Lisa

I just finished this one and man am I glad it's over. But I would still rate it 8.5/10 overall, hear me out. After Lost You Forever, I didn't expect to find another show I would love and hate at the same time. That was the first show that broke me, because she didn't end up with - in my eyes- the guy who loved her most and was her soulmate. It felt like such a waste of a good romance, same as in this one. Coincidentally it's the same actress in both dramas, she sure knows how to pick tragic scripts. So I absolutely loved this show for the first 35 episodes. Never have I seen such an incredible romance, the enemies-to-lovers trope, forbidden love, slowburn.. all of it was amazing. The ML is such a great actor, he was just oozing with yearning and love and it helps that he's absolutely gorgeous. I kinda respect her for being able to reject him so many times in the end, that's probably the most unrealistic part about this story because who could resist this guy lol. I skipped a lot of the side plots but the main story had me binging till 3 am.The falling in love part was so well developed that you could just feel that they truly loved each other and were soulmates. They have a lot of scenes together and get so much time to establish a bond that by the end of the first arc you're already convinced of their love for each other. Their characters go so well together that it's absolutely clear why they fell in love. In a lot of dramas they just fall in love randomly and got me wondering what they even like about each other, but in this one their love grew slowly and deep and it was really convincing. The sacrifices they had to make for each other and the punishments they got took the romance to a whole new level, I couldn't help but root for them to be together. Unfortunately a lot of tragic shit happened so they couldn't be together, but then they get another chance an fall in love again in the mortal realm. Once again, their relationship grew steadily and was very convincing. Going through life and death situations, spending months together 24/7, once again they bonded so well. The FL is also such a great character that I totally get why he fell in love. I loved their banter so much and even the tragic moments got me so invested cause it was all very romantic. I didn't even mind that they weren't actually together for 35 whole episodes, because watching their journey as they fell in love twice and spend so much time together, going through so much shit, slowly growing closer and closer was enough. But yeah, then episode 35 comes around... she gets her memory back and starts pushing him away. He finally chose her over duty and wasn't even the emperor anymore at that point, yet FL started to act cold towards him and rejected him several times. I had been waiting so long for him to make the right choice and when he finally does, the FL starts acting ridiculous. Which would've been fine if it lasted for a couple episodes, but she literally rejects him for the next 20 episodes. There isn't a point in the story where they're actually together, just a constant push and pull between them, which was so frustrating to watch. He literally died in the mortal realm and she couldn't tell him she loved him before he did and that was all he wanted to hear. I found it overly dramatic and tragic for the sake of angst. When they finally do decide to talk it out and clear the miscommunication and even kiss, it was already episode 57 and far too late in my eyes. The pay off was so minimal and came too late in the story that I didn't really care about them anymore. I fastforwarded the last 10 episodes because I was so done with it. This show could've been 20 episodes shorter easily, it got very repetitive and frustrating with the way FL was treating him. Yes, he made some mistakes in the beginning but he never meant to hurt her, he knew she'd have to face the love punishment if he had acknowledged their love and that she'd die so he lied to her. Which was his biggest mistake, he should've told her he loved her but that they couldn't be together. But other than this, he never hurt her. So her whole arc of hating him felt very out of nowhere, especially as she knew at that point that he was never gonna punish her, that he lied about not loving her and that he saved her at the crossing river. She had literally no reason to be that cold and angry with him. He decided that she was more important to him, which took him a while but it was not an easy choice. She decided that he should choose the 3 realms over them because protecting the world was more important than love, which fine, but why be so cold and cruel to him? I loved ML character development from rule following stoic deity to a man that chooses to live for himself and seeing her constantly hurt him and have to beg for her love felt very frustrating. It made me dislike the FL very much, to the point that I felt like she didn't deserve him anymore. I would still recommend this show for the first part, as I really think this is the best developed romance between two characters. I just felt their love and was rooting for them the whole time. Too bad they had to drag it out by repetitive tropes which took away from the beauty of their love, I can only watch ML getting rejected so many times before not caring anymore. So yeah, if you don't mind watching a beautifully built up romance that has a minimal pay off and they're never actually happily together, then I would recommend this. Also keep in mind that part 2 was not as good and super frustrating. I did watch the 2 special episodes, but it didn't feel canon to me and more like a cheesy cop out so to me the story ended at 59 with them presumably recarnating into the incense burner. That's how I interpreted it anyway. But yeah 10/10 for how the romance was established until episode 35, probably a 7 after episode 35. Had this been a 40 episode series, it could've easily been a 9.5, but it being 60 episodes long it was way too repetitive, frustrating and you never het the pay off you've been waiting for.

