Hi, and welcome to this week's installment of the Guardian novel readalong! ♡

Here are last week's chapters, and you can find all previous discussions in the schedule posts (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5), or via the !readalong tag.

This week's chapters:

Chapter 17: Guo Changcheng can't get ahold of the rest of the team, and drives alone to the nearest town. An angry crowd is begging the police to find their loved ones who went missing at Spring Harbor Resort. Guo Changcheng manages the crowd and promises them that the SID is already on the case. Zhao Yunlan's sacrifices some of the true Soul-Guarding Order to save Shen Wei. Shen Wei defeats the Chaos shadow that chased them, but Ghost Face stabs him in the heart with an icicle and takes him away, demanding that Zhao Yunlan brings him the Soul-Guarding Lamp in exchange.

Chapter 18: Zhao Yunlan asks the Magistrate to take him to the Reincarnation Cycle in order to awaken Kunlun's spirit. Lin Jing regains the use of his senses and finds himself imprisoned at the Seal, surrounded by youchu. Ghost Face brings Shen Wei there too, and shackles him to the Merit Tree. Shen Wei is in pain, but he mocks Ghost Face and reveals that he's always had the power over the Mountain-River Awl, and that he has tracked Ghost Face and manipulated his actions. Ghost Face attacks him with the icicle again and Shen Wei passes out.

The corresponding chapters in the Chinese version on JJWXC/the fan translation are 98-99.

Excerpts:

( 1) Xiao Guo manages the crowd )

( 2) Zhao Yunlan's burns the Soul-Guarding Order )

( 3) Ghost Face kidnaps Shen Wei )

( 4) Lin Jing talks to the youchu )

( 5) Shen Wei mocks Ghost Face )

Questions:

Are you as surprised by Xiao Guo's bravery and competence as he is? What do you think about Zhao Yunlan's decision to sacrifice the Soul-Guarding Order? What's your favorite comic relief moment? Favorite angsty moment? Any thoughts about the many parallels between these chapters and their drama adaptation?

You can answer as many or as few questions as you like, or just comment without answering any of them at all! And if you see this post and you're not actually reading the novel, I would love to know what you think about any of this with limited context. :D

And here is the schedule, where you can sign up to host a post!

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I wrote a treat for

idproquo and another

fan_flashworks flashfic. :-)

Title: Sunshine and Honey (4126 words) [Mature]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Ye Olde Haixing Era, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Outdoor Sex, Feeding, Finger Sucking, Oral Fixation, First Kiss (for one of them), First time (for one of them), Treat
Summary:

They were halfway to the Allied Forces’ southern boundary when the sun came out. Shen Wei pulled back his hood and looked around, conscious of the breeze on his bare face. The heavy clouds were finally breaking up.

Meanwhile, Kunlun had dropped his bag and flopped onto his back on the grassy slope. “Let’s rest here a while.”

Title: Pages for You (1762 words) [Teen and Up]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Established Relationship, Domestic Fluff, Fade to Black, Community: fan_flashworks
Summary:

Over the course of the evening, an impulse had taken root, and now Shen Wei submitted to it. He switched on his desk lamp, laid out several large sheets of paper and quietly ground some ink. If Zhao Yunlan wanted to read of their time together through the eyes of a Dixingren soldier, who better than Shen Wei to write an account—to show Zhao Yunlan exactly how much his arrival had meant to the war effort and to Shen Wei himself.

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Poll #33318 Location, location, location

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

View Respondents

What's your favourite location in the show?

View Answers

the main room at the SID
9 (64.3%)

Zhao Yunlan's flat
9 (64.3%)

Shen Wei's office
2 (14.3%)

the Dijun's palace
0 (0.0%)

the Sky Pillar in its field of ruins
4 (28.6%)

the SID lab
1 (7.1%)

the Inspectorate lab
0 (0.0%)

Shen Wei's flat
3 (21.4%)

the streets of Dragon City
2 (14.3%)

the streets of Dixing
3 (21.4%)

the Dixing bar
4 (28.6%)

the Allied Forces Head Quarters (YOHE)
0 (0.0%)

other (please specify)
2 (14.3%)

When we first see Da Qing in Ye Olde Haixing Era, how long has he been wandering around looking for Kunlun?

