The Blossoming Love

Love that conquered worlds, timeloops and Fate

I'm so happy with the way this drama ended, it was done beautifully, tying up all the lead stories and charcater arcs nicely!

The last episodes, especially 37-40 were amazing! The sacrifies, fight scenes, the meticulous planning to destroy the Creator of their world, and Mr Nan going as far as to break the 4th wall when he asked Feng Yao whether their world was a painting on the fan and someone else was controlling the strings.

This drama although has a heavy dose of fantasy, it also throws in a lot of deep, meaningful dialogues that gets you thinking on the kind of life you're living. It conjures psychological questions on love, life and fate of the humans guided by some external power.

Now coming to the ML, FL and Second Lead, I absolutely love this trio! Especially when they end up working together to fight against Hao Tian. That is something worth watching and cheering for them to win the battle!

I was there for the main leads but the Second lead caught my eye. Don't get me wrong, I really do like the main cp, but... I was rooting for the second lead Mr. Nan as well 😁

I know Mr. Nan being the second lead, will not end up with the FL, but I was hoping he gets a nice ending. The man has been suffering so much since the start of the series.
It kinda reminds me of Ashes of Love with its second lead and the torture he goes through. No matter how much he bleeds, how much he sacrifices and does everything to keep the FL safe, she still runs into the ML arms as expected.

Saw this actor play side character in Fangs of Fortune as well, as Yichen's big brother, even there this poor guy didn’t get to live long and was killed by Zhu Yan during his rampage.

I do like the main cp, but this guy with his sad story really pulls at the heartstrings. He's really good at minute expressions and plays his role very well. His expressions and dialogue delivery for not wanting to be the bad guy and steal the girl, but still try in his own way to win her heart and even then fail at it miserably...yeah I'm suffering from the second-lead syndrome out here lol.
Hoping he bags a main lead role after the popularity of this series!

Rewatch value: 10/10 !

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This drama is enjoyable and fun to watch, and the visual effects are amazing. All the characters have their own stories,help us to know their personality well.

I love Zhang BinBin and have already watched almost all his previous projects. I feel he is an underrated actor. 

This is my first time watching something of Zhenni and Wang Duo, and both of them are amazing actors and have their own charisma. I will watch their other works. 

I don’t understand the negative reviews. This drama is addicting. The fact is people only care about big/popular actors, not the acting and storyline. The excellent actors and actresses of this series immerse you in their story with their unique acting and make you understand the story better. You can enjoy the series.

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Turned Out Better Than Expected

I have always been a fan of Vin Zhang, but have been disappointed in some of the roles he acted in. Normally a cold, dispassionate person who some how wins the girl in the end. This drama is different because he actually has more than a stone face and cold tone to show us. It started out that way for sure, but after a couple of episodes, his character began to change. For the first time, I actually saw a humorous side of Vin Zhang. Even some modern dramas that was humorous didn't show his characters sense of humor. Sun Zhen Ni is at one of her best roles IMO. Both leads have great chemistry towards each other. I'm glad I didn't drop this drama.

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Another epic failure of Xian Xia drama. Bad script and draggy. It can be cut down to 28-30 episodes.

Blossoming Love is yet another epic failure of Xian Xia's drama, starting with Vin Zhang, Sun Zhen Ni, Wang Duo, and Zhang Ya Qin.

Personally, I can never finish any Xian Xia drama because I don't like the genre. The story is stupid and nothing unique. It has been done over and over again between immortals and demons.

The story was watchable until episode 25, and then it became stupid.
- Xia Che Cheng is now a demon, so stupid after Nan Xu Yue betrayed him because he fell in love with Mu Xuan Ling, knowing she did not love him.
- Vin Zhang's acting is bad in this drama.
- Sun Zhen Ni acted better.
- The minute Nan Xu Yue's character becomes evil, the flashback episodes to review Emperor Zhao Ming's becoming the devil are so stupid. It took episodes 28 to the end (12 episodes) to review what had happened 10,000 years ago. It is ridiculous, dragging, and boring, and it should have cut 10 episodes. It does not need 12 episodes to review the past and change the course of Xie Xue Chen
- The only good thing about this drama is the OST.

