Rachel

Ignore those hate comments guys! Actual constructive criticism about the show and not personal attacks towards CY is fine, but a whole short essay just to hate on CY is kind of desperate and funny...

Anyways, so far the plot is really picking up! I think this is a growth drama. We have to bear the sadness for awhile before we can see Qiu Shui strive again 🥺 On the side note, I'm really waiting for more scenes with Li Chenzhou. He's so mysterious and I'm kind of worried about his health (he was drinking a bowl of medicine when we first saw him??).

What is Liu Suifeng's background? I have some guesses based on what has been shown currently (ep 11).

1) He is related to Tangmen Clan. As a child, he was locked up and Tang Fang (another child) could visit him? As we have seen so far, the children of Tang Clan have been in crazy competition even as children. They are many children in the Tang Clan, so maybe Liu Suifeng is one of them, but not directly related to the main branch?

2) He looks quite hurt (tears in his eyes) when Xiao Qiushui called him out on his betrayal. And, he also looked down on what XQS said about friendships and justice in the Jianghu. He made a bet with XQS about people coming together because of power and benefit. (I watch the drama in Chinese so I might not use the correct words to describe it in English.) Based on this, I'm guessing his family or parents were betrayed before or something like that? He seems to bear strong hatred for XQS's father and the Xiao family, so maybe his parents knew XQS's dad and something happened between them.

Unfortunately, the "any man looks at her body" part is a classic Wuxia trope...It was said by Mu Wanqing (from Tian Long Ba Bu) before. This drama is adapted from a 1970s Wuxia novel.

Yes agreed, you've put it way better than me! If I was in XQS's shoes, I will also not be able to foresee that betrayal. At that moment he strongly believed in what he wrote, which was an oversight (but understandable). But his observation skills and reasoning abilities are quite good. His character is good too, with the way he treats the people around him and in the face of danger.

Right!! I feel like they spent a lot of budget on costumes because there's so many different costumes and quite intricate too, but somehow, it's doesn't look that nice to me 😭

**A Non-Spoilery Honest Review**

I've watched 10 episodes! At first, for like the four 2-3 episodes, I was getting quite bored, but the plot starts picking up after that. As a Wuxia fan, it's really quite a true Wuxia drama so far and also quite unique due to the added transmigation. For people newer to Wuxia, a lot of stuff might be confusing or don't make sense at all because it's typical Wuxia elements.

For acting wise, so far all the more important characters like Xiao Qiushui, Tang Fang, Liu Suifeng etc are actually quite good. Characters wise, I did not like TF's character at first but given her background, I kind of understand her. For XQS/XMM, actually, I get that some people might say he's kind of dumb, but imo, he's naive and believes in the brotherhood/friendship and the good of Wuxia. XMM is an avid Wuxia reader, and people who like reading Wuxia stories love the idea of adventure, friendship, justice, and doing good for others. That is why XQS is the way he is, he has not seen the cruel and "realistic" side of the world he is in now. Usually I quite dislike "dumb" characters, but I'm okay if it is not baseless and there'll be character development. And actually XQS is quite smart (if you remove his overly trusting side). It's evident in the latest few episodes.

For other stuff like costumes and cinematography etc, honestly, I'm not a fan of bright pastel-ish colours lol. And also some scenes' background look quite fake and ugly, but I can overlook it because for me, PLOT and characters are the most important. I'm a CY fan, but if there's no decent plot, I'll drop it.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to upcoming episodes!

I totally get what you said. Unfortunately, for Cheng Yi's case, it's far from it being normal viewers (especially when the drama just started airing). I'm Chinese, I'm on weibo and bilibili. There's a always huge smear campaign towards Cheng Yi. Every actor naturally has haters but he's probably the most hated male actor despite also having high popularity.

I actually have not rated the drama yet (but I'm enjoying all 10 eps so far so I might rate it), but just 12 hours ago, the ratings were at 8.2. For it to jump to 7.8 in 12 hours, maybe I'll give it a benefit of doubt?

Also, rn in China, on weibo, haters are picking out screenshots of Cheng Yi's hands and nails in the drama (it's a TRENDING topic), saying that he used nail polish and he's too girly...A lot of the reviews on this unfinished drama on bilibili are trending and targetting Cheng Yi's LOOKS and voice. I can sort of understand the voice part if they are talking about it being unclear sometimes, but targetting looks is what CY haters always do :').

Unfortunately, all this baseless hate indeed do come from other fandoms (especially on weibo). Constructive criticism is welcomed which I, myself, also have for this drama, but many are specifically targetting Cheng Yi and are just rating it for the sake of hating him (not the drama).

Yangzhouman is unique to LXY, he developed it himself which is why other can use this to identify LXY. This is also why LXY is revered as a prodigy and No. 1 in JiangHu. His Shifu and Shiniang's inner powers are different. I'm not sure if it's stated in the drama but more proof is that LXY developed Yangzhouman around when he founded Sigu Sect, which is way after he left his Shifu and Shiniang's mountain.

Cheng Yi is an introvert and socially awkward and slow in social settings (something that I understand because I'm similar). However, I feel like the current Cheng Yi has been too affected by cyberbullying from years ago. I'm a new fan but I have heard that after Cheng Yi rose to fame from Love & Redemption, he and the other cast attended this conference (?) called 云歌会. During the conference, he was quite awkward with and didn't interact much with the female lead, which led to netizens condemning him, even saying that he ruined the drama for them. He lost a lot a lot of fans after that and gained tons of haters that spread lots of bad stuff about him online. I think this affected him very badly which caused him to be more fearful and anxious of live broadcasts/ conferences and variety shows (any social setting in public's eye).