KiKo Tsukino

This is better than MTC (Mirror a Tale of Twin Cities) at least

This was a nice story, and a fun watch. It is separated into two parts though, so I am going to review this in Part 2 instead of Part 1, my review consists of both part 1 and 2.

While both Mirror: 'A Tale of Twin Cities' and 'The Blue Whisper' have the ML being Merman, I personally love/enjoyed The Blue Whisper story, characters in the overall better. And thanks to 'The Blue Whisper', I am enlightened about Merman LOL, since before all this, I thought Mermaid are all one gender being 'female'. So watching the Blue Whisper is very insigntful.

Also, this is the first time I would say that in terms of drama adaptations, they did a good job following through the plots in the novel, although there are definitely changes between the two, Novel vs Drama, some changes are for the better, some for the worst.

The positive change in the Drama (when compared to the Novel) for me:
- The love between Yunhe and Chang Yi, I love their love better in the drama, where they have Yunhe and Chang Yi shared mutual love/feelings for each other earlier than the novel, because in the novel, Yunhe and Chang Yi didn't get together that early on in the story. I also love the added date between them just before Yunhe "betrayed" Chang Yi to protect him from being captured.

- Li Shu and San Yue love, oh man, I love their love in the drama!! Their story made me fall in love with them!!! In the novel, I didn't feel anything for them the way I did in the drama, so when Li Shu "died" in the novel, it was pretty much 'meh' to me, but in the drama, I actually felt sad and cried, where I didn't want Li Shu to die, and when he came back in the drama; I wanted him to have a happy ending with San Yue, because they deserves that happiness in the end. I consider that a happy ending for them at least in the drama, even when Li Shu forgets, but there's still hope, unlike the novel...

- Kong Ming and Luo Luo - I read that the actor to Kong Ming had a lot of complaints about his look to playing the character? Well, while I do agree he's not handsome, but he's actually better looking than how I imagine his character to be in the novel as I was reading, and in terms of their relationship/love, I prefer and love it better in the drama for sure, and I was like "wow, when they had that intimate kiss" o///o [they had one before Chang Yi and Yunhe LOL, the main pair needs to catch up LOL]

- Jade Pheonix and her lover (sorry I forgot their name) - I actually love Jade Pheonix character, so I was sad with what happened to her in the novel, so I definitely didn't like/support what happened to her in the novel. I hated Shunde so much because of this, so I am thankful this didn't happen in the drama, as a matter of fact, I consider this to be her happy ending with her lover in the drama, which I am glad for.

What I don't like about the change in the drama (when compared to the novel) for me:

- I didn't like in the beginning of the drama, Yunhe character was portrayed to be manipulative, and she have the intention to use Chang Yi to gain San Yue's trust in her help of escape, and when Chang Yi asked Yunhe why she's so nice to him, she replied "It's because I love you", when at that time, she only said it to gain San Yue's trust, so she was using Chang Yi then. I didn't like that in the drama, the novel her was more sincere, where she never thought of wanting to use Chang Yi and make use of Chang Yi's trust there.

- I don't like how they changed Hao Qing's character in the drama, that is definitely a minus appeal to me, in the novel, he sees her like a sister, and I especially didn't like how he was manipulated and controlled by Shunde in the drama like that, especially when in the novel, he wasn't controlled... So yeah, sorry, not my cup of tea for this change...

- I didn't like the added Fox girl (whatever her name was, don't remember), to be added to the LT, it's like we don't already have enough misunderstandings, but at least she became a reasonable character later where she just accepted and wish them happiness.

- I personally didn't like how Yunhe (before she "dies") she chose to go with Hao Qing, because that have hurted Chang Yi, and made him misunderstood her further, and her recklessness had push Chang Yi in a difficult situation later, when she rebounded the fox king's powers and ended in his death... Since they have a war happening, and because of what happened, Chang Yi gave back his powers to that Fox Girl so he doesn't owe her anything, so yeah, I didn't like Yunhe's decisions where she goes with Hao Qing. It's like in Chang Yi's eyes, se chose Hao Qing over Chang Yi. Understanding =/= to liking how that scene was played out.

For the main pairing Yunhe and Chang Yi, I do think they have good chemistry, but if I am going to be honest here, their kisses didn't really make me fangirl for them. Ironically I actually felt more on Kong Ming and Luo Luo intimate kiss and San Yue and Li Shu kiss than compared to Yunhe and Chang Yi. The only time I felt something (like a 'good effort') was (1) the scene when Chang Yi gave Yunhe his spiritual powers so she can survive longer and (2) their wedding night. But I think Allen needs more practice with the kissing scenes since he's good at acting emotional scenes, but not so much on the kissing scenes (don't hate me for saying this, just being honest here), ignoring this though, I do love Chang Yi and Yunhe as a pairing.

I think in the overall, the pairings, I like it better portrayed in the drama when compared to the novel, even when the novel have it's nice moments, but yeah, like I said some changes were for the better, some for the worst, and I have just listed some examples above. I like all the pairings (Li Shu and San Yue ; Kong Ming and Luo Luo ; Jade Pheonix and her lover) ending in the drama better, with the exception to Yunhe and Chang Yi, honestly, to me, I don't mind in a pairing when one side have to wait for the other, I usually find that touching/romantic, however, in The Blue Whisper, I find it just so unnecessary, and just make me go 'What the f*ck' at it. They could have done it so differently, and save all this 'waiting' like in the novel, so in terms of the transition to the ending for Chang Yi and Yunhe, the novel ending tops the drama ending for me. I mean, why oh why did they have to make it the 'tragic route' where Chang Yi have to wait 300 years for Yunhe!!!!! In the novel it was her clone that sacrifice, so Yunhe and Chang Yi can get their happy ending right away, but this???? Omg... And yeah, I mark it down to 9/10 because some changes I didn't like in the drama, and that ending where Yunhe decides to be sealed in with Shunde was one of them, like, are you serious?! You did that much to follow the novel , why can't you just have her clone instead?? And that scene, how she fall down, it felt like a contrast to when Chang Yi fell down the cliff there. The script writers sure is cruel to make Chang Yi wait for her like that...Still, I didn't like how the script writers have Yunhe go down that volcanic pit and Chang Yi sealed her inside with Shunde because imo, it was really, really stupid... They really should have followed the novel instead, I like that part in the novel better... I mean, why do you have to add more pain for Chang Yi/this pairing, and have Chang Yi wait for her for all those long, endless nights?! Haven't Chang Yi (this pairing) suffered enough?! To add onto this, I didn't like it because their ending felt so vague, i.e. they didn't even show us a moment, when Yunhe came back to Chang Yi (came out of that place), and HOW did Yunhe got her mermaid tail, when she's a nine-tail fox??? That wasn't explained, and I am like "HUH??!"

Rewatch Value: This drama, doesn't have the same magical/magnetic pull to make me want to watch the whole thing again after the drama ended, like some dramas do, and to name a few that made me want to rewatch again because I have withdrawal symptoms is: Ancient Love Poetry, Ten Miles Peach Blossom, Eternal Love of Dream, And the Winner is Love, and Love and Redemption.

So for The Blue Whisper, I will say that it's worth rewatching but right now, I'm good, I probably will rewatch this one day, but on the scenes I love, when I have time. Just not now, now, I am watching Who rules the world.

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This was an enjoyable watch that got me into E-Sports!

I got into watching this because of Xu Kai, since he's become one of my favourite actors, and I wanted to watch something while waiting for Ancient Love Poetry episodes to be uploaded. So I decided to watch this one. The story did started off slow at first for me, and the romance takes a bit slow to build into the story, but the characters/story is really loveable. I love ZGDX and the members in there are all very loveable to me. The second couple story, is quite enjoyable too.

Once again, Xu Kai acting on his character, Lu Si Cheng does not disappoint, I love how he leads his team and give advises when they are doing playing E-sports against other players, he can be quite intimating at times hahaha XDD But when he smiles, and when he acts sweets, he's very adorable to me. He have a very nice smile IMO. I also love the way he expresses his love for Tong Yao, like he is really good at showing me, that when he starts to love her (which you can evidently see it), he really does these little things to show his love, which is nice, and honestly I don't have any complaints about his love for her.

But for Tong Yao, I don't know, I feel like she lacks something for me, I feel like the way she shows me her 'in love' with Lu Si Cheng, I don't really feel the chemistry, well aside from the story says that they're together and she loves him, I don't get that from the actress, Cheng Xiao, in expressing her love. So that's something I don't quite enjoy. But ignoring that, I don't mind the pair, they are still enjoyable to me, thanks to Xu Kai's great acting, and his ability to show his emotions/love when portraying his character.

The ending finale, of the Esports game, against YQCB in the finals championships, have me at the edge of my seat, in terms of how the game ended, it was done beautifully, no complaints there! But in terms of the main cp ending, it is more of an happy open ending, so that was not very satisfying if I was fan to that pair, but since I am not, then it's okay for me, no hard feelings (lol), since I know that they will be together, if I was a fan to the pair Lu Si Cheng and Tong Yao, then I would have wanted a closure for them since that's a must when it comes to my favourite pairing. But the second couple got their happy ending since they got their wedding, so that was nice.

Rewatch Value: I will be rewatching this again from time to time, since it's an enjoyable watch for me. If you're interested in giving something light-hearted to watch, you can check out this drama!

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Thank you for giving me this drama to heal my heart from Ashes of Love

For me personally, I felt like this drama was meant for Leo Luo, who once played his role as Run Yu in Ashes of Love, and I am extremely thankful for the directors for choosing Leo Luo to play as the main male lead in this drama.

Yes, a lot of familiar faces from Ashes of Love, Leo Luo (who played as Run Yu), Yukee Chen (who played as Liu Ying) and Zhou Ting Wei (who played as Mu Ci).

I came to find out this drama through searching Leo Luo's profile since I wanted to watch something that can heal my heart from how his character (Run Yu) was poorly mistreated in Ashes of Love, and I am thankful I came across this drama.

In this drama, I can get what I want for Run Yu, because the things he couldn't get in Ashes of Love, he got in this drama instead, i.e.
- There are more people around him who cares for him and his well-being
- There are people who speaks up for him
- Him whole-heartedly loving and sacrificing for a woman who deserves his love in return.
- Having a father and sister who cares for him sincerely

There are parallel and similarities ofcourse between the two characters Leo Luo played in both dramas (Ashes of Love vs And the Winner is Love) ofcourse and the similarities is, he is an illegitimate son, but unlike his father in Ashes of Love who didn't love his mother (and took her virginity) and didn't love his own son Run Yu to be willing to sacrifice for him, in 'And the Winner is Love', his father loves his mother dearly and he will sacrifice his own life to protect his own son. The two love he received from the fathers in their respective stories is different. One is selfish (Ashes of Love) and one is someone who loves his son and wants what is best for him (And the Winner is Love).

Another similarity is Zhou Ting Wei played the character who is beside Yukee Chen (as a body guard) as well, but unlike in Ashes of Love, in this one, she only saw him like her brother (family), not a lover sense.

Leo Luo really can act, I love how he perfected his role as Shangguan Tou with his emotions, and you can say I purposely jumped into this drama, and am watching this for him, because I love his character in Ashes of Love. To me, I consider this a 'healing to my heart', because like I said, things I wanted to see for him when he played as Run Yu, I get to have in this drama instead, and to me, this is like an extension to Ashes of Love, in an AU universe, different time line, the character played by Leo Luo, who shares similar costume, hair style get to have his happy ending in this one. And can be happy, that's all I wanted for him, to be HAPPY.

