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Wasn't it hinted that Cheng Zhao is the third child ? He is from the Eternal Race (like the Turtle said) and have his "mark on his forehead".

His legs were broken by the Stone Clan. He is the "young man" they keep mentioning. My guess is that he killed by himself the Tiger Clan (or maybe the Cold Spring Master helped ?) and went to the Blaize Clan Village. After that, the Stone Clan came to stole it but something went massively wrong leading to the moment where he lost his legs (Cang Shan went berserk mode or his berserk mode was forced by -again- Cold Spring Master ?). Not sure how the "resentment" that keep following the Stone Clan appeared (did he summon his dead clan members to take his revenge ? With again the help of the Cold Spring Master ? We will see.) but it's how it lead to today event if I would take a guess.

But I don't really know why he hate ML so much. It isn't his fault at all as he was clueless to almost everything. Maybe Cold Spring Master brainwashed him or he just needed someone to blame for all that happen to him. Seems a bit forced to add some brotherly drama, so I hope writer have a better idea from where come from his hate on his brother.

If you didn't catch it, his "attempts" to change fate will never be successful. Why ? Because his current timeline have already incorporated his attempts and MXL still died in the end. It's a temporal loop.

For the first attempt, even if it was a bit clumsy, a day really passed between when he possessed his body and confronted the Master of Decaying. He needed to locate him, prepare and he didn't know the 1-day limit at that time.

So now, on his third attempt he will also "fail". Well, not entirely because it was because of this attempt that MXL didn't die when Sang Li attacked Moonlight Height. It was also how XXC killed the Elder Gao and was "possessed by the dark clan" plotline begins.

It also means that he cannot change fate with the Mirror of Samsara. I'm really curious how it will unfold after that.

I don't think Book of Fate is cruel, he is just overly detached from everything except Pearl of Chaos. A bit like the current NXY who is only focused on MXL. He even tried to kill his "best friend" for her & he didn't have much power. Now imagine him with Godly power that can literally rewrite history + lived with her "obsession" for eon. You can easily imagine the outcome.

For me they have the same personality except Book of Fate have lived for MUCH MUCH longer time + having power that can just break the world, so yeah, the outcome of his obsession is so much worst.

Well, I really enjoyed JoNorth storyline. Jo being a real eye-candy for me surely did help. (Loved the arm tattoo)

As for the first couple, while I enjoyed their first half, it really fell a bit flat after a while. Easter isn't a character I enjoyed. A bit too childlike & over-the-top for my taste. I also had trouble with some of his mannerism. As for Hill, overall, he was kind of bland & vanilla ? Anyway, even then, it wasn't a deal breaker for me but yeah, I wouldn't have been able to watch all of it if it was just them.

I know it was adapted from a novel so maybe the first one was like a trial or a first draft ? And the second one had more polish and detail ? It make me curious about the others two storyline that should be adapted for the season two at least, even if I wouldn't be "that" concerned if it never happen in the end.

I think they took this project to promote their boy group. It's likely to be a one time thing.

I think the writer have a self-sacrificing kink (or suicide kink if I wanted to be really blunt). The FL Father, Tian Huo Mother & Brother, Wu/Qi/Ba Trio, Fu Ling & Chong Zhao, Mu Jiu and obviously FL & ML. All want to die for someone and actively do that. And I think the list will go on as the story progress. Writer really think it's the epitome of nobility & proof of love.

While it's not entirely wrong - I can see how someone would see that as a noble act & selfless proof of love - it bother me a bit that every characters think that way, like it's just completely normal & sane to think that way. It almost lost it's meaning at some point like with Ba. He sacrificed himself, he got 3s tear from Wu & a 10s "deep" speech from FL & ML and... That's it. Then, Fu Ling appear and use "the power borrowed from her Master" (was it even mentioned before ?) to revert back at how the situation was beforehand. Writer be like "Someone didn't die for someone that episode, let's just add it for some drama!". Was it really necessary ? I really don't think so.

The power dynamic will be reversed here has she hold his darkest memory: his eighth-grader syndrome. And after the teaser it seems he still have it! So yeah, she will blackmail her boss. So throw any IRL expectation into the trashbin as nothing in it seems logical and it's made for laugh.

I'm mostly blaming the writing itself not the actual characters. The writer are responsible for making those "smart FL & ML" looking mostly dumb. It's just lazy writing. The first time I understood FL was powerless & ML has his goal. So yeah City go crazy and Father died. And Abracadabra -Plot armor activated- she healed the whole city & everything is fine. Second time again, they know it's a trap and they go without a proper plan into the banquet. And again, plot armor activated -ML have a burst of power from his magic sigil that doesn't explain at all how he could use spirit power even with a burst of it & save the day.

And now again with the fox tribe. The FL know that's it's a trap but go alone with the Fox Master (and ML follow the others Fox Elder. He know it's a trap or he is just stupid). And I'm waiting again the plot twist that they will lazily make this time.