yeah he really made the show worthwile! Would've dropped it honestly if it wasn't for him with how the FL was behaving after becoming the princess again. In the end he chose not to indulge in his feelings, and while tragic it was what he wanted and he went out happy for what they experienced and died in a heroic way. She did end up crying for him so that's enough for me to prove their love.

omg I can't with this show. They built up their romance so well and thoroughly. It's got regret, guilt, deep love, sacrifice, longing basically everything I'm looking for in a fictional love story. Never have I rooted more for a couple to be together. And then he finally chooses love over duty and confesses to her, something I've been waiting for him to do for 35 fucking episodes and she just.. rejects him?? And not by explaining to him that he will be the emperor again and probably choose duty again, no she tells him she will never love him. This is the most frustrating watch ever, at this point I'm starting to accept that they will never be happy or together. Smh

This show is absolutely amazing. If you're doubting if you should watch it, this is your sign! The main couple in this has the most tragic, romantic, frustrating, deepest love I've seen in any drama. It's filled with regret and confliction between love and duty, but that makes it so romantic. You've got the enemies to lovers trope, forbidden love and it's a slowburn, the love between them is excecuted very well. In some shows the main couple falls in love but it happens so quickly and without proper build up that you're left wondering why they love each other in the first place. In this one they build up their relationship so wonderfully, it makes sense with everything they went through and the people they are that they fell in love. You can't help but root for them, but it's so frustrating at the same time cause ML is very resolute on following his duty despite loving her very much. The way they got punished willingly multiple times just for falling in love is some of the most romantic shit I've seen. I'm only on episode 25 so I can't speak for the rest of the show, but so far I've barely fast forwarded any scenes besides some of the side characters. I'm now at the part where they're in the mortal world and met again, falling in love for the second time. Once again it's enemies to lovers and they're star crossed lovers, but their banter is so good and seeing them slowly get closer is such a joy. It's difficult to pull off falling in love in different life times, usually they main couple meets again and they're like "it's fate, they fell in love again at first sight, the end", but in this one they're establishing them falling in love again for the second time so well. Of course they're once again natural enemies, so it's probably gonna be tragic and frustrating again but I find their story so romantic that I can put up with that. Can't wait to watch the rest! The main actors are amazing btw, ML is showing such range from regret, grief, guilt, deep love etc. FL is great too, she's charming and plays a fun, carefree, kind character which is so loveable that it absolutely makes sense that the stoic emperor immortal fell in love for her. This is a 9/10 for me, I dropped like 20 shows before finding this and it has rewoken my love for cdramas.

Despite FL shortcomings I would still recommend it, I loved ML very much and he loved her a lot. It's a bit frustrating in the first half before they get together cause it takes FL a long time to realize her feelings, but once she does it's very cute. I would rate it an 8.5/10

After forwarding 10 episodes, I realized there isn't any plotline I'm looking forward to watching in this show, officially dropping this. I liked it when she was taking care of her blind ex, that was so romantic but then the chemistry was gone once he regained his eye sight. She has ok chemistry with ML, but I don't find their relationship interesting for some reason. I love the FL actress, I've watched like 4 or 5 of her shows and I think she's great at picking scripts and just so charming but even she couldn't save this show for me.

