

“Hm.”

Wen Ning could explain more. Could explain how the charm was cast, how the material of the tourniquet was chosen, how it’s designed to last for hours. He enjoyed learning details like this from Jiejie when he was young, and now he enjoys teaching them to A-Yuan. He rarely has the opportunity to share his knowledge with anyone else.

But the topic of medical operations hangs between him and Jiang Wanyin with an uncomfortable weight.

He tries to fill the silence anyway. “Even if the tourniquet did need to be tight, my arm strength is probably good enough to tie it without a windlass. Not that…not that that’s good medical practice—it’s really bad medical practice, actually—so I wouldn’t do that anyway—”

Jiang Wanyin scoffs and turns away. “Just hurry up.”

Wen Ning finishes tying the tourniquet. “Done. Wait—”

Jiang Wanyin tries to stand up. Wen Ning presses down on his shoulder to keep him in place, which earns him a perplexed glare.

Wen Ning doesn’t want to return to the wreckage just yet. Not when he doesn’t know what to do about his dangerous susceptibility to possession. And Jiang Wanyin is the last person he wants to explain that to.

Thankfully, he has a good reason to stall: Jiang Wanyin still needs more treatment.

“I have some herbs that might be able to weaken the curse,” Wen Ning suggests.

“Fine. After that, you’re coming with me to go solve whatever that doll’s grievances are.”

Wen Ning pulls out a satchel of herbs that, at one time, would've smelled sweet to him. He begins rubbing them on the curse mark as delicately as his clumsy hands can manage, while Jiang Wanyin quite obviously tries not to flinch from pain.

“You aren’t here to heal me,” Jiang Wanyin says suddenly.

Wen Ning looks up, expecting to see Jiang Wanyin scowling. What he sees instead is a surprisingly calm gaze of careful scrutiny.

“You’re scared of something.” Jiang Wanyin continues. He speaks slowly, like it’s a question he isn’t sure he should ask.

Somehow, over the course of these night hunts, Jiang Wanyin has learned to read him a bit too well.

* * *

“Well?” Jiang Cheng says. “Is there some other factor in this night hunt that I don’t know about?”

Wen Ning looks unnerved by the question, but he just continues applying the herbs, swirling them in small, gentle circles—almost caresses—with his fingers. It creates a steady stream of pain that makes Jiang Cheng grind his teeth, but Wen Ning’s touch is light enough that it doesn’t hurt more than necessary.

That alone is enough to eat at Jiang Cheng. That Wen Ning is this careful not to inflict undue pain on him—that Wen Ning is helping him at all—when the man has no reason to care about him. Has no reason to be gentle with him other than out of condescension.

But Wen Ning has let down the mask before. Let his thoughts flow freely. Although Jiang Cheng hates to admit it, Wen Ning has hurt him before.

Since then, Jiang Cheng has tried to drop the mask a second time, to get Wen Ning to reveal the spite he knows lies beneath it, but he can only catch mere glimpses.

He knows he’s hurt Wen Ning, too. Knows he deserves nothing.

Knows Wen Ning despises him.

It would just be nice if Wen Ning acted like it.

“If there’s a reason for you to be scared of something,” Jiang Cheng says, “I think I should be informed of it. Unless you’re implying that I’d be of no use even if I did know.”

Wen Ning's jaw tightens. “I’m scared of being possessed,” he says coldly, without looking up. “I’ve lost control in the past, and I don’t want to lose it again.”

The honest answer catches Jiang Cheng off guard.

Visions of how the Ghost General might have looked like at Qiongqi Path flash through his mind—visions of how he might have looked as he slaughtered dozens of cultivators, as he drenched his hands in Jin Zixuan's blood.

Anger seethes through his veins. But something else rises in him, too.

Something almost like…pity.

Wen Ning lifts Jiang Cheng’s leg slightly to rub the herbs on the underside of his calf. His touch is still agonizingly gentle.