Don't get me wrong, I still like it but I hope they will use those "smart FL & ML" they described with - I don't know - a smart plan to save the day from time to time ? :P

Love how FL & ML always see the trap ahead but still jump right into it without a proper plan. They done that every single time. They love the thrill I guess. :D Well, I guess having plot armor is their plan because their are that *special*. :P

Episode 1: ML in his thirty (or around it) keep waiting for a girl he knew when he was very young (around 7 ?) because they promised each other to meet at a specific place as she needed to leave with her grandma. They also promised to marry each others. Of course, they want me to believe that a freaking handsome doctor (who also probably come from a rich family) is still waiting for this girl. And yeah you guess it, FL have the same name! (I don't know yet if it's truly her as I just saw ep. 1). I REALLY hope he isn't because he was still "in love" with her younger self...

Like come on... I'm all for the fantasy but damn, no one would believe that & it's borderline creepy if you think about it! :x

I will keep watching because at least it seems that FL is sane and completely forgot about that like any normal person would do (If it was really her in the first place).

[EDIT]: Episode 2: Yeah, it's her. And he was in love with her all this time. So obviously, the next move is to become extra creepy by extracting personal info from her relative (who is also his underling), invading her personal space with questionable reason, borderline blackmailing her with her job to order her around (for showing off how handsome & awesome he is) and proceed to take advantage of her when she is sleeping. But they want me to believe it's cute. I'm just not in the mood for that. I'm out, dropped.

I'm more invested in the "second couple" even if I already know they will have a tragic ending for sure. Meanwhile, both FL & ML are already in the love state of "I will die for you". With 20+ episode left, I already bored of their "I will sacrifice myself for you" back & forth until one of them will actually be on the verge of death (or straight up dead). And ofc, he (or she) will be saved by the power of love. :P

Hotties privilege if you ask me. :P

I think Alternate Cir was the "guardian angel" that Alternate Phu keep talking about. We saw in the end of ep. 2 that he didn't respond to Phu unlike Original Cir but he did seems to know Alternate Phu. Also, his "psychic" friend said two thing that hint to that:

-When he respond to A. Phu something like "It's maybe because you didn't look carefully before" when A. Phu said he keep seeing Cir everywhere now in ep. 1.
-When he said to O. Cir to "Tell him the truth". I don't think he is truly a character that is aware of the whole "Parallel Universe" thingy but know that A. Cir was helping A. Phu all along without anyone knowing.

What do you think ?

I'm not as hype as others. What worry me the most is the writing. Time travel story really need a good writing skill to feel good to watch (at least for me). And from episode 1, I don't see that. All their moments were so forced and unnatural. Like, are they already out of idea to make two "Sickness-Bounding" scenes (+ the "Sexy Jazz Song" was a bit cringey tbh) ? I think the whole idea to add everything (encounter + warming up to each other until they kinda fall in love) in one episode really hindered them.

Anyway, I'm probably ranting too much so I will just add, it wasn't all bad either. I'm not trying to scare people to not watch this. ^^ But yes, I'm a bit disappointed, that all.

Don't know about if the role were reversed (but yeah, she would probably leave the office), but they wanted to portray the caring side of ML. Green Forest is a women's walking fantasy and I'm not here saying he is everyone fantasy but it's popular nowadays as Red Flags was popular 10y ago. A lot of Jerk ML in the past.

But all I'm saying, again, it's a fiction. Don't take it too seriously, it's just made for entertainment. I've seen comment straight up saying now that it's work harassment or even sexual assault. While IRL, it would be quite unproper, I also see consent between ML & FL. So, I see this even less of a issue in a Drama where everything is already non-realistic to begin with.

Drama logic. FL Father died in a fire & ML was in in a fire when he was young. The Event & Date match. And because it involve both FL & ML, nothing is a "coincidence" so it's most likely linked in some way. They love adding trauma or bad blood between lead to create way for them to not be able to be together so the obvious theory is that FL Father saved ML and died doing so. And if I would take a wild guess, it will be most likely the reason behind the cursed Break-Up/Time skip of the last episode. I hate it and I don't think I'm the only one but they always do that for some reason.

Oh come on. It's an office drama, of course they will be romance in the office. And yeah, the CEO will fall for the underling. Like any ML CEO before. But now that it's a FL CEO it's so "unprofessional". Don't get me wrong, IRL I do think it's a bad idea but it's just a fiction where thing will unfold beautifully (most likely) and was never aimed at being "realistic" to begin with. Don't bring IRL expectation in a work of fiction, you will just harm yourself.

For the ML working overtime because of his new job: his daughter isn't left alone, the other mom take care of her. And we see only the time when he works in the show because for now, everything revolve around ML & FL and not their life outside of it. It isn't a day by day reality show when we see everything especially his time off when he is with his daughter.

I'm pretty sure we will see more of it later when FL will enter ML private life and bound with the daughter.

Some peoples lose their sex drives after a while in a couple. Or aren't into it to begin with. But yeah, maybe she is cheating or doesn't love him anymore. We will see. ^^

Not to the point of ruining the drama but yes, the first half of ep. 12 was poorly written and a bit WTF. Second half is way better except that they made a mistake in the English trad. If you don't care about the politics, you shouldn't even be aware of it.