Love of the Blue Owl

Name: Love of the Blue Owl
Author: Smiling with a Humble Heart

蓝鸮之恋

by Smiling with a Humble Heart (下心含笑)

Status: Completed
Length: 624k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical High-Concept
Updated: 4mo ago
English: Request a translation

Read on Fanqie

Synopsis

Autobiographical transmigration story: Transmigrating to the Western Han Dynasty, a sequel to May and Anran

Length: Over 300,000 characters

Main characters: Liu He (Deposed Emperor of Han, Marquis of Haihun, King of Xin Xia), Najun (Queen of Xin Xia, founder of Mingtang)

Supporting characters: Liu Feilong (General Fubo), Yan Han (Blue Owl Guard)

Chapter structure:

Volume One: The Golden Man of the Sacrificial Altar; Volume Two: The City Without Tears; Volume Three: Opening the Heavenly Gate;

Volume Four: The Blue Owl Ghost; Volume Five: The Tomb of the Marquis of Haihun; Volume Six: Hou Ren Xi Yi

The story’s core, using the three dimensions of a film script’s structure: the main plot, subplots, and inner and outer threads. Who does what:

(1) Reconstructing the truth of history: The real Liu He was vastly different from the historical accounts. He was a gentleman of both inner virtue and outer authority, with a mission to fulfill. Main plot: the historical thread. (2) He and Najun: The continuation of He’s love for the woman in red. Subplot: the emotional thread. (3) The inner thread of the screenplay is the protagonist’s internal journey of growth, or character arc. Inner thread. (4) The person buried in the Tomb of the Marquis of Haihun is not the real Liu He: Liu He’s escape plan and three teeth. Outer thread.

The creative framework has five layers of time and space:

The first layer is the writer’s real life, using dreams to express thoughts beyond reach.

The second layer is the story of the Western Han Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, grounded in history and archaeology.

The third layer is a convergence of reality and art, ancient and modern, subjective and objective.

The fourth layer is a surreal space in the human world, reached through the retelling of myths.

The fifth layer draws on readers’ participation in the creative process and the power of two fireflies to blend reality and virtual space, creating a quasi-metaverse.

Stats

157Chapters

1.4kReads · 30 days

1.5MReads · all time

112Shelves

9.6Score

More by this author

May and Anran

In booklists 190

See all

Severe Book Drought. I've Given Up on Tomato. Stay Away If You Want Anything Under 200 Chapters

2.1kBooks62.6MViews15hUpdated

A Triumphant Return: Hidden Identity, Power Intact

448Books37.8MViews15hUpdated

My Number One Transmigration Novel

Recommend the best transmigration stories you've ever read!

846Books14.7MViews16hUpdated

Looking for Transmigration Stories Rated 9.8 or Higher

A male or female lead transmigrates into a farming story. No naive, sugary-sweet leads, and preferably a more down-to-earth plot.

1.3kBooks204.9MViews16hUpdated

Any Books So Good You’ve Read Them Three or Four Times? Please Recommend Some

2kBooks87MViews16hUpdated

Please Recommend High-Quality Historical or Alternate-History Novels with Highly Intelligent Characters

Anything is fine as long as it isn't brainless and the supporting characters don't suddenly lose all their intelligence.

1.7kBooks183.5MViews16hUpdated

The Pinnacle of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Doomsday dominion

967Books108.2MViews19hUpdated

Those Overlooked Masterpieces

Looking for books like First-Rate! (First-Rate). Good books shouldn't be buried!

1.8kBooks27.3MViews22hUpdated

Ancient Romance Reading Lists Worth Rereading, I Give Them Full Marks!

Everyone who clicks in will be satisfied. Leave your reading lists so we can recommend and discover good books for one another.

1kBooks24.1MViews1dUpdated

The Best Historical Novels From Every Dynasty

Preferably a book rated above 9.

963Books18.2MViews1dUpdated

After Reading Bound by Spring, Nothing Else Measures Up. Please Recommend Timeless Classics

Looking for books like "Bound by Spring's Passion". I'm out of books to read, so please recommend classics that hold up well.

