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The tragedic prophecy + Banrou & Yuwen Hu was robbed of the Main Lead Role.

Dugu Banrou & Yuwen Hu owned this story.

First of, I wanna say that this drama was far more interesting when the focus was still on Dugu Banrou and Yuwen Hu, they were like the pillar and backbone that keeps this drama alive and going— Everytime Yuwen Hu and Banrou's on the screen, I always go insane. The chemistry this two have is crazy. YWHs extremely emotional and expressive eyes always gets me while DGBRs emotionless yet sorrowful expression always left me heartbroken and in pain.

Even at this point, I'm still questioning why they didn't focus and expound on DGBR & YWHs story. All those times I was watching this drama all I think about was how interesting and excting their story is, that I kept on waiting and anticipating for their scenes. I even reach the point where I feel bland and uninterested watching Jialou's and extremely bored and pissed with Mantuo's.

Anyways, let me stray away from these two or this review will surely be full of my rant and disappointment about them not getting the main roles.

I honestly feel like Mantuo's story made this drama boring and really irritating. Her character is like that small nasty cockroach that can't be killed no matter how many times you hit it. That everytime she appears, all you want to do is to eliminate her and see her gone completely. What's more irritating is that she gets away every single time and even lasted till the very end without any proper character development— she retained her delusional, fake and gold digger attitude like it was her religion. Just imagine how tiring it is to watch that!

Next is the Main Leads who I think was very random and a little questionable. I mean, shouldn't be a story more focused on the interesting characters who can make the story more exciting and spicier? So, why did they give it to characters who felt like a supporting ones?— All this time, I tried. Like, TRIED to understand why but still can't believe that they wasted a supposed good story for such characters. Both the Writer and Director need some genuine reflection for this, Seriously.

The Main Leads weren't bad but I think they're lacking. Their character felt like some extremely favoured people who were supported and funded by a powerful personality. They certainly aren't bad but I just feel like they aren't really cut out for it. Their story is good but is lacking— Like something is lost or missing. I guess they just failed to deliver the same impact I got from Banrou and Yuwen Hu.

P.S. Aside from Banrou & Yuwen Hu's disappearance from the story. What makes this drama more frustrating is the constant timeskip during the last 10-15 episodes. It made the story weigh lesser in value and has gradually become tiring and disappointing as it reaches its Finale.

Story - 8.5, Overall drama is good. The lesson and value of the story was well delivered. It's just that I still feel regretful over Banrou, Yuwen Yu and Yuwen Hu's story and completely done and disgusted by Mantou's immortal character. Not to mention the Main leads who felt like someone powerful is backing them and the frequent timeskip that made a lot of things vague and confusing.

Acting/Cast - 9.5, I felt like not giving this section a perfect 10 is an absurd decision and betrayal towards the casts heartfelt and passionate portrayal but I just can't stomach not to mention how unconvincing and lacking Andy Zhang and Hu Bing Qing's acting during the first half of the story. They felt kind of lost and they seemed like an Idol actor while acting their teenage roles. Fortunately they pushed through and delivered better portrayal as the story progresses. P.S. Jeremy Tsui and Ady An are the true MVP of this drama. Their Portrayal is insane and I'm always engrossed whenever they're on screen.

Music - 9.5, BGMs are really good, specially the ballad ones. It's just that for some reason whenever the songs are playing it doesn't really emphasize the emotions on the scenes that much. Like something is missing. But overall Music used were really good.

Rewatch Value - 8.5, Most probably not. Although I don't hate this drama, I just feel like I had enough of Mantuo and would never want to watch it again. + I don't wanna relive my hopes for Banrou and Yuwen Hu.

Overall - 9.0, Seems just right. Something I will never do is to give a story a much lower rating than it deserve. I admit that I was dissatisfied with some aspects of this drama but I also don't want to dismiss the good qualities of this piece as a whole. Even when it failed to fully cater my expectation but it surely served when it comes to a lot of things specially with the acting department.

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The Kind, Gentle and Naive Man's failed attempt to Kill.

Have you ever been dumbfounded after watching a drama?... not for the reason that it was good but because you were flabbergasted?

Up till this point i'm still astounded and fascinated from all the occurences in this drama. So let me make it simple and precise as much as possible.

I don't know where it started but I got this unsettled feeling while watching this show. The entire story is actually good and I like how things gradually escalated because it helps the narrative to move forward logically, but... something about this drama felt awkward to me. The closest I could think of is Nakagawa Taichi's cringey acting (mostly facial expressions). For some reason it bothered me to the point where I was just looking at his face trying to decipher what the hell is the problem with it. Maybe I'm just not used to seeing a handsome face doing such incedible facial distortions?

Anyway, I probably would never be able to categorize which genre this drama is under. I felt like i was watching different plays at once. I mean, It's always been the norm for J-dramas to be quite random and goofy like 100% of the time but I just can't sort out how they blend in action and comical scenes like this and turned it into something weird to watch.

