LOVE IT FOR CHENG YI ☺
I'm here to enjoy cheng yi's acting and of course the story. I don't know much about original writing of the story and its whole plot from the very first Fox Spirit Matchmaker series so i can't comment on it. But this one is honestly not a disappointment, with Cheng yi's acting as well as from its fellow co-stars the drama is worth watching and so the story itself is worth tuning in.Was this review helpful to you?
Great Experience ✨
I love the eps at the start of this drama it was amazing and cute 💖. The OST is amazing, the actors are great but the story just isn't right. I waited this drama for a long time I was expecting really much not worth it 😭. I love their costumes and acting I gasped by seeing the first eps but later on the story and everything just massed up . I really hope they put more romance and not focusing on other stories . After all this drama is a great experience LYT was so cute lmao love her acting, Chengyi fight scene look so real and amazing. I love their time together and their OST.✨ But what got me mad and disappointed was that they were focusing about other love stories and having a long distance is just not it. And the ending is not OKAY I have seen LIP ending it was acceptable but THIS is not right. After all I give this a 8/10 great experience tho👏. I am now waiting for their another drama hope that DO NOT disappoint me. 💖Was this review helpful to you?
Forget the romance - just enjoy the stunning visuals and beautiful soundtrack.
CY has captivated me since MLC, so I’ve really been looking forward to his future works. Among all his upcoming dramas, I personally picked this one because of all those gorgeous costume photos and the “love storyline” they mentioned on Wiki and MDL — which made me think, “Okay, this is gonna be a good romance drama.”But honestly, if they hadn’t branded this series as a “romance drama” or part of the “iQiyi Heartfelt Theater,” I think it would’ve done a lot better. People would’ve gone in with different expectations and probably enjoyed it more. The so-called “romance” mostly happens with the 2nd and 3rd male leads, which feels like a big joke. That misleading “romance drama” label really backfires by the end.
The first half of the drama was great — it built up nicely and hit its peak around episodes 12–13. Those episodes gave me so much hope for a solid love story in the later part. But after that… the story just went off track, and logic basically flew out the window. Even though the original Wangquan Arc was short, I still believe this could’ve been a masterpiece if the production team had a clearer direction, because the potential was huge. Instead, it feels like they didn’t really care and just went wild without a solid story plan. There are many choppy cuts that make the story feel disconnected and messy.
Even if the main focus was supposed to be WangQuan FuGui’s life journey, they could’ve still added the romance along the way — it’s totally possible. But they just didn’t. So personally, I’ll just pretend the Wangquan Arc only runs from episodes 1 to 13, and the rest are just bonus stories.
I’d give this drama 7/10 — mainly for CY’s stunning visuals (those costumes were gorgeous and stayed perfect till the end), his acting in emotional and fight scenes (though I still think his performance in MLC was stronger), and the amazing OST, especially 焚爱 (Burning Love) by Rainie Yang in episode 12. That song is still stuck in my head until today!
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A strong start, but a weak progression.
The series started off incredibly strong — the story was engaging, the atmosphere was beautiful, and the music was truly unforgettable. I still listen to the soundtrack because it was one of the best parts of the show.
However, as the episodes went on, especially around the middle and towards the end, the plot completely lost its direction. The pacing became messy, the character development weakened, and the emotional impact slowly disappeared.
It genuinely made me sad because this drama had so much potential, yet it wasn’t used properly. If I ever had the chance, I would love to see this series remade with better writing that truly matches the strength of its beginning.
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The title of this drama is wrong it should be “The Evil Father and the Unloved Child.”
The story is extremely messy and doesn’t make any sense. I’m honestly surprised at myself for even watching this drama. The characters are very strange. I can’t blame the actors, though — they must have worked hard to follow the script.Wangquan Fu Gui — is he a god, or just very foolish? Why didn’t he hate his father until the end, or at least hate the world for treating him so badly? His father only saw him as a tool that needed to be sharpened, placing him in terrible situations and punishing him harshly. Even though in the end he tried to show a little kindness (if he truly were a good father, he would have fought against the people who wanted to kill his son. Why did he claim he wanted to save the world, yet allowed his own people to torture the only family he had — the one who should have been his whole world)?
Qing Tong / “12580” — I feel quite sorry for the female lead, because she feels more like a side character, the kind who stays a loyal servant until the end but is never truly valued. She has a brother who craves attention (honestly, they should’ve made this character female, because many people find this pairing questionable). She should have tried to make the person she likes and her brother get along, but I never saw that happen. In the end, she chose the one she liked. I thought there would be a very emotional scene about this, because in the beginning her brother was shown to be very important to her — but when he died, she didn’t seem very sad, which was actually quite absurd.
Quan Ru Mu was fairly normal since he fell in love with his savior, especially since she was beautiful.
