Till the End of the Moon

The actors, costumes, hair -PERFECTION. 9.5/10 because i would change the ending

I started watching C dramas two years ago. I love them but prefer happy endings. When it comes to actors, they did their job above perfection. Luo Yun Xi the way he acts, moves, looks and smiles. AMAZING actor. Also Sun Zhen Ni and Eddy Geng, all the cast was perfect. Also costumes, hair, jewelry. I love it all. I would change the ending... WE NEED SEASON 2 . There is such chemistry between actors, I want them to kiss and hug all the time. :)
There is not a lot of fighting which I like, but not too much romance, everything is done with taste.
Anyways worth watching.

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Hottest drama for 2023!

I started watching this drama from a friend’s recommendation.
First of, the storyline is well written, we can really feel the main leads develop their characters through out the different arcs. All of the casts also played their roles very well and especially both ML and FL, both of them had amazing chemistry together, not just in TTEOTM but also in Love is Sweet. ML is supposed to play a cold character with no feelings, and with his micro expressions from eyes and eyebrows, we can feel as audience how he actually starts to have feelings as the story develops. Many fans complain about how thin the ML looks, well in the novel his character is also supposedly thin and pale and so his appearance is very fitting for the role.
Back to the storyline, it actually develops pretty quickly which is why i am able to be kept engrossed in it. Its a love-hate relationship so there are lots of sweet romantic moments between both leads while FL actually hates him. My favourite arc was the one that TTJ took over Jin Kingdom as King and YXW kept all sorts of ways and means to make him love her because thats where most of the sweet moments are. After my 4th run through, I have come to realise that FL also doesnt truly understand the feeling of love at the beginning before driving the spikes into his heart. However, from her actions I have come to a conclusion that she actually loved him because there was a scene which she was folding clothes and she said TTJ clothes are getting loose and she should start cooking more nutritious meals for him which meant that while she was scheming with little tricks to make him fall for her, she also really love him. She was an immortal and she had to practise the heartless way before so she couldnt have feelings of love before that either to understand it. There were lots of cry-worthing scenes as well, and the ML portrayed his emotions across as though he was really TTJ. If you watch the bts clips, the leads also teared up during the shoots because they were overwhelmed with the sad scenes, LYX even once said he felt like giving BL a hug to comfort her.
The BGM and OSTs are also tastefully done and are chosen fittingly for the scenes. And can we also take a moment to admire their elaborate costumes and looks for all the different arcs?! There is seriously extreme effort in the attention to details for this drama, from the music, CGI, costumes, makeup looks, accessories etc.
I am actually surprised by myself that I am able to watch the entire series 4 times through and each time I discover something new.
The only negative thing I had to say is that from last few episodes onwards the story line seems rushed and choppy, this is due to the china laws for censorship and ruling for 40 episodes max, hence they had to cut off many scenes to fit everything from originally 56 episodes into 40. Many negative reviews are because of the lack of cohesiveness in the scenes and abrupt ending, however please bear this in mind that this is not the fault of the production team at all and I am sure if there was no such ruling, this drama would have soared higher on the ratings. How I wish we could have a season 2 to satisfy all of us viewers who want the leads to have a happy ending.

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watch this show and you won't regret it

General thoughts: What a beautiful drama and story. This drama made me cry for its awesomeness. After weeks I am still obsessed by it and i can't seem to move on. The actors and the music are perfect and the production makes you understand from the first minute that this show is one of the best Xianxia drama ever. The main couple has the biggest chemistry and I feel like they work really well togheter since they have known each other for a while (they worked previously on another drama). This was my first show with Luo Yun Xi and now he is one of my favorite chinese actors. The way he portrayed Tantai Jin's difficult way of living was mesmerizing. I loved also Bai Lu, even if it was my first time seeing her. Her character was bubbly but also strong. I liked the way she could change her destiny. I also loved the poetical cinematography and some lines about life and love.