Well aside from all my opinions above this drama did quite well in delivering the context to the audiences as well as incorporating various emotions and situations that shows how regular human being functions. + I love the fun and extra scenes we got at the end.

Story - 9.0, Well created — It may not be the best but I must say that they did great in incorporating good scenes to make the entire story work. It was filled with the right amount of sequences that made it easier to digest and not entirely heavy.

Acting/Cast - 9.0, As mentioned above I felt like Nakagawa Taishi could've worked more on his facial expressions; cause I really find them cringey at times. I understand that his character was written to be like that however something about his acting just stood out like a sore thumb to me. The rest actually did good. Well, I guess I just got some problems with the characters and how they are supposedly acted (by the artists).

Music - 9.5, Music is Good. As always I love the song used whenever there's a romantic scene. The only thing that bothered me was that classic french? song being played whenever Death Prince does his ridiculous antics. They could just rip them off honestly. They did add color to the story but it was weird for me to watch them.

Rewath Value - 8.0, This is one of the dramas that's best to watch only once in a lifetime... Few more times and you'll surely get tired and hate it.

Overall - 8.5, This is a drama that has no particular flaws in terms of story progression and cinematography but kinda fell a bit when it comes to the acting part. Some of them are really cringey to watch. A little more polishing and it could've been better. Overall a good drama.

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The FLs Flirtatious Final Transformation + Emotionally Unstable ML~!!

What an Up-Down Hill drama—This story by far is one of the drama that brought forth my intense hatred and disdain towards the MLs character (alongside 'The Wolf').

The story is rather stagnant at first, basically dragging almost half of story into nothingness instead of building hype and providing us more watch-worthy scenes 'us' viewers can enjoy. The pacing was slow and well controlled in a way that I felt tired waiting for it to be more exciting and a bit more romantic. Everything seemed to be well planned and even manipulated to the point where I find it boring and eventually though of it as its major downfall during the first half of the story.

Male Lead is mentally unstable and was extremely weak in differentiating love and revenge /sighs/ I was disappointed on how he handle the situations often times specially when it comes to things that are heavily important to him. I mean, I understand where he's coming from BUT knowing that your brother sacrifice his life to protect the woman he loves and yet blaming that Lady for what happened is basically nuts not to mention that the Lady in mention is his Previous & Future Wife (they divorced and got back again, so...) — and that's not it~!! He chose to do all that during their secret Marriage Ceremony and if you think that's the worst; he treated her so badly I myself felt so enraged watching it. IF you love a woman how could you blame, push and make her suffer emotionally & physically that way? Like how the hell can you fathom seeing her go through sorrow and distress infront of you? This guy is freak and seriously got some BALLS problems.

Anyways, aside from those major complaints above, the drama went quite well. Not the most light hearted one but surely provided so much laughter and warmth to me as a whole. + The Female Leads transformations are rather cute and enchanting specially her Dragon Form. Like HOLYSH*T Hu YiXuan serving top tier visuals.

This production is truly enjoyable and has been such a great experience specially during its 2nd Half and most of FLs and Prince Ning/Naxi's moments. Not to mention NanNan & LuoJi's cute romance development. Hihihi

Story - 8.5, Gonna Give this drama a rather 'okay' rating and this is highly influenced by how random and unstable the Male Lead is jumping from being so frantic into suddenly being so caring and loving. I think he's clearly suffering from bipolar disease or something. I swear, he killed the mood for me. But gonna give kudos to the director and writer for sticking to such ending. Once again proving that woman will never be less of a man.

Acting/Cast - 10, Nothing but Applause and Praises toward the Actors and Actresses. I would soe this mad if Zheng Ye Cheng performed badly; however, he got great facial control and was able to summon his tears in the most unexpected and emotional way. While Hu Yi Xuan is truly a spectacular actress herself. Dhe nailed her character so well and I just love her because of that. Special mention to the other Cast specially Naxi, Prince Ning, NanNan and LuoJi. Prince Shun unfortunately needed more balls. Hehe

Music - 10, Songs are Top Tier. Not the most excellent of all but it has a great set of really fun and swaying music that clearly fits the mood of each scenes it was played on.

Rewatch Value - 8.5, It was not that bad but I would never put myself in such situation where I would watch a drama again considering I hated every minute of a scene or two because of how such an asshole the ML is. Hahaha~ I just got so much stress these days and i can't accumulate more. Nonetheless, story is still good and enjoyable to watch.

Overall - 9.0, Despite my bad take on the story and ML Character, I can never deny that it was a fantastic costume drama that not only provided those frustrating scenes but also made me feel those delightful & fleeting experience while I was watching it. This drama still got so much to offer despite how badly I highlighted some of its dragging parts.

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Unending Sacrifice, Torment, Agony and Selflessness.

