The Last Immortal

Must watch. You will not be disappointed

I hate writing reviews because I’m lazy. But I feel utterly inclined to write this review because this drama blew me away. I’m sad that I can’t find anything that makes me feel the way I did watching this.
If you love dramas like LBFAD, who rules the world, till the end of the moon, then this drama will absolutely not disappoint. I honestly cannot understand why the review rating is in the low 8s? For reference, I have watched several hundreds of Korean and Chinese romance dramas, both historical and non so have pretty high standards for dramas.
Watched this for Zhao Lusi because to me she’s the most talented Chinese actress nowadays and what can I say, she was GREAT. I watched the end scene of episode 25 so many times over and over because that scene was incredible. I get it when people say her baby voice is a bit annoying, but the whole point is to distinguish herself between ayin and fengyin, and it totally makes sense. Was my first time watching Wang Anyu and although he’s not as good at acting as Zhao, they have great chemistry together (just go and watch some clips of them in interviews etc), and I think he did enough to be ML in this drama. It didn’t detract from how much I enjoyed watching it.
Special shoutout to all of the music as well, I have downloaded all the OST songs because they’re just so good and suit the drama so well.
To note: it took me a couple episodes to really get hooked, probably because I wasn’t really sure what to expect. So some may find the first 1-3 episodes a tad slow, but once hooked, the pace of the drama through to the end is very good.

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Lovely

This drama was a breath of fresh air from the ever powerful, smart, nobody could plot against me leads from 98% of Chinese series.

It's rare these days to find leads who are naive, silly, immature, petty, sometimes dumb, make mistakes, live as true youthful individuals who discover themselves in a series of life and death situations and fooled by the biggest villains with noble masks.

The friendships and love relationships built in the first 25 episodes had depth and meaning. Their connection was beautifully written. They all were from different parts of the world yet they chose each other and protected one another as much as they possibly could with little that they possessed. They were kids who no one had faith in. Their words to each other were not sweet but their actions were courageous, admirable, genuine, and beyond the word love. The sacrifices to actions can't be described by words, you have to watch the drama yourself to feel and see. Episodes 26 to the end showed that the youngsters who would bicker all day, run around and play, lived care freely and happily had grown up into responsible, calm, and respected adults YET their hearts will forever be pure and connected.

Yuan Qi, Yuan Qi. It can't get any better with Wang An Yu as Yuan Qi. His eyes, demeanor, to aura was gentle, sincere, full of righteousness, warmth, and love. His love for A Yin never wavered, lessened, or changed with time. If anything, it became stronger, endless, and sweeter. This is a story about a boy who fell in love with a girl and did everything he could to protect her, make her happy, and stay by her side, forever. He chose her over the world without a moment of hesitation.

Zhao Lu Si as A Yin was heartbreakingly good. A Yin loved Yuan Qi unconditionally, no matter what, above anyone and anything else in the world. She was witty, humorous, sincere, caring, selfless, cute, persistent, good hearted, and a great friend. The way she followed Yuan Qi around, ugh, so sweet. No one can be A Yin besides Lu Si, no one.

Hong Yi and Yan Shuang, the second couple, are friends you can never find EVER again in any lifetime. They were the backbone of Gu Jin/Yuan Qi and A Yin/Feng Yin.

Anyway, if it's not your cup of tea, try again next year and again next next year. Sometimes, dramas just hit different depending on the time, but don't miss out on this one. It was pretty well written if you don't skip or skim anything. Even the villains were decent. I'll remember this drama for a long time to come.

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Series is much more focus on romance

This series is like 65% romance, so if your someone who likes romance very much this is for you. However if your into romance but at the same time cares about the world-building or plot wise, then you might not like this series much.

The plot is good, however the execution is meh.. I feel like they tried to do a "the long ballad" way for this series, wherein they would also focus on the second couple, though this didn't work for me and instead of getting hooked into second cp it just made me annoyed.

The acting was good, as expected of zhao lusi. The guy who played the ml was also good. Lusi's chemistry with the guy is good. The second couple also did some good acting however the chemistry not so much.

I put the rewatch value on 5.5 simply because i feel like this show is something i could only watch the first time and honestly if i want to watch this, i would just simply watch HDL.

