Drama Novel
About 镇魂丨Guardian[edit | edit source]
Guardian is a Chinese m/m web novel with 106 chapters (plus 3 extras), written by Priest in 2012.
This wiki uses terminology coined by the translator, RainbowSe7en.
Blurb[edit | edit source]
Zhao Yunlan is the Guardian, responsible for relations with the Underworld. He has founded and leads the Special Investigations Unit (SIU). He is bisexual and not shy about it.
Shen Wei is the Ghost King, who has been keeping watch over all incarnations of Zhao Yunlan for thousands of years without ever meeting them, until their paths inadvertently cross (again).
They meet in the context of a supernatural SIU case, at the University of Dragon City, where Shen Wei teaches as a professor of Classic Chinese Literature. Zhao Yunlan is immediately intrigued and starts to shamelessly pursue Shen Wei.
The Four Mystical Artifacts[edit | edit source]
The story is divided into four arcs, each one deals with a mystical artifact:
Plot[edit | edit source]
- Sundial of Reincarnation Arc: Chapters 1 - 20
- Pillar of Nature Arc: Chapters 21 - 45
- Ink Brush of Virtue Arc: Chapters 46 - 75
- Lantern of the Guardian Arc: Chapters 76 - 78 + 79 - 106
- Extras 1 - 3
Novel Links[edit | edit source]
a) Official Chinese Publication,
b) Zhen Hun in Simplified Chinese
c) Zhen Hun in Traditional Chinese
d) English translation on Google Drive
Translation is complete.
- first 82 chapters translated by one translator
- remaining chapters completed by a team of three translators
- a compilation in a different format than google docs is in progress
Selected chapters have been independently translated by Dayadhvam (dtriad) on AO3.
Master list of other partial translations collected by dtriad (Dayadhvam) on tumblr.
