I've never watched FL in a drama before, so this is a first. Like many, I was not really attracted to her/thought she was great to pair up with ML. However, I grew to like her in this role.

The plot was interesting. I never seen a FL "lead" all of heaven/all the immortals, so it was interesting to me. It meant that she has to take on a lot of responsibilities and "grow up." There is a lot of character development for FL. Of course, like many xianxia dramas, it does involve "love over multiple lives." I particularly enjoyed the 2nd arc when our FL and ML were in their 2nd lives - and they fell in love with each other, but their entities were technically "not them." I thought that was interesting concept. It was heartbreaking trying to understand the leads, if they'd "remember" each other or not. I was on the verge of screaming at the drama.

There are a LOT of characters here, and I wish there was time for all of them. Overall, the chemistry was great between who it needed to be. I was heartbroken for some of the side characters, because they loved who they loved and unfortunately, it hurt someone else. Especially Yue Mi waiting on her love to be reciprocated. :(

Although the drama is LONG (af!!) - it was paced out nicely, and didn't feel rushed.

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I love the cast, but the plot in part two fell short (for me). I love Reba but her dramas are often hit/miss. I thought this drama had meh storyline. I wished they were able to come to compromise sooner, and understand each other better, but they did not. They continued to create more misunderstandings. I also thought that the chemistry between the two leads were lackluster. I know others on Viki were leaving comments about the same thing. Everyone says that Allen Ren doesn't "act" when it comes to intimacy due to the respect he has for his wife. But even just emotionally, I didn't feel love between the leads.

Visually - this drama was amazing. I liked the amount of effort they put into staging the set, the cinematography and music. However, all off these things do not matter if the plot isn't there.

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When they say slow burning love, believe it.

Although 10 episodes were cut, I thought it was still great. This drama had amazing cinematography, music, light hearted moments, anxiety driven moments, great chemistry and offered us a happy ending.

I haven't cried with a drama in a long time, and yes I tend to cry where there are daddy issues.... Lol. But I cried with this drama. I cried when they lost their loved ones, I cried when the characters reconciled with each other, I cried during the happy moments. I cried when family members made up. It was perfect.

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Starts off addicting...

As many have mentioned, this drama was drawn out for TOO long. It starts off quite addicting with our FL getting cheated on and walking barefoot, for who knows how long... and bumping into our ML.

It starts off addicting, and remains addicting because our two leads. They have great chemistry, and so many hot kissing scenes. But the remaining of the drama ends as a let down due to the draggy plots and extra-ness with our side characters. Like, did we really need to see Qin Qing and Wu San go back and forth at the marriage certificate office. -_-

By the time the drama ended, I was GLAD. I love Dili but whoever books her projects, they need help. Some of her projects are GREAT but this one fell short.

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I felt all the emotions in this drama!

Wow, I hardly watch modern dramas (maybe I should start). This one was so cute, aggravating, exciting, sad and romantic. I felt all the emotions while watching this drama. I was up at 3am binge-watching this (even though I worked the following day LOL). I'm a fan of Dilireba & Deng Lun, and seen their later work, and will add this drama to the list of LOVES! - I scanned the comments under this drama, and found a lot of people DIDN'T like this drama, not sure why. I found myself skipping different parts around episode 43-45, but the rest of it. I liked it. I even liked that they had thrown in anime influences, as well as ancient/costume drama influences (in the dreams).

Story/Plot: I loved the plot that Qi Qi who is a silly/naive/crazy girl who was heartbroken, then starts obsessing over her "idol" Bo Hai. Qi Qi ends up signing up to be a participant in a sleep study, and her bracelet malfunctions allowing her to enter Bo Hai's dreams - where she shows off her imaginative side. Due to her obsession, she gives up her hard work of being a vet to pursue a career as a florist just to get closer to him. She is very personable and imaginative, compared to Bo Hai who is an introvert and awkward. Qi Qi has been trying to gain entrance as a florist to "Flower Plus" for three years, and has failed each time due to Bo Hai's friend Xin Yan (who has a crush on him). She ends up being hired as a salesperson, in which she shows off her skills and ends up being Bo Hai's assistant. The two somehow make it work because they slowly fall in (and out) of love with each other. This drama's "love story" was one of the best I've seen in a while. Qi Qi starts off as crazy fan girl, then backs off, but then slowly you see Bo Hai letting down his guard. Once the two begin "dating" it's SO CUTE. Every time they kissed in this drama, I couldn't help but cheese for Qi Qi! Of course, this drama also displayed a lot of heartbreak as well. Bo Hai had abandonment issues, and his enemy (Qi Qi's bestie Mo Nan) used this weakness to plot against him. Qi Qi ends being used as the sword that breaks Bo Hai and causes him to relive his trauma
Acting: I loved it. I thought Dilireba and Deng Lun pair-up was fantastic. Their kiss scenes were not as bland as other c-drama kiss scenes I've seen. I mean, I wish she gave this much effort with Vengo in Eternal Love 2! I love all of our supporting actors in here, even the minor support cast. Bo Hai's besties are a hoot, and I'm glad they end up falling for each other. Qi Qi's bestie Baoni and Mo Nan, I wish it mentioned if they got together or not. Qi Qi's parents are also so funny and a great comedic relief. Her mom is constantly gossiping with the neighbors, and always trying to find Qi Qi a rich man. I love that they were also so welcoming to Mo Nan even after he was exposed as doing so many shiesty things.

