I incidently watch this drama after a looong day of work..and it lifts me up. The story is great and the characters(casts) are well versed with their role. This drama had many values. I rewatches this drama (i never done this in chinese drama before). The team deserves a standing ovation. The casts are great, n i enjoyed all of it esp the last battle , indeed an epic one. I google the novel,and i personally preferred the drama more than the novel.If there were to be 2nd season ,i really hope (please please please) it would be the same casts..coz if it is not,then what is the point????..
P.s i dont mind lack of romance part as there are tons drama out there has it, but btth has what i called added values, in which what lacking in many dramas nowadays.. One of quote that i love from xiao yan
"if i am still alive, and able to fight them, eventhough i am not the choosen one, i will do my best to do it!"
Kudos to the team!!????????
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Took Me Into A New Universe
I like cultivation shows, and this show in particular embodied the right elements that made it into a very interesting cultivation drama. I haven't seen the animated version before watching this so I don't have any material to compare it. With this, I was extremely satisfied with how the show was directed, and how the CGI was perfectly integrated.I love Leo Wu's interpretation and character delivery. His fellow actors showed an impeccable performance which contributed a lot into the show's overall brilliance.
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One of my favorite wuxia drama
I enjoyed this at the same level as Ever Night 1, and I've rewatched this several times. I like wuxia dramas especially those focusing on cultivation and underdog type stories. The ML's journey and progression as to how he acquires his skills were well paced. There were some dragging moments that I don't care for i.e., plot concerning palace/royals and zombies/puppets. The battle scenes were executed well esp the finale.The main reason I liked this drama is that they were plenty of highlights. The battle scenes where he shows off his power were alloted enough screen time and done right, i.e., you can see how powerful the ML is. I hate Wuxia dramas where the ML is supposed to be the most powerful and yet getting beaten often or needing to be rescued.
I wish they'll make season 2.
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This drama is quite decent. The acting of some people was pretty good. The music is pretty good as well. The effects were also pretty good. In one scene, the Male Main Character drives a huge gaping wound on a snake causing blood to spill out all over the character. In another scene, the characters and his team humiliate another team by using water disguised as urine to "water the vegetables." The drama was funny at times. However, this is the best argument I can make for the Director.If you are unaware, this drama is based off of a novel called Battle Through The Heavens, a wuxia novel. However, to me, this is where the director made the biggest sin; the director chose to modify the story beyond the novel. This was a terrible mistake because the novel was decent by itself. All the director had to do was follow the story and edit out the exe.forbidden-fruit-scenes. The drama would have been great. Instead, the beginning was half-kept and modified. The rest of the drama had pieces of the novel but were modified beyond recognition such as the academy. Also, they messed up the characters. They switched the roles and backgrounds of the characters in the drama which did not sit well with me. The male lead in the novel was a little humble, fiercely protective of those he cared about and hardworking. However, in the drama, the male lead is a little arrogant and the acting was questionable sometimes compounded by the fact that drama can be considered completely different from the novel. Also, because the director decided to change the original story, it was left with many loopholes. At least for me, I could not accept this. The drama was worse than the novel which begs the question of whether the director should have kept the original story or not.
To me, watching this was excruciating. There were times when I wanted to yell at the director for making this drama exist. I did not agree with the director's choice to make the story completely different. I suspect that the budget was not very high hence the decision and the sudden halt. However, because some people have not read the novel, it can be considered decent. For those that have not read and watched either, watch the drama first then the novel. If you read the novel first, you will immediately notice the flaws and dislike the drama.
Yeah, maybe I am being too harsh. After all, it has been a while since I have watched the drama. To me, it is like having to compare an inferior fruit to a superior fruit. You would not notice the inferiority had you had just been given the inferior fruit. I also loosely remember(I maybe wrong) that the distinctions between power levels is almost not mentioned in the drama. Anyway. watch first then read.
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EPIC WUXIA BUTMAJOR CLIFFHANGER
I REALLY LOVE this drama. But no I did not read the novel or watch the anime.SPOILER ALERT
Acting
I think everyone had shown great acting in this drama especially main cast, Wu Lei. He was cute but masculine, soft and kind -hearted but could be fierce and scary.