There are times I am subconsciously comparing the love he holds for the woman he loves, and at least in this drama, the sacrifice and love he put into the woman he loves (i.e. Xue Zhi) can accept and return his love, so I love that. It's like whenever Shangguan Tou asked Xue Zhi which shows his love for her, and when Xue Zhi accepts and reciprocate his love in return, and then seeing him smile and happy, makes me happy (and made me wish something like this happened in Ashes of Love instead)

I am sorry I am NOT betraying you Liu Ying and Mu Ci, LOL, but in 'And the Winner is Love', I came to love the main pairing 'Xuezhi and Shangguan Tou' so much that I just want them to be happy. Personally, I actually like his character, Mu Ci better, because his character 'Yu Wen Mu Yuan' actually took advantage of something, which I don't want to spoil and for that I am not very proud of.

For Xue Zhi (Female Lead), I also would like to say there was a period of time I didn't really like her on my end, because she have disappointed me to a certain point.... Since, she didn't believe in her Tou Gege, when he needed her trust and belief the most, and when he wanted to explain to her, she didn't give him that chance to, so that really annoyed me to be honest. But then, what she showed me afterwards, after she came to realize the whole truth, i.e. how much she actually loves Shangguan Tou, made me forgave her LOL. But with that all said, I do see that Xue Zhi is someone who makes mistakes, yes, and that is fine, because humans made mistakes, at least for her, she actually learned from it, and won't repeat that mistake again so that makes her loveable.

The story is about the sects and governments, so it's a mix of both, but I have to say, I really love Shangguan Tou character, his acting doesn't disappoint, and I love how charming he is in this one, I also love how gentlemanly he is, especially when it comes to Xue Zhi. All in all, his character doesn't disappoint, I love how he uses his fan as his weapon, and imo, he and Xue Zhi (played by Yukee Chen) have chemistry!

This story definitely have it's flaws indeed, but in the overall, I am giving it a 9.5/10, because like I said, this drama is a 'healing to my heart', and ignoring some certain scenes I didn't quite like/enjoyed and wish was done better, I still love and enjoyed this drama very much.

I am sad that some characters died, and I didn't wish that they did, but I am glad some characters I came to love didn't die. And honestly, considering Feng Zi didn't die, yet Xia Qingmei killed himself (because he thought Feng Zi died)... made his death be for nothing, so that was rather "Uh, what?" to me when it happened, which kinda gives me the 'Romeo x Juliet' vibe.. With that said, I wish that part was done differently though.

Rewatch Value: 10/10
Leo Luo and Yukee Chen have great chemistry in this one when they played their characters, so their scenes is definitely on my rewatch list. I am rewatching this again on my end, so - it's already on my rewatch list.

Music: 10/10 - I love the music in this one. Some I really love and have downloaded and listened to this as a playlist that make me remember the scenes in this drama.

I honestly wish this wasn't a 48 episode drama, the irony, because I think 63 episodes for Ashes of Love is too long, yet, for 'And the Winner is Love' being 48 episodes is too short, wish it was longer, but I guess when it comes to something you enjoy and love, you just don't want it to end, that's how I feel about this drama on my end. To me, between Ashes of Love and And the Winner is Love, the REAL WINNER between these two dramas, preference-wise and the story between the two main pairing, 'And the Winner is Love' is my preference, because I love Shannguan Tou who respected and is patience with Xue Zhi, and I love how Xue Zhi came to go through that character development, to become stronger and mature later, and become smarter by putting two and two together to figure out the whole truth, it's all part of her character development. At least the female lead in this one, actually works hard to cultivate and become stronger, so that was nice to see, not like the other female lead (Jin Mi), but I won't mention about her in here.

To me, I actually don't understand the low ratings for this drama LOL. It's like, drama's who doesn't deserve a high rating (Ashes of Love) got a high rating, but dramas who does (And the Winner is Love) got a low rating, well for me, I did learn something in the end, everyone have different preferences, you either love or you hate. Anyways, despite this is an underrated drama by those who voted below average(not that I understand lol), IMO, this is still far better than Ashes of Love where the 'main pairing' ; 'male lead' and 'female lead' is concerned. So with that all said, And the Winner is love is definitely worth the watch, especially to those who are fans of Run Yu in Ashes of Love, because in this, he is at least treated better by the writers.

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Hot, Passionate love with great chemistry!

I've watched quite a few Short dramas before, but this is among the first, if not the first short drama where I felt like doing up a review, to support my love towards this hidden gem.

To be honest, short dramas are usually something I want to avoid due to it being short drama for a reason and it always lack those developments that I enjoy when compared to the long dramas. When I said long dramas, I meant each episode have like around 40 something minutes.

But Facebook has been recommending me this drama and when I saw clips on it, I recognized the actor Li Dai Kun, so I've decided to check it out for Li Dai Kun and I'm glad I did because this drama made me love and appreciate his acting to a whole new level!

This isn't the first time I've seen Li Dai Kun. The first time I've noticed him was in Word of Honour where he played as the Scorpion King(personally, I never disliked his character in there, quite the contrary, he's among the character I like XD), the second drama I've seen him in was in The Journey of Chongzi as Mu Yu/Tian Zhixie. He is among my favourite character in The Journey of Chongzi.

So yes, when I noticed that Li Dai Kun also acted in this drama, I wanted to give this short drama a chance, which I'm glad I did because, Yes, the trailers, title and tags can be off-putting or even triggering for some, but it's more than what is shown in those trailers.

I love how the couple in this story actually had a back story between them, because that imo, gives them more depth and want viewers to find out what actually happened between them. Their break up was due to a misunderstanding caused by the crown prince.. I also felt a lot of sympathy towards Li Cong Huan (played by Shao Yu Qi) and Mo Jin (played by Li Dai Kun) respectively because they both loved each other deeply but was also deeply hurt by each other at the same time.

The stabbing scene really hurt me and made me cry for Mo Jin (ML), that got to say something despite this being a short drama, that the actor and actress did a really great job in portraying their scenes here. While that stabbing scene hurts, but I love the scenes that played out afterwards. It's the development and direction that I love. Their misunderstanding didn't drag out and I personally love that as their misunderstanding was cleared in episode 14.

Oh, I have to say that the pairing scene is passionately hot. Li Dai Kun is definitely going on my list of good kissers!

I am also glad that despite it being a short drama it had a happy ending. Definitely better ending than some of the long running series ending in my eyes. This pairing love story and journey, despite it being a short drama is worth the watch if you want to take a break from those long running dramas. Each episodes is around 20 minutes so it is just about right. Not too long or not too short.

After watching this drama, I search up Li Dai Kun profile and found "Bell Ringing", and decided to give that drama a go and I also love that drama. Although the ending was bittersweet it is still better than some forced bad ending that didnt make sense(yes, I'm looking at you, "Beautiful Lie" -_-).

But anyways, my rating for this drama is on the scale of other short dramas which is more lenient when compared to the long running series. Even so, it is definitely a drama that I intend to rewatch again on my end. I'm glad that Li Dai Kun character in this drama have a happy ending, since I'm still very sad with how he got a sad ending in The Journey of Chongzi (Tian Zhixie!! T^T)

Honestly, Li Dai Kun is such a versatile actor, he is really great with those subtle expression and expression sad scenes. He deserves more recognition and should be cast in more leading roles. I would love to see him in a modern drama on my end, but he looks great in both IMO, and he's really handsome in this drama (Mistaken Love).

I actually rewatched The Journey of Chongzi again because of this drama, how it made me miss him and want to see and rewatched his other dramas!

Thank you to both Li Daikun and Shao Yu Qi for bringing your characters to life with your great acting and chemistry!

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Recommending this to all MDZS Fans! (It's actually better than I initially thought!)

Well, this is going to be one hell of a long review, so be warn of spoilers! xD So if you don't want to read spoilers, just skip this review!

Knowing this adaptation is based on my favourite novel 'Mo Dao Zu Shi' by MXTX, at first with the rumours flying around how they were going to make Wen Qing the love interest, I was so annoyed, and I told myself, I am NOT going to watch this!!! Because Wangxian is the ONLY ONE FOR ME!!! How dare they trying to make it heteronromative!!! But when this started airing, and also because I have also follow other online social media sites, I heard fans said that the first episode doesn't disappoint when it comes to Wangxian side of things, so I decided to just check out one episode to see what it's like, and wa-lah! Just one episode in, and I'm sold! Wangxian is indeed strong in the first episode, coming from Wei Ying's pov, and I actually love that change they put in showing just how Wei Ying feels about Lan Zhan <3

To be honest, there are definitely changes in this adaptation (when comparing to the novel), some changes are for the better, some weren't. Well, it's the same as each version have it's pros and cons, and I accept that.

E.g.

Likes:
- Jiang Cheng's character for me, in this adaptation, I actually love him better, whereas in the novel, I didn't really like him until the end, when he changed. Jiang Cheng is actually a positive change in this adaptation for me, because I love seeing him showing concern/care for Wei Ying like a family member (and not as a subordinate kind of feeling which I got in the novel). There are instances when Jiang Cheng showed me he cares, I just can't help but like him more in this adaptation. I love how he go against what his father said, and still went out to seek Wei Ying (when Wei Ying went out on that journey with Lan Zhan) and bring him back (because he was worried about him), that's plus points for me. While others may not like the Jiang Cheng x Wen Qing ship, for me personally, I do love it, despite that ship went no where in the end, because it is through this ship, that makes me like Jiang Cheng better, since he shows that he doesn't hate all Wen's. (Wen Qing excluded).

- Another change I love about this adaptation is how strong they made Wei Ying and Lan Zhan's bond is, even in the past, I love how Wei Ying doesn't set a clear line with Lan Zhan, I love how Wei Ying actually welcomes Lan Zhan to help him, and I love how he actually shows me that he really cares how Lan Zhan sees him, i.e. Lan Zhan's trust on him, means a lot to Wei Ying, and I love that, you can really feel how happy he was when Lan Zhan shows he trust him, similarly, how sad/disappointed he was when Lan Zhan shows his doubts. So, yeah that was a change I welcome in this adaptation.

- Wei Ying and Sizhui relationship, I love their whole reunion, and how Sizhui remembered, that whole scene was really touching to me <3

Dislikes:
- I didn't like how instead of calling out "Lan Zhan" (like in the novel) when Wei Ying was held captive by Jiang Cheng and when Fairy was drawing nearer to him, Wei Ying called out "Shijie", that's actually left a bitter taste for me, because I love that moment in the novel. Since I find that something subtle to show just how much Wei Ying can rely and trust in Lan Zhan to subconsciously call out his name when he needs help.

- I didn't like how they downgrade Wei Ying's powers, because in the novel, he's stronger than this. I was most upset because Wei Ying is supposed to be the FOUNDER of this path, NOT some stupid Wen's, and how SuShe out-did Wei Ying (through the help of Jin GuangYao) at Nightless City, and when Wen Ning lost control, I just literally swore, because OMG, I will be less bitter if this was Xue Yang or Jin Guang Yao, but seriously, that scum, SuShe?!

- Poor NMJ got robbed of his screentime as a fierce corpse, they really tamed down the whole theme of what makes it 'MDZS' when it comes to those fierce corpse (bye bye Fierce Corpse NMJ :( ) Bye, bye, painted eyes, blood bath granny/Wen Remnants...

- I will never understand (due to plot inconsistency) why it took Lan Zhan 3 years to go down and find Wei Ying's body, when in the novel, he went right away after he found out. I know it's because of the discipline whips (and this is another change I didn't like, I didn't like they change the reason behind Lan Zhan's discipline whips, Ok, I know why Lan Zhan got it, but the novel touched me more). So this is why I am personally glad they never bring up the reaosn why Lan Zhan got the brand mark(scar) on his chest, since I don't want them to distort the original meaning. Just leave it there, to show LZ love, but novel fans will know the reason without an explanation. I am fine without an explanation in CQL. Anyways, when Wei Ying fell down the cliff, Lan Zhan clearly didn't have the discipline whips yet, but did he seriously not went down to search for Wei Ying's body, right away? This doesn't make sense to me.

