i actually liked this drama to a certain extent like it made me actually care for some of the characters, feel sad for them and etc. storywise it started off like okay but it felt like something was missing? idk but it also felt like the main couple's romance was a little odd and rushed but it turned out okay afterwards. the different lives part was interesting too and the male leads actor did a really good job. at the part when yanyue (ML) was abt to kill wei zhi (FL) i was on the brink of tears at that point i did care abt them and want them together but like after when mu nan (the demon lord) shows wei zhi her past life yan yues's past life really made me dislike him. i think the lack of showing his pov and inner thoughts created a disconnect between the viewers and the character so i honestly almost forgot abt how yan yue is not a horrible guy.

i think everyone was cast well and did a good job. the visual effects were also surprisingly good. the only weird part was when jjy would float in the air to use her phoenix powers.

the characters make some choices that i dont agree with and think are stupid but i did end up liking a few of them a lot. wei zhi is okay think but i feel like she is not silly enough like yeah shes the phoenix but jjy is more suited for characters with a sense of humor and less seriousness (pls cast her in a romcom). i did like sima wangyue more than weizhi just because of their personalities and jjy did a really well at the part where she was jailed cus ppl thought she was a demon like her expressions and voice was on point. yan yue as a character was a little iffy i think he just switched up too much i just couldnt get myself to trust him or like him. chen yan made it worse too like i just really hate him. he did some nice things for wangyue but he was a bitch to mu nan so i really dont like him. i think after yan yue "kills" wei zhi i just stopped caring abt the main couple like idrc abt them at all.

my favourite characters gotta be mu nan, yi er lan su and ou ya especially the last three cus they were just the perfect trio. i felt really bad for mu nan and liked him way more than the two mains and normally i dont like the male characters so his character was really good yk. i wont talk abt any of the major deaths here but one part i really disliked was how they just killed lan su off like ??? it was so unnecessary and she didnt do anything to deserve that like it was such a pathetic death too. also why did yan luo get a sad music video death monologue and not lan su. she got more screen time and she was more amusing. this is pretty girl erasure. i got spoiled that lan su died which made it even worse because it was such an underwhelming death. i do find it funny how she was talking for like five minutes straight after being hit by the killing strike and they didnt bother to try to like patch her up and stop the bleeding or smth. also why does no one have healing powers in this that is kinda stupid too. and why do song xinrans characters always die in the last few episodes like give her a break lmao.

another thing i disliked was how rushed the ending was. the whole things 36 episodes so why not just make it 40? the last two episodes are so squished together the time jumps are just crazy. they shouldve also made the prologue a whole extra episode itself cus it wouldve been nice to see how the characters ended up but i guess they cant do that either cus they made 30 year jump like who does that?

rewatch value is quite low cus there arent any outstanding parts that i would want to rewatch.

in general this drama was okay and it had potential and almost reminded me of ten miles of peach blossoms but was just not it ig. i think its a lot better than the blooms at ruyi pavillion so i dont get why the ratings for this are lower than for that one but ig this dramas a hit or miss like some people really hate it and some people really like it. i think im in between there somewhere.