Mayank

Then YOUKU should have protected us till the end. 😅 Why sacrificed us now?

I dunno about the novel but in the drama there is no clear logical explanation as to why he has been cursed.
First it has been told that he was a Divine Lord thousand years back and was destined to end heaven's wrath. Then no one knows as to how and when he became Yecha and was cursed because he caused immense bloodshed and took divine tree's power. And as to how and when he did than bloodshed that too no one knows. Pretty illogical, isn't it?

At ep 30... LXY is looking more like a disciple of Qingcheng rather than Lifei... Like how QC went out of his way for the just cause even being labelled as a traitor... hunted down for his own life ... Lifei for whatever reason it maybe looking down on her own master lifelong effort, sacrifice and death is looking such a hypocrite here. A character in beginning with a sole aim of searching for her master then in the end instead of striving for her master's cause and even shunnig her master's teachings. What a great character development and growth!

Bian Xianyi is the court dancer who is presenting a dance when FL first meets all the princes and the emporer for the first time in the starting of ep 3. She is the person whom Prince Yu [6th prince] loves and the Crown Prince(ML) uses Bian Xianyi to expose the evil schemes of Prince Yu in front of FL.

Exactly 😊

I apologize if I offended your opinion in any manner whether because of the translation error or otherwise.

The main issue with FL here is that she is not forming her POV or sticking to a POV if formed . Even an ordinary character like that maid of Tongzhou, Miaoqing is able to manipulate FL to channel her spirit energy to TZ. Whenever she encounters any setbacks she becomes numb and melancholic and changes her POV immediately.
Here, definitely FL should not be blamed for not trusting and not believing ML as he can turn into Yecha anytime and cause a massacre but still extreme actions against ML could have been avoided.
The way FL is doubting ML, she must also keep a margin of doubt for everyone around her because she has immense power(earlier fox spirit Riyan and afterwards Divine Tree) and anyone could turn greedy or dark because of that. If not turning greedy or dark still could be coerced to harm her. But she keep on believing everyone around her just because they are from immortal sects (like Qin ) or are her friends(like TZ). She didn't learned any lesson from the betrayal by ML.
She has time and again been manipulated by people around her and not acted like a smart FL. Well, the writer is to blame here as to keep the plots of story moving forward or to create a particular scenario, the writer has almost turned FL into a not so smart, melancholic and excessively innocent person who has no idea of how this cruel world works for power and selfish gains and is quite indecisive in her actions.

Just look at the URL for this page, it contains 'love-and-redemption-2' 😅
I just saw that the original author of both 'Love and Redemption' and 'The Eternal Fragrance' are same (Shi Si Lang).
Yaa, such ML characters are definitely annoying.

As I said earlier "LXY in his senses doesn't want to kill anyone on any side and want to prevent any sort of war between immortal sects and demon sect and wants demon clan to RETURN TO THEIR HOMELAND and this is exactly what the female lead's master QC wanted that both side exist without any killings" .
If demon clan returns to their homeland when the so called sea calamity and heaven's wrath are over, they can co-exist in their respective original homeland, for this only LXY was asking time from LF when she tried to kill him and entire demon clan as he needs time to find a way to send the demon clan back for everyone to co-exist. You are right when u say that they cannot co-exist peacefully on same land as both sides harbor deep resentment for each other which could emerge sooner or later,even if solved in present time but still there is no need to eliminate one side completely by the other, that is too brutal. In ep 28, we can see that Hu Jiaping (LF's senior brother who is also a disciple of LF's master,Qingcheng) is saying that he will take the research of his master QC, to East Sea (place of sea calamity) to fulfill his master's lifelong aspiration that demon and immortal sect reconcile and stop fighting each other i.e. to stop mutual destruction. LXY was also saved by QC so he also knows what QC and headmaster of Chufeng Academy wants is to stop mutual destruction of both sides and both sides let go of their resentment of each other and live peacefully on their respective lands.
This is why LXY said to Lifei,"Lifei,you may take my life.Spare us from mutual slaughter." LXY knows that this is only possible if he sends all the demon clan members back to their homeland that is why he is asking for time.
This is exactly why I am saying that Lifei is not following the teaching of her own master,QC. QC wants this chain of mutual destruction which has been carried on for centuries to end. If LF kills all demons today, some demons may survive and they will still arise again from the resentment the dead demons will carry and this chain of revenge on each other will still continue. I know many viewers will not like it but I will still say that at this point Lifei is a little wrong here. I know she is hurting but still she must not forget the teachings of her master,QC. She was about to spoil the lifelong effort of her master by trying to eliminate LXY and demon clan.

