The Journey of Chong Zi

I cannot stand this drama any longer. This drama doesn't disappoint me at all since I never planned to finish this drama. I knew my instinct kept telling me that this drama was 'not good. From the beginning it was already burning.

And what on earth does it mean by "immortals", these people are not immortals at all, in my opinion it just seems like a small sect learning to cultivate powers to get rid of evil. Because real immortals don't interfere with mortals, and its impossible for a mortal to become one. Pfft, all you got to do is take a test and you can become an immortal and learn powers. They are not immortals but just a sect that's learning to cultivate power.

For some reason, I've watched 2 dramas with Yang Chaoyue, this being the second and I don't have anything agaisnt her, but she plays the role that somewhat just makes me hate her role. There's nothing special about it, and I've watched about 14 episodes and nothing makes sense to me what so ever.

Not a good drama.

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beautiful sweet colors ! fairytale )

This is an amazing fairy tale! I like it!)) pink trees and turquoise water.. Wonderful!! (reminds me of tropical islands haha) such colors evoke a warm fantasy with tender feelings)) very interesting, very casual, how they made the garden and in such warm pastel colors! This is something new. I liked the first trailer I saw, so I started watching it, and it's very interesting) to mix wuxia fantasy love story with martial arts elements. (As always, the Chinese are great at this!!)
The story was about a little girl, Chong Zi, who is alone in this world, without parents and she trying to find a good life with her only one friend. Every day, life throws up new difficulties for her.
Chong Zi was bullied by other poor people on the street (because she had no money and was poor that she couldn't even eat), they called her ugly .. and her great desire was to come to Nahua and become an immortal master, so one day when her friend Shui Ji shared piece of luck cake, with Chong Zi , she fortunately got a chance to enter the palace and gave a promise , if she enetering fortunally there , she will always protect her friend!
Her friend Shui Ji believed that this cake could bring very great luck to win and get into the Nahua palace on the mysterious mountain.
One day ( before got a chance to enter in the palace ) Chiong Zi she was saved by a Yingfan master from the god clan after seeing a group of guys abuse and beat her, and he shared his energy with her so that no one else could hurt her in the future..
when the day of selection of students in Nahua came, Chongzi met the prince Qin Ke and princess Si Ma Mia Yuan , on the way to the palace, later helps them pass the obstacles and saves the princess from the tiger..
when everyone got to the palace and the selection of students for the masters, began, the main leader did not want Chong Zi to stay (fearing that her demonic energy would only destroy her and bring misfortune to the palace), but then the YinFan intervened , who saved her once, decides to make her his own student , noticing the potential and ambitions in her ..
For a while, Master Yinfan did not give her magic weapons long time , fearing that she would not be able to control her profound demonic power, and the weapon would only aggravate her situation, so that she could harm herself and those around her. But when the demon Chu Bu Fu attacked her while he was near the room she ( Chong Zi ) was in and she was injured, Yinfan thought about giving her a magic weapon for self-defense.
When she recovered, she asked about the magic weapon to protect herself, so the master entered with her in special palace with magic weapons , Yin Fan chose for her a magic staff made of steel, which was difficult to forge a sword.
I think that here Chongzi started to have feelings for the master, but it’s too early to talk about it, because am only in 6 episode))

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Mediocre Fantasy

Very mediocre drama. Watched ~11 eps, may put it on in the background to see where it goes, but spent more time being confused and frustrated by the writing than enjoying myself.

The good:
- As a fantasy production it is pretty decently put together. Not poorly produced, decent effects, decent filming angles etc
- There are some characters with charm, though a lot of this falls apart when the writing muddles their personalities and motivations. I feel like the actors were probably good, but the scenes and arcs that were written for them just failed their characters
- If you want to watch a show with intention to heckle it, turn on comments and there's a stack of people just laughing at it or tearing it apart

The bad:
The writing is really frustrating in its lack of consistency and its lack of respect for character motivations.