Whooah! This drama's so much for my heart. ><"

- Naive ZhaiXing who infuriates me the most throughout this drama for being gullible, stupid and blind for love.

- Stubborn Prince Bo for being the most stubborn and heartless to her 'supposed' only love. Like how? How can you treat a woman like that given any circumstances, his reasons just didn't sit well to me.

- Selfless Ji Chong whom I hoped to be more selfish at times. I pity his loving and quirky character the most. He deserved better treatment but his ending with Bao Na wasn't bad at all and that unexpectedly satisfies me.

- Mischievous Bao Na. I've got so much to say about this character but one thing is for sure and most of them are me singing infinite praises.

First and foremost, I wanna say that this drama is epic and is truly blessed with such great actors and good budget.

Lemme go all over these informations one by one cause I wanna emphasize and point out a lot of things. So, shall we get started?

First are the Actors. Like WOW! I'm totally impressed on how good the acting was specially with Xiao Zhan, Shu Yao and Li Qin. The immense portrayal of their characters made the show even more entertaining and lively to watch. Hmm, In terms of Darren Wang's acting... I don't know why but during his 'Wolf Boy' scenes I can vividly appreciate and see his pure and peaceful yet strong acting aura but most of his 'Prince Bo' scenes made me felt like he didn't know how to express it well or something. I know that the character was made to be like that but he just look dead/soulless to me 90% of his time playing that character.

Second is Kissing Scenes, God! One of the most terrible kissing shots I've watched eversince. I don't know if they received restrictions with it or what but all of their kissing scenes made me disappointed.

Third is Budget, This drama managed to shoot using the same location as Nirvana in Fire and that alone speaks volume. Anyways, I wanna commend a lot of things about this and one of them is the Great CGI that truly impressed me and even made me believe that they were for real. Followed by the set of costume that totally complements each of the artists.

Fourth is Fighting Scenes. I never intend to include this here but Zhai Xing's amazing fight scenes on the Final Episode made me go insane. It was so good and that really awakened my adrenaline from possible slumber. Hahaha~! P.S. Darren Wang and Xiaon Zhan's fighting scenes were totally insane!!

This is a good and entertaining drama overall but I must warn people that they might get irritated with the Main Leads at times. Hehe

Story - 8.5, Wanna give it a higher rating than this but I just don't know where the hell should I get them. This is most probably one of the greatest let down of this entire production. Everything was doing great but suddenly the story decided not to fully cooperate.

Acting/Cast - 10, Well Deserved! Although I was quite indifferent towards Darren Wang's acting but I simply can't overlook how incredible the other actors are. They supported and made this drama reach a completely different level.

Music - 10, I'm speechless. Everything about this dramas Music is PERFECTION! Probably the BEST OST/BGMs out of all the dramas I've watched so far.

Rewatch Value - 9.5, It's a worth watch overall but I would never forget the frustrations this drama gave me whenever the ML is mistreating and hurting the FL. That's unjustifiable for me no matter which view I try to look at.

Overall - 9.0, This drama may not have the best Story but the production covered most of its flaws &mishaps and replaced them with such satisfying results.

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A Spiral downfall—It was promising but the plot ruined it. Lack of Competent 2nd ML~!!

This drama went from extremely good to gradually going bland and plain.

I honestly started this drama by reading a lot of reviews from people and I've contemplated a lot (more than 10 times) before I give it a go. I even told myself to completely break that 'common-cliche-story' feeeback but I never expected myself going that path as well.

I'm a sucker of Cliche Love Stories so much but this drama is either overflowing or insufficient of something or more. It is imbalanced overall and as much as I wanna give it a higher feedback out of consideration, I can only give it a 'So-So Rating' (See my bio to find out how I rate things) after all my contemplation and sincere consideration.

This drama could've been magnificent only IF they didn't overly played the characters and purposely added so much twists and turns that eventually ruined and made the story go astray from it's main plot. The story seemed to be all over the place and some of the 'supposedly' main plot were left hanging in the air and magically got resolved/conquered without proper explanation and presentation.

Anyways, I don't wanna keep it that long cause I don't wanna slander it that much but lemme just give some of the favorite stuff I like about this drama before I completely move on.

First, is the cinematography and lighting. Everything is so vibrant and sweet looking and it truly complements the actors and actresses. Second, The OST and the BGMs. I learned to love them so much throughout the show and wanna give a big thumbs up to people handling the editing; since they did great with sound placements & accompaniments and lastly, for keeping the story a little more mature in contrast to how immature the characters are.

P.S. I felt like I was watching a Teenage Love Story than a Young Adult ones and that bothered me a lot.

Story - 7.5, A Passsing Grade. Like what I mentioned above. The story went downhill as early as Episode 10 and from that point moving forward I've felt like a slump was placed within the veins in my heart. It made my mood a little off and even causes me heartache at some point. Not to mention the characters, specially the ML who is more Young-Minded/immature several times and how bothered I was on how we're lacking a more competent 2nd ML.

