voldermortsunbae:
This ep really confused me esp the timeline. Is the mortal arc a trial or is it real? Was LSS experiencing hardships every 500 years while in the lake (including the massacre of her family) or were the events of the past 500 years special? XL and YBC as well, were they just experiencing their mortal trials?
If 10,000 years ago is the start, and 0 represents present day, I think the timeline is:
[10,000 years ago] is the start, and can create multiple universes depending on the choices people make aka butterfly effect. In this drama, we have two PARALLEL universes:
Universe A (end of the world thanks to red-hair Devil God)
Universe B (world is safe due to Li Susu time travelling in Universe A, and thereby reshaping Universe B)
10,000 years ago during the war between Devil God and Twelve Ancient Gods: Dimian is locked up in Huangyuan
0+10 something years ago, let's make it 18: Qu Xuanzi is battling demons and is saved by Dimian. Qu Xuanzi promises to find the egg that is Li Susu (from 10,000 years ago). He finds the egg, and puts the soul into the mortal world to undergo various trials, and a human baby forms.
0+10 years ago: We know from previous ep that Li Susu in Universe B suddenly suddenly burns without fire, and goes into a coma, which happened to be another trial in Universe B. Yet this Universe B LSS' trial is actually Li Susu from Universe A teleporting back 500 years (starting the Kingdom of Jing storyline) and reshaping Universe B in the process. Li Susu from Universe A doing all the random shenanigans in Jing meant Li Susu's evil soul from Universe B couldn't complete the trial properly, and was killed during the lightning curse on the tower.
What I don't get is:
Li Susu in Universe B was saying that 500 years ago was one of the trials of the evil part of her soul - does that mean trials include time travelling all over the place as well?
The only explanations to this loop hole are:
1. Qu Xuanzi actually meant he found the egg 9990 years ago (just 10 years after the big battle)
2. Universe A and Universe B run on different time scales (10 years in Universe B = 500 years in Universe A)
I might wait for Douyin drama analysers before updating the main post lol