- Lan Zhan's decision in the end where he just 'suddenly' decides he can't travel with Wei Ying, even when Wei Ying never think of walking separate paths with Lan Zhan, since he was thinking where they will be going next. I don't know but this is really just OOC to me when it comes to Lan Zhan's feelings, and Wangxian pov, when compared to the novel. Sadly because of what I have been shown here, I just can't take him as MDZS Lan Zhan anymore :( I personally didn't like why he can't do this together with Wei Ying, I didn't like that it comes from Lan Zhan to make this decision, because this doesn't fit my understanding to Lan Zhan's character (in canon), By that time in canon, heck even when Wei Ying came back into MXY body, he don't want to leave Wei Ying side again, and the irony here is, CQL! Lan Zhan did said that he regret not staying by Wei Ying side during Nightless City, but in that final episode, Lan Zhan's decision hinting to 'each to their own paths'... Just felt out of place, and I felt like it was a slap to the face, for those who actually believed in him for always staying by Wei Ying side T.T No matter how much fans shed light, that moment just really hurted/disappointed me on a personal level and it's really heartbreaking. Wei Ying was sad/hurt, but he is trying to be understanding, I am too, but I just can't, you know, like what I was shown in that moment. I just wish that it didn't have to come to this, even if it's temporary, or it didn't come from Lan Zhan.... I know Lan Zhan have things he needs to do, and he's honoring the promise that they made together, but here's the thing, their wish is the same, can they not do this together? Anyways, I just can't like it because for me, I RATHER THEY DO THIS TOGETHER!. In CQL, I can take any heart-break, but this, really hurted me so much that I can't really accept it...

ENDING:
When I first watched the ending, I was really confused, because I didn't understood if there was a time-skip or not, but after others pointing this out, I went back and watched it and realized they indeed made it very very very subtle about this, and I'm like, I wish they made it clearer T.T But then again, I guess they are trying to play if safe and make it ambiguous, So, for me, I am very thankful to Xiao Zhan (who plays Wei Ying) by reassuring us, when he said:

"In the end he's still smiling because the light he has been waiting for has finally arrived"

And I find that so romantic, because this really confirms and emphasize that Lan Zhan is his light, and that whether Lan Zhan returns or not, this is how Wei Ying feels, i.e. he will continue to wait for him <3

In terms of ending goes, I understand it is a HE, and I'm honestly extremely glad that they stayed true to Wangxian, and managed to give us a HE by having Lan Zhan return to Wei Ying, even though we don't see them standing side by side, but there's no doubt that, the person who called out "Wei Ying" at the end was Lan Zhan. I still prefer to see them standing side by side before the credits roll, but I'll take this calling out "Wei Ying" over nothing at all.

While there may be some parts I wish was done better (for all said), but taking this like an AU is not so bad, I come to appreciate this ending in a different light, because through their separation, and when Wei Ying plays their song (Wangxian/Wuji), it really does connect him to Lan Zhan, because it shows me how much he actually misses Lan Zhan, and I love that, the whole yearning, the whole waiting, and how Lan Zhan can find Wei Ying again, no matter how far apart they may be, is just simply romantic.

There is a lot of sub-text, and hints showing how strong Wangxian is, where they referred to each other as 'Soulmates', and I love that.

Actors - 10/10 for me, I love both Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo as Wei Ying and Lan Zhan. At first I wasn't convinced with the casts, but when I got into the drama, I just came to love them and I have grateful to both Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo for their great chemistry that makes it very fun to watch! Xiao Zhan is awesome for understanding Wei Ying's character indepth! And he is the perfect RL human Wei Ying for me! Wang Yibo is awesome for bringing out a natural Lan Zhan that I can appreciate, and he deserve an award for this, because Lan Zhan, imo, is a very difficult character to play, but Wang Yibo expresses his emotions very well in this area! <3

Music: I fell in love with Wuji/Wangxian, and knowing that it's sang by Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo makes me love this song more!

Ofcourse, the other character songs are nice too!! <3

Rewatch Value = Definitely! I am rewatching this again on my end anyways! <3 In this review I just wanted to be honest, because there are indeed things I didn't quite like and wish was done better, but when looking at all this censorship, I can't really put it against CQL since they really, really did their best in remaining faithful to the original source, and for that, I am forever grateful. They really didn't have to give us that HE, but they did, and I'm grateful to them for giving me this (otherwise, I wouldn't have liked it). Looking at this in an adaptation pov, it's definitely a good adaptation, and I feel like it has taken a life of it's own in their world (kinda like an AU), and I do recommend this to all those MDZS fans, and don't worry about queer-baiting on Wangxian, because I can guarantee you, Wangxian is the only one in this series, and that is why I love this live-action on my end, because they stayed faithful to Wangxian despite all the odds, so I am grateful for them.

Personally I love the novel better in terms of overall story, consistency and the ending for Wangxian, but I still love/enjoy CQL on my end, because they were able to bring out something, which made me love/appreciate and made me so head over heels in love with this drama, that I wouldn't even mind streaming on my phone using my phone data! I am sad that it has ended! But at the same time, I'm happy because now I don't need to worry about 'the ending' or 'anything bad happening to this drama'. I'm just happy that this drama was able to aired smoothly. Honestly without all these restrictions, I do believe that CQL would have been even better than it is now!

So in the end, I do recommend this to all MDZS fans, and please don't hate on this drama, because it's still great in it's own way!! Don't make this a novel fan vs CQL fan because, that's just sad! Enjoy it for the love, and that we can get this masterpiece adapted, even when it's loosely based on canon, but CQL did their best to give us so much, so let's just be grateful to the cast/production team! <3

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Thank you TianZiyu for bringing out the best Chi Cheng and Wei Wei for me, you will be missed!

It actually took me a lot of hours and time to put my feelings into this review, so bear with me, it's going to be long. I actually never intended my review to be long, but it always just happens when I come to expressing things I love, and how I just wanted this review to really express how I feel about my overall journey while chasing this drama.

FIRST IMPRESSION ₊ ⊹❀
When I first started this drama, I didn't think I will love it this much. I started with low expectations since I know this was a Chinese BL, so with that in mind, I thought the best we will ever get was just a peck on the lips or just hugs etc, and I was even mentally prepared we wouldn't get any of that, but how they portrayed the character relationship between the main pairing Chi Cheng and Wei Wei right from the beginning, just really make me question 'how did this even pass censorship'? I am not saying this is bad, because quite the contrary, I was pleasantly surprise, because I didn't think it would be possible for Chinese actors to film this. This was then, around the same time, I realized that this drama was not aired in the Chinese Platform, but was aired internationally instead.

So in terms of first impression, it really started on a very good note for me, what I didn't expect to get, I got at the beginning, and this drama really did hook me into the story, because I was really captivated by the main pairing: Chi Cheng and Wei Wei (ChengWei) chemistry, and it made me really look forward to their developments story, and how they will be developed as a pairing as the story progresses.

I also really like and enjoy the 2nd Pairing: Guo Chengyu and Jiang Xiao Shuai story as well and I have a soft spot when it comes to pairing being developed as '2 Best Friends on one side getting into a relationship with 2 Best Friends on the other side'. Because, I like the that concept where all 4 (the 2 pairing) can be happy, like a happy family kind of sense, without the unnecessary LT.

Although Revenged Love isn't the first BL adaptation I watched, considering I have watched The Untamed, Word of Honour and The Spirealm before, but Revenged Love is actually the first Real Boys Love drama I watched. So, this will always hold a special place in my heart. What I mean by ‘First Real Boys Love Drama?’, when I said that, I meant there is an actual on-screen kiss scene between two male actors, and it completely took me by surprise by the beginning half of the story, because they were so bold with the whole passion between Chi Cheng and Wei Wei, that you can really feel their chemistry right from the start. Like how can two people just standing next to each other and the way they look at each other can radiate so much chemistry between them? But hey! I am so not complaining here! This just makes it all the more enjoyable and why I love the main pairing (ChengWei) so much!

CHARACTERS & ACTING ₊ ⊹❀
The Casting is also completely new to me as well, since I have never seen any of their previous works before. Maybe I would have for Tian Xuning if Eternal Faith ever gets released since he did play as my favourite character, He Xuan (Earth Master) which is a drama adapted from the novel Tian Gu Ci Fu

Tian Xuning as Chi Cheng
Chi Cheng is the Male Lead in Revenged Love, where his character introduction at the beginning was presented to be like a 'mafia' type of aura, and he doesn't tolerate those who betrays him. He was also raised from a very wealthy family, and from the beginning, he was also shown to really love snakes on his side, and he keeps them like they are his precious babies.

While some may have problems with snakes in this drama, I personally don't find anything off-putting about it, I mean, I even came to like Xiao Cubao a lot.

Tian Xuning portrayal of Chi Cheng had proven how he was made for this role. His acting ability is praise worthy. I found no problems with his acting performance as he delivered his character well. I fell in love with Tian as Chi Cheng on my side from the beginning, I found his character interesting and charismatic, although I will be honest, I don't like people who smoke but for Tian I am totally fine with him, maybe because I am bias :P, or he looks so hot when he does it? I don't know but he has this magnetic charm that pulls me in, and his character overall is my favourite in this drama. He also has a lot of layers that I love, and I felt like he is quite misunderstood where people don’t understand this from his perspective why he did what he did, but Tian really did an amazing job bringing the character Chi Cheng to life, and I am forever grateful I came to love him in this drama, because I will always remember him through this drama!

Also, I felt like Chi Cheng is not an easy character to portray, but with how Tian played this character, you really can’t hate Chi Cheng! I certainly don’t because he made me feel for this character, his micro expression and how he expresses those scenes really made me love/appreciate that he was the one chosen to play as Chi Cheng. No doubt in my mind that there is anyone who can play a better Chi Cheng than Tian Xuning did! Tian Xuning is THE perfect Chi Cheng for me!

One of my favourite scenes from Chi Cheng, is the scene when he first cried in the drama, it felt so real/genuine with how he expresses his heartbreak/sadness and how he wanted to hold back his tears (in the car), yet he couldn’t in the end, I really can feel those emotions and how hurt he felt in that moment. If people don’t see Tian’s acting capabilities, then they surely can feel it in that scene alone!

Zi Yu as Wu Suo Wei | Wei Wei
Wu Suo Wei is the Main Character, and the Protagonist in this story. He actually has like 4 names in this drama, his real character name: Wu Qi Qiong (which he hardly used), his changed name: Wu Suo Wei, Da Bao(which is the first nickname Chi Cheng calls him), and Wei Wei.

For me, since out of all 4 names, I personally love to call him "Wei Wei" better, so I will just refer him as Wei Wei in my review.

Wei Wei was raised in a single-family house-hold from his mother, and at the beginning when he found out that Chi Cheng was dating his ex girlfriend and those situations where Chi Cheng ruined his plan, which was not intentional on Chi Cheng side, but because Wei Wei misunderstood, he actually formed this misconception on him, and he plotted a revenge to get back at Chi Cheng and also Yue Yue for breaking up with him. His plan was to have Chi Cheng fall in love with him, chase after him and then dump him. Well, that was his original intention, but we know it won't always go as plan especially when you know they are going to be a couple in this drama.

What appears to have started with ill intention from Wei Wei side had evolved into something more when he came to fall in love with Chi Cheng. His character actually has a lot of growth in that sense, because he went from someone who he thinks is straight to someone who is gay for Chi Cheng.

