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Yes, which was why this drama was so loved because of the switch up of ML and FL. They were strong, the gang were strong, and the other female leads were strong. I honestly do not like weak scholar 😄 even if they are smart - I've seen a fair share of those dramas and always end up dropping them. I like my ML to be strong, smart, and kick some arse when needed.

That's right! Forgot LOL

Loved the beginning too. I wished NYZ was more of the initiator after they got together. I hated how the writer kept making him wimp out and making her character more manly.

I think if it was made available to all region then that number would have been higher. Even with express package, I got nothing for IQIYI dropped yet for the remaining last 6 eps.

I like generals! They hot 😆 and can fight and strategize. We have too many prince or crown prince and I hate those storylines. Definitely enemies to lovers with betrothed involved haha.

If XianXia, I want a mature storyline with mature adults.

Or, I would like to see him play as a general opposite her as a noble, princess, or enemies to lovers trope.

It's my version of how I interpret it because she's envisioning a boy that looks similar to Shisan, but is supposedly RY and NYZ's kid, and the CGI makes it seem like she's already dead. Plus, she was heading towards the green meadow even after envisioning that the gang were dead and were together there.

To me, it just makes sense 😄 because it doesn't make sense why she sees that green meadow and is going towards it after especially imagining the gang.

That part was sooo sad how he said sorry for breaking the promise.

It looks like Chu Yue is also dead which is why she was able to see the boy and he's leading her to the afterlife where the gang are.

Yes, less heartbreaking and a bit tolerable when your emotions are set aside.

Saaaame! Love them! Through those sad parts, we did have some sweet and critical moments between the leads though.

I was too curious about the end. I had to see it through to the end 😭

There was someone on FB named Li Xia that worded it nicely. To me, Chu Yue is already dead which was why she's able to see the son and envision that the gang are together. Her following the son means that he's taking her to the afterlife and to meet the gang. Let me see if I can copy and paste her words.

Credit to Li Xia on FB

#AJourneyToLove

About the ending and the boy, Ning Shisan. (How I assumed it)
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Don't stress out much thinking if they (Ruyi and Yuanzhou) are alive or not. Because they aren’t. I know we didn’t see their dead body or graves. But if they’re alive, it would be absolutely illogical. There is no possibility of their coming back based on their last scenarios. No pills can save YuanZhou after those spear attacks (we can literally imagine his body pierced into two pieces). And it’s not possible for Ruyi to escape that explosive.
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In the end, the boy we see, Ning Shisan, is just an imagination of Chu Yue and a representation of taking her to the others. Meaning, she is joining the others in the afterlife world..

Ning Shisan saying all the details was also her daydreaming conversation about what Chu Yue (maybe) had been thinking. Because all these years, she was spending a lonely life and missing Yu Shisan, thinking about that tragic war.

Then why not Yu Shisan in her imagination? Why Ruyi and Yuanzhuo’s child? Because the makers also wanted to give us hints about the afterlife: Ruyi, Yuanzhou, and the other four.

Remember all those scenarios, group gossip, and teasings about Ruyi wanting a baby with Yuanzhou? And what kind of life YZ and Ruyi wanted? YZ wanted a peaceful and normal life, while Ruiy wanted to go on adventures. That’s how the details Ning Shisan gave; Living in the academy dozens of miles away (his father is good at making the best wine, his mother can perform the best swordplay) and then Chu Yue seeing the others riding their horses with their weapons (like an adventurous team right? Just as Ruyi wished). All these were just hints.

About his name and his sister's name (Yuan Lu), the same- all are imaginations of Chu Yue. She wasn’t close to all the squad members except for Yu Shisan and (later) Yuanzhou and Ruyi. She may have heard stories about Yuan Lu and how close he was to YZ from A'Ying. She didn’t even meet the others. So, all she could have imagined was Younzhou and Ruyi’s kid's name after Shisan and YuanLu.

It also hinted at the beginning of the after-ten-years leap scene. "It’s always a pleasure to greet a friend who comes from afar."

That friend is Ning Shisan from the afterlife. (Don’t think logically here; dying people usually have such visions😅).
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There could be mistake in my writing; feel free to point them out...😊
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[Why I think it this way: because I've seen some spiritual movies and dramas (Turkish) having these kinds of endings for about-to-die people 😂]

He got stabbed by multiple spears while protecting the he county.

It was frustrating because even for the movie Lord of The Ring, they all survived 😂. Why couldn't this writer do the same? Or I was fine with just having a couple of them die, which is reasonable for a war plot ending.

Ep 31 to ep 34 were done well! I feel like ep 27 to 30 were not needed unless you want to see more of YSS. The main couple died - NYZ died from multiple stabbing with loss of blood and RY died from taking out the main enemies with YL's bomb. YY is alive and married to LTG - they both live.

I would say for others to stop at ep 34 when Ruyi and NYZ found eachother and conclude it there if you don't have the heart to finish the drama.

Well said 👏👏👏

I have to disagree about the comment on LSS. Her character was always the stronger one so she tends to hold it in and not show her emotions easily like NYZ. Plus, the director didn't give her a lot of scenes to cry for or expand the duration of her crying scenes. If you watch back on ep 20, where NYZ is dying, her eyebrows does furrow because NYZ means alot to her and even at the end of ep 20 ongoing to ep 21 she was only silently crying until Shisan showed up. That's why her crying scenes are subtle, but the tears and sadness are still there since she's the mentally stronger one.