FL’s character fell flat on many counts, but 2 strong character traits stood out to me.
1. Her doggedness in the face of right and wrong. She was raised amongst the “good guys” but upon her adventures, she was very quick to adapt and not castigate all others as “bad”. I enjoyed her openness during her interactions and adventures.
2. Her struggle with re-learning about the evilness of humans. She grew up secluded but with so much love from her family and her aunt’s friends. You could see her struggle in coming to terms with the evilness of the Six Sects members (up onto her master) every step of the way. It just wasn’t how she was raised. She could not believe it. Her strength came in facing the facts, albeit slowly.

Facts she faced squarely and consistently:
1. She would never abandon her family for anything or anyone
2. She loves MQY and will protect him as she had promised
3. She will not stand by evil, whoever it may be that commits it.
Not bad for a FL, I must say. There has been more worse portrayals of strong FL characters.

P.S: ML had a one-track mind. He is vengeful and will die to get his revenge. Until he fell in love with FL. His character of obsessed but true lover was real to me. He had early on disregarded his life and survival, but upon falling for her, he decided, and showed in every way, he loved her and will live for her. What else can a girl ask for?

IMO, it is a rollercoaster series. At some point, I got fed up with the previous generation never really dealing with their business, but always insisting that the current generation forget about it and move on. The aunt and uncle plot was patchy in its delivery, but it kept me going for most of the series. I was so curious about their lives. Just wish ML got to grow up with his uncle just like FL did with her aunt.