Groovykid

Buddhist guy & Blind sister! These two!!!
I have a visceral fear for what's going on in their hearts.
They both came off as too good to be true
They both have unusual upbringings
One chose to be a monk but fell in love at first sight
The other was raised as a blind daughter of a servant
They both appear to be good hearted
They both swear they are observers
One always gets reprimanded
The other plays all sides without notice
They both overpraise or fuel others' anger
They both subtly manipulates
What drives them? Neither familiar nor passion.
It is deep hatred and vengeance.

P.S: I do also hate grandmother's character, and I cannot believe this but 2nd & 4th sisters appear to be the 'saints' in the Rong family.

These are wild, indeed. I am up for it though

You will but not for much longer. Persevere a while more and you will be rewarded. 😆

At least he was working on a promise that TM king will leave his brother alive. I do like how they have left him timid though. And not made him become ‘strong’ overnight. (That kind of plot always rings hollow)
I think, at this point, even he knows that his brother and Huai’an are better off with him dead. They’d even be helping themselves if they killed him off but they are such good hearted people that they’d never consider that. Rather they’d protect him.

I have a weird theory. Apart from the promise of keeping XWJ alive, the TM king may have also used Ye Zheng and his sister’s life to threaten him. I may be clawing at straws, but even for him, I’d have thought he’d rather kill himself at this stage than become someone else’s puppet emperor.

Btw the quick and easy death of Su Changlin was very satisfying. His pompous attitude became very annoying. He was bloody seven when all this started and the guy very nearly enthroned himself, just because he sneakily and cowardly killed or injured people.

The people I really hope survive till the end:
- Xue Huai’an
- Ye Zheng and his sister
- The Xiao Emperor brothers (Wasn’t sure about the younger before)
- Real Zhang Mo’s father
I am fervently praying to the gods of writing. Please do not kill them all.

I like the screenwriter keeping the emotions raw about the crime of fake Zhang Mo murdering the real one. Although his character development towards redemption was well played, the repeated reflection, guilt and regret is very nice to see. Used to hate plots where the past just gets forgotten.

The emotional rollercoaster in this series just never lets up. The production team and actors really outdid themselves. I may not be able to re-watch it (very raw emotions) but I have enjoyed every single minute of it. Well done again.

I will add MLC to my list. Will definitely need something a bit lighthearted after this.

I really am expecting the worst. They are simply just crazy.
Case in point: Su Changlin killing off Uncle Yang that way, and then stabbing the girl he claims to like. Not just that he likes her, she had done him a favour when they were kids. It is almost like the Tiemo people are not humans, or they consider everyone else less than, regardless of circumstances. Even their kings, who spends decades teaching young boys only to make them fight against each other or kill them yourselves (I am assuming Gu Yu was in the same class as Huai'an and fake Zhang Mo).

Couldn't agree more - still happening till today. I guess it will never feel right once you are not the pillager, regardless of how many eons it has been going on for.

Huai’an is an embodiment of a vast array of emotions and the way he corrupts others is astounding. In him you can find love, hate, more hate, anger, lots of anger, desperation (to not die too early), patriotism, loyalty, friendship, sadness, longing to both live and to die. His ability to love his family and friends despite the hate he abhors shows how deeply he cares. This tells it all. Not dead, yet not alive.


Really job well done to the scriptwriters, the director and the actors. Everyone is superb. The ending really does not matter. Their delivery and interwoven-ness of the subplots and characters is a new first for me. I really had gotten tired of the cliche subplots and twists. Where is the fun in knowing what to expect? The mental gymnastics this series gives is just so thrilling.

I know right!
Uncle Long, Uncle Long!! You’d kill two boys you’ve practically raised for the past 20 years for two babies that didn’t even live up to the age of 1. The logic is not adding up. A relentless commitment to a belief can be scary.

My bloodlust is just out there, getting more and more boundless. Your own children are dying from natural causes, so your answer is to pillage and kill other people's children. Tell me they don't deserve to die. Have they never heard of trade?

I have only ever seen YouTube clips of LLH. Maybe I will have to watch it fully now. Because whatever the ending of Huai'an is, this will be a very highly emotive series up till the end.

Ep 19 - the conversation between the 2 madmen by Bai Wan's grave was bone-chilling! So contrasting yet very similar.

That my friend is an understatement. Almost every minute was captivating.

Any hope to Han Ziling beating death a second time? #sadface

Could not agree more. And I really do not want both. Sometimes they appear too invisible in those scenarios. Here we can see his vulnerabilities very plainly. He even talks about "attachments", reflecting on how everyone has emotional vulnerabilities.

True. His logic was funny and not adding up.

Got my answer at the end of ep.6. Very nice to see the connection.