[Recap] Legend of Fuyao Episode 1-4

Title: Legend of Fuyao (扶摇)

# of episodes: 66

Release date: June 18, 2018

Starring: Yang Mi, Ethan Ruan, Vengo Gao

Broadcast schedule: 2 episodes every Monday – Thursday

Where to watch: Viki (subbed); Youtube (raw)

Episode 1

Intro to the prophecy where the peace of the country may once again be disturbed unless they find the girl that will own the 5-color rock.

The story starts off with our main female character, Fuyao looking all cool and badass as she is fighting ice warriors to break into the sacred ground of the sect. Just when she was about to reach her goal, a whip stops her and sends her falling. Pei Yuan shows up to reprimand Fuyao for attempting to learn the kung fu of the sect and say she will have to report it to the sect leader. Fuyao escapes by jumping out the window and down the mountain.

At the bottom of the mountain, Fuyao finds da shixiong, Yan Jinchen, and uses him as a shield from the Pei Yuan.

Fuyao decides to sneak in to watch the sacrificial ritual of the Xuan Yuan sect. Even though she’s part of Xuan Yuan but her place is with the lowest of the low department of the sect. Those in that department wears a black colored robe and is not allowed to learn any martial art.

Fuyao is caught by the department head, uncle Zhou, before she can even sneak in to watch the ritual. The old man yells at her but also cares for her. Instead of punishing her, he sends her off to the bottom of the mountain to buy wine.

At the kingdom of Taiyuan, the king is shown to be very ill. The prince will ascend the throne soon but the king reminds him that Qi Zhen must be killed in order for him to ascend safely. Qi Zhen has been eyeing the throne for a while now. And as the king predicted, Qi Zhen sets out to murder the royal family.

Fuyao is on her way back with wine while Pei Yuan sneakily sets up a trap for her. On her way, she finds an injured man who claimed to be the eldest prince Xuan Yuan Ming and asks her for help. She sneaks him on her cart but the cart flipped when she falls into Pei Yuan’s trap.

The prince is mysteriously taken.

Da shixiong hears Fuyao’s call for help (ALL THE WAY FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN?) and rushes to help her as Pei Yuan was about to confess. He tends to Fuyao’s injury and vows to make her happy.

They are killing the prince when an order came to stop the plan but the prince was already severely injured by then. Xuan Yuan Ming is sent to Xuan Yuan to be cured by a known healer. He wakes up with Qi Zhen in the room. Qi Zhen tells him that the king had decreed him as the crown prince and the future king.

episode 2

It is shown that as Qi Zhen was about to kill the king and usurp the throne, the king reveals that once all the Xuan blood is dead, the throne will automatically be given to the Tian Quan kingdom. It is a rule set a long time ago. Qi Zhen is planning on learning the Xuan’s water technique and do more planning in order to claim the throne.

Fuyao got news that Xiao Bai is sick and decides to climb up the mountain for a healing herb. The crown prince snatches it before she can grab it and the two got into a duel for the herb. The prince wins in the end and left with the herb while she is stuck in the pond. The herb is used to increase the prince’s water power which, through the conversation, we know that he is a fake, pretending to be Xuan Yuan Ming.

Pei Yuan turns out to be the niece of Qi Zhen and a spy inserted in Xuan Yuan sect to plant other moles using the sect’s power. Fuyao was assigned to serve the formal gathering. When she sees the crown prince, she immediately recalls the thief that stole her herb and the face of the real crown prince.

The fake crown prince knocks water out of Fuyao’s hand and requests that she serves him in changing his outfit. Inside the room, Fuyao traps him with a hidden chain in the room and tells him that she knows how the real prince looks like. Turns out the herb that Fuyao is so furiously trying to get is to be used to cure a pig…And the fake crown prince of Taiyuan turns out to be Crown prince of Tianquan Kingdom, Zhang Wuji.

Fuyao hears rumors that Yan Jincheng will be marrying Pei Yuan and rushes to confront him. She sees him and Pei Yuan being lovely together. She walks away from the scene and into the forest. The crown prince finds her and tells her not to expose his secret. While they were talking in the forest, the beast wakes up and chases them. The crown prince lures the beast away. He manages the knock the beast out before any harm is done.

Episode 3

Yan Jincheng finds Fuyao by the river and yells at her for interrupting him and Pei Yuan. He explains that because Pei Yuan is from a powerful family and the niece of Qi Zhen, he cannot refuse the marriage request. He promises that he will take her as his concubine. He says he will still love her and that will still help her escape the servant status. She rejected his proposal. She doesn’t need a man to make her life better. She can do it herself!

Pei Yuan saw the whole scene and becomes furious at Fuyao. She orders someone to tie a string to her finger while she was sleeping so that she is signed up for the competition at Xuan Yuan. People are furious that someone of her status even dares to sign up. Yan Jincheng confronts her angrily. He’s angry that her signing up will cause him to be distracted. He rushes to his dad, the sect leader, wanting to ask for her disqualification, but Pei Yuan already convinced the leader to allow Fuyao to participate. This way Fuyao will be killed without her lifting a finger.

Fuyao is confused as to why her name is part of the participant but with her little martial art skills, everyone just assumes she will die in the competition. Uncle Zhou tells her to leave the place. To escape. But she refuses. If she leaves, Uncle Zhou and the whole department will get into trouble. Jincheng finds Fuyao at the cliff and apologizes. He tells her to hide and survive no matter what. He will try to protect her.

The day of the competition, all competitors are divided into two groups, white and green, to control the sealed beast. During the rampage, the beast knocks a lot of students out. Jincheng and Pei Yuan try to tame the beast but failed. Fuyao lures the beast toward her and away from the knocked down Jincheng. Jingchen rushes to help her and while the beast charges toward them, Fuyao uses the move that the crown prince used to knock out the beast.

Episode 4

Once the competition was over, everyone leaves the battle site with Fuyao riding the beast. Everyone is amazed that the lowly servant can tame the beast. People around Fuyao celebrates her success. The crown prince stops by to give Fuyao medicine that is specialized to heal wounds inflicted by the beast. Someone relays the message that Jingchen is injured therefore Fuyao goes to see him even though it is forbidden.

She gives the medicine that the crown prince gave her to him. Pei Yuan had set her up and catches her as she is leaving Jingchen’s place. The leaders of the sect accuse her of stealing the medicine. She didn’t want to out the crown prince, therefore, kept her silence.

They imprison her in another dimension where no one has survived before. Luckily the crown prince arrived in time to rescue her.

For the second round of the competition, the competitors have to work in pair. With a total of 24 participants, there are 12 pairs. They are to fight each other until 6 pairs remain. At the top of the battleground, Fuyao sees the crown prince and asks what is he doing here. All he tells her that he is her savior and he will not let her die on his watch.

Chexmix:  Sorry if my recap is kinda brief and simple. It just takes too much time to recap with details. If you have any questions about the drama tho, feel free to ask.  Now for the drama, not a bad start actually but it’s funny how I see so many Eternal Love scenes in this drama. The mountain. The blindfold. Fuyao on the tree. Other than that, I really really like Fuayo the character. To me, a drama where we have a strong female that doesn’t fall into the whole love trap is a plus. When she finds out that how spineless Yan Jinchen is, she gives up on her relationship with him without batting an eyelid! Chu Qiao’s character from PA was like that in the beginning too but then lost that charm half way thru. So I hope Fuyao doesn’t disappoint!