Cast/Artist - 8.5, Overall they're good but I feel like they could've done better. Most of the time I was seeing them as an Actor themselves more than the characters they're playing. I know that I shouldn't be too hard on them and should give consideration on how the character is written and portrayed to be that way but I can honestly see through their innerselves trying to squeeze the emotions in just to deliver some of their lines out.

Music - 10, The only Exception. I really wanna commend the Sound Team who made most of the scenes a lot more interesting and fun to watch. I love all of the songs and I'm ready to add them to my playlist.

Rewatch Value - 7.5, I don't want to give them a savagely low grade since I still enjoy this drama halfway but I would never watch this drama the 2nd time around. But I can always recommend it to some people who are interested with the same genre.

Overall - 8, It is BARELY Passing. It is Good but It was also bad and got so tiring and boring 2/3 of it's entire run. Something I wouldn't be tired saying is how they could've have made it better by sticking to their main story plot.

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LSS (Light, Sweet & Soft) Romance with Mediocre & Puny Criminal Cases.

I have mixed feeling about this drama. It started as 'okay' and is consistent in giving that good feeling but will eventually feel dark, irritating and ridiculous whenever they're solving and discussing criminal cases. Those scenes created a significant setback to this drama as a whole, and honestly this drama will survive even without them in my own opinion.

I understand that the main theme of this drama is about solving cases but the viewers in general just doesn't feel like it. We're here for the romance the entire time!! The selling point of this drama is the lightness & Fluffiness of its love stories; so whenever they try to focus in solving some cases it will immediately look and feel forced and unnatural. Not to mention how bad and ridiculous those scenes are. OH GHAD! Full of plot holes and very open to so much criticisms and judgments. It even made me ask "What the hell is the problem with the Writer and Director of this show?"

Moving on, the best qualities of this show is probably the Love Stories and the way the actors executed their characters in a Naive, dorky yet chick and cool ways. Gotta commend the best guys of this show 'Zhu Dacong' his character showed so much maturity, discipline and respect and I love him for that. I just love how positive and lighthearted the entire drama is. I would've rated it higher IF not for the ridiculous execution of the criminal case at the last 6-8 episodes of this drama.

Story - 8, Despite my rants about the Criminal Cases the drama itself is decent enough. If we could only remove those parts this show would even be better. This drama was salvaged by the cute, fluffy and funny scenes created by the couples. Their dynamics are on point and was carried out wonderfully.

Acting/Cast - 9, Acting is Fine and understandable considering the theme of this drama. I never really expect them to go all out and so does made me feel comfortable with their performances. Cast are perfect for each roles and they delivered their characters spectacularly. I think the problem is definitely with how the writer wrote the characters and how the director agreed to them being like that.

Music - 10, No discussions needed, it's a Perfect 10. The songs weren't even available on Spotify so I have to download it using a 3rd party website and I enjoy listening to it on repeat these days.

Rewatch Value - 7.5, Watching it once is enough. I don't wanna feel irritated by enduring those ridiculous scenes all over again. But if they've decided to do some revisions by cutting those scenes out, why not?

Overall - 8.5, I contemplated a little about this rating but I feel like it's the rightful and most justifiable score for this drama as a whole. It definitely isn't Bad and is only lacking in 3-4 aspects so does make it a Good drama for me.

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Excellent fight scenes along with crazy good CGI + Story was dragged so much!

I have decided to finally watch this after so much spoilers from youtube through previews and such.

What I like about this drama is that the Female Lead holds the highest rank among all of the Gods and I just love to see women being treated with high regards and technically reigning. Another thing is the "not-so-toxic" drama plot it provides (Which is also the reason why i gave it a low rating. Non-toxic turned bland).

Something I'm not in favor and kinda dislike about this drama is the way the story has became bland at around early episode 20s. It has become less impactful and lost its colors and taste in a sense where I even thought of dropping it IF it continues. Thank god it didn't!

I love watching AvenueX on YT and the main reason why i didn't watch it right away even after topping the weekly charts is because she drop it after watching 10+ episodes and I kinda understand her reasons for doing that. I even understand her even better after finishing it.

Nonetheless, A good drama that can provide great satisfaction when it comes to fight scenes and retaliation.

P.S. CGI is insanely good and I often replay most of its fight scenes on YT because it is that good.

Story - 8.5, Could've been better but they chose the rough and long path that ruin this drama for me in a lot of sense. Redemption part is that it's a happy ending and it's reasonable? in a lot of ways so does explain my given score.

Acting/Cast - 10, The Main Leads and Supporting Actors are great. I barely notice anyone with bad acting among the mains and such but I hate that Injured Fox girl. Thank god she got eliminated halfway.

Music - 10, The music on this production is REAL GOOD. Something I must say that stood out for me.

Rewatch Value - 8.5, Will definitely not watch the entire thing again but will surely binge my favorite parts. This drama got a lot of satisfying scenes that can get anyone addicted to it.

