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The surface-level reason is that JBZ and the princess’s partnership poses a threat to his power to control the realm.

But the real reason is that JBZ wasn’t born with spiritual veins, but now he has them, and because of that, he was suspected to have used Heavenly Grief(poison) to gain the spiritual veins and Golden Millet Dream to cure the poison. They want the Golden Millet Dream; hence, they first tried to get him on their side. But because JBZ refused, they are spying on him to find the GDM. Later, they realized that he might be connected to Bo Yu Lan, whom they tortured and killed in trying to obtain the GDM, and understood that JBZ is here for revenge.

Childish? Mmm. Everything she does is backed by her own reasoning. The FL suffers from an identity crisis. She conditioned herself to act a certain way when she was disguised as a man, but now that she’s living as a woman, she doesn’t know how to be her true self. Everything she does comes from what she observed and mimicked in the entertainment house. She believes she can gain his attention by acting cute and silly, but also smart and loyal. She adopts that persona because she thinks it’s the only way she can open his heart and get close to him. As the story unfolds and their relationship evolves, she slowly discovers herself. She’s already mature and strong, so there’s nothing to comment on about that. If you’re asking about her silliness, then yes, she does stop being unnecessarily silly. But I wouldn’t actually call it unnecessary, because it serves the character, and I also like her silly side.

Good story and great concept, but most of the time it felt like the actors in this drama were simply delivering their lines rather than reacting to the situations their characters were in. But anyway, I still enjoyed the drama.

SL does try to come between the couple multiple times, but he fails completely and is never the cause of the misunderstandings they go through. However, he does become a major focus in the second half of the series.

Mingyi sees JBZ as an enemy because she believes he was the one who poisoned her, and their realms are already at odds. As warriors, they are naturally considered enemies.

Second lead's feelings are totally one-sided, and yeah, the main couple breaks up a few times.

The thought of her being an enemy had already faded, and they even showed that during the conversation between JBZ and Buxiu. He stopped seeing her as an enemy, which is why he allowed himself to trust her and allowed himself to fall for her. He broke the rules he set for himself again and again for Mingyi, and Mingyi witnessed it happen. He made it clear that he trusted her and that he no longer saw her as a threat and if she is willing they could have life together after his revenge.

He grew up in a prison and had no guidance.

"So honestly what kind of reaction are you expecting from him?"

During the carving, he wanted to know whether Mingyi had even a bit of love for him, and every lightning strike only made him think that she didn’t.

As for your question, if he didn’t love her, then of course his reaction would have been more controlled and not an outburst. Whether Mingyi loved him or not wouldn’t have mattered to him. His outburst of anger itself showed his love, it showed that he was hurt. It is his first time loving someone, his first time dealing with such emotions. So the outburst as his first reaction makes complete sense to me, and if you perceive it as hypocritical, then yes, it is hypocritical.

I'm curious What kind of reaction are you expecting from JBZ?

JBZ doesn’t trust anyone because of everything he has been through. But he allowed himself to trust Mingyi, even though he knew she was hiding a few things, because he genuinely felt her sincerity from time to time. What he didn’t expect was for her to be from Yaoguang Mountain. That changes everything, because to him it suddenly means she could be just like everyone else who approached him for the GDM. That is a deeply sensitive spot for him. In episode 12, he even tells her that he decided and if she is willing he could make their marriage a reality, but now she could suddenly be his enemy.

I don't know why you keep saying it's an open ending when everyone who has completed the drama already knows it's an open ending, and I never said it wasn’t. I just shared my own conclusion of one possibility based on what I understood, and I could very well be wrong.

JBZ treats Buxui as a friend and as his equal, not someone who is serving him. JBZ wants Buxui to learn, explore, and maybe even live like a human, so him going on a journey is completely possible.

JBZ doesn't care if his mother is an empress or not. I don’t remember her becoming an empress again. JBZ only requested the emperor to spare her. In the final episode, I only remember him saying she was pardoned and lifted from her confinement.

To command the warriors during the tournament, JBZ doesn’t have to be a crown prince. He can still command and train them as the strongest warrior who has reached the perfect stage. Being trained by someone who not only reached the perfect stage but also saved the six realms is an honor no warrior would reject.

Before JBZ, Yaoguang Mountain didn’t have a crown prince for almost a year, and the emperor wasn’t shown as someone in a hurry to appoint one. The Zhushui Spiritual State didn’t have a crown prince for years. Him denying the crown prince seat doesn’t mean he is irresponsible, and his voice already possesses authority without him needing to be the crown prince.

The commentary in the final episode about JBZ wanting to remain a warrior in the warrior ranks is there so the audience knows what’s happening, not just a scene spreading rumors about future possibilities in the middle of a gathering.

The question that was asked, and the one I responded to, was “Where are they going to live?” and Wugui Sea made more sense to me.

