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FL was great too. She is so underappreciated.

Chemistry between characters or actors doesn’t have to be romantic, even creepy vibes can count as chemistry. But most of the edits I’ve seen ship them romantically, which is a bit upsetting.

No, Changyu didn’t kiss anyone. Su Yuanqing only said that to provoke Xie Zheng.

He didn’t forcefully kiss her because he thought someone else had kissed her. For the past few days, Xie Zheng had been trying to avoid getting intimate with Changyu because he knew he had to leave and didn’t want to drag her into his mess. However, after being provoked, the thought of another man touching her or her finding someone else to love made him lose control. During that confrontation, he realized how unwilling he was to let her go or allow another man to touch her. Yes, his actions were wrong, and I’m not defending him.

Su Yuan Qing taunted Xie Zheng by saying that Fan Chang Yu’s lips tasted sweet, which clearly provoked him. Xie Zheng managed to control himself in front of Fan Chang Yu, but having to leave her and the words exchanged between them frustrated him, and he then lost control.

I have mixed feelings about this drama. Every decision Su Cheng Cheng takes to hide her secret from Tang Qi is stupid, and there are better ways to handle it without needing to spend so much money and effort staging acts again and again. But if the FL chose a logical and better way to do things, then the show wouldn’t be as hilarious and funny as it is. So I’m honestly hanging between loving it and hating it.

The SFL is desperate for power to keep her uncle in check, and marrying Ji Bozai would satisfy that need. As a princess in a realm that disapproves of women in power, she sought Jbz as a political proxy. However, Jbz is unwilling. Yes, as a viewer it's kinda annoying to watch, but she is simply doing everything she can to survive. Also, she matures quickly and stops her persistent attempts to marry JBZ.

SFL wants a marriage alliance with Ji Bozai to gain political strength, but he refuses her. It is also clear that she has no genuine feelings for him. So nothing happens between them.

No.

I'm in ep 14 and I have a question: Xiahou Dan has the world’s strongest person, Mr. Bai, by his side, so why didn’t he simply order Mr. Bai to kill Xiahou Bo? Yes, Xiahou Bo has all the support he needs to stay hidden and gather information, but he has no knowledge of who Mr. Bai is or his ability to disguise himself. So if it were planned properly, he could have killed Xiahou Bo. With Xiahou Bo dead, his faction would have been in shambles, giving Xiahou Dan the time and opportunity to figure things out, right?

Great cast, but I didn’t like any of the main characters. The OST was good, but the story felt average, and the love story in particular was terrible. I didn’t find myself rooting for any of the ships. Still, the drama was entertaining overall.

I’m not saying he’s underwhelming because he isn’t manly enough or for not taking the lead, but it feels like his entire existence is nothing without her. I don’t know how to put it into words, but it’s like he has no will of his own apart from protecting the FL. Yeah it feels like his character is incomplete. Maybe it’s because of how little they showed us about him.

The first two cases(8.6/10) were well structured and edited, but I started losing interest from the third case(7.9/10) onward. Also I know this is a FL centric drama, but I’m disappointed with the ML’s character. Even though there’s some mystery surrounding him, he still feels underwhelmingly weightless.

It was better than I expected, and I didn’t really have an issue with the ending being revealed as a dream. What I didn’t like was how they suddenly flipped the SML into a villain out of nowhere. Cause after making him a villain and brushing it off as “just a dream” felt disappointing. They should’ve handled the SML’s role better in the final part instead of taking that route.

Yeah, you could say that. She’s basically blinded by everything going on in her life. She might be the God of War, but when it comes to handling emotions, she struggles. Even though she’s good at reading people, she never gave SL any real attention, but that didn’t stop him from trying to force his way into her life. Also, I don’t know if you know this, but they cut four episodes from the final version, so in some scenes it can feel like you’re missing context.

I have some free time, so I’ll just talk a lot.

By Episode 13, MY isn’t sure about her feelings and never really lets herself think about what JBZ means to her. Her mind is on one thing only: finding a cure, healing herself, and going back to Yaoguang Mountain to reclaim her position as Crown Prince. Her loyalty is with her mother and her realm, and that never wavers.

