Must Watch!
Anyone who watches this drama will know what I mean when I say that it is so addicting. I recommend to anyone who like historical drama or Xianxia drama, because it has a very good intense storyline that puts your emotions up and down. The main leads are great at expressing emotion. If you like, Eternal love or Ashes of love :)CGI is also really beautiful. There is one scene that looks very pretty and nice with CGI.
So far, it is definitely a top Xianxia drama for me. It is definitely comparable to the top Xianxia dramas and if you like those you will be not disappointed. THIS IS A MUST WATCH!
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WATCH THIS!!
I’ve been waiting for months for this drama and even read the novel while waiting. It definitely fulfilled all my expectations and fixed a lot of the original novel’s flaws and made the storyline overall much better. The storyline is perfectly paced and there’s no drag or filler in any of its episodes. I love Cheng Yi and Yan Dan’s acting and their chemistry is top notch. Both main characters have a good character depth and for why they fell for each other and willing to make sacrifices for each other that make sense unlike some dramas I’ve watched where the main cp fall for each other without making sense or just extremely fast paced. Totally recommend if you loved Love and Redemption and Ashes of Love!!Was this review helpful to you?
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Best cdrama ever!!
I love this,the story line, the suspense, the build up of romance between FL and ML.I must also mention how the FL and ML are my favourite Chinese actors.I have a feeling it’s gonna end brilliantly and not to mention there’s a second part.As long as I’m aware there’s a lot to look forward to and I can’t wait to finish.I recommend this cdrama to everyone cause it’s great! I bc ace a strong feeling this dramas gonna blow up and I mean it I’ve never been so sure in my life!Im on my break and I know I’m not gonna be bored as there’s the greatest cdrama ahead of me!All the actors are exceptional and so are the graphics.I absolutely love the cast as there is a mix of The Love and Redemption cast and the Ashes of love cast.I’m going to say again this is something o recommend to everyone! Have fun watchingWas this review helpful to you?
Best Xianxia 2022
This drama is soooooo good! The visuals and theme of the drama is so pretty. The CGI is pretty good overall, but there could be better lighting/coloring done to make it more vibrant. YZ and CY were picked perfectly for this drama as no other actor or actress could have done it better than them! The acting is impressive and full of sensation. Definitely Xianxia queen and king! Very anticipated for the following episodes! This drama gives angst and misunderstandings vibe; therefore, I would prepare to cry a bucket of tears when watching this lol!Was this review helpful to you?
Love Xianxia!
This drama gives similar vibes to Eternal love and Ashes of Love, meaning that you can expect it to be another big hit. This drama portrays a funny and witty female lead with a more serious male lead. The matching is perfect as their love story really represents a beautiful story. The acting is great as the leads clearly portray such emotion with their actions and words. Their crying scenes really makes your heart ache as that goes with Xianxia dramas. The\ costumes are so pretty and the hair/makeup on YZ are also delicate and pretty. It really makes you want to wear one for yourself lol. The ending ost is too good as well. I've been listening to the 1 hour verison on youtube and I never skip the ending song. Xianxia typically have a lot of tears, so prepare your tissues!Was this review helpful to you?
Good so far
I watched for the female lead, because it reminded me of Ashes of Love and it really like it so far. It's similar, but I feel like this is a little faster pace than that one. I think the love story is worth watching if you like an emotional rollercoaster with tears and laughter. It will probably be my favorite Xianxia of the year.-very suspenseful (addicting)
-Xianxia love story
-good acting
-good cast
-good romance pacing
-nice CGI
-A+ costumes and makeup
It's a must watch for me!
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I can't see anthing new
Really. There's nothing new here. If I'm going to watch this for the first time, it is not bad but I can't help and conpare it to Ashes ofLove and Love and Redemption because IT IS SO SIMILAR! The casts says it all. Anyways it's actually fine to see something that it similar but for some reason, the plot here is a "little" worse? Probably because of the villain and the sister? It seems their IQ is so low and they have nothing better to do than chase the so called love. Ughhh ?Cast lineup is good. Acting is of course good. That's yang zi and cheng yi, both veterans of their field. Other casts are also veteran. They wasted resources and potential for this.
This was supposed to be one of my highly anticipated xianxia drama.
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10 stars. [the ml and fl acted so incredibly. I loved their facial expressions and banter during the series. The side characters acted amazing as well.] {the plot was amazing and throughly planned & didn’t feel rushed at all. I loved how there was different stories in the series but they all came together and connected with one another in a certain manner that didn’t feel a lot. The ending was sadly, sad but I still enjoyed every moment of it. My favorite episodes of the show are episode 15, 24, 25} Was this review helpful to you?
If you have not watched much of Chinese xianxia fantasy dramas, you should absolutely watch this.
