The Legends (2019)

The romance in this drama kept me going.

Story: This storyline REALLY reminded me of Oriental Odyssey with the whole girl dominating guy concept and then later trying to kill him constantly but was unable to do it because of love. It's not exactly a unique plot at all. The plot was so-so and I really wouldn't say there was anything notable about it. The episodes were a bit slow paced but not super slow. It's bearable. The end episodes were slightly rushed but there is a happy ending. Also, this show had lots of editing and cutting problems. I had to jump around different sites to make sure I didn't miss any vital scenes or scenes with our main leads hehe.

Acting: Can we just say the only reason I finished this drama was because of our main leads??? Bai Lu and Xu Kai have INCREDIBLE chemistry. Their acting is on point and you can literally feel that they are so in love with each other. Xu Kai's facial expressions are ON POINT and he just carries out the character of Li Chen Lan so well-- a cold, strict sect leader yet kind at heart, but is the most gentle, warming man around Zhao Yao. I will be checking out more of his dramas! Bai Lu was awesome as the big, bad, fierce demoness in the beginning but as the story carried along I did feel like her character weakened too drastically but nonetheless she was very good! I was PLEASANTLY surprised at the performance of these young, non-veteran leads. Oh, very few kissing scenes BUT they can kiss. Probably THE BEST kiss scenes I've ever watched in cdramas so far.

The supporting roles were also great. I was pleasantly surprised at the awesome acting carried out by all of these newer actors and actresses. Zhi Yan was amazing and so were the rest.

Music: It's alright if I had to be honest. I don't dig it.

Rewatch Value: Meh, only for my main lead's chemistry.

Overall: the suggested value was a 8 but I gave this a 8.5 because it really is one of my favorite dramas in terms of acting. I DO recommend it.

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Lovely Couple but Poor Editing

This is supposedly a very interesting and light-hearted drama. The plot is intriguing and the cast is fabulous, especially the two female leads Bai Lu and Xiao Yan. The romance between the major characters, Lu Zhao Yao and Li Chen Lan is simply adorable and sweet. I love the main theme song so much – the verses are meaningful and the tune is beautiful. But that’s all the positives I can say about this drama.

Inconsistencies and holes are everywhere. There were “dead” and “undead” people. The cutting and editing are particularly bad; it’s simply confusing. There are various so-called versions of the drama, but in essence, the contents of each episode are the same, except, perhaps one version has a prologue and the other has a preview at the ending. Having said that, episodes 19 and 21, followed by the last 4 episodes, are utterly confusing unless one finds the better cut version.

The initial pace and flow were not great but acceptable. It can be draggy at times. People talk super slowly, walk super slowly. All their motion is super slow. I feel I age 10 years after watching this drama. But the final few episodes were a torture, with a lot of time wasted on people looking at each other blankly. I found myself holding my breath, trying to endure till the end without screaming and pulling out my hair.

I initially enjoyed watching this drama so much because it was a panacea for me after watching the heart-wrenching “Goodbye My Princess” – a drama airing at the same time. This drama (The Legends) provided the little relief I needed as it was funny with a straight face and the characters are adorable.

I particularly enjoyed watching Xiao Yan playing 2 roles - one as a timid Qin Zhi Yan and the other as the badass Lu Zhao Yao; she portrayed the characters so well, switching in and out. I also love the romance between Lu Zhao Yao and Li Chen Lan. I love the feeling of having a man, standing right next to or behind me, quietly protecting me and doting on me all the time. He is powerful and yet not overwhelming. He is a lion facing his enemy, but only a small sweet kitty when he’s with me. With one thrust of his hand, he is able to send one into oblivion; or he can arrive at his destination in a whiff. I particularly love the line he told Lu Zhao Yao, “You fight, I’m your sword. You retreat, I’m your shield.” This line truly melts my heart.

I also love the character of a badass female, controlling the world, feared by all and yet admired and loved by all her followers. Bai Lu has played this character convincingly. She is beautiful and delightful.

Xu Kai has a very good-looking baby face. Having a timid and quiet persona, he portrays the Li Chen Lan’s character effortlessly and effectively. And yet, he is powerful and lethal at a click of the fingers. One always feels safe with him around.

