The Promise of the Soul – Eng Sub
- Drama: The Promise of the Soul
- Country: Taiwan
- Episodes: 12
- Aired: Jun 27, 2025 – Sep 5, 2025
- Aired On: Friday
- Original Network: SET TV
- Duration: 24 min.
It tells a story of fate, identity, and forbidden resonance.
After a mysterious accident, a 69-year-old man named Xia Cha wakes up in the body of his 20-year-old grandson, Xia Ze Fang. Living under a new skin, he navigates a youthful world with an old soul and ends up sharing a room with the enigmatic Ye Hai Yuan.
As their lives intertwine, a fated bond unravels across generations and identities, bridging love, loss, and the weight of untold promises.
oh, no, the episodes do not play :/
Cant wait for episode 5
I want Xia Cha and Ye Heiyuan to end up together. I don’t want Zefang to be back and end up with Heiyuan.
John Doe Noooooo. Ye Heiyuan is in his twenties and Xia Cha is in his seventies. I think it is really creepy that they are doing all this getting close stuff anyway. I am also confused about who Ye Heiyuan is falling for, is it he grandfather or the grandson?? The grandson needs to come back to his body soon.
If you believe in reincarnation, the soul has no age and starts over. So in Buddhist and other similar concepts it is not wrong. Also Grandpa didn’t chose it, but if he got a body of 20, why live 50+ years as if he were 70? That would be quite sad.
Episode 9 don’t have subtitles.
Are the subs delayed for ep 9?
where are the Englis subs for episode 9
Still no English subtitles on ep9
THE NEXT PRINCE – 14 Episode Final Review
SPOILER WARNING! — SPOILER WARNING! —- SPOILER WARNING!
Okay, this was a REALLY long run. Is that good or bad? I am somewhat uncertain, it depends on my current mood, the series itself, but I usually like balanced length, and this – similar like REVENGED LOVE before was really on the “too much” and I just gave it a very good rating because it was really excellent. Still it is as much as I would wish to see, tbh, given on average we have one hour per Episode and a lot of characters.
ACTING:
On the acting I think this was a very good show, beautiful, distinct characters, the good, the gray and the evil characters alike. Still I felt it was not on par with the superb acting of other series, some emotions remained very good but not top. Especially the two MC’s who were supposed to carry the show, seemed a bit too much “characters” and too less “persons”. Just a tad so ACTING 8/10
VISUALS:
Whee, this highly depends on your taste. It was in a fairy tale like Kingdom, some sort of modern with still a highly fantasy tough. Personally, I am not a fan of prince costume fests, but I found nothing objectively to criticize in this. There were many different places, tons of gorgeous costumes, almost perfect camera and lighting, so within the given aim of Fantasy Kingdom I find nothing lacking in terms of the lush visuals: 10/10
STORY:
Also a hard one for me to judge. See I REALLY passionately dislike Feudalism or Oligarchy in any age or form. With duties and serfs and absolutist feudal lords, even in the best sense, I just dislike that. Still, the story had many interesting plot-lines, unexpected twists, good character development arcs, thought as in other long shows, the non BL tended to overshadow the BL, which as ever you prefer may be good or bad. I usually LIKE that, for when a story is basically only about the BL, the characters tend to remain a bit two-dimensional, so for me that was a bonus, as we come to understand the MC love and the two also interesting side-couples. I had wished in the end we would have seen the two side-couples with a hint into their futures though. If I push aside with much effort my Feudalism dislike, the story itself is a good 9/10.
OVERALL:
It was a story and show worthy to watch, even though the MC, especially the older “knight”, I didn’t really get the vibe why to root for him as a lover so much to be honest. I understand his position in a feudal society made him act stern, but I did subtract a bit from his potential charm. On the other side the Prince made it up all the way, as a charming, lovable character. Again, I had wished to see more hints of the future of the Kingdom and side couples, but I guess that is standard in BLs. I don’t think it left that much of an impression to me that I will “forever remember”, but in itself it invested MUCH into displaying an entire realm with MANY places and setups, and I grow tired of BLs having basically only 3-4 places, which boosts this one a lot in my book. Weighing all the aspects, and trying not to give my preferences missed (Feudalism) too much space, I am willing to give it a solid
9/10
Recommended
OMG, wrong series. I can’t delete this mispost. I hope some moderator can.