KiKo Tsukino

This is my first time watching Arthur Chen/Chen Feiyu on my side here.

I mean, I have known about him since he was cast as Mo Ran in The Immortality which is a Danmei Adaptation to 2HA "The Husky and his White Cat Shizun, and if that drama would have aired(which will never be T.T), I would have gotten to see him as Mo Ran on my side here.

I am still sad that his character as "Mo Ran" was shelved and we never get to see him as Mo Ran with Luo Yunxi as Chu Wanning, but I am happy I have come to find out about this Drama (When Destiny Brings the Demon), because I honestly have no complaints about his acting and portrayal as Sima Jiao.

I love to see more Male Lead like Sima Jiao to be honest, where the Male Lead is powerful, domineering where everyone fears him, even the Female Lead, but then the Male Lead (Sima Jiao) is leaning more towards a "Grey side", where he is neither good or evil, he just will do what he see is his right path. His character kinda reminds me of Tantai Jin as well but only this time he loves a female lead who is devoted to him and is worthy of his love.

Just by judging his character as Sima Jiao, I know he will do his character Moran justice if that drama were to air but overall even if I know Immortality never gets to air I am glad in a parallel sense I get to see his character as Sima Jiao if that makes sense.

I love Sima Jiao from the beginning and I found him awesome/cool when he asserts his power (Spirit Fire), and scheme against those "Righteous" Celestial Cultivators where the 8 Palaces Leader played a role to sealing him for 500 years just because he was from the Sima Clan, and they all fear his Spirit Fire. When he took revenge on those who did that to him, I found him so cool in that scene.

I love Sima Jiao and Liao Tingyan love story and chemistry. I love how Sima Jiao have the ability to use the Truth Spell on those people and get the truth/answers that he asks for, that was so refreshing to see, instead of the typical miscommunication/misleading information. When he use them on Liao Tingyan and most of the time the answers she gave was out of what Sima Jiao expects, it's just so hilarious.

Sima Jiao is a character I came to really love on my side here, and I love his journey with Ting Yan (Female Lead) in this drama, where even when he falls in love with her, he never stopped his plans to take down Shi Qingyv (who is the mastermind to his suffering for all this time).

While the story involving their love journey have it's ups and downs, but I do see that this is a pairing that goes through life and death and is always united as one, even in their soul manor, they have formed a very intimate relationship between the main pairing.

Overall I really enjoy the drama, but if I have to be totally honest, I just wish the ending was done better. I was never one who support Open Ending on my side here, especially not after all they've been through. I wanted a more conclusive happy ending and I wish they would have gotten their happy ending in the Xianxia(Sima Jiao world). I don't like an ending that raises more questions for me because I wanted a more conclusive closure for my favourite couple.

In the end, it raises questions for me, because this whole time while it happened in Sima Jiao world, in Zou Yan world (where she was Liao Tingyan when she transmigrated, only lasted for 1 day at most, then what actually happened in the end, when we saw the him in the modern world, was that really Sima Jiao that transmigrated to Zou Yan(Female Lead world) in the end? Because he did said no matter what he will find her again. I really want to believe that is Sima Jiao at the end, and I wish they will have a continuation in the Modern world. I need another drama between Arthur Chen/Chen Feiyu and Wang Ying Lu in a Modern Romance setting!! I really enjoyed their chemistry, and I hope they will have another Modern Romance Drama together. One where Arthur Chen/Chen Feiyu carry the same hairstyle as the ending to this Drama (When Destiny Brings the Drama).

Overall I give this drama a 9.5/10. It lost 0.5 because I honestly wish the ending was a better/happier one in a conclusive way, oh well. I guess it does bring out that theme that his love for her can transcend the three realms if he can go to her world like that in the end, and I am inclined to believe that is really Sima Jiao at the end, because he did promise her that he will find her again, and the ending before she "dies" she said she live in a world that is beyond the three realms. Even, when time works differently in Zou Yan(Female Lead) world when compared to Sima Jiao world, but he managed to find a way in the end, so they got their happy ending in the Modern Setting.