“You seemed fine on every other night hunt,” Jiang Cheng says, unsure how to respond.

“This spirit is especially skilled at possession.”

“If you’re so worried about it, what would you do if the juniors called for us right now? Ignore them and keep hiding?”

Wen Ning pauses, resting his hand on Jiang Cheng’s knee. He stares at the ground, his shoulders hunched. “…I’d go help them.”

“And if you get possessed?”

“A-Yuan knows what to do if that happens.”

“And if ‘A-Yuan’ can’t do anything?”

Wen Ning looks up at him.

“Then you can strike me with Zidian.”

A chill runs down his spine.

He’s struck Wen Ning with Zidian three times before—all in the same night, the night Wen Ning struck him with truth in the form of a sword’s blade.

He would strike Wen Ning with Zidian again if he had to. He wouldn’t hesitate. He knows he wouldn’t.

The only problem is that—

“Zidian can only exorcise spirits from the living,” he says.

The spiritual weapon can’t easily incapacitate Wen Ning either. Normal fierce corpses can be taken out in one blow, but Wei Wuxian, in his infinite brilliance, made Wen Ning several times stronger. Zidian would have to nearly destroy Wen Ning to incapacitate him.

Not that Jiang Cheng would have…hesitations about that. Not if it came to protecting A-Ling.

At least, he tells himself he wouldn’t.

Wen Ning is silent for an uncomfortably long time.

“You’re skilled enough of a cultivator to stop me,” he finally replies.

Jiang Cheng ignores how that makes the tiniest bit of heat rise to his cheeks. Silence envelops them again, and Wen Ning resumes rubbing the herbs into the curse mark.

Jiang Cheng has seen Wen Ning heal the juniors on night hunts before, but he’s never needed to be treated by Wen Ning. It feels strange to depend on him.

The thought gives him an inexplicable urge to kick something. Maybe Wen Ning. Maybe himself. He holds himself back for the sake of sparing himself another leg injury.

“What’s Lan Sizhui’s method to stop you?”

“…It’s not necessary for you to know.”

“If there’s a risk of you losing control and harming my family again, I deserve to know how to prevent it.”

Wen Ning’s expression hardens.

That came out more accusatory than he intended.

As if he cares. As if he was ever able to meet gentleness with anything but a daggered tongue.

“Unless you don’t truly believe I’m capable enough to manage it? Unless that was a lie?” Jiang Cheng continues, his tone biting.

He’s already dug himself a ditch. Might as well look like he intended it. At least dealing with an angry Ghost General is less sickening than receiving his kindness.

Jiang Cheng narrows his eyes. “Or maybe you don’t believe I’m reliable enough?”

“I do believe in your capability,” Wen Ning says sharply. It sounds like an insult. “But this has nothing to do with you, Jiang Wanyin.”

Jiang Wanyin, not Jiang-zongzhu. He’s losing Wen Ning’s respect. Good to know. As if he ever had it.

“Nothing to do with me?”

“No. This is personal, and I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Personal?” Jiang Cheng leans forward, already regretting the words he’s about to say. “Do you think the death of my sister’s husband isn’t personal for me, too?”

Wen Ning rises to his feet. At this angle, he towers over Jiang Cheng. The smallest bit of fear flares up inside Jiang Cheng’s chest, making him angry at himself for feeling any fear at all.

“I’m sorry,” Wen Ning says, raising his voice. “I’ve been sorry for sixteen years.” He gestures down at Jiang Cheng’s leg. “I’ve done all I can for your wound.”

He walks off, sinking into the forest. Rage and guilt erupt inside Jiang Cheng, biting at him like wolves.

“Wen Ning!”

Feeling every last bit of dignity leave his body, he manages to stand up and limp after him, using his sword like a cane and dragging his cursed leg behind himself. A pit grows in his stomach as he continues calling for Wen Ning.

