Heartbreakingly Beautiful
Immortal Samsara as a whole is heartbreakingly beautiful. The sacrifices both leads had to do not just for each other but for the whole realm is just pure torture to watch. Yang Zi and Cheng Yi did such marvelous jobs giving life to their characters that it's truly hard to watch them suffer. It took me days to recover from this drama. It's that good and remarkable. Plus, the chemistry of having Yang Zi and Cheng Yi in one frame is just pure fire.The story from the very start was already giving Ashes of Love vibe, but, the way I see it, the scenes here give more pain. This drama didn't have as much romantic scenes as I would've liked, but the ones they give are just enough for me to repeat it nonstop. Plus, the growth of all the leads is a journey that's amazing to witness. They were able to portray growth and at the same time still give humorous scenes.
Overall, an amazing drama to watch and rewatch. Bingeable? Totally! Heartbreaking? Without a doubt!
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Some Fates Can't be Avoided.
"You said agarwood is like ashes, the flame is faint. But in the incense burner, there's still warmth between us. I came to ask you, if the agarwood wasn't eliminated...could we go back to the past?"Immortal Samsara also known as "Agarwood like Crumbs" (沉香如屑) by Su Mo is a novel adaptation drama that was one of the most anticipated dramas this year. Starring Yang Zi from "Ashes of Love", and Cheng Yi "Love and Redemption" this drama quickly became one of the most awaited dramas.
This drama quickly took a sharp turn in all directions. The story, plot, characters, costume, and cinematography is amazing! This drama contains two parts and focuses mainly on the leads Yingyuan and Yan Dan in the heavenly and mortal world and their love story. Part 1 focuses on them both in the heavenly realm. It focuses mostly on the hardships and profound love they have for each other but they have difficulties and obstacles they have to overcome. Part 2 on the other hand, focuses on them both in the mortal realm, as their mortals Tang Zhou (Yingyuan) and Yan Dan as fate brings them together again in the mortal world. But they must overcome the strict rules and teachings of the Heavenly Realm as they conquer and overcome the hardships of their forbidden love.
Let me just say, Yang Zi and Cheng Yi did an amazing job. They showcased their emotions incredibly. They captivated us with their angst, sadness, and regret. This drama is an amazing showcase of forbidden love and trials they overcome to be together. Not only that but the music is beautiful too, it blends well with the drama especially at the sad scenes. Yang Zi and Cheng Yi don't disappoint! Both of them are amazing at these types of costume dramas filled with angst, sadness, and forbidden love. You won't regret when you watch it!
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Disappointing Epic
This XianXia tries to showcase a lot of things that people love in XianXias- epic love, powerful immortals, warm mortals, evil demons and so on. It also has a familiar storyline spanning multiple lifetimes and therefore multiple story arcs. Perhaps the most promising thing about this drama was the star cast including Cheng Yi and Yang Zi, who have been superstars in this genre. Unfortunately, despite the stellar cast, who indeed brought their A game, the drama failed to become a compelling watch.What this drama lacked was a convincing plot that would involve the characters and build an emotional connection with the viewers. Although I watched all 59 episodes, mostly motivated by Cheng Yi's tears, I can hardly remember the story this drama tried to tell. My favourite moments in the show were definitely in the mortal realm where the characters get more breathing space and their interactions are warm and entertaining.
The last arc turned out to be most disappointing with a completely new storyline to be followed once the characters are back in the Heavenly Realm. Since it was essentially an entirely new plot line, It was difficult to care about the conflicts and the newly introduced villains. Moments between the leads to sweeten the deal were few and far in between. The entirely unsatisfying ending sealed the drama’s position as a disappointing epic.
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best xianxia ever"IN ADULT"
I'm very sorry for those who will ignore this drama due to inappropriate and low rating
It ended up being the best xianxia I've ever seen. I don't know why everyone compared this drama to LAR and AOL, but I never thought for a moment that there is any similarity or connection between these three. I don't know if I'm the only one who saw the best characters in the whole movie world?? in the form YY , YD YM .
YY - a character who sacrificed everything to protect the world, even his love. For some reason, everyone wants to see how the characters sacrifice everything for love, but to be honest, I could never understand such behavior. This is the whole world and what will the common people expect?? Simple families? Lovers or children?? Even the heavenly world or demons ?? Let's sacrifice everything for love?? would you do that .
