Status: Ongoing Network: Bilibili Released: Nov 25, 2023 Duration: 20 Minute Season: Season 3 Country: China Type: ONA Fansub: AnimeXin
English
A poor and ordinary boy from a village joins a minor sect in Jiang Hu and becomes an Unofficial Disciple by chance. How will Han Li, a commoner by birth, establish a foothold for himself in in his sect? With his mediocre aptitude, he must successfully traverse the treacherous path of cultivation and avoid the notice of those who may do him harm. This is a story of an ordinary mortal who, against all odds, clashes with devilish demons and ancient celestials in order to find his own path towards immortality.
Indonesia
Seorang anak miskin dan biasa-biasa saja dari desa bergabung dengan sekte kecil di Jiang Hu dan secara kebetulan menjadi Murid Tidak Resmi. Bagaimana Han Li, seorang commoner dari lahir, akan memperoleh pijakan di sekte tersebut? Dengan bakat yang biasa-biasa saja, dia harus berhasil melewati jalan berliku kultivasi dan menghindari perhatian mereka yang mungkin ingin melukainya. Ini adalah kisah seorang manusia biasa yang, melawan segala rintangan, bentrok dengan iblis jahat dan dewa kuno untuk menemukan jalan menuju keabadian.
A Record Of Mortal’s Journey To Immortality Season 3 Subtitle Indonesia, English, Portuguese, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Arabic, Thai, German
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This is currently my #1 donghua. It has everything I look for in a perfect donghua. I never have complaints or bad things to say about this one, because I cannot find any flaws or negative aspects in it, just because there is not any. There is really nothing else like it.
Stunning and immersive animation
Realistic cultivation advancement
Interesting and Deep Plot
Smart MC and good character development
Beautiful Music
No hard-censorship (that fact you saw Han Li and Nangong Wan sleeping beside each other like that and talking about becoming dao companions basically proves it)
Amazingly detailed /styled character models (Song Yu is my favourite)
Characters all have clear motives/ emotion its almost life-like, and not dull/boring NPCs like other donghua (cough* cough* Btth)
And I can keep going forever, but you get the gist of it…..
I really like how they did not skip anything and handled the heart demon experience. Instead of showing the heart demon last week episode, and ending the episode in a cliff-hanger . Showing the breakthrough first and showing the heart demon in a flash-back today’s episode was a smart decision.
I saw somewhere on their social media that this donghua broke 4.3 billion views and they deserve all of it. Its one of the most popular fantasy Wuxia Donghua as well, even having an older audience base.
And no, although it feels like it, this is not the end, the preview for next episode is already out on Youtube, so will release normally and ep 158 will be out next week.
me too, my #1 donghua.
and i totally agree with whatever u said. except song yu i guess. i felt like song yu is a bit weird looking. if u see carefully she got these two white spots near her eyes under her brows. i mean it’s not bad, it just looks like weird kind of make up. BUT.. as u said, she’s still beautiful, so maybe those minor inconveniences can be ignored haha..
yes, as u said characters have all clear motives and their own subplot in the big story! and as the youtube video i sent u in the discord said, good adaptation is not 100% following the novel but the one that captures the essence and respect the original work and still managed to elevate it despite all the observable flaws!
btw, i’m seeing btth comment section. it seems that btth is still popular despite all its issues. everyone is literally commenting just to trash the episode for real. haha..
Lol , i will admit its hard to choose between Song Yu or Yuan Yao.
Bro so many beautiful women in this donghua, no need to hesitate in choosing. 🤣🤣🤣
Song Yu, Of course, in appearance. Yuan Yao as a character.
actually i’m more into silvermoon in appearance, cuteness, companionship, etc. she’s like the only rival of nangong wan and zi ling. it’s true that nangong wan is much older than han li but she’s cute and tsun. zi ling is always feeling this inexplicable attraction towards han li and her multiple encounters with han li made it firm that she wanted to be with him. she will get her wish in immortal realm for real. but sadly silvermoon or ling long is missing in immortal realm. hmm kinda wished they changed the story for this tho.. but nvm, might not be a wise decision, it’s after all a big arc. by the way, silvermoon has actually been promoted in season 3 episode 28 of RMJI, check animi-asia YT channel min 17:35 or in this site, it’s season 3 episode 24 or episode 100! yep there were 4 episode difference because those 4 are categorized as special episodes i reckon. but it’s the same, check @17:35], “Hmm.. Is it my turn yet?” cute first voiceover of silvermoon! damn how come i realized so late…
but yep yuan yao is indeed unforgettable haha~ even han li went back in time to save her. i’d do that too if i am han li lol~
damn that scene that conversation sentence is unforgettable. i think it’s s4 ep 11 – or ep 136 i think. she said, “天亮了, 在 这世界只有师姐了. 所以哪怕有一丝希望让师姐回来的机会, 元瑶也想试试.” which means: “It’s already dawn, in this world there is only senior sister. So even if there is only a slightest chance to bring senior sister back, Yuan Yao still wants to give it a try.”
Ziling is Mo Caihuan reincarnation
i know duh.. why would u tell me something that’s been repeated in this comment section over and over again? i’m pretending not to know cuz i wanna enjoy the moment. like she’s confirmed to be her reincarnation in immortal world arc, when she went to reincarnation lake or wheel or something. basically she saw herself as a mortal, and that mortal turns out to be mo caihuan. yes, it was done upon the request of the fans that she’s to be the reincarnation of mo caihuan, it’s official, then immortal world arc came out. so i guess fans are strong enough to give their voice on the character they like. it’s listed in the trivia of her wiki page: Wang Ning. I’m quite a big fan so ofc I read most of the wiki and everything in the novel. that’s called popular details. what i might not know are called cryptic details. like the name of this material or the name of this demon beast that han li killed in passing or the name of this pill or the detail on how han li fights his opponent in the novel, totally forgettable, but i’ve begun to retain some of those memories. so yeah.. not to be a jerk but tell me something more interesting plz.