Long Wei Yun is a tragic character, but I was really confused by how shallow his hatred for Quan Jing Ting was. He had the chance to kill him but only managed to slightly injure him. He should have at least cut off his dragon arm. He was portrayed as very weak, even though he was a real dragon, yet Wangquan Fu Gui — who was only possessed by a dragon — was portrayed as stronger than an actual one.
Fan Yun Fei and Li Xue Yang were the best characters.
As for the villain, Quan Jing Ting, he was incredibly lucky. I almost thought he was the main character because of the amount of plot armor he had. Everyone pitied him just because he was Ru Mu’s father, and no one killed him until the very end.
This is the first time I’ve seen a drama where all the fathers are the same. I genuinely feel sorry for the three main male characters for having such terrible fathers
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A Near Miss!
To start, the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series has been somewhat disappointing, and “Sword and Beloved is no different. Was this because of bad acting, directing, or poor writing? I think writing and directing should share the blame. The acting, I thought, was not too bad, with some overacting and some underacting. Initially, I thought I was watching an anime, so I was confused. Once I realized it was still a drama. This reminded me of one of those vertical short dramas you can watch on YouTube. Once I settled on that thought, I didn’t mind it so much. I felt the CGI was just okay, but the FL stayed a spider too long. Uncle Fie was the only character who had or made any sense.This was like someone took clips from other dramas and tried to piece them together. However, for the sake of plagiarism, they never completed any of the back story. It would have made more sense to take the four Ancient Primordial Powers, then divide them among four righteous people to conquer evil and darkness. It doesn’t make sense for one person to be responsible for the fate of evil.
The cast worked hard and did their jobs it just did not come together well in the end. Neither ML nor FL did not connect; there was no chemistry. A love story that in the end was not love at all but duty. The other couples were good and a bright spot. The one characters that stood out to me were Uncle Fei and Rumu. Guo Jun Chen (Rumu) did a really nice job. Sometimes, I think, the main stars are roped into giving lesser stars the spotlight, because honestly, Guo Jun Chen had more of a leading role than Cheng Yi. Cheng Yi seemed somewhat demure.
On a positive note, the sword fighting is particularly good and entertaining.
Also, the soundtrack was good.
In conclusion, it was okay, just okay. If you want a more specific review, check out (bailang). His reviews are always on point and make my day.
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Smile for this drama
1. I truly cried when Quan Ru Mu, covered in blood, died under the tree together with Long Wei Yun. When he died, I could see sadness reflected in his eyes.2. Qing Tong’s death in Wangquan Fugui’s arms made me cry again, especially with the soundtrack that carried such deep sorrow.
3. The conversation between Fang Yun Fei and the children, when he talked about Wangquan Fugui, was actually meant to comfort the audience of this drama: “Wangquan Fugui didn’t die; he just turned into the life energy among all living beings and continues to be with us.”
4. Fang Yun Fei and his wife are a lucky couple. They appeared halfway through the series, yet they were the ones who got a happy ending.
5. The Fox Queen truly had to be destroyed completely, because if she were only imprisoned, she would still be able to manipulate living beings into doing evil. That’s why Wangquan Fugui’s sacrifice wasn’t in vain.
6. In this drama, we can see Cheng Yi playing an antagonist role.
7. Cheng Yi’s expressions during fight scenes are familiar to us long-time fans of his dramas. So expressive. I love it.
8. Every time Cheng Yi starts a conversation, he always tilts his head first.
9. As usual, Cheng Yi plays more than one character, one with black hair and one with white, fighting against himself.
10. It seems that lately, in high-quality dramas, the episode duration keeps getting shorter. What used to be 40–45 minutes or more is now less than 40 minutes, around 35 minutes per episode. It’s the same in Blood River.
11. Recently, dramas also tend to use the word “破 (Pò)” (as I hear it) when casting a spell or technique. It’s the same in Blood River.
12. When I hear Liu Yu Ning’s song, I forget that Quan Ru Mu and Qing Tong died in the previous episodes. even though I cried over their deaths. Liu Yu Ning’s song here is so full of energy.
13. Actually, Cheng Yi’s biggest enemy in this drama is CGI itself, namely, the Fox Queen.
14. The Fox Queen talks way too much. Even when she’s about to be destroyed, she keeps talking endlessly.
15. Quan Jing Ting is the worst father ever in any drama. Disgusting.
16. It turns out that the outer realm, after the Fox Queen’s death, is a very beautiful place.
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Like Most in This Show, this Drama Is Largely Saved by Fugui
This show can be separated into 4 broad arcs:1-13, the arc focusing on Fugui and Qingtong
14-18, the arc focusing on Fei and Hongye
19-30, the filler + fluff arc in which Cheng Yi gets 3 mins an ep on average and the plot jumps the shark. assassinating the characters of everyone getting screentime as they oscillate in personality by episode and scene, bravely and nobly sacrificing their “in character” points on the alter of “for the lolz” or “making what the writer wants to happen happen”. (I won’t say getting the plot from A to B because there was none in this arc.)