Wen Ning—the one to apologize and walk away from an argument, something Jiang Cheng could never do. Just like how Wen Ning was the one to save Jin Ling in Guanyin Temple, the one to protect Wei Wuxian until the end. Of course Wen Ning is everything Jiang Cheng couldn’t be. Can’t be.

“The juniors are still at the wreckage!” he yells once he’s deeper in the forest. “Are you such a coward that you’re just going to abandon them?

“They’d be in more danger if I’m nearby,” says a quiet voice overhead.

Wen Ning is sitting in a tree, not bothering to look down.

Jiang Cheng sighs. He’s found Wen Ning, and now what is he going to do? Say he was wrong? Grovel at the base of the tree?

Having spent most of his life picking up broken pieces, always cleaning up Wei Wuxian’s messes, he should be better at putting back together the things he breaks himself. Instead he always cuts himself on the shards.

He thinks of how Wen Ning saved his life once. Thinks of how much A-Jie liked Wen Ning. The pit in his stomach deepens.

“Back then, maybe you weren't able to stop it from happening. I don't know,” he says, painfully aware of how much he’s stumbling through this already.

No response.

“But you need to snap out of it. You fought against Baxia’s possession in Guanyin Temple."

Still no answer. He'd rather just shake Wen Ning out of the tree at this rate. He grits his teeth, shoves down his impatience, and forces himself to keep talking.

"Look, you could’ve killed Jin Ling. But you didn’t. This figurine spirit can’t be any stronger than Baxia. You can fight it.”

Wen Ning shifts slightly.

“If you give up on this night hunt and the juniors…if you give up on Lan Sizhui—”

That gets Wen Ning to look down at him. He resists the way his body wants to shrivel up under that critical gaze.

“You’ve gotten control back before.” Jiang Cheng swallows and turns his face away. “You could do it again.”

You’ve saved A-Ling plenty of times. I trust you with him, gets stuck in his throat.

Wen Ning still doesn’t speak. The restless silence of the forest is too uncomfortable for Jiang Cheng to keep his mouth shut.

“What you can’t be doing is giving up on protecting the juniors! If you’re not an ally on these night hunts, then I’ll have to consider you a—”

“If it came to it, I would still face the spirit.” Wen Ning’s voice is quiet. Tranquil.

Jiang Cheng scoffs. "Good."

Wen Ning leaps down from the tree, landing with a loud thud. It’s a wonder his legs don’t break with the way he always throws himself around, as if he doesn’t care about looking after his body. Jiang Cheng finds himself startled that he wants to tell Wen Ning to stop doing that.

“I should still keep my distance from the wreckage if I can,” Wen Ning says. “Thank you for…I’m…I’m surprised that you—"

“Well, then don’t be so damn surprised,” Jiang Cheng hurries to interrupt before he has to hear more of Wen Ning’s deadly honesty. “We’re going back to the edge of the forest now.”

Wen Ning doesn’t try to support Jiang Cheng while they walk back. He isn’t sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but he’s grateful for the space either way.

Just before they reach the last line of trees, a loud boom comes from the direction of the wreckage, followed by shouts from the juniors.

Jiang Cheng tries not to panic.

Even if things get messy, the juniors can handle themselves.

He forces himself to limp faster—

“Wen-qianbei!”

“Jiujiu!”

Fuck!

“Jin Ling!” Jiang Cheng calls.

He tries to run toward them, but he can only limp so fast. He unsheathes Sandu to fly instead.

Can’t fly.

The damn curse wound must be distorting his spiritual power—

He turns to Wen Ning. “Come on!—”

His stomach sinks.

Wen Ning is frozen in place, staring blankly ahead.

Jiang Cheng grabs him by the arm. It trembles beneath his hand. “Wen Ning! We need to move!”

“I...I…”

“Now!”

Wen Ning sinks to his knees.

The juniors' cries grow louder.

Fuck.

