Deirdre19

I actually feel it is getting better with every episode! The initial episodes were a bit tough because the FL was too much of a cliche and there wasn't much happening.
There is a lot of symbolism and subtleties in the scenes between ML/FL which are easy to miss.
Also, there's a lot of good acting from the side characters, some of them are very good at making us hate them!

This drama plays a lot with subtleties and symbolism, which a lot of people miss because they focus on the plot (and in my case on the subtitles). I'll probably have to watch this all again once it is finished just to catch all these details. JT seems to have done too good a job on acting with subtlety which makes quite a few people think the ML is boring.
Thank you for pointing out these small details that would otherwise be overlooked!

It's funny how on one side people complain that Xianxia "is always the same kind of story" and as soon as one dares to break the mold everyone screams "psycho" for breaking an imaginary taboo.
The romance really only starts in the second arc which made a bunch of people complain about the "missing chemistry". They are probably the same people who would have screamed "pervert" if there had been any chemistry!
So the romantic relationship in the second arc is that of consenting adults. Is anyone really so naive to think that this could never happen in real live??

Don't be put off too much by some of the comments. The story is slow to develop, but it will get more gripping as it proceeds and the FL will drop the baby-act in her 2nd life. There is no chemistry between the leads in the 1st arc because the isn't MEANT to be any.
Some people just don't have the patience to watch the drama slowly unfold, while others will complain about anything (FL too childish, too bland, too whatever).
There are also quite a few people who really like it because it is different from the usual story template.

Yes, people's expectation greatly influence how they perceive a drama. Sadly, sometimes the promotion for a drama creates false expectations and then people are disappointed.
For instance Unchained Love was promoted as a dark palace drama and then ended up being a trivial comedy (probably the producers got scared by their own courage as the novel was certainly not a comedy).
Wulin Heros that go pushed out to surve on the wave of popularity gained by The Blood of Youth only for people to discover that this was a romance, not a wuxia.

I agree with your analysis of the different arc of the drama. Considering that nowadays culture (and the mentality of most people) seems to have a permanent need for instant gratification if would have been a better choice to tell the first arc of story as a flashback and have a bit more "action" before that. But then, I'm sure some other people would be complaining that the don't understand what's going on in the first episode 😂😂

It may be wise not to believe in all the rumours that run on the internet...
He looks the same as always, I cannot detect any signs of plastic surgery, but the make-up in this series is a bit strange and quite frankly, looks amateurish.

Yess!! Let them all turn purple....😈😈😈 It's my favourite colour!
JT looks so boring in white!

By episode 17 this is definitely getting better and better! In her second life the FL is a lot more pleasant, it feels like the actress was more at ease playing a "normal" woman (who wouldn't be?).

The plot thickens... the Scorpion King (also known as Mu Yu...) is up to something and it's not good.

I think the make-up department for this drama was run by trainees, though. In that close-up shot of the ML in episode 16 the face-powder was so visible! Also, in many other shots (of various people) the skin tone of face and neck doesn't match at all. Every teenager knows how to fade out foundation, why don't the immortals?

If that Wang Yue dude says "I'm a good person" one more time I'm going to scream!!!
What is this? Self-parody???

I don't know what you didn't like about Immortal Samsara (I didn't watch it) but here the ML is definitely in another league than IS, so I have faith that it will be worth getting through those first few episodes with the annoying FL.

Damn! I was looking forward to that one...
Here's a though, maybe China could consider a ban on banning things... 😂

It's due to the inherent sexism of the writers/directors/producers of Xianxia. They seem still very attached to the old Confucianism...

So women have to cute decorations with the mental ability of 5-year-olds who keep stumbling over their own feet, permanently have to be saved by the hero, show obsessive/delusional behaviour if they like someone who doesn't like them, can never take the initiative when it comes to relationships and speak in cutsy annoying baby-voices.

Even if the underlying novel portrayed a different type of female character, they will still re-write it to fit the ol' stereotypes, which then causes problems with the plot as the FL's actions become incoherent.

Nice! But YF's face looks so pale... did they overdo the make-up or is there a reason?

I don't know if this is your translation, but whoever did it might want to clean it up a bit before inviting people to read it.
Hint: Boy = he/him/his and girl = she/her
Also, "berkata", "mengganguk", etc. aren't words found in the English language.

Yes, these people are everywhere... but they are best ignored.

It always depends on how and what you critisise.
Everybody has the right to not like someone's acting and/or face or the plot of a drama. That's what I would consider a legitimate point of view.
If people start throwing insults or cannot separate the actor (especially one playing the villain) from the role or post the same negative comments every day, that's no longer just a point of view.
Producers should focus on acting capabilities of the actors instead of catering to the fan-girls of some popular pretty boys, though. Otherwise the quality of dramas will just go downhill very fast...

Ah, a fellow Shakespearean ... hello! 👋

Hihi, I'm looking forward to YF losing his cool with this old fart... it will not end well.

So you mean, Hoping Yearning Xianxia-loving = HYX 😂 😂 😂

It takes time to develop... In he first few episodes you have an annoyingly childish FL and a stoic ML who barely speaks. There are some interesting side characters to keep you interested, though. The FL/ML interacting It gets better from episode 13 onwards and then quickly becomes very dramatic.