Reasons i recommend this show:
- the music and the production, better than most fantasy chinese dramas i know (i loved the songs "the black moonlight" and "let's be like this for a thousand years")
- the main actors, their acting skills and their chemistry
- a beautiful love story with reincarnation that trascends time and space
- a mix of thousands of different places which looked very realistic in which the scenes are located
- second couples that will make you swoon just like the main couple
- funny moments that make you smile after tragic scenes

Things I didn't like/could have been better (even if i can't find a thing that was really terrible in this show):
- the episodes were too many. i believe that every scene was useful but still i would have liked it more if there were less episodes, following my own personal taste.
- i wish we had more scenes with Bai Lu and Luo Yun Xi alone, because for my taste there were too many fighting scenes and less scenes with them two only, even if the episodes are 40.
- in some parts, the plot: it was a little bit messy.
- the ending. i won't spoil it but i liked it so and so (i usually like shows with this kind of ending but this time i was a little bit disappointed)

I recommend it if you search for a drama similar to "Love between fairy and devil" with a love story between a good girl and a bad boy, but also if you want to watch a fantasy drama with a poetical ambience, pretty traditional costumes and a love story that you will never forget.

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The best enemies to lovers troupe

I am already well aware of Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu having been working together in the past. I just never took interest in their previous drama. But I saw the promo photoshoot they had posted by Youku and I just had to start watching the drama. Best decision I have made in 2023.

Personally, I think this is the best xianxia drama I have ever watched.

Honestly I have some complains about the repetitive of everyone misunderstanding Tantai Jin but everything I love about this drama just outweight my complain and TTJ being misunderstood is really just part of the story.

Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu truly brought life to these characters. I really wish they will work together again in the future. And I hope this drama will gain international popularity! I will be watching their previous drama because of TTEOTM! 😂

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The angst is intense, hinting a sad ending. But in the end, it is a beautiful and good one!

My initial impression is this drama is too dark and cruel. I only keep watching it because I have sympathy and hope to the main character of the story, Tantai Jin/ TTJ, the devil fetus and later the Demon God (played by Luo Yunxi). I want to know what will happen to him, wishing this pitiful character would get his atonement and happiness in the end. My decision is right because starting from immortal arc and on (around episode 30), the story begin to reveal its gems. The reasons behind all events, the meaning behind all sufferings, and the moral behind the story are disclosed. All questions are answered.

I am a layman on any technical aspects of drama making (such as lighting, wardrobe, editing, casting, etc). Therefore, I am able to focus on the story. And the story is the strongest aspect of this drama (followed by the acting skill of the male lead). The story is interesting because (strangely, uniquely) it takes the antagonist/ the main villain to be the central character. There are tons of dramas with perfect, heroic, and righteous main characters across Chinese drama land. Only this time, I found a drama that deviates from common tropes. I deeply appreciate and congratulate for the author, the scriptwriters, the director, and the producer for their bravery to take the risk, to bring a full of flaw character to the spotlight. And the result is a very valuable and memorable drama.

The story began with the Demon God, Tantai Jin, who is extremely powerful, super evil, and unstoppable. He brought calamity to all realms. All immortals were defeated, except the last two sects to be destroyed. They found a way to stop the Demon God by sending Li Susu (played by Bai Lu) to the past, 500 years ago where the Demon God was still a mortal human. Her missions are to destroy his evil bone (the root and source of the Demon God's power) and to kill Tantai Jin. However, this mission is full of hardship. The problem is not simple because once she knew Tantai Jin as a person, she began to understand Tantai Jin, his life and suffering. Later, she grew empathy and compassion toward Tantai Jin. And what makes this compassion is justifiable is because Tantai Jin is actually a good person. It is just fate that toys him so that he experienced unfathomable tribulation over his life. His suffering is the prerequisite for him to turn to be Demon God after his death. With this premise, we are brought to question: Will Tantai Jin become Demon God in the end? Will Li Susu be able to kill him?

What I love about the story: it serves us with a lot of irony and moral dilemma to chew, makes us question, what is good and what is evil actually? It breaks out heart with deep moral dilemma to deal with so called evil. First, it is easy to kill a villain if we hate or if we don't have any feeling or affection toward him. But, Tantai Jin is just a pitiful but very lovable character. He was full of flaw, but he is not wrong to some extents. He is willing to learn to be a good person. Therefore, we understand him and support him to survive and get happiness. To kill him as such a "good" character, is the hardest thing to accept. Killing him is the real evil thing for us. That is why, Li Susu came to the past expectedly as a heroine, but along the story in mortal arc, we saw her as the evil and cruel one due to her mission. This twist at this part is shocking.

