Rachel

I'm sorry 😭 I'm not that active on MDL usually and actually I don't really know how things work here. I just wanted to give some supportive comments and discuss the plot (because the initial hate was so strong). But thank you for the reminder!

Hmm I do understand your point, but humans are not robots. There's no "standard normal" way to react. Different people will react differently in various situations, especially stressful, traumatising ones. Again, a traumatising situation is perceived differently by different people. Personally, my family doesn't use "fists" to settle issues, but I do understand that some do, so it might be a hard watch for people who do things differently.

My interpretation is that the novel is actually a parallel world (like multiverse). Xiao Qiushui and Xiao Mingming are the same soul/essence but in different worlds! I believe every character in the "novel" is real because it's actually just another world.

Yeahh it's quite sus we don't get to see the parents. There gotta be a reason for that hmmm

I just want to say that there are TWO types of people when tragedy befalls on them. You have Xiao Qiushui who blames himself for the tragedy (technically, he does have some reason to blame himself). If LSF wasn't trusted by him and brought into the Xiao Family, Old Madame Wu and the Hero Token may not have be found thaaat quickly, like Old Madame Wu was already preparing to depart. Anyways, the second type of person is Xiao Yiren, who blames everything and anything on others, but never himself. This dude is blind to his own shortcomings.

Honestly, if I put myself in this world, I feel like I'll belong to the first type. As viewers now, it's easy to see how ridiculous Xiao Yiren's behaviour is or maybe even how frustrating Xiao Qiushui's self-blame is, but I actually do understand them. At least Qiushui is picking himself back up! Different people have different ways of reacting to situations. I wonder if there's a third type 🤔

Yesss exactly!! I'm a more emotional person so I could really empathise with Qiushui. This drama isn't just some oh MC is OP and smacks down all the bad guys. This drama is really about righteousness and chivalry like you mentioned! It's to show us that in a world where power and benefit (cue the Power Gang) is more emphasised on, righteousness will still prevail (hopefully hahaha).

LSF did mention about the similarity in the earlier episodes! But for the reason why he isn't shocked may be because there's a saying in Jianghu that the Jianghu is so wide, you can meet all sorts of different people (even people that may look like each other).

Or who knows, maybe there's some connection?

Yes I do feel bad for him too and don't think of him as an actual villain. However, he did do quite a lot of bad stuff for revenge and trying to find the truth behind his family's downfall. I don't mind if he really destroys the evil people behind his family's downfall, but he even drags innocent people into the mess. If XQS's father is innocent, he basically have destroyed the whole Huanhua Sect for nothing (unless it wasn't him that killed them, but even so he did contributed).

Regarding the blame part, Liu Suifeng does not have any reason to blame himself for it. His Baicao Valley was destroyed because of the marching pills and the bad people who covet the pills I think. So his family was framed by bad people, saying that his family worked with the country's enemies (Bei Huang).

Xiao Qiushui, however, blamed himself because he trusted Liu Suifeng (as Feng Lang) and brought him into his house, introducing him to his family. Xiao Qiushui believes that because of him trusting Liu Suifeng, the Power Gang was able to know about the Hero Token and Old Madame Wu. The Sword Manor can only be opened from the inside, it may be that the parents opened the door for Liu Suifeng, thinking that he is XQS's friend and ally.

Huh? Let me ask you, what is considered a "neutral" review? So far whenever someone asks if this drama is good, most of us here will ask the person to watch it for themselves and share what we personally think. I'm a Cheng Yi fan, but I dropped some of his dramas including Love & Redemption, South Wind Knows etc. I don't force myself to watch a drama if I don't like it. I'm also a fan of many other actors and actresses like Esther Yu, Bai Lu, Tan Jianci, but I don't force myself to watch all their dramas if I don't like the plot/genre.

So far this drama is engaging to me because I like Wuxia and I also like it when there's a lot of mysteries to uncover in the plot. I also love growth dramas. However, everyone has their own preferences, some people prefer looking at actors/actresses faces more, some people prefer aesthetic scenes more, some people prefer romance plot more etc. I would recommend you watch the trailer to see if it's your kind of show.

I sure hope not! I don't want another betrayal 😭 But so far he seems genuinely nice.

Petition for Prince Liang to be Qiushui's brother instead!! He's such a nice guy 🥺

I think she means the hero token haha but I'm not sure

There's slight romance between ML and SFL, but it's not the main plot, and so far (ep 20), the characters are just friends and not together.

Yeah I agree with you, the eldest brother, Xiao Yiren's character is definitely not as righteous as his parents. He seems like the kind of person to only do good deeds to be recognised, and will not sacrifice his own benefits imo. Not that he is bad, but he just doesn't embody the righteousness of Jianghu.

There is a behind-the-scenes short clip of CY using his original voice for LCZ! Not sure if you've seen it before: https://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:5211967644958755

It is true, but the Xiao Family (parents) decided to protect Old Madame Wu is for the sake of the country. If Old Madame Wu is protected and safe, the General (her son) will be able to focus on the war. XQS's parents are really the true, righteous heroes, even though they sacrificed the safety of their family, leading to their downfall. Buttt, in today's episodes, it seems like their efforts for the country paid off.

Yesss, am happy!!

I love ep 19 and 20!! I'm so happy that we get to see XQS slowly getting out of his grief and picking himself back up! His brothers are really pissing me off though, hopefully they won't cause trouble if XQS is recognised as the Huanhua head.

And oh my, things are really started to get more interesting, we're getting right into the main plot! Looks like we may meet Crazy Yan soon.

I'm also so happy to see Li Chenzhou even if it's only for one scene. Li Chenzhou's aura just feels so expensive (?) and screaming with authority. He's so calm while being so scary and deadly. His wife is also so pretty hahahaha hope we get to see them more.

Oh yess this is a good explanation too. The fact that the Sword Manor can ONLY be opened from the inside is an interesting thing to put in the show. Is it really Feng Lang (Liu Suifeng) or someone else? Literally after ep 18, I'm suspicious of anyone who is like missing during the important scenes.

Translation is wrong. He said "我是你的风哥哥" which means "I am your brother Feng". Brother Feng may indicate two things: (1) friend (Chinese people tend to call friends brothers too) or (2) Blood-related actual brother.

He said Tang Yaoshun impregnated his mom, having him, and then left to become the Tang Clan head. Tang Fang's father (episode 9) is shown to be Tang Yaoshun, the current Tang Clan head.

Hahaha I don't think it's the bestttt drama (coming from a CY fan), but it's definitely not the worst drama either. I can understand if people find the acting bad in some scenes, but for all scenes so far, to say that acting is bad, I'm speechless.