The Seized Destiny

Must watch first 11 eps! This is a very romantic cp

I personally rated it 8.0 and if I stopped at ep11, it would be a solid 8.5 because it has comedy, cuteness and romance, well scripted, acted and executed, but given all 20 episodes it really is less than that.
We have many cp here (listed in chronological order) starting with the Godes like Lu Ming and her demon lover Sha. She gets tricked by her master into offing her lover and then offs herself.
Then we have the body of Lu Ming reincarnated as Cheng Yan (another cultivator hell bent on offing demons) who is close to her brother Cheng Tian, but he in turn is just the body of her brother taken over by - you guessed it - Sha. Therefore, he has hots for her while she is really interested in someone else. Who?
Cheng Yan is drawn to Chen: a cute, kitty soft and purring demon with amnesia who falls head over heels - with reciprocity! The best part is first 11 episodes when their love is so romantic, sweet and downright steamy on their wedding night. Yikes! You can tell that this duo (Fang Tong and Xiao Dong) played a couple before and I highly recommend you go back to Kiss Me, Save Me to watch them all googly eyed in modern/drama times. They are smoking hot and I want to see them together more! Unless Tong can do another comedy like Decreed by Fate with Yan Zi Xian who was hilarious in My Uncanny Destiny (their recent Culinary Vendetta was so so, but they have a potential).
Back to the story
There is also Mu Ling who is after Cheng Tian, but that is going nowhere other than really nasty with the 2ML and FL.
And when we come to ep 12 things start going blah. 2ML is not convincing and a few episodes are wasted on things we really don't need, but in the end (ep19 and 20) we are getting closer to the truth of why Chen and Cheng Yan are so close and destined.
The ending is like what we got in Love of Nirvana and Till the End of the Moon, so don't complain. Also, if you are against actors paired up with some age gap - I am totally fine with Tong Tong being 31 and her romantic partner in this production being only 24. They DO fit well, and I hope they will do more dramas together.
OST and BGM is fitting, esthetically it's as good as A Moment but Forever (same sets I think) and definitely beats some other really bad stuff that I dropped this year.
If you watch to the end, you will realize that the plot starts going places it did not intend to go in the first half of the drama and while the ending is what I completely predicted, and think is fitting - it's 7.5 only.

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Quick sparks

Short, simple, and to-the-point... And enjoyable plot, though it seemed rushed around important developments.... especially the leads’ love story, which developed too quickly even for a short format. Fang Tong was amazing as always, but Fang Xiao Dong seemed a bit immature in his acting. No one in the supporting cast really caught my attention.

A few things that felt a little annoying:
1. The music was louder than the dialogue.
2. The side villain was literally on the loose, and no one held her accountable for anything. At this point, it felt like there was a big creative gap in building a proper conspiracy.

Still, It was a decent one time watch.

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