Who Rules the World 且试天下 by 倾泠月 Qing Ling Yue (HE)

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• I saw this title on a top ten poll & is very interested in it. There is HEA ending & the audiobook is excellent !

  Nice fanmade MVs
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUpIzO5Xdfo
  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/7aWQ3u1Q-Uo/
  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/WkAXrghOUw4/
  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/MizHgQzvOe4/ – Raymond
  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/rYjfObEP2n8/ – Louis

  Who Gets the World's Characters Chart in English (With Minor Spoilers) - by Peanuts

  白风夕 (Bai Feng Xi) - a playful & greedy for food wuxia heroine who specialises in 'Feng Xiao Nine Days' martial arts.

  风惜云 (Feng Xi Yun) - the princess of 风国 (Feng Country) who'll later become the ruler. She'll help Feng Lan Xi 'get the world'.

  黑丰息 (Hei Feng Xi) - a mysterious wuxia hero who is called 'black fox' by BFX.

  丰兰息 (Feng Lan Xi) - the prince of 丰国 (Feng Country) who'll later become the king. He'll marry Feng Xi Yun to form a political alliance.

  皇朝 (Huang Chao) - the prince of 皇国 (Huang Country) who'll later become the king. He likes BFX.

  华纯然 (Hua Chun Ran) - the princess of 华国 (Hua Country) who'll later marry Huang Chao. She likes HFX.

  玉无缘 (Yu Wu Yuan) - the 1st 'gongzhi' of wuxia who'll help Huang Chao. He likes BFX but has no fate with her just like his name.

  韩朴 (Han Piao) - BFX's adopted brother who follows her around but is sent away when she returns to rule Feng country.

  燕瀛洲 (Yan Ying Zhou) - Huang Chao's general who is rescued by BFX & likes her but got mistaken as Qiu Jiu Shuang so got killed.

  秋九霜 (Qiu Jiu Shuang) - Huang Chao's general who killed Bao Cheng, one of the 'Fengyun 6 Jiang'.

  皇雨 (Huang Yu) - the younger & childish brother of Huang Chao who likes Qiu Jiu Shuang.

  萧雪空 (Xiao Xue Kong) - Huang Chao's general who likes BFX. He is known as 'snowman' & got injured by Xi Yun.

  君品玉 (Jun Pin Yu) - a skillful doctor who likes HFX . She ended up marrying Xiao Xue Kong.

  凤栖梧 (Feng Qi Wu) - a musician who likes HFX. She ended up being good friend with BFX.

  久微 (Jiu Wei) - a culinary expert who treats Xi Yun as family and wants her to 'get the world'.

  修久容 (Xiu Jiu Rong) - one of the 'Fengyun 6 Jiang' who is the descendant of 'Jiu Luo' tribe & got killed while protecting Xi Yun.

  白琅华 (Bai Lan Hua) - the princess of 白国 (Bai Country) who wants to be better than Xi Yun. She likes Xiu Jiu Rong.

  任穿雨 (Ren Chuan Yu) - Lan Xi's adviser who'll help him 'get the world' but is hostile towards Xi Yun.

  • If you want to marathon, give it another month. This one is guaranteed good because it has 4 voices. I think there's at least 2 couples, but I do think the main couple will end up together. I listened to the first chapter, it's very interesting.

• wah 4 voices, that's almost like a voice-drama. will look forward!

• Hey girls, want to start this book together as I am craving for a good wuxia with some credible actions:P? The cover looks very delicious, haha...What is the gist of the story?

  • I've been meaning to read this but haven't gotten around to it since I'm more of the modern/fantasy genres. If everyone's doing this, I'll follow along too.

    • Okay, let's do it! How many chapters/audio episodes per day?

      • pls let me know the pace you guys want to do this and I'll try to follow along

        • Oh lidge, so great that you are joining us also but don't fight over the most dishy guy:P Are there enough guys in this novel to share among us, haha? We are doing the audiobook so our chapters will be different from your translation novel. I guess we can listen at our own pace but be informed of our progress so we can rave & rant abt it. I don't think anyone will mind with some spoilers for those who are ahead. What do you think Chancy & Raini?