The FL:
Her characterization jumps all over the place, is she clever or an idiot, is she strong and willful or a baby. She doesn't feel consistent at all. In theory she starts out as having grown up on the streets among younger street kids who she takes care of, but as soon as she is off the streets she becomes the ultimate spoiled child. There is no sense that she has street smarts, she is completely gullible, and she acts like a total dependent child - there is no sign at all that she used to shoulder all the responsibility for a group of kids. She is shown to have never relied on anyone when she was homeless, but immediately just becomes completely dependent on every man we encounter once the show starts.

To that point, the FL is regularly portrayed as child-like when around any men, while they are almost universally portrayed as interested in her. It really gets to be pretty creepy with the grooming and possessive vibes, to a degree that even many xianxia "cutesy" FL's don't come across this bad.

Eventually as we forget that she was ever a street kid, and accept her new baby persona, the writing still can't stay consistent. Will she suddenly be willful or will she just let people push her around? Will she suddenly inexplicably be competent and powerful or will she just be mowed over? Will she make the absolute dumbest decisions just because the writers need to set up a misunderstanding plotline, or a persecution plotline? It all just jumps all over the place, and it makes it really hard to stay engaged and invested.

The ML:
Is a wooden block at best, but seems to just be grooming and keeping the FL isolated and we are meant to take it as romantic? Ew.

Other characters:
Too many love interests, basically every man we encounter, and almost all of them give no reason to care or root for them. Personally the most annoying is these romantic interests are regularly just totally disregarding the FLs autonomy. Tons of wrist grabbing and talking over her and "pushy flirting" which is really gross.

Basically no women anywhere. The only other woman in this show is the "bully" who also will be portrayed just as inconsistently in power and authority just suddenly ramping up, despite her also being new to the cultivation world.

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Female lead's acting is not work at all

Female lead's acting is destroyed the whole drama,no chemistry with the male lead and really can't go on with her dumb eyes which can't express the feelings!!!
I dropped after watching 6 episode, it's a waste of time,money and failure of Tencent, she shouldn't act anymore.She is more like an entertainer and only suitable for Variety Shows.
Although the story is not bad for a XianXia but nothing is special, like 2nd version of "The Journey of flower", seems they want to flow through the fame but they make a wrong in choosing actress.

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Si tienen la oportunidad de ver The Journey of Chong Zi, desaprovenchela

Que serie más aburridora, no saben el esfuerzo que hice para terminarla, los protagonistas son peores, insoportables y con una relación tan obsesiva y tóxica, que lo único que genera en cringe; Chong Zi es una niña tonta, molesta y caprichosa, que no tiene una evolución en toda la serie; y Yin Fan era aún peor, este tipo se supone que era el protector del mundo Inmortal, pero lo único que le preocupaba era es poder tener a su lado a Chong Zi son importarle a cuántas personas les hicieran daño. A esta historia le sobran como la mitad de los capítulo, de verdad esto parece que tuviera relleno infinito, el universo ni siquiera esta bien construido, ¿En serio cualquier persona puede pasar de ser mortal hoy, mañana inmortal, luego demonio y volver a ser humano como si nada? Se supone que deben existir grandes barreras en estos mundos, pero aquí es como si los personajes pasearan de un pueblo a otro. Otra cosa que se me hace ilógica es que nada más después de 3 episodios ya habían 3 chicos enamorados de la protagonista y que todas las mujeres le tenían envidia, eso fue totalmente innecesario y mal planteado. El final estuvo muy flojo, y aunque el villano no hizo casi nada durante toda la serie, tenía la esperanza que al menos tuviera un final más épico, pero eso no pasó...

Sinceramente siento que estoy siendo amable con la calificación, por el cariño que le tengo a algunos actores que participan en ella; y porque irónicamente las relaciones amorosas de algunos personajes secundarios que nada más salían en pocos episodios estaban más interesantes y bonitas que la relación principal... Eso sí, la ambientación estaba preciosa, al menos pude disfrutar de hermosos paisajes.

No la recomiendo en absoluto, de verdad no vale la pena aguantar tantos episodios, no me la vería de nuevo, por absolutamente nada. Una decepción total, la verdad si venía con altas expectativas, pero todas se derrumbaron

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Alur yang terlalu serius dan datar.