In the world of Xianxia, YY is currently the most well-developed character, he understood his responsibility to the world. His love encompassed everything.And YD is the best female character. I was impressed by her decision and behavior. There was no misunderstanding between them, our smart girl just understood that her love protected the world. It was a need, it was a serious decision, not a whim of a little girl. Their relationship was perfect and full of chemistry between 2 smart characters. I really liked the moment when TZ's features were transferred to YY, her flirtation is so professionally and divinely portrayed by CY. Even though he is not popular or very beautiful she is the best in his profession. HE IS A ACTOR WITH BIG LETTER "A" . Only the kiss scene by the small lake, their look and how passionately they looked at each other or their conversation is 3 minutes. The whole fantasy is equivalent to dramas. And YM is an understanding friend. I wish everyone had a friend like YM. It was a beautiful and mature relationship with a chemistry hotter than the fire of hell. I love cute stories and all other fantasy dramas, I won't give up on anything because it's my favorite genre. But the story of these characters, their relationship, their understanding, their thoughts and decisions, it was a whole other level. I don't understand why people call this story boring and why it has such a low rating. Because in the story where there are adventure and detective elements, this story is more priority for me.
And back to how amazingly CY and YZ played. At first, when I was still a teenager, watching dramas was just entertainment for me, and I just enjoyed the pretty pictures and pretty faces, and I was satisfied with that. But over time. After years, watching dramas became an anti-stress for me. When I came home tired from work, I was only hoping for a cup of tea, plaid and dramas to brighten up my routine day. Also, my priorities have changed over time. Currently, it is important for me that the actor plays emotionally and well so that his emotions are conveyed to you and you feel what your favorite characters are going through. And exactly this task was performed and his profession was presented to us in all aspects by CY and YZ. CY's facial expressions, looks, emotions, eyes, gestures, this person is not just a poster, this person is a very decent actor.
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Love it
I don't know why to got compared alot the FL is a good one. Same as ML and second ML especially Second ML. I love his fan. I think people expected too much so they couldn't enjoy it. I loved watching season 2 the most especially now where we get to know about the story of Xuan He. I also heard Chengyi used his actual voice for Xuan He. If that's his actual voice then I am happy to listen to it. Most favorable character is Yandan she's some what relatable to my myself weak but has a strong mindset. Second favourable character is Yu Mo. Don't you like his fan movement. Third favourable character should have been Ying yuan but em I prefer his dad to him. I recommend this series a million times. In fact I recommend every Yang Zi movie.Was this review helpful to you?
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ONE OF MY FAVES
I started watching this show after I saw it on a website for asian shows and it seemed interesting so I came right on here to check what the plot is and I immediately got interested! I haven't seen many cdramas so I didn't know what to expect but once I started watching it I was HOOKED! I loved the the leads so much, their acting was amazing and I loved their chemistry as well. There were some filler episodes that I did find quite boring, I believe the part when they were all in the mortal realm (by all I mean Yumo, Yandan and Yingyuan) was not always interesting so I did have to skip through some scenes but overall, I still enjoyed it and I am happy that I did not drop it and stayed until the end. I do not rewatch shows to be honest, but I would definitely re-watch this one at some point.I will definitely check out the male lead's other shows because I liked his acting the most and I am really curious about his other works!
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"The agarwood didn't extinct, instead, its fragrance floats to four seas"
Immortal Samsara is another classic xianxia drama that contains themes we've seen in previous xianxia dramas. Despite the repeated themes, I still enjoyed this drama as it's such a beautiful love story. There's great character growth with the main characters: from the funny bickering scenes at the beginning to the heart-warming scenes of them falling in love to the heart-wrenching separation and finally their reunion. Both main leads were great with their performances. They sure know how to deliver on those emotional/angst scenes. Their relationship has a lot of angst (very typical of xianxia dramas), but it was never one-sided.They both equally suffered in their love by each other's rejections but they never stopped loving each other even though they're unwilling to admit it. They were separated for early 900 years yet that love never died. I love the idea of the butterflies always flying around our main leads. Their journey together has taught them to learn how to love better and trust each other.Was this review helpful to you?
The best Romantic Cdrama!