  • I have no idea what the story is about, but the important thing is I read it's a happy ending for the main couple XDXD

• I was just thinking about starting this too. Lol i can't do 2 xianxia at once.

  2-3 at most please. We got Chong Zi too.

  • Let's do two per day then. I'm actually going to be pretty busy next week and classes are starting the week after.

    Lidge, Ep 2 of the audiobook ends when some guy says 'bullshit' and they are talking about some Xuan Zun Ling. I don't know exactly what they are talking about because I haven't read the first chapter yet, but if you can roughly stop around that spot and read about that much per day, you should be able to keep up with us. :D

    • I've read it when I sampled it some months ago. That part is when the main girl appears and awes them with her identity.

    • Thanks for the heads-up. I did a quick check, I think we have the same chap cut-offs b/c the end of ch. 2 is some medicine being stolen, hence the BS? Total chap in my version is = 54.

      If not, it's OK if the chap cut-offs is different. i don't mind you guys discuss things I haven't read since I'm the type that searches for spoilers, not avoid them, when I'm watching/reading stuff.

• Peanuts: Oh lidge, so great that you are joining us also but don’t fight over the most dishy guy:P Are there enough guys in this novel to share among us, haha? We are doing the audiobook so our chapters will be different from your translation novel. I guess we can listen at our own pace but be informed of our progress so we can rave & rant abt it. I don’t think anyone will mind with some spoilers for those who are ahead. What do you think Chancy & Raini?

  We fine. There's 2 prominent guys really. I don't think we'll steer fair from the otp. I think there is 2 pairs. Two power hungry and two out of world.

  • OK, I promise I won't be obvious in stealing the hot guys. I'll just be my usual sneaky self...hehe (evil laugh~~)^^

• Yeh, Wallace is leading in the MV:)

  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/ImwCnpovi4c/?fr=rec1
  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Qda_4hM-t44/?fr=rec1

• I like this fast pace song. Is that HXM but Louis Koo is the lead?
  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/IldM4n7vSnU/

  Hey Lidge, this is for you TVB fan, heehee
  http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/MizHgQzvOe4/

  • Louis Koo and HXM always looked like brothers to me. Maybe because they both played Yang Guo before. Are the guys in this book relate by any chance?

  • Gosh, can't believe they got the Louis clips from Against the Blade of Honor. That's one of my fave TVB wuxia series!! Too bad Louis didn't film a lot of wuxia series b/c I thought he was one of the hottest actors in wuxia costumes.

    Thanks for digging for the MVs, peanuts. I watch way too many TVB series since I recognized most of the series where the clips came from..haha

    • Haha, you are not alone. I like Louis in Blade of Honor also because he is so cool there but I think I don't like the ending which I've forgotten:P I only remember I ship him with Noel Leung like mad. Unfortunately Louis is too old now for wuxia:( Btw I think this book will look good if get adapted. I feel it is more interesting to watch than read this book.

      • That drama looks familiar, but i don't remember..it looks like my cup of tea. Good old days~

      • Yes, ending was a big WTH?! Noel dies, then her dad and Louis have the big battle with each other. Then bam! ending credits so it's an open ending where we have no idea who wins/loses/lives/dies/maimed? I read discussions that say it's an open ending in the book too (the same as in the series) but not sure since I haven't read the book. Really wish this would get another remake since this is a good story minus the ending, of course.

        • This is a remake of an old old TVB serial with Damian Lau & Angie Chiu. Is this Gu Long's book? If yes, then he is ambigious & loves sad ending which mirror his own messy life. I like Jing Yong wuxia but Gu Long is different in that his plots are rather unconventional & full of surprises. Either you love or hate it & sometime drive me up the wall, haha

• Peanuts:
  This is a remake of an old old TVB serial with Damian Lau & Angie Chiu. Is this Gu Long’s book? If yes, then he is ambigious & loves sad ending which mirror his own messy life. I like Jing Yong wuxia but Gu Long is different in that his plots are rather unconventional & full of surprises. Either you love or hate it & sometime drive me up the wall, haha

  Look what I found http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYauM9btu4g hehe
  I didn't know there was an earlier version w/ Damian. Would love to see this but don't think it's possible to get a hold of it now.