The underlying theme for this drama is, good can be bad and bad can be good. What looks good on the surface can be rotten inside, and what’s bad about a person, can be a kind and upstanding one. Hence in this drama, you will see the supposedly good people touting they are doing the righteous things, are in fact the despicable characters, whereas the labelled son of demon, is in fact the most upstanding kind-hearted person of all.

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I did put this drama on hold for months only to try to finish it because of main leads starring in arsenal military. It starts off nice, I loved how strong the main female was and acted like the villain which was unique. The story seems interesting but the way it was executed with dragging the story too much made it weaker. The main leads were full of chemistry and loved their romance maybie the guy character was slightly boring for my taste but I love the actors. The strongest point were the main leads and the romance, some of support cast storyline were okay but not amazing. I did have fun watching this but just a heads up that it can get draggy or sometimes the plot gets weird. Id recommend it more if you love the main leads like I do, since their the reason I watched arsenal military right after this.

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I started this drama because of the synopsis. I really like powerful characters as the main lead especially female lead. I am so bored watching female lead always so damn weak getting save by the male lead 100/1000 times so i was instantly captured by the synopsis when it says the female lead is a powerful demon king. I don't know Bai Lu at first but now i am totally a super fan of hers. She is so pretty and despite only acted a few dramas previous to this, she is so good at her acting. I really like this Lu Zhao Yao character, she is so free spirited, not fake and do whatever she wants without giving shits on what people think. The way Bai Lu acted as her is so real and even makes me feel that this is her real personality lol

I start to read the novel half way through the series because i saw many comments say that the drama changes from the novel and i was so curious on the original storyline. I must say that Bai Lu and Xu Kai really acted their characters well. I can easily imagine them while reading the novel. Just a side note, the novel is really awesome, at least not so confusing like the drama, more straightforward and more detailed in certain scenes. And also not so much of unnecessary plot or side characters story just to add more episodes *roll eyes*

Xu Kai also acted really well here, i have like him since Yanxi Palace and slight reason of why i started to watch this haha. I can feel he is hurt or sad just by his eyes or facial expression which is amazing because this is how i can invest my feelings in the story too. His slight smile of happiness when he is interacting with Zhao Yao is so cute that i keep smiling behind the screen (It sounds a bit creepy xD). His hurt expression when Zhao Yao leaves him makes my heart hurt too. He is such a cute puppy at first then so cool after he becomes the sect leader (but still cute and loving puppy in front of Zhao Yao).

I am slight frustrated with Zhe Yan at first because of her timid character but Xiao Yan acting is great especially when she need to act two characters during the beginning. I felt that her character has the most development throughout the series. *A little spoiler*Who would have imagine in the beginning that she will become what she became in the end. She changes a lot and i like it. Although like the second half of the series her character kinda feel like extra because she doesn't need to act as Zhao Yao anymore then she just comes out a bit here and there. I don't mind seeing her more than those annoying side characters tbh. Her love life too :(

Jiang Wu is quite a funny character. I like him throughout the show. Dai Xu acts well in separating his playful and serious side. His character also reminds me a lot of the legendary Sun WuKong. His comments and actions are so funny most of the times and i don't really feel like his is evil especially when you compare it with the real evil characters in the drama. So i feel sad for his ending. Drama version makes him more sympathetic than the novel. The few words he said to Zhao Yao during the ending still resonate in my heart urgh the feels~ Overall most of the cast acting are great and bad guys are really bad that you feel like killing them yourselves which shows that they are great actors and actress. Thus, 9/10.

As for the Music part, sometimes i feel like the bg sounds a bit inappropriate to the scene and the editing of the scene just cuts off the bg music feels a bit abrupt. Generally it is okay. I do like the OST. I especially love the theme song for Zhao Yao when she was walking through the woods after she became the sect leader and during the end when she needs to battle the last boss. I keep repeating it non stop till now. The lyrics are meaningful too.

Rewatch value is lower, i don't think i will waste my time watching it all over again but only on parts that i like specifically on the main couple. There are also a lot of funny moments between all the characters inside. Not to forget memorable dialogues in it whether it is funny, sweet or cool. I think i will watch clips of it in the future when i miss Zhao Yao.