Seriously the most beautiful love story I’ve watched in terms of xianxia. This story solely focuses on the trials of the main leads, and I love it. It has heartache, laughter and strong love… a strong ML and FL that shows character development. No annoying side characters. The outfits and styling are top notch and beautiful. I was so touched by this show that it has now overtaken Ashes of love as number 1. For me. A happy ending completes this masterpiece❤️. I will miss YY and Yandan.Was this review helpful to you?
May the agarwood in this drama continues to burn…
What I liked:1. Main leads recalled their past and thus their love for each other within the first 10 episodes of part 2 because part 1 ended with them in the mortal realm searching for the magical artefacts and it was draggy there. There was a ‘FINALLY’ kind of feeling.
2. Cheng Yi as Xuan Ye, his father. His acting and him using his real voice was impressive. Him being able to act three different characters in the drama and all seemingly acted by different people, said a lot about his acting skills.
3. Misunderstandings cleared and feelings conveyed and confessed between the two main leads.
4. I did not shed a tear in this drama, but I was moved by Ying Yuan (Cheng Yi)’s confessions of his feelings to Yan Dan (Yang Zi) the night before the showdown with the villain in the final episode.
What could have been better:
1. Average storyline
2. Draggy mortal world seemingly going nowhere
3. Ending was not ideal, but it was logical and befitting of the progress of the story, so in a way I could still accept, but just short of feeling happy.
Overall, I preferred part 2 to part 1, but liked the angst typical of xianxia dramas in part 1 in the first 18 or so episodes before the mortal realm.
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Season two wasn’t any better than season one. Again the entire story is so confusing and so dumb at the same time. Like this entire show was like 60 episodes and wasn’t worth any of my time. To start off, the beginning was really boring, with a weak female lead, and there’s this rule in the heavens that you cannot fall in love, however the entire point of the show is to fall in love. The story gets more and more confusing as you watch more, like there’s too many things happening onece and several different things that we don’t even need.
The color scheme of the show is honestly awful. Everything is like light color, like looking from the back of the characters you probably can’t tell who is who, cause the hairstyle is literally the same for everyone.
The only reason people watch this show is for Cheng Yi and Yang Zi, don’t waste your time on this show, it’s not worth 60 episodes of your life, I should have dropped this show early. Way too long.
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forcing to be happy ending with logic with 2 special episode
CONTAIN SPOILER DETAILS ,SORRYforcing to be happy ending with logic with 2 special episode
the drama scene looks like combining eternal love, ash of love, love and redemption scene, but has a slightly different story,, jump and blind like eternal love, tragic love and punishment like ash of love, forbiden love like love and redemption
The first 18 episodes were very boring for me, I liked when they went to the mortal realm(around eps 18)
actually the story is good too bad, the acting is actually quite good,but the editing make me speechless
The storyline is very weird messy, it makes me keep thinking, why is it like this, so I can't focus on watching, what's the point of watching drama if you don't understand the story? and give high rating just because a little romance?
i really cant give high rating just because a little romance, nothing special romance just
can only be accepted if you are a beginner watcher ,i already watch alot of drama like this and more focus with the details
the story of lead CP is one of them accepts one of them refuses continuously kike that until the end of the story.
I enjoy the friendship of yumo, yandan and yinyuan,
yumo at the beginning looks very nerd, but I like the character, love but not force, envy but not hate
and for the another support CP, i like them too,,but their acting and story still looks very newbie, it's good enough
I am very impressed with the directors and editors, they destroy people's work, the edits are very obvious reversed in the scene,, inconsistent in the use of words in each dialogue, loopholes everywhere,,I AM VERY SURE THE EDITOR IS VERY SLEEPY WHEN EDITING OR NOT INTENTION
the story is boring at the beginning, a lot of new things keep popping up plus the editing are very messy, it seems that all things happen suddenly for no clear reason,, even they explain it later about heaven demon war, but the story sequence is very messy, and not only that,, Inconsistent dialogue or mispronunciation but the director was not aware when shooting, and inconsistent scenes ,, are they not briefing before shooting ?
I want to pretend I didn't see it but to much,
I don't know how many times I sighed and wanted to drop this drama, BECAUSE THE LOOPHOLE IS SO OBVIOUS!
🖊(1) MESSY CHAIN STORY,, WRONG SCENE,,BAD EDITING,SHUDENLY SCENE
1. Sixuan, her betrayal story is only short story,but in my opinion the sequence of scenes is very chaotic, its better if she appeared first and then gave the scene she betrayed, but its not! and it seems that Yinyuan has a relationship with Sixuan but it's not clear what.
