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In my opinion, this drama should have chosen whether it wanted to be a war - politic drama or to be woman emancipation drama. Both theme can stand by its own. But no, this drama wanted to be both. As a result, I could never take the ML wittiness in war - politic scene quite seriously because intersperse in between was the FL that doing her business in cosmetic .....

At the beginning, the drama was promising. I was looking forward the main couple development. But, going further, I was getting more and more annoyed with how they wrote FL character. I absolutely hate pretentious woman, who use her gender to incite pity from others; which was somehow what the FL shown to be at the beginning. She was indeed changed to be better later on, but my annoyance already set in and the character development was not so obvious compared with the ML character.

Agreed!! Those bluish clothes he had as God of War simply gorgeous on him

To continue watching or dropping, why should you tell me? Am I not allowed to criticize acting skill of FL here? I only spoke the truth. Why are you specifically targeting me here?

I like the plot and I like Ding Yu Xi acting, that is why I am staying. Please do not act as if everyone can only praise Yang Chao Yue in this forum.

Also, do I need you to care about my feeling? If you like Yang Chao Yue and thinking that her acting is into your taste, then good for you. No one told you to dislike her acting.

I am also frustrated because of the same reason. I fully expect her to come screaming to Xiu Ming.

Somehow, even during lovey dovey moment, I cannot truly feel love from her. It looks good yes, but I just cannot engage emotionally.

Also, her reaction when Chu Kong disappeared was also kind of off. Not enough emotion. Her acting here is truly pale when compared with Ding Yu Xi when Cang Hai fell to the void.

Exactly!! I expected her to scream to Xiu Ming. Not meekly accepting her being imprisoned. It made me feel that she did not truly love Chu Kong. She even held Xiu Ming hand and explained patiently. At that time, she should not be in the mood to explain anything.

I was "aaarrghhh" when I watched that. Like, girl, your man is murdered in front of your eyes! And when she was still so chummy with Xiu Ming after that ..... I lost it. Cang Hai would have strangled Xiu Ming

I was in a state of frustration when I watched her acting with Xiu Ming after Chu Kong "died". Her acting was far too mild. In my opinion she should have screaming at him, not holding his hand and speak softly and placatingly ........

Agreed.

I hear that he used his own voice in this drama. Actually, I like his own voice in this drama better

You said what is in my mind, hahaha. I am planning to say this after the drama ended so that I don't incite Yang Chao Yue fans here so make the drama fans feel unpleasant.

I agree with you that Yang Chao Yue acting skill is not at the level warranted her FL position (no matter what drama level that is). I am not saying that she is not improving. I can see that she does improve, but she should do that improvement not at the cost of FL performance. Regarding this, you cannot really blame the cnetz that already loss hope on her.

The popularity of this drama in china seems to be very bad. Kind of flop, even worse than The Legend of Anle (which was crucified due to bad acting from FL and the plot itself) judging by how many people discussing this drama on douban.

Actually, at first I didn't want to watch this drama even though I am a sucker for xianxia. And the main reason is Yang Chao Yue. Kind of getting heart attack watching her in Dance of the Phoenix back then. Chong Zi, only looking on clips and not impressed with her acting. I am very much agree with you about her lacking in emotional department. I felt this the most strongly in the 3rd life (Shenling sect arc). Her expression when Chu Kong died was a too stiff for someone naive in love. I can see her improvement in acting skill compared with her previous drama, but unfortunately too slow and too late to reverse public opinion in short time.

Right now, the only thing that keep me going in this drama is the plot and Ding Yu Xi. His acting here surprising me. I only know him in Romance of Tiger and Rose. Here, his acting skill really has improved a lot! Especially during Chu Kong tsundere moment, his acting is very very good. It seems his whole body language exudes cuteness, hahahaha. I hope he will continue improve his craft.

High price indeed. And rightfully so. Karma is real. When you "feed" your children with "food" get by deceit and by sacrificing others, your children will pay for it in the future. This is one of highlight that I like in this drama

Problem with Jincheng in my opinion is not rooted on the lack of communication but because deep in his heart, his children is the most important. It is selfishness at the very core.

I was so angry watching last night episodes. Even though I could understand his plight but it did not absolve him from guilt. He paid for that and even though his children somehow got healthy body thanks to his deceit, they also paid with living 30,000 years in pain. And the relationship between Jin Lian and Jin Luo also became so bad until they could literally kill each other.

This kind of people can also be found in reality. Selfish people who thinks "as long as me and my family is safe, the other can go to hell". This Jincheng character really touched my bottom line. I always hate it when people try to guilt trip me to be more understanding their bad conduct due to some "special needs". I can understand but I can never tolerate and accept.

Also, honestly I was also annoyed at Cang Hai. She knew exactly what Chu Kong needed to pay everytime he healed others. But, she still let him healed Jin Lian and Jin Luo without said anything to Jin Cheng. If, the debacle with Ming Yue and Hao Xuan did not happen, and this event was let out, there would be a line of people asking for Chu Kong help. And Cang Hai as empress in the end would not be able to resist her people plight. Because if she refused to let Chu Kong help, then surely all those selfish people will doom her as selfish.

I want to know this, too. The instrumental background (mainly and rendition of the OST by Faye and Liu Yuning) is very amazing. I hope after the drama ends, they will release a complete BGM by then.

I think he is very formal with his brother. Even when there are only two of them.

The interpretation here is that Chu Kong actually quite childish in private but use a serious persona when dealing with others. I really love how Ding Yu Xi showed childish side of Chu Kong. He is so very cute!

Yes. I suspect it is the same thread that become ancient artifact in the future.

I see. Love his voice here very much. Lots of the emotion is pretty much accurate.

Aaarrgghh!! I am tired of his one-sided possessive love. Want to see his reaction when he knows how deep Cang Hai feeling toward Chu Kong

I should say this:
Ding Yu Xi looks very very good in blue.