View Answers

thanks to the Hallows' planning, only a few hours
2 (13.3%)

a day or less
2 (13.3%)

several days
1 (6.7%)

one to two weeks
0 (0.0%)

he kept getting distracted chasing mice and birds, so more than two weeks
6 (40.0%)

Shen Wei sent news of his benefactor (short hair; strange weapon) to Ma Gui and Fu You, who did the math and sent Da Qing out to find him, so less than an hour
9 (60.0%)

other (please specify)
1 (6.7%)

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Greetings Guardian Bingo Participants!

Somehow we have already made it through one month of Bonus Bingo and July is upon us. New prompts are listed below.

If you missed out on June, no worries! You can join the fest at any point. You can turn in fills for months you missed during our November grace period month.

July (I) Prompts:

Cake | Reconciliation | Emergency

As with last month, you only need to create for one of these prompts to earn a fill for this month, though you’re welcome to create more if you feel so inspired.

While the fest account is located on Tumblr, you don't have to be a Tumblr user to participate or to earn a badge at the end of the fest. (Filling one prompt per month over five months is what matters for earning the badge, not where you post your fills.)

Friendly Fest Reminders:

This is a low-stress fest. The point is to create fan works and have fun.
All modes of creation are accepted!
All ratings, all ships, rpf, Weilan derivatives, and even works based on other Priest novels are accepted. Please tag accordingly.
While each month will have three prompts listed, you only need to create for one prompt to earn a fill for that month. (You are, however, welcome to complete or combine all of them if you wish.)
Prompts are inspiration only – follow them as strictly or as loosely as you’d like
No min/max content requirements.
No works created using generative AI

About/FAQ - Contains full fest info

AO3 Collection - You may also post in other places (tumblr, Dreamwidth, etc.)

If you @ our tumblr account, we’ll happily reblog your fill.

Let us know if you have any questions. Have fun and happy creating!

Fest Prompt Master List:

June (B): Chase | Door Key | Respite

July (I): Cake | Reconciliation | Emergency

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This is the fanworks round-up post for June! Please link in the comments to any Guardian (or related fandoms) fanworks you created or enjoyed last month.

all kinds of fanworks are welcome – fic, art, vids, picspams, etc. - including those made for exchanges and events
new chapters of WIPs count
meta or discussion posts, too
whether or not you've already linked these in a post of their own, we still want them here!

If you're linking to fanworks you didn't create yourself, please clearly mark these "REC", so there's no confusion about authorship/creatorship.

(And please still do link your fanworks, meta, etc. separately, in their own post, at any time!)

So ... what Guardian and related fandoms works did you create or enjoy in June?

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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.

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DC-Slash is an online convention coming up at the end of July. We still have ONE DAY for people to make panel suggestions (https://www.dcslash.org/dc-slash-con/programming) and I for one would LOVE to see MOAR Asian Drama-related suggestions!!!

( Read more... )

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Two novelverse fics and Zhubai art. :)

Let It Out (2475 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Shen Wei (Guardian), Zhao Yunlan
Additional Tags: rough sex turns unexpectedly tender and/or emotional, Biting, Blood Drinking, Crying, Being praised for crying during sex, Praise Kink, Endearments, Anal Sex, Multiple Orgasms, First Time, slightly different take on their canon first time, First Time Bottoming, Canonical Life Force Drain, Porn with Feelings
Summary:
"Oh heavens, Xiao Wei, you look so beautiful right now."

