PeachBlossomGoddess

While I don't like how the AI/game plot was written (esp the cringey dialogue OMG), I do think its hilarious how they are mocking the recent trend in the fantasy genre (esp in gaming) where the hero is invincible and has many cheat codes and other means to beat the system.

I don’t rate anything until it’s over but I think so far 8 is fair.

The first few episodes are a bit iffy but by episode 7 or 8 it gets good if you like classic wuxias.

This is a bit of a Don Quixote plot where he is on a mission to revive chivalry and righteousness in the martial world. I quite like this kind of story and how it’s told.

I agree that he seems to be struggling to get in character in this drama. I have seen much better from him and it doesn’t help that he is out acted by Xu Zhenxuan, who is simply killing his role. I remember this to be a controversial production where he had some injuries during the fight scenes. Maybe he is on some serious meds and distracted. As for the plot itself I think apart from the AI related bits, it’s getting more interesting as we go along. Classic wuxias can meander a bit that is why the genre hasn’t been popular in recent years. It is taking the time to illustrate how internal divisions and in fighting and a loss of the righteous spirit is undermining the sects in Daxi and playing into the kingdom’s downfall to Beihuang.

Terrific review. I just don't have time to watch this but thanks for making me feel like I did.😘

You'll find out. Not being facetious, just don't want to spoil you.

Ah ok - that makes sense, tyvm.

Hahaha - my dad certainly did but he doesn't remember it anymore.

I don't understand how Qu Hanshan got his hands on it. Did XQS have it all along? I think I may have missed something.

Question about the Heroes Token

Yes indeed he is but he lives in HK now. He also wrote The Four which was adapted many times and Heroes 2022:
https://kisskh.at/67855-say-hero-who-is-hero

It was a good frame job indeed. And Tang Fang just stood there for so long when she was a witness.

I thought it was bc Tang Fang's father told her Crazy Yan cured him the first time bc he felt responsible for his injury. So I just assumed he had to be the guy Crazy Yan flew away with.

Well you can always play it at 0.5x speed on the iQiyi app. But in general c-drama fans hate beautiful slow motion fight scenes - that is why Sword Snow Stride was panned in China.

This adaption could change things around of course but unlike Jin Yong, this wuxia novelist rarely gives any of the couples a happy ending. So I think its best not to get too invested in any of the romances. His wuxia heroes are usually lonely. I didn't read this novel but I have read quite a few of his other works.

Just report the comment as a spoiler, which it totally is. MDL will cover it if more than 1 person reports it. I already did.

I believe that crazy Yan flew away with Tang Fang’s father. That is how he got so badly injured and his daughter is now looking for Crazy Yan to get him/the codex to help her cure her father before the rest of the Tang clan stages a coup against him.

LSF is clearly a remnant of the Baihua sect that made the evil Marcching Pill. They were wiped out by the righteous sects led by the Xiao family. LSF was just a kid then they didn’t kill him they just locked him up. That’s how he met Tang Fang as a kid.

Don't think so. Tang Fang seems to be his love interest. And knowing this writer (but not this novel), at best they have an ambiguous ending.

The camera is incredibly cruel. She just looks her age, it is unavoidable. So does Cheng Yi (35) when he is shot next to Xu Zhenxuan (23). Real life tip: always stand next to someone older in group photos.