Han li is the reincarnation of Samsara/reincarnation palace master
i know that as well bro.. it’s in the wiki and the most memorable fact after reading immortal world arc that stuck with my poor memory brain.
huh when and where did that happen? (zi ling seeing her past reincarnation as mo caihuan) , was it in the novel/donghua??
it’s in novel, the 2nd novel, immortal realm or immortal world arc title is the same, fanren xiuxian chuan or RMJI. the title that u can use to search is RMJI – immortal world arc or immortal realm. it’s in later part of the chapters when han li visited reincarnation palace master together with zi ling. so yeah it’s still novel stuff not yet donghua. but, i believe they will make it donghua, maybe in few years. even then, book 1 is so long like 2452 chapters (including bonus). now we only managed to reach like 642 chapters. counting –> 2452/642*157 = 599.6 ~ roughly 600 episodes before 1st book finishes. years are long lol~
All newer female characters are gorgeous in their own right. They had to make a new model for Nangong Wan which will probably be revealed in the next season.
oo… @Winterisreallycoming shixiong replied! anyways.. you’re right! they’re all gorgeous in their own right and I suppose everything ends up to which character you favor the most from various aspects like appearance, plot, attitude, role, interaction, etc.
but.. where do this donghua usually got their model from? i mean the mo caihuan model was honestly realistic. then her face got changed, i forgot why. but it totally looks like she did a plastic surgery. nangong wan old model was totally fine, they changed a bit and it’s still looking fine. so i don’t complain. now they want to change again? then comes a whole lot similar looking female outline faces. the differences can be summed by hair style, eye color, a little bit of face lines (like few inches difference which is barely noticeable), i guess lipstick counts as well.
dunno if i ever discussed this but i think i mentioned this several times. rmji donghua female models are moving forward from old standard chinese beauty to modern standard chinese beauty. in my defense, the cultural context of rmji calls for old standard chinese beauty like those old hongkong actress or old chinese actress when they’re young, it’s more plausible. the modern day chinese actress felt like having a mixed blood and different beauty standard. well this is just my own observation, who am i to pretend to be a beauty expert.. lol~
thank goodness its not the end.
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Oh no complains? So abandoning his family is realistic? Also taking care of another family while the ghost sect is in is own back yard and he didn’t even thought whether they survived or also whether the gang that was terrorizing his poor father finally killed them? NO COMPLAINTS? Not to mention giving the random old guy he gave the pill so he can live for over a hundred years.. did he not thought his little sister or old parents may have wanted those pills? he’s all over the south but find it tiresome so check in on his own? it wouldn’t have taken him more than a few days to check in and help them from a far.
Not to mention using Li Feiyu as a scapegoat – what if wang chan did some serious back ground check Li Feiyu would be in serious trouble and his clan wiped out. Wasn’t he suppose to be smart?
He claims to focus only on the dao but that’s only happen when it comes to his own family or friends. Han Li never take responsibility for his action and cause genocide on many occasion due to his thievery, etc… such case with Feng Xi.
Am sorry i like the amazing scenery and Graphics but the Donghua is filled with contradiction and childish ideologies. Being a coward is a coward not smart, he never wants to risk his life but always end up with all the gains. I COULD GO ON FOR DAYS.
relax dude, he abandon his family for a reason, first to pursue immortality second is to protect them from han li’s enemy, i guess even tho he never visited his family after he become foundation establisment, for me it is ok ,he is not a perfect mc and that is the beauty of this story, that why every now and then he got a flashback about his family, the regret that he have over the year, maybe that is why he give the pill to the old guy that running the shop in the chaotic sea, maybe he think about his family back then and what he should do better.
for the feng xi part, this part we cannot deny that he cannot take responsibility over the genocide but you should know better right now that the world that han li is in is literally apocalypse, where they used jungle law out there, the weak will perish and the strong will stay, the resources in chaotic sea is too low compare to the tian yuan continent, human use monster core to increase their chance of breakthrough and monster use human flesh for inspiration to increase their cultivation, plus chaotic sea is the original place for monster, after a few decade human rise from monster clutch and take that area from them and almost make the demon monster extinct.
maybe you can shed light to us what childish ideologies that he had compare to other mc that only fight in their brain. han li is an opportunist and that why he is smart, he know that he is not that strong and cannot fight others but never run from fight if they want one unless the enemy is too strong
Lets tackle the first part of your comment-
Leaving Dr Mo he knew nothing about the dao, whether abandoning his feelings etc, shit he didn’t even know the basic, so there’s no reason he couldn’t spend a day with them and made some up excuses why he had to leave, after all they knew he was at the mysteries sect they would’ve simple thought he was on a mission.. as for protecting his family? after he gain enemies he still could’ve kept an eye on them from a far at least until his mother/father died, check if the Local gang that terrorize his old father killed stop or get rid of the gang, too many excuses for a simple salution.
Han Li reason for immortal is shallow as fuk.. I want to live for ever? cool but why you want to live for ever? you dont drink , smoke, like women? why???? just because? that’s not a reason to risk your life in the cruel world of cultivation. Most other cultivators MC or motivated by something, wether , family or power etc etc.. HAN LI HAS NONE.
thank you was soo sad because I thought it ended. I watch so many but anime is like meditation for me, I really respect the creator/writer…
Silver Moon is the new vibe of this donghua now, ngl. After some crazy stuff in the story, we need someone like her to lighten up the mood around here. 🤣 🤣 🤣 I’m still hyped that our boi is finally in Nascent Soul, in this place he can breathe a little knowing that nobody will be messing with him. I mean, if they do come and make trouble, we all know our boi is always prepared. 😈 😈 😈
I remember they never showed his Inner Heart Demon and whatever trial he had to go through to be able to break through to Nascent Soul. They just did in an instant, like our boi had it easy, but we know he didn’t. The 2 old men in the last episode were talking about how each of them went through some crazy, harsh experience during their own Inner Heart Demon. So I wanna know what Han Li had to go through. 🤔 🤔 🤔
I am glad they are showing us the process in this episode. I was fr freaking curious what our boi went through to get to Nascent, we all know it’s not easy for everyone, especially Han Li, since he has false roots. But he definitely came prepared, though, for this breakthrough of his. Bro got all the materials like he is making his next Sequence Potion hahaha. Damn, even LOTM is getting to me now. 🤣 🤣 🤣
I love that his freakin heart demon is showing us all his past experiences in the early seasons, bro, sheesh!!! That was so long ago, I’m definitely rewatching this one in the near future as well, fam. Han Li knows how to keep calm in this situation. We know he went through hell throughout his journey, and this isn’t even the tip of the iceberg.