When I first found out that Zi Yu was just a backup actor to play this role, because he wasn't originally chosen for this character, it actually made me feel sorry for him, but I am glad that he persisted and tried again, and in the end, we got him to play as Wei Wei in this drama, because he really lightens up the atmosphere, he can be so goofy at times, but in a very hilarious way, and despite his young age, his acting was very good when he played out those emotional scenes. He really sold me to his character as Wei Wei. I love how he brings out his own version of Wei Wei, that made him loveable to me when compared to the Novel. So, similar to how I feel for Tian as Chi Cheng, no one can replace how I feel, that Ziyu is the perfect choice to play as Wei Wei in Revenged Love! I am glad though, since Ziyu and Tian really have that natural chemistry that I really love!

PAIRING CHEMISTRY ₊ ⊹❀
Tian Xuning (Chi Cheng) and Zi Yu (Wei Wei) ~
Chi Cheng and Wei Wei, as a pairing really has been through A LOT in this drama. Their story started off as two individuals, where Wei Wei was the one who made Chi Cheng fall for him due to his Revenged Plot, and yes, Chi Cheng did fell in love with him, where you can see these subtle changes in Chi Cheng's character, when he falls deeper and deeper in love with Wei Wei, to the point that he went from someone who started off by saying "I want to sleep with you", to someone who will restrain himself because of what Wei Wei said to him "If you and I have sex, then this will only be a physical thing, you will never have my heart", and "We are not even dating, so why should I let you do what you want with me". I think one of the main reason Chi Cheng loves Wei Wei so much is because Wei Wei actually challenges Chi Cheng, he was also the first person who said "No" to sleeping with him, despite Wei Wei was the one who make Chi Cheng falls in love with him at first.

They have chemistry I tell you! Whether it's onscreen when they're in character, or in the BTS! Their chemistry is what makes it a big hit for this drama. I am not usually someone who will want to go watch the BTS, but I don't know why Revenged Love, I just am so captivated with the BTS, watching it just makes me love TianZiyu even more. I felt like the BTS can be a drama entirely on its own because it is more bold when compared to the Drama for me.

While in the Drama, I do agree with some people in here/and other social media, that the feeling ChengWei gives off after the whole Wang Shuo Arc, really felt like their relationship has changed, I actually have mixed feelings to how I feel about this. I mean in this changed, you can really see a contrast between how Chi Cheng was like at the beginning when compared to how he had evolved into in the end. And, if I have to say this in simplified terms then, "the beginning is fiery passion between the two, whereas the latter half is more passion but in a more ‘silent or gentle’ manner where it is left offscreen(not for viewers)".

In terms of TianZiyu chemistry, their chemistry never diminished for me, it has always been there and that is why I will always love TianZiyu chemistry as ChengWei but a part of me still misses and wanted to see that ‘fiery passion’ like how they were seen in the beginning but when I didn’t get even one final passionate kiss between them in the final episode, that did left me feeling a bit sad and disappointed that we never get to have the one last final kiss in the last episode.

This is why I have mixed feelings, because that part/side to me, wish we could have that, and that will be a good way to end the drama, I mean, it's not like I am asking for another NC scene but considering all they've been through, especially after the whole angst, and Chi Cheng coming back into Wei Wei's life, I really expected like a passionate kiss between them if that makes sense.

I can't say whether this was intentional or not, because we will never know, but you definitely can see the change in ChengWei relationship changing in the second half of the story, after they got back together. Maybe this was to show a contrast from beginning vs ending, how the character, Chi Cheng has evolved/developed into someone soft/sweet when it comes to his love for Wei Wei. He may be a red flag in the novel, but to me, he is a green flag when it comes to Wei Wei in the Drama, especially after they got back together, Chi Cheng is very sweet/loving and domestic with Wei Wei, where you can really see/feel it in the way they look at each other, even their hugs can be powerful enough that make me swoon/fangirl for them. Yes, I love them that much!

I guess in a way it works out better for them, because I got sick and tired of people saying ChengWei is toxic at the beginning (when they weren’t to me, each to their own I guess), but at least with how they made it like that after they got back together, is filled with sweetness, where their love is shown in a more gentle/passionate way and you don’t really need those kisses to show how much they love each other, but you can feel it through their actions, and honestly, for me, while I wanted 1 final passionate kiss, I’ve made terms with it, because I can still feel ChengWei love for each other has grown into something more deeper in that sense, and if I ever wanted to see those passionate kiss scenes, I will just go back and watch it in the beginning, since we got more than we could have asked for when it comes to a Chinese BL Drama. I never think we would get this much when I first started this drama, it’s just when they give me so much in the beginning, I did get my hopes up and want them to show me more towards the end, especially after they got back together, this is why I was left a bit unsatisfied at first when I saw the ending.

OVERALL IMPRESSION ₊ ⊹❀
Despite my original gripe at how episode 24 was only a 33 minutes episode (since I still wish it was a full 45 minute episode, 50+ minutes would have been better!!), I am still surprised they managed to give us so much in the span of 33 minutes at the end.

While it isn’t entirely perfect since I wish there were some parts that was done better, but this, to me, is definitely better than the novel for me with those changes, I have read the novel to certain parts, and I didn’t like what was shown, that is why I didn’t continue with the Novel. I love the changes to Chi Cheng and Wei Wei’s character in the Drama. For me, despite I wish certain plot points could have been better, and how I wish that those scenes weren’t deleted, but I still want to give this an overall 10/10, because I am emotionally connected to the characters/pairing and the story on my end. This overall is 10/10 is coming from my heart, how much I came to love this drama despite its flaws, and this ending really left me wanting more!!!

It hurts to say goodbye, and I don't want to say goodbye to Chi Cheng, Wei Wei and ChengWei.... I am going to miss them so much!!! but I still want to say a big thank you to you, Tian Xuning and Ziyu for the beauty you've given us and giving me the perfect Chi Cheng and Wei Wei. Nothing can diminish the glory of your work, not even the shameful editing towards the end, fans who paid and watched this in official platform deserves better, but most importantly, you deserve better. You will certainly be missed, no matter what happens in the future, I hope you will always be happy and protected away from any unnecessary toxic attention.

Thank you for taking the time to read my review, I know it's long!

P.S: I actually did added GCY and JXS and other parts to my review, but due to the character limit, I have to remove it, so I will post them in my review comment instead for those who is interested

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I don't understand the hype to this drama tbh

This drama was airing around the same time as The Journey of Chongzi, and people were going to MDL in The Journey of Chongzi and was saying how great this drama was and recommending this drama was better than The Journey of Chongzi...

I wanted to not leave a review about this drama, until I fully watched it.

I did tried the first episode back then to "The Starry Love", and I couldn't get into it... So I left it on hold and then waited until this drama finished airing before giving this another chance.

After finishing this drama, I honestly don't get the hype to this drama to be honest, like to me, it's just "Okay...." at best, and I felt like I am just watching it for the sake of passing time, since I have nothing to watch at this stage.

The story and characters is okay, but it wasn't memorable to me.

The Male Lead Actor, Chen Xing Xu, I have seen him before as Yang Kang in "Legend of the Condor Heroes", and he's my favourite character in there.

This is my first time seeing the Female Lead actress.

I have to say that I didn't like the time when she have to collect the "Soul Shards" (the three different version of him) to revive Shao Dian You, because after he successfully got one, he left him at this place, and moving onto the next one.... And during that time, I felt bad for "La Mu" because he thought that his "Wife" Ye Tan was out chasing the other 2 more Soul Shards of him to revive Shao Dian You, and during that time, it is really off-putting because it really did felt like she was jumping between one guy to the next, even when they are all the same soul (person) in the end, but I cannot rub off that feeling that it gives off in the end for me... Since they each is their individual person.

Anyways, for me, the main pairing is okay, it wasn't enough for me to fangirl for them like I do for some other pairings I fell in love with in the drama.

Music was okay too, but it reminded me to the music in The Blue Whisper.

Overall Drama was OKAY (LOL)

But if I have to say something here, while this drama (The Starry Love) is airing around the same time as "The Journey of Chongzi", for me, I love and enjoyed "The Journey of Chongzi" >>>>>>>>> The Starry Love. The Starry Love, didn't make me love it like it did for some people in here... I guess this really goes to say something, i.e. every one is different.

Like I said, for me personally, this drama was OKAY at best. It wasn't enough to keep me motivated, or absorbed into the story/characters. Most of the time I was like "When is this episode going to end?" So yeah, I am not really a fan to this drama, only watched it to see why people keep comparing it, and what's the hype about, I don't get the hype on this drama....


Well, not a memorable drama for me to want to watch again, I can move on to watch the next one ~~~

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Xianxia, Fantasy or Modern China? The use of Modern terminology at times is just WOW

This drama is an okay watch if you have nothing to watch but it's not top tier in my honest opinion.

I do like the Male actor (Chen Zhe Yuan) though as I've seen him played in Hidden Love previously and I love his character in that drama too. In this drama though, he played as two identities, where the day he's under the identity as Li Xiong, and the night he is under his identity as Kui Mu Lang, which the latter is his real identity as the Lord(king) to the Beast Clan.

In terms of romance, 95% it feels unrequited from Kui Mu Lang side because 95% the FL (Qi Pa) did not know about his real identity as she puts Li Xiong and Kui Mu Lang as completely 2 different people. She's in "love" with the handsome Li Xiong at first because she didn't like Kui Mu Lang since his appearance scares her. That's a minus appeal for me because she can show me that she can open her heart to everyone else in the Beast Clan without prejudice, yet she can't do the same for Kui Mu Lang, that even when she knows how he never treated her badly and that she knows that Kui Mu Lang let's her do what she wants, she still have that prejudice against him where her heart is closed off from giving him a fair chance to win her over.

It got annoying to the point I wanted Kui Mu Lang just to let her go back to her own world (Da Xia) and maybe then we will get some sort of developments for the main pairing.

In the romance I always felt that it is Kui Mu Lang doing the pursuing on her but she doesn't appreciate it on her end(at first) where I cannot count how many times I felt sorry for Kui Mu Lang when she said hurtful words towards him like she said she won't ever fall in love with him, yet she fell in love with the handsome Li Xiong(the him in his day form). This is why I wish it was done differently in this drama where she came to love Kui Mu Lang first but oh well.

For me personally I love both his identities no matter if it's Li Xiong or Kui Mu Lang, but 95% of the times I do feel sorry for how one sided the romance is because Qi Pa cannot accept Kui Mu Lang at first.

The only time I felt she actually gave Kui Mu Lang a chance was when she was blind where she rely on Kui Mu Lang to take care of her.

Well, in the end, Qi Pa did have her own developments where she showed me that in the end she love both Kui Mu Lang and Li Xiong as one identity so that was good....

But overall I felt like everything just gets rushed in the final few episodes didn't make it to a satisfactory level for me to love this pairing on my end. So I didn't really fangirl over this pair when compared to some of the pairings in other dramas I've come to love.


I'm not going to make it a long review like I normally do with the other dramas so, to sum up my feelings to this drama is, yeah it does sorta give that beauty and the beast vibe but there are differences. The actress(Wu Xuan Yi) did play her role decently enough I'll give her that even when I'm not really a fan of her character Qi Pa. 95% of the story, Qi Pa didn't know that KML and LX is the same person not because she never thought about it but it's because(and she said it), she didn't want to think they are the same person, which I find it sad and disappointing and put further emphasis on my point why I wish she would give KML a fair chance and not have that prejudice against him at first . Well she got her developments and was able to show me she love KML in the end, so my final verdict to this drama:

** Is this drama recommendable? Well, If you have nothing to watch, you can watch this drama to pass your time. But don't expect a top tier romance and story, because it's not IMO

** Rewatch value: I don't have the urge to rewatch this drama again but I suddenly have the urge to watch Hidden Love again. Now that drama (Hidden Love) is better than this one at least.

