Eternal Love Of Dream (TV Series)

''Eternal Love of Dream'' (), also known as ''Three Lives Three Worlds, The Pillow Book'', directed by Yang Hsuan, is a 2020 Chinese streaming television series starring Dilraba Dilmurat and Vengo Gao It is based on the novel '' Three Lives Three Worlds, The Pillow Book'' by Tangqi Gongzi, and is the sequel to the 2017 drama '' Eternal Love''. It tells the entangled love story of Donghua and Bei Fengjiu lasting for 3 lives. Being rescued by Donghua when she was little, Bei Fengjiu is prompted to return this favor. Her admiration and gratitude gradually turns into love. The series started airing on Tencent Video on January 22, 2020, and concluded its run of 56 episodes on March 5, 2020.

Synopsis

When she was little, Bai Fengjiu once got lost in Monster realm, where she was attacked by a savage beast and rescued by Donghua. Feeling grateful and indebted, Fengjiu is determined to repay this life debt. With the help of Siming, she enters Taichen Palace, where Donghua lives, as a fairy maid. To save him from the Ten-Lotus ward, she exchanges her nine-tailed fox fur for some of Nie Chuyin's magic, thus turns into an ordinary one-tailed fox, which he then brings back to his palace and raises as a pet. Eventually, her gratitude to him changes into love. Wounded physically by Jiheng's pet – a lion, and mentally by Donghua's decision to marry Jiheng, Fengjiu leaves Taichen palace, and returns to Qingqiu. On being told by Chong Lin that the fox is missing, Donghua searches for her but fails to find her.

Fengjiu repays her life debt to Donghua by helping him in his mortal trial. She is quickly indebted again, this time to the mortal Qingti who died to save her. She returns from the mortal realm with a promise to revive him.

Donghua and Fengjiu encounter each other several times both in Qingqiu and in heaven; Donghua quickly takes interest in her. In an attempt to avoid Donghua, Fengjiu turns herself into a handkerchief, which is then taken by Donghua and claimed as his own. In Donghua's battle against Yan Chiwu, a cyclone sweeps both him and Fengjiu into Fanyin Valley.

6 months later, Donghua comes to the valley. Fengjiu registers for a competition, whose prize is a pimpon fruit to revive Qingti. Donghua trains Fengjiu to prepare for the competition. Upon winning, Fengjiu is soon disappointed to find out that the prize has been switched to peaches and heart broken at Jiheng's explanation that Donghua gave her the pimpon fruit at her insistence. Determined to get the fruit at all cost, Fengjiu comes to the snake's maze and thus enters Aranya's dream. She is eventually saved again by Donghua; and they both realize their feelings for each other. After coming back, Fengjiu treats the injured Qingti with the fruit.

On their wedding day, Donghua does not show up because Jiheng emotionally blackmails him und compels him to stay single forever. He furiously transfers the poison from her body to his own and prohibits her from ever leaving the Monster realm. A brokenhearted Fengjiu leaves and starts her new life in mortal realm with her son Bai Gungun. At their last meeting before Donghua's final battle with Miaoluo, he gives her a ring made from half of his heart, which she refuses. She then accidentally receives news that Donghua is about to die in a battle, which prompts her to join the battle and help Donghua. Despite their success, Fengjiu ends up being injured. While treating Fengjiu, Donghua meets his son Gungun. Fengjiu wakes up; they both apologize for their mistakes and Donghua announces Ye Qingti as his successor.

Cast

Main

* Dilraba Dilmurat as Bai Fengjiu
** The youngest female monarch of Qing Qiu, and the only known nine-tailed red fox in the world. Bai Yi's daughter and Bai Qian's niece.
* Vengo Gao as Dong Hua Dijun
** The first heavenly emperor of the Heaven Clan; the man who united the world.

Supporting

Qing Qiu

* Zhang Gong as Bai Zhi
** King of the Fox tribe.
* Ma Rui as Fox Queen
** Wife of Bai Zhi. Bai Qian, Bai Zhen, and Bai Yi's mother.
* Baron Chen as Zhe Yan
** The first phoenix deity in the world. A well-known peach winemaker and a renowned doctor who resides in the peach blossoms forest.
* Leng Haiming as Bai Yi
** Second son of the Fox King. Feng Jiu's father.
* Zhang Yufei as Feng Jiu's mother
* Huang Junjie as Bai Zhen
** Fourth son of the Fox King.
* Yang Mi as Bai Qian
** Youngest daughter of the Fox King. Former female monarch of the Qing Qiu kingdom and current Crown Princess of the Heaven Clan. A Li's mother.
* Zhang Mingcan as A Li
** Bai Qian and Ye Hua's son.
* Kou Jinghao as Bai Gungun
** Feng Jiu and Dong Hua's son.
* Zhao Ziqi as Mi Gu
** A tree spirit. Housekeeper of Qing Qiu.
* Wang Yiming as Xiao Jingwei
** Bai Zhen's mount, Feng Jiu's classmate.