Story.
I love how simple and direct the story was. We know from the very beginning who was the good guy, the evil one. And what was the mission.
Although there are parts that made me scratched my head a bit. Like XY confession to Xia Yixian in the cave.Do they want to go with romantic route with this couple or not ? Because the scene was touching and I really thought he liked her but not?. It was not.
And Male and and Female lead Xun er is first cousin?.
There are LOL moments everytime XY put on his mask and becomes Yan Xiao?. Nobody could recognized him. Really?
And for WTF moment in the last episode. It was an epic battle and XY won! and suddenly this mad woman Yixian brought him to an isolated cave and leave him alone which led to Han Feng took his ring!!!! He could be just fine with his people in the arena!!!!and then the end!!!!
WHO ENDS A DRAMA LIKE THAT WITHOUT SEASON 2 IN PRODUCTION??!!!
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This TV series has a setting of fantasy and wuxia in the ancient china setting; story is not that unique, its always about powering up to defeat more enemies and save the world and stuff like that. But this main character has had one too many set backs that at around episode 40 onward his facial expressions are not as fresh as before (in my opinion).However I do like that they surprised me by not going the harem route; I thought that he was gonna conquer all the females in power, but he didn't. Music and studio effects are fresh, they change it up every few episodes so we dont get sick of it. ( I know some korean dramas that keep using the same OST, but it just invokes feelings to that song, its not bad)
Overall, I will keep a lookout in 2019 for the season 2!
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All I could see is this is a side story, I hope in season 2 the producer would follow the novel or comic, these would be the beginning journey of actual Battle through the heaven.
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Im just waiting for release of part 2 and i hope it will start shooting soon.
Lead actors play well in their role and that makes it huge success. So please fast ⏩ forward season 2.
I expected similar drama Alchemy of soul will be good but it Sutter my expections who don't respect female lead and makes joke like passing parcel(souls) with lead actress. It's disgusting drama so please don't do such mistakes in your drama. If you had leads characters then stick them in drama without changeing.
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What impressed me most was the special effects and the cast acted well.
You would see how the main character, Xiao Yan, overcame the schemes and attacks of his enemies with unexpected help through the drama. At every crisis, you wonder how was he going to get through this one.
You would might be reminded of Harry Potter, Jumanji, Alice in Wonderland, so in terms of originality, it did not measure high.
The drama was interesting but lacked an element of surprise and mystery. It was very clear who were on the good side and who were on the bad, so there was not much of a surprise. However, it made you clutch your fist when the bad guys were winning and were blaming and punishing the good guys for crimes they did not commit. You feel like punching them, if only you were there.
The title translation 'Fights break Sphere' is terrible. 'Battle through Heaven' without 'the' would be much better.
The final battle was exciting but the attempt to turn out a surprise at the very end did not work too well. Many Chinese dramas have terrible endings - perhaps you should start the story with the end in mind.
I would rate it among the top league although not quite in the ultra top like The Untamed, Nirvana in Fire or Ten Mile Peach Blossom - they set a standard difficult to beat.
But as you know this is the first season, so you would expect a sequel and an ending that was not conclusive.
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Didn't reach my expectations
I started watching this drama for the male lead Leo Wu ,, I've watched his recent dramas Cross fire and Tomb of the sea ,, they were the best acting and story but here He was younger yet very professional and really amazing for his young age among a lot of older professional actors among them Xiao Zhan who just appeared for some episodes small screen timeThe drama started so good ,,,I was captivated by it's start really strong and really fast based but from the middle the story was just stretched a lot with so many ways to get the hero his utmost power
it became draggy and boring for about twenty episodes till episode 41 things started to move along quickly and the final epic battel came to happen and it didn't disappoint ,, enduring 20 filler episodes for just the last five episode
The female presence was strong but why all the females love only the male lead ,, the other actors were just extras didn't even have their chance to tell their stories in the fillers
Overall it wasn't that bad but also not that good in my opinion ,, If you want to watch it for the male lead you will enjoy it if not you won't enjoy it so much
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movie overall good, and recomended to watch
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