** I was originally going to give this drama a 6(overall) but after watching the ending, I bump up the score to 7 in the overall.

** There are other pairings in this drama that gets their happy ending, so if you don't like the main pairing you can enjoy it for the side pairings.

Oh yes, what I mean by that title? Well to be honest, I thought the setting was Xianxia and set in Ancient China but there are like a few words spoken here and there that felt very modern like... And the ending scene where they are dressed in modern clothes made me go "???" So this story is pretty random with the use of modern terminology LOL

And with that said, I'll end my review here!

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This drama exceeds my expectations, and is better than the novel, for me at least

I know this is actually/probably the first time I’ve given a full mark to a series review in all areas. But, I just really have to considering, I am really into/obsess with this drama on my end. It’s definitely one of the best, if not, THE BEST I’ve seen. I cannot count how many times I have re-watched this on my end, I’m so glad I gotten into this drama because I don’t regret watching it. It has really given beyond on what I have hoped for, and more (so this is definitely my all time favourite Chinese Fantasy Romance Drama).

Aside from a few characters that gets on my nerves (but what series doesn’t have those characters to add in the drama?), I do love a lot of characters in this (which I will do a list later (in this review) to show some of the chara’s I love). What I am impress with is, the writer actually manage to solve everything (without any plot-holes) by the end of the story. Like, all the obstacles was removed, with no more questions left. At first, I actually had a question that was on my mind since the beginning and then when it was revealed I was like “ohhhh… so that’s why…”. I love how the love story was executed, and how each character did their roles well. I love Ye Hua’s love/devotion to only Bai Qian(Su Su), and no matter what happens, he loves her, and only her. There are times where I think the writer might do something stupid which adds to more drama, but in the end, it surprises me in a very good way, like when Miao Qing secretly add the love-potion into the soup that she made for Ye Hua but Ye Hua didn’t drink it because he knows there’s something in that soup, and I’m like “Yes!” and when Su Jin created that fake Su Su to seduce Ye Hua (when Ye Hua was doing his heavenly trial in the mortal world (without his memories at all)) to anger Bai Qian, he still didn’t disappoint me, because he’s only been waiting for one woman i.e. Bai Qian because he made a promise with her when she visited him when he was 11 years old that they will get marry when he’s older, his whole life, he waited just for her, and I’m like “awwww”. Seriously, Ye Hua didn’t disappoint me, and I love that about him! I also love how Ye Hua gives me a feeling that I can believe in him and that he’s strong from beginning to the end… Strong in terms of character, and his power level was consistent and doesn’t disappoint, I also love how the battles are executed…(honestly Mashima (Fairy Tail) can take a lesson from this -.-).

On my end, I’m a sucker for a good romance story, and Eternal Love has it all! I love how it was truly a touching love story for the main pair (Ye Hua x Bai Qian), with a lot of obstacles that comes their way (that made me cry), it was an emotional roller-coaster but what I love is where there are times I have my doubts but the writer didn’t disappoint and gave me more to show me how much they only love each other. I love the scenery and the effects, omg…. where am I going to find another series like this?! I love the music too! There’s alot of characters I love but there’s also those I hate with a passion but glad they got what they deserved in the end..but in the overall what I love the most is, the pairing/otp I love can get a HAPPY ENDING that they deserve, because that’s the most important!!! It made me feel so happy for them!!!

And this is going to be a long comment about Ye Hua to shed some light to those who blames him and doesn't like him, I thought I'll give you some light to Ye Hua here:

* long comment, be warned! *

I think what people needs to realize is that a story needs imperfections and dramatic plots to build on, if there isn’t any, then there won’t be a story to tell. If a character is perfect and all the drama is avoided, would there even be a story to tell? Also, we all know that Ye Hua isn’t perfect, he have his flaws because no character is entirely perfect… That’s too good to be true and that’s very unrealistic. Their flaws is what makes them realistic, and that’s what gives the writer a way to build/develop on said character. If Ye Hua is flawless; and all this drama is avoided, then the story wouldn’t have developed to the point where I fell in love with him and his love/devotion to Bai Qian and this pairing. Ye Hua have his flaws, but he’s easily a loveable character to me because his actions/and the things he did for Su Su/Bai Qian have touched my heart. I never once doubted his love for her. If I were her, I would fell in love with him as well (I wish someone like this exist IRL, but no, it’s too good to be real…)

Su Su being disappointed in Ye Hua, yes, Ye Hua have a role in this but he only did it because he thought that could protect her (even though he was wrong), and it was unfortunate that by the time he realized his mistake, it was too late and Su Su had already given up on him altogether (but what matters most is he learned from it). From Su Su eyes, I understand why she was disappointed, but from Ye Hua’s perspectives you need to understand that what he did, he did to protect her. He saw everything his second uncle went through when he stood up for Xiao Shing and saw how much they were both willing to die for each other, Ye Hua knew it would be a 100 times worse for him and Su Su because she is a mortal, and he’s the crown Prince (how great it will be if they realized earlier that she’s Bai Qian? All this torment would be avoided, but then the story wouldn’t have 58 episodes long to tell…). Ye Hua isn’t afraid of dying for her, he would do anything to take the suffering in her place instead and die for her (and this is what I love i.e. his devotion for her), but he doesn’t want Su Su to go through any of this, that’s why I truly understand why he wanted to fake his death so he can ensure a happy life with her, and him giving up on his title for her, that actually touched my heart. No one can predict what’s going to happen, and he did plan meticulously on his end, his plan didn’t go wrong, but all the problems came when Su Su was discovered and went through that barrier that Ye Hua set. This was beyond his control because fate have to have Su Su feel like something happened to Ye Hua thus leading her to be forced into the Celestial Palace where their tragedy began…. This misunderstanding also stems from that bitch Su Jin, because she did everything to make Su Su believe that Ye Hua never love her, when we know that isn’t the case. Su Jin is a bitch and I absolutely hated her every actions in this series!! But as much as I hate her and as much as it frustrates me; in the end, I understand that this drama is needed to push the plot along and to actually have a story to tell.

And things aren’t any justifiable/better when you have someone like this Heavenly Lord to rule the palace, no matter what Ye Hua did, he will always take Su Jin side because he’s BIAS!! And he wants Su Su gone… Ye Hua and Di Jun is better at judging people than the Heavenly Lord imo. But like everyone should know, without these annoying people like Su Jin and someone like Heavenly Lord… then there won’t be a story to build on. It would be boring if everything is perfect…I understand why Su Su would want to jump off the Zhuxian Terrace looking from her pov, I also understand why Ye Hua did what he did to protect her… I don’t blame neither of these two because they have really suffered through those unjustifiable confinement of the palace regulations and rules.. Yes, it hurts Su Su when Ye Hua took away her eyes, in her pov, and I feel for her when that happened. I also feel for Ye Hua because it hurts him more to have to do this to her, in Su Su eyes, him taking her eyes away is like he doesn’t believe her, but we know this isn’t the case, because it’s really the only way to save her life. The Heavenly Lord, I really do hate him because he’s not a good ruler in judging cases, when he asked Ye Hua what he would do to appease everyone, the Heavenly Lord already have plans to punish Su Su, so even when he takes the 3 years torment in her place, and having that as the only punishment, no one including the Heavenly Lord would be appease, so Su Su eyes was inevitable… But Su Su didn’t know Ye Hua took the three years lightning torment in her place; he just suffers and take this punishment silently for her because he didn’t want her to worry. The thing about Ye Hua is he keeps things to himself and he does suffer silently because he doesn’t want Su Su to worry, I see it as a selfless act, but it could easily lead to a lot of misunderstanding, I don’t hate it on my end, what matters most is… In the end, Bai Qian found out (not through Ye Hua) but through a third person, and when she realized it, that made me teary…. So in the end, I do love Ye Hua a lot a lot, his actions really touched my heart, and it’s not like I blame him for those decisions he made, because I understand why he did what he did, in the end, him realizing his mistake, and grow from it is what matters. All he did, he did to protect Bai Qian.

Mo Yuan and Ye Hua are twins, so naturally they would carry the same taste/characteristics. Mo Yuan is selfless in his love for Bai Qian. He doesn’t need her to know, and I think he’s just happily content that she’s by his side. For Ye Hua, he’s also selfless in that sense that (which is different to Li Jing in comparison), he would have Mo Yuan revived sooner, because he knows this is what Bai Qian wants and will make her happy. He went as far as to offer the Soul Gathering Lamp, Get the Divine Fungal Grass, lose an arm, used up his cultivation to create the Elixir and have Zhe Yan give this to Bai Qian, telling him to not let Bai Qian know it comes from him because he doesn’t want her to feel guilty about it. That’s a selfless act. He even said the night before he left her that it’s probably the last time he can have her to himself… Signifying that if Bai Qian wants to be with Mo Yuan, he would support her happiness with him. That’s selfless. So honestly, I do love Ye Hua on my end. His actions have proved to me over and over again, how much he loves her > himself. Yes, he isn’t perfect but he’s perfect in that sense (for me) that his character is relatable and I love his actions/devotion for Bai Qian. He’s perfectly written in that sense that a beautiful/touching love story was created because of how his character is portrayed, which I have come to love. And what makes me love Ye Hua more is, there aren’t many stories where I love a character but that character gives off a reliable feeling where I can rely on him to get the job done. For Ye Hua, I get this feeling. He is capable, and he’s strong and I love that the writer is consistent about this.

Ye Hua x Bai Qian is my otp, and I love them on my end. I also love Mo Yuan selfless love for Bai Qian as well, and Mo Yuan is also among my favourite characters, but I don’t ship Mo Yuan x Bai Qian because I’ve grown to really love Ye Hua x Bai Qian love story. I will ship Mo Yuan x Bai Qian if Ye Hua wasn’t in this story though, even though it’s wrong for master-disciple to be in a relationship, but meh, that doesn’t stop me in loving a pairing. Anyways, all that aside, I love that in the end, Mo Yuan felt happy for Bai Qian x Ye Hua because it just adds more appeals to Mo Yuan’s character for me. If Su Jin was like that, I wouldn’t have hate her on my end… But what’s a story to tell without these annoying characters? LOL. What matters most is they get what they deserve.

In the end, I just want to say, Mark Chao, kudos to you in bringing out Ye Hua’s character effectively!

>>>>>>Favourite Character(s) <<<<<<
(1) Ye Hua (no.1 fav on Male side) and Bai Qian (no.1 fav on female side)

The below is not in ranking order:
(3) Mo Yuan
(4) A Li
(5) Zhe Yan
(6) Bai Zhen
(7) Di Jun
(8) Feng Jiu
(9) Mi Gu
(10) Lian Song ( Ye Hua’s third Uncle )
(11) Nai Nai
(12) Kunlan First Disciple (Die Feng)
(13) Kunlan 16th Disciple (Zhi Lan)
(14) Li Zhing
(15) Yan Zhi
(16) Di Jun Star Lord(Si Ming)

Music: 10/10 <- I love the OST in this one!!!

Rewatch Value: 10/10 - Oh yeah!! Definitely on my rewatch list, to me, this being a 58 episode while it seems long at first glance, but trust me after going through all those episodes you will want more!!! This drama is totally recommended to those who enjoy Xianxia/Fantasy romance, with a touch of 'true & touching love story'.