Second, good and evil is not black and white. We see all characters in this drama are grey. The so called "normal and good" people have the capability do evil things, and the so called "monster and evil" have the capability do good deeds. For example: Tantai Jin is seen as evil, but he is actually a good and wise ruler for Kingdom of Jing. The nine-tailed fox demon (Pian Ran), Mo Nv, and even Si Ying and Jing Mie are demons, but they are also selfless lovers who are ready to self-sacrifice. Li Susu/ Ye Xiwu is seen as good, but she repeatedly betray and hurt her lover. Tantai Jin aide and bodyguard, Nian Baiyu, as well as his nurses, are all loyal but understandably can betray, too. Xiao Lin/ Gongye Jiwu is righteous, but for his country he refused to accept peace proposal from Tantai Jin in mortal arc and was willing to devilize to kill Tantai Jin in immortal arc. All immortals called themselves as righteous, but full of hypocrisy, prejudice, and hate. So, who is the valid person to uphold the truth? How to stop evil then, if the good and evil are actually intertwined?

Fortunately, in the last three episodes all questions are well answered. It started with the emergence of Ancient Demon God in Tantai Jin's consciousness the time he accepted his fate to be Demon God. He learnt the true nature of Demon God which is a permanent condition as long as there is sin in the world. Good and evil is part of karma in the world. Ancient Demon God failed to dominate his heart; he has the key to change his fate because he finally learnt what is love and how to love, not only for the person he loves, but also for all beings and realms. He accepted his fate to die willingly, he ended his life beautifully, like a butterfly. He was perished, but his legacy continues. He was remembered as a good one. All realms are in peace and beautiful. His wife and daughter lived well. The future is bright.

It is a very good ending with clear moral anchor in Chinese philosophies. The cosmic conflict in this drama is solved intelligently, not just by killing. All characters are not left in agony. Even though it is a rather bitter because Tantai Jin is died in the end, his death is a meaningful death. We audience shouldn't ask more like he should be revived, he and Li Susu should reunite and live happily ever after because it would be contradictory to the logic of the story and the world building where gods and goddesses can die. Reviving him is just making his life cheap and less impactful. Giving him a happily ever after is just like a Disney story.

To enjoy this show, I suggest you to go transcend your self and see from above, get the big picture, that the ending of this drama is just right and perfect. Not an open, sad, or even a bad one. Don't ask for perfection, because this story itself tells us that perfection is the most absurd thing in life. I highly recommend you to re-watch it and collect all beautiful things offered by this drama. Maybe you miss it at the first time. Don't get too disheartened by some flaws in terms of production and other technical aspects. It is very tolerable when you don't ask too much.

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The best Chinese Drama for me

Really love the plot, the casts and most especially the acting of Bai Lu and Luo Yunxi. Their acting is really superb and their chemistry is undeniably satisfying. Both are amazing actors with good personality. Really enjoyed all their dramas together. Hope to see them again in another drama. 💯💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🤞.

It's really sad that this drama has finally ended. It would have been better if the drama was at least divided into two seasons so we could have watch its longer and better version.

More projects for these two please. I wish more directors would offer them more drama to where they can show more of their acting skills.

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let's admit toxicity and stop trying to defend and romanticize it

(DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to offend anyone with this review. I wrote it for myself as a rant and to look back on.)

I have tried to like this show. I really have. But I cannot dismiss the cheap storyline, plot holes, and aggravating characters. This is a show that tells the story by the characters telling us what happened, rather than showing us, which is very frustrating. I am a bit insulted by how dumb this show thinks its watchers are. However, this is not a boring show, it is actually quite entertaining, even with all of the bad it has.

