Above the Clouds (2025)

why to watch and why to skip this 仙侠

I was sitting on the fence about watching it, but Zhang Jing Yun is such an eye candy and a pretty good actor that I could not pass. So that is the first reason for my watching.
The plot was predictable and typical for short xianxia (仙侠) so that was the first reason for not wanting to watch. There were 2 songs in OST that boosted my interest, but the overuse of generic music borrowed from the short drama stock drove me nuts (2nd reason to skip). The cruel villain overdoing facial expression and a couple playing with the Fate Mirror were the 3rd reason to not watch.
But then the magic happened.
The chemistry between the leads is there (2nd reason to watch), costumes and decor pretty-even if tacky at times (3rd reason to watch). The story of two people trying to figure things out and sticking to each other like a glue - that is 4th reason for watching. Happy ending is the 5th one.
3:5 in favor of watching.
In a complete reversal of the grand Chinese tradition to slow the pace halfway through (boring) and botched ending this drama flipped the order. The beginning seemed botched and boring and then it really went flying. I liked how they showed the summary of reincarnations in ep 23. And I definitely liked the ending.
To be honest - I am emotionally vested into this because of how the leads made me feel - all warm and fuzzy inside, so I would give them 7.75-8 but all things considered this will most likely never go higher than 7.7

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