YanDan and ZhiXi were the human transformation of and the only surviving members of the Four-leaves Lotus which had great medicinal value. YanDan had a tiff with the Heavenly Lord YingYuan, God of War when she discovered that he had been bullying a turtle in the garden, flipping him over every time he saw it. Unfortunately she was sent to serve him in his palace.A war broke out between the immortals and the demons. It was a bloody war and YingYuan returned seriously wounded although victorious. YingYuan knew that he was not going to survive and left his palace to die alone in the forest, so that he would not harm anyone when he went crazy. Fate had it that YanDan would find him already blinded in the forest and nursed him while hiding her real identity. She found out that the heart of the Four-leaves Lotus, of which she was one, would save him and decided to carve out half of her heart to do so. YingYuan knew this healing method earlier and had resisted it.
The immortal realm had a rule that immortals were not fall in love. Breaking this rule brought about severe punishment. Unfortunately for YingYuan and YanDan, the jealous fairy YingDeng who wanted YingYuan for herself was always around to sabotage them. To save YanDan from punishment, YingYuan had to play along very often with the scheming fairy YingDeng to stop her from spilling the truth about them. Part 1 of the drama continued onto Part 2.
I am surprised that Part 1 was rated better than Part 2, although I think Part 2 was more interesting after YanDan was banished to the mortal realm. She forgot who she was and called herself Bai Piao Liang.
Part 1 was very stale and more of the same to me. It was too much like the Ashes of Love where Yang Zi (YanDan) was the female lead, Love and Redemption where ChengYi (YingYuan) was the male lead and some of the earlier Chinese xianxia (fairytale) fantasy dramas. The moods, settings, some scenes and even the title of the drama were too much like these earlier dramas. For example YanDan crossing the WangChuang (River to Forget) reminded me of Ji Mi (Yang Zi) crossing the river to the demon realm to visit Xu Feng (DengLun) in Ashes of Love. There was also a jealous love rival who actively sabotaged - Sui He in Ashes of Love and YingDing in this drama. Part 1 was very emotional but did nothing much for me as it was mainly about one of the lover pretending and pushing away the other while one of them clinged on, so the chemistry between them was almost non-existent. Similarly the character Si Feng in Love and Redemption was always pushing away Xuan Ji - a similar situation of forbidden love. It was draggy, and all about deceit and hiding the truth - a lot of them were very annoying to me.
When the other party pushed one away, one should learn to move on, especially when so little was committed from the other person, regardless whether they reciprocated in their hearts and said nothing.
I will continue with my assessment in Part 2 for the rest of the drama.
However, if you have not watched Ashes of Love and much of Chinese xianxia fantasy dramas, or like to re-live those stories, you will enjoy this drama tremendously. A good drama to get you introduced to the world of Chinese fantasy dramas.
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Not deep, just a good time.
This is a very enjoyable series if you're looking to turn your brain off and just have a good time, and I mean this in a positive way. I honestly enjoyed it a lot just vibing along and not taking the plot too seriously.In terms of technical things like story/cinematography/script/editing/etc. it's extremely average (not terrible, I've definitely seen worse). If you're in here expecting something fresh or groundbreaking, you will be disappointed.
For me the enjoyment comes mainly from the 3 main characters (Yan Dan, Ying Yuan, Yu Mo). All 3 roles were well acted, I didn't find their characters annoying (yes, Yang Zi has played very similar roles before, but honestly she's quite good at it), and their interactions with each other are super fun to watch, especially when they are in the human realm and all kinds of shenanigans are happening. Even though both men are in love with the same woman they don't let that get in the way of working together or make things difficult for the FL. The FL also doesn't cause unnecessary drama that break up their 3-person team. It's clear by the end of the drama that their camaraderie is a core part of the drama that the writing team purposely kept intact to the very end.
As for the romance, the main romance (Ying Yuan and Yan Dan) is nothing to write home about story-wise, but very enjoyable because the actors are charismatic and good at what they do, and they look great doing it. I highly recommend fans of Yang Zi and/or Cheng Yi watch this because they're just a joy to watch (especially fans of Cheng Yi because it's fascinating seeing him play 3 characters in one show).
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The Feels of Ashes & Love and Redemption
I have been waiting for a long time to binge-watch a xianxia. And out of nowhere, this drama was dropped like a bomb. I can’t fathom why some hates this historical just by watching 5 episodes. Of course, there will be character development as the story progresses. I love the leads and the reason why I am greatly supporting this drama. Yang Zi fits the role and give a comic relief to the melancholy mood while Chen Yi, what else to say about him. He is excellent. All the cast are good and CGI as well. Don’t miss this romantic drama, so worth it!!!Was this review helpful to you?
My long waited drama is finally here
It’s already over a year . I’ve been waiting this drama for so long .Now finally it’s broacasted.
I’ve already watch 5 epis. First Yan Dan Yang Zi is really lively and cute . I ‘m sure that her acting can attract many viewers. It’s no need to say that Yang Zi ‘s acting skill is already great .Ying Yuan is really handsome and smart Di Jun. really suited with Cheng Yi.Also I would like to praise Zhi Xi Meng Ziyi for her beauty.I also want to praise the CGI of drama and music songs. I hope this can get many success and achievements.Please be one of the best Xian xia drama.
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