Overall - 8.5, I felt like I'm still being kind for giving it this score but it definitely didn't deserve anything lower. CERTAINLY not the best but not the worst as well. It has its own redemption parts and its fair share of ups and downs.

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A redemption after watching TWG (Chronological Order)

I've got low expectation when I started this and almost drop it after the first 2 episodes cause I find it boring but I eventually went through it cause the reviews are decent and i'm not the type who would drop anything after my 1st impression; and thank god I did cause it started to gradually pick up it's own pace after awhile.

This sequel is much more interesting compared to the messy and disastrous TWG so for anyone who are wondering whether to watch it or not, I wanna assure you that it's gonna worth your time.

This actually has its own flaws as well but it's more bearable compared to it's prequel and adventure wise it is far superior as well. Just be careful not to get irritated with Wang Pang Zi (Fatty Wang) cause I hella got irritated on how immature, greedy and useless he is.

Story - 8.0, I wanna give it a higher rating but the ending just kinda felt disappointing. + Although it has more to offer, the story itself got a lot of flaws in it and it felt lacking in the plot and story department.

Acting/Cast - 9, I just love Joe chen and she did great in this drama. The other actors were able to execute their roles properly as well. I just felt like there's a lot of useless side characters.

Music - 8.5, BGMs are properly placed and used. Nothing special about it so I felt like they could've done better.

Rewatch Value - 8, I wouldn't re-watch it unless there's an information I need to confirm or something but this whole production is good enough so here it is.

Overall - 8.5, The fair-est point I can give. Honestly speaking, it didn't standout that much and is a bit lacking but can be considered decent.

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A J-Drama taking their Creativeness into the Quirkiest way possible.

Honestly, this drama could've been more impactful IF I happen to discover and watch it during the strict quarantine/lockdown period cause it shows the strict compliance to Safety Protocols and stuff. Well it's all on me that I discovered it so late.

Anyways, this drama is a representation of how Japanese create their dramas and present it to the public in an informative yet quirky way. It has always been their selling point for me, J-Dramas are simply unpredictable that can always keep you off guard on a positive way.

Another thing I like about this drama is how people handle their stress, frustrations and weariness over what's happening and how they try to deal with it using their outmost best.

Story - 8.5, I felt like we could've gone wayyy deeper into the Main Leads relationship and how they deal with it only IF they try to keep their get-to-know stage an episode or two shorter. I honestly wanted to see them dealing with trivial stuff and discover a lot more from each other.

Acting/Cast - 9, I always deem Japanese acting as natural and presentable. Specially with their Extra-quirky moments. It has always been their best selling point above everything. The natural vibe and expression they give off gives me that they-have-personal-experience Vibe. Well most probably because Japanese culture has always been set like that.

Music - 8, Honestly I never notice any music IF there is, It must have blended naturally with the scene that i'm oblivious about it.

Rewatch Value - 8, A drama I would rewatch if the same scenario ever happen again where people are so dumbfounded and worried about the future because of the changes and uncertainties occuring at the moment.

Overall - 8, It definitely is a good drama but I just felt like they could've gone deeper with thei relationship. Nonetheless it was a great watch and I hope people can find my review helful.

P.S. Sorry about this review. For some reason i'm out of words and fet like I have squeezed out what's left on this tiny brain of mine

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Simple & Casual story with Extremely Gorgeous Costumes!

This drama started rough for me. I almost drop it after the pilot episode cause I find the main lead uninteresting and incompetent. But, I did push through and still gave it a try considering the reviews I red about it.

It surely might leave you the 'boring' feeling at first but once you set your mind in a way that "This drama was made differently from the others" you'll start to appreciate it little by little. It is definitely not the complex and full-of-plot-twist kind of drama we all got used to, but, this piece do provides values and comfortable feelings while watching it.

One thing that I must highlight is how gorgeous the costumes used in this drama. Top Tier among all I've seen so far! Most probably because it's designed for the winter season that's why they're simply beautiful and outstanding.

Story - 8, the entirety of it was decent. I was able to folow through the whole plot and there's nothing much special to it but I love how the Main Lead was created as he is. Illiterate yet compassionate and righteous. I just have to say that I expect some action with its ending but it was delivered so differently with a hint of Marriage and union. It's open-ended and has a very weird leap from the expected ending but I didn't feel dissapointed at all.

Acting/Cast - 9, Cast was able to deliver and is very good with expressing their expressions and emotions.

Music - 8, It only has 1 or 2 music that i know or notice of but I love both of them. Specially the part where the various musical instrument part of the song is playing. So beautiful and satisfying.

Rewatch Value - 7, Honestly this drama doesn't give off the REWATCH energy but i can describe it as something that should be watch for only 'once' and should be cherish as a memory for as long as we can.

