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Watchable

I'm not familiar with any of the actors here. Watched this just out of boredom because there was nothing else to watch from Youku anymore. Storywise, it gave me Reborn Rich vibes at the start with similar adopted son battling with other family members for inheritance/family business and then someone tries to kill him. The difference is Ma Rulong lost his memory while Song Joong Ki went back in time. Can't say much for the acting since the story didn't call for much drama. There were some frustrating parts and fillers that I actually skipped and fast-forwarded. As for romance, it was close to almost zero 😅 No chemistry between them at all! I like how both the FL and ML were smart people though except for when FL was almost scammed by a fake fengshui master.

Overall, it's something not worth rewatching but good enough if there's nothing else to do and just pass the time.

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Suitable for Yang Yang fans

I enjoyed this series because I'm a huge Yang Yang fan. It's all about Han Li's journey, his smartness and strategies on his way to achieving his goal of becoming an immortal. I loved his character, although he seemed like a robot at times. He doesn't have much in the way of emotions at all. It was all about his determination to reach his goal. Thus, this series doesn't draw out any emotions for viewers as well. The songs and graphics were great. The other cast members were all lackluster except for Ms. Mo. Clearly, they put Gina in the poster just for the sake of putting her there. She wasn't a main character at all. Also, she looked a lot like BB Gandanghari hahaha! The sect elders were so annoying. They didn't seem like they deserved to be called elders at all. They all acted silly and stupid. Even when there was "war" going on, there was no sense of urgency from them. There was more talking instead of actual fighting. This made the show somewhat boring as a lot of other viewers complained. The ending was a bit of a disappointment. The first half of the ending was so unexpected and too much talking again. The second half made up for it somewhat. It ends with the caption "end of season 1" so I guess there will be another season coming up. I hope they improve on it based on the reviews.

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LIght and easy

There's nothing new in this drama, but it's light and easy. It's the classic case of poor girl meets rich boy then mother with love rival try to tear them apart. The nice thing though is how realistically it's done. There's no exaggerrated stuff. No crazy stuff. It's all so subtle. I like that both love rivals were not lunatics and accepted their fates graciously. Plus, Zhao Lu Si, as always, is such a good actress and the role fits her really well. However, the last few episodes leading to the ending were so frustrating. Suddenly, FL becomes stupid and so naive. If it were not for the mature and smart ML, this would've been a disaster. The ending saved the day and everything wrapped up well.

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Good enough to watch

Not particularly a fan of Xianxia dramas. I watched this because of Bai Lu. Can't say I liked it, but didn't dislike it either. The storytelling became messy halfway through. I lost count how many times they stabbed each other, killed each other, died and came alive again. You've gotta throw all logic when watching dramas like this where some characters can die so easily while others are just too hard to kill. Siling and Dazheng looked great together as a couple but I didn't feel any emotions or felt connected to them in any way. I would still recommend it to be watched but not the best drama out there for me.

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Great love story

My first time watching Zu'er and took some getting used to. First four episodes were bland and initially didn't like FL. They've only just met and she didn't really have any feelings for ML but she insisted on marrying him, which didn't make sense to me. Things started to make sense by the fifth episode and it was then that I understood why everyone loved this drama. FL was smart and wise. Misunderstandings were always cleared up immediately and I love how they handled their conflicts maturely. Loved how Wei Yan didn't turn out to be an enemy like it usually does in other dramas with the same kind of character. I kind of got confused at the last episode when after killing Liu Yan the scene was suddenly transitioned into the future and felt like they tried to squeeze it all in because they didn't want to extend to another episode. All in all, a unique and great love story👍

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I'm sorry but I didn't like it

Started this with high expectations considering how people were raving about it and some even rewatched it 7x. First 10 episodes were good but went downhill from there. The reason I would continue to watch this is solely because of Arthur Chen. He was the only one carrying the whole drama. Female lead was such a weak character and I disliked her. While watching in Youku, I could read comments about her and some people liked her and some people didn't. The whole story was too long and just felt dragging. Found myself fastforwarding and cringing from some too-sweet scenes where ML just goes out of his original character and becomes the loveydovey loser dude. Sorry but I dropped it.

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Almost liked it

First few episodes were not stellar but because of the female lead's unique character and my fetish for strong female leads, I proceeded to watch and found it entertaining in the first half. Inconsistencies started piling up halfway through. I mean, how could an amazing couple like the Princess Royal and General Ban have produced such a stupid son like Marquis Jingting? Also, how did the female lead become a more responsible, smart and sensible person under a father like that? Same parents but her brother is just as useless and stupid like their father. And the most laughable part is that the emperor wanted to promote someone as stupid as Marquis Jingting as the Deputy Prime Minister! Futhermore, I hate dramas where there's a clingy obsessive second female lead/villain. As typical as it gets, of course the villains always get away with evil things they do just to make the show longer. And so I decided to drop it.

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Worth watching

I watched this mainly because of Johnny Huang; he has a lot of good dramas. True enough, I wasn't disappointed watching this but rated it a low re-watch value because there's no point in rewatching when I already know who the villains will be. At first I didn't even think there would be hidden villains at all!

What I liked:
1) Loved the main lead's character - smart, good fighter, upright, warmhearted without being a pushover
2) Raises awareness for the harmful effects of drugs and human trafficking
3) The surprising twists in the story

What I didn't like:
1) There is always this one character in dramas that talk too much, is silly and loud and he is present here
2) A loophole with villains wearing body armor but the police are not? Also, they don't have guns to protect themselves with.
3) The main lead's family being the family of a police officer do not care about their safety at all and act carelessly. They would all be dead and used to threaten the main lead in reality.

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Overhyped

I thought Elvis Hans was the main lead at first and watched this because of him but after a few episodes, it was turning out that Ding Yi was the main lead. If he had not taken on the side job pretending to be Joseph Lee, there wouldn't be any story. His decision to earn money on the side deceiving other people led to all his misfortune and also dragged people around him into it. I've got to say that he is a really good actor but his character's stupidity and stubborness was so annoying that I couldn't watch it any further. People who like intense thrillers keeping them on the edge of their seats would like this, but I'm not one of them so dropped it.

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