Overall, I'd watch this again. I really liked the scenes between Dilireba and Deng Lun, especially after they fall for each other. It was so romantic and lovey-dovey. I want to see more dramas with them together!

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I knew I was going to love this drama because after TMOPB, I literally binged watched all of Dilireba's costume dramas! So I was immediately excited when they announced they were doing a sequel with our favorite leads. Just to preface, I have never read the novels for this story. But overall, I enjoyed this drama. I enjoyed the song that Dilireba sang too!

There are three arcs for our leads. BFJ as a fox lingering in Early Dawn palace following around DH. BFJ and DH goes to the mortal realm (I thought that part was SOOO long), and lastly BFJ and DH end up in a A'lanrou's dream. Each one tests their relationships and you watch as their relationship blossoms. In TMOPB you only see parts of the first two arcs, but this one dives more into details and shows more (of course). I did think that the last two episodes were VERY rushed, as it was their wedding date and of course DH had to go save the world. FJ misunderstands and leaves and goes lives in the mortal realm with their kid for three years. She comes back to Nine Heavens because Ye Qingti is about to be revived and magically they make up. Although, I was feeling MEH ending, I did love the acting and chemistry between Dilireba and Vengo. I'm sure because they were part of Jaywalk studios they have acted with each other before, their chemistry was sizzling. I was so excited with DJ finally falls for FJ, and he just loves on her. Apparently, there's rumors that they're even dating.

A lot of people have mentioned that Angel Liu (Ji Heng) bought the rights to this drama, and wanted to be FJ but faced backlash so they kind of re-wrote the drama for her as Ji Heng and gave her more screen time (we didn't ask for that). Her character was annoying, but she wasn't the psycho lover like Su Jin. It seemed like they wanted to make her villainous, but kind of watered it down or got bored w/ it. This drama actually lacks a Su Jin if it makes you feel better. No one really plotted heavily against our FJ, or took her eyes.

They did mix up our cast a little. We got one Yang Mi cameo (it was meh!). Zhe Yan and our 4th Uncle have transformed into beautiful young male leads - although it was different, I liked it! I liked that they brought back some of the original characters such as 3rd Prince Song Lian, Si Ming and the Bai Family. I wish they showed more of the other realms, as in TMOBP they showed other realms like the Eastern Sea family and more gods and goddesses. Another thing was was funny was Wayne Liu's character, as he did have a role in TMOPB. He was re-casted as a demon lord, Yan Chiwu. Yan Chiwu was probably one of my favorite side characters, and makes references to his "twin" brother who was Mo Yuan's 16th disciple. It would have been funny if he bumped into his twin XD --- But did anyone remember that in TMOPB the demon princess's name was also YAN Zhi, so they share the same surname. Anyways.....

Overall, this drama was good. It wasn't as good in terms of drama and seeing the love build up as TMOPB. The trials that DJ and FJ went through didn't really hit me as hard as TMOPB. I just thought that BQ and YH went through way more compared to DJ and FJ. And maybe it falls on FJ's personality, she was always naive and kiddy-like. I felt even when she had her kid, she didn't truly mature. And maybe if they didn't white-wash the roles, it would have been more "drama." I mean, they could have done more with Zhi He's character (did they forget she was evil b*tch in Ashes of Love)? But, I understand they did re-write this script to give more screen time to Angel Liu. Maybe there's an original script out there, that could have done 100% better and give us angsty/heartbreak drama that we all wanted.

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I found this drama on TVB Viet (so it was dubbed into Vietnamese). I always liked Myolie Wu and Ron Ng, so my review might be a bit biased.

