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This review may contain spoilers
Heroes or villains—fate forges, we label. Die with virtue, or live with cruelty
"Time cooks all beings, and Time itself consumes them.
Time creates all, and Time destroys all.
All are helpless before Time."
⚠️ Spoiler
This isn’t a review about why you should watch the drama. It’s an outpouring of the emotions, questions, and chaos that flooded my heart while watching.
🌸 First Impressions
I was never really a fan of xianxia dramas—rebirth, realms, immortal beasts, all that complicated mythology—but fellow MDLers dragged me into this one. At first, I thought it’d be another ordinary love story. Honestly, the twin-sisters plotline scared me most—because what I hate the most is sibling enmity. But this drama surprised me. Instead of rivalry, it gave me one of the most reassuring portrayals of sibling love.
👭 Sisterhood
The growth of the two sisters was beautiful. Tan’er took the path of revenge, but what stood out most was how much the drama glorified family love over romance. I was glad the narrative gave weight to her pain. Their bond shone through everything. I understood Kuier as well deeply—if I had to choose, I too would sacrifice myself for my sister.
🤝 Brotherhood
I also loved the dynamic between Wu Dai and Chaofeng. I longed for them to be brothers in heart, not just in name—and in the end, that wish came true, especially in that tender moment when Wu Dai said, “Come into my arms and cry.” hahah cute.
Everyone kinda grew up.. Qinsheng also became later mature to share the burden of his elder brother. Ziwu.. Taner everyone
💔 Human Emotions
This drama wasn’t just about gods, realms, or war—it was about the most beautiful things in the world - human emotions: love, friendship, loss. Man Man, Di Lan Jue, Tan’er… their bond was so pure. Man Man especially—I wish she hadn’t died.
🕊️ Kuier’s Path
With Kuier, I had a bad feeling from the start—that she might sacrifice herself someday. I comforted myself by thinking, at least she lived her short 18 years surrounded by her parents’ love, and the world love.. was in the spotlight for her life. Maybe it was taner's time? the emperor to shower all his love on his younger daughter who was neglected for so long. It was a fragile kind of comfort, but it was all I had in that episode.
🌪️ The Final Episodes
By the final episodes, I was crying uncontrollably. The OST, the chaos of the four realms, the storm of my own emotions—all of it collided. I was left with a whirlpool of questions:
❓ Questions on Grief & Revenge
I couldn’t help but wonder: if Tan’er had lost everyone she loved, just as Husui did, would she have been able to keep control? Would she have resisted killing the Heavenly Emperor? She already lost control in her fury against the Void Tyrant. But then again, maybe time is the only medicine—anger and grief might burn bright in the moment, but with time, reason slowly returns, dulling the pain.
And still, I don’t think Husui was truly to blame. Who could remain rational when confronted with such cruelty? Would any of us? Yet that leads to an even harder question: what becomes of a world that answers revenge with more revenge? The cycle never ends. Cruelty breeds injustice, injustice breeds retaliation, retaliation creates new wounds. Even if you kill the perpetrator, their family, grieving and enraged, may rise against you in turn. It’s a vicious cycle—when does it stop?
Tan’er’s pursuit of vengeance harmed the Void Army. But if she hadn’t sought revenge at all, if she had silently endured injustice, would that have been right either? Where exactly do we draw the line?
⚖️ Repentance & Humanity
And what of repentance? If it is enough, then where do we set the limit? How much can truly be forgiven? Human life, brief as it is, feels so remarkable because of our fragile, fickle minds. We forget, we fall in and out of love, we break, we heal, we repent, we change. The very ability to change is what defines humanity. But can even a lifetime of repentance make up for certain crimes? What if the sin was so great that no measure of time could balance it? What if the entire world was guilty? If a criminal deserves execution, then would a world of criminals deserve to be erased? Does being the majority make them innocent?
And yet—even if you killed everyone, what would it matter to the universe? Nothing. The lives of humans, of all living beings, are specks of dust against the silence of eternity.
🌌 What Is “Right”?
So what, then, is truly important? What is “right”? It depends on perspective. To a scholar studying the cosmos, human struggles might seem trivial. But to someone battling through daily suffering, those same struggles are everything. Love may be meaningless to one person, yet be another person’s entire reason to live.
Tan’er’s journey reflected this. She began as someone shaped by cruelty, hurt until she became a misanthrope, wanting to conquer and destroy as the Devil of the Void. But through love—through a handful of people she treasured—she changed. She learned to protect rather than destroy. She saw Youqin fighting for the world and chose sacrifice over hatred. That painful journey was what made her strong enough to one day save the world that had never believed in her.
