Yang Mi: Hello, I’m ‘Fuyao/take a pill’ (same pinyin as female protagonist’s name). And you? @Ethan Ruan

Confirmations are finally in for Legend of Fuyao 扶摇 , the upcoming adaption of Tianxia Guiyuan’s novel Empress Fuyao 扶摇皇后. Yang Mi (TLTWTMPB) has been attached as the female lead since February, and now Ethan Ruan (Begin Again) is set to join her as male lead Zhangsun Wuji.

Meng Fuyao (Yang Mi) becomes a disciple of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect as a child, though she is despised for her lack of talent in the art of cultivation. Fuyao masters a powerful set of martial arts skills by chance, and embarks on a journey to collect the secret talismans of the five kingdoms, which will later enable her to enter the sacred land known only as the Firmament (cangqiong / 苍穹).

She is joined by several admirers, including crown prince of Wuji Kingdom Zhangsun Wuji (Ethan Ruan), the ruler of the Tiansha Kingdom Zhan Beiye, assassin and physician Zong Yue and noble young sir Yunheng among others. Funnily enough, there are only 8 major male characters in the novel, and 7(!) are romantically interested in Meng Fuyao.

Together they help pacify all the political and military uprisings in the smaller kingdoms, and defeat the evil being guarding the Firmament. Of course, Meng Fuyao also gets her happy ending with Zhangsun Wuji.

The 50 episode drama will start filming by the end of May, and is directed by Yang Wenjun (So Young) and written by Jie Yanyan (City of Hopeless Love).

Ethan Ruan: Hello, I’m ‘Wuji/dancing machine’. And you? @Yang Mi