This drama is based on Cho Tsing (Myolie) and her mom Bai Yuet. They are con-artists that roam around trying to make ends meet while searching for her father. They end up in their hometown where they bump into old friends the Kai siblings (Ron Ng and Jade Leung), as well as Cho Tsing falling in love with the heir of the Tsin Family (Him Law). Although her mom urges her not to, she wants to marry into their family and has to overcome struggles w/ her in-laws forcing her husband to take on a 2nd wife. She comes up with all kinds of schemes with Ron Ng, only to end up divorced and later falling for Ron. In the midst of this, her father returns but he's an evil eunuch and sought to ruin both the Cho Tsing, her mom, and the Tsin family (he's after their land).

Overall, the drama wasn't terrible. I was working from home and would put the audio on and listen. This drama is quite comedic as well. I found myself cracking up a bit too loudly while watching. I liked that the love triangle/square wasn't as intense as other HK Dramas. I find myself getting worked up sometimes watching other HK drama but this one didn't do it to me. I would watch it again.

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I randomly came across this drama on DramaFever (when they were once a thing). I knew this would be one of those comedy dramas once the opening theme song came up. But I did enjoy this drama. This drama is about Ko Tin-Po (Wong Cho Lam) whose a clumsy chef, but has a talent for knowing good/bad dishes & befriending the Yongzhen Emperor (Ben Wong) during the struggle for the throne. The two go through many trials together.

Apparently, this drama is based on Jin Yong's novel, The Deer and the Cauldron. **BTW he's got a lot of awesome wuxia novels.

I grew up on TVB Dramas, so yes I was familiar w/ the cast. This was the first time I've seen Wong Cho Lam, and he did a great job. Normally, you'd want the lead to look handsome and what-not but it was refreshing that he was just funny and great at acting (I guess think Bobby Au and Evergreen Mak). Overall funny drama. I even told my mom to watch this one.

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I started watching Yanxi Palace mostly because I saw that Charmaine Sheh was starting to make the move over to mainland China productions. I grew up on TVB and HK dramas, so of course I'm her fan!

Just like the parent story, I'm not familiar with MANY of the actors in this drama either. But it was a cute/CRAZY follow up to the parent story. I actually thought Rain Wang looked so SIMILAR to Qin Lan (Fuca Rongyin)!

This drama was a huge twist though, from Zhao Hua having some sort of "mental" issues, and then Fu Kang'an being led astray buy his uncle. The story was just so intense and sort of closed some of the loose threads we had from the parent story.

The only qualm I had was this drama was too short! I liked the shenanigans and I felt it was a bit rushed.

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good for those quarantine days....

I saw clips of this drama on FB. I thought it was one of those Asian PSA type of commercials, but now it was a whole clip of how Rendong (One of our FL)'s family treats her like shit. No, idea why I chose to look up this drama and keep watching but I was really interested in the ending once I started. Of course, I don't see any spoilers or reviews online for this drama either.

Basically, our two female leads are switched at birth. Rendong, is supposed to be born in a rich family and become a doctor is raised in a struggling household where she is the breadwinner by dangerously climbing the hillside/mountain side to gather herbs to sell. Although she had a hard life, she has a optimistic attitude and it makes her likeable to many. Qiangwei is an illegitimate daughter stemming from an affair her bio-mom had with a servant of the Gu family, he ends up switching the babies because of his own hatred. She's spoiled, and has a bad attitude. It's what turns a lot of her close friends/family away from her. This drama follows the two girls and on they deal with and discover their true identities.

Although, the moms in this drama are pretty SHITTY. I did enjoy the fathers in this drama. Rendong's "father" Wang Yao, although at first hates her existence later realizes how filial and a great daughter Rendong is. He does his best to offer her a good life, and even sends her to the city to get better work opportunities - under the guise that he hates her and doesn't want to be around her. But he really does love her as his own. Rendong also acknowledges him as her father. I also though Mr. Chen was also a great father-figure for Rendong too. He always treated her well and took care of her family, despite Mrs. Chen being a greedy MF about Rendong working for them.

Overall, this drama was simple and not overly exciting but enjoyable. I wouldn't watch it again.

The main theme song really gets stuck in your head though.

Although, this drama is set in the republic of china, there is no overly communistic themes in this drama.

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I love TVB dramas, they're like my guilty pleasure. With more and more mainland productions with amazing actors, costume, directors, cinematography, of course you see why TVB dramas have been LACKING. TVB likes to reuse the same actors, as well as the same formula with their dramas and this one falls into that category.

