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i deleted my post on the comparison. It is not productive. thanks.

was it ep 16.. Li Ni said to her that when he first met her, she was so mean, he was going to get even with her, then later they met again, he said he had a chance to kill her but for some reason he could not do it. That must have been the moment he realized he likes her?

you really understand the depth of the character. did you also read the novel?

FIYS was a huge international success and exposure for Xu Kai. If you look at You Tube, episode 1 has 22M views. I rather like the movie myself. He nailed the character. The romance was really cute, funny, and entertaining and wholesome. The entire cast had chemistry. The script was superb. Even though the focus is on winning games, the script also involved a lot of interesting issues related to social behavior and norms and family matters. There was character development especially for the male lead. I don't mind rewatching a lot of the scenes with the leads. There were funny scenes and tender scenes between them. Fatty was such a lovable and hilarious character. Xu Kai knows how to interpret and portrays his characters precisely in every role he has done.

he's never gotten this much screen time in an entire production of 40 episodes, has he?

Zhou Dong Yu is very passionate actress.

Dance of Sky Empire and Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain are very good, esp. Lingjian Mountain, Xu Kai was amazing; unfortunately, it is not on You Tube, so I can only watch whatever clips I can find. I saw it one time on Amazon Prime but not anymore. I wished I quickly watch it before it disappeared, but Dance of Sky Empire is still free on Amazon prime. I really like female lead Wu Jiayi. She is an amazing actress whose acting is quite moving. She also played second female lead in Arsenal Military Academy.

Xu Kai shows he can do comedy in Court Lady. He is hilarious.

they are two highly intelligent people who can communicate well with each other but there is a lot going on in their lives that puts them at odds with each other. They both share the same noble goal of restoring peace for the people and they both love and respect each other but differ in methods and values. They have differences in personalities. Li Ni is more passionate and a dreamer and will not give up on Ying. He will do anything to win her heart. Ying is more practical about everything. She does not yield to love as easily. She is steadfast in her goal, even if she loses Ni Li. NI Li as much as he will do anything for her is also steadfast in his principles. So, when it comes to their principles, neither will bend.

Li Ni is intelligent, upright, and wise. In episode 1, he already stated this:
"General Pei, I cannot grant your request. The crown prince's son is still missing. He may still have a chance to live. Now the emperor and crown prince are dead, he should inherit the crown.
He is intelligent and the first born so he has the right to the crown. Besides, my father is a hostage to Sun Jing. If I were to be the prince regent, we'd place my father in a scorching dilemma.

I find Jing Tian adorable, cute, sweet face, and very nice figure too which is why she looks great in costumes.

It was nice to see them allow Xu Kai to at least display his fighting not in slow motion in scene 27 where he ambushed the evil LCF to retrieve Ying. To display his full motions, they also did arial shot so you can see his range and speed of motion wielding a sword. It goes fast so it's easy to miss. A couple years ago, Wu Jinyan (Yanxi Palace female lead) said Xu Kai's martial arts skils advanced so much already since his days on Yanxi Palace. This movie has a lot of rewatch value for me to just admire the fighting scenes, beautiful scenery and music, and the leads interactions and humor.

Also, there was that scene where Li Ni climbed up to the tower at lightning speed in superhuman fashion and stride after Mister Cui fell into the river. That was amazing to watch, and I wonder if that was Xu Kai or a stunt man. A part of me thinks it is stunt man as they wouldn't want the actor to get hurt, but part of me thinks it is Xu Kai with his long legs and athletic abilities and I wouldn't be surprised at all. The climber did it so fast, it looked so real, I can't tell if it the camera sped it up or not. The production is so amazing.

Xu Kai interpretation and portrayal of the low-key Yang Hua in SHPH was really great. Every time I think of Yang Hua, I don't think of Xu Kai at all. Xu Kai says in real life, he has nothing in common with Yang Hua.

I have not completed WoL but in ALP, Bai Jue, Qing Mu, and Boxuan's love for Shanngu and Hoichi breaks your heart, especially Qing Mu and Hoichi.. so sad, she was banned and their time together was short-lived. ALP was not an easy one to grasp for me perhaps because it is the only fantasy Xianxia drama I've ever watched. I had to rewatch many scenes before I could understand the realms and powers and such things. Once I got most of it figured out what they meant in each scene, the powerful love story all came together for me.

in Royal Feast, Crown Prince Zhu Zan Ji (portray by Xu Kai), in a desperate move to win her in a scene, he called her out by her nickname "Ah Li" as she was about to leave. Xu Kai is masterful at displaying tender moments in romance scenes.

In Royal Feast, all the bad characters died too except for Su Yue Hua. For some reason, she was spared so many times and given a new beginning at the end.

Each and every scene and interaction between the leads were entertaining and there were already more than enough, but for me, I found myself not minding more scenes involving them, even if it is unnecessary. The script writer was masterful at creating scenes with lines that makes the viewers fall for the couple each time.

I only just finished episode 16 but I pretty much know the rest of the story via spoilers, but I found this review with a low 6.5 score, and respectfully disagree:

" I think they were just trying to extend it for as long as possible... after the around 15 episode-mark felt like the drama was reaching the climax only for the actors to... do something absolutely irrelevant or even add an unnecessary scene just so it could make up the drama episodes"

the discussions on reddit are quite good, detail, thorough, and deep analysis into the characters instead of the "he's become dumb and naive". It looks into the pros and cons of the decision to become crown prince or not. One opinion was Li Ni is not naive but avoiding it. Another opinion was Ni Li is reasonable to not be crown prince and lists the pros and cons and concluded it is a lose-lose situation. Similarly, analyzed Cui Lin attitude on it.

maybe due to deleted scenes?