#chi wen

[mutantfactor]

Veil of Shadows

[sleepytimegrrl]

Veil of Shadows (2026) Episode 08

[darkbluenostalgia]

Crying because in a world where a nameless little blind fox is tremendously insignificant compared to a dragon deity.

In a world where your sole purpose is to forsake your own identity for the greater good.

I will remember you.

I will search for you.

And I will call out your name again and again again.

No matter how many times it takes.

Until you show me who you truly are.

And if that isn't the most precious enneatype 4-coded thing then I don't know what is.

[fiftysevenacademics]

Imagine hanging on to the essence of your young, innocent self until it crystallizes, like a pearl, while you grow old, hard, and cruel. You use the crystal to bring that sweet, young person back to life and inevitably kill them over and over again. Because that's what Chi Wen is doing. What happened to turn him into this?

[jiroli]

GOOD morning to LiChen/YanRui shippers

[starlitnightdream]

chi wen meant for yuan wuhuo to become long shen but ji ling ran to pay him back T-T SOBBING

okay so chi wen went around saving people and then extending their lifespan for this hmm same with the four demons he saved them with his power so they would give it later ( honestly still better than asking a normal person to sacrifice ) giving them extra time and then later is still better ig cri

ji ling ran and grabbed it ( could not get ss lmao was too fast) AHHH SO THATS HOW JI LING BECAME LONG SHEN SOB it was supposed to be yuan wuhuo and ji ling would have had a good life ig sob but

you actually do not sigh was not your fault at all SCREAM

only good thing is he can see now sob

[yingleis]

ok im probably reading too much into it but I did a double take at this scene because holy shit is Bai Ze sitting on Chi Wen/Ji Ling's "throne"(? im calling it that since it's like. His Place)

(sorry i probably should've gotten better angles but ah)

and this shot: its like a role reversal, where its usually Bai Ze on the other end

and even if others sit there (Li Jie, Lu Wuyi) Chi Wen/Ji Ling is usually already there, unlike this scene that implies Bai Ze had let himself in

(mind you, this is someone who eats alone- supposedly- because he's scared of other demons trying to kill him,,,do what you will with that)

[missisjoker]

I'm not just a piece of wood. I'm my own unique self. I am Ji Ling.

To all of you claiming Ji Ling is not his own independent being and is only a part of Long Shen.

Hear it from the man himself.

I'm not just a piece of wood. I'm my own unique self. I am Ji Ling.

Whether you choose to sympathize with Long Shen and his sad past, it's up to you, but do not strip Ji Ling of his personhood. He may originate from Long Shen, but he is self-aware, feels deeply, and exists as his own being—so, treat him like one.