1.1kBooks103.1MViews1dUpdated

Historical Novels You Absolutely Can't Miss!!!

What? He gets to be a dad after being reborn? A soft, adorable little girl keeps chasing him and calling him Daddy? What? Qin Shi Huang, who's lived for two hundred years, keeps chasing after him, desperate to take him as his apprentice and learn the art of immortality? From the Great Xia Kingdom's top soldier to the Prince of Changyi!

1.2kBooks37.3MViews1dUpdated

🌟🌟🌟 A Masterpiece You Can Read Hundreds of Times and Still Not Get Enough Of

Every book here is a gem, carefully handpicked, and good enough to read over and over again.

2.1kBooks73.7MViews1dUpdated

Brothers, These Historical What-If Novels Are Guaranteed to Be a Blast

To help everyone get their fill of history, I'm recommending a few satisfying historical novels. My friends all say they're amazing! I picked every one of these myself, so give them a try!

1kBooks3.2MViews1dUpdated

Who's the Best at Supernatural Novels???

I'm out of books to read. Please recommend some good supernatural novels 😭😭

601Books16.3MViews1dUpdated

Has Anyone Read This Novel?

Are there any stories where the protagonist is really weak at first, then one day meets an expert who takes him away? Before leaving, he writes a farewell letter, so the school beauty and his parents think he’s dead. When he returns, he’s at Potential Lock Stage 4.

1.3kBooks1.7MViews1dUpdated

Tomato Novel Has Had so Many Great New Releases Lately, but the Word Counts...

Lately, Tomato Books keeps recommending stories that update constantly, then after a while there's another new book with only a hundred-odd thousand words, but plenty of readers. They all seem pretty good, too, but just when you get really interested, the story ends…

2.1kBooks36.3MViews1dUpdated

High-quality Novels with Real Depth

The kind of book that makes you want to read it a second time as soon as you finish it.

1.4kBooks3.1MViews1dUpdated

Looking for a Transmigration Story With a Smart Protagonist and No System

Preferably a historical novel about someone who transmigrates, though an alternate setting is fine too. The characters need to be smart, and there should be no System.

530Books616.1kViews1dUpdated

Desperately Short on Historical Fiction, Please Recommend Some to Save Me From This Reading Drought

Preferably a historical novel with a realistic feel.

1.3kBooks23.3MViews2dUpdated

High-IQ Alternate-History Novels

I want something with intelligent characters. No stories that rub my nose in how stupid I am, even if I’m not exactly a genius.

995Books111.7MViews2dUpdated

Any Stories Where the Protagonist Plays Games with a Beautiful Woman from the Start, with a System?

Stories about being a paid companion

515Books2.1MViews2dUpdated

I've Been Reading Novels for Over Ten Years, but Now I Can't Get Into Most of Them

I’ve been reading novels for over a decade, and these days I can barely get through most of them. Please recommend something fresh and unusual.

1.4kBooks3MViews2dUpdated

Please Recommend High-Quality Stories About Transmigrating into a Book

I want something lighthearted. Lately I can't find anything I'm happy with 😭😭😭 Nothing with particularly exhausting drama. I'm usually fine with anything, sweet or angsty. Please help me out 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

881Books2.3MViews2dUpdated

In same booklists

Yang Jian and Li Yuan? They're Both My Nephews! Bouncing Has Arrived

A Terrifying Night of Food Delivery: From the Start, I Livestream Rescuing Little Monsters Zhan Hui of Ghost Mist Island

The Crazy AI Forced Its Love on Me, So I Flirted Back and Became Queen Nandao Ruyan

We Fight, He Falls for Me: The Sickly Beauty Coughs Blood and Steals His Heart Lele Motorcycle

My Sect Is Destroyed from the Start, and My Junior Sister and I Flee for Our Lives Tomatoes Stir-Fried with Clams

Infinite: The Marionette's Fool's Game What a Lovely Day

I Said I'd Teach Them Talents, So How Did All My Disciples Become Saints? Just Got Back from Mars

The Invisible Ladder Hou Jie

A Little Gua with AI, and Ancient Big Shots Compete to Outdo Me Collector of Delights