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A Zhao Lu Si Classic

It was a good series that I enjoyed watching. It has become a more watchable series with the difference of Zhao Lu Si. Because the player has a lot of influence. Let me say so, it has increased the quality and watchability of the series even more. Otherwise it would be a more ordinary series. It's a series that we can't say anything like because it's fantastic. There were minor mistakes and places where I thought it would have been better if it wasn't like this. There were places I found wrong. But overall, it was a good series. Other players were good too. Unfortunately, Wang An Yu appeared in ninety percent of the drama with the same face, a resentful, sad, tearful face. I do not know the reason. Maybe the director wanted it that way. However, it suited his role. The two leads were compatible. Besides them, I liked Li Yun Rui, CAo Fei Ran, He Kai Lang, Jia Nai. Cao Fei Ran was especially successful in the role of the evil woman. I liked it as a game. The management and shooting were very good. I recommend it to fantasy series lovers.

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Overall this was quite an enjoyable watch. I don't know why Viki commenters were so annoying with all the negativity so make sure to turn that off when you're watching it on Viki. It was a good length; I didn't really have to fast-forward much. Acting was great, especially from the FL and ML! I think the male character, Gu Jin/Yuan Qi was written very well. It's mentioned briefly in the first episode but a lot of that is covered in Ancient Love Poetry (the prequel) so it's not necessary to watch ALP but it definitely brings you more into the story and feel for the male lead more. The story brings you from Gu Jin's early days as a carefree youth to carrying all the weight of a true god and Wang Anyu's acting really shows that gradual transition well. The only thing that I had any major qualms about was the CG omg it's so embarrassing.

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The drama is rather comedy...

This scream fluff abd comedy and I'm bored but I wanna still see it fully idk why it's not like the other dramas from Liu Fang who have strong story and more and actual Angst which is very important for me to make the story make me feel like I really wanna watch without disturbance and distraction but this drama have also some sufferings sometimes but nothing really strong onto my heart...its rather lighthearted abd fluffy alot because it's a drama from Zhao Lusi lol if I want a angsty stories I must avoid every single one where Zhao Lusi iss a major main female characters because which ever been I watching from her where she weaves the story it was always comedic that I couldn't even finish or come to a mid point where hopefully they enter a part of turbulence and struggle and so on because the start is always light and somewhat fluffy and they are being boring...now I know I can skip these light hearted parts and watch only turbulent parts with lots of angst but you know I can't watch like that with skipping some parts if the story overall because I wanna see the entire story but fluffy with funny is killing me and boring to me because I don't like comedic dramas and stories which have no angst for like 10 episodes or more and this drama is exactly boring but cute and beautiful but story is rather just for a certain idol like Zhao Lusi or Li Jun Rui lol

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very lightly entertaining

I've followed Zhao LuSi for some time and she is on a lightning streak in her career. I never considered her particularly strong as a dramatic actress, but what she is good at are light comic roles, and the early part of this show suits her very well. Wang An Yu stands up well alongside ZLS's star power.

Like other epics, this story spans vast stages of time but this show deals with much narrower issues. It begins with the imminent awakening a Fire Phoenix god, whose birth event is disrupted by GuJin, a true god who has yet to arise to his own destiny in the divine realm. He comes across a lowly spirit beast & together they start a journey to revitalize the Fire Phoenix.

I've read that The Last Immortal is a sequel to Ancient Love Poetry, a show I enjoyed very much, but there's not a lot of reference to it. TLI takes a long time to even start approaching the intensity of ALP. The tone changes from light comedy to serious half way through & here's where the leads' lack of depth in their performances become apparent. The story & action also drags noticeably before picking up once more as we enter the second act. However, rather than develop the characters' relationships more deeply, the show deals with all the villians rather early or too quickly, as with the long suppressed demon god. Too much time is spent with everyone firing their energy beams at each other while crying in angst in between. The ending felt somewhat unsatisfactory.

I don't have a lot to say about this show. It's lightly entertaining but the storyline doesn't hold any surprises, the CGI is bad, the costuming so-so, and no deep philosophical questions. It's good that ZLS could have a career in singing (she sings the opening theme song) if her acting doesn't carry her much farther, but this show won't stop her current streak.

