As the Prince Bi Cang who was born with a pearl residing in her mouth, Shen Li’s life was always bright and dazzling. However, with her upcoming thousandth birthday, the demonic claws of a political marriage swiftly stretched towards her, catching her unaware.
The Celestial Emperor residing in the Heavens had given a heavenly edict – The Prince Bi Cang shall be engaged and married to the thirty-third grandson of the Celestial Emperor, Fu Rong.
But Fu Rong was infamous throughout the realms for his Casanova personality. As the Prince who calls the shots in the demonic realm, she has the ability to quell uprisings and end wars with a swing of her silver spear – there was absolutely no way she would marry that flirtatious idiot! She must escape from this marriage!
Shen Li never once thought that during her escape journey, she would meet a man who doesn’t belong to the three realms and the five elements. That man is truly an… oddball.
*T/N: The usage of the title “Prince” here does not mean that Shen Li is related to the King of the Demonic Realm by blood, rather she is granted the aristocratic title “Prince” due to her military prowess.
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This is another Jiu Lu Fei Xiang novel revolving around Immortals and Demons and concerns the romance between the Prince Bi Cang of the Demonic Realm and the God Hang Zhi. It is pertinent to note that in this novel, Jiu Lu Fei Xiang draws a line between Immortals possessing ordinary powers and Gods who possess immense power and are respected and revered by the Immortals.
Although the excerpt seems a little out of place and may not immediately pique one’s interest, do not be deceived! The story is rather well written and maintains a good pace throughout the entire novel. Like all Jiu Lu Fei Xiang’s novels, this novel starts out relatively humorous but takes a turn for a slightly more serious tone as the story progresses.
The beginning is hilarious as both leads meet when they were in terrible states. Then, Shen Li was gravely injured and was reduced to her original form (phoenix). Unfortunately, she was picked up by fellow human hunters who plucked her golden feathers and sold her as a naked chicken. It is then that she meets Hang Zhi in human form, who had previously entered the reincarnation cycle to pass the time. Hang Zhi buys her from the chicken sellers and brings her to his mortal home. As Hang Zhi retains his memories and his knowledge as a God, he could immediately identify Shen Li for what she is (Phoenix Demon). However, he chooses to maintains his pretense of being a normal human and being clueless of her real form so he could disturb and play tricks on Shen Li.
Both leads are lovable – As the Prince of the Demonic Realm who commands legions of armies, Shen Li’s ruthless nature and commanding attitude inevitably causes the Immortals to view her as a man instead of a woman. As such, she has an obvious lack of romantic prospects – that is, until she met the God Hang Zhi. The God Hang Zhi may, at first sight, appear somewhat distant as he always maintains his cool composure and always ensures that others are kept at arm’s length. However, that is not his true nature – rather, the continuous passage of time and the gradual loss of his fellow God companions made him that way. Both Hang Zhi and Shen Li are saddled with huge responsibilities, which is something they both bear in mind despite their love for each other. Thus, although we can feel their attraction for each other, Hang Zhi and Shen Li do not truly get together until the midway point of the book.
Like Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes, both leads have to confront an evil mastermind nearing the end, and try to solve the various mysteries surrounding the evil mastermind. Here however, the various mysteries are better woven into the story, and gradually builds up the tension and stakes so the appearance of the big bad evil does not feel sudden and/or random. That said, the mystery is not too complex, simply managing to serve its purpose of sufficiently upping the stakes of the story.
Finally, a mild warning is required – this book contains a few pages of sexually explicit content, so those who do not feel comfortable should refrain from reading those parts/ the book. That said, the explicit content is really quite minimal and avoidance of those pages would not really impact one’s understanding of the story in a huge way.
Thank you for posting it… It is now added to my soon-to-be-read list haha. I had been “stalking” ssb for a long time for new books to popped up. Luckily this genre is my cup of tea.
http://onesecondspring.blogspot.com.au/search/label/The%20King%20is%20Here
If I’m not mistaken, Bổn Vương ở đây is the viet title for the book
You can read it online at alot of websites,some are
http://webtruyen.com/bon-vuong-o-day/
http://diendanlequydon.com/viewtopic.php?f=158&t=320869
I would agree that the female character is more a Prince than a King, though I myself like the title The King is Here because it sounded so wonderful and domineering haha.
This is a great novel! I still think the middle is too plodding but the first third is perfection. <3
@You Haha I hope you enjoy the book! 🙂 It was a pretty breezy read for me, especially at the start since it was quite humorous. Although Hang Zhi may seem annoyingly distant at first don’t give up on him, I think he’s one of the more memorable male leads that Jiu Lu Fei Xiang created! 😀
@decembi Haha I got mildly confused too because in Chinese 王 could refer to both Prince or King, but I ultimately went with Prince 🙂
I love the novel too, I don’t actually think the middle is plodding but maybe that’s because I’m okay with Hang Zhi trying to repress his feelings for Shen Li and trying to push her away because of his responsibilities. Although some people may find it rather slow I like that it shows how responsible he is and what a huge risk he is undertaking in the end to just go ahead and enjoy his relationship with Shen Li anyway.
