This story is epic. On a Lord of the Rings level of epic. But unlike Tolkein's story, where the endgame is foreshadowed from the start, when you think The Untamed is heading toward an inevitable conclusion through a predictable route, you'll find you're wrong. Enough complexity and powerful emotional impact to make you want to watch it again, once you finally understand how all of the pieces fit together (or to find that out). A good adaptation of an amazing novel. Since I didn't come to it as a BL fan, I'm okay with the romance being more suggested than explicit. Ah, it's so sweet! Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo are perfectly cast, as are all the main supporting cast.