  • Wah, you are really sneaky to be able to find this, haha...I can't remember much except this drama is also a tearjerker. I think Louis' version is better & this version is too dated so you didn't miss anything unless you fancy Damian, muahaha....I think TVB did release the VCDs but don't know got it in Viet but I bet you can find it in the Viet video shop but just not online maybe. Btw you can read about it:)
    http://www.spcnet.tv/TVB-Series/God-of-Sabre-review-r197.html

  • Ooops we've hijacked this post & talked abt Blade of Honour, heehee. Btw the review said the book has good ending, just that TVB loves sad ending:(

• Help ! help ! I am lost in chapter 1. After the black & white robes men finished playing chess on top of the mountain, I am lost. Which are the 7 countries & what happened to them? Which king died? Who fought who? Who is the strongest? What is missing? Which country is deteriorating? Do I need to know all those info? Which country is this story based on? Pls give me a brief summary or characters intro.

  • It seems that the main girl is a princess of a kingdom also, she's just left her country to go out to pursue martial arts. So if her kingdom is in dangered, she has to go back, as her other identity is a princess.

    The main girl is from 风国.
    The main guy is from 丰国. Both is sound like Feng Guo, but different Feng.
    The second girl is from 华国 (Hua Guo)
    The second guy is from 皇国 (Wang Guo)
    Another girl is from 白国. (Bai Guo)

    I don't remember the details, when I listen later, I'll update if no one has clarified on the political background.

• Hope this is correct regarding the background of the story....

  Over 300 yrs. ago, the lands were united under one person. The king then divided his lands into 7 kingdoms to reward those who had helped him: Wang, Ning(?), Feng 丰, Bai, Hua, Feng 风 & Nam(?). The king also made a Xuan Zun Ling(?), and the 7 kingdoms swore loyalty to the XZL.

  Over the years, the sucessive kings become worse and worse, and the court is taken over by corrupt officials. Conditions are bad for everyone (except the corrupt ppl, of course) so the Ning kingdom finally rebels. The king unites the other 6 kingdoms with the XZL, and they successfully put down the Ning kingdom. Now there are only 6 kingdoms left, with the Ning's land absorbed by the surrounding kingdoms.

  For some reason, the XZL disappears so now each kingdom is independent of each other and only out for its own good. Everyone in jiang hu wants to find the XZL b/c whoever finds it can use it to control the 6 kingdoms (ie., become numbero uno in the land).

  chancy426 is ahead of me b/c I haven't gotten to the part where it's explained that the main girl is a princess from Feng Guo. Based on the description in ch. 1 (my version) in regarding to the kingdom strengths, here's my understanding....

  - main guy/second guy are from Feng 丰 Guo & Wang Guo respectively, which are the 2 most powerful kingdoms with the largest land areas.
  - main girl is from Feng 风 Guo, which is average
  - second girl is from Hua Guo, which is the richest
  - other girl is from Bai Guo, which is one of the 2 weakest kingdoms.

  I'm at the part where the little kid is tagging along with the main girl after his family has been killed and his house burned down. They meet the main guy then separate again. Does the story get better b/c I'm have no idea where the story is going?

  • lol You beat me to it. I'll still keep mines since there were some additional in depth details that might be important political wise.

    I think I'm still early in. Strangely where I am the main girl seems to be a lady already an not a kid.

    • haha, yours is more in-depth^^

  • thank you for the additional notes!! Yien Yin Zhong is from Huang? And Bai Feng Xi is from Feng (the phoenix char.)? It never said yet since she's a wulin person.

    I never ask for spoilers, but this time I REALLY want to know which character ends up with which. Who is who haha? Once get all four names can maybe fill in this part with them:

    lidge: - main guy/second guy are from Feng 丰 Guo & Wang Guo respectively, which are the 2 most powerful kingdoms with the largest land areas.
    - main girl is from Feng 风 Guo, which is average
    - second girl is from Hua Guo, which is the richest
    - other girl is from Bai Guo, which is one of the 2 weakest kingdoms.

    It's pretty confusing with so many countries involved. Need to keep track of who is from where!! Thanks again~