The most crucial part, the STORY. The basic storyline is nice and entertaining. The characters and cast makes it even better. Everything follow quite closely to the novel until the second half then it just became less interesting. I lose interest in it around ep 43 but too waste to drop it. I felt that a lot of C-dramas always have this problem. They are really promising in the beginning or in the middle but always gone bad towards the end mainly 40+ eps forward. As they referred to "Water injection" drama, a lot of unnecessary plot + side characters story are added in just to make more episodes. Then a lot of plot holes appears. Example the Lin Zhi Yu character is so overly used in here. Why she did the things she did doesn't even make sense. Her actions and words are in conflict that i don't even know what her character should be. She keeps popping out here and there just to be the bad guy that help destroy the main couple or the Wan Lu Sect but the thing is it felt so forceful. It felt like the writer just like whatever she is going to be the bad one that does a lot of annoying little stuff no matter if it makes sense or not. I understand that she turns love to hate but this 2nd female lead story is not even believable (plus novel doesn't have this plot). Another part of the reason is that i don't like watching the main couple being so weak. However the biggest problem is the editing. The first 5 episodes is the prologue of the novel but the execution of it is so confusing. I almost drop it because i don't really know what is happening and so different from the synopsis i read lol Luckily i didn't and it becomes better after that. This drama is also a bit different because it shows parts of something else before the opening song and at first i was really confuse of the scene jumping here and there but after i understand how it goes then i kinda appreciate the difference the director try to made. However it does not justify the editing for the last few episodes. Random cuts are slot in then the scene abruptly cut to another scene without any proper explanation. One point they are battling each other, then suddenly they are at the room safe and sound with no explanation at all! Even the ending part where Zhao Yao is waiting for Mo Qing then suddenly they are together with very random scenes in the middle. In the end i just use all kind of imagination in my head to make it logical for me to accept. Not to mention the utterly annoying flashbacks. The same flashback keep repeating in almost every damn episodes.

Overall i do like this drama despite the terrible editing, unnecessary adding of side story, overuse of flashbacks and nonsense plot holes. The main reason is because of YaoLan couple. They are so sweet and the chemistry between those two is so amazing. I can feel they really love each other (in the drama). Plus it is quite funny at times, like really funny that makes you laugh not roll eyes or face in the palm kind. The story is interesting enough from Ep5-6 until Ep41-42. After that the drama doesn't do the novel justice. But anyhow this has also become one of my top dramas. As stated earlier, i really like strong female lead characters. I rarely can find one that is like this. Give it a try if you are like me.
If you are still here, thank you for reading lol i just want to spill out everything i feel about this drama to gives it a closure and move on to the next one. Never really thought people will actually finish this. Have a nice day to you and see you in another drama. ;)

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Ignore the poor Editing and sequence for the last few episodes, it's a good drama

I first encountered this drama while I was waiting for episode 23 to Ancient Love Poetry to air (the torture of the delayed schedule for that drama lol), so I was clicking into 'Mydramalist' in here under the 'Xianxia' category and came across this drama 'The Legends 2019' by accident. And watched the trailer first before seeing the cast, and noticed there's Xu Kai and Bai Lu in this one. I have seen both these actors (Xu Kai) and actress (Bai Lu) in their respective dramas, Xu Kai in Ancient Love Poetry, and Bai Lu in Love is Sweet, so yeah, I decided to watch this, while waiting for more episodes to air for Ancient Love Poetry before resuming (like I said the wait was a torture).

At first I watched this in Youtube, until I was up to episode 18-19, episode 19 started off out of place to me, and I was like "What the heck is going on??? Did I missed an episode or something??" And turned out that there was a portion that was cut out from episode 19... So I have to result to watching this in Viki instead. And then there was another time where the whole episode was NOT included in the Youtube version, I was like "What the heck????" So honestly, fans, just go with watching from the Viki version. That is at least better sequenced and have UNCUT scenes.

I didn't know what fans or viewers was complaining about the editing and poorly sequenced, each scene meshed everywhere... But now I know...And I agree....

Well, like, like I said, ignore the poor editing, if you can get past that and use your braincells to put the scenes together yourself (even some scenes don't make sense and felt out of place), then you will enjoy this drama.

For me, like everyone else who does, really love Bai Lu and Xu Kai's chemistry, they're just so natural and they definitely have chemistry, and I LOVE the character Mo Qing (Li Chen Lan), I do felt sorry for him for being possessed, but I still love him though.