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Ignore the poor Editing and sequence for the last few episodes, it's a good drama

I first encountered this drama while I was waiting for episode 23 to Ancient Love Poetry to air (the torture of the delayed schedule for that drama lol), so I was clicking into 'Mydramalist' in here under the 'Xianxia' category and came across this drama 'The Legends 2019' by accident. And watched the trailer first before seeing the cast, and noticed there's Xu Kai and Bai Lu in this one. I have seen both these actors (Xu Kai) and actress (Bai Lu) in their respective dramas, Xu Kai in Ancient Love Poetry, and Bai Lu in Love is Sweet, so yeah, I decided to watch this, while waiting for more episodes to air for Ancient Love Poetry before resuming (like I said the wait was a torture).

At first I watched this in Youtube, until I was up to episode 18-19, episode 19 started off out of place to me, and I was like "What the heck is going on??? Did I missed an episode or something??" And turned out that there was a portion that was cut out from episode 19... So I have to result to watching this in Viki instead. And then there was another time where the whole episode was NOT included in the Youtube version, I was like "What the heck????" So honestly, fans, just go with watching from the Viki version. That is at least better sequenced and have UNCUT scenes.

I didn't know what fans or viewers was complaining about the editing and poorly sequenced, each scene meshed everywhere... But now I know...And I agree....

Well, like, like I said, ignore the poor editing, if you can get past that and use your braincells to put the scenes together yourself (even some scenes don't make sense and felt out of place), then you will enjoy this drama.

For me, like everyone else who does, really love Bai Lu and Xu Kai's chemistry, they're just so natural and they definitely have chemistry, and I LOVE the character Mo Qing (Li Chen Lan), I do felt sorry for him for being possessed, but I still love him though.

I DON'T like Jiang Wu at all, would have liked him if he didn't provoke Mo Qing on his end to push him further to his insanity when Mo Qing was doing fine, and his best to control his inner demons, and I hate the fact that the death of Jiang Wu's 'Xiong Di' died, Jiang Wu blamed it on Mo Qing', and I'm like "Well, yeah, Mo Qing did it, but he LOST CONTROL, and why did he lost control? Because YOU(Jiang Wu) freaking provoked him, not once but twice!" -__- and then later he killed Ah-Da just to get back at Mo Qing... AND THEN further later, he sealed him in the same place that his father sealed him, which forced him to fall into darkness when he needed to break free to save/protect Zhao Yao, honestly at that point, I don't like Jiang Wu so much so I said to myself, that, even if he died, I am not going to feel sad for him...

I did feel sad though when Han Guang died T_T. His death, thanks to the the hypocrite of the Gold Diety...How he survived makes NO sense to me... But the fact that Han Guang died because of that b*stard, god, I want to tear him to pieces!!!

If I have to say something that disappointed me is that.... I can't believe that Zhi Yan and Cang Ling didn't end up together... And we even saw Cang Ling married someone else, I was like "Wow, your love for Zhi Yan can have you fall in love with someone else??? While she's still single??? -_- (not true love there)" But oh well...

I also hate the whip girl (don't remember her name lol), glad she's finally dead in the end, took her long enough...

The ending, ah, the ending, I've just finished watching the ending.... but it was confusing >.<

At first, from my understanding to the pairing ending is a tragic and a happy ending (that is based on one's choice's that lead to that outcome).

(1) Tragic ending - Is when Zhao Yao made the decision to fight against him and stop his madness, that's how they ended up in that same cave where the demonic sword was sealed, and in the end, Mo Qing decided to sacrifice himself to end the madness

(2) Happy ending - Is when Zhao Yao didn't want to fight against Mo Qing so she tried to calm him down and take him back to the Wan Lu (their) sect (home) and he was able to regain control.

I am saying its two ending because when Mo Qing was stabbed and fell down the abyss, Zhao Yao was looking for his body, and then......

The next moment the scene got transitioned "back to" where the scene was originally cut after they killed that bastard (the golden diety), and Mo Qing darkness was emitting from him but he's trying to maintain in control.... which with what follows after lead to their happy ending.

But then omg it is still confusing lol, I told myself to treat this as two alternate endings for them based on what I grasp in the 2nd last to the last episode, but then in one of the sequence that shows "5 years later"(the writer sure have a thing for doing a "5" year time skip lol, since this is the third time), Zhao Yao retired from being the sect leader because she want to wait for Mo Qing to come out from seclusion, at that time, she wears white and changed her hair style and her scar on her forehead is gone..... but then when its shown that Mo Qing sealed the sword and came out of seclusion, she's back to wearing red and her original hair style AND the scar is back, and I am like "????????? What happened????" But well in the end, they are implied married because we see their son and daughter that looks like them lol.

I think what the writers did is trying to let the viewers see two alternate endings based on a choice that you go with, because in the first ending (tragic one) when Mo Qing was stabbed, and Zhao Yao didn't want to push further in, but he did it for her T^T he told her that "this isn't my destiny, but is my choice", telling her to not blame herself for being the one to kill him *cries*(literally did cried in that ending though)

But like I said, at first that's what I got from my first watch, and then someone sent me a link to a Youtube video explaining the ending, which made sense to me so I was like "Oh okay"... Honestly, if there's anything I critic about this is the poor editing and placement of scenes towards the end, because its such a mess and some scenes didn't transitioned smoothly that made me go " HUH??" when it happened. But ignoring that part, I did enjoy this drama on my end, and I don't regret watching it, because I love the main pair, and I love Mo Qing's hair colour (in the present time), where it's navy blue, he's good looking hahaha, even at the beginning with the marking on his side cheek, I DON'T think he's ugly or looks ugly, because it reminds me to another character I love (*cough* Jellal *cough*). It has it's charm point, but yeah with that all said, I will rewatch this again on my end when I have the time, or but this time, with another perspective to that ending. There's also another thing I wish was done better is that I wish they didn't make Mo Qing weak when that idiot (Jiang Wu) came to crashed their wedding, because I don't understand why he's weak??? And I was like "???" he should be stronger than that, and I was like "Did I miss something again".

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This is enjoyable to some extent but it could be better

I will admit that this drama isn't the best but I did enjoyed the story to some extent, but in other parts I wish it was done better.

This drama(at the end) could either be a hit or a miss, you either like it or you don't.

I have actually watched all the remaining episodes from Ep 35-40 on the day it was scheduled to finish airing on MangoTv since I didn't want to wait any longer and wanted to see how the ending played out, so I did paid for the remaining episodes. Well 74 cents per episodes (after joining VIP) was okay to watch from its official channel (MangoTv).

✴️ A brief summary to the story ✴️
At the beginning of the story, we are introduced with the female lead, Ni Huan searching for her sister soul fragments so she can bring her sister back due to the ancient war that happened 1000 years ago where her sister died in the process. Ni Huan true form is the ancient Seven Coloured Fire Pheonix, which was revealed that it was extinct 10,000 years ago, and Heavenly King made a note that her rebirth through her Nirvana may bring calamity to the world due to her ancient powers that comes from being the Seven Coloured Fire Pheonix. In the process of searching for her sister, she met the male lead, Bai Yan. Bai Yan true form is the a True Dragon, God of War, where he was frozen in ice and was asleep for 1000 years. She managed to break him free of his slumber and, long story cut short, they both fell in love with each other.

Because Heaven wanted to destroy the potential threat of the Seven Coloured Fire Pheonix, Bai Yan gave half of his cultivation to her, and he sacrificed himself when he gave her his Dragon Pearl to conceal her identity. When she was reborn into her next life as Feng Lixie, she have a cold body that when she activates her powers, she can turn those surrounding her to ice. I believe these comes from Bai Yan's cultivation powers in their past life because Bai Yan powers is ice element, where we have seen him used it against Ni Huan in the past. This would explain why her cold body or her powers doesn't affect Mo Xiao(present life) because they originate from Bai Yan(his past life). Ni Huan in the past element is based on fire due to her true form. So it is not far-fetched to think that her cold body(and her ability to activate that power to freeze)comes from Bai Yan which was transferred to her when he gave her his Dragon Pearl before he died in the past. Just like Ni Huan being reincarnated into Feng Lixie in her next life, Bai Yan was reincarnated as well, but with such an interesting turn of events, he was reborned as the Demon Lord's son, Mo Xiao, which is a contrast to who he was in his past life being the True Dragon God of War. However, despite he is the Demon Lord's son, and he has demonic blood in him, he was adopted into Shu Shan under Feng Yue teachings where he have sealed Mo Xiao's inborn demonic nature in him so all these 18 years under the teachings of Shu Shan, he was raised to kill all demons(which he, himself is, and that's the interesting part since it will add layers and conflicts to Mo Xiao after he found out his true identity, and I love him during those times when he was going through that conflict of what he was raised to be, and who he really is).

On a side note, I found it interesting where he was closed off and reserved around those times because he accepted his fate being the Demon Lord son. I can also tell he have accepted that in this lifetime he cant be with her(despite he loves her), but I love seeing how Feng Lixie is the one chasing after him to open his heart for him to accept happiness again! Since I like seeing Feng Lixie bring back that light and happiness in him during these times.

Mo Xiao and Feng Li Xue was fated to meet again, just like in the past when he told her before he dies that, no one will be able to find her, except for him when he gave her his Dragon Pearl, her identity in being the 'Seven Coloured Fire Pheonix' is concealed, so the Heavens will not be able to detect her whereabouts so in this way, she can live in peace, no one will be able to find her except for him. But all he ever wanted was for her to be protected away from the danger and live happily in peace.

✴️Acting-wise✴️
Zhang Yu Xi, is not entirely new to me since I have seen her played other dramas before such as: Love and Redemption and The Beautiful Lie, so this is the third drama I've seen her in. In this drama, she played her role as Ni Huang, Wu Chen and Feng Li Xue, and she did a decent job in bringing out her characters to life. I like the contrast between the innocent Wu Chen and Feng Li Xue, I felt like it was a mix of her original self being Ni Huang in her previous life. In terms of her character portrayal, she was okay. I do like her but I don't love her. I felt like her hatred for Mo Xiao (ML) was so misplaced how she blamed him for her father's death because I saw that it was her indirectly causing her father's death by disrupting the process from what she didn't know was Mo Xiao's master in trying to save her father. So I never liked her hatred towards Mo Xiao at the beginning, although, I will say that I do like the side to her when she became Feng Li Xie again but only the side to her that think rationally and comes to terms and wanted to save and protect Mo Xiao.

Tong Meng Shi, the Male lead plays Bai Yan and Mo Xiao is entirely new to me since I have never seen his other dramas before. In terms of acting-wise, I felt that he did a better job acting out the painful/teary scenes when compared to the happier ones since I felt like when he smiles, in certain parts it felt kinda forced to me that didn't seem genuine, that is probably one of the main reasons why I like to see those scenes when he's expressing sadness, or when he is in pain(but holding back the pain) better. But that doesn't mean I don't like it when he smiles, because when he smiles in other times and they look genuine to me, I do like it. His facial features actually reminds me to Raymond Lam(TVB, Hong Kong actor) during some of those scenes to be honest so I do think he is charming in his own way. I actually do like his character portrayal of Mo Xiao on my end. I think I prefer his character Mo Xiao better than Bai Yan since Mo Xiao have more layers to his character when compared to Bai Yan, although I really miss his dragon form since I personally love Dragons as a mythical creature on my side so it's too bad we can't see him regain his dragon form at the end.. I love Mo Xiao when he goes to the dark side since I love seeing the conflict he is going through between his immortal side vs his inborn demonic side. I found him charming and looks the best when he puts his fringe down(and not have it all up) and I especially love it when he wears black on his side. He looks charming in black outfit imo. The him when he changed into the black costume where he redid his hair style looks handsome to me, but too bad he didn't kept that hairstyle for long.