#mdzsbingo #mdzsnet #theuntameddaily #chengning #jiang cheng #wen ning #ningcheng #mdzs #cql #the untamed #emilu creations #emilu fics

[gravitydefyingtears]

Mo Dao Zu Shi | 魔道祖师 Adaptions

I’m sure someone already made a similar post, but since someone asked, I figure I’d quickly throw together my own.

Original Novel (aka where it all started)

Unfortunately, the original Chinese novel is still locked on Jin Jiang (the publishing platform, jjwxc.net) so I’ll just link the author’s page instead.

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (MXTX)’s page: http://www.jjwxc.net/oneauthor.php?authorid=1322620

The most widely accessed English fan translation, by Exiled Rebels Scanlations: https://exiledrebelsscanlations.com/novels/grandmaster-of-demonic-cultivation/

The Audio Drama

Complete. A blessing. Least censored adaption, following the novel almost exactly.

Personally, I would say this is a must-listen. It’s so well made and really completes your MDZS experience. Really high quality sound editing, script, and voice acting. And the music. Wow. The music.

The official platform is Maoer FM, missevan.com

Season 1: https://www.missevan.com/mdrama/drama/15861

Season 2: https://www.missevan.com/mdrama/drama/19059

Season 3: https://www.missevan.com/mdrama/drama/22602

There is also a Japanese version currently being aired! It is available simultaneously on...

Mimi FM: m.mimifm.jp/sound/2020

Maoer FM: https://www.missevan.com/mdrama/drama/25511

@suibiansubs makes English subs for the original Chinese version (and other Chinese media)! Please join our Discord server to access the subs.

Discord info (please read carefully!!!): https://suibiansubs.tumblr.com/post/188937973861/introducing-suibian-subs-scans-discord-server

The Donghua (Animation)

Two seasons completed; story ongoing. The gay romance is censored and the plot does diverge a bit from canon. The first season was really fantastic though. Amazing animation, art, music, and voice acting. Really blew me away. At least watch the first season.

Tencent has actually made it available on YouTube, with English subs. There’s supposed to be a Q (chibi) version coming out this year.

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5rWjEqareJBmoX-_uTFtemk

The Manhua

Ongoing. Cute art. Seems less censored than the donghua. (I’m not following it closely so I’m not super familiar with all the details.)

The official platform is Kuai Kan: https://www.kuaikanmanhua.com/web/topic/1749/

There’s a animated version somewhere. At least, I saw the first bit at some point.

The Untamed | 陈情令 (Live Action Drama)

Complete. Heavily censored the gray morality themes and the ghost (鬼) and rebirth stuff (why China, why). As such, some of the plot is...filled with holes lmao.

However, they did a great job with WangXian despite the censorship. They really tried to leave in as many iconic lines/scenes from the novel as possible. The music is also pretty well done. Still amazed this adaption exists now.

YouTube playlist (50 episodes): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5pYn98zge18X88sfeYbnhTr

Special Edition (20 episodes): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5q6hl3s418u7x47mIwLL4GK

There are also two spinoff movies. The first features Lan Sizhui and Wen Ning. The second features the Nie brothers.

陈情令之生魂 | The Living Dead: (VIP needed) https://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rveykozo.html

陈情令之乱魄 | Fatal Journey: not yet released

Firstly, please please please do stream from the official source. Both Tencent and Netflix do provide official English subs but many of us have found them...questionable.

So, @suibiansubs is also providing an alternate English sub for the main episodes, available via the Discord server. But please do support the official source first. Same for the audio drama.

