The xianxia trend took off thanks to Eternal Love that virtually did almost everything right as it redefined the genre and established a set of standards to follow or challenge to create great works. Eventually, Ashes of Love came along and more or less could be said to have rivaled EL. ELoD set out to surpass EL and some people think that it did. Both L&R and L&D took a rather non-traditional but still interesting enough approach to the xianxia genre, albeit I think they fell short a couple of steps to EL/AoL.
Now....now we have Ancient Love Poetry, a god-sent work which, I believe, has raised the set of standards to a new, higher level, making it the best xianxia to date. I hope this competitive trend continues for a long time. Just imagining a new xianxia drama that could be on par or even surpasses APL makes me feeling enthralled.
The xianxia trend took off thanks to Eternal Love that virtually did almost everything right as it redefined the genre and established a set of standards to follow or challenge to create great works. Eventually, Ashes of Love came along and more or less could be said to have rivaled EL. ELoD set out to surpass EL and some people think that it did. Both L&R and L&D took a rather non-traditional but still interesting enough approach to the xianxia genre, albeit I think they fell short a couple of steps to EL/AoL.
Now....now we have Ancient Love Poetry, a god-sent work which, I believe, has raised the set of standards to a new, higher level, making it the best xianxia to date. I hope this competitive trend continues for a long time. Just imagining a new xianxia drama that could be on par or even surpasses APL makes me feeling enthralled.