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Agreed! There were rumors before they filmed that they were going to swap her out with someone else but glad she was the final pick at the end.

Just ironic how the realms are self-fulfilling prophecy at this point. If they had left the twins alone, it would had been okay but no, now Guxiu is going to open again too.

Also gotta praise LLD again, she is so good as YT. Even more so when you read/watch their interviews and you see that LLD is nothing like YT. Even CXX said LLD is more on the quiet side/like a kitty. LLD herself said YT's emotions are more expressive and outward while she herself is more stable/internal. Also this is first time LLD did a more comedic role and she herself said she was worried at first and cried because she didn't think she can hit the comedic parts of the character but she did so well.

RIP to Man Man. Just angst after angst. Just thinking about how Man Man had always been there for Yetan through it all. If QK gave YT familial love, then MM was the one who made YT less lonely. Remember that despite QK wanting to be with YT, she had her duties/studying as the heaven to-be consort so MM was probably the one who was always in person by YT. Can't wait to see YT wipe out everyone since they are just pushing her at this point to do it.

Yeh, WL got that child actor image so it is hard not to associate him with still being young when he is going into his mid 20s. His looks is more on the boyish side too.

WL is also so young looking/boyish that I can’t see him as WR who is more mature and sophisticated looking. Like I can believe WR goes around sleeping with women but WL’s version of WR? It did be hard to believe in my opinion 🤣

Agree, there are not many actors in this age range who can play all 5 characters; YQ 1.0, LM, MYQ, WR, and YQ 2.0

Not to mention CXX himself came up with a lot of the mannerisms for these characters to bring them to life. LM in the novel speak full sentences but CXX changed it to fit LM’s character setting aka someone who didn’t speak to others for a long time, so won’t make sense to be able to speak in full sentences.

Comments brought up YY but YY is not the best actor. He plays decent in the roles he does (cold/cool male leads) but he doesn’t have enough depth in his acting. There was this movie he acted before where he was more of a non-cool character and he got dragged by netizens for being “oily”. It is not easy acting a character who is outgoing/flirty without coming off of as greasy.

WL is a good actor and I can see him acting as say LM and MYQ. But I can’t see him as WR. Wenren’s looks matter to the character and WL doesn’t have the “pretty boy” look to transform him into WR. Imagine WL with that WR wig and pink robe. 😭

Love them, and you can tell how much YQ was hurting for YT too, watching her with teary eyes as she let it all out. He didn't push her to forgive her father, but just be there for her. Couple goals.

She deserves the world 😢

Her crying scene had a mixture of sadness, relief, and happiness, I still don't care for the emperor since I believe there was still something that he could had done instead of just outright neglecting her and just let the court roll him over. But I am happy for her, she just wanted to know deep down her father cared in some ways.

LLD's crying scene when YT discovered all those years of birthday presents... really thankful for this cast because they can ACT

Teasers for episode 31-32 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1JM4y1d7qv/

CRYING, this is spoiler for next episode but remember how YT is a fan of the void realm so knows all the details of the void realm/king/princes. In the next episode teaser, CF asked her why she looks down on him and she said because he doesn't like to wash his feet. He didn't deny it. 🤣🤣🤣

One thing I really like about this drama is that both pair YQ x YT and CF x QK said alright we are out of here. One thing about xianxia in general is that these royal characters tend to stick around for their realms for the "greater purpose" while their partners suffer by their side from bullying/harassment, etc. You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you can't protect your partner as a godly being meant to be the king but still want to be a king despite that, then let your partner go. I am glad they went for the route that both ML and 2nd ML decided that it is just not worth it to stay around if these realms aren't going to treat their FLs right.

Some interesting background info of them: They actually met back in 2016-2017 for the casting for "My Huckleberry Friends". LLD became the female lead (Yu Zhou Zhou) while CXX applied for the role of Chen An (first love of Yu Zhou Zhou) but unfortunately he didn't get the role. LLD mentioned she actually still has a picture of him from back then in her phone all these years and forgot about it until CXX brought it up that they met back then. They got the opportunity to work again for "Guardians of the Lands" (the BL drama not aired yet but filmed before TSL) where this time, LLD played CXX's first love that got away LOL. And now this drama where both are the main leads.

Yup! People waited so long for these scenes since this CP is slow burn so they were waiting around to get all those sweet moments before going into the angst route. They are still really sweet but those scenes really added more to it. Why bother filming the scenes just to not air them with full exposure to the current audience.

Yeah, there was no way they could had removed the consummation kiss fully since that was important to the plot moving forward (symbolic of their relationship development to the next level) and the sword dance is needed too since that relates to their future fight. They can get away with those smaller scenes since plot-wise they can do without them BUT they have been pushing these scenes for so long since the beginning of the drama to get fans hooked and tuned in.

Yup, this drama is doing so good too for a drama with no liuliangs so why push it and make fans upset. Even worse if they try to money grab later with those scenes when these scenes shouldn't be "benefits". Regular viewers aren't going to go out of their way either to find these scenes so it is not fair for regular viewers to not get the full experience but also potentially to the fans who have to pay for these scenes.

Deleted scenes so far: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Vv4y1a7DD/

2 cheek kisses, 1 nose to nose, mahjong scene, part of the back hug scene, and part of the consummation kiss was also cut. Btw, it was mentioned that the consummation kiss took 2 hours to film to get all the angles so it is sad that they are just cutting it. C-netizens are also saying that Youku plans to hold back these scenes to later release "special episodes" to get people to paid for them to get these scenes. 💀

I don't know if YQ will sacrifice himself again here since so much has changed. In the novel, YT's one true love is La Mu and YQ was more of a substitute for La Mu. I think YT later came to love YQ but she couldn't trust him in the realm fights. While the YT now in this drama, I feel like she can trust YQ and won't let YQ sacrifice himself again for the world.