By Episode 17, the red thread forces her to feel JBZ’s pain, and that’s when she starts to understand her feelings a little better, even though she doesn’t want to. She has no choice. She’s willing to risk her life for him, but that still doesn’t change her plans. If she survives, she intends to return to the world she belongs to.

At this point, JBZ became an important person to her, but her mother is her entire world. She relies on her deeply, and that isn’t going to change anytime soon.

As for SL, yes, he’s annoying from the start, but many people think his character shift doesn’t make sense and call it bad writing. In reality, his character doesn’t flip overnight or suddenly turn evil. He grows up in a family obsessed with power and control, and because he’s born without spiritual veins, he’s treated as useless and constantly bullied. That experience messes him up badly. His desire for power never disappears, it’s just suppressed until he meets Mingxian.

To SL, Mingxian becomes the image of everything he wants to be: strong, respected, untouchable, that image became his anchor. His motivation, confidence, and sense of purpose all end up tied to her. The story even makes it clear that everyone born in that family is twisted in nature in one way or the other.

Seeing her vulnerable only turned his unhealthy dependence into a chaotic obsession, So when he saw her falling in love with JBZ, it really broke him. His delusion kinda slowed down his descend into madness but it was inevitable.

When MY meets SL before the tournament, she relates to his suffering and tries to guide him, not knowing what he’s really like.

Later, when they meet again she tolerates him for simple reasons: he helped her avoid questions about how she killed the netherbeasts; she still sees him as a troubled younger brother who needs guidance; and she’s stuck in enemy territory, where having someone from the other side on her team is necessary for survival. So she never actually encouraged him, it was all his own delusion. Her focus was never on him enough to truly understand who or what he was; she only saw him as a troubled kid.

Mingyi begins deceiving JBZ because she must hide her identity and because she initially believes he is evil. She keeps the secret that Mingxian is a woman as if her life and her mothers life depends on it, since her mother told her never to reveal it to anyone. She refuses to tell even her master, whom she considers the second most important person in her life after her mother.

It is sad that she is deceiving JBZ, but she is not playing with him. Both of them grew up carrying trauma, and that trauma shaped them into the people they are now.

In episode 13, she is ready to unleash her spiritual power after Mu Qibai hurts her spirit pet. However, JBZ intervenes, giving her a moment to breathe, and she chooses to observe instead.

In front of the marriage stone, she tries to stop JBZ from carving her name, but he is hell-bent on doing it for his own reasons. It is not a completely selfless act. Mingyi has helped him repeatedly against Mu Qibai, making her useful to him, and carving her name can be seen as a way for him to repay her for that help. Even though she assists him primarily to find a cure, the fact remains that he benefited from her actions. At the same time, he also wants to find out whether Mingyi truly loves him.

Her decision not to reveal the truth is an act of self-protection. Yes, it is deception, but the truth is tied to her mother, and she is not willing to take that risk. She grew up hiding the truth from every ear and eye, making it both physically and mentally impossible for her to reveal it on her own.

Zhuang Xu is a typical male lead, he comes from a poor background and falls in love with a rich girl. The girl is content with her life and has no desire to strive for greatness, while Zhuang Xu, having grown up without the luxury of choice, is driven by a need to earn the right to choose his own future. Her lack of ambition directly clashes with the very force that motivates him, making him unable to love her with confidence.

In any other drama, this might have led to a time skip where the poor boy makes it big, reunites with the rich girl through a collaborative project, and the two slowly rediscover each other before reaching a happy ending.

I’m on episode 13, and while every episode has good cliffhangers, something feels missing for me. The suspenseful outcomes are kind of obvious even before the investigation begins, and I don’t think they try to hide it. The drama is more focused on finding the evidence, which I like, but I don’t feel the usual pull that an investigative drama has. Maybe it’s because I’ve watched too many investigative dramas, or the acting, or the characters, or something else, but I’ll still continue watching because I’ve heard good things about this drama, and I’m waiting to see if I’ll find the same.

Yes, she is undercover in Jixing Abyss to find the GDM and cure the Heavenly Grief poison. She thought JBZ was the one to poison her because the poison flared and her spiritual veins were messed up when she was fighting JBZ, so she believed he would have the antidote. Because he visits the entertainment house like it’s his house, she sold herself and got close to him.