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Up to ep26. The reason I'm still watching is the epic fight scenes. That horse ride fight scene in ep26 is beautifully done. Kudos to the fight director. WOW! Apart from that it's an average drama all in all.

Yes. I read that book as well. But Legend of female general for me is still top novel pick from this author. Unfortunately ruined by this drama. Up to this point, I've watch till ep15 but I've lost interest. The lazy scriptwriter just copied and paste each scene from the book in a very bad way. Douban rated it as 5.5. I rate it even lower at 4-5. Someone mention that it's hard to translate a long novel to a cdrama and get all those relevant scenes on screen. I totally disagree. The adaptation relies heavily on good director and scriptwriter that knows how to go about it. Take for example Blossom, the novel is 523 but it was adapted beautifully. I actually love how they cut some of the characters to fit the drama narrative so I was expecting the same here. LOTFG is 267 with epilogue + 5 extra chapter but look where we are with the drama smh. LOTFG cdrama adaptation is poorly done period.

OMG! Kindred spirit here. Lin Shuang He IS my fave character in the novel. My lovable physician has been erased. Yes, what a disservice this is. There's another novel l just started reading, it's pretty good - Ru Ju Er Ding(入局而定) English trasnlated to: The Gambit of Embers. 129 short chapter. Similar concept the FL has to infiltrate the palace to pretend to be the crown prince as his twin brother was abducted when they were babies by the empress. The fake crown prince aka brother was mistreated at the palace. She came to save him. I'm still early on chapter 9 and I'm liking it already and I haven't even encounter the ML. Although there's 2 that's being hinted at. Sorry going off topic. Lol

I am still watching and plan to finish this drama but the waiting for so many months was really disappointing. Anyways, I'll probably going back to re-read the novel to soothe my suffering watching this drama unfolds. Lol

I'm with you on that. I'm still carrying watching because of the characters I fell in love in the novel. I know about the censorship on rebirth theme cdrama and I get that. This drama actually manage to bypass that part by just showing the unsuccessful assassination of He Yan in the 1st episode instead of going the novel route. What I'm disappointed about was the script unable to give substance to He Yan character development. It felt all abrupt and short. The writer's unable to show how he got from point A to point B. I don't know if you follow what I mean. I'm not invested in the characters at all even after 10 episodes. I'm watching this drama with difficulty keeping up.

Lol. I was actually thinking the same thing. "That" impressive drama actually dampened my cdrama watching these days. LOTFG is one of my fave novel and this drama is so far not giving justice to the book. I know I should separate the 2 as this is supposed to be an adaptation but the fact that we're already in 10 episodes and the flow of the story is so disjointed really disappoint me. It's like the scriptwriter was so lazy and just grab a few highlighted scenes here and there from the book and stitched them together that it doesn't even make sense anymore. Smh. I can't get warm up and feel so disconnected with the story.

I'm 9 episode in and is it me that I'm still not buying zhou ye visual as a disguise "He". Don't get me wrong but she looks all clean after all that freaking training. I wish they did made her more dirtier in the military camp scene to be somewhat believable. But wow on the fight scenes. She must have put in a lot of practice to be that good.

OMG... started this after waiting for 3 mos. Where do I start.... after the 1-4 episodes. My thoughts was where is my Lin Shuang He ( The handsome Physician that treat(Royal) ladies only?! I can't believe they merge (the childish) Cheng Li Su with the character. SMH. He's one of my fave character that got erased. Also, it felt like they were not able to properly established He Yan/He RuFei storyline. I understand that rebirth storyline is a no no in chinese dramaland but, with 4 episode in I can't warm up nor empathized with her character or how she lived her life so far nor the way the family treated her. It's too abrupt. With 35 mins per episodes, I hope the drama could do justice to the novel pls. There's too many part of the novel that is so good. Pls drama do not disappoint.