Overall - 8, Overall this drama made me feel good and satisfy me but i feel like we deserve more from them. The story is already reaching its climax only to be cut off in the middle and be presented with a Wedding ceremony as an ending. Nonetheless it worths my time.

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Genuine Love can be obtained by discarding ones desire & ambition | Lots of unused plot devices!

The 2nd ML (Zhi Yuan) is the embodiment of this story's title "The Longest Promise"—he waited 200 years to meet his eternal love only to be told that Zhu Yan wasn't actually the reincarnation of Yao Yi. Tragic!!

I want to officially start my reaction by stating that although this drama is not as perfect and flawless as what the other reviews on this site states, I would still want to say that it is still fine on its own. The narrative wasn't as complicated and complex unlike some Xianxia dramas out there, however, I still think that they lack a lot when it comes to story telling. This drama has many plot holes, incomplete explanation of events and a handful of unused characters and story elements that could have contributed a lot to the entire story if they were utilized correctly and efficiently.

In addition, I wanna say that they don't know how to use the HYPE at all. There are a lot of impactful scenes that has gone to complete waste simply because the Director didn't use it wisely and intelligently enough. The video editing team was also underwhelming when it comes to connecting related scenes and events to make it look more emotional and convincing. Well, I must say that It still all lies on the director since I'm sure even the editors are following his lead and instructions.

Also, why do I feel like I'm watching a contemporary cliché drama during the last 15 episodes of the story? and their only difference is that they're wearing traditional Chinese costumes. Hahahaha!

Moving on, let me go ahead and discuss some of my favorite elements of this story.

First is most probably the contemplating attitude of some of the main group of characters. It shows how bad people, weren't actually deep-rooted bad, it's just that the people around them treated them terribly and differently that's why they learned and adapted to protect themselves from such people and circumstances—that it's only their defense mechanism for a chance of survival.

This drama also shows some great developments from its characters and I think it is one of the positive sides of this production. I feel like they never intended on making the bad people really bad so they gave them a redemption path which is a really healthy take for a story. I just love that the main characters didn't even care about the throne and power; and at the end, were able to find their own genuine happiness by letting go of their worldly desires and possessions.

Lastly, the CGI of this drama is really good specially the first few episodes. However, there are also times when you will get lost because of their magic powers, its effects and how it is visualized. I can't even believe that the most powerful spell was animated like it was just some normal type attacks. I was left baffled and underwhelmed during those scenes.

P.S. I waited and waited for my most anticipated scene which is to see Xiao Zhan dying out of jealousy but it never came! damn! I'm so sad... Hahahaha!!

Story - 9.0, I love that the imperial struggle wasn't the focus of this drama because I'm just so tired of it and I'm also glad that the initially introduced bad characters were given a redemption path to take. One thing that truly disappoints me is the wasted plot devices that could have made this drama even better if they were only used properly and efficiently. Let me also mention the rushed and terrible way they chose to conclude the story. Like... HUH? What`s that bullshit?

Acting/Cast - 10, I'm satisfied with the acting and was never bothered by anyone all throughout. Maybe because I already categorized this as an Idol Xianxia drama and it made me stop scrutinizing their acting that much. I'm also thrilled with the artists of this production. I admit that I was indifferent towards Ren Min at first but as the dramas goes on, I learned to love her too.

Music - 9.0, There is nothing bad about it in all honesty. I already expected it to be all melodic, full of humming, heavenly sounding and it did just what I expected it to be.

Rewatch Value - 8.5, This drama is fine. But I don't think I will ever watch it again. I just feel like there are lots of dramas out there who deserves my time and attention more.

Overall - 9.0, the drama's good. It's that the director wasn't able to fully squeeze out the beauty and capability of the story. Could have been better with a different director and team I would say. Nonetheless, I was never bored of watching it and I genuinely love the artists of this production.

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The FLs journey in reclaiming her lost Integrity & Passion + Jovial character dynamics .

What an unterrable disappointment the FL has become— The once decisive and keen to details FL has gradually falter and eventually brokedown due to her dishonesty and selflessness.

At first look, this production may appear to have the usual J-Drama trademark of warm, light and mellow vibe however deep inside it has this complicated and unsettling occurences that made me frustrated quite a bit— The FLs constant dishonesty towards her feelings has cause her to lose her self-worth, decisiveness and integrity that eventually resulted to greater issues that could've been avoided in the first place... Well I know that this is a drama and those are parts of the plot but I just find it quite weird that a timeskip has happened yet the FL is still indenial about her feelings and even made things more complicated by making decisions that she herself find bothersome and confusing as well.

This drama could've gotten a lot more interesting if they escalated things faster considering that they need to squeeze all of it with the remaining 4 episodes. I just find it too rushed when they shove all the resolutions and concluding events at the finale, when they could have it installed on the previous episodes one by one. Nonetheless, I would say that they wrapped things up neatly and I'm also glad that they didn't worsen the other 'supposed' major twist because that would be a lot to bear considering all the unresolved bagages the FL have.