Synopsis: In ancient times, Emperor Zhao Ming sacrificed to protect humanity, setting in motion a cycle of reincarnation that spanned thousands of lifetimes. Currently, Zhao Ming is reborn as Xie Xue Chen, the leader of the Immortal Alliance. At the same time, his past love has transformed into Mu Xuan Ling, the Saintess of the Dark Realm. Unaware of their shared history, the two are on opposite sides, locked in a tense rivalry. Fate forces them together on a journey filled with danger, secrets, and unexpected alliances. As they navigate treacherous schemes and powerful artifacts, their bond deepens in ways neither could have foreseen. In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, Xie Xue Chen and Mu Xuan Ling must confront their destinies and uncover the truth about their intertwined pasts. Will they overcome the forces that seek to tear them apart and bring peace to a fractured world?

My Reviews:
1. Acting: 6
2. Script: 4
3. Music/OST: 7
4. Production Quality: 4
5. Cinematography:4
6. Onscreen Chemistry: 6
7. Rewatchable: 4

Overall Rating: 5.0

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Started off really strong but for me fell off in the last 12 episodes.

I feel like the writers did a good job in world building and how it presented its characters. One of its strengths was how well the writers were able to write the villains and even the gray parts of the story. The first 27 episodes kept me glued to my screen but when we reached episode 28, I felt like the writers were stuck and didn't know how to finish the story. A lot of what we saw in the last 12 episodes or so was already rehashed from episodes before. Granted it was elaborated more and showed the audience what had happened. It still dragged for me. I had a hard time keeping interest and mostly kept going back to rewatch Moonlight Mystique episodes. I think this is where the writers/story failed. Other than that, I think had the plot had weaven everything together better my rating would be higher. Also, the ending had this feeling of rushed but I guess that can't be helped with just the 40 episodes cap.
The best part of this series was definitely the FL. I loved Mu Xualing so much and I liked how she wasn't the typical female lead. SZN did well in portraying MXL: strong, detemined, fiery, seductress, bad ass, innocent, cunning etc. I think after this she will get many more opportunities because she deserves them. As for VZ I had trouble connecting with his character another reason why I rate this an 8. If I can't connect with actors, then I'm not going to like the drama that much. I feel like he did a good job with Xie Xuchen but he was also missing something that made me not care as much about XXC. VZ and SZN did have good chemistry which made the drama watchable. Despite NYX being the villain, he ended up being one of my favorites. Sometimes I liked him more than the ML.
In the end my rating is 8/10.

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Strong acting group, very good stroy

I was waited for this drama since last year. I read the original story, I love both leads for their acting capabilities. Zhang BinBin is a very versatile actor who can act in various personalities and portray the emotions by his eyes. The FL is a very good actress as well. The whole cast were very strong in their act and their chemistry was so good.
The 3D views were very amazing as well. It was clear that there was a lot of time and budget was behind it. I was very happy to see every moment of it.
The music was exciting and full of emotion and matched with the story .
Now let's go to the story itself. Warning ⚠️ there are some spoil in the following text.
The story at the begining was matched with the original story wich make it really strong. The small changes were make it even better in some cases. And I have to say the original story with all of its plot twists were very good and attractive for me. But in the drama from the awakening of demon lord the twists were to bring the second ML to a good light while he was not in the original story and make an unknown higher power the bad character. I didn't like this version of ending it didn't make any sense. It was like they wanted to create a good character out of a dark character by forcing an altered story which didn't make sense at the end either. Because when I watched the last episode until the end. The ending didn't make any sense. Not the waking up not the xie xuchen personality which was mixed of demon lord Zhao ming with Xie Xuchen. Non of it fall in the right position for me. Although I like the whole drama and even its story line was really good but if I want to choose among the ending, I would choose the ending of the original story not the ending of the drama eventhough nothing changed for the 3 leads character. But the original story was more exciting and make more sense.
The only reason that I didn't give it the full 10 score is the ending ( notice it is a good ending).