But damn, his heart demon is persistent, though. Looks like the heart demon finally found his weakness, that Jade Bottle our boi has been using since the beginning. That’s like his very first treasure if you ask me, and the only thing that was with him since the beginning, he started his cultivation journey. And we can’t forget about his family, friends, etc. Of course, since he left, he never once saw them again. TBH, that’s like one of the saddest things one would experience. He wasn’t even able to see his own sister getting married. He was only able to watch her from afar, if I remember correctly. Another beautiful episode from yours truly indeed, fam. Ngl, I almost cried in this episode. 🥲 🥲 🥲 And that freaking ending, geez!!! GREETINGS, MARTIAL ANCESTOR HAN LI!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Although it felt like a big finale, I already seen the preview for next episode. So good news is that it will not end with this one. Yeah this is current my top donghua.
Everything about it is just 🔥🔥🔥
Yeah, I already saw it fam. No way they going to end it here lol
And couldn’t agree more with you on that part being the best donghua atm. 🔥🔥🔥
Oh here is the music in case your curious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CuyR03DcfM&list=PLkuFbKKQkWccAV8Z6NDfJPMYiQgXn99Qw&index=33&ab_channel=ENSomedayAnimation
👌 👌 👌
Han Li’s Nascent Soul Enlightenment Anthem — “A Traveler” from A Mortal’s Journey | Made By Bilibili
another version of the song with background narration
Good stuff bro
What a beautiful episode 100/10….I’m crying inside…Bro has come a long way. We can feel this episode, we can feel his emotions because we know what he has went through. If someone watches just this ep and not started from ep1 he wouldn’t understand why we are weeping. It felt like the end of a very important journey that got tied with me in my life😭😭😭. Seeing Han li first time taking a peaceful nap. And ofc the end…🥶🥶🥶This is the only donghua which never rushed anything and it was worth it.
ikr this episode fr almost made me cry fam with how his journey and story has been told so far. 🥲🥲🥲 The things our boi endured and suffered along the way of his path to immortality is to be baffled and one to remember.
it will be in my brain and my heart.💖
Now what I wanna know is how they will adapt this moment in the live action. 🤔🤔🤔
Mcs inner demon 👿 is chucky 😫😫
LMAO
Yin Yue! da best
lol heart demon is now a review machine lol~ and at the end credit they have this summary of han li’s experiences on 217 years of life!
hmm broo.. where in the hell u see him being called martial ancestor? i felt like never… but if it’s your preferred title, so be it. in any case his popular titles include: 1) han pao pao (pao means run, it’s a practical and related joke of fans), 2) han lao mo (i was told that it’s initially come from fans as well but author accidentally authorized this and later it surfaced up in zi ling’s episode with fireworks and caihuan’s flashback – but don’t forget wang chan authorized him as more devilish than himself), 3) insect demon (popularized after killing those biyun sect – and got imitated by those under the orders of miaohe, zenith yin and other nascent soul ancestors – guys, i totally forgot which ep han li slaughter that bi yun sect, can anyone tell me pls), 4) er lengzi (second fool, his nickname in the village originally), 5) li feiyu (his famous nickname – he literally made his friend’s name more famous than himself throughout the whole jianghu and cultivator world), 6) heavenly south no. 1 swordsman, 7) han tianzun (venerable han – he was called this in immortal world later on).
this ep is kinda special. it seems chill and calm.. it gives the impression of resting for real while at the same time giving the encouragement to move forward!
Fam I know they call him Supreme Elder but it’s one of his aliases and what was used in the story. It’s in our boi’s wiki dude.
Their is no Supreme Elder title in his wiki fam. It’s also what was written in his information as well about the Drifting Cloud Sect.
Tbh Supreme Elder sounds way more better for him since he is not from there. And calling Han Li Martial Ancestor just sounds like he was born and raised from there when clearly he’s not. I’m just using the term of what they called him in his wiki.
well they do have the term martial ancestor! i guess that one is pretty rare. btw, do u remember the scene where han li slaughter those bi yun sect using his insects? i mean when did this happen? which afterwards there will be fake han lis or imitators and let him gain the bad nickname called insect demon? like the scene where han li finished hunting demon beast but three people were running away when han li asked them kindly to come out, but han li caught them back using his gold devouring beetles.
I think I remember him already killing people using his normal bugs back then I just don’t remember which episode it was cause we are like so far away now. 🤔🤔🤔
huh i checked the novel ch. 525-527 and the corresponding episode. that encounter was also mentioned as background story. that bi yun sect or jade cloud sect was a sect full of bandits located in wondrous depth island. they’re literally screaming bandit to han li even though they’re the one who aimed to take han li’s life. han li encountered them for real one time and slaughtered them using his gold devouring beetles. one of the late stage elder managed to run away and bring back the news.
here is the passage from ch 525
and following this is the excerpt from ch 527
In the same chapter it was mentioned that Zenith Yin or Brother Wu was talking to Swift Crane (Miaohe) or Brother Qi, they’re looking for Han Li, that youngster, NOT xuangu shangren xiao cha! So.. for the sake of heavenvoid cauldron, Zenith Yin or Ji Yin contacted this group of bandits headed by Miaohe who trained in bewitchment voice techniques to pose as Han Li and try to bait him to clear his own reputation. Lol~ What a miscalculation, how can something like that draw Han Li out? He’s Han Pao Pao (韩跑跑), the master of various escape art!
but i guess the flavor of the story remains the same
I’m having a bit of an issue with this ep tho.. like for instance, why is han li called supreme elder here when joining?
i checked ch. 642 and 870. so in 642, han li joined as sect elder. here, he’s called elder in ch 642. currently cheng tiankun is grand elder, i believe here it’s called taishang zhanglao or supreme elder or grand elder, the same. actually later han li become grand elder in ch. 870 after cheng tiankun suggested that he handles that position, but han li rejected. he only accepted later after he became late stage nascent soul. so yeah elder ranking issue. i heard this has something to do with chinese background or something. but for me i know taishang is supposed to be larger than da. if da zhanglao is great elder, then taishang zhanglao is supreme elder. but i checked the original text there is only da zhanglao and zhanglao so da zhanglao is for grand elder. zhanglao is for elder, when han li first joined.
I think that is like for donghua term only fam. Whatever title they use it’s still going to be the same position either way. IDK why they have to complicate about this kind of stuff in the first place lmao.
