I finished this drama yesterday. I can't believe I plodded through 40 eps only to have HY sacrifice himself for…
Let me add to this because your making sense. I don't get how the 3 demons who cultivated for 1,000s of years lost to a fight with 2 humans that had powers for 2 months. They were supposedly the strongest in their clan. And it's never revealed to Bing Zhu that his sister used demonic powers to help him in his battles. I believe Hong Ye said your a demon yourself but you persecute demons relentlessly. But in the end when she turns into Pianpian she doesn't seem to have any powers. In the beginning Bing Zhu was okay, I was hoping his story arc went along the lines of by becoming friends with Xiao Yao and Hong Ye he would realize not all demons are bad but instead he becomes a bad demon himself. And Hong Ye should have killed him for killing those 3 demons. I agree Bing Zhu should have locked himself up in that cage since he's so obsessed with saving the world but for some reason in the last 10 minutes of the episode he just wants to be with his sister who shares his girlfriends face. I wish they would of went more into detail about how the Demons were so harsh to humans. Because the Humans work endlessly to kill demons and we don't see much of that in Xiaos memory's.
This was more like a historical comedy/life drama to me. I enjoyed it overall. If you like romance dramas they confess their feelings for each other in episode 11 but they get together officially in episode 36 (slowburn). Their is no love triangle. No huge misunderstanding. ML likes FL and it's obvious but FL reflects/ponders their relationship until the end of the drama (ep 36). The historical plot was really good in my opinion ML faces a lot of troubles but he is able to conquer them successfully. Their is a happy ending. Story doesn't drag but if you are watching it solely for the romance it will feel like a drag because it takes a long time for them to get together. Towards the end the themes change starts off as a romance than historical than life than historical than romance again. The last two episodes are basically a conclusion.