Moving on, I still love a lot of elements from this story; specially the way it motivates people to enjoy life by spending quality time to the things you valued the most as a way to keep your motivation, passion and drive. + The way they mentioned that money shouldn't only be spent on things that you can see and eat but also to the intangible things that keeps you inspired and going.

Lastly, I really like the MLs initial character demeanor— his obliviousness and ignorance may have been irritating at some point but it do provides a lot of comical relief to the drama. + I love that the team was created for specific roles that truly matters and not just some extras that has no purpose whatsoever. I also enjoyed their overall vibe and dynamics that sums up to their chemistry as a whole.

P.S. The FLs occasional 'kento-sama' swooning moments still gives me chills, so thank god they keep it at bare minimum. Hahaha!

Story - 9.0, The story is good it's just that they wasted so much time in making the FL uncertain about herself that made her character really frustrating a lot of times + The way they squueze everything at the final episode still felt like a missed opportunity to me. Aside from those, the rest are really well done specially the way they value someone's passion towards that one thing they love that keeps them moving.

Artists/Cast - 10, The set of artists' who acted on their respective roles did great and I never even once got bothered by their acting. They exude this comfortable and energetic vibe that made their overall dynamics colorful, vibrant and warm.

Music - 9.5, Honestly, I was kinda indifferent towards the Opening song cause it sounded really weird to me but the gradual listen did it's magic. I think this drama only has 3-4 BGM including the instrumentals and they're all good specially the ballad one. I just really have some initial issues with the opening so does explain my score.

Rewatch Value - 9.0, It's one of those dramas I wouldn't watch again personally. The FL has already left a lasting impression to me for being the BEST yet became one of the most mentally-challenged when it comes to her indecisiness towards love which affected everything.

Overall - 9.0, The overall theme of the drama is good, as expected from J-Dramas unique way of choosing a subject to expand it's views, struggles and values. The only thing I have a beef here is with the FL characterization and the sequence of how they handled the concluding factors of the story. Aside from those this drama is good and still worthy to watch.

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Incredibly Fun and Entertaining Wuxia Drama with Impressive Fighting Scenes~!!

Wow! I'm truly impressed. I never thought this drama's going to be this good and entertaining to watch. It reminded me why you shouldn't judge a drama merely out of peoples opinions and feedbacks.

Well, First thing first, SCRATCH all those negative feedbacks I've red about this drama even before I decided to watch this. People do really have different tastes and expectations to almost every single thing however I felt like this production didn't deserve any of those at all. In fact, this drama served and exceeded so much of my pre-set expectations; thank god I trusted my instinct and chose this one among many others.

There are really so much good things about this drama and this review might become 20+ pharagraph long (Hahaha) so let me just enumerate most of them.

× The smooth, Fun and entertaining story that got me hooked up from the very start till the end. I swear to god there's no dull moments in this drama.

× Fighting Skills are mostly impressive and detailed. You can definitely see that they took their time to practice those stunts to make it look pleasing and cool in the camera.

× Characters are well coordinated and for some reason they found a way to make them look interesting that you got no choice but to remember them even when they only appear 1-2 times for a short period of time.

× Cinematography, Color scheme and overall representation of the drama look pleasant in the eye. Nothing extra and bizarre going on and the costume are well matched and fits each individual characters.

Oh well... A drama can never be perfect and I admit to have creased my forehead several times due to some repetitive and ridiculous story plots and twists so let me mention some of those stuff as well.

× Let's start with the 6 member of Top 10 Villain who're supposedly strong and wicked but are just a bunch of tricky, gullible and weak individuals. I expected them to have atleast intermediate Kung Fu skills but they just don't. Bunch of disappointments on that area honestly + they lack an actual sense in the story and was killed as if they don't have anything better planned for them.

× Overly gullible Female Characters... I'm just so sick of people making women look strong and tough only to make them highly deceiveable and emotionally weak. Come on! Y'all can do better than that.

× Last but definitely not the least is the somehow predictable and bland ending. Like, How do I even start with how cringy and plain their actings are at the final episode? It felt forced and awkward. Did they shoot that scene at the very beginning? cause I never had any problem with their acting eversince aside from the final episode. That realy made me go "Ehhh! what was that? Lol".

Anyways, A drama that everyone can enjoy specially to those who are looking for nice, smooth and light Wuxia drama.

Story - 9.5, I contemplated a lot and ended up with this score after considering everything. Don't get me wrong, story is real good and have good ending. It's just that most of the scenes during the last episode felt so ordinary and plain. It felt like their creative juices was squeezed and drained so much throughout the entire run of the drama that they just throw what's the most obvious and simple at the end.