Never read the novel, but I did a quick search here…
Chapter 640: 韩立轻摇摇头,解决这种事情,对他来说似乎只是举手之劳事情,但他可不愿刚成为了落云宗的太上长老,就给人一种以势压人的强势感觉。毕竟无论是慕家还是言家都是溪国不小的修仙家族。
So it says that he did not want to appear overbearing when he just became a taishang elder (supreme elder). This means he did become a supreme elder.
Oh since this is from raw, I suspect the chapter number may not match.
i see.. did i read the wrong raw? can u give me the link? thx
樂丰 –> do you know what is this place name that han li passed @15:52]? i don’t recall. right, yea regarding the raw, I actually tried to see the same chapters as well. but, as i said before, i tried at least to ctrl+F: 长老 here.. but to no avail, didn’t find 太上长老. or does the raw hv different versions?
Quite make sense why the Jade Bottle became part of his heart demon since it’s basically his cheat and he hid it from being found by other since he f ed up without it early time😸 But the heart demon honestly doesn’t felt like heart demon, it’s like his relative reminding him of the past and what made him able to reach this far😹
I’m quite sad there no reaction from others on him as Nascent and just skipped to that scene of Supreme Elder😩 I hope there more reaction next
ikr, little bro was giving him flashbacks of his life basically giving us a summary of it. 🤣🤣🤣
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Thought the Heart-demon was gonna be a scary ass, annoying dude, but bruv’s just straight up a chill, hilarious dude! 🤣
Hot-Dam!! Getting surrounded by soo many Beauties, Mc sure does know a lot of Young-ladies, doesn’t he~? 😏 😂
Okay, that was actually scary just seeing ‘the OP-green-bottle falling Into his enemies hands’ what ifs 😵💫
Yeaaa, Mc’ll still find his own way even without the OP-green-bottle!! It will definitely be much more difficult, but he can definitely do it!! ❤️🔥 🔥
And like bruv said: “Perhaps the lower your starting point, when a real chance to change your destiny comes your way, the more you’ll want to keep it” 🔥 🔥
Woooooooo!! Grand-elder of the Fallen-Cloud-Sect, Han-Li!! Sheeeeeeeeeeesh, less-frigging-goooooooo!!! 🤩 🔥
@the end credits] Thank us!? No, thank y’all for making such an absolute Masterpiece!! 😭 🔥 🔥
Well, he definitely will find his own way without the cheat green bottle… By finding another cheat😹 It’s honestly not possible for MCs without talents to survive without any cheat😸 They gonna need heavy plot armor like btth🤫
Bro was trying to make him angry🤣
a very nice relaxing episode. wasn’t off the top it was a nice way of showing how Han Li got to where he is now.
ikr our boi’s hardwork and dedication to not give up has led him to this moment. 🔥🔥🔥
this episode is 🔥🔥🔥 as well. actually, i felt it’s a bit chill like ❄❄💧💧🌊🌊
someone told me that it doesn’t seemed to be a close one like what was described in the novel. i’m a bit timid here, after all i like the episode, but on the other hand i felt like his argument make sense. after all, look at this novel passage in chapter 642
in addition, i remembered during spirit realm arc that heart demon in spirit realm is an alien entity, not something naturally birthed from cultivator’s dao heart or something, later he even make the so-called agreement or something with an entity of heavenly devilish monarch called mo guang. imo.. heart or inner demon in nascent soul might come from him or herself for each cultivator. so yeah i felt the struggle against inner demon in this episode a bit too chill for sure. but, it doesn’t matter, they managed to promote the new insert song “The Traveler” from Wang Zhengliang! check it out in EN Someday or Made By Bilibili youtube channel.
also, there are several points that i would like to mention on my doubts when watching rmji, maybe few of them. it would be great if anyone here can enlighten me on these points below:
okay, what i mentioned here might be “flaws” or not flaws depending on viewers opinion. but, imo, even if it is a flaw, i don’t care. the way they represented the donghua as a way to do slow and firm storytelling, with many reflections on the way, many subplots of each side characters han li met along the way has totally captured my heart. moreover, their struggle is the closest to being real. i mean, mysterious green bottle might be some kind of secret supreme opportunity for han li to continue his journey and without it, han li might have died somewhere along the way since he lacked power to back himself up. but so what? who doesn’t get a miracle or two in their lives? like this is a heaven defying opportunity but he still needs to stay cautious, walking on a thin rope and risking his life in a calculated manner from time to time. this is a real and legit way to make a story that’s totally related to reality, even though it’s fictional.
All these special eps be lit in how they finesse with a new opening chapter to the mc’s next trails and tribulations
The nascent soul inner demon…kawaii… bro knows Han li can’t be manipulated hence just shows him all the gals to make him nervous, lmao but when even that doesn’t works He just shows the best illusion Han Li could have ever asked for: A reminder of his life and his journey(beautiful)
At this point I have to officially give a rating to this:
Story: SSS+
Narration: SSS+
Bro: SSS++
Bro’s Brain: SSS++
Action: SSS
Character: SSS
Romance: SSS (yeah even though bro avoids all this stuff but we all can feel the emotion of the other side, the gals)
THANK YOU to the writers, animators, studio and all my fellow cultivators for this master-piece.
this isn’t an ending right?
It’s not fam the preview is already out.
I was worried cause of that last summary. Made me emotional.
Damn, all my favorite shows feel like season finales!
wait was this a season end episode? the ending seemed like it…hope not
This episode was absolutely perfect, and it deserves every bit of love and praise it’s getting. 🔥✨ The Swift animation with the song was pure art 🎶, beautifully capturing Han Li’s entire journey from where he started to who he has become now, all the people he met, all the places he traveled, and every memory from the very beginning. Such a perfect way to portray the heart demon moment 😆🔥
And then that post-credits timeline gave me chills. ❄ Seeing each stage of his cultivation, the ages when he broke through every realm, from Foundation Establishment at 25 to finally reaching Nascent Soul at 217 😲, was just wow. That line “May all cultivators go forward as Han Li: never ceasing, true to our beginnings, ordinary origins, extraordinary destiny” hit deep. ❤️
The emotions were off the charts. 😭 It really feels like we’ve been on this journey with him, watching every hardship, every fight ⚔️, every moment of growth, and now seeing him take this step forward is just so rewarding 🙌. And that heartfelt “thank you” at the end was pure nostalgia and gratitude. 💫
Season 3 Episode 157 is truly a masterpiece. 🌟 Thank you to the studio, the writers, the animators, and everyone who brought this to life 🙏🔥. What a journey!