I managed to finish this by fastforwarding through the whole thing. I liked the main leads in the beginning, they were so cute bickering all the time but still caring a lot about each other. Then they fall in love but of course they aren't allowed to be happy for longer than an episode so ML loses his affection threads and we get a couple of episodes where he doesn't remember their love. Ok fine, he will get his feelings back and everything will be fine right? Nope, time for the noble idiocy trope! ML decides to break up with her for the greater good and does so not by explaining that he loves her but they can't be together, no he breaks his own affection threads in front of her and says the most hurtful shit to "make her forget him". Man I hate this trope, never do they consider how hurtful this is for the other person and that doing so is only making sure that the other one will never forget them. So then ML saves FL life by giving up half of his god power and you'd think after almost losing her he'd get a wake up call, but no, he actually manages to accidentially kill her for shit she hasn't even done. Then they spend a 1000 years apart and when he finally finds her she comes back a different person and cold towards him. Which I understood, cause he was definitely an asshole towards her by killing her and calling her just a passerby. So after a few episodes of her ignoring him, he finally finds out she's indeed the person he's been looking for so maybe they're gonna be together at that point? Nope, she's still like a different person and cold towards him for a few episodes. Finally someone (not the ML) explains to FL how much he did for her and why things went down in the past and that he was just trying to protect her and accidentally killed her, which ML could've explained as soon as he found out she still had her memories from the past, yet he never did. Man I hate when they don't communicate. So then they have like 2 episodes where they're together before tragedy strikes again and ML turns out to be dying and he actually dies at one point. Luckily his soul was retained so he comes back after many years and we get like 3 seconds of their reunion where they're staring at each other from a distance and that's it. They were apart more than they were together, literally 3 episodes or so out of 40. They didn't even have time to establish why these two loved each other so much, it was tragedy after tragedy keeping them apart. Did not enjoy

haha to be honest I fast forwarded a lot to mostly the romance, still enjoyed it!

I absolutely enjoyed all 3 seasons, I would rate all three 8.5/10. The plot isn't anything new or mindblowing, but the chemistry between the leads is the best I've seen in like 50 dramas that I've watched. It's so natural, their kisses are so passionate and they're really comfortable with each other. There's a lot of banter and teasing, like a real couple would be. The most important thing is that both characters retained their personalities after they got into a relationship. What happens a lot in dramas is that a character starts out with a distinct personality but as the love story progresses they all of a sudden become flat and it's like the relationship becomes their whole personality. A great example would be the main lead in Moonlight Mystique, I hated his lack of personality after they got togethwr. In this show though they kept the banter between the leads and their relationship felt very realistic. The amount of flirting was so fun to watch! The female lead can be a bit annoying, especially in season 1 where she yells all her lines but she tones it down in the later seasons. I would definitely recommend this if you're looking for a cute romance filled with chemistry!

Couldn't finish the first episode, FL kinda has an annoying face, like she's too cute for a grown woman or something. Also she keeps forcing herself on him, don't like that kind of dynamics

So this started out great, cute couple and an interesting enough premise. The first 10 episodes or so I binged and enjoyed, I could even understand why they made them lose their memories, can't be too smooth for them to get together. But then the story went complete off track, there are barely any scenes between the ML, which for me was the reason I was watching this in the first place. The misunderstanding with who she was looking for got annoying as it was drawn out, instead of listening to her heart which was obviously telling her 13th prince was the one, she kept holding on to that the 4th was who she was looking for. Also the way everyone fell in love with her when she's nothing special (i don't mean look wise) was unbelievable. She has zero personality except that she likes justice and is caring or something, you couldn't even tell she's from the future like in other timetravel dramas. She just travelled back and the first episode she was already like a woman from that time, kinda disappointing that the timetravel didn't make a big impact on the story. I skipped a lot of boring plots and I've read spoilers that it only gets worse as the focus shifts from the main couple to politics by 20 or so. Also read spoilers that the sister will be plotting against her all the time and even kills people, but for some reason the 14th prince is still in love with the sister and she gets a happy ending and that's a plot I don't wanna watch. To me the 14th prince likes justice and having such a wife sounds like a frustrating watch to me. Offically gonna drop this after they get married.

I'm on episode 8 and I didn't expect to like this as much as I do. It's definitely a low budget series, the clothes look cheap for example and the storyline is ridiculous at times. But the chemistry between the main leads is really good, ML does most of the heavy lifting though. I find the FL quite annoying, the actress literally screams all her lines it's so annoying. Could've been a strong awesome character who stands up for herself if she wasn't so annoying with all the screaming.