Pada awalnya, drama ini cukup bagus. Sebelum drama ini rilis aku menaruh ekspektasi besar berkat para pemain drama dan poster drama ini. Melihat Xu Zhengxi, Yang Chaoyue dan Wang Zhuocheng membuatku merasa drama ini akan menjadi salah satu drama xianxia terbaik yang pernah ku tonton seperti Immortal samsara, Ten miles of peach blossom dll. Namun sepertinya aku menaruh harapan yang berlebihan..

Kepribadian karakter dan alur cerita di drama ini hampir dapat di katakan 'sangat buruk' Luo Yinfan yang terkesan keras dengan Chongzi membuat Chongzi salah paham dan mengira Luo Yinfan hanya memanfaatkan nya. Chongzi yang selalu saja keras kepala dari awal sampai akhir episode namun tetap saja memiliki hati yang lembek dan mudah berempati (kepada yang tidak seharusnya) sepanjang episode aku merasa alur nya tidak bergerak maju. Chemistry di antara Luo Yinfan dan Chong Zi selalu saja semakin memburuk dan tak kunjung membaik.

Selain itu, Karakter lain juga semakin memperburuk alur. Seperti Sima Miaoyuan & Ting Xue. Sungguh aneh melihat Sima Miaoyuan yang tak kunjung berhenti menyulitkan Chong Zi, apakah wanita itu tidak lelah dan hanya hidup untuk menganggu Chongzi bahkan setelah ia terlahir kembali!?

Berbicara soal ini, Ting Xue jauh lebih buruk. Jika alasan bagi Sima Miaoyuan menganggu Chongzi adalah karena ia menyukai Qin ke.. maka apa alasan Ting Xue yang membuatnya berusaha begitu keras? Hanya sekedar iri hati? Menurutku hal itu tidak cukup untuk membuatmu berusaha begitu keras untuk menjatuhkan seseorang. Terlebih, Chongzi merupakan orang yang telah membantunya melewati masa sulitnya.

Dalam drama, baru saja Ting Xue di bawa ke puncak Zizhu ia sudah mulai membenci Chongzi tanpa alasan yang jelas dan begitu cepat. Sungguh tidak masuk akal! Pada intinya, alurnya sungguh membosankan dan terkesan tidak masuk akal.

Tetapi, aku ingin menambahkan beberapa poin plus drama ini;

1) OST yang luar biasa, aku bahkan pernah menangis hanya karena mendengar lagu nya 😅😅

2) Tata rias yang baik, Hanfu yang di kenakan benar benar bagus!!! Aku bahkan sampai mengulang ngulang adegan hanya untuk melihat baju yang di kenakan di drama tersebut🤩🤩

3) Aktor dan Aktris yang tampan & cantik, sulit bagiku untuk mengakui bahwa karakter yang ku benci (Ting Xue) di perankan oleh aktris yang benar benar cantik (Hanna yang). Tentunya paras Xu Zhengxi, Yang Chaoyue tidak dapat di ragukan lagi. Penampilan Chu bufu dan Yin Shuixian juga membuatku hampir lupa berkedip..

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La "prima vita" di FL pare funzionare. Mi è piaciuto molto il suo rapporto sia con lo zio che con il maestro, nonostante la storia presenta delle incongruenze e dei buchi di trama che non possiamo nascondere sotto il tappeto. Poi lo sfacelo. Lei era già stupida come uno tombino all'inizio ma poi è sempre peggio. Inoltre non cambia per nulla, non cresce, non si sviluppa nè in una maniera nè nell'altra: rimane semplicemente lì appesa all'amo come un pesce e aspetta in silenzio che la storia si muova attorno a lei. Il 6 alla recitazione l'ho dato solo per ML il cui attore mi è piaciuto come ha messo in scena il personaggio ma povero, non ha potuto nulla contro lo sviluppo malsano, storto e senza senso della storia. L'idea di base non era male, ma così assolutamente NO.

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