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it's good for the first half with interesting dynamics and story potential, then became full blown classic asian dramas for the rest.

THIS!

it's good up until ep 17 and then come lots of misunderstandings that resolved through drama ways.

watched 17 eps in one go and i cannot stop lol.

from wiki: Deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.
this happens like all the time in xianxia

this drama is so satisfying! One of the reason I find xianxia boring is the deux ex machina trope they always have. This one also has that but not too many plus they are quite logical, with clear action --> consequence. this drama is also satisfying in wrapping up all its' conflicts. 10/10 would recommend.

i was like.. 'huh there'll be season 3?' lol

i sobbed at that part too!

thanks for the info!

hello fellow crime scene fan!

this is surprisingly good (?) I tend to avoid xianxia these days but this one just pulled me right in and tie me down to continue watching. It's probably because of the story. unlike the typical xianxia, they characters are not driven by 'love' and 'the greater good' etc etc. everything is actually making sense.

hoping it won't go down later on.

thanks but it's inaccessible from my country T_T

the writer of the novel this drama is adapted from.

only 2 eps unfortunately

not going to forget this drama for a long, long time.

yuzheng keeps making good dramas but he's just an awful person. I'm so conflicted everytime I enjoyed dramas so much and later saw his name in the cast and crew list.

I chuckled when it turns out hua rongzhu is just an imaginary man. after all, everyone just want a support system through our highs and lows.
then Hua Rongzhu turned into Hua Qian and I bawled lol. Often times we don't realize the one that has truly loved us through everything is actually... our very own self.

i think you're forgetting one thing that makes this drama less popular than Kunning palace: marketing. Kunning palace has big name actors to carry the promotion plus iqiyi knows how to market their dramas. i think youku is known for being bad at promoting their dramas.

i'm on ep 18 and i realized i cried over the brother's death then remembered he was a womanizer scum when he was alive and I suddenly feel conflicted,
then I just realized that this is probably the first time I've ever watched a cdrama with grey characters instead of the usual extreme evil vs good characters.
probably that's why this drama is hard to find lol
this drama was probably not popular in china wasn't it? how did they even pass the censor?

she reminds me of karina from aespa.