The story revolves around our four main characters. Ming But (By Bobby Yeung) is a roaming street performer, that moves around with his adopted family. They get caught up in a murder-scandal involving an official, thus the official secretly tells the guards to "kill" off his family. He ends up in a hotel and switches outfits with Kiu Bo Lung (Evergreen Mak) causing KBL and his father to get caught in a fire. KBL loses his memory and his father passes away. MB finds out what happens, and decides to honor them (he feels guilty for causing their deaths) and pays for a burial and assume KBL's identity. MB finds out that KBL has been offered a position to help with the imperial dance troupe, and the top school gets a bonus of GOLD (lots of it). Greed takes over, so he continues to assume the identity of KBL. Meanwhile, the real KBL makes his way into the same city and ends up working in the school (first as chef then a music director), while trying to remember his past.

Linda Chung plays the role of Bin Yuk Yin, a FAMOUS dancer that has the capabilities of being the new primadonna of the dance troupes. The primadonna of the year gets the option of marrying into the royal family, or gets the title of princess. She wants to win back her family fame, as her father was a famous general. Myolie Wu places Lei Tsoi Shan, the girl that delivers firewood. She lives in the city and grows up rugged. Her mom guilt-trips her into becoming a dancer to "find her father."

The four have their lives intertwined, as KBL is betrothed to BYY but, BYY believes her betrothed is the fake KBL. Meanwhile real KBL tries to figure out why he has such intense feelings for BYY. LTS ends up butting heads with fake KBL and the two fall in love, thus causing a rift between BYY and the fake KBL (whom she assumes is her future husband).

The pairings in this drama is off between our actors. I thought the ladies were much too pretty for the guys. But their interactions were pretty funny and some parts touching.

As mentioned, this fits the formula with TVB dramas. Of course there can't be a drama without DRAMA. Some are very predictable, like when LTS gets framed for trying to upstage BYY so the two ladies are no longer besties and hate each other, but you're watching and you're like NOOOOOO it was the other girl, *shrug*

Overall, it was a-ok drama I happened to find. It was entertaining, as I had nothing else to watch. lol. I wouldn't watch it again.

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I have not watched a REALLY good drama in FOREVER.

First off a few things:
* I'm not familiar with the cast, at all
* I've never watched similar dramas, in which there are two male "soulmates"
* I've never seen the anime, manga, or read the books.

I did enjoy this drama though, the plot was so intriguing. I loved the mystery behind the whole series. After the flashback scenes are over, I kind of guessed the villain at the end of this drama. However, we were still trying to figure out the motive. I thought the cast and acting was great. The cast did a great job, the interactions were great. I even liked the interactions with the 2nd generation of cultivators. As mentioned, I never read the novel but our two male leads kept me captivated. WWX was so funny, outgoing, arrogant and cocky, on the other hand LWJ is quiet, reserved and cool. They're like polar opposites, but somehow it works.

Although, I had the sound on mute most of the times (I was trying to watch at 2am while fiancee was sleeping lol), the score was beautiful from the times I had the sound on.

Overall, I really enjoyed the drama. If you're like me and stumbled across this drama, but saw this was "boy love" do not fear. Due to China being super "conservative" there are no intimate scenes between our male leads. If you watch this drama w/o reading about the whole sexuality thing, you would just think there's really strong bromances in this drama. Each group had their little pairings.

I would totally go for a sequel, or even spin-offs with the original cast making appearances.

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I have seen Swords of Legend (2014) featuring Yang Mi & Li Yi Feng - which also had a very mysterious and intriguing plot. This "sequel" is not directly tied in with the previous but continues with having introducing new legendary and powerful swords to us.

In SOL2, we are introduced to the Hanguang sword & Zhaoming sword. Hanguang is supposedly an evil sword that's cursed It’s a powerful soul that requires strength as it can decrease the energy of the person that wields it. Zhaoming is a sword that was used during the ancient battle of the gods (see below) but was broken into many pieces after the battle, and never seen again. Zhaoming sword is so powerful it can cut off the “spiritual energy” of a person.