🔮 Duty & Dilemmas
And still, the questions remain. When Husui manipulated the twin sisters into bringing chaos, I couldn’t help but think—weren’t the Void Tyrant and Heavenly Emperor right in their fears? Even if the sisters didn’t want to destroy the world, couldn’t someone force them to? So what is the right choice? To kill one innocent and save millions? Or to hesitate, spare them, and risk the destruction of everything? Were the emperors truly wrong to act out of duty? Or is “duty” itself just a concept, defined conveniently to justify choices?
🩸 The Core Question
In the end, law and morality, reason and emotion—none of them ever perfectly align. Reality and ideals almost never match. So we’re left with the cruel question: is it better to die clinging to morality, or live stained by cruelty?
Fate forces people to pick up weapons—and then we, in our convenience, decide whether to call them heroes or villains.
"Drawn swords shine like frost in the autumn moon;
Once loosed, they cannot return to the scabbard."- Li Bai
: Once someone takes up a weapon, there’s no turning back—fate drives the outcome. Society then decides whether they’re remembered as saviors or destroyers.
🌑 Chaos & Humanity
It even made me ask: Isn’t sealing chaos merely delaying the problem? What if chaos were allowed to swallow the world—what new world would emerge from it?
I mean—how can we, small and fragile humans living less than a century, even attempt to answer such questions? When faced with emotions this complicated and dilemmas this vast, are we even capable of grasping them fully? Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to strip it all down, to simplify, to live with a mindset like Wu Dai’s—straightforward, unburdened, free from endless overthinking.
But as humans, we don’t get that luxury. We’re bound to our struggles, our conflicts, our mortality. Our challenges force us to question, to complicate, to wrestle with things bigger than ourselves. Maybe that’s what it means to be human—that we cannot help but seek meaning, even in the chaos.
🎶 Final Thoughts
This drama didn’t just tell a story. It probes into you a lot of questions. The best part, and reason why I stayed was the comedy 50% and OST 50%. But the story… it made me wrestle with questions no human life—spanning less than a century—can fully answer. But maybe that’s the point: to keep asking, to keep doubting, to keep feeling.
Whatever genre you are a fan of .. Give it a try, you wouldn't regret your time.
Time creates all, and Time destroys all.
All are helpless before Time."
⚠️ Spoiler
This isn’t a review about why you should watch the drama. It’s an outpouring of the emotions, questions, and chaos that flooded my heart while watching.
🌸 First Impressions
I was never really a fan of xianxia dramas—rebirth, realms, immortal beasts, all that complicated mythology—but fellow MDLers dragged me into this one. At first, I thought it’d be another ordinary love story. Honestly, the twin-sisters plotline scared me most—because what I hate the most is sibling enmity. But this drama surprised me. Instead of rivalry, it gave me one of the most reassuring portrayals of sibling love.
👭 Sisterhood
The growth of the two sisters was beautiful. Tan’er took the path of revenge, but what stood out most was how much the drama glorified family love over romance. I was glad the narrative gave weight to her pain. Their bond shone through everything. I understood Kuier as well deeply—if I had to choose, I too would sacrifice myself for my sister.
🤝 Brotherhood
I also loved the dynamic between Wu Dai and Chaofeng. I longed for them to be brothers in heart, not just in name—and in the end, that wish came true, especially in that tender moment when Wu Dai said, “Come into my arms and cry.” hahah cute.
Everyone kinda grew up.. Qinsheng also became later mature to share the burden of his elder brother. Ziwu.. Taner everyone
💔 Human Emotions
This drama wasn’t just about gods, realms, or war—it was about the most beautiful things in the world - human emotions: love, friendship, loss. Man Man, Di Lan Jue, Tan’er… their bond was so pure. Man Man especially—I wish she hadn’t died.
🕊️ Kuier’s Path
With Kuier, I had a bad feeling from the start—that she might sacrifice herself someday. I comforted myself by thinking, at least she lived her short 18 years surrounded by her parents’ love, and the world love.. was in the spotlight for her life. Maybe it was taner's time? the emperor to shower all his love on his younger daughter who was neglected for so long. It was a fragile kind of comfort, but it was all I had in that episode.