Acting/Cast - 9.5, This drama got the most irritating antagonists there is but that's actually why I love this story even more. I was very amazed on the way they personified and executed their characters to the point where I hated them so much too. What a love-hate relarionship Hahaha + The only thing that made me disappointed about it is the Final Episode. That's just so underwhelming in every single way. /sighs/

Music - 10, I love the choice of BGMs and I'm really impressed on how they inserted those sounds in the most comfortable way. They were all smoothly placed and Ballad is everything. <3

Rewatch Value - 10, This drama is high-praise-worthy and is one of the drama that made me binge-watch continuously this year. It is so exciting and made me look forward to each and every coming episodes without a miss. Will definitely rewatch it 100%.

Overall - 9.5, It should've been Perfect 10 but the continuous display of women manipulation + lack of actual character sense and value made me frustrated.
Not to mention the ever-plain-ending that made it even worse which led me to this conclusion after so much contemplation.

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Probably the best of all CIT Series as of 2021!!

Definitely the best so far! I was feeling a bit sad that Joe Chen was replaced as the Female Lead but the New Shirley Yang is even better! Most probably because the story and plot for this series is well made and created? Nonetheless, it exceeded my expectation and I was utterly surprised on how much I liked it compared to the previous ones.

Aside from the story itself, I like how people are actually dying right now. The previous series felt so boring cause almost everyone magically survived at the end and that was the greatest setback and failure of the prequels.

Story - 9.5, Outstanding plot and story progression. I'm giving this high mark because It was a complete turn over and provided such great climax and all.

Acting/Cast - 9.5, Almost everyone is good. Too much hoodlums for nothing; but well they served as a great plot devices so it's kinda worked out.

Music - 9.5, BGMs on this is so extra and I loved it a lot. Not the best but definitely going there.

Rewatch Value - 9.5, IF I were to choose which of the CIT Series to watch, I'll definitely watch this again without any second thoughts. So G R E A T!!

Overall - 9.5, Everything about this production felt like a huge leap in comparison to how it was before with the other installments. I can't wait for the Sequel (The Worm Valley).

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The Fearless, Good Natured & Quick-Witted Main Leads + Unending Plotting & Scheming in a Harem.

Where do I even start with?... This drama could honestly be better if they toned down a little bit on the unending plotting and scheming that resulted to some of them getting repetitive and irritating. It went on and on to the point where it feels like they spent 85% of the story on it and that's really disappointing cause I feel like they could've done more and better with its 54 episodes in comparison to what it has right now.

Honestly, the plotting and scheming weren't bad at all instead it was crafty and intelligent. However, anything 'too much is bad' and that's what made me raise my brow a little; but overall it was great.

Also, I love how versatile they're in changing the mood of the scenes; They go from being intense to mellow in literally a second and that really helps in lighting up the mood a lot of times. Aside from that, one thing that made this drama lighter and fun are the side story of Ming De X Tuoba Di as we as Cheng De X Jun Tao. They saved the viewers and the drama from its maximum distress and grief countless of times.

Another thing I wanna mention is the horrendous styling of Wei Young and Jun Tao on the first episode. it almost ruin my taste and expectation of the drama; thank god they improved and redeemed theirselves afterwards. Also the ridiculous and clichè plots has left some lingering distate on my mouth. I mean, how could they put it like that? who the hell incorporated them in this? cause I badly wanna talk and scold them for it. This could've been great if only the writers' tried harder in brainstorming better ideas to make the story more interesting and 'new' story wise.

Lastly, fighting scenes are extremely lacking and majority of them are bad. The only good ones are with Chuyan Nan and Jun Tao while the rest are trash and full of camera works.+ OVER DUBBING sucks! It was the worst! ><

Story - 9.0, It could've been better if they lessen the excessive plotting and scheming but even with it the story overall is good. It did reach a point where it started to get really irritating but I would never say it's bad. It was cunning and crafty well done however improvements can still be applied in a lot of areas. + The ending is just Great! It may not be the best conclusion to a story but it was satisfying and reasonable.

Acting/Cast - 10, Stellar!! Luo Jin is automatically a 10 over 10 and no one really did badly overall. I'm also glad to know that the main leads has acted on multiple projects before and I guess that helped out so much with their chemistry. Hell! They're even married in real life and that made me even thrilled in watching in. — I'm extremely satisfied and really entertained with each one of their performances.

Music - 10, Great use of ballad and mellow music. Ghad, i'm in love with every songs used on this drama. I have another batch of great music added on my playlist to listen to. Really love it <3

Rewatch Value - 9.5, It surely have its bad sides but I think that's not a heavy reason for me to slander this drama in any means possible. I was well entertained and fascinated all throughout the drama and that's what really matters to me. I would still watch it again if given a chance for sure.

Overall - 9.5, This drama was not perfect. It wasn't even bad and definitely better than 'decent'. It just got some minor plot issues but aside from them it is really good. I contemplated a lot whether to give it a 9.0 or 9.5 but at the end this drama just fallback in one or two particular area and the rest are really great so this rating is just enough and deserving I'd say.

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