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Ohh... how did I miss this drama until now. It's Allen Ren and PXR!!!

May be I lost it in my watch list because they kept changing the drama name.. lol

Off to read the novel now!

The change I liked most was Mu Qingge herself and the entire flashback arc. The novel was entirely about Ranran and Mu Qingge scenes were just almost non existence, no flashback arc either. Drama did such a good job with this one.

The change I disliked most was Su Yu. Novel Su Yu was almost non existence, always working from the background. But drama gave him a self centered personality and so much scenes at the same time that he frustrates the viewers to no end...

Just finished the novel. The drama made a lot of changes so it was tough to watch the drama and read the novel parallelly. lol

Among the things drama changed, here are the ones I liked and hated the most. (No story spoiler but tagged spoiler nonetheless)

It's a fun watch so far. Nothing too complicated and interesting lead characters. Pacing is good as well. Lots of common xianxia tropes but the story is interesting enough.

The visuals of the leads are chef's kiss though. One of the main reasons we are watching.

So far, that character's sole purpose is to annoy the viewers, and add basically nothing to the stor... oh, he took MRW away from our ML. He did do something y'all!

The xianxia staple trio - "Misunderstanding", "Noble Idiocy", and "Amnesia" arcs incoming. 😖

Though, based on ep 21-22 trailers, seems like things are gonna be resolved relatively quickly. Less suffering for us.. yay!

It's exactly because of this that I'm losing hope of seeing this any time soon. No amount of editing can salvage it properly 😭

I'm already sad of losing Lin Shuanghe since the beginning, and now this.

Appreciate for the help. I see it's not that far off into the story yet. I'll do a cursory reading up to ch28 and pick up from there.

Novel readers... Which chapter of the novel is equivalent to the episode 14 of drama?

Also, is it ok to jump right into the middle of the novel? Is there anything major I might miss if I skip the earlier chapters?

yo what the hell... one of my favorite things author did is how Chu Zhao was trapped in series of choices he made along the way and faded into obscurity by his own hand...

Now I'm feeling really anxious about the drama if this is true. He Yan got a lot on her hand and the last thing it needs is a love triangle...

The 'found family' aspect in her 2nd life with the 2nd He family was such an interesting bit of He Yan's character though. ughh... we can only lament and blame the censorship lmao

Saw only the spear guy featured in the trailer. The rest, like you mentioned, is only briefly shown in the background. Hope those are our og flag squad. Who's gonna help He Yan for the Rundu arc without them...

Same sentiment for the cut of Lin Shuanghe. He was my favorite character aside from the leads in the novel as well.

About the 2nd He family, they are most likely doing The Double style. Entirely rid off the rebirth bits, so there's no longer the need for the 2nd He family anymore. Instead, He Yan might somehow survive the murder, just like in The Double.

For the rest of the missing characters... I just hope it's the case of incomplete cast list on wiki. All of them are such memorable characters. Really would have like to see them on screen.

Ep10 - I'm having serious trust issues with every character in this drama. You pick your home team, and doubt everyone else is the way to go...

I root our girl YPA, so ML, you are on the list as well.

SYS in deep shit. I would also be in deep shit with how cute Ran Ran is. I would have to meditate way more often than SYS tbh. That ice cave gonna be my permanent residence.

Aside from the amazing performance of the leads, the pacing is what really got me here. All the flashbacks properly done, relationships properly set up and get us invested, while there's literally no draggy parts so far... in what like 1/4th of the length of the drama, and a romance with high stakes upcoming. This is as good as it can get for a xianxia really.

Fingers crossed it stays the same and we are getting a potential xianxia classic.

After following the reuters since the start of shooting, I'm now seeing TXW in a new light. We knew she plays feminine characters very well. But, she looks sooo fine in her fierce look as well in her armor. Can't wait to watch it on screen!

There are a couple villainous figures actually, each with their own motives.

If I recall correctly, biggest ones are Qi Min (son of the late crown prince) and Wei Yan (the big guy in the imperial court). There are a couple other figures as well who work against our main leads.

I'm enlightened now as well lol. Gonna check out previous works of both leads.

For Deng Wei, may be I'll start with Lost You Forever as I've been meaning to start it.

For Julia, may be Ripe Town as I watch costume drama mostly and that's her only costume drama in recent years.

Yo.... this show came out of left field for me. Great writing, pacing, leads, action scenes and effects.

I've only seen ML in TTEOTM... and that's it. FL is totally new to me, and I'm really loving her Mu Qing Ge here. Looking forward to how the story will pan out, I'm already quite invested in it.

The struggle is real with new faces introduced almost every episodes 🤣

Finished episode 8, and I'm now sure I'll be staying till the end. Everyone playing 5D chess for their own agenda, and I'm loving it!

And also, whoever YPA ends up with, ML or her bestie, I ship both ships! LSS chemistry works for both. 😂