Such a long journey for Han Li, just a blink of an eye for us.. congrats Han Li 🎉🎉🎉
Should bring ur 9 harem to celebrate
It was really a great episode fam, i am not going to lie, i really enjoyed this episode.
Silvermoon she’s so damn cute, imagine you have a girlfriend like her, who is always caring, cheering you up and who is funny asf.
Anyway, l really liked the fact that they showed the two steps that Han Li had to pass through to overcome the heart demon.
l mean, in real life we all have heart demons inside us that’s what we call the ” dark side ” in our heart, even though we are not cultivators.
It was an important step for Han Li and really liked his answer to the question of the heart demon.
Because the heart demon was insinuating that it’s all because of the green bottle that Han Li was able to reach the place where he is right now.
Of course, the green bottle had its own role in Han Li’s life.
But you can’t deny that it’s also because of the choices that he had to make, the courage that he had to have to survive.
It can be the fate itself or a coincidence that he found the green bottle.
But like the heart demon said ” life is like a chess game ” sometimes you need to have the chance on your side or even have a coincidence to play a good move.
But fam, wasn’t that a Foreshadowing when they showed the scene with him and Nangong Wan, the 2 of them lying down together on the floor outside having the conversation of becoming dao partners ? ” Yes i know that in the novel, she is his wife ”
Even though i am not a big fan of hers, it was a nice scene.
It was funny when the heart demon summoned all the women that Han Li met during his journey and then he says ” which one do you like ” hahahaha.
l got chills when he became the great supreme elder, with everyone in the sect greeting him.
Fam, this week was great, first with Wang Lin having his clan saying farewell ancestor and now Han Li getting the greetings of the sect as the great supreme elder.
It’s really a great moment to be alive and to have such donghuas episodes.
l am greatful to be alive, in good health and to enjoy moments like these.
Ah and the summary at the end of the episode, was great too.
Because i almost forgot that Han Li saw is sister get married.
For those who want to see the preview for the next episode.
Here it is : https://h-donghua.xyz/a-mortals-journey-episode-158-subtitles-4k-uhd/
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Checkout the Live-Action Adaptation, “The Immortal Ascension” starring Yang Yang as Han Li on Youku. Season 1 just completed 30 episodes.
Holy.. what a beatiful episode.. i am so glad they didnt skip his heart demon and showed us all his encounters that led him to what he became… and the end scene damn.. all his hard work paying off.. definitely best donghua ive ever watched..
Its been a long way. Supreme elder. Thats something new.
May all Cultivators go forward as Han li. T T
Hey guys, I’m here to torture you guys with my essay again!
Today’s episode is the other half and the true end to Han Li’s ascension to Nascent Soul. Different from last episode that’s filled with spectacle (Nascent), this episode focuses on the heart (Soul)
Let’s start with Han Li and Silvermoon’s discussion.
To summarize their dialogue because there’s not much subteties in what she said.
Han Li and the two Elders are Early Nascent Soul. They won’t be able to bully him like Fengxi and JiyinG.
If it don’t work out, Han Li can leave EASILY (ahem, the teleporting Wind Lightning Wings) and people can’t stop him.
But the merits is great.
There is a huge difference between a Freelance and Affiliated Cultivator.
Lower levels, you are subordinate, you have a boss/superior who bosses you around, combined with how toxic this Cultivator World is, there will be excessive amount of backstabbing, the demerits is greater than merits in almost all Sects. But at Nascent Soul, being affiliated to a Sect, the merit is greater. You are the boss/superior here. You are the one doing the bossing.
Furthermore, Drifting Clouds is not toxic and its disciples actually behaves LIKE ACTUAL CULTIVATORS IN MYTHOLOGY.
To avoid sounding like she’s teaching him what to do, Silvermoon says everything is due process. A minor detail here. Back in Stalwart Star Island when Han Li 1st encountered Fengxi with Qu Hun, when he manipulate the tea cup with his power, we can see his power covers the tea cup completely. But here, he lift it like a small tray. This is showing his Qi control has increased drastically. Nascent Soul is reborn to a superior version of self after all.
Now for Han Li’s flashback.
The animation team left no details untouched.
Before Han Li started breaking through to Nascent Soul, his 4 Elements Golden Core was normal.
But when Han Li got started, we can see 3 additional layers of 4 elements energies wrapped around his Core. This is the 3 Cycle Layered Essence Skill he practiced which requires him to disperse and regather his Cultivation 3 times in exchange for greatly increasing his power. One of the reasons why Han Li is innately stronger than normal.
To breakthrough to Nascent Soul, one must shatter their Golden Core, Han Li’s golden core being much stronger than normal is reflected here, many of his Sword Shadows Splitting Light Spell bounced off his Golden Core and Han Li had to shatter the Core with his fist. Foreshadowing physical… ahem ahem!
Golden Core shattering will cause immense damage to one’s body, akin to whole body fracture and all organs internal bleeding.
Han Li not only had to endure the harassment of his Inner demon, he needs to endure above mentioned physical pain. A test of physical and mental endurance.
Han Li’s inner demon took on the appearance of Han Li’s Nascent Soul reflects Han Li’s strong desire for the Realm, showing his family burned till death, him getting killed by Golden Light Monk, even his secret desire to be Dao Couple with Nangong Wan.
First time Han Li saw Nangong Wan in the cave while attempting to join the 7 Sects, she already caught his eye due to how young and beautiful she was compared to everyone present.
Nangong Wan said Han Li was disqualified because he has 4 Elements Spirit Roots. She didn’t use the derogatory “False Spirit Roots” Like he is a lesser sub-human because of his 4 Elements Spirit Root. Then they had that encounter in the Blood Grounds left a deep impression in the young virgin Han Li’s heart. (Or else, Ziling and Yuan Yao would’ve easily hijacked that place in his heart as far as the Donghua is at currently)
But truth is Han Li’s realm, spirit roots and difference in lifespan. He was Qi Refiner, 4 Elements Roots and have normal human lifespan. Nangong Wan was Core Stage, Fire Heavenly Roots and 500 years lifespan. So all Han Li can do is dream. Since Han Li’s Inner Demon is basically him, it would know and used it to try and affect Han Li.
It actually worked because Han Li’s tone went higher at the sight of his secret wish being exposed.
