Incompetent Competence

Ning Que is supposed to be a different male lead. A male lead despite not being able to wield magic, still has the confidence to be, well, confident. His arrogance also dissipates afterwards in the 25th-ish episodes. And Sang Sang is supposed to be a 13 years old lmao. Ning Que is supposedly 18 when the story starts while Sang Sang is 13.

He deserves more recognition

Meh.
I mean, good visuals and fight scenes, but other than that, they look pretty much dead when saying dialogue.

Of course it couldn't be a happy ending. Even if he killed someone, he deserved to be heard. That SWAT team was terribly heartless.

Love Me if You Dare can be found on Youtube (subbed I think?) and Evil Minds season 2 can also be found of Youtube (subbed). Though to watch Evil Minds season 1 with subs I'm pretty sure you'll have to resort to third party websites (KissAsian and stuff) if you're fine with that.

Evil Minds and Love Me If You Dare were some of my personal favourites, though they aren't K-Dramas but C-Dramas.

Wtf did the ice princes do in their past lives to deserve such tragic endings.

ROMANCE SEARCHERS:
NO, YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT IF YOU WANT TO SEE ROMANCE. IT IS NOT THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE STORY, AND YOU ONLY SEE A DECENT AMOUNT OF IT STARTING FROM EPISODE 30-ISH. I DO NOT RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS If YOU WANT TO SEE ROMANCE AND NO PLOT OR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. (don't get me wrong, I love romance stories, but I don't expect it to be the main focus in every watch-worthy series. For those of you who are constantly trying to look for romance, I recommend you watch something like this to possibly appreciate and discover new and interesting genres.)

I'll just recommend you to pick it back up when you feel like it, because it really is worth it. (also you see much more romance after episode 30).

If the series is continued, kinda want the three mains of the first season to be back together again.

Yep, it only aired recently. Found it too, thanks anyways —

To each their preference. I honestly would have dropped it if not for my persistent mindset. The story does get better, but the acting is still pretty bad.

If the cast is fake I'm gonna cry. (sadly it probably is)

In Chinese dramas, contracts don't really count as much, especially Li YiFeng who's one of China's most wanted A-List actors. As for the rest of the cast, they simply had other priorities in filming and stuff, and couldn't find time for this drama.

I don't understand why Li YiFeng's voice gets dubbed on so much (actually I don't understand the concept of dubbing at all in Chinese dramas). Like, out of 7 Li YiFeng's dramas and/or movies, at least 4 of them had him being dubbed over by the same guy.

Finished the series in RAW, and here are some quick thoughts (know that I am Chinese/Canadian, but my understanding of mandarin isn't as developed as it should be)
1. the beginning (ep 1-6ish) was a bit boring, but it followed the novel so I don't have many complaints.
2. after when the story starts developing around WuJi, it follows the novel correctly and everything is a delight to watch (except for the excessive use of slow-motion and quick close ups)
4. starting from episode 40-44, it didn't make quite a lot of sense to me. Not sure if it's just my lacking of mandarin (for they do use a lot of "cheng yu" and complicated words in those episodes) but it felt a bit strange.
5. around episode 48, the tone and story picks back up again, though the ending is not very satisfying in my opinion.

Overall, I very much liked the series, except for around the last 12-ish episodes, but it's still definitely watchable (and who knows, maybe it's just me and it will make sense with english subs xd ).

Is there only 36 episodes?

Japanese A-List young actors galore xD

It's worth watching in free time. Not extraordinary, but definitely not bad at all.

So let me try to explain to plot here from watching 10-ish minutes of each episodes (8) so far:
From what I can understand, the story focuses on 2 groups of people; the police and the "criminals". The police are trying to catch these criminals while the (main) criminal is trying to murder people (someone?). Both have romance, but one of the groups is hinting towards a bit of BL?
Seems interesting and I think I'll binge it once more episodes come out.

Just a quick note that romance isn't the main focus of the show, but even so I recommend giving it a try.