PeachBlossomGoddess

He is a Central Academy graduate - he may have gotten some proper training there. I think his Zichuan Xiu is his most complex role so far but I am curious to see what how his LLF confronts his heritage in S3 of STOTD. I think there are a few good reviews on Douban but I also read some articles online.

52 more episodes? Wow that’s a lot. Did they fix the cast yet?

They can always keep going with a different cast. Been done a few times before.

I think they didn’t make the most interesting parts of the story and this feels incomplete. I don’t care whether characters live or die as long as it’s worthwhile so I’d rather have the whole story. It’s a highly praised novel so it’s not like what was not told is not worth telling.

It was his final ploy and quite a desperate one. But with KOL in control of Yanzhou it is clear who Ning must be matched with even if she didn’t already love him. Of course Liufeng family will also come to the same idea.

Ma Wei is not an important character anymore his arc is done but Luo Si should be the next villain.

I don’t know - it was so many years ago now! His fight scenes in it should be good.

He destroyed any hope for alliance between DL and LMH and totally defanged the Council and made them his puppet but powerless under a newbie Ma Wei. He killed two birds with one stone. For now he remains the ultimate politician who remains on top with his divide and conquer strategy.

No Canxing squarely won that round.

Yeah I think of the three bros he is the one that didn’t really have his own arc. I guess his comes later in the series and just wasn’t made.

Yang Xuwen is getting tons of praise online for his complez and schizophrenic interpretation of Zichuan Xiu. Maybe now Painting Jianghu will have a chance of being dusted off and airing soon.

Well unless its a fairytale, there has to be a cost to uniting the lands.

Don’t know. It hasn’t ended.

Yes that is already hinted in Budan’s vision.

Ah ok, good to know. 👍🏻

Yes the advisories was the one I was referring to but SYL’s was good too.

Yeah too many open plot threads. The donghua is also waiting for S2 or is it complete?

The last fight scene was great.

Yeah I think it is clear the intent was to adapt the whole series. Unfortunately the drama never got popular bc it was cut into 2 parts. So it is doubtful they will go ahead and make S3. But maybe they expect people to just watch the donghua to complete it. I personally would rather just read the books/listen to the audiobook when the weather gets cool enough for me to hike again.

What Sairong meant when he said that is he is going to have his hands full with internal strife BUT still he is happy bc his old enemy the Zichuan family may end up falling bc of the KOL.