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It was disappointment for me :((

This is my first time writing review in MDL.
I actually don’t really use it, but I was really disappointed so I wanted to write mini ,,review’’ I’m not comparing couse thoose dramas are too differently, but I actually liked much more Legend of the female general over this….

Disclaimer - I dropped it around the end I just couldn’t finish it. it was like 25-29 episode

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NO HATE — JUST OPINION

It was disappointment for me :(( The Synoptics and trailer was truly masterpieces, but what I got from the drama - not what I wanted and what I saw.

So where is the disappointment ?
For me let’s say ,,the love part’’. In Synoptics I THINKED we got Lovers - Enemies - Lovers. What I means is like: Lovers - 35% Enemies - 55% and back to lovers the last 2 - 3 episodes?
What we got lovers - 65% enemies - 10%? Lovers - 25%….
I really don’t like the ‘’Sweet romance’’ when it stays too long. It can be like in the end of the drama or just to fill the ,,politics/thrillers’’ and other things…The romance made the plot boring…Or maybe is just the plot? But there are many dramas like: till the end of the moon, melody of golden age, back from the brink whose first priority is romance, but it didn’t felt that the romance would make the plot boring, no it made the opposite it made the drama better…
what i wanna say that i really didn’t liked how half of the drama they acted ,,childish?’’

Characters

The ml is so smart, but he is so childish and unnatural at the same time. Characters felt just character…I watch c-drama couse i feel connected to characters here was just blank…I think characters weren’t ,,full’’

Okay let’s come to the plot

Plot wasn’t good, wasn’t bad…? I think it was really SLOW, I skipped a lot and didn’t missed anything…I think it was unnecessary with so much romance (which ,,for me’’ was a bit childish and cringe)….And it should be less episodes too…For me it was boring and unnecessary…..

So why I watched it? For the second couple and Cheng Lei face…

Ik I will get a lot of hate, couse this review is really strange, It’s bc I can’t write reviews my writing sucks 😭

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A Persons diary, to this gorgeous show

This review is more like a diary, there are written thoughts also recap of events, so please read it only if you have finished it =)

‼️EVERYWHERE IS SPOILERS‼️, THIS IS FOR ME, WHEN I MISS THE SHOW, THAT I COULD READ AND REMEMBER THE MOMENTS :P

JJY x TJR
CDL x Joseph

Now i know my favourete genre: Foxes. I truly liked them since i was child, Also I really like Fox characters in c-drama: TBL, TTEOTM…

【～Awards】
For acting improvement—Ju Jing Yi!
For underrated acting and popularity—Tian Jia Rui!
For the smartest villain in the whole c-drama history—Jiu Ying
For director, who keeps forgetting his main characters….
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🍀☘️- CAST -☘️ 🍀

(1) [JJY - Lu Wu Yi]
*Actress - I dont think anyone else could fit in to be sly fox, as much as JJY. Her make up, red lipstick, indeed give me Red Fox vibes! I think this role is truly suited for her! I never had watched any of her dramas (well maybe a bit In Blossom, but couldnt connect with it; i’m more of her fan of singing side, i always listen to her songs) and I think people who casted her, truly did favour for her, thats the role she should be playing.
*Character - I feel that she is a bit more colder than her sister, even thought it feels the opposite at first.
* Lu Wu Yi is truly obsessed with Ji Ling. that even ChiWen got annoyed, Ji Ling Ji ling all you talk about is Ji Ling

(2) [Joseph - Wu Shi Guang]
*Act - I haven’t watched many dramas of his, only Feud which i really enjoyed. Until now i haven’t noticed how truly beautiful and handsome he is!
*Character - He is actually demon, one of the flood dragon clan. He grew up with the weasels after the incident.
Shiguang is ChiWen younger brother. Tenth dragon son. (He actually was created for peace)
*I was disappointed how the character turned out, it’s not the actor fault…It feels that WuShiguang did nothing to be dragon deity which is kinda unfair how other people sacrificed so much…It not that the character doesn’t deserve it, but I think it was too fast, wasn’t enough time for development.

