

Alleged Lookalikes: Jin Mi is supposed to resemble her mother so much that she could be mistaken for her.Adaptational Nice Guy: Both Xu Feng and Run Yu have their personality flaws downplayed in the series and become more likeable, but this effectively changes Run Yu's moral alignment.Liu Ying and the Demon Realm have been given arcs that stand alone, but changes to Run Yu's storyline and characterization altered the dynamics from the original novel significantly. Since the novel is told in first person from Jin Mi's POV, the expansions of other characters' arcs mostly work out.

Adaptation Expansion: A novel that can be read in a few hours is expanded into a series with 63 episodes.Before long, Jin Mi finds herself drawn into a love triangle between Xu Feng and his brother Run Yu, and the power struggle for not only the Heavenly Throne but for the control all Six Realms in the world. Completely unaware of romantic implications, decorum of the Heavenly Realm, and her true parentage, Jin Mi spends a hundred years causing hijinks in the Heavenly Palace at Xu Feng's side as his Reading Aide. Having been sheltered inside a barrier in the Flower Realm her whole life, Jin Mi leaps at the chance to follow Xu Feng, the Second Prince of the Heavenly Realm, to his home realm after she accidentally rescues him. The series follows Jin Mi, an innocent and naive grape sprite who been fed an Unfeeling Pill that suppresses her ability to feel and recognize love. It starts Yang Zi and Deng Lun in the leading roles. A second season is rumoured to air in 2022. Ashes of Love (Chinese: 香蜜沉沉烬如霜 pinyin: Xiāng Mì Chén Chén Jìn Rú Shuāng) is a 2018 Chinese fantasy series based on the internet novel of the same name (alternatively translated as "Heavy Sweetness, Ash-Like Frost") by Dian Xian.