Han Dong, supposedly he is the 2ML in this drama? Lol. Well to be honest this isn't my first time seeing him since I've seen him in The Blossoming Love, Moonlight Mystique and this drama, so this is the 3rd drama I've seen him in. They are all evil roles though, so I am starting to think does he have a thing for these kind of roles or not... his character in this drama being Chong Guang... is not... really my cup of tea, but if other's like him then I supposed I can understand why. I didn't like his character in this one is he is borderline possessive of Li Xie and doesn't respect what she wants or likes and just wants her for himself, which I find it annoying and selfish and it gets repetitive to the point I roll my eyes at those scenes... but in the ending part, finally Chong Guang did something that made me appreciate his character and that is he is SELFLESS for once. He finally do it to show me he truly cared for Li Xie in a SELFLESS manner which is nice for a change. This is when finally that side to his character appeals to me, I just wish he was like this earlier and didn't take the final moment to show me this. In terms of his character portrayal in the 3 dramas I've seen him in, I will say I like his character in The Blossoming Love the most, but in this drama I do like that side to him AT HIS FINAL MOMENTS.

Fu Fang Jun, is not new to me either. I have seen him in Love and Redemption(LAR) as he played as my favourite character(Wu Zhi Qi), I actually love his character better in LAR. In this drama where he played as Xie Ling Yun, I did like his character at first and enjoyed his friendship(xiong-di) relationship with Mo Xiao, but when he "killed" Mo Xiao by putting that sword through his chest and push him down the cliff, I lost my like for him... I didn't like how he didn't trust in the good in Mo Xiao or believed in him when Mo Xiao told him he didn't hurt his comrade. When Mo Xiao was falling down the cliff and was so heart broken... when Xie Ling Yun was yelling his name, and griefing, I was like "urgh, you were the one who did it, what are you screaming for???", then he was in a comatose state for what? For how he couldn't accept what he(himself) did or he was guilty? So why did he do it to begin with? I wanted him to feel so bad afterwards and apologize to show his sincerity but when he finally said it to Mo Xiao, and Mo Xiao accepted his apology like that, it felt so unsatisfying. I know he was in that comatose state but dude was forgiven so lightly for almost killing Mo Xiao by just a simple apology and I didn't even get to see him feeling remorse after he found out Mo Xiao was innocent. I mean I knew Mo Xiao would forgive Xie Ling Yun on his end because that is just who he is but I wanted that part to be handled better from Xie Ling Yun side from the writers. That was what I didn't like and how it was handled. Yeah he apologised to Mo Xiao when he saw him again but I just wish it was done better in terms of 'displaying Xie Ling Yun remorse longer/more effectively'.

✴️ Pairings/Ending ✴️
There are several pairings in this drama, so I will state below how I feel about them and their ending.

Mo Xiao/Bai Yan and Feng Li Xie/Ni Huang being the main pairing to this story. In terms of pairing chemistry, they were decent to watch. I enjoyed it but I will be honest that while I do like them and do see they have chemistry but I don't love them in that sense that made me fangirl for them. I do however feel for their scenes though so this was the reason why I watched this drama to the end, to find out how their ending would be like... After watching the ending, I don't know how to feel about them... I don't like it for the fact that after all that development, I felt like it was tossed down the drain since they couldn't get to live happily ever after under their identity as Mo Xiao and Feng Li Xie. I mean, I love it when Mo Xiao regained his past memories as Bai Yan and Feng Li Xie at the same time regained her memories as Ni Huang in their past life, but why do they have to sacrifice themselves just to get a new beginning where they are newly/reborned and cultivate in Shu-Shan? Is this their reincarnated self? Or just them without their memories? I hope it was the latter to be honest. Since Mo Xiao introduced himself to her as Bai Yan but he doesn't remember her. But considering there wasn't a time skip, I felt what happened at the end is them starting afresh in their former identity as Bai Yan and Ni Huang again (without their memories), and have a new beginning through this life to live freely on their side. It was implied they will fall in love again (but I still wish they would have their memories intact though!!)

Xie Ling Yun and Jing'er is another pairing in this story where you can see their love developed throughout the story, they got their happy ending with a wedding so their ending was a happy ending. It's a nice pairing, but I feel neutral towards this pairing.

Chong Guang and Feng Li Xie, while I honestly, don't have anything against master and disciple romantic relationship since I do like this in other dramas if it is done right but in this drama, it is awkward as hell. How he wants her to get marry with him and was so selfish about having her is minus appeals for me. Some of their scenes was cringe for me too. So I tend to skip some of their scenes on my side. I disliked the repetitiveness when he capture her to have her by his side -.- but despite all this, I did like his final moments in the drama (like what I said earlier). Well since Chong Guang is intended to be a third wheel put into this LT, you know how the outcome turns out.

✴️ Some of my favourite scenes ✴️
☆ Episode 24 when Mo Xiao was wearing black and he was healing Li Xie in the water, where he transferred the poison to himself to cure her of the poison that she was inflicted by the wedding robe, the Mo Xiao in that scene when he was wearing black and especially his with his fringe down like that was charming/handsome to me.

☆ When Mo Xiao returned to being the Demon Lord son, when he changed his outfit and redid that hairstyle, again that was another scene I find him charmingly handsome in that scene where, despite he was sad as you can see through his subtle expression but he acted cold and distant towards Feng Li Xie when she came to him. I love seeing that side to him and wish I get to see it more.

☆ The mother and son moments was nicely done. I mean I've been waiting and waiting for her to find out that Mo Xiao is her son for so long and they keep dragging it out, but when she finally found him again, even when it took a while for Mo Xiao to open his heart to her, I can understand what he was going through, but when he finally did and when he called her "mother" again, that scene really touched me. She is truly a great and loving mother and I'm glad that despite Mo Xiao was outcasted by Sushan sect, which he grew up in, he finally found a family again from his mother who loved him.

✴️Overall✴️
Overall, the drama is a decent watch for me. I mean I did pay to watch the remaining episodes on my side through MangoTv and I do also like the remaining episodes, I felt like the remaining episodes when Mo Xiao return to being the Demon Lord son was interesting. I just wish there was a proper closure between Mo Xiao and his mother since I've come to like their relationship on my side.

I also wish that Mo Xiao and Li Xie can live on without having to renew their identity and forget each other at the end and start all over again because I felt like it was a slap to the face that they cannot live on in their present self as Mo Xiao and Li Xie(with their regained memories of their past life: Bai Yan and Ni Huang). This is why I want to take it that they temporarily just forgot their memories and will somehow regained it offscreen.... their ending is Bittersweet...(I am leaning more towards the bitter part :( )

In the end, I wouldn't say this drama was a failure. I have seen other dramas which is much worst than this. I've read someone said this drama was filmed in 2021, so I don't know why it took 4 years for it to be released because if this was released in 2022 or 2023, it could be a hit back then if they have more episodes to tie up loose ends.

If you have nothing to watch you can give this drama a go. It isn't the best but it is watchable. The story does pick up in the later episodes so for those who dropped it would be a sad missed imo. But the decision is entirely up to you. While there are some parts I find is draggy but for some of those parts that I like, I will rewatch it again. And who doesn't like a romance between a Dragon(Bai Yan) and Pheonix(Ni Huang)? I sure do! Since these two are my favourite mythical creature!

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The ending.... Is bitter sweet.....

To be honest, I originally was ready to give this drama a 9/10, but after watching the last two episodes, 1 point was deducted from it...

Why? Well, spoilers.... First off, I didn't like that Pu-Er was killed off... I mean, I kind of have that feeling when Pu'Er and BFX was talking about what they will do after the war ended, and I am like... "Omg, this is hinting to something bad is going to happen... right???" And then the whole ambush, my feeling got stronger, and then I was really hoping that it is just me being over-sensitive... but then BAM! I was right!!! I really cried when Pu'Er died... We knew him since he was a boy and then 6 years past (6 years!!!) and then he's grown up but was killed off!!!! T__T , that I am telling you, I am deducting 0.5 points from the story...

Second 0.5 point deducted is... Omg, why why why!!! Can I ignore the fact that HFX only have 10 years to live at the end?!???!?! Can I?!??!?!? I mean, I DON'T like that fact, but I can't really ignore it, because it's kinda 'in your face', and I am JUST SAD! I know it shows his deep love for BFX, and which I love him for that, but at the same time, the writers is just too cruel.. This is why the ending is 'BITTERsweet' to me, It is bitter because I know (and don't like for a fact) that HFX only have 10 years to live at the end T___T but the ending is depicting them enjoying the peace they have with each other for the remaining count-down to when HFX die... I really wanted them to hint there's a way for HFX to be save and that he doesn't have to die, so he and BFX can live for a long time, for the rest of their life, but nope!!! (Another drama I know where the ML sacrifice their life-force for the person they love and where their hair goes white)....

But that all aside, I did enjoy the story on my end, although I will be honest is that I rather they focus more on the Jiang Wu (Martial Arts) side of the story, because I love seeing them as Hei Fengxi and Bai Fengxi. I love and reckon (and fangirl) when Feng Lanxi have his hair down, when he's 'Hei Fengxi', because I reckon he looks more nicer/handsome that way. I wish he's more like that 'style' throughout the drama like the poster advertised LOL. I am not that interested in the state/government/political plots as they bore me, but since I've come to like the characters, I decided to stick with this story on my end.

I love the characters, Hei Fengxi, Bai Fengxi, Pu'Er, Zhong Li, Huang Chao and Feng Chang.

I love the brotherly bond between Feng Lanxi (HFX) and his elder brother, Feng Chang, I am glad that these two brotherly bond/love for each other didn't disappoint me in the end.

HFX and BFX really have chemistry, and I love their romance together, one thing good about this drama is there's no LT, and unnecessary misunderstanding, so that's a plus, although right now (and will always be) I am disappointed and forever bitter that HFX only have 10 years to live at the end...

Rewatch Value: I guess I will rewatch some scenes I love, especially those HFX and BFX scenes, since they're my favourite, but I will skip all those political plots etc, since I am not that interested in it.'

Music: It's nice, there's 1 or 2 song I love, and will download and listen to it again.

Ending: Don't ask, I already stated my feelings... Bitter-sweet, I can't ever get over the cruel fact that HFX only have 10 years to live at the end!

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This is a hidden Gem!

This is such a hidden Gem! I first encountered this drama through YouTube, as it was on one of the recommendation in my dashboard, and I was like "Word of Honour", the name sounded familiar, and then I remembered I've seen this name through an online site where I was looking at MDZS / CQL merchandize haha. So I decided to check out this drama on my end, knowing it came from a BL novel.

This, I would have to say exceeded my expectations because there are scenes indeed, I wonder "How did this drama passed censorship", considering this is the second BL drama I've seen, after Chen Qing Ling (The Untamed), I would have to say both these adaptations are loveable in it's own way, and you can feel the love between the main leads in their respective stories, that while I will say that The Untamed (CQL) touch on the subtle side of their love, although some parts aren't quite subtle about it, 'Word of Honour' actually surpasses that to another level, that you don't see them as 'brothers', but them as 'Soulmates/lovers'. Which yeah, I agree with the fans, "how did this pass censorship", but I am not complaining LOL, since I love the chemistry between the main leads Wen Ke Xing and Zhou Zi Shu.