The Evening Breeze in My Arms: The Capital's Powerhouse Bows to Me Chi Xiaoran

How Many Steps Does It Take to Turn Your Older Sister Into Your Wife? Xiao Minxing

Naruto: My Ninjutsu Runs on Premium Currency! Slay Gods with a Hail of Arrows

The Hostile Stepsiblings Who Were Meant to Be Together Following the Rain to Know the Sand

The Masked Hotel Little Monkey Purple wyc

The Dead Servants' Apocalypse: Conflict Burying the Green Song with a Pen

The Broken Car Ferry Across the Underworld Road The Long, Long Night of Life

I Pretended to Be Blind for Eighteen Years, Then Led the Ghost King in Suppressing a Hundred Ghosts Rain Falls, Light Sleep

Blood Tung Luo Yuwang

Wilderness Livestream: Activating the Ultimate Scumbag System Xu Xiaoxia

The Dao Lies Beyond the Self: Without Equality of Things, There Is No Freedom User11527422

See all novels like Love of the Blue Owl More Historical novels

Reader comments 50

Google Translate

This novel blends historical and fantasy elements, presenting a wondrous journey through the Western Han Dynasty with its unique narrative style and rich imagination. Not only does it feature a captivating plot, but it also cleverly incorporates numerous mythological elements, imbuing it with a mystical aura, like a magnificent and colorful mythological scroll.
21 likes1y ago
This is a historical time-travel novel with a historical timeline as the main plot, an emotional timeline as a secondary plot, and character development as the inner plot. It tells the story of Liu He, the only person in Chinese history to be a combination of emperor, king, marquis, and commoner, reincarnated, and a time traveler who uses his life to overcome historical calamities, rewrite the…
17 likes1y ago
The author possesses profound historical knowledge, vividly portrays the characters, and has exquisite writing skills.
16 likes1y ago
The opening lines, "Warmth bestows such deep affection upon life, is it all for the endless longing that follows life?" Set a tender emotional tone, drawing the reader into an atmosphere filled with sentiment. The description of the rain scene is even more exquisite: "The sound of rain, like a hollow zither, like a long ribbon piercing the sky...
15 likes1y ago
The rock paintings of Helan Mountain still bear the marks of chisels from three thousand years ago. A blue owl flies by, connecting the winds of the Western Han Dynasty with the dreams of the present. "The Blue Owl's Love" starts from the original intention of "restoring Liu He", but it is not just about salvaging history - it makes the "deposed emperor of Han" who is vague in the history books…
13 likes1y ago
"The Blue Owl's Love," a sequel to "May and Anran," takes us directly into a Western Han Dynasty world full of fantasy and historical weight. The story revolves around Liu He, the deposed emperor of Han, who transforms himself into the new king of Xia, shouldering the heavy responsibility of reviving his family and establishing a new dynasty.
13 likes1y ago
After reading for several days, history seems to be reappearing before my eyes. The author has truly integrated history into the novel, and you can tell that the author has put their heart into it. The characters in the book are vivid and lifelike, and the love story is also enviable. I have learned a lot, and I look forward to the author updating more often.
12 likes1y ago
Snow falls on Helan Mountain, and the blue owl cries. Please savor the pure heart amidst the turbulent Western Han Dynasty in "The Love of the Blue Owl." Snow from Helan Mountain falls on the rammed earth of Beidian City. The wind from two thousand years ago, carrying the sound of blue owls' wings, crashes into the dreams of time travelers.
11 likes1y ago
As the wings of the blue owl swept across the smoke of war in the Western Han Dynasty, and as a time-traveling dream knocked on the door of history, Xia Xin Hanxiao's "The Love of the Blue Owl," with its magnificent length of over 300,000 words, weaves a magnificent scroll that combines historical depth with humanistic warmth, weaving together autobiography and time-travel elements.
11 likes1y ago
"The Blue Owl's Love" is like a silk scroll interwoven with the dust of history and fantastical imagination, unfolding the codes of civilization within the folds of time. When the footsteps of Liu He, the deposed emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, tread over the rock paintings of Helan Mountain, when the spiritual light of the Qiang people's glass staff reflects on the Mayan agave, this work…
11 likes1y ago