Fans of Three Lives, Three Worlds: Ten Miles of Peach Blossom (TMPB) aka Eternal Love which released in 2017 and is still being raved about are patiently waiting for its sequel. The sequel based on the novel Three Lives, Three Worlds: The Pillow Book written by the same author, Tang Qigongzi has wrapped up shooting and is expected to release this year. The drama will focus on the love story of Bai Fengjiu (Dilraba Dilmurat) and Donghua (Vengo Gao) whose relationship was a subplot and a foil to the principal love story of Bai Qian (Yang Mi) and Yehua (Mark Chao) in TMPB.
While Bai Qian and Yehua were truly destined for each other with fate throwing them in each other’s path repeatedly, with Bai Fengjiu and Donghua it was just the opposite. Their romance is what I see as rock meets paper – one of the most unexpected winning combinations of the rock-paper-scissor game.
Lets have a quick recap of our main characters:
Bai Fengjiu
The carefree and youngest nine-tail fox falls in love with the stoic Lord Emperor who is older than every known immortal and by that logic older than time. Bai Fengjiu shows all the true traits of a nine-tail fox. The youngest heir apparent to the throne of Qing Qiu, she refuses to let this impending responsibility weigh upon her. She falls in love quick and deep and doesn’t take no for an answer. When she is happy, she will be quick to show it and when she is sad, she’ll mourn by drinking wine. When she is devastated…well she’ll drink some more but never admit defeat.
Donghua (Dijun)
The Lord Emperor is a man of many mysteries. The one most talked about is that of his origin, unknown by all since his existence exceeds that of everyone in the drama. However I find his appearance to be the most mysterious. How does a man who is thousands of years older than the heavenly emperor look like he does? It is no wonder that he has teenage girls swarming around him while he roams the world aloof and indifferent.
After winning numerous wars, uniting the heavenly kingdom and retiring from the role of Heavenly Emperor, he now resides as an advisor to the current emperor. He rarely involves himself in others’ matters. When he does even the slyest of conspirators cannot survive his interrogation technique. He simply asks questions which lead the wrongdoer in implicating themselves through their answers.
When Rock Met Paper
In the tradition of the fairytale, our main characters meet in a rescue scene.
Feng Jiu is saved from the Golden Lion, the Dragon Lord’s ferocious Mount by Donghua as a mere coincidence. A grateful Feng Jiu decides to serve her savior to pay him back for his favor. Does Donghua need this pay back – no, nobody is really sure why he even saved her, as he usually doesn’t meddle in others matters. However that does not deter Feng Jiu and she enrolls herself as a maid in his service in the Heavenly Kingdom. Instead of paying her benefactor back, Feng Jiu keeps getting into trouble and Donghua repeatedly has to save her. As her payback meter increases, so does Donghua’s fondness for her. She is an entertaining mix of flippancy and integrity, which I believe he gets quietly attracted to.
The turning point
The icy-cold appearance of Donghua does not betray any strong emotion for Feng Jiu until he decides to experience hardships in the mortal realm with her as his consort. A love story within a love story ensues, full of its own complications, intrigues and a bittersweet end. After their return to the heavenly realm, there is no denying that Donghua has feelings for Feng Jiu but he distances himself from her. The burning question is, why does he just not accept her?
The stalemate
As an answer to this question we get the cliffhanger of their tale – the incarnation rock. In order to be invinciblem the Lord Emperor had removed his name from the rock when he still ruled the heaven. And now if he did want to have a relationship, it would cause irreparable calamity. The few months (in immortal standard time) that he spent with Feng Jiu in the mortal realm caused him to lose almost all his power for a few years. Never the one to give up, she does try to overcome this obstacle with a defiant act of her own which for me was the epic moment of their story.
Feng Jiu sacrifices one her tails to create a relic to inscribe Donghua’s name on the rock, but the scheme fails. We last see her ascend the throne of Qiu Qing and hear of Donghua being busy with matters of the realm. Between them, she is obviously still in love with him and he carries a charm made of her fox tail which speaks volume on its own. Where do we go from here? Will they ever find a solution to the Lord Emperor’s self sabotage? I am looking forward to the sequel taking the story ahead and more.
What was your epic moment of their story? Do you think such a love can survive? Is it just fate that they not be together – Donghua has accepted it but Feng Jiu just hasn’t yet?
Unknown
for me, apart from the moment she cuts her tail and tries to write her name on the rock. the most beautiful moment was at his coronation, when he gives him the map of the beginning of the world if I remember correctly, telling her that just like the image they are at that moment in that position but that does not imply that in the future everything changes, just as the world did. It was beautiful for my hahahaha
Estelle
If I'm not mistaken, the upcoming Pillow Book drama will not be a sequel of the TMOPB drama at all but a faithful retelling of the book. TMOP went wildly off-script with the Dong Hua and Feng Jiu subplot compared to the book so the story we'll get won't have much to do with what we watched in TMOPB.
Dianne
I believe you cause I didn’t watch Eteranl love but I’m watching eternal love dream. I was told I didn’t have to watch the first one.well I’ve gotten so confused so I’m watching the second book I’m still confused like why does dong Hua not remember fungjiu?confused in Kentucky
kiwilove
I am actually more invested in the Demon princess love line so hopefully we'll get to see some of that too.
kimberlyamor
gfsgg
kimberlyamor
I hope you do something like this for The Pillow Book. Like a quick summary or introduction. And on whats different from TMOPB from The Pillow Book book. As the upcoming drama will likely to follow the book version of Fj and DH.
Unknown
Love love love the book, except for the ending cos too abrupt for me. Hopefully the drama will satisfy my craving for a longer ending to include more scenes after their reunion.
RiyaS
True it’s probably a follow up rather than a sequel really – not sure how the timeline of the story will be handled in the drama.
RiyaS
Absolutely, will be doing a quick summary of the Pillow Book once it’s released – I have consumed it and shed some happy-sad tears on it being over.
RiyaS
Reaaallly?! That’s quite interesting- yes there was real potential there actually…let’s see if we get some closure on that front in the new drama.
Greg Dalino
I can't wait to read this book or watched for this drama.. Hope you send me link as soon has been released… Thank you
Unknown
I wonder who will play Ye Qing Ti and Chen Ye
Rose Gandarillas
Por acaso vi já duas vezes esse dorama e não me admira se assisti-lo uma terceira vez. Houve diversos momentos que achei incrível e concordo com cada um dos que leio aqui. O momento que os olhos de Bai Quian retornam a ela, a ida dela com o filhinho ao caixão de Jade branco pra visitar Yehua. Todo o drama foi lindo. Adoraria que tivesse continuação.
raquelgonzaleznicaragua
Excellent show.is it going to be continuing wedding life of then how many kids they grow would be wonderful to see more and more nudity in romance would be really nice.handsome ye hua,her too.I want more sad it's short.please more like this and continue with this ten miles peaches blossoms eternal love please more.
Claudia
hi there, i just recently watched eternal love and absolutely loved it! i also just watched pillow book and loved it 2. however i did have some questions that hopefully you will know.
1) at the end of eternal love when Donghua sends her the sward as a gift for her coronation, does this mean she can write his name on the stone with it?
2) we all know that Donghua has feelings for her but he is distancing himself, but how does living the life with her make him “feel” again?
3) how was he able to be with her and not have the same consequences as last time (loose his powers)?
C
Can someone please tell me what was written on the Incarnation Rock by Feng Jiu’s name? Really loved both dramas!
flora kats
How is the movie eternal love of dream different from the ten miles peach blossom am confused,,,,