My favourite character in this story, I got to say Wen Ke Xing, because he's so charismatic to me, I love how he's adorable/sweet/protective when it comes to Zhou Zi Shu (MC), but he is ruthless/shows no mercy to those who deserves it or hurts Zhou Zi Shu. In terms of ending, I am talking about the 'uncensored' version, I am quite amaze with that ending, especially the part when Wen Ke Xing actually said "love you" to Zhou Zi Shu, waaaah *surprise surprise!!* although he couldn't hear him, but waaaaah, that's BOLD!!! Kudos to the production Team here, and the script writer, too bad when it comes to the dubbing and the revising of the drama, they toned it down, but since I watched the final episode uncensored, I got the happy ending, and the confession that I wanted. Although I am sad that Wen Ke Xing hair is white in the end T___T but he is now an immortal like Zhou Zi Shu, and we saw how happy both of them were, so I am content. In terms of ending, in the adaptation side of things, I love what I was given in Word of Honour (where I see them side by side happily like this) better than CQL, because the moment when Lan Zhan suggested to walk separate paths, he's sadly, no longer the canon Lan Zhan to me, because Canon Lan Zhan wouldn't suggest that, ever, I still wish that scene was done differently in CQL, and it always hurts me to go back and watch that scene since it was a slap every time, when I watch it urgggghhh.

I am sad when Gu Xiang and Wei Ning died T___T and such tragic deaths too!!!! I HATE that character (not spoiling) who killed them URGH!!! But anyways, I personally really love, enjoyed this drama, I love the OST's in this drama too, and I love Wen Ke Xing and Zhou Zi Shu chemistry!! Wen Ke Xing is such a flirt hahahaha, but he's only like that when it comes to Zhou Zi Shu so he's forgiven XDD I am so tempted to read the novel now that I finished the drama, stayed up late every night just to marathon this on my end!!

So do I recommend this drama? Hell yes!!! If you are open for BL, you can watch it!! Although they are considered 'Bromance', but to me, they are a couple, with how they are portrayed that way!! And I am glad!! Kudos to the script writer and production team, and yes, the actors too!! I love this drama on my end and will definitely rewatch this again! <3

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A Promising Start, but Disappointing in the second half

I have been anticipating this drama, The Blossoming Love ever since the cast was revealed since I love Zhang Binbin on my end, and I also like Sun Zhen Ni (in TTEOTM) and from the footage/teasers back then it seems like an appealing story.

This Drama was airing at the same time (month) as Moonlight Mystique, and back then I was watching both drama's at the same time, and have even subscribed to Youku and joined SVIP to watch 1 episode in advance. I remember back then I used to watch The Blossoming Love first since the airing time is earlier than Moonlight Mystique (by Iqiyi), which I have also subscribed to watch through their official channel to support it's viewcounts.

In terms of the story The Blossoming Love, I did enjoyed it at the beginning and first half of the story, because I love the female lead, Mu Xuan Ling played by Sun Zhen Ni, because she was bold and unafraid to show her love/confession to win over the Male Lead Xie Xue Chen. I found that type of female lead to be refreshing for once, and I love how she was devoted to her love when it comes to Xie Xue Chen. Their love was quite interesting in that sense where I can see that Mu Xuan Ling started to warm up to her, and love her.

I even enjoyed the friendship between the Mu Xuan Ling and Nan Xu Yue, but... it is because I love their friendship, is why I didn't enjoy the later half of the story from what I found out happened, and I didn't like what Nan Xu Yue had become.

I felt like the plot started to go the direction I DON'T enjoy when Sang Qi forced Mu Xuan Ling drink the potion that forget her love/feelings for Xie Xue Chen... That was a negative point and direction for me that I didn't like... Although it did showed how hard Xie Xue Chen puts in to cure her from that "poison", but I didn't like Mu Xuan Ling during this time on my end here.... I felt like her actions, although I know she wouldn't have done it, if she were in her right mind, lead Nan Xu Yue to further walk down that path and become more selfish with his feelings to win her over...

Another plot point I didn't like is, how it shows a "Split-Soul" between Xie Xue Chen and Zhao Ming, especially when they both are complete opposites, where the Dark side (Zhao Ming) is oppressing the good side Xie Xue Chen. It kinda gives me the Luo Ge and Hei Yue(in Song of the Moon) vibes here...

You know the irony here is that, while I really dislike Zhen Yu (in Moonlight Mystique) but in The Blossoming Love, I can never bring myself to hate/dislike Sang Qi played by Han Dong, and I even did shed tears for him when Sang Qi died... In the Blossoming Love, at least he showed me qualities that I liked, whereas in Moonlight Mystique, I truly dislike his character Zhen Yu that I cannot stand him. So this goes to show that Han Dong really can play out these two characters well.

Anyways, I won't go into a very in-depth Review like I normally do, but if I am going to be honest with you, I did have plans to finish the drama when I placed it on hold after watching Episode 31, since the Past-Arc between Zhao Ming, Hun Dun Zhu & Tian Ming Su, was very boring filled with politics that I don't enjoy, so that's why I kinda left it until that arc has ended, but after the ending, and I have read reviews in here, and found out what happened in the remaining episodes, I kinda lost all that motivation to continue watching The Blossoming Love on my end here due to what I read about Mu Xuan Ling being indecisive or unclear about her feelings and she have lost that trait I liked in her in the beginning..... I don't like indecisive Female Lead, where she doesn't know who she wants or love more and leading the two male leads on, so this is definitely a negative appeal for me... So because of this, I decided to drop The Blossoming Love after watching 31 Episodes....

Well everyone is different, some people I read really love The Blossoming Love, then that is very good for you, however for me, if I can sum this up, The Blossoming Love had potential, but the 2nd half falls weak to me with all these changes and direction it was going (from the reviews and spoilers I've read). I felt like The Blossoming Love is the Drama that have me wanting to watch more episodes when it first started until a "certain point", and then into someone who just persevered for the sake of watching it, until the past was shown, where I actually felt like putting it on hold.

I can pinpoint where I lost my motivation to watch was when Mu Xuan Ling was forced to drink that potion, that was the starting point, and I didn't enjoy Nan Xu Yue going down that direction that I don't like(that is the second point). I really don't want to dislike him because I did like his character at the beginning especially his friendship with Xie Xue Chen, but when they ruined Nan Xu Yue's character and the friendship I enjoyed between him and Xie Xue Chen, this drama just keep going down the path/direction that I am not fond of, so in the end, despite I had intention to finish the drama on my side originally, but after learning what happened in the remaining episides, I don't want to put myself through that annoyance in the later half judging from what I learned in the spoilers.

While this drama (The Blossoming Love) and Moonlight Mystique was airing at the same time, but in the end, between the two drama, Moonlight Mystique had won me over if I have to choose, this is my preference because at least for Moonlight Mystique, I felt attached/hooked into the plot from beginning to end, but in The Blossoming Love, I felt like it had a promising start, but a disappointing change of plot direction and there are just too many unappealing plot-points and the direction the story was going in the second half that made me lost interest, so this is a disappointing outcome, because I did enjoyed The Blossoming Love from the beginning, just wish it didn't have too many of these unappealing tropes that made me give up.

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A story about second chances. You either like it or you dislike it

As the headline suggests, this story can be seen is about second chances, how you either give your one true love a second chance, or go with the current love. In my opinion, everyone deserves a second chance, especially when they have changed/improved from back then.

Bear in mind that there is a love triangle; where the ex-boyfriend comes back into the female lead’s life when she's already in a new relationship. It may not be for everyone; for me personally, I am definitely NOT fond of love-triangles to be honest, since they are annoying. I love/prefer faithful love that transcends life/death and time. A love that never dies.

Between the two love; Xu Zhehao (which is the male lead, acted by Qin Jun Jie) is her first, and true love. Xia Tian (female lead, acted by Janice Wu) have said (and as we can see), when she's with Xu Zhehao, she can be her true self, whereas for her relationship with Guan Xin, she is, well, I don't know, but I honestly, really don't feel the sweet chemistry between them when comparing to how Xu Zhehao and Xia Tian and how they were in their flashbacks. They (Guan Xin and Xia Tian) aren't completely honest with each other, not like how Xu Zhehao and Xia Tian relationships was depicted back then.

Honestly, I kept to this drama for Xu Zhehao and Xia Tian, because I love their chemistry over Guan Xin and Xia Tian, as a matter of fact, I don't even like Guan Xin, for several reasons actually, one being, he is quite abusive if you ask me, I mean, on both occasions, Guan Xin is always the FIRST to throw a punch first!!! So in the end, my feelings for Guan Xin was 'meh'. I didn't like him as well, because there are times where I felt like he is guilt-tripping Xia Tian.... And especially when he knew exactly how Xia Tian feels, but he ignores her feelings, so I really didn't like him for that...

Quite the contrary, I always love the scenes between Xu Zhehao and Xia Tian on my end, and for Xia Tian, there are ofcourse flaws, one being, she knew clear well how she felt but she's not staying true to her feelings, not following her heart, and she accepted Guan Xin's marriage proposal even when she knew how she felt deep down... Thus, not being honest with her feelings... That was a negative point about her character for me, I mean, she rather go with 'not disappointing her friends and Guan Xin' over following her true feelings.. If I was her, I would have refused, and break it off then, and I will tell Guan Xin, "I'm sorry. I cannot marry you, this will he unfair to you" and break it off then....And NOT drag it off like in the drama....but then reality is different.. in the drama, this needs to happen for drama sake....not that I support the dragginess though...

For me, I do like the ending, I just wish we got a little more of their post-happiness to see how happy they are back together, but I already can see they are happy now so that's sweet. I like how the 'train' signify their relationship progress, from when they first met, fell in love, break up and now back together, only this time, they will cherish their second chance,

Xia Tian is a not a bad character, although there are questionable choices she made which I don't agree with, but when she decides on something she gives it all her, and not waver, that's one of the traits I love about her. I do like that she actually went to Xu Zhehao at the end, because it shows me she's 'putting in' the effort (chasing after him) to win him back.

I love that kiss they have for each other, hey, at least it's passionate and it's from the present time, right?

Worth noting that I love the contrast/difference Xia Tian gave for Xu Zhehao and Guan Xin, for Xu Zhehao, she actually regrets breaking up with him, and wanted to be with him and ask for forgiveness that she didn't want to break up, but for Guan Xin, it honestly felt like it was a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders, like a sigh of relief.

I am not saying she didn't like both, but what I am saying is, being with Guan Xin, she can never love him full-heartedly, it will always be Guan Xin loving Xia Tian more.... Because Xia Tian heart is closed off/and a portion of her heart/love is already given to Xu Zhehao, that is why it's unfair to Guan Xin for persisting in this futile relationship...

Whereas, for Xu Zhehao and Xia Tian, I can really see Xia Tian loving Xu Zhehao full-heartedly, and that feeling is mutual from Xu Zhehao's end, and she can completely open up and be herself, like she said, she can be herself the most when she's with him, that's why, I am glad/happy she went with Xu Zhehao at the end

Both Qin Jun Jie and Janice Wu played their roles well, and I do think Qin Jun Jie (as Xu Zhe Hao) is handsome; I love how they have these micro expressions (especially Qin Jun Jie) where they are about to cry... :( So do they have chemistry? Ofcourse! ANDI love all their flashbacks that was presented in the drama, I just wish we had more...

Rewatch Value: I will rewatch this, but will mostly going to fast-forward the boring scenes (i.e. Guan Xin and Xia Tian scenes, and Guan Xin scenes on it's own, they are fast-forwardable imo)

Music: I actually quite like some of the music in this show, made me teary and emotional.

P.S: That scene when Xia Tian wish Xu Zhehao a happy birthday; I was teary.... She's the only one who remembered (I do think Xu Zhehao remembered too; but ever since he broke up with Xia Tian, he decide to not celebrate his birthday anymore), but the flashback scene, made me teary... the happy moments, vs the moments of the present, where they still love each other, but she's holding back her feelings and not staying true to her heart (and how she feels for Xu Zhehao)... And it really (extremely) pisses me off when Guan Xin punched Xu Zhehao on his birthday!!! (I am like, can I punch Guan Xin on his birthday)??

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