The words slip out before he can stop them, and he's already mentally scolding himself for saying the least helpful thing when he registers Shen Wei's reaction—eyes wide, lips parted, suddenly so entirely unguarded that Zhao Yunlan forgets how to breathe.

Gods Gone Wild (731 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kunlun/Zhao Yunlan, Kunlun/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Kunlun (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Self-cest, Hand Jobs, Naked/Clothed Sex, use of powers during sex, Dream Sex, Voyeurism, Shen Wei is not there but he is watching, this may read like dubcon at the beginning but it turns into very enthusiastic consent very fast, Zhao Yunlan Being Zhao Yunlan
Summary:
Maybe he shouldn't always believe himself, but this opens up so many tantalizing possibilities that he can't help quipping, "If this is a dream, can I just magic away your clothes?"

It's as hot as it is frustrating that Kunlun is wrapped in layers of perfectly arranged fabric while casually doing this to Zhao Yunlan.

"I didn't say it was your dream."

Can't Get Enough of You by facethestrange
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: shoulder kiss, Undressing, despite the tags this is not even a little bit explicit, Tenderness, Guardian Bingo, Fanart, Drawing
Series: Part 7 of Zhubai ~canon~ but with more kissing
Summary:
The door is locked, that's the important part. (The key card ends up on the floor.)

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Welcome aboard for this week's chapters of our Guardian readalong!

Here are last week's chapters. You can find all previous discussions on the schedule post (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5), or via the !readalong tag.

This week's chapters:

Chapter 15: Daqing comes searching for Zhao Yunlan, finds Shen Wei, and is dispatched to buy breakfast. Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei learn that Lin Jing is missing, and receive a delayed message from Lin Jing. Earthquakes from the Netherworld shake the city, and the team heads towards the resort Lin Jing was investigating, which is deserted.
Chapter 16: Zhu Hong reacts badly to being sent off with Xiao-Guo, and takes off after Zhao Yunlan. Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei et al. investigate the resort and discover everyone's been turned to dust by something escaping from beneath. Zhao Yunlan realises this is a trap - and then gui come climbing out of the ground, and Shen Wei uses his blade ...

The corresponding part in the Chinese version on JJWXC/the fan translation are chapters 95-97.

Excerpts:

( 1) Daqing buys breakfast )

( 2) Shen Wei, hologram generator )

( 3) Zhao Yunlan vs. Shen Wei vs. modern tech )

( 4) Turned to dust )

( 5) The blade strikes )

Questions:

What's your favourite part in these chapters? Which SID member gets the best moment? What do you think about Shen Wei's carefree fatalism here? And about Zhao Yunlan's treatment of Shen Wei? How well are you following events here? Any thoughts about the parts that made it into the drama?

(As usual, these are just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like!)

Our schedule - please sign up to host a post if you can!

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Trailer here.
Cast here on my dramalist.

As far as I know this is not an adaptation of NPSS‘s stories "Wu Xie‘s Private Notes" but a readaptation of book 1 (and possibly 2).

And here is a video with the new Pangzi that made me aware that this existed: video on Tumblr.

Are you excited?

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( More pics. )

Poll #33289 Temperature and revenue

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

View Respondents

What else could Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng and Ye Huo have tried to keep warm in the zero-degree lab?

View Answers

cover the vent
6 (50.0%)

jam the giant fan
4 (33.3%)

check the shelves for materials to make a tent
5 (41.7%)

ransack the room for materials to burn
1 (8.3%)

put their hoodies' hoods up
9 (75.0%)

closer huddling (all three)...
8 (66.7%)

...on one of the bed things instead of the floor
3 (25.0%)

take selfies with the camera (won't keep them warm, but will pass the time)
0 (0.0%)

Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to rip the control panel off the wall
5 (41.7%)

Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to pull the door off its hinges or the linings off the walls (like he broke into the Hanga caves)
8 (66.7%)

like, NOT close the cover on the OFF switch (Changcheng, ILU)
6 (50.0%)

other
4 (33.3%)

What are Shen Wei's revenue streams?