The plot of the story is that during ancient times, during a mythological battle the sky was damaged so God Shen Nong had to slay a giant turtle to help hold up the pillars of heaven. He used the colored stone to help repair the sky. During this battle, an ancient group of human beings "Leishan tribe" assisted in this battle. As their reward, God Shen Nong granted them to live in a floating island above the earth and presented them with a tree that can give them "immortal" abilities - such as longer lives, super strength, etc. in return the Leishan tribe worshiped God Shen Nong. However throughout the years, the barrier around Leishan's tribe starts to deteriorate and the tree starts to die and people start to get sick, but the god is nowhere to be found. A demon, Li Ying, sees this opportunity and sneaks into their city and grants them help. But in turn, must help him spread demonic tree-roots throughout earth. A group of four heroes from earth discovers the truth and help rally up the martial sects to fight against the atrocities caused by Leishan’s tribe and Li Ying.

Yue Wu Yei (Fu Xin Bo) - Is a spoiled brat and Yanjia enthusiast. (Yanjia is like robots/steampunk type of creations). He is actually of royal lineage of the Wolf Clan of Jiandu (they were destroyed by war) and adopted by “the enemy” General Yue. He’s raised in a lavish environment, being given all by his adopted parents (they do love him though). He was rescued by Xie Yi (Yanjia expert) and later becomes his protege and inherits his skills & powers.

Wenren Yu (Ying Er) - Is a warrior from Baicao valley. She left the valley and now “wanted” by her clan. She is on the search for her master, who went missing after discovering Leishan’s tribe's diabolical plan. She ends up falling for Wu Yei.

Xia Yize (Aarif Rahman) - He is part of the royal family of Chang’an. His mom is consort, who happens to be a mermaid so he’s considered half-monster. He doesn’t want the throne and instead wants to practice Taoism cultivation with his master, but is thrust into palace intrigue. He ends up falling in love with “Fairy of Mount Wu” - Ruan.

Ruan (Jiang Coco) - Initially we think she’s “Fairy of Mount Wu” but she has lost her memory, as Xie Yi had locked her in stone for 10 years. She gradually figures out who she is in the end. She is very sweet and naive and gradually falls for Yize.

Important Side Characters we should know.
Xie Yi/Chu Qi - Is a Yanjia mastermind, and priest from Lieshan’s Tribe. He initially doesn’t agree with causing their people to suffer from the foul-air so he creates yanjia creations to try and break the barrier set by God Fuxi, but he inadvertently lets in Li Ying (the demon). He ends up rebelling against the Supreme Priest because he doesn’t think they should save their people by sacrificing earthmen for Li Ying.

Li Ying - scary/smoke demon. He feeds on people’s emotions and fears.

High Priest/Shen Ye - He is the leader of Leishan’s tribe. All he wants it is to solve his people’s dilemma of sickness, and he is willing to sacrifice earth people’s to Li Ying’s plan to ensure that his tribe can survive. He’s like a good anti-hero of this series.

Yu Qi - The sword spirit inside Hanguang. I liked how cool they made the sword spirit is portrayed in here. He randomly comes out to scold Wu Yei but also gives him advice. He later helps the crew by melding together Hanguang and Zhaoming sword.

Overall, this drama isn’t terrible. I thought the plot was intriguing and I was captivated and wanted to see how it ended. I wasn’t in love with the cast, I thought it was meh (but I thought the same for SOL). I just didn’t feel “connected” to our cast. The romance isn’t super cute, but the ending was overall happy for most characters.

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Let's start off by saying I am familiar with earlier adaptations of "The Four." I haven't seen them since I was younger though. This one stood out in my mind because of our cast. I did watch this drama in 2019, whilst it was made in 2015 and to start off this is the first time I've seen a drama with Hans Zhang (but he did not disappoint). And I've seen Yang Yang & Mao Ji Zun in their later projects. I'm definitely a fangirl over William Chan though.

This is a great wuxia adaptation. There's tons of actions (literally the first 10 minutes is fighting scenes) and lots of mystery and intrigue. Our story follows four brothers who are constable (detectives/officers) in the Divine Deputy. It gradually builds up most of their backgrounds as well as follow them through their love plots. They're all righteous and all for justice, as well as have their own strengths/weaknesses. Overall, they balance out one another.

Coldblood - Hans Zhang. He is the last descendant of the "Wolf Clan" their whole entire family was annihilated in one go, mysteriously, 20 something odd years ago. He is poisoned by "wolf's poison" which causes him to turn vicious and into a werewolf each time it's a half-moon (or is it a full moon?). He's bloodthirsty for vengeance and doesn't really give a sh*t about people's feelings or care for emotions. Later he meets with Chu Li Mo and ends up slowly falling for her and then does all he can for her. They do have a happy ending, where he whisks her away from her long lost mom (wow, li mo all that for the D!) and has her stay with him at the capital.

