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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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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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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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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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Didn't like it

Because of all the great reviews, I was really excited to watch this. I'm also a Hu Ge fan and couldn't wait to watch him again. I hated the first episode. I think there's something wrong with the English subtitles; they weren't accurately translated. Also, the way they talked, I think Shanghainese style, it was annoying to me. They were also talking too fast, and all that jargon was boring. I still gave it a chance and watched until the 3rd episode. Second and third episodes were better than the first, but still I found it boring. I didn't want to waste time something I wasn't enjoying just for the sake of watching it so I decided to drop it.

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