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I have watched a few of Edward Guo's dramas, and he doesn't seem to feel sentiment between the ML and FL. It might be my imagination.

Ms Pei is very pretty, but she took a stepback to the FL. She had great fighting skills, but she was expressionless most of the free time.

She had some good scenes. When she and Zhao Yun smiled at or with each other, you could feel the magnetic pull. Twice they tried to kiss. The director is a idiot. She also did some very good stunts, but sometimes, she seemed defenseless. The Goodwill Goddess Qing Geng had more powers than she.

The one who deserved death was the primary villain... Whatshisname, and they couldn't get rid of him in his final scene. That was too long.

I think Ying Lei deserved to be reincarnated. He was Chief Mountain God for a few weeks only? Really, Writers? I didn't like Li Lun in the beginning, but he grew on me. Zhao Yuan forgave him, and helped him redeem himself at the end. Young Zhao Yuan and Li Lun were brothers from different mothers. LOL

He deserves a raise. His acting skills outweigh many of the other actors'.

I can see Lester Lin becoming a popular actor when he grows up to adulthood. He was so convincing as the delulu, deranged Li Lun, he aged ten years. That's real acting. He might have been 12 or 13 when the filmed the drama.

I noticed that, too. Even the evil Chongwu officer was good looking. He might have been the tallest man on set. It's hard to match characters to faces on the MDL cast list. He might be Omid (Zhen Mei). I can imagine the ladies eyeing the men on set every working day.🥰😘

Yes! Especially when you watch the half-episode 35. I don't know why the director didn't make a full episode, and bring Zhao Yuan back to Wen Xiao.

Very true! Zhou Yi Chen was the strongest character. He didn't waver even when he was possessed. Zhao Yuan was laid back. We know he's an old demon, but he has millennia of experience. Wen Zhao possessed skills, but most times, she was standing by. History repeats itself. Previous Baize Goddess and Bingli, Fei and Qing Geng, Zhao Yuan and Wen Zhao... a love between goddess and demon never meant to flourish.

I have to acknowledge that Fangs of Fortune is my most favorite costume C-drama. I am sorry that I did not watch it in October 2024. I missed out on a very good drama, and introduction to some new actors. The production values; acting, directing, music, writing, editing, special effects, costume and makeup design, and set designs were very good. The casting was on point. The scene stealers were the three youngest actors; Lester Ling (Bai Jiu), Xu Zhen Xuan (Ying Lei) and Ai Mi (Qing Geng). Strangely, they killed off the three young characters.

My two favorite characters are Zhao Yuan and Zhuo Yi Chen. Hou Ming Hao and Tian Jia Rui were the lynchpins and their chemistry is apparent. LOL Chen Du Ling fit the character of Wen Xiao, but her character was underutilized in some scenes. Pei's brother grew on me when he returned as Pei's protector. Yan An (Li Lun) was the most handsome actor on set. Even Li Lun grew on me. The primary villain had too much screen time, and they had a hard time getting rid of him in his final scene.

Some scenes seem to stretch over two or more episodes. The dream and reality scenes were confusing. I watched episode 34.5 which is twenty plus minutes long. They could have made a full episode #35, and ended it with Zhao Yan returning to Wen Xiao.

Final rating 8.5

The overlapping dream and reality scenes wee disjointed and confusing.

Zhu Yan looked good with the grey hair, when he and Li Lun were hanging out together.

I reached ep 19 and want to keep going. Some of the scenes dragged, so I started skipping some moments. I love the team concept, although. Ms Pei should learn to crack a smile. Wen looked lost in the Kunlun Mountain scene with Li Lun. The teenagers Bai and Mountain God Ying Lei were too cheerful . I love Zhu Yan and Zhuo Yi Chen's interactions. Did Li Lun kill Zhuo's family members, and he took the blame?

Ai Mi (...Qing Geng) looks so grown up. She is seventeen now but she was fifteen when she filmed the drama. She looks twenty-five years old in this role.

Filming period: 2023-Oct-01 to 2024-Feb-18

I am on episode 6. The cast is good looking.

Every time I watched the characters with white wigs, I kept thinking of LOTR and Legolas and the other elves.

I watched a few episodes back in 2016 but dropped it. The fake Lord of the Rings white wigs and the blue eyes distracted from the plot. LOL I remember the three main actors. I recall that the Lord of the Rings Set Designer designed the sets for the drama.

I just finished the first episode today. The main leads are charismatic. My second demon drama in one month, after Moonlit Reunion! LOL

It took a long time to get to the end of the drama. It should have been wrapped up on Wednesday, but they piecemealed the final four episodes over four days, which didn't build up the momentum. By the time the final episode dropped today (with the good subs), I wasn't keen on sitting through the final four episodes. I ended up watching ep 38, followed by ep 37 just to see Wu Zi Shu's lackluster death scene. He was delulu even to the end, thinking she could come over to his dark side.