Then Han Li’s inner demon proceeds to keep harassing Han Li with all the beautiful girls he has encountered. Then suddenly take away the Magic Items that Han Li used to protect himself from mental attacks. Inner Demon is Han Li. Magic Items can only protect him from external dangers, this is meant to throw Han Li off.
In fact, everything so far, is to make Han Li lower his guard, thinking he is already in the Inner Demon Trial.
Silvermoon said already, Han Li by nature is an extremely thoughtful person who calculates his moves carefully. Han Li’s inner demon is Han Li. It wouldn’t be so simple and straight forward. Everything so far is just warm up.
Now the real trial starts.
Inner Demon is all about your greatest fears. For Han Li, its the Green Bottle.
Subsequently, all the scenes where Han Li went through are from 1st person, no longer from 3rd person. Watching his secret exposed and losing his Green Bottle.
We can see this when Han Li got sent to where he found the Green Bottle, he was holding the spot on the shoulder where Wen Tianren stabbed.
Then his Inner Demon proceeds to deny everything about Han Li and attribute everything to the Green Bottle.
What his Inner Demon was trying to ask is, without the Green Bottle, you are just an ordinary boy from some unknown village at the countryside. But with the Green Bottle, have you been drunk on the power and wealth it brought you? Are you sure you haven’t fallen to the Dark Side?
Han Li remembering his family, remembering how hard life was, which led to him joining 7 Mysteries Sect, he sends money back regularly and stayed in contact with his family evident from the letters. He never forgot about his initial goals, he retained clarity.
He observed people practicing martial arts techniques and trained hard to survive in the hands of Doctor Mo, he don’t want to die and only by surviving, he can continue to help his family survive in that turbulent age.
Zhang Tie’s death and from Li Feiyu, he learned how much the 7 Mysteries Sect higher ups were terrified of him, while at the same time, they were trying to think of ways to exploit and hopefully learn his secrets. Showed Han Li the darkness of the world and make him realized Immortal Cultivators and mortals are basically 2 species.
This is also why he didn’t went to say goodbye to his family when he saw his little sister getting married. Mortals is one thing, Immortal Cultivators are an even greater threat to him and his family which he learns when he joined Yellow Maple.
Yellow Maple was like a celestial realm to him initially, but quickly, he learns that they are worse than mortals. Obtaining power and drunk on power, they continued the mortals’ petty politics and selfish gains, they will not hesitate to exploit or even kill their own family just to climb the ladder higher. There’s virtually no difference from the Sith of Star Wars where every man for themselves, everyone is seeking power from the One True Emperor, except in this case its Ancestor Linghu, its only Nascent Soul who can use what is basically Time Stop.
The Heavenly Star City, symbol of power, prosperity and glory of humanity in Chaos Star Ocean is also filled with schemes and politics in the shadows.
Drifting Cloud Sect, the only one who is trying to do exactly what Cultivation teaches is heavily infiltrated, consumed and knocked down by other factions. Even among the Cloud Dreams Mountain, it is the smallest and weakest among the 3.
Han Li has seen the darkness, the facade behind all the glamor of Immortal Cultivators. It is a survival the fittest world and to survive, he had to know when and how to be a predator that’s more cunning than any other predators and preys, he also needs to know when and how to be a prey that’s more cunning than any predators and other preys.
Notice the Eye Blinking Sword Arts book in Teen Han Li’s hands and the one held by Adult (Cultivator) Han Li. They are different, there’s even a small ‘Han’ at the bottom of the Book’s title. Indicating that despite becoming a mighty Cultivator, Han Li continued to improve the Skill to fit his current level.
Han Li did not look down on Mortals and in his free time, improved it. This also tally with the recent 3 Sects’ Sword Tournament where they say Han Li seems to know a little of everything, even used Mortal Martial Arts to kick Cultivators’ asses.
This cannot work if we are using techniques used in against mortals. If Han Li never gave up mortal martial arts and even made improvements to it also explains why he was able to completely own the Chief Guard, a mortal martial artist who is highly adept at fighting Umbra Beasts in the Umbra Realm
And explains why Han Li was basically trashing Wen Tianren around even though WTR knows mortal martial arts. Han Li has been improving Mortal Martial Arts for him to deal with other Cultivators. Knowing how cautious Han Li is, he probably also accounted for situations where he had to fight Cultivators who knows martial arts and can’t use his powers.
This also show that despite becoming a high and mighty Nascent Soul Cultivator, Han Li never forget his past. He stood proud and continued on with equal or greater humility as everything he experienced made him into the man he is today. He kept all the lessons close to his heart without allowing any darkness taint his core.
Even though the Green Bottle can give him materials and weath, even though he faced countless darkness, he did not become darkness. He is still the boy who left home to provide for his family, the boy who kept walking towards the light despite all the distractions of darkness along the way, and in doing so, he became the Light for others.
This is particularly obvious with Wen Qiang, Wen Siyue’s dad, then Wen Siyue and then in this season, there’s even more examples
Just ask the Gongsun girl from the start of this Season, Mei Ning, Yuan Yao and Ziling.
Particularly Yuan Yao, he practically went 150% against Wen Tianren to help her, no regrets. He could’ve taken advantage of Yuan Yao’s vulnerability and ravish her. But Han Li was so thorough in maintaining that true friendship that he evaded her hug -> Dudes should know this, at that situation, a guy is probably not going to be able to hold back and start humping her if he gets hugged like that.
Then continue to act gentlemanly towards Mei Ning and Ziling. To the point where even though Ziling clearly understands the logic, she couldn’t help but want to be with Han Li despite the dangers of being a bigger target together.
Nonetheless, Han Li never got drunk on power and wealth that’s only possible with the Little Green Bottle. Besides, Great Transformation Skill created by his Enemy, Later Friend & Mentor Divine Lord Dayan prepared him very well for this and he had experience dealing with similar things in Void Palace and against Wen Tianren’s Formation, namely the Death Gate.
In the end, after about 200 years, at the age of 217, Han Li becomes Nascent Soul and now stands at the top of the Mortal Realm’s Cultivator Society.
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Silvermoon was holding the Intelligent Rabbit in cage and talking to Han Li about Void Heavens Cauldron, reminding him that it held the likes of Hollow Blue Ice Flames (Used by Xuan Gu who thought he’s invincible when he got it and got wrecked by Han Li)
The Gold Devourers continues to evolve.
