AleksandraSucur

As "protection providers" of the commoners, sects enjoy high privileges, reputation and payments from taxes. If the commoners regain the knowledge to create sophisticated arms and defences, ie. if they become able to protect themselves without special powers of cultivators, the role of the latter will greatly diminish, that's why they see as their vested interest to prevent the commoners to acquire any further knowledge

Yeah, because that's a separate type of bad parenting and bleak surrounding a (usually narcissist) parent created: the one aimed to create mercilessness, blind obeyance and competiveness espc. in pleasing the parent. Actually, this type is more realistic, while the first one is far from realistic. Once grown-up, traumatized children tend to lack self confidence, as they percieve themselves not worthy of love or responsible for the abuses suffered... not to mention the abandonment syndrome which impedes them to control emotions and manage their daily tasks.
I def. dislike the fondness for this trope and it isn't actually only Chinese, I have a feeling that Asian writers in general are convinced that the harsher is one's childhood, the more extraordinary the child will be once grown up. Even in rare cases when such children succeed to excell in something (eg. sports or arts), the past traumas backlash in form of abuse of substances and disfunctional emotional relations.

Not a single normal parent in this drama. C-drama authors seem to be a little bit too obsessed with the idea that all heroes must have had a horrible childhood, as if their extraordinariety is somehow linked with a past trauma. And to make the trope complete, that traumatic experience will always push them to long for a "normal", quite & peaceful life.

The authors must have reached their exhaustion limits in creation of annoying characters after they've written Jiang Ji and Nangong guy with the flute - their only purpose in the story is to irritate the audience with their self-importance. These two left them with no energy to dedicate to a love rival's trope, lol

When will this drama finally be out?

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Heh, repeated push & pulls are also annoying. I imagine the scriptwriters couldn't skip the old sedimented animosity between the war demons and the immortal sects (which we've seen as arrogant hypocrites who don't care about the commoners, a trait typical for the universe built by the original creator), but the particular confrontation between LQQ and Mei should have been toned down, in line with their characters.
It isn't the first inconsistency btw.

yup, completely illogical

That was the lowest dialogue in the entire drama, less believeable than her lecturing sects' chiefs in Chongjing valley. Even the actress's perfect delivery of broken emotions couldn't cover up the lack of logic in her speech and the underlying unoriginal trope ("your clan killed mine, so you're my enemy")

that was a figure of speech, I was ironic. Ofc she didn't advanced tnx for her fight for injustice but the outcome of her fighting was that she advanced although the direct cause was smth else.

He indeed saw people killing for the tokens (required to obtain the pills) issued by the "medicine valley" and there's no question he was angry with Su for it. But when he angrily confronted Su Taiyi he didn't accuse him for issuing the tokens, opening a sort of hunger games among cultivators in order to obtain them, but for the immortality tax which induced people to starvation.
I raise an issue only when notice some basic logic seems to be missing, creating an incoherence in the storyline or in a character's basic trait.

She said herself she can't stand injustice when she sees it. It's true she warned him but that man was murdered and it's odd for her character not to be bordered who perpetrated that crime.
I don't remember it was mentioned that the immortality tax was applied only in several regions. If it was mentioned, it evidently wasn't sufficiently emphasised to make his not-knowing of it logical to a viewer.

That's what I've said precisely: her advance/regression in levels seems to be unrelated to her fighting for justice.
Btw, Qi level is the beginners' level. Yes, the flower gave her extra power, but of a depleteable kind.

Correct, that guy, Gui, used a time reverse technique thinking he'd overpower her turning time to the point when he was at his strongest and she was just a beginner. As you've said, unfortunately for him, she advanced (for the first time) to a Golden Core level when she was 18, so he couldn't beat her turning time to that level of her power.
Finally, she indeed said she regressed to Qi level several times bc "she couldn't stand injustice" but that was her explanation which may or may not be correct, we don't have sufficient details how this regression (and the subsequent failure to advance) precisely occurred: is there some sort of a "natural backlash" each time a cultivator "meddles into mortal affairs" or she was punished by her shifu or other seniors (maybe at the time when her teacher still hasn't split from Taiyuan sect) or something else. Only if her regression was due to a "natural backlash" her "fighting for justice" is related to her low level of power.
In a particular case of her "revenge of her husband", the sects sent people to punish her, there were no "natural backlashes" when she killed three people

Lets see what LQQ exactly said to Su Taiyi in his boiling anger (ep. 13 opening scene):
"9 out of 10 villages stand empty, (due to) taxes weighing down like mountains, the granaries are bare (...)... Staying alive only adds to the tax burdens (...) Outside is a land of starving corpses and piles of bones! Your dream of immortality is built upon their flesh and blood! (...) In this world, how many die each day from starvation and poverty because of the Immortality Tax!"
He mentioned the immortality tax at least three times, so you can't say he went mad because of the people dying bc of the pills. That tax is imposed to finance the production of the pills, throwing people in extreme misery. When LQQ asks Su: "Can you truly account for this blood debt?" - it wasn't a question, it was an indictment, he holds Su responsible for people's misery.
What is "minor" or "major" flaw is debatable (and often related to a person's perception). I've watched tons of dramas and movies, that's why I think I can tolerate "minor flaws"... but the things I've pointed out above - while may not be huge - still offended my intelligence.

her failures to advance in power levels are unrelated to her intolerance towards injustice. Actually, she advanced from Qi level thanks to the fact she fought the injustice Lu suffered.
We still do not know the real reason for her previous failures, but I expect this aspect will be addressed later in the drama

Ok, for now, I'll take all your opinions into account.
We can always re-discuss all these issues later, once we've seen the 3rd arc

Come on.She stole the token from her master to make him live forever, that act doesn't make her unrigtheous.
A smart argument he started to feel... among other things - the feeling of anger (for immortal tax) - due to his transformation to a human, lol.

Yes, I remember those lines. But he wasn't on the brink of death when we've seen the scene of her stumbling in pain in the hearth: it was just his scull still uncovered that provoked the pain in him and then in her

I've said it myself that the first arc was highly enjoyable.
Ofc. no drama is perfect, but the 2nd arc offended my intelligence, so it wasn't "a minor flaw".
Some people go with a first impression (which was good for both of us) but other people remain focused on the story as it progress

Ad 1. Ok, I can go along with your interpretation: he is not a saint.
He definitely had his own agenda when he was convicted for disobeying the court policy (ie. his goal was to be punished by 1000 flesh cuts) and didn't pay much attention to the immortality tax as it was not so harsh in that county, but in that case... why did he react so madly as he did when he discovered it?
Ad 2. Yes, you're right - that was actually the first time, but it doesn't change my point and I'm glad you acknowledge the issue wasn't explained well.
Ad 3. The word "investigate" was my bad. But remaining there just to lecture her fellow practioners without questioning who did the crime of murder and find out the murderer is somehow off of such a righteous character, don't you think?

Yeah, the FL is inherently kind, I agree with you on that, but these shifts in her behaviour aren't so logical if we don't know what triggers her fight for justice, or at least, lacks some depth. I've just mentioned it en passant awaiting the drama to give us some details about it. There are plenty of similar side-issues, I could have mentioned their marriage bond/curse as well, it isn't clear when she feels his pain and when she doesn't, bc sometimes we see it on the screen and sometimes we don't.