🌪️ The Final Episodes
By the final episodes, I was crying uncontrollably. The OST, the chaos of the four realms, the storm of my own emotions—all of it collided. I was left with a whirlpool of questions:
❓ Questions on Grief & Revenge
I couldn’t help but wonder: if Tan’er had lost everyone she loved, just as Husui did, would she have been able to keep control? Would she have resisted killing the Heavenly Emperor? She already lost control in her fury against the Void Tyrant. But then again, maybe time is the only medicine—anger and grief might burn bright in the moment, but with time, reason slowly returns, dulling the pain.
And still, I don’t think Husui was truly to blame. Who could remain rational when confronted with such cruelty? Would any of us? Yet that leads to an even harder question: what becomes of a world that answers revenge with more revenge? The cycle never ends. Cruelty breeds injustice, injustice breeds retaliation, retaliation creates new wounds. Even if you kill the perpetrator, their family, grieving and enraged, may rise against you in turn. It’s a vicious cycle—when does it stop?
Tan’er’s pursuit of vengeance harmed the Void Army. But if she hadn’t sought revenge at all, if she had silently endured injustice, would that have been right either? Where exactly do we draw the line?
⚖️ Repentance & Humanity
And what of repentance? If it is enough, then where do we set the limit? How much can truly be forgiven? Human life, brief as it is, feels so remarkable because of our fragile, fickle minds. We forget, we fall in and out of love, we break, we heal, we repent, we change. The very ability to change is what defines humanity. But can even a lifetime of repentance make up for certain crimes? What if the sin was so great that no measure of time could balance it? What if the entire world was guilty? If a criminal deserves execution, then would a world of criminals deserve to be erased? Does being the majority make them innocent?
And yet—even if you killed everyone, what would it matter to the universe? Nothing. The lives of humans, of all living beings, are specks of dust against the silence of eternity.
🌌 What Is “Right”?
So what, then, is truly important? What is “right”? It depends on perspective. To a scholar studying the cosmos, human struggles might seem trivial. But to someone battling through daily suffering, those same struggles are everything. Love may be meaningless to one person, yet be another person’s entire reason to live.
Tan’er’s journey reflected this. She began as someone shaped by cruelty, hurt until she became a misanthrope, wanting to conquer and destroy as the Devil of the Void. But through love—through a handful of people she treasured—she changed. She learned to protect rather than destroy. She saw Youqin fighting for the world and chose sacrifice over hatred. That painful journey was what made her strong enough to one day save the world that had never believed in her.
🔮 Duty & Dilemmas
And still, the questions remain. When Husui manipulated the twin sisters into bringing chaos, I couldn’t help but think—weren’t the Void Tyrant and Heavenly Emperor right in their fears? Even if the sisters didn’t want to destroy the world, couldn’t someone force them to? So what is the right choice? To kill one innocent and save millions? Or to hesitate, spare them, and risk the destruction of everything? Were the emperors truly wrong to act out of duty? Or is “duty” itself just a concept, defined conveniently to justify choices?
🩸 The Core Question
In the end, law and morality, reason and emotion—none of them ever perfectly align. Reality and ideals almost never match. So we’re left with the cruel question: is it better to die clinging to morality, or live stained by cruelty?
Fate forces people to pick up weapons—and then we, in our convenience, decide whether to call them heroes or villains.
"Drawn swords shine like frost in the autumn moon;
Once loosed, they cannot return to the scabbard."- Li Bai
: Once someone takes up a weapon, there’s no turning back—fate drives the outcome. Society then decides whether they’re remembered as saviors or destroyers.
🌑 Chaos & Humanity
It even made me ask: Isn’t sealing chaos merely delaying the problem? What if chaos were allowed to swallow the world—what new world would emerge from it?
I mean—how can we, small and fragile humans living less than a century, even attempt to answer such questions? When faced with emotions this complicated and dilemmas this vast, are we even capable of grasping them fully? Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to strip it all down, to simplify, to live with a mindset like Wu Dai’s—straightforward, unburdened, free from endless overthinking.
But as humans, we don’t get that luxury. We’re bound to our struggles, our conflicts, our mortality. Our challenges force us to question, to complicate, to wrestle with things bigger than ourselves. Maybe that’s what it means to be human—that we cannot help but seek meaning, even in the chaos.
🎶 Final Thoughts
This drama didn’t just tell a story. It probes into you a lot of questions. The best part, and reason why I stayed was the comedy 50% and OST 50%. But the story… it made me wrestle with questions no human life—spanning less than a century—can fully answer. But maybe that’s the point: to keep asking, to keep doubting, to keep feeling.
Whatever genre you are a fan of .. Give it a try, you wouldn't regret your time.
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