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Ko-fi

#mo dao zu shi #mdzs audio drama #mdzs donghua #mdzs manhua #the untamed #cql #wangxian #radish rambles #ask radish

[ouyangzizhensdad]

Mianmian is mentioned to be from a "prominent sect" in the audio drama and though the subtitles mention her removing Jin robes that is just the fan addition from suibian subs. It's more likely her sect is aligned with the Jin Sect

Hi anon,

Thanks for the addition! ‘The prominent sect’ part, unless I’m mistaken but at this point I’ve read the parts that include MianMian very closely, is an addition by the audio drama, unless it was taken from the original version of the novel (I’ve yet to read it), so even then I still waver between considering that canon/word of god or not 🤔 (it’s a weird line because MXTX was consulted but as far as I know it’s unclear how much influence/veto power she had, whether she reviewed every single details, etc.). It’s interesting though that Suibian subs added that it was a Jin robes. Really goes to show that translation can shape our perception of a text.

#meta post follow-up #mianmian #mdzs audiodrama #Anonymous

[captain-aralias]

Things I think it’s worth knowing about ‘The Untamed’ that I didn’t know before watching

i know some people from my fandom are thinking about watching this show - in part i have posted gifs from it onto my blog BECAUSE i thought i should encourage you to watch it (and i like the gifs). so i thought - maybe i will write some things that... well, i think you might benefit from knowing. 

there are probably lots of posts that are like this - but since i’m not really in that fandom, i don’t know where they are. anyway, this is the list i made. 

if you like ABSOLUTELY NO SPOILERS this is not the list for you - although it’s just spoilers for the first two episodes. i’ll put it below a cut anyway. 

1. the first episode is super confusing. it’s because they changed it from the book and didn’t quite make it work properly. most of the rest of the series isn’t nearly this confusing, but there are a few times when it still is. if you think - what is happening? it’s probably because they changed it from the book and it doesn’t make sense. the flower lady (episode 6?) is a GOOD example of this. what happened? it’s not you - it’s the adaptation. i still think the adaptation is really good. 

2. the left arm thing makes sense in the book - it doesn’t make sense in the show because they changed it, so that it’s not an evil arm attacking (like in teh book), it’s an evil sword. it’s fine. just accept that wei wuxian is smart. 

3. in the book, wei wuxian takes over someone else’s body and doesn’t look like himself - that’s why it’s plausible that no one would recognise him. in the show, he takes over the guy’s body and now he looks like wei wuxian. and dresses like him. that’s why he has to wear the mask.  

4. most of the characters you meet in the first two episodes are important. except the Mo clan. they are completely not important and you can completely forget about them. the scars are not important. 

4b. you see jiang cheng in the first flashback in episode 1 and hear his name in the gossip, which tells you that he killed wei wuxian. but when he showed up again in episode 2 as jin ling’s uncle, i’d completely forgotten whether he was the same guy who killed wei wuxian - or just someone who looked a bit like him. it is the same guy. he’s wei wuxian’s adopted brother - they have different surnames. part of the point of the flashback is to show you how they got to a point where jiang cheng could have killed him. 

here they are together as bros. jiang cheng is rolling his eyes. that’s how he is.

5. every time someone plays the theme song, it is important - it’s not just because they didn’t have any other music. 

6. wei wuxian is what’s called a ‘courtesy’ name - which means that you call him that if you don’t know him well and you respect him. lan wangji is the equivalent of wei wuxian - even though his brother calls him ‘wangji’, which you’d think would mean that is the affectionate one. wei wuxian’s family call him wei wuxian, though, so. nobody seems to use jiang cheng’s courtesy name - which is jiang wanyin.  lan zhan is the name only elders, people who knew him as kids, or people very close to him use. wei wuxian uses it way early because he doesn’t care about formality/is being a dick. wei ying is the same as lan zhan - it’s the personal name. 

when they use these names, it means they love each other.

7. there are lots of other names used for all the characters - often the netflix translation will flatten them out into one name to (presumably) help you keep track of the characters. this means that you pretty much never hear ‘yanli’s name said out loud. mostly people are calling her ‘shije’ - which means ‘sister’. but the subs will say ‘yanli’.  

8. the flashback is 30ish episodes long. don’t expect to be back in the present before you understand almost all the context of what you’ve just seen.