Old Feng bringing his son, the Simp almost turned creep to seek Han Li’s forgiveness and Silvermoon telling Han Li about the concubine he didn’t know he has.
So don’t worry, this is not the end of this Nianfan/Annual Show
so i checked again and see the scene han li walking and scenery changes kinda backward. it’s drifting cloud sect – fengle – yellow maple valley – seven mysteries sect. i mean, what is fengle? i don’t remember…
well nice point there on mei ning and zi ling. i just remembered the moment when he rejected mei ning as a concubine, telling her to cultivate and pursue independence and self-growth, in this case cultivate to core formation realm. he even gave her an initial asset. he said that it could be 100 years or more to reach yuanying. but now? it’s only been 20 years! and he’s gonna take another concubine soon! the one that blindsided him for real. if mu peiling didn’t scam han li, i suppose with his character he will never take a concubine. and yet while dreaming about nangong wan, he delays meeting her until she’s in actual danger of being taken away from him forever. noice. so relatable.
I mean he didn’t wanted to. But Mu Peiling made the situation impossible for him to remedy without causing more confusion and also if he comes out to recitify, it’ll ruined his reputation and Mu Peiling will be in serious trouble. Like super screwed.
So he allowed her to be his concubine.
Han Li didn’t delay meeting Nangong Wan. He didn’t know where she is until he heard that she’s being forced to marry someone else.
Remember, the reason why Han Li didn’t take Ziling, Yuan Yao, Mei Ning, Song Yu, get a harem left and right is because he sees Nangong Wan as his Wife and wants to respect her wishes.
EXTREME SPOILERS: In the epilogue, Ziling and Yuan Yao are with Han Li because Nangong Wan said yes.
nope, sorry shixiong but I tend to disagree with you, I checked ch. 715 (titled “Heart Restraint Technique”) and found this passage:
so because of hesitation, he delayed meeting her. what did he first do when reaching nascent soul stage? what i remember is: exterminating fu clan, gifting his descendants a gold devouring sword that can be used for 3 times, forming second nascent soul, raising snow centipedes and completed the refinement celestial ice flames, cang kun treasury hunt with marquis nanlong. i mean he did so many things here as a nascent soul stage elder, why can’t he collect information on nangong wan asap from various channels? but i guess this is also the part of the plot so han li is strong enough to beat mid nascent soul expert before going to masked moon sect.
It was only after meeting Lei Wanhe and hearing news from the Tang cultivator of the Masked Moon Sect, who accompanied Lei Wanhe, that he finally decided to visit. He could have inquired earlier, but with so many things happening, the matter only surfaced in his mind much later. My impression is that he deliberately/instinctively delayed, driven by a subconscious fear of not being accepted.
i don’t get this part bro. is the time stop thing from rmji or star wars? like what’s the context?
Yes.. thanks shixiong! wouldn’t notice that tiny detail if u didn’t mention it. btw, this sword art was said that it can’t be executed by those who practiced true qi, how about han li’s spiritual energy as cultivator? like do you have in mind what’s the possible improvement despite the limitations? i mean ofc together with the shifting smoke steps. it seems to be one big package there. it would be awesome if han li can make mortal martial art to become cultivator’s art as in body movement art (shen fa). together with his lightning movement technique (based on the use of the wings), i think it would be fast enough to insta-kill his opponents for sure. also, i noticed that he never used the red robe he obtained from heavenvoid hall anymore ever since he got the wings. why is that? is the speed increase negligible?
btw, does this statement include that feng surname kid? he’s kinda otw to cross that boundary to toxic and creep as u said before. or creep is still before toxic?
But he didn’t do it 3 times of revolution in actuality right? As in dispersing and regathering cultivation is 1 revolution. The first one can be attributed to Nangong Bing (Wan actually). The second one he did himself. He didn’t want to do the third one instead he cultivated Great Development Technique, since three revolutions was just theory. After cultivating that technique, he entered Core Formation “just like that”. Even then, his magic power is more than twice of his peers. At least according to ch. 398 and wiki here’s the statement:
I believe u know this though shixiong~ And kinda wanna confirm my memory on donghua being consistent with this as well. I think this happened on special episode, right? At the beginning of season 3.
What might it be? damage?
Right immense pain and harassment. But tbh, this ep gives a totally chill impression. Totally the opposite of this statement.
btw, does this statement include that feng surname kid? he’s kinda otw to cross that boundary to toxic and creep as u said before. or creep is still before toxic?
But he didn’t do it 3 times of revolution in actuality right? As in dispersing and regathering cultivation is 1 revolution. The first one can be attributed to Nangong Bing (Wan actually). The second one he did himself. He didn’t want to do the third one instead he cultivated Great Development Technique, since three revolutions was just theory. After cultivating that technique, he entered Core Formation “just like that”. Even then, his magic power is more than twice of his peers. At least according to ch. 398 and wiki here’s the statement:
I believe u know this though shixiong~ And kinda wanna confirm my memory on donghua being consistent with this as well. I think this happened on special episode, right? At the beginning of season 3.
What might it be? damage?
Right immense pain and harassment. But tbh, this ep gives a totally chill impression. Totally the opposite of this statement.
The immense pain equivalent to whole body fractured and all internal organs bleeding is an established fact. Plus immediately after Han Li shattered his Core, he was holding a Taoist Hand Sign that signifies Pure Yang, Healing, Soothing and Calmness indicating he was attempting to minimize the pain.
Until his Inner Demon started acting for real, Han Li maintained meditating position.
As for the Foreshadowing, it has to do with Manhu Zi.
The 3 Cycle skills’ 3rd Cycle was not mentioned in the novel. This has to do with real life. Initially, the author Wang Yu wanted Han Li to fail breakthrough to Core Stage after the 2nd Cycle and reaching 3rd Level of Great Transformation Skill and then finish his 3rd Cycle. But the author was receiving letters with razors by furious fans.
So he pushed Han Li’s breakthrough forward and we have to accept that Han Li finished his 3rd Cycle somewhere because the Author wanted Han Li to have the 3rd Cycle and progresses as if he did have the 3rd cycle.
As for Drifting Clouds not toxic. I’m talking about in general. Not absolutely an entire organization have no douchebags. This is unrealistic expectation. Much like Yellow Maple in general is toxic but Han Li’s Master Li Huayuan and his fellow Disciple Siblings aren’t exactly toxic like the rest.
