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Can't help but think that what happened to Yichen is a kind of analogy for what Guo Jingming went through himself. Like Yichen, he was a celebrated young author who won awards for his best-selling works. And then he was accused and proven guilty of plagiarism, ruining his reputation for life. He was able to bounce back from it but that incident has haunted him since. So I feel that dialogue between Li Lun and Yichen stems from his own experiences. "When people knock down a divine statue and trample and spit on it, they never get it up and kneel before it to worship it again." I'm not saying this to defend Guo Jingming or even claim he wasn't guilty of those accusations because I don't really know the truth. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. But that's not my point. I'm just saying perhaps the reason why this scene was so very well written, acted, and executed was the fact that it comes from something real and personal to the author. You write what you know, so to speak.

Yes. And you see Yichen stopping in shock and then tearing up in anger as he walks away. Very well executed scene!

Tian Jiarui, where have you been all my life?! 😄 The boy can really act and I realized that I love watching him on screen. He has such a magnetic presence. And the fact that he only debuted as an actor last year is impressive to me. Kidding aside, that scene between Yichen and Li Lun is incredibly powerful. That is definitely the highlight of this episode. It is indeed true that humans are fickle creatures. One minute you're worshipped and idolized, the next minute you're despised and turned into an outcast. I won't delve deeper into that as someone else has already explained that scene better, so I'm just going to talk about how both Yan An and Jiarui perfectly acted that scene. That exchange made Li Lun a more sympathetic villain and Yan An succeeded in making him more relatable despite all the despicable things he had done. So kudos to him! 👏 Jiarui knocked this role out of the park! I thought his dramatic scene with Minghao was already his best performance in this drama but I was mistaken. He did better in this scene with Yan An. He, Yan An, and Minghao have such great chemistry together, they play off one another pretty well.

It is one of the best C-dramas I've seen to date. Maybe those who didn't like it were disappointed that there's no romance and the shifts from comedy to drama and back again can be weird. Also, the acting can be very theatrical at times so maybe they were turned off by it. But the world building is great, the story is rich, and the characters are colorful. I had a great time watching it. Minghao plays the coolest character in that drama hands down!

More like rap rock. It's not as heavy as nu metal.

Me neither. I tried to watch Love and Redemption and Immortal Samsara. Nope. lol I'm waiting for his upcoming dramas, though. I will definitely check out Deep Lurk.

Hahaha! Now Douyin and Weibo are giving us more spoilers. So are you a Cheng Yi fan too?

I went into this blind. No clue about the story or cast members except for Minghao. I wasn't even looking forward to this. I was more excited for Dashing Youth. But I was happily surprised. I ended up liking this more. It's not without flaw but it's highly addictive and I've become attached to these characters.

Like others have said, there isn't anything quite like it in C-dramaland. But it does have some things in common with anime-esque dramas like I Am Nobody and The Blood of Youth or Dashing Youth in terms of stylistic fight scenes and dark comedy elements. Two of those dramas feature Hou Minghao. If you like the male lead in this and haven't seen those dramas yet, I would recommend them. My favorite Minghao character of all time is Wang Ye from I Am Nobody.

Really??? Is it now on his official Spotify account?

Yuning is definitely my favorite Chinese singer. lol

Hou Minghao was an SM entertainment trainee as someone already mentioned but he was also a C-pop idol. He was in a boy group with Joseph Zeng. Plus, he took up music in Beijing contemporary music academy so the guy was a singer first. He contributes songs to practically every drama of his. I particularly like the song he did for Back from the Brink. That was my second favorite track in the soundtrack, second only to Liu Yuning's end credits theme.

That song is actually interesting. It has rock and hip hop elements, and uses traditional Chinese instruments. Yuning also sings and sounds a bit differently in that song. I didn't recognize him at all. It sounds more like rock tune to me than a pop one.

Not a king but a great demon, one of the most powerful demons of his age. He is 34,000 years old. And because he's a vessel of malicious energy, his powers are unpredictable, so he can be immensely powerful to the point of being almost unstoppable. But he's good-natured and he wants to protect the Wildnerness, so apart from taking the oath to protect the Wildnerness along with Li Lun, he was also chosen to bear half of the Baize token with the other half going to Wen Xiao, the ordained Baize Goddess of this generation.

Hmmm... Yichen and Zhao Yuanzhou?

It's alright to have opinions and preferences. I don't think it's about them thinking they know better than the writer, it's more like they have specific expectations about a certain work and when those are not met, they get disappointed. And that's okay. I, for one, prefer the slower pace because it gives time for things to be explained better, for characters to interact and grow, and for the story to unfold more naturally. The fast-paced action-packed episodes kept jumping from one plot point to another without fully explaining some of the things that happened. This can result in more plot holes and instances when you have to suspend your disbelief.

A BL fic please! lol

I said the same thing. I thought I was the only one who actually preferred the latest episode over the more action-packed ones.

That's why Yichen never stood a chance. She was already in love with the masked man who hung out with her master before she even met Yichen.

I think Wen Xiao fell in love with him when she didn't even know it was him. Remember, she met him when she was a young apprentice of the previous goddess. He used to wear a mask around her and they spent a good amount of time together. He was the one who took her to Tiandu when her master died. So technically, Wen Xiao was already in love with him when this drama started.