Story- So from what I know, it's based off a book from Priest, and is heavily wuxia. I'm someone that loves heavy wuxia and slow romance; therefore, this drama is fitting to my taste. Everyone has different preferences, so they may not like how wuxia-heavy and slow the romance is. The drama is slow paced in the beginning, and wasn't quite interesting. But it is definitely picking up.
Acting/Cast- The main leads are extremely popular in China, and they live up to their name. Wang Yibo is still young ang learning, his acting obviously won't be top-notch, some of these people have to high expectations. But his acting is pretty good. Zhao Liying just came back from a break from acting, she may need some time to get back into it, but she's a veteran actress, and her acting is obviously good. The other actresses and actors are doing well, as well.
Music- I have no idea why Yibo's XiWei trended for being bad, when I listened to it, I thought it was pleasant and decent. To me, all the songs are a grower, they are pretty good.
Rewatch- The drama has not finished airing, so I can't really say anything much about it. But so far it's good.
Characters- Zhou Fei- An ignorant girl, but she is still learning. But finally the FL is the strong one. Xie Yun- Who is he? His background is so mysterious. Chu Chu- People may say she's a Mary Sue, I agree and disagree because she may get a character development. Li Sheng- An idiot, sadly I see myself in him. Always being compared to others and being told that the other one is better than you. Except from what I see, he's growing. Li Yan- I usually dislike naive cute-sy characters like her, but not this time. Li Zhen- I have a weird feeling about him. Yang Jin- He's a bonehead, but adorable to watch. Yin Pei- Rude, angsty boy. I would've put him and Chu Chu together. Shen Tian Shu- So far, I want to punch him with a metal fist, same with Yu Wenzhi and Gu Tianxian.
Production- The CGI and the forest sets are obviously fake, it's almost cringey to watch those part. But given the fact they filmed it during the pandemic ,so they didn't have much, I'll let it off. I'm watching it on Dramacool, and the production isn't bad nor good.
Overall- I don't see why it's blasted with negative reviews.