TaliaToo

I kinda liked that story line too haha. It would be awesome--all that sexy intensity. I also wouldn't have minded with foxy Li Yunrui! Lu Si can have those two and the chemistry would be unique AND very sexy.

AHAHAHAHAHA. Too funny comment.

How so? Maybe I can help? For me, the first episode was very compact, amazingly edited to give the viewer the whole story in one episode. I've rewatched it countless of times and each time I see little things the director and editor (and scriptwriter) had managed to put in to foreshadow the entire drama.

In ALP, at the end, Shanggu was kneeling for 500 years already when Yuan Qi came to say goodbye to go to Daze Mountain. Then another long period of time occurred before you see the final scene of Bai Jue coming back as the new God of Fire.

The period (although not perfectly fitting) of TLI's beginning is the kneeling period AFTER he left and the heavens are sealed. Yuan Qi became a student-bum on Daze Mountain. In the novel, Bai Jue came back when YQ ascended as a true god after the Daze Mountain disaster/tragedy. So, there's another 4 and 1/2 years before Bai Jue returns at the beginning of TLI as the new god.

Hope this kind of makes sense to you :). Although these dramas don't quite fit together, you can just use this wobby timeline as reference as to why there are no true gods around. Shanggu was busy kneeling, LOL.

I would have loved one big hug and kiss but unfortunately, LuSi caught COVID....

A magical floating rock....

I loved it. Lu Si was amazing. Each ten episodes brought out a different Lu Si as her character grew. The angst is epic and I loved how earlier actions are mirrored by the other protagonist in their journey to adulthood. The theme of friendship among the main four is refreshing. They actually talk to each other in different scenes as they mature, showing their growth from rash youth to responsible adults.

You’re welcome. I hope it helped you with your questions

Here is my review that might also help you:
https://mydramalist.com/profile/TaliaToo/reviews

This is the main discussion board. If you scroll up to the Topic Board, there is a topic answering all your questions connected to ALP. Hope that helps.

I, OTOH, am a rewatcher if I love the drama. I like to study scenes, read the works, compare the differences, check out the camera work, talk about themes and characters. Lol. Yes, it becomes an obsession until I find another good drama. I must have rewatched LLTG and scenes from it dozens of times. YouTube has my long comment essays from my rewatching. Yes, I admit that it’s crazy. Lol.

I say this now and it works by making me laugh it off. Heh.

All three of us have been rewatching too many times, bwahaha.

I thought Feng Yin was not as vengeful as BaiJian, LOL. Not that I blame BaiJian, but if you compare both dramas, then FY, being much, much younger, was certainly more merciful. And perhaps that is what the final message of this story is all about--that the old ways, of division in the three realms (as in ALL xianxias that I've watched), that certain clans are looked down on and killed off so casually, that all evil cannot be redeemed, is the OLD WAY. The young immortals here are going to carve out a NEW WAY, where the three realms can freely mix (as shown in one scene at the end), where Hua Shu the Evil Bitch freely made the decision to repent, and where the final scene of the Ultimate Demon Mingqi came to the conclusion that maybe free will could change destiny, that he too could be accepted for who he was after tribulations. and in this light, hopefully, you can see that this drama brilliantly turns the old tropes into something very different. :) Cheers to you.

Yes, Zhao LuSi was so good at Feng Yin's role that I'm writing a The Four Faces of Feng Yin long post. LOL. I know how to use my free time (not).

Thank you!

Please let me know if this has a HE or BE. Thank you. Truly appreciate d.

Yes, FL was fantastic. And I'll put the spoiler on.

The magical rock says, Alexa, this is not your tribulation. Bwahaha. <3

I wouldn't say he was useless, but his powers was limited. The story started with him at around 200-400 years old and he was having fun being a bum-immortal. He had a mental combustion when the beautiful Hua Shu singled him out to be her toy but mostly his infatuation came from the fact that he thought Hua Shu saved him.

The ML had power but yet, not. He sacrificed huge chunks of his power for those he loved and never told anyone. Also, the story is about his tribulation and the FL happened to be his. Ironically, he was also her tribulation because without his interference, the FL would have died since she was an anomaly in both lives as Feng Yin and AhYin. So, let's just call it fate. Gu Jin had to lose Ah Yin and vice-versa before they fulfilled their fates.