Comment by Ezyka on 19 Days - Chapter 473

@Ezyka im not really sure, but I think she's not allowed to make such scenes at all because this is a manhua, so it's Chinese and such scenes and things aren't allowed in china. I might be completely wrong though, but I'm too lazy to check if it's true.

@Fck me It is true— because in the Chinese animation adaptation of another BL (Grandmasters smth...) all the kiss scenes from the novel were taken out.

BUT— the manhua version had the kiss scenes... so there's a high chance because the author posts on multiple platforms they aren't able to show those sort of scenes.

@Atar

Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) is a Chinese novel that was adapted into a manhua. When it was released in China, because they have strict laws against LGBTQ+ representation (i.e. not allowed to show anything about it in public areas or in media) they removed all imagery of intimacy beyond platonic shows of affection from the comic. When it was released in Korea, however, they were able to show the more romantically intimate scenes (i.e. kissing and even the sm** scenes in later added chapters, though most of them remain as either unfinalized artwork or scenes drawn by guest artists)

It honestly never occurred to me that this series was also dealing with the same level of censorship. I just assumed the series was Korean so if it was being released in Korea there would have been some romantic scenes by now, but if it's actually a Chinese series then, yah, that would explain the constant qu***-baiting and close encounters that never directly show any actions. and that is really unfortunate. China needs to shape the heck up already!!!

@Ezyka they already kissed a couple times, even jian yi and zhan xi. What y'all want is a make out session and you aint getting that from Chinese censorship since OldTian also posts these on Instagram and twitter

@Ezyka try reading colossal 😆😆Chinese no censorship 🤭🤭and come back to me