Heartless - Yang Yang. He comes off as polished and refined. He's cool, calm and collected. But is plagued by losing his love, therefore has many breakdowns in our dramas. He cannot seem to let go of his past with Ru Yan, who suddenly turns up alive but dies before his eyes again. Later in our drama, he's introduced to Mu Xue, who he just cannot accept because of his past feelings/emotions. Sadly, Mu Xue also dies in his arms, and he's suddenly thrust back into another breakdown. I feel bad for his character, and it's sad in the end he's by himself. I feel he shouldn't have been called heartless, as he has a lot of heart. Maybe loveless.

Chaser - William Chan. He comes off a playboy and flirt but apparently has been in love with Princess Zi Luo their entire lives. Throughout most of the drama, he's basically chasing after miss Princess, while Princess is deeply obsessed with Coldblood. He remains pretty supportive of Princess ZL throughout the drama. The princess, later on, realizes how devoted Chaser is to her and ends up reciprocating her love to him. It's a pretty cute ending for them.

Iron Fist - Mao Ji Zun. He is the "Thor" of the bunch. He's cute, but the intellect is not there. He is plagued with being "lonely" as well because he believes he's cursed and cannot keep friends near and dear. At first he's tricked into "marrying" or "promising" himself to Yiyi. She follows him around and annoys him, you feel that he only thinks of her as his little sister. I guess with persistence he relents and likes her back. They also have a happy ending.

Let's get down to our main lady, Chu Li Mo. She must have sort of a tragic past they don't touch on. We're introduced to her because she was chosen to marry an old king whose sick/dying (he's so sick/dying that he doesn't even make an appearance in this drama). Anyways, I'm going to go on a limb and say since her mother disappeared from their home, her stepmom and step-sister probably treat her like sh*t while her dad is working at his "official" position. She ends up begging the Four deputies to spare her, as they are tasked to find her and they end up sneaking her into the Divine Deputy. Luckily, fate is on her side as Zhuge Zheng Wo (leader of the Divine Deputy) turns out to be her "uncle" and helps her unleash her skills that would help Coldblood resolve his poison and take down our evil henchmen.

Onto our antagonist, the first one is An Shi Geng (Mickey He), who did a fabulous job btw. He's delusional, traitorous, vengeful and broken-heart. He is obsessed over his love Butterfly Dance - who happens to look like Ru Yan. So obsessed he has created this 20-year vengeance plan and has killed thousands without single remorse. Due to Ru Yan looking identical to Butterfly Dance - I'm sure you can guess. He threatens Ru Yan with the life of her family to marry him and tries to train her to be like his love. Pure psychotic. He doesn't end well, lol.

Our 2nd antagonist had quite a buildup in this drama. Ji Yao Hua is our bad-ass deputy sister. She starts off very serious and protective of Coldblood. They were the original "shipped" ones in their Divine Deputy Department (I think it was just in her head and her two lackeys though). It was unrequited love and did not end well. She's the type to sacrifice herself for someone when no one asked her to, thus she loses it and goes down the deep dark path. Her ending is unknown but I guess its open for interpretation.

I thought there were a few things that just didn't do it for me in this drama and leaves me wanting more. Like how did An Shi Geng frame Coldblood's adopted father? Why didn't Chu Li Mo's mom see her get married before leaving? Who the heck were the Holy Moon Sect? Why did Chu Li Mo's mom choose her father? Did commander Zhuge end up with his own lady love? Will they make a part two?!

So many questions, but overall a pretty great drama.

Lastly, if you do watch this drama. Watch it on Viki the comments from other watchers make it even better! I've never been so entertained.

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I believe I have already seen another remake of this drama as a kid. This version is not terrible. I thought that plot lagged in certain areas and was predictable. Kevin Yan seems too old for this role, or they dressed him up very corny. He has bouncy curls for goodness sake, but in the beginning said his character doesn't shower (Hooooow does his hair stay perfect?!)

The cast was likeable even the bad guy. Male protagonist was casted well. The romance in this drama, we should just recategorize this dramas as heartbreaking drama! Dang! But we do have one happy couple (I guess??) at the end.

This is a wuxia drama so expect lots of blood being spit out. Fight scenes are decent. Most newer wuxia dramas do not focus on action scenes these one was good! There was CGI thrown in but it did seem like the actors made an effort.

If you're bored or in a show hole, I'd recommend it. It's not a terrible drama.

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