(3) [Chen Du Ling - Wu Wang Yan]
*Act - I always thought she was super beautiful, like JJY, they really are like sisters of beauty, no any other woman in the world i have ever seen could compare to these two beauties (“Idols”)! My other of her dramas are anticipated “Qiao Chu/?Ashes of crown?” also if not this drama would have aired, i would have started watching Glory, where she has main role. She gives me Empress/Queens vibes, also manipulative vibe! But i heard she is super sweet person in real life, I folow her youtube chanells.
*Character - So Wangyan is actually so kind hearted under the cold mask…She never wanted to hurt people in the first place, nor be guilty for it. She always shed tears…

(4) [Tian Jia Rui -Ji Ling; Chi Wen dragon deity, ((ManMan))]
He so handsome…I liked him as Ji Ling…And the relationship with JJY. He is such cute pookie. That’s what i thought at first…

(4.1.1) [TJR - Ji Ling]
* Ji ling…How could Chi wen be so cruel, was it so hard to say to him that he has purpose..? That he isn’t just a wooden….Im starting to not like Chi when at all…
I feel sad for him, when he released he is just a puppet without feelings…He ?died?, even thought in the first place he was never alive
(4.1.2) [TJR - Chi Wen dragon deity]
he is so coldddd, but he is protecting himself and others this way.

* He (Chi wen) is starting to warm, more and more like Ji Ling to be. But I don’t quite like him like this…But in the show the FL is going to end up with Chi wen not Ji Ling, because they are the same persons.
* The way Chi wen is trying to win over LWY with good food and clothes 🤣 I feel that Chi wen is jealous of Ji Ling.

*now it makes sense….Before he was Chi wen, he always have been Ji Ling…That’s why he made the wooden doll, to not forget about Ji Ling, his inside heart.
*This time he will give anything Lu Wu Yi wants, because destroying Jiu Ying means destroying Lu WuYi

• He isn’t the real chi when….

* Why did he had to side with Jiu Ying….My poor Wangyan.
* I was right….Chi wen is truly cold hearted, no he is not cold hearted HE DOESNT HAVE A HEART! I was right from the start. I never liked him the first place, I really need his cruel backstory that my heart would warm more, and I will immediately forget about it!! (Btw I don’t have actually, that’s what I was feeling while I was watching!) —So all this was just a dream???
* lol one second I say I hate Chiwen/Ji Ling the other I say I love him. Hate-love relationship 🤣 this time I love him for being so good to JJY!!! He truly loves her so much!
* I really enjoyed his past-story!He couldn’t be anymore the funny little fox, but a cold strong Chi Wen.


(4.2) [Yan An - Li Jie;Yuan Wuhuo/Butterfly demon]
Ji lie twin brother…? But demons can grow appearance…Also Chen wen said that Ji lie is human, while Yuan Wuhuo is demon, and that demon can take appearance from other person if that person lost something (like item)…But…Remember what JJY/LWY said, before killing the child whose parents were human and demon. I don’t remember exactly what, but that it will bring disaster, because it cannot cultivate as demon, nor can life as human!
What if they are actually twins and their parents are demon and human, so two brothers twins were born: one human Ji lie and the other demon Wuhuo! It’s just a theory I’m not sure if it’s correct! The other thing, remember Ji Lie is extremely strong as a human!

eeeeh, I was a bit off, but I like this theory.
(4.2.1) [Yan An - Li Jie, true name Xizai]
Honestly, he is the most mysterious of all of them, also the most handsome :<
* 10years ago Li Jie came with nothing, not even memories! Chen wen gave him name Ji lie, to be born after calamity.

(4.2.2) [Yan An - Yuan Wuhuo/Butterfly demon]
He manipulates everyone…Wuzhiqi, Xiaowei.
But I feel sad for him also, he was “reborn” from the obsession of Chi Wen, Ji lie “born” as good side and he was as the evil one.
(5) [Jiu Ying - main villain]
* I feel that her character isn’t full, also her reason for doing it, it feels a bit off. it gives me vibes like in those kids shows where villains are villains just to make the Heroes shine.

EXTRA:
[Liu Yu - Tian Di]
I really like his dancing aswell as his singing. He is very underrated! please check him out!!! I was surprised to see him in the cast list, well only guest role, but still a role! He is first time acting (second) But the acting is sooo good, like he is professional actor?! He truly should have more recognition…
[Character] Tian di is star stone, he thought Wu Zhiqi is good person and he is only imprisoned to be protected. Xie Ling xi is the older version of tian di. Xie lingxi master of Shiguang.

