This discussion is for those who have completed the drama!! Else, SPOILERS ALERT !!!
In the last few moments, there is a voice over by Tang San's mother. Subtitles are not available yet, but loosely translated as below:-
"Tang San, have you truly waken? What is real, which is your true self.... Tang San, wake up...."
At the moment, I have only 1 guess:- that Tang San was under the control of Shi Nian from the end of ep 38.... Tang San was talking to his teammates, but scene suddenly cut to him talking to Shi Nian, and the subsequent scenes, imagining seeing Tang Hao, seeing his teammates being hurt by Shi Nian, but all these were only an illusions (this part could be a dream within a dream).... and there's the weird discussion about what everyone would do after the tournament was over..... all these feel quite unrealistic. Especially how Bi Bi Dong was aware of the plot to kill her, and almost everyone else knew too, except for Ghost Douluo...?? This is my guess on the cliffhanger ending for now.
There are other possibilities on the beginning point of the illusions.... the ending did not cover on where are the missing contestants? Their mysterious disappearances, seems weird to be done by Ghost Douluo alone? Even if Ghost Douluo has the help of the other soul masters, why did he need to capture them? Hold all of them captive so that they could not help Bi Bi Dong and spoil his plan? Does not sound right too....
Probably need to re-watch ep1 and the eps 30 to 40 again.... -__-
What are your thoughts on the ending? Let's discuss §(* ̄▽ ̄*)§