31-36, the wrap up arc, in which plot resumes and we get back to being in character again. albeit a rush towards the finish line.
1-13 are epic, 14-17 are decent, and 31-36 at least make sense and wrap it up neatly. The middle? Total mess. Fugui is the only one who stays in character from start to end. Worth watching for CY and his fight scenes, he’s amazing here, super handsome, and his performance is easily the best, but anyone hoping for a solid plot the whole way through or romance between the leads would be better lowering their expectations or stopping at ep13. Watch without minding too much overlong separation arcs or that that good guys are sparing bad guys for the nth time and locking them up without monitoring them for the nth time only to have the bad guy break out and cause trouble for the nth time and it’s not a bad ride. Songs are good and CY’s fight scenes are epic. 🔥 Overall good, just not the masterpiece of depth and growth and romance that it promised to be at ep12.
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Right before watching this, I finished Yummy Yummy Yummy (starring Li Yun Rui and Wang Ying Lu), and maybe that’s why the first few episodes of this drama felt kind of boring to me. I guess I was still in the mood for comedy, and after watching Yummy3x, I kept looking for that same funny energy in new dramas. Still, I pushed through because I’d already seen Love in Pavilion and really wanted to complete more of the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series.
To be honest, I’m a bit short-tempered when watching dramas — even though I understood Wangquan Hong Ye’s story, I couldn’t help but hate him at first (I’d definitely lose to Black Fox LOL). But later, I started to understand him more than I disliked him.
My favorite character here is Feng Ting Yun. She’s loyal, respectful, and understanding — I seriously love how she stays devoted to her master. No words can really describe how much I liked her.
Also, shoutout to Fan Yun Fei and Li Xue Yang — they’re the real winners among all the couples in Fox Spirit Matchmaker. It’s kind of sad though, because most human-demon relationships in this universe never end well like Bu Tai and Shi Kuan, Yue Ti Xia and Hu Wei Sheng, etc.
Even though this drama isn’t exactly my style, I’d still recommend it if you love xianxia, light romance, and magic.
If I had to rank the Fox Spirit Matchmaker dramas I’ve seen so far, it would be:
1️⃣ FSM: Sword and Beloved
2️⃣ FSM: Love in Pavilion
3️⃣ FSM: Red Moon Pact
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What a wonderful drama
when I first watched it I thought I will not like it but the first 5 episodes are so awesome. The first fight scene of Fugui are do cool and Cheng Yi portray Wangquan Fugui are so awesome too, and Cheng Yi looks are on fire🔥🔥. I'm so happy to watching this drama and I didn't have time skip some scenes because all of the scenes are so interesting. I can't wait to watch all of the episodes🥺Also, I hope the ending isn't so sad or maybe it's not a sad ending. Most of Cheng Yi's dramas are all sad endings🤧 since I became a fan of his in Love and Redemption, only this drama has a happy ending, the rest are all sad endings or open endings like Mysterious Lotus Casebook. Many people are traumatized by Cheng Yi's dramas but all of his dramas are interesting to watch. His drama Sword and Beloved is really good and interesting to watch so I will watch it until the end. He and Li Yitong have chemistry so I'm very happy and they were together again in Sword and Beloved. I just watched the first of the 5 episodes that aired on Saturday, I already told myself that this drama is good so I rated all the ratings for Sword and Beloved perfect because it's worth watching all the scenes are interesting to watch you won't be able to skip because if you skip you will miss some parts and you won't understand that episode or that drama. It's really worth watching all of Cheng Yi's dramas, you won't waste your VIP and time watching Cheng Yi's dramas. Cheng Yi looks so handsome and princely now, I can't describe his look now, his look is different, it's not just Wangquan Fugui's look, it's just different.Was this review helpful to you?
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A bittersweet heroine story
The beginning arc of the drama set off greatly, the pacing, the characters was perfect. The ML and FL are so cute together and the chemistry is a cherry on top.The falling action is abit draggy. The villian building is good but they kinda overdoing it. Not to mention, the sudden decrease of ML and FL screentime. They could’ve form everyone in a group and let them go on an adventure but nope, they chose to separate them instead.
The ending, for our main cp is bittersweet (very obvious for xianxia/wuxia genre). I interpret it as a brave hero willing to sacrifice his lives for peaceful of the world, yet the love between the him and his lover are so strong even after fulfilling his duties, he will surely go back and be with her and fulfill their promise.
Like their represent quote
“the first snow asks dust how deep the love is”. As deep as the grief tree’s root.
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Highly recomended! The best final series of FSMM!!
ML is very green flag, gentle, and chivalrous.FL here is strong, smart, beautiful, and also green flag.
These two are a very compatible couple.
A clear plot, great acting, a great soundtrack,
Every episode keeps you wanting to watch the next.
This is highly recommended!!
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