I found out during watching the show it's based on, Gujian 1 game, I have yet to play Gujian 1 &2 which has no English translation but Gujian 3 has, it's one of the best Chinese games available, story was surprisingly good as well as it's gameplay, and it's told better than any Chinese drama wuxia/fantasy/xianxia genre I have watched.
So coming back to this drama story is based on first game, it has very popular cast, story takes time to progress like any 50-60 plus c dramas, Visual effects are not that great but for me, I don't mind if the story is interesting, some parts looked interesting some didn't, music was not bad, some of the supporting cast was good, but didn't like the character Fang Lan Sheng he was irritating but the actor who did that role is a good actor, but his character really tests viewers patience, the show quality would have increased more if they reduced the episodes, Romance is there, but it's light no kiss scenes, story focus on male lead and his friends and their adventure what they see, learn and how they grow and overcome difficulties etc.
Supporting characters are also given importance, they are not just there for names sake, but they also contribute to the story world, some of the story arcs were good, but main part of the story sometimes pauses and takes few episodes to continue and most of the major revelations are made after 40 episodes, show faces issues faced by any popular Chinese dramas that is 50-70 episodes long ie clichés, story getting dragged etc.
It's one time watch, maybe playing the game is better than watching the drama some issues might have happened when it was made into a drama and lost the best parts.
I finished the game(2025) on which this drama was based on and found out that the drama covers almost every part of the game story which is rare for a C drama now a days based on a novel or game to at least be faith full to the original without changing story & how the characters behave in the story etc. The game was excellent for me & the scene where Protag meets the dragon loved it both in the drama & game, while in game we get to fight it, if possible might play again to finish the side quest that I have missed, another interesting part I found out while playing the game the assassin story is in both drama & in the game, in the game we learn about this story talking to npc while visiting towns or hear from other npcs it's not part of the main or side quests but rather player learns about this while visiting towns or talking to npcs or hearing them talk while walking around, also while playing player will come across npcs talking about Second leads past life action regarding his past lovers family, so in the game found it interesting talking to every npcs & hearing them talking about the game world gives more information regarding the story world. Also after playing game I found that Fang Lan Sheng character in the game is same as in the game & him falling in love with the fox girl is also same in the game nothing to do with censoring, started to like the character while playing the game despite his actions being irritating at first as story progress he becomes likeable.
So changed the ratings as well after playing the game ended up enjoying the story even more, playing the game gives more information regarding the story world & enjoy the boss fights, in the game thought his sect senior brother & sister characters didn't get more scenes like in the drama, but player gets to play as protags sword spirit etc, after the story ends there are dlcs which add more story content but sadly not translated.
So coming back to this drama story is based on first game, it has very popular cast, story takes time to progress like any 50-60 plus c dramas, Visual effects are not that great but for me, I don't mind if the story is interesting, some parts looked interesting some didn't, music was not bad, some of the supporting cast was good, but didn't like the character Fang Lan Sheng he was irritating but the actor who did that role is a good actor, but his character really tests viewers patience, the show quality would have increased more if they reduced the episodes, Romance is there, but it's light no kiss scenes, story focus on male lead and his friends and their adventure what they see, learn and how they grow and overcome difficulties etc.
Supporting characters are also given importance, they are not just there for names sake, but they also contribute to the story world, some of the story arcs were good, but main part of the story sometimes pauses and takes few episodes to continue and most of the major revelations are made after 40 episodes, show faces issues faced by any popular Chinese dramas that is 50-70 episodes long ie clichés, story getting dragged etc.
It's one time watch, maybe playing the game is better than watching the drama some issues might have happened when it was made into a drama and lost the best parts.
I finished the game(2025) on which this drama was based on and found out that the drama covers almost every part of the game story which is rare for a C drama now a days based on a novel or game to at least be faith full to the original without changing story & how the characters behave in the story etc. The game was excellent for me & the scene where Protag meets the dragon loved it both in the drama & game, while in game we get to fight it, if possible might play again to finish the side quest that I have missed, another interesting part I found out while playing the game the assassin story is in both drama & in the game, in the game we learn about this story talking to npc while visiting towns or hear from other npcs it's not part of the main or side quests but rather player learns about this while visiting towns or talking to npcs or hearing them talk while walking around, also while playing player will come across npcs talking about Second leads past life action regarding his past lovers family, so in the game found it interesting talking to every npcs & hearing them talking about the game world gives more information regarding the story world. Also after playing game I found that Fang Lan Sheng character in the game is same as in the game & him falling in love with the fox girl is also same in the game nothing to do with censoring, started to like the character while playing the game despite his actions being irritating at first as story progress he becomes likeable.
So changed the ratings as well after playing the game ended up enjoying the story even more, playing the game gives more information regarding the story world & enjoy the boss fights, in the game thought his sect senior brother & sister characters didn't get more scenes like in the drama, but player gets to play as protags sword spirit etc, after the story ends there are dlcs which add more story content but sadly not translated.
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