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Review of The Blossoming Love

Let't talk about this show.

Story wise, It is a refreshing show wherein the fl is the demon while the ml is the hero. The fl is someone who knows what she want and not afraid to show it whereas the ml in the first few episode are the usual cold saviour of the world.

Now what makes this story unique for me is how the story unfold as the show goes on. There are plot twist after plot twist and the relationship between each character goes crazy. I also love how the ml and fl loved and trusted each other deeply, there is minimal misunderstand between them.

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Spoiler Example: The ml killing the sfl dad due to being possessed-which in later episode shows that he is possessed by himself who tries to change the past in order to save the fl which set a domino effect.
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However, what I do found disappointing is how the 10,000 years of waiting is not given a detail story (the novel also didn't dwell on it and that maybe the reason why the show didn't).

Now let's talk about the cast.

There are a lot of great actors/actress in this show which helps in bringing the show to life. The female lead-Mu Xuanling (Sun Zhenni) is acted to perfection, she brings the character to life to the point I sometimes forgot she is acting, she is able to act as a seductress and at the same time a cutie (she is very cute). The male lead-Xie Xuecheng (Zhang Bin) while stiff at first shows a great improvement once he accepted the fact that he loved the fl. Kudos to Wang Duo who played as Nan Xuyue, a natural actor who did a perfect job in bringing his character to life.

Overall I have enjoyed this show a lot, and also kudos to the director and other crew members who help in this show. They managed to turn a classic novel into something unique.

Ps. I really like the difference between the characters in the novel vs the characters in the show; In the novel certain characters were given classic role and all of them have ending except for the main couple whereas in the show, their characters shows depth and they all got the happy ending they deserved

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A disappointing mess.

first of all binbin and sun zhenni may be one of the hottest couple in cdramas, best cast by far.

anyways after reading the book i found initially they were actually following the plot almost exactly, just adding something here or there which i was ok with it, but it was the last 10 or 15 episodes when things become a completely mess:

•villain getting more screen time than them, getting redeemed and making us feel pity for him therefore having us to give another villain so he could get free of all his crimes;
•last episodes barely any romance, the fact that we don’t even get a wedding nor they show us their domestic life together;
•mu xuan ling not accepting the demon lord as a part of xie xue chen, but accepting nan yu xue as tian min;
•demon lord having to suffer twice what he was supposed to suffer, honestly why would they do that to him;
•just generally it’s in a way a HE but the fact that the book already have a HE and it was giving more satisfyingly, how can they had gotten it wrong?

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The blossoming Love

I initially struggled with the first episode because of the subpar CGI, and I almost dropped the show around episode 7. However, I ended up thoroughly enjoying the rest of it. The female lead was easily one of the best characters—flirtatious, demonically charming, and undeniably captivating. Her outfits, especially the ones from the dark clan, were stunning and added so much to her allure.
The male lead started off rather dull in the earlier episodes, but he gradually improved, eventually matching the female lead’s vibe. He wasn't just the typical "good guy" who would sacrifice his lover for the world, which was refreshing. And while the female lead fell for him first, he ended up falling for her much harder—it was undeniable.

The second male lead was such a fascinating character. I mean, he was fate itself! Everything that happened in the story was because of him. He wasn’t just an evil villain but someone who took a misguided path . He did some terrible stuffs but its hard not to sympathize with him-Hao Tian created him as an artifact denied the rights to feel emotions. He deserves a hug but at the same time...NO! still can spare him some tears cause the man is living an endless misery.

The fact that the female lead and the second male lead had been together for 10,000 years, only for the male lead to show up for a month and win her heart, was bittersweet. Honestly, I’d be angry too if I were the second male lead! The male lead was kind of a homewrecker in that sense—but I still liked him.
The second couple's storyline was equally compelling, and I found myself completely invested in their journey. Lastly, I can’t forget my favorite character, A Bao. She was absolutely adorable and stole every scene she was in!

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