Katie Cruz

While I was waiting for more Love in the Clouds episodes, I decided to start watching this. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from it. The song intro pulled me in, though. And I watched Zhou Ye in Legend of the Female General and loved her in that drama. I’ve never seen Back from the Brink spoilers on my feed so it was good that I had no idea what to expect. I saw how Hou Ming Hao acted in Love in the Clouds, so I was a little confused why his acting was a bit wooden here. But you know what? I think that was just from the start because his character needs to be cold after what happened to him. At the beginning, the taoist, Suying from Guanghan sect, was supposed to marry Tianyao, the millennium dragon king. Suying, the evil witch, stabbed him when they met saying their wedding day was his funeral. She dismembered his dragon body and sealed his soul. She wanted the heart protecting scale for the dragon armor she wanted to forge to give to the one she truly loves. It was so painful to watch and I actually cried when the little elves who look like little birds shaped like balls flew around him to patch his scales back. Then Suying killed them. I cried buckets. He made sure Suying wouldn’t be able to get what she wants, so he combined his core along with his heart protecting scale and threw it far away where she wasn’t able to find it. The heart protecting scale ended up with Yanhui, a baby that was abandoned in a basket. Yanhui was saved by the sect leader of Chen Xing mountain and she grew up there and learned a lot of things. I love Yanhui and how brave she was. She had an affinity for monsters. She wasn’t judgmental for who they are. Because of that, the other sect members ridiculed her. The two met and he found out that she has his heart protecting scale. They helped each other along the way and formed a bond. I actually ended up loving this drama. It really tugged on my heart strings especially when she confessed her feelings to him and he just rejected her. He was badly hurt by Suying, so it’ll take time for him to accept love from other people. He doesn’t want to fall in love anymore. Then Tianyao stabbed her twice and she ended up being traumatized whenever he approached her. He had to do that for two good reasons. I was just glad that they got over that and she began trusting him again. When he sacrificed his life by using the life swapping spell to save her, I was like OMG NO DO NOT DIE PLEASE!! You know how much he cares for her. After he dissipated, he turned back into an egg. She went back to Chen Xing mountain to gather all his consciousness. She cared for the dragon egg and it was so cute when the little horns came out. There was so many funny scenes throughout the drama, like when he was taking a bath, Yanhui opened the window and started watching him, then when he hatched from his egg, she looked under the sheets to make sure he wasn’t missing any limbs. She had a big smile on her face after looking, knowing he was naked under the sheets. She’s so silly, I love her. The second male lead was pretty good. Up until the end he really gave himself credit for being a matchmaker between Tianyao and Yanhui. It’s just sad that her Master died but I’m glad she learned the truth and he died protecting the people. He was the only father figure in her life. We didn’t even get to know her origins, like who were parents? Well, I’m actually upset at the ending. It wasn’t satisfying and I’m crying as I speak. They could’ve cut the memory flashbacks and showed more scenes with them at the end. This reminded me of some past dramas where they get reunited for like a minute after one died and got reincarnated. Geez. Anyway, I still enjoyed it regardless. The music was pretty good and it makes my heart bleed with sadness. The whole crew did a wonderful job despite the ending.