I DON'T like Jiang Wu at all, would have liked him if he didn't provoke Mo Qing on his end to push him further to his insanity when Mo Qing was doing fine, and his best to control his inner demons, and I hate the fact that the death of Jiang Wu's 'Xiong Di' died, Jiang Wu blamed it on Mo Qing', and I'm like "Well, yeah, Mo Qing did it, but he LOST CONTROL, and why did he lost control? Because YOU(Jiang Wu) freaking provoked him, not once but twice!" -__- and then later he killed Ah-Da just to get back at Mo Qing... AND THEN further later, he sealed him in the same place that his father sealed him, which forced him to fall into darkness when he needed to break free to save/protect Zhao Yao, honestly at that point, I don't like Jiang Wu so much so I said to myself, that, even if he died, I am not going to feel sad for him...

I did feel sad though when Han Guang died T_T. His death, thanks to the the hypocrite of the Gold Diety...How he survived makes NO sense to me... But the fact that Han Guang died because of that b*stard, god, I want to tear him to pieces!!!

If I have to say something that disappointed me is that.... I can't believe that Zhi Yan and Cang Ling didn't end up together... And we even saw Cang Ling married someone else, I was like "Wow, your love for Zhi Yan can have you fall in love with someone else??? While she's still single??? -_- (not true love there)" But oh well...

I also hate the whip girl (don't remember her name lol), glad she's finally dead in the end, took her long enough...

The ending, ah, the ending, I've just finished watching the ending.... but it was confusing >.<

At first, from my understanding to the pairing ending is a tragic and a happy ending (that is based on one's choice's that lead to that outcome).

(1) Tragic ending - Is when Zhao Yao made the decision to fight against him and stop his madness, that's how they ended up in that same cave where the demonic sword was sealed, and in the end, Mo Qing decided to sacrifice himself to end the madness

(2) Happy ending - Is when Zhao Yao didn't want to fight against Mo Qing so she tried to calm him down and take him back to the Wan Lu (their) sect (home) and he was able to regain control.

I am saying its two ending because when Mo Qing was stabbed and fell down the abyss, Zhao Yao was looking for his body, and then......

The next moment the scene got transitioned "back to" where the scene was originally cut after they killed that bastard (the golden diety), and Mo Qing darkness was emitting from him but he's trying to maintain in control.... which with what follows after lead to their happy ending.

But then omg it is still confusing lol, I told myself to treat this as two alternate endings for them based on what I grasp in the 2nd last to the last episode, but then in one of the sequence that shows "5 years later"(the writer sure have a thing for doing a "5" year time skip lol, since this is the third time), Zhao Yao retired from being the sect leader because she want to wait for Mo Qing to come out from seclusion, at that time, she wears white and changed her hair style and her scar on her forehead is gone..... but then when its shown that Mo Qing sealed the sword and came out of seclusion, she's back to wearing red and her original hair style AND the scar is back, and I am like "????????? What happened????" But well in the end, they are implied married because we see their son and daughter that looks like them lol.

I think what the writers did is trying to let the viewers see two alternate endings based on a choice that you go with, because in the first ending (tragic one) when Mo Qing was stabbed, and Zhao Yao didn't want to push further in, but he did it for her T^T he told her that "this isn't my destiny, but is my choice", telling her to not blame herself for being the one to kill him *cries*(literally did cried in that ending though)

But like I said, at first that's what I got from my first watch, and then someone sent me a link to a Youtube video explaining the ending, which made sense to me so I was like "Oh okay"... Honestly, if there's anything I critic about this is the poor editing and placement of scenes towards the end, because its such a mess and some scenes didn't transitioned smoothly that made me go " HUH??" when it happened. But ignoring that part, I did enjoy this drama on my end, and I don't regret watching it, because I love the main pair, and I love Mo Qing's hair colour (in the present time), where it's navy blue, he's good looking hahaha, even at the beginning with the marking on his side cheek, I DON'T think he's ugly or looks ugly, because it reminds me to another character I love (*cough* Jellal *cough*). It has it's charm point, but yeah with that all said, I will rewatch this again on my end when I have the time, or but this time, with another perspective to that ending. There's also another thing I wish was done better is that I wish they didn't make Mo Qing weak when that idiot (Jiang Wu) came to crashed their wedding, because I don't understand why he's weak??? And I was like "???" he should be stronger than that, and I was like "Did I miss something again".