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Draggy drama with a stupid ML

Lit I just watched the show for Rosie but ended up being disappointed of the drama. The drama felt draggy like there were so MANY UNNECESSARY SCENES. The characters mainly the peacock girl and controlling aunt are REALLY annoying like just their to trigger the audience for NO REASON and They were MORE EVIL than the ACTUAL VILLAINS (demons) and after ALL his Lover went through, they weren't even punish of the so called "True god" 🙄.

The ML is weak, stupid and immature. Like how could you heal your lover but then just kill her next 😭 and after the FL was reborn the revenge was weak as hell. All I felt was PITTY. I wish the FL was more fierce not just intimidating. I like the 2nd couple more tbh, they we're MORE likeable and smart than the lead ML.

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OMG Zhao Lu Si, why????

I watched it because of Zhao Lu Si, as I found her performance in Who Rules the World amazing. This is going from hero to zero. I know she’s meant to have the child like voice, but it was an overkill to a point of me wanting to throw the TV out of the window. Her performance was lukewarm and she did not bring any sparks to the relationship. I am really disappointed. Watching her other works I would have almost believed she is only a character actor who always plays silly girls, but in Who rules the world she disproves that theory.
It didn’t help that the story was also boring and ML, who I believe has talent, didn’t bring out his best - probably because of the weak story and serious lack of chemistry with FL .
Worst thing of all is the OST, annoying tune on repeat, nearly drove me crazy when combined with her whiny voice overkill….
I am not sure who failed here - was it the script, the director or the actors being too tired and just going through the motions???

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Only for Zhao Lu Si

I have watched the last 10 episodes of Ancient Love Poetry, so I know about the story from those few episodes & also read spoilers. After watching it, I hated that in The Last Immortal they changed some characters' names. I mean, in many dramas, 2 or more actors play the same character. What's the point of changing their names. Moreover, it's from the same production house why they did it.

Zhao Lu Si didn't disappoint me at all. I liked her portrayal of A Yin & Feng Yin. A Yin a low water beast immortal & Feng Yin a phoenix queen.

Wang An Yu did his part well, whether playing a naughty, lazy person who loves to drink Gu Jin or Yuan Qi a true god who has the responsibility of three realms.

Loved the scene of the water beast & Gu Jin's relation is so cute & the way the water beast makes noises is so cute.

Liked A Yin & Gu Jin practice session.

It's cute to see A Ýin getting jealous every time Gu Jin mentions Hua Shu.

Loved Xiu Yan & Ao Ge love for each other & the willingness to sacrifice for each other.

Loved it when Feng Yin & Gu Jin were being lovey-dovey in front of a heartbroken A Jiu.

I cried when Daze Mountain sacrificed themselves.

I hated Hua Shu, she was a selfish and jealous kind of person, but I hated Hong Chou more because she was always interfering in Yuan Qi's life. She thought of herself as his mother just because she brought him up.

I hated that they didn't mentioned about Tian Qi who brought Yuan Qi up. He did so much for Yuan Qi & yet they didn't mentioned about him.

I don't know why people hate ML so much, he clearly did so much for FL, so sacrifices he did. I get it he didn't communicate with her properly, but he loved her enough to sacrifice everything.

In Xianxia reincarnation, misunderstanding & sacrifices are bound to happen. I want a Xianxia drama with zero misunderstandings. Only The Starry Love has zero misunderstanding.

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First Xianxia done :)

My first Xianxia🥹 Done✅

I love my girl Lu Si, so I was very excited to start this, and she delivered. I loved her acting in this, especially her crying scenes – she had me BAWLING. I think her on and off-screen chemistry with Wang An Yu was great too, and I loved seeing their characters together💞🍀.

The second couple was cute too, but I think they developed the romance so late. Hong Yi only starts chasing Yan Shuang in episode 36… of 40!!! That’s too late, we deserved to see them as a cute romantic couple 😭
I also think the ending scene between Feng Yin and Yuan Qi was too short. I feel like it would have been great to at least get a hug, no??? Regardless, I’m satisfied with how everything wrapped up overall.

Visually, the show was very pretty. Most of the CGI was very impressive and nice, and the costumes and styling delivered a 10/10 as well. The OST was really pretty too, such beautiful songs and voices that emphasized the story perfectly.

Overall, a nice show with
- Fun
- Heartbreak
- Some stupid immortals with 1 brain cell (honestly, after so much time you’d think they’re smart, but these old immortals were all so dumb😭😭)
- Romance
- Pretty costumes and OSTs!

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