Well, anyway, no matter what happens, Ming Yi and JBZ are never breaking the creed “live together and die together.”

I don’t remember the exact wording, but 27 says something like, “After the tournament, you’ll be roaming around the realms and you won’t get another chance to eavesdrop… Right now, your master is facing his greatest trial…”
The “trial” referred to the proposal, and JBZ wasn’t included in the roaming plan; I think it was meant only for Buxiu. As for the crown prince position not remaining vacant for long, I don’t think JBZ cares about it. Maybe he’s still the crown prince, maybe not, but JBZ definitely doesn’t like living away from Ming Yi, and now that she has accepted his proposal, nothing after the tournament can really stop him from living with her.

I mostly agree with what wowwow said, and I want to add something to it.

Ming Yi’s way of understanding love is very different. She grew up receiving affection from her mother only when she was useful. In episode 1, she literally begs her mother, insisting she’s “still useful.” The same pattern appears with JBZ she first earns his trust through her usefulness, and throughout the drama she repeatedly says, “I’m still useful to him.”

This mindset is deeply rooted in her. But JBZ’s love slowly starts to shift her perception. For the first time, she realizes she can be loved, and that being useful isn’t the condition for it. Also, She has an identity crisis, she doesn’t even know who she truly is. She was still in the middle of discovering herself.


That’s why she’s terrified of facing him as a liar. His love gives her a comfort she has never experienced, but it also introduces a fear she doesn’t know how to handle. Stealing the GDM felt like the easier choice because if she takes it, she can return to being Ming Xian and Ming Yi, the girl who was loved, will disappear. And for someone who has always believed she is loved only when she’s useful, she genuinely thinks he will forget her once she’s gone.

Of course, there are many layers to her decisions, but simply put, her mind was tangled in a whirlwind of unfamiliar fear. In episode 26, when JBZ tells her “being honest isn’t hard,” she finally begins to open up. Even after that she still needed more time before she could be completely honest with him.

I interpreted JBZ’s reaction when he caught her stealing a bit differently. The way he questioned her felt like he was hoping she would deny it or give him a reason he could hold on to. But Ming Yi is someone who accepts the consequences of her actions, so she didn’t offer excuses. She accepted death.

They won’t be resolved quickly, but when it comes to the sad parts, the drama gives enough happy moments to balance them out, leaving you with a contented heart.

Ming Yi is quite complicated. As a viewer, you might feel frustrated and think she’s making foolish choices, but once you truly understand her, you can’t help but feel sad for her.

JBZ is also a complicated character, but i think his complexity is much easier to see compared to Ming Yi’s.

Yes, they can use magic, but they cannot advance stages and can only learn simple spells. However, there seem to be certain cultivation methods that can grant significant power even to those without spiritual veins, though training in them comes with huge risks.

I think the heart imprint only triggers when they are emotional overwhelmed , not physical pain. That’s why it didn’t activate when Ming Yi was being physically tortured or when she was suffering from the heavenly grief backlash. But it did trigger when JBZ learned what happened to the prisoners and Ruo Shui. It didn’t activate immediately when he first realized the prisoners had died, but when he learned that Ruo Shui was gone, the emotional pain peaked and caused the imprint to react.

It was the same for Ming Yi, the imprint activated when she was under the soul-seizing technique, because the emotional pain in that moment overwhelmed her.

Every time the imprint triggered, emotional pain was involved.

I think JBZ and Ming Yi will live together in the Wugui Sea because JBZ is no longer the crown prince, and as a warrior of Yaoguang Mountain who has a friendly relationship with Jixing Abyss, he can stay there without any worries. As for the emperor of Yaoguang Mountain, he can only accept it silently, because without JBZ they would be doomed against Jixing Abyss.

The way you imagined the story would definitely make for a good watch, but it clashes with the characters’ established personalities. One of the reasons I like this drama is because it stays true to the characterizations and doesn’t take the easy route just to meet smooth sailing expectations. Of course, there are a few moments that feel out of character, but they’re in small, negligible scenes.

There were quite a few bedroom scenes in the early chapters. I read up to chapter 134 and then skipped to the final chapter. The “five-day” part happens in chapter 224 after Ji Bozai and Ming Yi get married. They stayed in their room the entire time, and what happened during those five days is left to our imagination.

Yes, he gave it to her, and she finds out about it in episode 30.

Yeah, even though Ming Yi hated that Ji Bozai was a philanderer, at one point, she admitted to herself that she alone wouldn’t be enough to satisfy his hunger. But later, she realized she actually was—though it took some serious extra effort. Five days straight, and JBZ still wanted to keep going for another day.

I just started reading the novel, and I’m kind of mad that they robbed us of Ji Bozai and Yan Xiao’s friendship. But I guess it’s understandable, considering the changes they made to Ji Bozai’s character and the overall plot setup.