* I feel that every character is so mysterious…
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🌱- CINEMATOGRAPHY/VISUAL/OST/SOUNDTRACK -🌱

When LBtG aired, i was sad for not liking it, because i thought i missed the visual, but here its as good as there! The cinematography is sooo good! Reminds me of FoF, thought i havent watched, but after finishing it(VoS) i will def check it out. The costumes are also so well made, they are so extraordinary and beautiful! Honestly even the side characters are so beautiful, there aren’t a single person less attractive! So many fine shyt, I’m speechless.

the sounds are made so well also! It so well suited in the series, all the soundtrack, i find it very special!
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～🍀☘️- STORY - DIVIDED BY ARCS -☘️🍀～

Overall: Every episodes ends with cliffhanger, leaving the audience wanting more and more! it dwells deeper each time. And I love that so much! Everything connects back to its pieces.

[ | Arc ] 1-6/7episodss. I give it a name, I might give a name to every arc: Xiaowei…Keeps Searching for her, to find a cruel fate a trick on him.

The first arc, got a bit dragging around the 3-5 episode, but i still decided to keep up with it, becauss so many unanswered questions keep you engaged.
But it truly got better each episode, The 6 episode…The director truly likes trauma…I feel so sad for Xiaowei. Did he deserved it…?

[ || Arc ] 6-16 The illiusions give me Moonlight mystique vibes, when they intered the “star-stone”. lets call it “Heart-breaking compelling of sad stories, that connects one big on-come”

* Pan Gu’s spirit/soul became the dragon deity.
* He had nine suns, calamity came from Jiu Ying-demon of all world, made a war between demon and man. To save all lives the nine dragons sons fought him to death. Eight of them turned into towering mountains, to seal him. Only the ninth son, Chi Wen remained in the world to guard all life.
** so the three “illusions” are connected, ManMan steal the “star stone” -> fire incident -> Wuzhiqi without the stone couldn’t safe his brother (Mortal killed demon (the brother)) -> conflict between man and demon -> Wuhuo and Xizai “arc”, Xizai was weak so Wuhuo forced him to drink to be cured illness -> Cang Hao x Wing Yi lifetime/arc. Small Shiguang found one of the “star stone” -> Wu Zhiqi came to steal, but was stopped by CH, QY; Xie Lingxi
* And all of this was straight connected to Wu Zhiqi, because he was the one who wanted the “star stone”, his obsession truly went so far that he stills wants it after so many thousand years have passed. But I pity him, and he wasn’t the one behind it. Poor anti-hero.(Wuzhiqi-> Green ape clan, that got ?slaughtered?)
TIMELINE - ManMan, Dizhu -> One thousand years ago; Wuhuo, Xizai -> One hundred fifty years ago. CH, QY -> Fifty years ago. “Star Stone cave”
The one behind it, behind all thoose accidents was Jiu Ying. She doesn’t want to kill people, because she doesn’t need to do it. She is like evilness, she wants despair, hatred and conflicts….That’s the source of her powers. She doesn’t die as long as she possesses people. Nine dragons sealed her, so she needed (Shiguang) to break the seal.

* wuzhiqi just wanted to save his clan…And Tian Di just wanted that Wu Zhiqi would keep living. And both of them died….


[Arc |||] 16-20ep. “Trying to Destroy Jiu Ying” Heartwarming moments have come before the disaster strikes.

Lu Wu Yi is connected to Jiu Ying, Jiu Ying is “formless moon master”(the real one died).
destroying Jiu Ying means destroying Lu Wu Yi. that’s the price ChiWen/Lijing will have to pay…That’s why he will give anything she wants, because she doesn’t have enough time left…So for few episodes we will see heartwarming JiLing/Chiwen moments with LuWuYi, before the disaster will break out. I thought it would have been a bit longer, but the disaster strike so fastly 😭

ChiWen/Li Jing sided with Jiu Ying, stabbed Wangyan and made Jiu Ying posses Shi Guang. I feel so sad for Lu WuYi—Just a dream?!

[ Arc |\/ ] 21-24ep. WWY x LWY x SJ arc. The “three sisters”.”Time-loop arc”

Everything was false…LWY isn’t demon, she was stitched together by Jiu Ying. She can absorb any power and she is the most powerful of all of them.

LWY is in time-loop. Because CW/JL keep killing WWY.

Mu long/Su jian and Han Ba story is so heartbreaking…*Su Jian is dead, her daughter is Mu Long. (played by the same actress) But now Mu Ling has You Chi, thought she lost Han Ba


*Also I feel sad for LWY, WWY and CW/JL...No matter how it turns out , they are all poor souls, LWY loves WWY as much as CW/JL. She doesn’t have anything to do else, she either has to betray one of them. I think what LWY did is right, she doesn’t want to see died WWY nor JL/CW. Right now betraying WWY, is better than CW, and before betraying CW was better than WWY. And all it was because of Jiu Ying; I
*feel bad for CW also, because he is always left alone, but not this time.
*Poor WWY, the memories she shared with Su Jian are reals while with LWY are fake ones, but after all she still loves LWY every time. Maybe this is better, because she would be too heartbroken to find out that Su Jian is dead


LWY every time-loop tried to save JL/CW!
Now she is stronger than anyone else, almost Deity.