2. the effect of skill not match with the action they do, and sometimes dont understand what they do for
3. the demin and heaven war part, really really mess, the story sequence should not be like that, although it will be explained later, it's still unacceptable,, war begin shuddenly, end shuddenly
4. ep 26, tang zhou's master left two objects, the hairpin and magic weapon, that magic weapon is one of the 7 magic tools to be burned when yandan pretends zhixi to catch the traitor which should have been burned
5. i know yumo know about ziling identity,but i shocked when yandan know about it too, when? they both not look well from the first.
when ep 21,, 5:21 , i think yandan already know the real body of ziling,,,but why 23:11 she look like she didnt know about that and joking him just a little turtle
7. ep 22, heaven emperor said to make yinyuan easier to investigate the case, he will have all his memories, but when reincarnated to mortal, luming said yinyuan celestial power and memory will be seal by celestial armor, but in ep 47, they said again that the memory that should be kept is manipulated by someone
8. ep 33,,when attacked by shengde,, yandan said "quick, i can't hold it anymore" but they havent told tang zhou to eat the pills zhao yan gave first,, i think the scene was reversed, i was confused why suddenly told to be hurry, what action to do ?apparently told him to eat the pill
9. ep 56,, what?!I'm sure this is wrong,, isnt the 3 神器 (celestial artifacts) already stolen by the mastermind? the editing show yinyuan healing with 3 stolen artifacts and its go in to his body again,but the remaining artifact (dizhi) they have not in there,,
proved by ep 57,, 10:39 the stolen 3 celestial artifacts come out from MASTERMIND body, and yandan get it back the 3 artifacts
🖍(2) PRETENDING STUPID AND USELESS ACTION
1. yandan go to ask luming to help her find a book that can help her practice to protect herself from yinyuan, luming said all the book in yanxu palace, and her dont want to borrow with yinyuan but all the book is her punishment and she can access all the book
2. ep 6, Yandan was punished for writing heaven's rules with a very heavy pen, she lifted up very hard, she but could laying sleep by biting the pen, isnt it pinched?
3. ep 11, yinyuan craving a lotus burning pot to yandan, but yandan She didn't realize he knew who she was
4. ep 12, yumo can check Yandan's lotus heart only half, but yinyuan can't?, even though he has no doubt that it wasn't zhixi who helped him, and he believes she was yandan, but he didn't prove it by checking directly ,even he has that ability to check
5. ep 16, 14:30 ,when zhixi see yandan stuff, the blue bottle she gave her,, how can the note at the bottle? ,ep 13 11:09 the brokenheart yandan already keep the bottle with the others one in the locker, do you think her mood at that time still in the mood to write that note?
6. ziling afraid the others 妖 know about his real body,but he is in human world for long time ago and he show his skill in the other when fighing so why they dont know?
7. Yumo who thinks Tangzhou is the reincarnation of General Huode is very forceful, even though he has seen Huode, and even though there are only 2 people left who have participated in 2 wars, War of Genesis and God Demon War ,how can?! I'm speechless
8. ep 18,,,what makes me wonder is, if after cutting the horn can perish, why did he do it? if he perishes he unable to find yandan, what's the point? does he know zhaolan will give him elixir?
9. ep 40,, does yandan not eat antidote from tangzhou?, if they eat why do they still think the frog is from the lake? and if she have eaten why not heal? so that thing cant be called antidote
10. are all who reincarnated from "yewangchuan" not born from zero? yandan just lose her memories, does it make sense? many souls are reincarnated through yewangchuan, if all of them go down to mortal realm in adult form wouldn't it be very strange?even though yandan was forcibly passed down but the main reason she cant reincarnation is because she can't forget her memories,she should be born from zero.
ok, lets talk about the other route, from the heaven portal, yingdeng and yinyuan seem like reincarnation from the zero, from child,, but yinyuan betrayer servant go down in adult form?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?