9. when our heroes go to the lan clan ‘lecture’, it’s actually something that will last for 6 months. 

10. they’re supposed to be teenagers in the beginning of the flashback. nobody has aged after 13 years (or whatever) because they have high levels of spirtual power and it keeps them young. 

11. everyone’s job is to supress evil spirits. this confused me a lot because i’d heard that we wuxian was a necromancer and i thought - all of these guys are necromancers, but actually... they’re the opposite. that’s the point.

12. lan wangji’s brother - who we’ll call lan xichen even though he too has many names - is the actual head of his sect, not his uncle. even though it really seems like his uncle is in charge. this is lan xichen: 

13. if you read the book at the same time as you’re watching the show, you will get spoiled and vice versa, as the book and the show do their flashbacks in very different ways at very different points in the narrative. 

14. wei wuxian’s sword is called ‘suibian’ - which means ‘whatever’ ;)

15. lots of people are going to die. but you should get clued into who they are in episode 2. they’re not hiding it from you - it’s about how it happens. 

[asckj1]

what is your favorite adaptation of MDZS? and why?

Ooh! Thank you for this question 🙏🙏😄 My favourite MDZS adaptation in order (this will be a loong post 😄)

1) Audio Drama:

The reason for this is pretty obvious actually. Though it's only an audio in this adaptation, it easily helps you visualise the story and characters. And a very big contribution to this is ofc ourse the fantastic voice actors of wwx, lwj and also other characters both major and minor. This adaptation has been following the novel's story really closely and sometimes also adding bits to expand nicely on scenarios that were only vaguely written/ not expanded much in the novel. Further, the audio drama makers have been really generous to all us MDZS fans by giving us so many sweet wangxian moments and also many more emotional moments between interactions of various characters, not just in the main episodes but also in the extras. And then, when you hear the free talks, it's not again just about how mdzs audio drama was made, you also get references to many small bits on how things work in general in this audio drama, bits on instruments and sound effects used, sone poems and interesting viewpoints even, what care has been taken and is generally needed in dubbing such shows. One must definitely appreciate this adaptation because as most of you might have realised, a full of action and drama story like MDZS can best be conveyed via a visual media like a donghua for the best impact. And yet, the audio drama pulls off such an amazing adaptation that forces one to pay attention to it.

2) The Untamed:

This adaptation was actually a surprise for me. I never actually intended to pay any attention to it, but here I am even going as far as subbing it with my friends at suibian subs. This was something we really decided to do on a whim. I'm really glad I watched this show. Even though there are many difficulties in showcasing even non explicit bl moments in a live action drama, this adaptation pulled it off really well. And we really have to thank the cn mdzs fandom for this. It was because they commented so heavily before "The Untamed" aired that we got to see the real Wangxian in this. This adaptation too follows the novel fairy closely after the few initial episodes and all the actors and the whole production crew have put in a lot of effort in making this long show. And a very interesting angle in this show was the slight changes made to wwx's character which reduces his naughtiness a tiny bit and emphasises his cute, kind and serious side much more, making his character really lovable. I actually started appreciating wwx's character only after watching this adaptation. Again, the interaction between all the different characters which is the strong point of the original novel is very nicely showcased in this adaptation. And just like the audio drama, this adaptation too shows the sunshot campaign, jc and wwx's fake fight near the burial mounds in much more detail. This really only adds depth to the characters as well as the story. Though there are a few unreasonable and awkward things here and there in this adaptation, like wwx fighting swordsman with his flute (which is extremely unreasonable), still the good parts are far more than these flaws making this adaptation very satisfactory.

3) Manhua:

This adaptation is once again very faithful to the novel. The 65 chapters that i read till now are all enjoyable. Just that since the format of the manhua is more like a webtoon rather than traditional manga, sometimes it becomes a bit annoying trying to make out the full picture in a chapter.