It's been a while since I read the novel. But Yes, there's 2 He Yan. The ist died and transmigrated as a different He Yan. The summary here is a bit confusing. But as china do not allow rebirth story, it might be different in the drama. Novel Ist family is Male and she's from the 2nd family. She tooks over as He Rufei as a male since the real ist son was sickly and diagnosed to die young. It's the reason, she wears a mask to cover her real features as a female. She as He Rufei became a famous general in the novel but tragedy happens and she wakes up as a young He Yan of a different family. I recommend to read the novel while waiting on the drama. The link is posted up. So far the only translated novel were I cried and laugh because of what the FL went through to find love and redemption. Totally worth adapting to small screen as it s fresh take on revenge for the wrongs done to you and by your family at that. Now drama you better do a good job adapting this gem of a novel. Or else 😂😂😂

I believe it a symbolism base on some chinese daoist tale of a man named Zhuangzi, exploring the nature of reality, self, and perception. In this famous thought experiment, Zhuangzi questions whether he is a man dreaming he's a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he's a man, highlighting the ambiguity between dreaming and waking states. The dream isn't about transmigration of souls, but rather a philosophical exploration of identity and the fluidity of existence. Here's a more detailed breakdown:
The Dream:
Zhuangzi dreams he is a butterfly, joyfully flitting about without any awareness of being Zhuangzi.
The Awakening:
Upon waking, he's clearly Zhuangzi, but the experience leaves him questioning the nature of his reality.
Beyond the Dream:
The dream isn't about a literal transformation, but rather a metaphor for the ever-changing nature of reality and our perception of it.
I read this on reddit discussion on ADWAD. It's actually an excellent use at hinting for what this drama is all about. You'll come to know as you finish this drama. Very original and creatively written not adapted on some novel. I'm so happy I get to see and watch one in chinese drama land. Coupled with a very good production, excellent actors and impressive OST+BGM - this was by far the best all around drama that came out of 2025.

I believe all of them are original voice.

Amazing edit from AvenueX. From episode 1 -40. "A dream within a Dream" video that is about 3 mins long and it's absolutely a labor of love. Enjoy! Here's the link:
https://youtu.be/3GAPqT2M3yw?si=nxFXrFbiVe17RfEi

Director Zeng Qing Jie who gave us the hit Blossom pls. give us another good drama. Loved the novel so hoping for a good adaptation. I have so much expectation on this one. Bonus that I like the 2 lead - they can act.

Im on ep32. I will be watching 33-34 later tonight after work. I'm enjoying the drama and glad the pacing didn't disappoint. I'm also having a blast reading comments here and other blogs. It seems like the characters in ADWAD are all going rogue totally not accepting their fated storyline in the script. Also I've notice the readers/avid fans of the shows wants our own version of the show especially the ending. Everyone and everybody in and out of the shows wants to go out of line. 😂😂😂

Also note this drama started midweek on 26th. Give it time to gain traction. What I want to know is if it will break to 10k. That will be awesome.

LOL

Also cheering Chang Long playing the 8th prince Nan Rui. I can never hate this guy eventhough he's playing the bad guy here. His comedic timing is always fun to watch.

I'm in ep 6 and I'm enjoying the drama so far. I'm a huge fan of Singer Brother Ning since I heard his voice with "Word of Honor" OST. I've collected his OST as I watched my fave drama through the years. Now, after watching him in "AJTL" in 2023, I'm also a big fan of LYN as an actor. He can really act and he has impressive screen presence. I'm enjoying him here in "ADWAD". I havent seen much of FL -LYT drama but I know she's one of those actor that can really act. Love her here. Both of them are fun to watch. Let's hope the drama can keep it's momentum. The opening theme song and the BGM music 🎶 were amazing. I can't wait to download them.

I'm on episode 4. For some reason I'm unable to get myself immerse into this drama. Don't get me wrong, LXY is impressive as usual. The back and forth scheming between the ML and FL and the other character lacks something. It doesn't stick for some reason. I'll give it a few more episode to see if it's worth the watch.