I actually really liked the story of Shen Li’s parents, especially her dad! It’s a pity that they didn’t talk more about her dad or show more of his side stories during the novel 🙁
i really liked this one
I actually refer to this book as “The Duke is Here” because I thought it was more a peerage title conferred to a vassal lord rather than an imperial family member -_- goes to show how difficult it is sometimes to translate just a single word.
I didn’t feel the chemistry between these two that much for whatever reason, but it was an overall enjoyable story. Not as plodding as Siming.
Hi may i know is Fu Rong the same person as Hang Zhi?
@Cara Ng Fu Rong is not the same person as Hang Zhi!! ^^ Fu Rong’s a pretty funny character but won’t be missed much in the story because he has a rather small role in the story ^^
Thank you for putting this up, Dramasbooksandtea…..I super love her 一时冲动 and this doesn’t disappoint either…I want to find myself such a dream boat…Heng Chi ( Heng Yun )is just too awesome… I like the pacing too. Totally agrees, the first part of the story is so witty and funny. I can’t imagine a “naked bird” really. The author is very good in tidying up all the loose end and all the supporting characters are so nicely written and ending it off like the beginning…make the story feels so complete. Although very little is mentioned about Feng lai, I like him and his back story with Shen Li’s mother.
Just to give other reader a clearer understanding, Gods are not punished when they fall in love…they are punished only when they go against the nature of things out of their personal feelings. Hence , for their own sake, it is best that have no feelings….Plus if they die as a God, all spells they have casted will stay intact..But if they were banish from being a God, all the past spells will disappear too..hence the dilemma of this OTP. hope that helps with the reading
@ Snow Berries I love Hang Zhi too! His sense of responsibility is amazing, which is why I was so touched when he heard about Shen Li’s death and went to search for her remains in the Eastern Ocean. Because he knowingly went against the laws of nature in freezing the Eastern Ocean and subsequently suffered for it 🙁
I think the ending’s very fitting too, because the entire book was Hang Zhi continuously trying to do the right thing for the sake of the three realms and shouldering such a huge responsibility. Only at the end is he allowed to live a peaceful and quiet life free of any disturbances, so I thought that was a very fitting ending for him. It’s a bit sad though, that his body became so weak after the entire ordeal. But perhaps it evens out the scales a bit since throughout majority of the novel his powers were so much more superior when compared to Shen Li’s :p
This has somehow pique my interest but due to my lack of Chinese (as in nil) may I ask if someone can be kind enough to spoil me with the ending? Thanking you in advance.
@hungryhippo75
I’ll try my best to provide a comprehensible explanation of the ending, I hope it helps! 🙂
I consider this to be Jiu Lu Fei Xiang’s best work out of the ones I’ve read. This is also one of my favourite (c)novels. Period.
PLEASE!! I am DYING out here, since I only 27 chapters of the 80 are translated, I have been stuck in this eternal sadness of wanting to know what happens next! SOMEONE HELP ME
I wrote this in my comment for Zhao Yao lolol, but just gonna pop it here too:
I ADORE Accompanying the Phoenix. It’s probably one of my favorite novels like, ever. Shen Li is my favorite character to be written; Xing Zhi, while occasionally annoying lol, is very well written and too adorable to hold a grudge against. And the plot! Very much its own pretty complete plot completely outside of the romance too. Both characters are very well-written and complete, genuine people, with their own agency and beliefs outside of love. Shen Li’s strength of mind lies in her unwavering conviction in anything she does; many times I find her much stronger in mind and sometimes spirit than Xing Zhi too. Both live up to their responsibilities to the fullest extent, and the plot moves forward because of them, not in spite of them. They’re the best example of “with great power comes great responsibility”, and they carry that responsibility so well. Every decision and action they make are made with the fullest awareness of all consequences to themselves and the possible consequences to all of life too…and they make those decisions steadily in spite of those consequences.
I really love her as an author overall (at least 2/2 books I’ve tried so far). 九鹭非香 does exceptionally well of creating very complete stories in both character, plot, and emotion. Xing Zhi was really well written, and overall, she writes very genuine female characters that have their own thoughts, goals, purposes, belief systems, outside of romance, and stick to their sense of self in SPITE of also willing to sacrifice for romance. This is spoken only from having read this and Zhao Yao…tbh I’m not really feeling the synopsis for her other novels now, idk.
I notice JLFX’s FLs tend to be strong and independent. FL is very much a tomboy, brave and outspoken more like a man. ML’s quiet with a sense of sacarcism. FL fell for mortal ML’s lackadaisal attitude which is quite the opposite of FL. But FL is not a romantic and although she likes ML, her attitude is very down to earth. Both like each other but ML never expresses his liking at least not directly. Both are shouldered with protecting heaven and hell. Both realised they cannot be together. But when FL was fatally injured, ML realised it is now or never to do what he wants to do deep in his heart ie spend time with the person he has grown to love. And for FL, being fatally injured, for once she could be like an ordinary being, depending on someone she loves to look after her instead of always bearing the responsibilities of looking after others. An enjoyable novel, short and fast moving too.