4) Donghua:

Season 1 of the donghua was really good. But the storytelling pace is quite rushed. The visuals are fantastic!!! If they had slowed down the pace of each episode, this donghua would have been a bomb! (please take it in a good sense). Season 2 was an even bigger disappointment. It is too fast and there is too much divergence from the novel's story. Like the Xuanlu Ridge in Qinghe sect's region where wwx and lwj save jin ling, that whole scenario has been rushed so much even though it doesn't have any bl moments! The pacing seriously does injustice to the character development and doesn't allow the story to sink in. That's why this is by far my least favourite adaptation, even though i loved the visuals in this the most!

That said, if you are an mdzs fan, you should definitely watch all these adaptations 😊

[coquelicoq]

lmfao i get that netflix doesn't do translator's notes like, ever, but sometimes that leads to really baffling exchanges like this one:

lan wangji: what's the name of this sword?

wei wuxian: suibian.

lwj gives him a look.

wwx, enunciating: suibian.

lwj: this sword has a spirit. it's offensive to call it whatever you want.

wwx: i didn't ask you to call it "whatever i want." its name is suibian.

if i didn't know that suibian means "whatever," here's how i would interpret this exchange: lwj asks wwx what the sword's name is. wwx tells him. lwj says that's a terrible name. wwx makes a joke (of the "i'm tired" "hi tired, i'm dad" deliberately misinterpreting an ambiguous statement variety of joke) and repeats its name. i would be able to tell that i was missing something (the reason lwj thinks suibian is a bad name) but wouldn't be able to figure out what it was. also, my takeaway from the scene would be "lwj and wwx have different taste in names" rather than "wwx is carefree bordering on impudent."

or hey, even putting quotation marks around "whatever you want" in addition to "whatever i want" would help. the viewer still has to deduce that suibian means whatever, but i feel like that might be enough to get them there.

#as far as the viewer knows suibian is just a normal name like any of the other names. so see what happens when you swap it out #what's this sword's name? george. this sword has a spirit. it's offensive to call it whatever you want. #i didn't ask you to call it whatever i want. its name is george. #the subs also give no indication that mianmian and yuandao are words in the poem mianmian recites #when she's figuring out why wwx introduced himself as yuandao #this is kind of baffling me because i've been interpreting netflix's subtitle choices as being geared toward people #who don't usually watch stuff with subtitles and might not have the patience for thinks like TNs #*things like TNs #but in order for that exchange to make sense...you have to be listening closely to the words mianmian is saying #and recognize that she says the words 'mianmian' and 'yuandao' close to each other while the subtitles are translating the poem #and thus infer that they are words in the poem. but that's a lot more work for the viewer (especially if the viewer has no experience #listening to chinese and picking out words in chinese dialogue) than just putting in parentheses (mianmian) and (yuandao) #in the translation of the poem #again just to be clear i'm not saying netflix's subs are bad or wrong. first of all i'm not qualified to say if a translation is 'correct' #but more importantly...different audiences have different needs. i can't remember the term right now but it's that concept in accessibility #uhhhh damn i hate it when i am totally blanking on a term #anyway #i just want netflix to be consistent. not even in the translation itself but in what they are trying to achieve with the translation and #who they are doing the translation for #are these subs for people totally naive to chinese? okay then why are you making them figure out that suibian means whatever #and mianmian and yuandao are chinese words being spoken aloud? #the untamed #translation #subtitles #my posts #viki subs are sometimes awkward in the english but they seem to have a really good handle on who their intended audience is #probably because viki specifically is a site for subtitled asian shows

[suibiansubs]

Suibian Subs is now closed

The Suibian Subs public discord is now closed. While the download links that were posted there are still working, it must be reiterated:

Please do not reupload to any video sharing websites such as:

Youtube, Vimeo, NicoVideo, Bilibili, etc

Also, please do NOT post publicly that you have the audio drama(s) and are sharing it to any searchable social media websites such as:

Reddit, Quora, Facebook, Instagram, tumblr, twitter X, Threads, TikTok, public forums, easily searchable discord servers, etc.

