The series is not good at martial arts fight scenes; the martial arts choreography is not good; many of the fight scenes look like the movements are accelerated, so they look less beautiful; but so far in the series, I see that the storyline is good, full of intrigue and strategic battles; and I like Ren Anle's character. There are two FL characters in Chinese costume dramas that I love: first, Ren Anle, and second, Bu Yin Lo (Uncahined Love).
This series shows the sadness of a father: first, a father must forgive the people involved in the murder of his entire family (his wife, his daughter-in-law, his grandchildren); he must be graceful to forgive all that; and second, a father who is sad to see his son become a monster feels guilty because he is not present in his son's growth, and he must kill his son who has become a monster.
How come I think the martial arts battle scenes in episodes 37–38 are not good, not as cool as during the battle scene in YangZhao (when Jiu Si's father and teacher died) and during the battle against King Liang's army?
After watching Destined, I'm trying to watch this series; hopefully it won't disappoint, even though the FL and ML voices seem to be dubbed and although the early martial arts fight scenes are not good enough, but hopefully the storyline is good.
Curious for the next episode how the interaction between Gu Jiu Si and Luo Zi Shang will be, whether there will be a strategy battle or there really is a martial arts fight between the two of them, and hopefully the epic ending so that the series deserves to be one of the best Chinese costume series this year.
But the series has the potential for a sad ending, seeing the dilemmatic situation between the characters of the series, but I hope not a sad ending.