Nine Heavens

* Jiang Kai as Heavenly Emperor
** Current ruler of the Nine Heavens.
* Li Dongheng as Lian Song
** Third prince of the Nine Heavens.
* Dylan Kuo as Su Moye
** The second prince of the West Sea.
* Wang Xiao as Si Ming
** A deity in charge of mankind's fate.
* Yuan Yuxuan as Cheng Yu
** An immortal who is brought from the mortal realm to the Nine Heavens by the Heaven Lord.
* Wang Yifei as Zhi He
** A water deity under Lian Song. Dong Hua's adopted sister (her parents helped raise Dong Hua).
* Hu Yunhao as Xie Guchou
** Lord of the Underworld in charge of human reincarnation.
* Zhang Yunlong as Cang Yi
** Deity of Mount Zhi Yue.
* Chong Ming as Meng Hao
** An aquatic dragon deity who once served under Dong Hua. Ji Heng's father.
* Wang Minghui as Yun Zhuang
** He helped cast Dong Hua's shadow into the Fan Yin valley and created one of the souls to be Shen Ye.
* Fan Zhixin as Chong Lin
** Housekeeper of Tai Chen Palace.
* Chen Siche as Yu Ru
** Zhi He's personal servant.
* Wang Mengjiao as Zhao Lu
** Maid of Taichen Palace. Feng Jiu's friend.

Fan Yin Valley / Aranya’s Dream

* Li Jinrong as Xiangli Que
** Former King of Biyi Bird tribe. Aranya and Chang Di's birth father. He rebelled against his brother and took over the throne because he was in love with Qing Hua, who at the time was his sister-in-law.
* Che Yongli as Qing Hua
** Former Queen of the Biyi Bird tribe. Aranya's mother.
* Li Bowen as Xiangli He
** Crown prince of the Biyi Bird tribe.
* Fu Miao Sun Xuening as Xiangli Ju Nuo
** First princess and current Queen of the Biyi Bird tribe. Xiangli Meng's mother. Shen Ye's fiancée.
* Ma Zhehan as Xiangli Chang Di
** Third princess of the Biyi Bird tribe.
* Yi Daqian as Xiangli Meng
** Second prince of the Biyi Bird tribe. Son of Xiangli Ju Nuo.
* Dilraba Dilmurat as Xiangli Aranya
** Second princess of the Biyi Bird tribe.
* Vengo Gao as Shen Ye
** Archmage of the Biyi Bird tribe, Aranya's cousin.
* Zhu Yongteng as Xi Ze
** Former Archmage of the Biyi Bird tribe. Aranya's husband (in name), and Shen Ye's teacher.
* Tian Xuanning as Wen Tian
** A female scholar at the Royal Academy.
* Zhuang Dafei as Jie Lu
** Xiangli Meng's cousin.
* Ye Yunfei as Cha Cha
** Aranya's personal servant.

Demon Clan

* Zhang Wen as Miao Luo
** Ruler of the Demon Clan. She was created from the dark energy seeping out of the Hui Ming Realm.
* Jin Zehao as Xu Yang
** Ruler of the Red Demon Clan. Ji Heng's adopted brother. He is sworn brothers with Yan Chi Wu.
* Liu Yuxin as Ji Heng
** Princess of the Red Demon Clan, Dong Hua's disciple.
* Liu Ruilin as Yan Chiwu
** Ruler of the Green Demon Clan, younger twin brother of Zi Lan.
* Dai Xiangyu as Nie Chuyin
** One of the Seven Lord of the Demon Clan.
* Wang Ruoshan as Min Su
** Ji Heng's personal servant and bodyguard.
* Wang Kui as Xuan Yue
** Yan Chiwu's subordinate.

Mortal realm

* Vengo Gao as Song Xuanren
** Emperor of Cheng Yu kingdom. Dong Hua's mortal identity.
* Dilraba Dilmurat as Madam/Lady Jiu
** Consort of Song Xuanren Feng Jiu's mortal identity.
* Xu Shaoying as Ye Qingti
** A general. Oldest son of Ye Zhen. Marquis with a military background.
* Liu Yuxin as Chu Wan
** Song Xuanren's consort. Adopted Princess of Chong'an Kingdom. Ji Heng's mortal identity after she fell off a cliff and lost her memory.
* Wang Ruoshan as Ling Xiang
** Chu Wan's personal servant.
* Hu Kun as Song Xueying
* Yang Mingna as Consort Xian

Production

On January 24, 2018, it was announced Vengo Gao and Dilraba Dilmurat would be reprising their roles as Dong Hua and Bai Fengjiu from '' Eternal Love'', respectively. ''Eternal Love of Dream'' is Vengo Gao and Dilraba Dilmurat's seventh collaboration, after '' Swords of Legends, V Love'', ''Legend of Ban Shu, The Ladder of Love, Eternal Love'', and ''Mr. Pride vs Miss Prejudice.''

The series began filming on June 10, 2018 at Hengdian World Studios, and wrapped 162 days later on November 19, 2018.

Reception

''Eternal Love of Dream'' surpassed more than 190 million views on its first day of release, and over 1 billion views in just one week on Chinese Tencent Video platforms. As of April 2021, the series has exceeded 8 billion views on the online platform. The series also gained a firm footing internationally, scoring a first in the online view rankings for Thailand, and exceeding a million clicks for its first few episodes in Vietnam. The series has a 6.7 and 7.9 rating on Douban and China Tencent Video, respectively.

''Eternal Love of Dream'' won "Best Web Series of the Year" at the 2020 Tencent Video All Star Awards, while Vengo Gao won "Quality Series Actor of the Year" and Dilraba Dilmurat won "Most Popular Series Actor of the Year". For his role as Dong Hua, Vengo Gao also won "Best Actor in a Period Drama" at the 29th Huading Awards.

Soundtrack

References

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Television series by Tencent Penguin Pictures
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Chinese romantic fantasy television series
Xianxia television series
2020 web series debuts
Tencent original programming
2020 Chinese television series debuts
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