This is such a strange show. I'm on episode 10 and I'm really enjoying it, but the plot is the strangest I've seen and I've watched like 50 dramas lol. The person who came up with this must've been on crack. ML for some reason wants to be her brother yet he makes inappropriate moves all the time and clearly likes her, couldn't they have gone for cousin if they wanted to include that he just wanted a family? At least that would've been acceptable in those times. This way it's just super weird. He's manipulative, obsessed with her and it seems like as a chief he has nothing better to do than stalk this girl. Yet I really like him lol. They have so much chemistry, it's insane but you just can't help but root for him. I just wish they hadn't made such a mess of their relationship with the whole siblings part. Then there's 2nd male lead, he has the personality of a cardboard box and just stares blankly at FL, no chemistry whatsoever but she keeps running after him, so frustrating. She tells him she wants to elope with him and the guy has 0 reaction, literally just a blank face when the camera pans to him. The actor is cute, but not pulling off his role. I have no idea how they will stretch this story for another 30 episodes, but it's probably gonna be insane so I'm seated.

Haha yes I dropped it early, might continue another time!

I skipped a lot of the story, so I don't know if it's actually good or bad but I did watch all of the romance and this is one of my fave romances! They spend a lot of time together and go through a lot of stuff so the build up feels super natural. Male lead is kinda toxic and obsessed with her, but I actually didn't mind cause she loved him too so she needed someone who wouldn't waver to make her realise her true feelings. Also they are both so beautiful, it's hard not to ship them! Solid 9 for the romance

Do ML has finally revealed his identity, I really like it. They do talk a lot in this series and so many characters are mentioned that sometimes I don't even bother to understand what they're talking about lol. Chemistry between the main leads is great so far, mostly due to ML and his acting. They have a lot of scenes together in the first 6 episodes. Idk if I really care about the story (the amount of times the aunt is mentioned is ridiculous) but I do care about a lot of the characters, mostly invested in the main leads story so I will keep watching.

Dropped this at episode 2, I don't really see the chemistry between the leads. Also the FL talks so much to herself outloud, they should've made it an inner monologue. Story didn't pull me in enough to continue. Also not a fan of the master and disciple love story, never seen that before it's kinda disturbing

Dropped this in episode one as I don't like the actresses' surgery look

This show was really good! Story was great, hardly had to fast forward and while the romances weren't all that, the story made up for it. Also, I choose to believe it ended at 29 because episode 30 is just ridiculous. To me it's a story about letting go of obsessions, something FL did when she let go of the husband, Mu Yao letting go of her revenge and the Lord finally letting go of FL and letting her be with the person who loves her most. He literally fought for years just to know where she is. Even the lord (im bad w names) had to give it to him, that's dedication. And the lord knew he couldn't put her first so his character growth was great in the end. The only thing that bothers me is how in episode 30 he asks his mother to marry her in the real world, but wouldn't the same problems arise with him not being able to put her first? Her being caged in that palace, no freedom whatsoever? It made sense to me that she ended up with the body guard in a remote village, they seemed so happy and peaceful without all the scheming and stuff. Her calling out for the bodyguard as soon as she woke up was heartbreaking so I'll just choose to view 29 as the last episode. This was an 8.5/10 for me

Felt the same way after finishing all 64 episodes just for XL. Like I didn't even care about FL anymore at that point, she lost all her personality after she went back to princess mode. And then she was turned into a total mess who spend her days crying over a limp noodle who was too stupid to stop his family's schemes, while saying before I won't cry over a man lol. XL became my favorite cdrama character actually, I was waiting for his scenes basically he was the ML in my eyes. His actions influenced the plot the most gor example by bringing back limp noodle to FL and teaching her to protect herself also saving her life during those 40 years. Ok I did like her cousin as well, his acting was so good every time he drunkenly confessed. Broke my heart when he spoke about all the marriages he had to go through and that he didn't want her to congratulate him cause than it'd feel as if it's not real. But in the end the fact that she chose who she chose got me raging tbh.