Characters: I do not like any of the characters. They are all dumb beyond my belief. The show gives 90% of its screen time to Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu and throws in a few other characters who are also supposed to lead but are not really. There is a second ML, but he wasn’t in it as much as I thought he should’ve been; however, I really liked the second male lead. He looks sooooo good in costume, mans was also beautiful, right up there with Luo Yunxi. Not sure what was going on with his character, but he seriously looked perfect in this drama. I’ll have to watch a show where he is the main lead. This gives a sense of a lack of character and shows a feeling of emptiness. Another thing to add: I have tried to get over how nonsensical this drama is while watching it, but everything just screams unrealistic. Like I get this is a fantasy drama, but at least the characters could act somewhat relatable and human. All the characters in this show act in a way that seems predetermined for them, like a video game plot or something, and I'm not talking about the acting itself.

Acting: It’s good I would say. Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu are both very good at acting. It is nice to watch a show where neither of the leads over shadow one another with their acting abilities. I can’t say much about the other characters acting, because they barely get any screen time. In general, I would say that the acting is pretty good, it's above average for a C-drama and it is a shame that they were directed to act in such a nonsensical way.

Costuming/Set/Effects/Makeup: You can tell this show is expensive. However, I think that the money should’ve been spent a little more wisely. The budget is all in the CGI. The amount of CGI and special effects being used is very overkill. None of the sets look like they could be a real place, it all looks too perfect and plastic. The costumes are very pretty, but the makeup is awful. Every character looks pasty in the lighting and the eyeshadow, especially on Luo Yunxi, is not very flattering (they made my beautiful man look like a panda). Also, you get to see Luo Yunxi in a stay-at-home wife outfit at the beginning of the show. He looks eerily similar to Chu Wanning, it is distracting, but in the best way possible. Bai Lu looks stunning in every costume she is in. However, this show relies too much an CG for its fight scenes. You have a whole classically trained ballet dancer and you are gonna cover up his beautiful, graceful fighting with CG and opt for heavily editing CG onto all of the fight scenes???? Wasted potential there.
The makeup was so bad for every character. The foundation is so pasty on everyone. And why are we putting eyeshadow all
around their whole eye? Luo Yunxi is a beautiful man and the overkill makeup does him dirty, like he’s still so handsome, but I just understand why they had to style his character with makeup so panda looking. Also, when he is an immortal I wish that his hair strands would’ve been tucked in. Why pull out his hair at the end of his sideburns, if you are gonna pull some hair out at least do it near the top of his head. I would say my favorite look for Luo Yunxi would have to be his Devil god look; the makeup and especially the costume and hair looks really good on him. He looks regal and expensive and straight up like a Devil god haha. Don’t even get me started about TTJ’s housewife outfit. The costume department is the same as it was for hyx, so they definitely knew what they were doing when they styled him like a whole Imperial Consort Chu.


Music: So far, the music is alright. A good thing is music is not overplayed. The sound isn’t too loud and the osts are not played too much. Lots of shows tend to play music too loud and all throughout every scene, but it is not noticeable here.

Story (SPOILERS):
Let’s start with TTJ played by Luo Yunxi. He is an evil guy and the explanation we get as to why he is so evil is because he was just born this way. He is evil because he was born that way, not because of any other outside forces. Other shows and stories have given depth to their evil leads when they want us to sympathize with him, but here we are supposed to sympathize with his actions because of a cheap backstory and because the FL does. We do not really get to see what leads him to being a tyrant. Here are some shows that have done the whole evil lead trope better: The Untamed, Love Between Fairy and Devil. TTJ is the most pitiful man I have watched on screen. I am enjoying every bit of it.

I cannot get over how the FL (Bai Lu) is sympathizing with someone who committed mass genocide and killed her family in front of her eyes. The characters are the dumbest set of people I have ever watched in a drama. How could she ever sympathize with him? He is so awful and honestly a pathetic character. He is a jerk and says and does the foulest things just because of an evil bone or something like that. And then the show goes, ‘oh! She is keeping him alive because of that evil bone and she has to destroy that before destroying him!’ Like how dumb does this show think we are?? To believe that even if there is a tiny little factor like that stopping her from killing him that she would just not kill him and start to fall for him?? Excuse me, but no. She should be pissed off to the point where she kills him right off the bat! Are you kidding me??