[Arc V] 24-29ep. ChiWen and Yuan Wuhuo arc. “Everyone gets what they deserved, what they truly wanted”

*The past-story of them both is so heartbreaking and also just a little heartwarming. Chi wen who is just a little fox demon and Yuan demon hunter who just lost his brother, takes blame on Chi wen for not saving his brother. Thought Yuan hates Chi wen for being exactly like his brother, their moments grew heartwarming.
chi wen and Yuan wuhuo past-story is so well done.
Also it quite well explained about Ji Lie and Wuhuo—they are the same person, born from the obsession of JL
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🌱☘️🍀- COUPLE’s - ROMANCE - 🌱☘️🍀

* [JJY x TJR, Lu Wu Yi x Ji Ling]
A puppet without feelings, still is able to love, its master…cannot….
This couple is so cute and warm, it keeps my heart so heartwarming and happy, that I forgot everything else, the all bad things, in the show also in the life so different from the show.
I think, Lu Wu Yi as she said, she loves Ji Ling, Not Chen wen. And I hope she won’t change her mind. I’m interesting what happened back then…When she met him for the first time. Was he just a puppy, or was he real person…? A Chen wen…? It will be a mystery for now…To reveal for later.

* The heartwarming moments have come, before the disaster strikes. ChiWen/JiLing confesses that he IS JiLing, he will give everything to Lu WuYi, because she is so precious to him. And he knows that soon he will forever lose her.

* [JJY x TJR; ManMan x Dizhu]
So theirs backstory was that DiZhu was possessed by evil snake and killed everyone.
Also I feel that Chi wen is starting to be more and more like Ji Ling!

* [Chen Du ling x Joseph, Wu Wang Yan x Wu Shi Guang]
This one is more like slowburn, but I already feel the chemistry! They got so much improved their relationship in CH x QY lifetime! I love how healthy their relationship is.

I’m sorry, but did the director forgot them??!
After the mid of the show, their screen-time increasedly started being low…They had so much potential just to be thrown into the trash bin…. 🗑️🎬
*[Cang Hao x Qing Yi]
It’s killing me, from laughed, so the baby they found is Shiguang, and now they are his parents.
So they spend together 10years…They should get closer each year, more comfortable together being, also Shiguang won’t be so shy with her anymore. The kid is growing great. I think the family is perfect, sadly it won’t be forever, they will soon come out from the “formation, illiussion”
I feel that Wu Wangyan is actually quite happy, after all she wanted this type of life.
I like the flirting sooo muccch. After being wife and husband for 20years accounts should still be set 🤣 So they lived like ordinary couple, for all these years…Grew old together, it was so moving to watch it!

*[CHS x Jolin Jin; Han Ba x Su Jian]
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVE COUPLES, they are so unserious and funny!!!! I like the actress so much, she is so cringey (well she supposed to act like this), but she doesn’t annoy me at all! It’s so funny and sweet! I enjoy her watching so much!
* I feel so sad for Han Ba, he wanted to safe his lover, but brought drought over. And poor WWY, she didn’t understand at the time what truly happened, it wasn’t her fault, neither it was Han Ba fault….

～【Negative】～ 🌱❣️Why not 10?
Because in the first episodes until midway the drama is truly good, but later near end many people are disappointed by not equal billing.
thought I enjoyed this show fully, I was disappointed by Shiguang character...He did nothing to be dragon deity, while other characters sacrificed so much...I mean that his character isn’t fully developed yet to be the dragon deity…Also where did WWY and he disappeared in the second half? it felt that the director not only forgot about them, but later just throwed at him, and said: I'm sorry that I forgot you, here you go you are fated one so you should be the dragon deity.
(Okay I’m a bit overreacting)
I actually think that the ending is right, Chi wen got what he wanted with LWY, which is the best version I could even think. but I still somehow feel weird about ShiGuang and WWY, they deserved more development…

🌱[HAPPY ENDING] 🌱Thank you for reading

P.S. This is one of the shows that actually could have had 40+ episodes! normally I wish that shows would have less episodes, but this is the exceptional of dramas. There were also more than few couples that could have been told more about like Sifeng, also about WWY and other formless moon sisters!

