If it flows with the novel, which it has so far, its gonna be pretty boring with the push and pull until a major…
The story is mainly a love story, so I'll keep that part private. The story plot is, Divine Immortals (Heavenly side) and Demon Immortals (ShenLi side) don't like each other, since there used to be wars over who rules Heavenly realm. So demon side tried to overthrow them 1000 years ago in a major war, which caused Xing Zhi to seal a bunch of monsters in the Xutian Abyss, and made these seals to contain them, which has gotten weaker now. Currently both sides proposed a marriage alliance to further keep the peace, which is what ShenLi is running from when she met Xingyun. So now in the drama, Xing Zhi is back to make the seals strong again.
i am obsessively addicted to this drama but i feel like when the plot starts to get better i cant wait so should…
If it flows with the novel, which it has so far, its gonna be pretty boring with the push and pull until a major event in the middle, then slow again, then a grand finale. Following that, the good middle stuff might happen like eps20-25 ish.
Sometimes I find Xing Zhi odd, but then it fits who he is. The drama helped me understand him better than the novel, where he was just plain weird.
Everyone avoids him since he's literally the highest divine being in existence, so he has this lazy slow flair because really, there's no stimulation from anyone. So he jokes around to get reactions, and people just bend over backwards no matter what, even the emperor with the marriage thing. Then you get ShenLi who challenges him, protects him (who never gets protected!), gets flustered by him, and genuinely liked him. After 30 years of missing her, it makes sense he went to find her first, seek her out, and keep on bothering her. I think Lin Gengxin nailed his expression when he first saw her again and she came towards him.
The previous emperor created powerful monsters to attack the Divine realm, and Shenli's dad is one of the monsters created, and her mom was one of the followers of the "bad side" you can say. Shenli is actually part monster. (thats why the fox demon who died was like "I see." when she slayed him powerfully). Xing Zhi was there a thousand years ago creating and sealing the Abyss, which "killed" her dad and mom, then her master took the baby and raised her (shenli). The drama did play up the antagonistic behaviour from her master, though. Not as drastic in the book, since revealed in the end.
The ML has always been honest even if he's a jokster. He admits he likes toying with her, and that he's a good person. Irrefutable from Xingyun to Xingzhi.
Not good or bad, but always stuck with the love tribulation between the same 2 women.
This is where I hope the drama fixes things, because in the novel it was left open ended. God Qing Ye fell in love with a mortal, so he lost his God status and forced to undergo love tribulations with that woman, very tragic each lifetime. Xing Yun finds him as Mr. Gu, and so realized whats happened, and later reawakens some of his memories so he can have a happy ending with her, but we don't know if its Xiao He (lotus demon girl) or Gu's wife.
feel like i can't really get interested and invested in ml......kinda feels like the actor is not so well suited…
I think it's cuz he's a bit odd, which is how he's written. It's very hard to relate to, I had the same issue reading the novel first time. Once you know what he's like, it's easy to love him
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Everyone avoids him since he's literally the highest divine being in existence, so he has this lazy slow flair because really, there's no stimulation from anyone. So he jokes around to get reactions, and people just bend over backwards no matter what, even the emperor with the marriage thing. Then you get ShenLi who challenges him, protects him (who never gets protected!), gets flustered by him, and genuinely liked him. After 30 years of missing her, it makes sense he went to find her first, seek her out, and keep on bothering her. I think Lin Gengxin nailed his expression when he first saw her again and she came towards him.