The jumps from lifetime to lifetime make no sense. In one episode you are with TanTaiJin and then all of a sudden, out of the blue we are in a dragon’s dream of them as immortals, but they don’t remember anything. It is a brand new show with brand new characters, there is no mention of the other life and it just makes no sense. Why is it important to the plot?? The importance is so insignificant. I think it has something to do with ‘life and death’ or something like that.. idk, it is dumb. Sang Jui (Bai Lu of that timeline) already is in love with Ming Ye (Luo Yunxi of that timeline). He obviously does not know her or love her back. She pines for him because he is the big strong ML. We get to see them fall in love in the span of an episode; personally, I wish they showed more scenes of them falling in love. What I took from it is that Ming Ye fell in love with Sang Jui because she gave him fruits and kept pestering him, outside of that, nothing makes her special. It is just cheap, when you think about it, why out of the thousands of years that Ming Ye has lived, would he fall in love with her over fruit???? There is no way that no one else has pestered him in the thousands of years that he has lived. Their love just is not very touching.

After the heavenly realm the show then goes back to reality. The characters seemingly have nothing to do with the heavenly realm characters. They just look alike, but I am sure they are tied together somehow. Anyways, what I want to say about this portion of the show is just that it does not make much sense. TanTai Jin grows stronger and stronger immensely fast, it is a bit out of nowhere. He is the ruler of everyone pretty much, or almost. Everyone knows who he is and is scared of him and calls him a monster. Around episode 22 the FL (I forgot her name) and TTJ fight cuz he killed a bunch of people. The people he killed were quite awful so I am not mad at him for that. He did however really scare her a bit, going a bit crazy when they fought, he had his reasons though. I just don't like how 20 minutes later she forgives him. They have a 'tender moment'. This would all be okay if the she didn't have her mission. It seems like the FL has completely forgotten about TTJ mass murdering her family and entire clans and she has forgotten about the whole reason she was taken back in time in the first place. She now holds no anger towards him at all, she doesn't bring up her mission, it just is a big headache. How could she forget??? Especially when he keeps growing more into the TTJ that killed her family, the tyrant of the entire universe? It just doesn't make any sense. Now they are strolling on a date, going out on the town. What happened to his evil bone??? That's like one of the biggest plot lines of the show, but it has been forgotten? We couldn't go 5 minutes without hearing about the evil bone earlier on in the drama and now it just vanished??

Also the trope of 'tied together for lifetimes' is done so poorly. Like I get that it's their past selves maybe?? or they are connected with these characters cuz they look the same? But the facts are those dream characters are different people than the originals we followed. They have different thoughts, feelings, values, ideals, and the switch from the dream to reality or whatever and back is just so confusing honestly. I can see what the story is truing to do with the whole 'tied together for lifetimes' type of thing, but doing this with the characters is just so so so so cheap. There is no payoff. HYX did it right, the characters from each lifetime all tied together, they shared thoughts and memories and feelings, it just was done so much better and TTEOM is just a worse than knock-off version of stories that actually can pull this off.

Ep 14 is what drew the line between a show that I can watch even though it is kinda dumb, to a show that I am now going to hate watch. Basically Sang Jui drugs Ming Ye and coerces him into having sex with her, he then gaslights himself into thinking it is ok. Straight up disgusting, didn’t think this show could get any lower. She says she does it to get back at him?? Get back at him for what?? They both had a huge misunderstanding because they didn’t talk to one another, but he didn’t do anything wrong honestly. Nothing he could’ve done should’ve incited that. I don’t care if they love each other, she drugged him and coerced him, and it was so out of character. Makes no sense, it’s awful. They romanticize this NC scene between the two of them it is so so hard to watch. Literally, I was on the verge of tears, not out of how pretty or how much they love each other. There was no love in that scene, it was not pretty, it was disgusting and foul and the fact that the show is trying to portray that scene as something romantic and not something that is wrong is absolutely aggravating. Some are trying to say that he was into it, but man’s was drunk out of his kind and drugged on top of that! I don’t care if they are in love, you don’t do anything of the sort with someone who is not in their right mind!

Highlights from the show:
So far, the best scene for me has been the one where TTJ was betrayed by his caretaker and he just bears it all to everyone. He monologues for like 30 minutes and gaslights everyone on the boat and then tortures himself in front of all of them. It was quite entertaining. I also really enjoyed all of the scenes with TTJ at SuSu’s residence, particularly the scene where the man is washing dishes.