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This would have been great if.....

the Ending was not botched up.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Legend from the start. I enjoyed the story premise, the acting, especially Xiao Yan who played two roles. (I think she is someone I will look into on other series) The acting of the leads, Xu Kai and Bai Lu were amazing. They had great chemistry together. Good enough that I watched Arsenal Military Academy just to watch them together again which was a much better series.

Even tho the series already took a dive after the thing between Zhao Yao and Qing Zhi Yan. Due to the interesting plot, I stuck with it till the end. It appeared as if they changed an editor or producer. The continuity of the series took a bad turn. I can forgive some scenes cut to another scene lacking explanation. But, I can't forgive the producers for insulting the viewer's intelligence. The series should have ended at Episode 53 as an open ending.. I usually hate open endings, but this one would save the series. The ending was so bad that the producers underestimated the viewers that we have memories of scenes they used before. They montaged over not as a memory but as a totally new scene. That to me is very lame. I felt I got played. I felt angry and betrayed. But the chemistry between Xu Kai and Bai Lu was so good that I want to watch more of them!

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Well its one of the best cdramas i have came across. I loved it from beggining to end and it was thrilling throghout. I also loved the bold, savage sassy and confident character main lead.

Story/Plot: Amazing concept, and it stuck to it till the end. It really changesones view of good and bad, demon and deity. And how deceptive these things can pose to be. It was really good throughout except for the fact that the side couples were given a pretty good screen time(which is a positive point) but none of them(other than main couple) end up together. since it was a battle, bloodshed was invietable but i still wished some characters to actually live. Everything is really to the point except for some scenes which like are kind of jumbled in between, especially those played in the beginning.

Acting and Music: Both the actors did fab job onscreen with making every seen seem so surreal. On one side where the screenplay seen catch ur senses, its music really hit you. I especiallly liked the ending song pretty much.

Rewatch value, i can rewatch it n number of times. I strongly recommend this one.

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Good story, horrible editing

I was hesitant at first to watch this drama because 55 episodes is pretty daunting. But I was glad I gave it a chance.

I loved how unpredictable this drama was. There were a lot of things and arcs that I did not expect. Most characters were very well developed, with motivations pretty much understood. The actors had chemistry. The scenes gave the other worldly vibe that this xanxia needed. The music was good enough. Overall this should have been one of those great epic dramas. But and there's a big BUT, it suffered from bad editing. There were inset scenes before the opening song that you might not understand but still need to watch because sometimes these were key scenes that should have been placed in the middle of the episodes. I was often disoriented because I felt some scenes were missing. Sometimes you will think that a scene is happening when in reality it only happens in a character's subconsciousness. Also, there were some inconsistencies in the lighting and sometimes confused me whether it was a daytime or a night time scene. This really affected the flow of the story. But still it is understandable enough.

ZaYao and ChenLan had swapped places in a typical romance. ZaYao is the cold, disillusioned antiheroine who was changed by the gentle love of ChenLan. It was really amazing to see how ChenLan's eyes becomes adoring everytime he remembers ZaYao. And then there's JiangMu, he's actually my favorite character in this whole drama. I didn't expect it because he was a very deplorable character at the start of the drama. But his development was amazing. I had tears in my ears when he was was giving ZaYao his sword before that last battle.

There were a lot of unexpected deaths in this drama that you will wish did not happen but I guess that's just the reality in the pugilistic world.

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Be patient and wait till the details are revealed via flashbacks

9/15/2021

It pains me that I have to give this drama a 7.5 rating and not higher. I am a big fan of Xu Kai and Bai Lu and LOVE them in "Arsenal Military Academy". However, I am disappointed in how the story was told and their supposedly amazing chemistry. When I review the notes I wrote down about this drama, I wrote down mostly negative things. *sigh* I like the overall story of the drama, even though it sounds like I hate it. I had high hopes since it got a 8.3 rating on MDL and it's pretty decent for a historical/wuxia/fantasy drama. Unfortunately, the visuals of Xu Kai and Bai Lu are not enough.