You are expecting an almost dead LXY who was fatally wounded by LF when he unlocked her power and on his deathbed to save LF's junior(dude LXY doesn't even know that such a junior is in danger) and control his subordinates who don't even listen to him and don't even bother to tell him what are they going to do next. Everything action of his subordinates is a surprise for LXY here and he is running all over the place to control them.

Now, here I agree with you that LF has been shown a damsel in distress and her highlight moments have been stolen. Here, LXY enters and save her when LF is chained. It would have been more appropriate if as you said "the female lead saves herself by awakening her powers and draining the spiritual energy of others". Now, if when female lead drains the spiritual power of others (immortal sect members who have captured her to steal her power) then she would be the one harming those who LXY has harmed in an attempt to save LF. Now, all the hate you are showing for LXY for harming those who LF loved and cared about would be harmed by LF herself. Here , LXY is becoming the bad guy in saving LF from the immortal sect members. This is entirely wrong , LF should have awakened her power and should have taken the blame herself for harming those who now are harmed by LXY in an attempt to save her.

Now, you are saying why LXY is not killing his underlings( guardians of demon sect). First of all, how are they his underlings when they are not even listening to him and not reporting their actions to him? Now coming to the point of LXY not killing the demon guardians is that he himself in his senses doesn't want to kill anyone on any side and want to prevent any sort of war between immortal sects and demon sect and wants demon clan to return to their original homeland and this is exactly what the female lead's master QC wanted that both side exist without any killings and that is why LF's master saved both LXY and Hu Jiaping( the demon guardian and female lead's senior and her masters's disciple) and also established outcast tomb for demon clan.

Now you are saying " Lifei’s side was on the brink of total annihilation". Seriously?
Deman clan was almost annihilated and their soul, bones and energy being fed by immortal sect when they arrived at central plains just to survive when their own home was running out of spirit energy. When LF's master realised immortal sect's mistake then he created outcast tomb for demon clan,saved LXY and hid Divine Tree and he was labelled as a traitor by his own people and had to go into hiding. Now, let me recall the hypocrisy of people whom you are calling Lifei's side. When Ye Ye's kingdom was being eliminated by an immortal sect and TZ's sect being eliminated by same immortal sect, other immortal sects be like "This is not our buisness. Who cares? Let the kingdoms solve their own problems. We won't interfere." Now, when demon clan (precisely people from foreign land or outcast people) arrived at central plains for survival, the immortal sects and very same people on Lifei's side be like "How dare you dream to survive? You are not one of us. We will kill each one of you, seal your spirit and energy and leave your spirit to decay for thousan of years. "
Now, what LF is doing in the present, teaming up with people on her side and TZ to use almost dead body of LXY to cast a spell on demon clan and kill all of them in a single attack. She is trying to repeat what immortal sect did 500 years before. So, what changes this time is that she would get to live and whole of a clan will be eliminated. What a self-righteous hypocritical attempt to eliminate a full clan if few people close to her died and two juniors were killed and she is ready to kill all innocent demon clan members alongside the demon clan conspirators who are originally at fault. She has even forgotten the teachings of her master who sacrificed his cultivation and his life so that every life could survive and there would be no war between demon and immortal clans.

You are saying "In this lifetime, if it weren't for him dragging her down while being pursued, her beloved master would never have had to step in and wouldn't have died." Why don't you just put the blame of everything on LXY and just kill him off to vent?
Was LXY chasing her master or her master's own junior and head of Wuyue Court CX?
Did LXY asked her master to go and meet CX when CX invited her master?
Did LXY asked her master to fall in the trap of CX?
As per you LF and her master were dragged down because her master had to save her when LXY was being pursued and encountered her by chance. What a great logic! I am speechless.
Even if her master's whereabouts were compromised because of this encounter, who asked him to visit CX at Wuyue Court and fall into the trap?

I think Ji TongZhou was intentionally over-exaggerating his injury so that Lifei will transfer her Divine Tree Spirit power to him willingly and his maid was also in cahoots with him.