Casting: I really am not mad at the cast; the leads were really good acting wise. It’s just that the script and story was so so cheap and confusing. Like they went through so many lifetimes just for all of Susu’s hard work to have failed in the end if you know what I mean. This show could be cut in half if Susu would’ve just told TTJ that she needed his evil bone after he became a simp for her. I think the show should’ve ended like around episode 35 or something when they had their moment in the garden and all was good, like they cleared up their misunderstandings and actually talked. Seriously the last few episodes are just full of flashbacks.

Last Remark:
Honestly, this show has p*ssed me off ever since it was announced to be made. I have nothing against the cast, but everything against the production company. Y*uku has used Immortality to market off this show since the beginning. They aren’t even trying to hide the fact! Almost the whole team behind hyx worked on this show, from the CGI and costuming department to the actors themselves. The story is also a bit similar to hyx. I wouldn’t have a problem with this, if the story itself weren’t so insulting. They put Luo Yunxi in this and made him the ‘Taxiun-Jun’ of this story. They also have bought hashtags out for Luo Yunxi with something relating to him being a mainstream actor and leading in a BL role. Why would they do that when BL is currently at a not so great state in the C-ent right now?! That just seems so scummy to me. This show is just so so so cheap. It just rubs me the wrong way. I will finish this show out of hate and spite. The only reason I am watching this is because I love Luo Yunxi and lots of that love comes from him being Chu Wanning in Immortality. I had no idea he would play the anti-Wanning here.

Final part: 500 years later
Li Susu and TTJ are back as immortals. The last ten episodes are honestly so confusing plot wise; much of it made no sense to me. I found myself getting very bored quickly and just skipped to every scene with Luo Yunxi in it. The last 10 episodes are really just everyone trying to figure out if TTJ is a bad guy and has the evil bone; it’s literally Susu is happy with TTJ and they are fine and then she gets mad and then she is happy and everything is cleared up, but then he does something to upset her again, it cycles quite a bit.

Tbh I started this show for lyx and finished it for him; I ended up liking his character the most. TTJ was a pretty and pitiful man. Luo Yunxi really ate up every scene where TTJ was having a manic episode or straight up being pyschotic. I was thoroughly entertained with his performance throughout.

Rant about the final episode: Lastly I have to say that the final episode really reminded me of the last episode for Darling in the Franx, you have giant celestial beings in the sky, the leads are floating off into the heavens, they transform outlooks times, the world is about it end, none of it makes any sense and you are just staring at your screen confused with how you got to this point.
The ending is just a whole mess. It’s the type of ensign that pisses me off. You’re really telling me that he killed all of the immortals in the beginning of the show, and the whole show is SuSu going back in time to get TTJ’s evil to prevent him from killing all of the immortals 500 years later, but in the end, the very last episode, he kills all of the immortals???? He kills every single one but her so she can kill him???? And this is so that there will never be an Devil god again??? It makes no sense. How is killing everyone in the immortal realm better than having a Devil god who honestly doesn’t pose much a threat. Like honestly if he would’ve just stayed the Devil god at end of the show with the pure heath that he had or whatever then no one else would’ve died. Like he could’ve just not killed everyone. And then when there is a new Devil god it’s not like they would kill every single person. What’s so bad about the evil bone passing from god to god? It sounds better than a whole mass murder of all of the immortals. Maybe I’m wrong and I just got so confused, but the ending is super confusing so me thinking he killed everyone is valid. Seriously, I’m a bit offended with the last episode. Why’d TTJ have to cause all of that chaos and misunderstanding if he was just gonna die in the end? I’m so confused. What is the ending of this show. My eyes hurt. I watched an hour of straight CGI and special effects. So TTJ sacrifices himself and stays up in the clouds or whatever. And it ends and he’s up there t-posing in rainbow land, while she is down with a kid who is theirs. Is he up there so that the evil bone won’t go to a new devil god? Is he even alive? What was that ending.

As much as I disliked about this show, it was fun to hate watch. It was so fun to watch up until the last 10 episodes where I lost interest.