12. THE LAST AND IMPORTANT ONE,, IF 2 SPECIAL EPISODE IS THE ENDING, TO FORCING, WHY? PRIMODIAL LORD,RANQING ,SACRIFICE HER PRIMODIAL SPIRIT TO MAKE A SHIELD BETWEEN DEMON AND HEAVEN REALM ,, IF YINYUAN CAN BE REVIVE SO RANQING CAN BE REVIVE TO EVEN IF THEY SAID STILL HAS A LITTLE SOUL SPIRIT LEFT LIKE THE HEAVEN EMPEROR ,,, IF YANDAN CAN BE REVIVE TOO ,SO ZHIXI NO NEED TO GIVE YANDAN HER HALF OF HEART.
🖌(3) WRONG WORD
1. ep1 yingdeng said her real body is dizun (emperor) (帝尊) lamp wick, ep 4 he said that he used to be a subordinate of dijun, and also the lamp wick on his desk,and this is the true,,, ,wrong word
2. ep 5,, female servant said her age is young but she can write the stoey "war of genesis(创世之战）"then yinyuandijun reply"是她写的创世之战"（she is who write the story war of genesis?）， but he asked to see the script,,if he said like that i think he is know about that story script first and ask someone to find the writer,if from beginning he dont know about the story he should said "她写的是创世之战？"(she wrote about war of genesis?)
3. yandan when find out yumo is the black fish, she said apparently you're the fish i raised for 800 years,, what? didn't yandan just become human form for 500 years? and worked for beiming for 200 years?since the beginning the black fish lived in the pond of beiming place for long time ago when the war of genesis
4. ep8 funeral of the dijuns, said wrong name ,ep 7 when war the emperor said wanyue,, but when funeral the announcer said wanyun ,the right one is wanyun
5. ep 16,, 26:56 when yumo cut his horn,, zhaolan read the book, she said "剜角之人灵力盡散而亡" but the book clearly write ""剜角之人'多有'灵力盡散而亡" obviously just memorize the script, she can just read the book
6. ep35,,37:41,, yandan said this place is the place to find memories that the old woman(老夫人）said? the right one is 老人(the GUY who save liuweiyang),,, im wondering which old woman told to them about memories 😲😲😲
QUESTION
1. is there no different time of between mortal realm and the heaven realm? ep 18 the narrator said "花界一日凡间数年，3界重分之后，人妖共存一界" ,if they in one realm why can flower clan 1 day human view years? they are in same realm! ,,so if the flower spirit and human in one frame so how many days go? 1 days or few years? ,but when yinyuan go back to heaven it seems no there is no time difference between heaven and human realm,
and ep 46 zhixi said 20years ago heavenly annouced yinyuan death
which is true？
note : the last 2 special episode maybe just for comfort? i dont know how is the novel but if this 2 sp eps is the ending it not make a sense
If I wrote something wrong, please comment politely
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We will never be apart....
One of the dramas which I shall never forget. this is the best xianxia drama that I ever watched. It has my perfect score in every aspect.Story,
As I know the drama actually based on a beautiful novel, I am actually worried cause I'm afraid there is something not perfect with the story. The differences between the drama and novel are common in the industry, but I'm grateful this drama is different in a good way. Even though there are imperfect in the plot due to circumstances. But I understand enough.
Some people maybe not be satisfied enough with the ending, however, it is beautiful and perfect enough for me. The special episodes give my heart a comfortable end. I think I am grateful enough for both the ending.
Acting,
Before I know and planned to watch this drama, I'm not named myself a fan of Yang Zi and Cheng Yi. But after this, I can proudly say that I will stay tuned on their upcoming drama. They really take my heart, break it, heal it, break it again, and then heal it with sweet medicine, but they break it into pieces in this drama. They are just perfect! This is what I mean Xianxia must have a perfect bittersweet story. And I would like to thank all of the team and actors for the hard work they poured in this drama. I can clearly feel their effort.
Music,
Perfect! They are all just perfect! All of the songs are really good as the song really made just for the drama. Thank you to the music department for your hard work on this drama. I don't have enough words to express my gratitude.
Rewatch Value,
I will rewatch this definitely! When I watched part 1, I think I will rewatch it sometime later. But I realized I am really attached to this drama and I can't move on easily. After finishing the drama, the desire to start again from the beginning is so strong. This is the first time I really want to rewatch the drama right after I finished the drama.
People have different definitions of 'good' and 'bad' for a drama. I think it is acceptable that this drama may have variant comments in good and bad ways. But I must say that if you are xianxia lover, you definitely must watch the drama and judge by yourself if this drama is good enough or not. Don't be influenced by just rumors and baseless opinions.
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