P.S(2) The review is too long so some parts where deleted…(ofcourse the important parts as always)And I don’t remember everything thought I just watched the drama a second ago…So Sad(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) Going to check out for FoF, people said it’s similar!

【2026-04-20 THE END】

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Long awaited drama turns into disaster. Was it worth, the wait?

EP 1-5. This is a long review, so please bear it with me =)
What a waste of young great actors (T ^ T)

I dropped this show after few episode tried to skip and continue, but still couldn’t get into it. No matter what, I couldn’t stop complaining…

The first episode minutes felt great, but then it felt like blank. I should praise Bao Shang En, I saw how much she trained for the wuxia - fighting scenes!

If u don’t wanna read the whole review — The plot, editing and scenes as wells as acting has major problems. Literally — whole dramas.

They're not telling a good story properly,
I’m reading the novel as well — it’s better than the drama.

The exceptions are the cinematography and OST

The background and world-building are unclear, the pacing is chaotic, and the plot keeps jumping, new events appear without any explanation.

the acting is just awful! Maybe it’s not the actors fault, but the scripts…I must say before judging, FL’s lines were excellent, I kept praising her character, but later all the Conversations and dialogues went off, they are always the same…I was dizzy from all this drama. Later it was so unbearable that I just could only forward it. the ML feels under-written. After watching Zhou Yiran's few dramas, TL, Reborn, Wifty and this one, I can say there's something wrong here…His acting is actually good, but here, I can’t say like it is…Is it’s the filming or the scenes that they’re like this? The male lead scenes are just cringy; his dramatic scenes are choppy, and the constant head-cutting makes him seem even worse.

Finally why Iam even here? ^^
The only thing why Iam here, it’s because of the trailer’s chemistry, but rn I just feel cringey.

Maybe it’s too early to judge the drama, but I just can’t otherwise…I keep editing this review while hour, it would be a waste not to post :(

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“There is so much more to tell, 11ep aren’t enough.”

Nine puzzles. Read this if you have already finished, I tried to make it spoiler-free, but in the end, I couldn’t manage, so there are a lot of spoilers!

I think, like in the title I said: “There is so much more to tell, 11 episodes aren’t enough for it”, I think it was a bit too much “condensed”, maybe something was even cut. It has great potential for sequel and prequel! The start felt slow->medium->quick-> SPEED END 🤣I think there should have been more episodes, for more details, like how the killer killed, the whole reason, her life, and then normal ending—not open one.I think the killer has more potential, because right now it feels that the killing doesn’t suit her, there aren’t enough pain for her yet, there should have been more reason, for her to end up like this. like not reasons, but I think she should have been main character also, and then she, the ”killer”, would make the story much better with less plot-holes, and more enjoyable. Maybe then the plot-twist wouldn’t work, but it would halve more “emotions”, “slice of life”

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I just finished it, and readed quite a few reviews/explanations. The most I liked the ending/11episode.

I liked how everything in the end was connected (*even tho not everything, so it wasn’t all connected, there are plot-holes; Like others said, it would have been better if the case were more explained, how the killer killed and the reason), also…It would have been better, if there would be clues for the watcher. If you like plot twist, this is great for you. Before watching it, I read few review, that there was a plot twist, so I almost guessed right who was behind it, even thought zero logical clues until 8-10episode; maybe my intuition is good. But the plot twist wasn’t plot-twisting for me, I think the reason why the killer is killing doesn’t fit right….Because it wasn’t explained why all those people died. I understand some dieds, but others were abit out off…I’m thinking there will definitely should be season 2! And maybe The killer wasn’t the only one involved! Or…She didn’t die…The last died—it might have been killed by the “new” killer! I have theory, that the new killer wanted that Ina would continue doing the case, so after she resigned, he/she gave Ina new puzzles! It might be one of peoples near Ina like her colleagues, so she would be back! I also think Curry mom is involved!because it was mentioned 2times, about how his mom won the lottery, what if it wasn’t the lottery?So the case isn’t finished, not yet…

Honestly the best part of this show is I Na and Curry relationship/friendship.

For anyone who doesn’t have anything to watch, I think this is great show, go watch it! But if you are new k-drama fan, I think there are plenty better psychological thrillers out there.

Extra: https://me.mashable.com/entertainment/56835/nine-puzzles-ending-who-is-the-killer-all-deaths-explained

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