NOW GIVE ME HYX SO I CAN SEE CHU WANNING!!!!!! After watching this show I am so so so sure that Luo Yunxi was born to play Chu Wanning. He played a character quite opposite of that of Wanning here, but we got a few glimpses of what Wanning could be like once it airs.

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Storytelling mess that's saved by an actor. Gourmet garbage at its best.

This had so many good points: music, acting, good CGI and beautiful cinematography. The story was compelling and everything was great for the first half - until it wasn't.
I don't know if it was the script or the fact that the drama was cut by almost half and maybe too many things got lost in the editing room, but the result is a storyline that feels clunky and disjointed. I didn't really follow the reasoning of some characters for their actions and the things I needed to remember from one timeline to the next were lost on me.

On the plus side, this was very entertaining even without logic and Luo Yun Xi was a mesmerising glue that kept me avidly gazing at my screen.

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WHY DOESN'T THIS SERIES HAVE 10 OUT 0F 10? SERIOUSLY THE BEST DRAMA MADE IN THE LAST YEARS!!!

I have just finished watching "Till the end of Moon", and how to say, I feel a bittersweet taste and nostalgia. Honestly, I have watched all fantasy/history Chinese dramas and I had a long list of favorite ones, starting with classical, however, this drama contains everything that you could probably want from a love/fantasy story, portrayed in the most perfect way!

- Mesmerizing actors, Luo Yunxi (Tantai Jin) and Bai Lu (Li Su Su) who have such a mystical chemistry, I felt their emotions thought the series, they have each portrayed three couples in the drama, three different, yet similar personalities each , also their desire for each other, face expression, sadness, love, desire, hatred...(I cannot find all the words, if you are a truly romantical/emotional person, you will know what i am talking about)
- Breathtaking costumes, Tantai Jin had some amazing costumes, both as a Demon God and as Tantai Jin, he looks truly handsome! I fell in love with him in this drama even though I have watched him in others as well, in this drama he shined!
Also Bai Lu , she looks like a fairy princess, I admire her beauty in everything she wears. All in all, all the costumes looks stunning!
- Fairy, heavenly make-up on both actors in different scenes!
- The best story development, best different stories integration, best plot twist.
- Best sceneries, images, colors.
- Amazing OST, I have watched them on repeat since I started the drama
- So far the best love scenes I have watched in a Chinese drama, most passionate kisses, touches, tension, sensuality
- Life lessons

Expect to get very hooked in the story, expect to laugh, to cry, to dream, to FEEL like you need that ONE person to be there to save you, to believe in you.

The end will leave you crying, and also speechless, the message he left her in the stone grave, made me emotional to the core, imagine from the guy that was bullied, hated and had a cruel life and fate, wanting to destroy everything, he ended up giving his own life for the sake of the world who was so mean to him.
This is also a life lesson for me.
Tantai Jin, as a character, you are amazing!
Thank you!

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Great concept but badly executed.

After I went through this whirlpool of a convoluted emotional ride, the ending is just a bandaid on my wound after numerous stabs through the heart, as in the series. They should end the series after the Gods, Ming Ye and Sang Jiu. The many lifetimes intertwining with each other gave me a headache.

I have a few gripes about the repetitiveness in this series:
1. Too much blood spitting. Leo Luo is very fragile seems; all he did was vomited blood. I thought he was supposed to be invincible. Other characters spit blood, but the frequency was tolerable.
2. Too many stabs in the heart. Enough already; can't they find other spots?
3. Too many farewells, and they never leave. I don't believe them anymore when they say farewell.
4. Too draggy with emotional scenes. Ok, we got the point. Next scene, please!
5. This series should be called Love, Lies and kill me.

I like the main leads. That is the main reason I watched this series. The beginning was all good. I could follow the storyline until after the God scene. I tried to talk myself into continuing. Then it just gets worst and worst. Poor Bai Lu gets stuck with this type of film, especially with a hot co-lead and a great story concept, then the direction and story fall apart. I am sure the novel is probably better, so I blame the producer and director. Bad execution is the bottom line.

Do I recommend it? Yeah, watch it and judge for yourself.

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