As for Nangong Wan. Up till now, all his life, Han Li prioritize Cultivation more than Nangong Wan. He only thinks of their relationship when he meets her. This has been a norm. So not knowing where she is and her current situation is a viable reason for Han Li. Unless he hears something bad happens to Nangong Wan, he wouldn’t think of her. Nangong Wan understands this about HL and that’s why their relationship can last, well, she’s his first love so there’s that too.
Wang Yu himself also stated that the reason why Han Li rejected so many girls is because he respects Nangong Wan as his wife and cares about her feelings. This is why he only take Ziling and Yuan Yao after she said yes. This is Author’s Words, don’t come and ask me. If you want, go ask him.
Another thing to note:
The part where Han Li thinks he didn’t make inquiry about Nangong Wan because he was afraid of not being accepted is what he thinks.
But we have a lot of evidence, prime example is how Han Li operates. Unless people he cares needs help or are in trouble, unless they are within his line of sight, he tend to forget them and focus on Cultivation. This has been consistent with Han Li. So it isn’t as if there aren’t any evidence to show that Han Li is wrong about his own affairs showing that he is still human, he can feel uncertainty.
As for the 樂丰 Le Feng/Feng Le sign on what seems to be entrance into a district in a city, I know the words means abundance harvest, people are safe and happy. In other words, it means prosperity or reaping rewards. But don’t really remember where is it. It can even mean Han Li is now reaping the rewards after hardship.
About the 3 Cycle Skills, if you really want to be specific.
This Skill was found together with his Green Essence Sword Skill (Azure or whatever you want to call it, I don’t care). It was meant to be trained together with the Sword Skill.
When practitioner reach a certain level, they are supposed to disperse the Green Essence Energy of the Sword Skill, losing Cultivation Levels as a result and retrain to get even stronger and also increase the chances of reaching Core Stage. It was initially designed by the author to help Han Li achieve Core Stage. Fans couldn’t wait, so he push it forward.
But since it is just dispersing the Green Essence Power and Han Li don’t need to drop down to Qi Refiner (It was just freak accident that Nangong Wan drained him dry while unconscious)
Supporting evidence: Han Li only needed to drop to Foundation Early Stage for his 2nd Cycle. So it’s quite easy to see that sometime between him reaching Core and during Core Stages, Han Li probably did his 3rd Cycle. Or they say Han Li spent 20 years preparing for Nascent Soul, he could’ve done the 3rd Cycle in that 20 years because it is clear that his Core has 3 thick layers of 4-Elements Spirit Power covering it in the episode. So him completing all 3 Cycles is pretty much confirmed
I know bro about his 3 cycle skills. I’m not gonna say I know it since the beginning or something, but I definitely memorized something like this from the novel.
this i know from you
which source, shixiong? i mean, reading ch 398 of the novel (checked this in novelfire), it literally says there, “He didn’t cultivate to the third revolution of the Three Essence Revolutions Technique. Instead, he spent an entire thirty years to cultivate to the second revolution.” ah wait so you’re saying the third cycle is done when he’s trying to reach nascent soul? but i thought that this three revolutions technique is designed only to form a core. and btw, just saying, i’m not color blind, but.. i can’t make out the three layers in the scene where han li was about to break his core there. it has many colors surrounding it for sure. but i can hardly see the boundaries between colors that make them as layers. but you’re definitely not talking about the ring surrounding the core, right? that looks so similar to saturn btw. wait now i paused again @04:53], i can barely make out 2 layers on the core. bleh blame my poor eyes shixiong, i really can’t see those 3 layers as u told me…
Totally agree now that u remind me.
yep he is! after untold hardship of 200 years of cultivation. pill spamming sure isn’t easy man.. okay i’m kidding, it’s much more than that, but definitely he can’t do without pill abuse (kinda used the language they use in manhua there).
u mean foreshadowing physical cultivation in the future? got it! manhu zi.. got your joke there: the way wan tianming actually call him is degrading him. yes but he’s gonna fuse heavenbearing devil arts with 2 other arts to create provenance true devil arts, right? the one that makes him legend later on…
never know this fact before. thanks for sharing! how did u know it in the first place?
yeah bro.. u’re right, unreal expectation on my side. since the real world is so “broken”. now that i reread things, you were right as well, spies are “everywhere” in Drifting Cloud Sect and those of heavenly dao alliance – from elders to disciples. that’s why they needed Song Yu to filter them out. Bet she must’ve felt complicated that she can’t filter Han Li. But then, Han Li has no ill will towards the sect other than the fact that his technique protected him from Song Yu’s probing.
well there’s that too. i confirmed that i have read related passage about this. this is discussed just after the passage i copied above. but i still felt that he delayed subconsciously according to his character and dao heart, which turns out to be in tune with nangong wan’s character and dao heart. so i guess everything goes well and ends well. can’t say i have the authority to judge han li on this particular decision. after all, it resulted in an exciting bout to suppress that evil senior sister of his wife.
okay, i don’t mean to deny or anything. but this is enlightening. btw, did u know if author say anything about ling long or silvermoon? she’s like the most expected character to have continuity, don’t tell me she died in tribulation since she’s not mentioned at all in immortal world arc.
I can’t really find anything about Silvermoon (I call her this because this is what her name is presented in the current episodes, I dunno, isn’t calling her Ling Long sorta of Spoilers? Not that I actually care. I’m just curious does it qualifies as Spoilers)
Oh and about Silvermoon, we were given vague ‘She’s in Spirit Realm’ and a full stop. Complete silence and you can hear crows cawing. That sort of situation.
I say Han Li probably forget rather than being afraid to face his relationship with Nangong Wan because when he mentioned he might have been afraid of rejection, the words he used was uncertain. He wasn’t certain if he was afraid of rejection or not.
We can also see from the episodes that Han Li only think about Nangong Wan when she shows up in his face. When he is alone or with others, his focus are completely on Cultivation. It has also been established time and again that he is devoted to Cultivation beyond anything else.
And yeah, this episode is kind of a follow-up to my comment on last week’s episode. I’m also having a little flashback about when I first started watching this series. Turns out, I’ve leveled up along with Han Li, hahahaha.
basically a recap episode
I already watch too much PEAK DONGHUA that I am bored to watch japan anime…..FR….
I thought that was the end for a second