While you CAN privately share the audio drama among friends in private chats, private discords, etc. Do NOT publicly advertise that you can send a link or friends request or dm!!!

Although we are closed, it doesn't mean we are not watching. MDZS has thousands of fans. We ask all fans of Suibian Subs that if you do see someone advertising or sharing publicly, please let us know via this tumblr (comment) or contact Kitty on discord - I will still be on discord.

Thank you each and every one of you for your support over the years.

We will miss everyone (╥_╥)

[suibiansubs]

Twitter account closing soon

Announcement: We are closing our Twitter account soon due to the recent changes to the app and the fact we no longer update much. 

You can still follow Suibian Subs on here (Tumblr) and our Discord, however invite links will remain closed for a bit longer. 

Thank you all for your understanding and support!

[suibiansubs]

Suibian Subs Discord invites                         --CLOSED--

I have sent the last invites today. If you missed the time frame, please do not reply to the email asking for another code.

There will be another chance! We’ll announce it soon.

[lanwangjiismyreligion]

Hello!! I want to kindly ask if you can share with me the links to the mdzs audio drama if you have them!! i was extremely upset when i heard about Suibian Subs closing, and I really hope someone could share it with me, thank you so so much!! :))

I'm so so sorry but I didn't safe those links because the audio drama ended a while ago already. But Suibian Subs said they will provide a solution. So just follow their tumblr here: @suibiansubs

#mdzs #suibian subs #danmei fandom

[gusu-emilu]

1, 12, 27!

1. From one to five stars, how would you rate your writing?

oh no i don't like this question 🤦‍♀️ i am nowhere close to being the best writer out there, but i'm generally satisfied with my work. i'd put myself at around a 3.8...it really depends on the day and what kind of fic i'm writing. i'm still a very unseasoned writer and my skillset isn’t that versatile yet. i haven't written much longfic or plot-heavy fic, so that's definitely an area where i'm weaker. (not that a writer needs to write plot-heavy stories to be "good." it's just something i want to work on personally.)

but since i started writing regularly in december, i've improved a lot in my descriptions / prose in general, as well as my ability to get into characters' heads, use their voices, and fill in the little unique details of their lives. i have a long way to go but i am very happy what i've written :)

12. Tell us about a WIP you're excited for.

my only WIP that i'm actively working on right now is another post-canon chengning multichap (who's surprised lol). wen ning becomes possessed by a hostile spirit and turns on jiang cheng. some upcoming things that excite me about this fic:

-poorly-executed good intentions backfiring on jiang cheng, which always makes me happy -wen ning...ah...let's say taunting jiang cheng with suibian -dom/sub elements in general are always fun -wen ning's breakdown once the possession is over

27. What is the nicest comment you've ever received?

idk if i can even choose. every single comment makes me tear up. every single comment. even the ones that are just emojis. i treasure them T.T

probably seven nights to turn has gotten the comments that mean the most to me because of how much of myself i put into that fic. i have to say that @elysean's comments on that fic are some of the most thoughtful (as well as thought-provoking) and encouraging comments i've ever gotten. i really enjoy hearing how my stories make readers feel and what connections/theories they have about the characters. much love tina~

thanks for the ask!

(fanfic writing ask game)

#ask game #emilu talks #i really hate question 1 lol

[suibiansubs]

Hi Suibian subs fam! This is your periodic reminder to go drink some water, grab something to eat, take your supplements or take a few minutes to just close your eyes and breath! I hope you’re all doing well, just saw kittykat’s post on her blog that she’s kinda sick and I thought I’d drop by and pop a little reminder 😊 hope you’re all doing well! Thanks so much for your hard work as always, you’re all gems to me 💕💕

xD Thank you so much for the support!

We will remember to take care of ourselves.  💖 💖 💖 💖