View Answers

stipend from Dixing
10 (83.3%)

pay from the university
12 (100.0%)

investments from when he first came to Haixing
2 (16.7%)

investments in a lollipop factory, specifically
4 (33.3%)

an alchemical/Midas power
2 (16.7%)

a trust set up by his fellow soldiers from the ancient war that has been held in his name for ten thousand years in the belief that he will return one day
1 (8.3%)

moonlighting as a fashion model
1 (8.3%)

moonlighting as a restaurant chef
0 (0.0%)

secretly a best-selling author of epic historical novels
0 (0.0%)

he's actually a man of fairly modest means
6 (50.0%)

other (please specify in comments)
0 (0.0%)

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Title: Voices
Words: 33,672 words
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Weilan, Chuguo
Characters: Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, Zhao Xinci, Shen Xi, Zhang Shi, Da Qing, Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, Zhu Hong, SID team, Fu You
Additional tags: Fix-It, Follow-on from episode 17, Multiple POVs, Story of the gun, Loss of Shen Xi
Summary: Zhao Yunlan's first visit to Dixing reveals the reason for his mother's death and the origin of his father's magic gun. Fu You had a plan.

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This year's Guardian Bonus Bingo features three (3) prompts for June! I only meant to do one of them, but two more plot bunnies hopped in and I could not resist them. So here are links to all three.

Each ficlet belongs to a different series of Guardian fics that I've written, but should be readable even if one hasn't read the other fics in the series.

Summer 2025 Guardian Bonus Bingo prompt for June: "Chase."
Title Triple Digits
Fandom: Guardian (drama)
Relationship/Characters: ChuGuoYeHuo, Weilan
Word count: 1,397
Summary: Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, and Ye Huo are unexpectedly summoned to Chief Zhao's office. (Part
6 of Heart Fire.)

Summer 2025 Guardian Bonus Bingo prompt for June: "Respite."
Title From Fray to Friendship
Fandom: Guardian (drama)-Arthurian fusion
Relationship/Characters: Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, and Ye Huo
Word count: 813
Summary: A little tale of how Ye Huo ("Wildfire") first encountered members of King Zhao's company.
(Part 2 of Zhao Yunlan's Round Table.)

Summer 2025 Guardian Bonus Bingo prompt for June: "Door Key."
Title Door Key - Why yes, I ran out of titles and just used the prompt this time!
Fandom: Guardian (drama)/Time Engraver commercials
Relationship/Characters: ChuGuo, Ye Zun
Word count: 600
Summary: Guo Changcheng wonders whether he and Chu Shuzhi need to be able to lock their door. Because ... activities. (Part
6 of Ye Zun, Temporary Time Engraver.)

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I finished off an old writing exercise for the Yield challenge on

fan_flashworks:

Title: Supplanted (1541 words) [General Audiences]
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Characters: Xiao Quan (Shen Wei's student), Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, Jiajia
Additional Tags: Episode Related, Canon Scene, Canon Dialogue, POV Outsider, Episode 9 roadtrip, Zhao Yunlan is my blorbo, but sometimes he's a bit of a dick, Xiao Quan don't get no respect

Summary:

The responsibility for getting them back on the road rests on Luo Quan’s shoulders—and when he achieves it, the glory will be his, too. Jiajia will clap her hands and promise to buy him a drink when they get back to Dragon City. Professor Shen will give an approving smile.

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Two Weilan fics: Sunshine and Honey (M-rated) and Pages for You (T-rated)

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Greetings Guardian Bingo Participants!

July (I) Prompts:

Cake | Reconciliation | Emergency

June fanworks round-up post!

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My latest Guardian fanworks

Guardian Readalong: Vol. 3, Chapters 15 & 16

New adaptation: Wu Xie‘s Private Notes!

Poll: Survival Strategies and Revenue Streams (drama)

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