As I thought, now that we reached the end this has surpassed FoF in my heart - for as much as I loved FoF characters and story and visuals, it unfortunately got lost a bit while this one stayed more consistent, keeping me intrigued from start to finish with a very complex plot, mesmerizing characters and incredible acting.
I was a fan of TJR already but now I will definitely follow his every other project: he managed to create three distinct interpretations out of this role giving DragonDeity/Lonescale/JiLing completely different moves and auras. Incredible.
I saw Joseph only in MLC and I liked his acting although I wasn't a big fan of his character there, but here he really convinced me - and so did the ladies AND most of all the secondary characters. I admire how this director/screenwriter manages to bring alive even the smallest character in the story, and every character has its own important role to play in the general painting.
I was honestly glued to my seat till the end, I cried MILLIONS of tears and I even managed to never cringe in fight/CGI scenes (apart, maybe, from the final big boss fight and the sword ballista which had me a bit smiling... it kinda reminded me of Ursula in Disney's Little Mermaid original cartoon).
Anyway: I need more epic wuxias that hit like this one! Kudos everyone in the cast and crew, 10/10 for me!
Hi my lovelies. As requested, I have added VOS's ranking achievement on Weibo etc to the Discussions section. You can add other achievement but only for VOS please and avoid mentioning other dramas or characters, even when they are on the ranking list. Thank you.
--- VOS's ranking achievement on Weibo etc
Heat Index surpassed 10.000 on Youku, achieved on Day 3 airing, 03.04.2026 and maintained the high score for 5 consecutive days
Listed as S+ (super popular drama) category on Yunhe on the 5th day airing, 05.04.2026
Weibo: #1 Ranking on TVseries, with 8.5 (data per 19.04.2026) Vlinkage, updated 19.04.2026: Veil of Shadows dominated Vlinkage ranking for Web Drama Play Index and Ju Jingyi's Lu Wuyi also ranked 1 for TV Series Character New Media Index, both for 3 consecutive days
I so get used to waking up at 6am to read new comments here and watch the new episode at 7am (in my timezone) so guess what, today I do the same, but rewatching 😅 the withdrawal syndrome
I was a fan of TJR already but now I will definitely follow his every other project: he managed to create three distinct interpretations out of this role giving DragonDeity/Lonescale/JiLing completely different moves and auras. Incredible.
I saw Joseph only in MLC and I liked his acting although I wasn't a big fan of his character there, but here he really convinced me - and so did the ladies AND most of all the secondary characters. I admire how this director/screenwriter manages to bring alive even the smallest character in the story, and every character has its own important role to play in the general painting.
I was honestly glued to my seat till the end, I cried MILLIONS of tears and I even managed to never cringe in fight/CGI scenes (apart, maybe, from the final big boss fight and the sword ballista which had me a bit smiling... it kinda reminded me of Ursula in Disney's Little Mermaid original cartoon).
Anyway: I need more epic wuxias that hit like this one!
Kudos everyone in the cast and crew, 10/10 for me!
http://xhslink.com/o/5UP560lqkmT
As requested, I have added VOS's ranking achievement on Weibo etc to the Discussions section.
You can add other achievement but only for VOS please and avoid mentioning other dramas or characters, even when they are on the ranking list.
Thank you.
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VOS's ranking achievement on Weibo etc
Heat Index surpassed 10.000 on Youku, achieved on Day 3 airing, 03.04.2026 and maintained the high score for 5 consecutive days
Listed as S+ (super popular drama) category on Yunhe on the 5th day airing, 05.04.2026
Weibo: #1 Ranking on TVseries, with 8.5 (data per 19.04.2026)
Vlinkage, updated 19.04.2026:
Veil of Shadows dominated Vlinkage ranking for Web Drama Play Index and Ju Jingyi's Lu Wuyi also ranked 1 for TV Series Character New Media Index, both for 3 consecutive days
Hwanwang Big Data, updated 19.04.2026
The top 10 most popular characters in currently airing dramas according to the #HuanwangBigDataDailyRanking# on April 18th are here!
#1 Ju Jingyi's Lu Wuyi
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5289374774461010#&gid=1&pid=1https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5289374774461010
Most Popular Characters
🥇 Lu Wuyi, Veil of Shadows
Most Popular Web Drama Play
🥇 Veil of Shadows