What I don't like:
1. Plot and explanation - Throughout the drama, I scratch my head and wonder what just happened to a certain scene. Why is it cut and immediately transitions to something else. Then I realize, after half/one episode later, they went back to the initial plot and explain what happened via a flashback. This happens ALL the time!! The drama is slow to reveal details and if you fast forward and miss a dialog or flashback, you will be completely lost and wonder why there are so many plot holes. You need to be very patient and then your questions will be answered. I am not sure I've seen a drama that uses this technique to tell a story, and personally, I am not a fan of this style. Oh, there are still plot holes e.g. *spoiler* in Ep 53 - I thought FL's lightning sword was stolen by the Captain of the Guard and given to the Golden Immortal. How come FL found it in her chest and was able to use it to kill ML's demon essence? Also, if they can all teleport, why don't they do it more often esp. when they are in danger?

2. Editing - Editing is a little wonky. Scenes have awkward and abrupt transitions, including background music cut off suddenly.

3. Female leads in the 2nd half - In the first half, we have a strong and sassy anti-heroine. In the second half when Lu Zhao Yao is reincarnated, she lost that feistiness and ended being just a regular FL who is in love with her man. Where is that badass Lu Zhao Yao? Where are her amazing fighting skills? Same goes to the other FL, Qin Zhi Yan. Where did she go in the second half? The two FLs had so much fun and chemistry when they are sharing the same identity. Once everything goes back to normal, Qin Zhi Yan becomes a character that just looms in the background.

4. Daytime or Night time - There are so many scenes that I don't even know if it's daytime or night time. When Lu Zhao Yao is visible again, you would think the sky should be dark. But no, it's quite sunny out there! I am confused!

5. Main Romance - Everyone said the leads chemistry is amazing. Unfortunately, I don't feel it. It's not bad, but just OK. Just because the kisses were amazing, doesn't mean the chemistry is good throughout the show. I do love Xu Kai's eyes. I understand why Mo Qing is in love with Lu Zhao Yao. But Lu Zhao Yao suddenly falls head over heels after realizing Mo Qing is in love with her is a little too fast and not explained well. I was hoping for more development, a slow realization and then falling in love. But because the romance took a while to enter the main storyline, I feel that the writers were rushing it a little.

6. Slow-Motion scenes: There are so many close-up slow-mo scenes that totally drags down the pacing of the drama. I am also very disappointed in the fight choreography and slow fight scenes. I know this is not a traditional wuxia drama, but still. In the last few episodes in the big battle with the Golden Immortal, the fight could have finished in 15-20 minutes. But all these slow-motion and awkward transition of scenes prolonged the battle for to 1-2 episodes.

What I Like:
1. Kisses - Xu Kai and Bai Lu don't disappoint. Those kisses by the gate are amazing. Mo Qin was so shy in the beginning but just couldn't resist Zhao Yao. *sizzles*

2. Bromance - I love the bromance between Mo Qing and SiMa Rong, and also the love/hate friendship with Gu Hang Guang. The scenes when they were coming up with proposal ideas are hilarious.

3. Loyal, Undying love - I am a fan of ML who is super loyal to FL, and will do anything for FL. Love is shown through actions and not just cheesy lines. There are other side romances where the male supporting characters are in love with their women, and just couldn't let go and move on. It might be a little much for others, but I love it.

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Coming into this drama I thought it’s a serious fantasy drama like 3L3W, with the son of demon king and a female lead. Then after a few reading of different synopsis (not spoilers or novel storyline), I found it more and more interesting as the son of demon isn’t the big bad evil but the female lead is 0.o and then finally the correct synopsis that the female lead got killed by the male lead, return as a ghost (kinda) and plan revenges on him.