Exactly! 😊

@Dreamy

This is exactly where the double standards and bias in this story are originating from.
1. When LF and LXY didn't know each other, both were trying to harm each other, LXY wanted to harm her to take away Riyan and LF also tricked and poisoned LXY and sold him to that opera house restraunt something. There is nothing wrong here as both of them were trying to survive here. LXY wanted to save his brother and LF wanted to find her senior and master. None of them should be targeted here.
2. When they both knew each other, LXY only lied here and not harmed her because he was TRICKED but you say BETRAYAL is a BETRAYAL regardless of outcome. It should also be said here that afterwards LXY is SACRIFICING his life at every point to protect LF and LF, after getting her powers back is attempting to KILL LXY at every opportunity. LF's actions are being cut some slack here and are being tried to look righteous.
LF is pale and drained when LXY tried to take Riyan . I accept LXY is wrong here and he BETRAYED her.
Now, LXY is almost dead and on life support, still LF and TZ are using an almost dead body of LXY to kill LXY and the entire demon sect.
Compare the above two scenario. Which one is more cruel?

@Dreamy
You might be right that no one is hating LXY but as it can be seen he is already very miserable running for his life , then trying to save his brother and failing, then facing LF and every other character's hatred at Chufeng Academy and being ISOLATED, then trying to make ameds with LF and suffering all alone and then fighting his fate of Yecha and sacrificing himselfy at every step. If not being hating he is still being BLAMED at every step and LF actions are being somewhat ignored or not accounted for.
Well! After getting a grip😅, I think you twisted the plot to prove me wrong!
1. LXY never tried to kill LF, even when he was taking fox spirit from LF , he used forbidden arts to take away all the suffering on himself which LF could have suffered from the process of taking away fox spirit Riyan.
2. Even when LXY was possessed by Yecha and tried to choke LF, he hesitated every time because he loved her and ultimately never even once attempted to kill her and regained his senses every time.
3. Till now LF has already attempted to kill LXY thrice. First, when he was unlocking her power. Second, when she attempted to use him as a source to kill the whole demon clan. Third, as an accomplice of TZ, when he struck LXY with his ultimate fire skill whose blow was taken by one of the guardian of demon clan. I am calling her an accomplice here because she never questioned this action of TZ or doubted him( well still some are saying she is using her brain😅,How? I dunno)

Now, when LXY lied and tried to take away Riyan from LF , she has a right to be mad BUT setting one lie as a BENCHMARK when he didn't even actually hurt her or Riyan and hating LXY for the whole drama is something I don't understand when they clearly knew LXY was tricked by an elder of TZ's clan.When LF is tricked by someone, she is innocent and a victim but when LXY is tricked by someone,he is a perpetrator and a bad guy who betrays. In this whole scenario, neither LF was harmed nor Riyan was harmed(some cultivation of Riyan might have depleted but he was well and fine as seen later in the show) and a lie was exaggerated to be an ULTIMATE betrayal. Does this even makes sense! Atleast not to me.

Well ! I just don't understand so many people defending LF's actions and hating LXY's character. First of all, LXY tried to save his brother who accompanied him whole time while they were on run for their life for which he is already receiving LF's hate for more than 15 episodes approx. LF can save whoever she wants but LXY cannot save his only brother. Secondly, he has been cursed and he is fighting his curse and demons controlling vines with his full will power and only harming himself in the process.

LF already wounded LXY fatally while he was only unblocking her seals so she could protect herself . Now, teaming up with TZ she is using LXY as a source to kill LXY and all the remaining demons with some red stone fromation and trying to bring a brutal end to a whole full clan so that remaining immortal sects and people like TZ can feed on the demons bones and souls like previously did by immortal sects. If demond clan was meant to be exterminated why LF's master and Chufeng Academy's head didn't kill LXY and other demons?

Now, some are saying LF is not blindly believing LXY and using her brain , then where is her brain when TZ just tried to kill a begging and pleading LXY with his supreme fire power whose energy he just borrowed from LF when she was unconscious. Well, I think LF only need to use her brain when LXY is involved. LF is acting all innocent and guilt trapped and only decisiveness she has ever shown is when she wanted to hate or harm LXY and her actions are opposite of her own master's teaching who accepted people from foreign land for which he was called a traitor by immortal sects and believed every life matters.