From serious to comedic synopsis with 3 eps already watch, I’m like that’s great! My first impression of the 3 eps: the female leads was naive and full of hope at first. Totally maniser (instead of womaniser), saw the first beautiful looking dude (golden fairy) and had a major crush. Following the fairy’s advice, she tried to do good deeds, unfortunately her first good deed goes against the wishes of the “supposingly good” clans, she rescued the rumoured son of the demon king, with the reason that “just because you are born evil, but if you haven’t done anything bad, you are not evil, and killing such person is just bad and against what good should be”. Because of this, the whole of Jiangho turned against her. But she sticks by him (Mo Qing), after got him to a safe place so no one can find him, she went to meet her crush without knowing he’s the one that put out the order to kill MQ. He captured her and tortured her, during the torture, she was true to herself, and wouldn’t say the whereabouts of MQ, while trying to tell him he was at fault and not her. In the end, her grandfather die protecting her. She’s then vowed to be as evil as one can be xD

Pro so far:
The story moves quite fast, the pacing is great, lots of stuffs going on. Quite a number of characters, however, it’s not hard to follow.

Refreshing female lead, which I will describe in a few words: sassy, badass, smart, caring, totally maniser lol (in a sense that she loves beautiful looking man, and this is what cause a major problem later on!) but don’t worry, apart from the male lead, she doesn’t do anything inappropriate to other guys xD!

Strong male lead that is gentle and caring, smart and let the female lead has her ways of revenges, sad knowing the sweet things she does for him is for revenges but couldn’t help be happy and all puppy about it!

Their chemistry is just believable, from a one sided crush, and one hate-you-so-much-that-I-want-to-kill-you, to remember that tenderness of love and being cared for, and actually think for the other person. I can’t wait to the point where they are openly in love with one another as it will be a love of smouldering moments xD! Their interactions and moments are enough to propel you to love them, and wanting to see more and more of them!

The fight scenes: growing up watching a lot of wuxia drama, I always look down on fantasy drama as their fight scenes are always cheap and heavily CGI, literally 1-2 kicks then boom here and boom there, and smoke everywhere. But this series actually has longer fight scenes, and when the CGI comes in, it makes sense and it has great effects and looks. One thing is they don’t show much how the female lead fight when she was evil, which I guess to not truly show how “evil and ruthless” she could be, in case haters are gonna hate, and people will use that to not try to understand her character. (You will also later on find out more the reason why this is done so).

The side characters are all different and interesting, and given just enough time, not overly filler like a lot of series out there.

Acting: everyone is spot on for their roles, I love the casting, though apart from the female lead who I’ve seen in untouchable lovers, I haven’t seen others, and they all did a great job! Minus the second female lead sometimes (she just can’t do strong and sexy role lol)

Mystery: because I haven’t read the book, figuring out what and who and why so and so happening is great for me. I was able to guess everything, and while I got it correctly, I love how they leave enough clues for me to do so :) but not many that I felt like a kids being spoon fed (maybe for the book readers it will be :) )

Con:
The second female lead’s acting is so weak, that she couldn’t demonstrate the same ranges as the female lead, and that make her character weak sometimes (like not sassy enough, not angry enough, etc). So while I get they tried to show how other see the female lead’s character, they could have use her more instead of the secondary female lead. Though this is improved as the story goes on, as more and more people see who she really is, and that lesser usage shows the difference.

Only 6 eps a week is killing me! I have waited for 1 month and I’m only at 26 eps!!! And now I have to wait 4days for new eps!

The beginning of each ep could be confusing. Initially I was like WTH, did I get the wrong episodes. Because they are 3 mins of random scenes that doesn’t connect to the end of the last episode, however, after a while, I started to like how it was done. It is to give you information to clarify an event that might happen/already happen, that if told in a traditional sense, require a lot of filler to connect it into the story. This way, it helps explaining, and condense the story. Which is a rare thing to see in c-drama!

Would I recommend this series? Definitely! It’s one of this rare drama with great different storyline and strong female lead that everyone is looking for. One reason why it isn’t as popular as it should be because the actress is relatively unknown, same as the male lead (both most noticeable work is as secondary lead for 1 well known series, hers being untouchable lovers, and his being the story of Yanxi)

For now: 10/10 for me!

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The only reason I managed to finish this drama was because of the incredible chemistry between the main leads, Bai Lu and Xu Kai. Their acting was on point and their love for each other was palpable. Xu Kai's portrayal of Li Chen Lan, a cold and strict sect leader with a kind heart, was spot on. His facial expressions were on point and he was able to convey the character's gentle and warming nature towards Zhao Yao. Bai Lu was equally impressive as the fierce demoness in the beginning, although her character weakened as the story progressed. Despite this, she still delivered a great performance.

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