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This was a great series. I normally don't enjoy the police/investigation type but this one kept me glued to the very end through several plot twists and very good action scenes. The production was excellent, very good acting in general (with a couple exceptions) and direction.
Based on other similar series' ratings, this one deserves a lot higher, at least 8.5.

Remember that the main reason that Black Fox empress wanted the blood and the tear drop was because they enabled time travel, so she and the black foxes would be able to travel to time and enter the circle anytime they wanted. So, my guess is that the tree could also control that and managed to transport the couples to a time-space where they were all fine. Therefore, fulfilling their love vows and the bonds it made. The part that seems like a plot hole is HonHon existing in two places at the same time. One as that girl and the other as the adult with her lover.

Depends on what you define by "meaningful and significant". I believe it was; however, it was short, since she was murdered. However, in the end she came back to fulfill her love vows. Her character helped to portray the evil that the main characters were fighting with during the drama.

There's a lot of personal preferences and prejudices in that comment video. It seems that some of the audience are not there to watch the drama but just to watch their favorite actors and actresses performing the way they like, not the way their roles require.
Granted, some acting left to be desired but very far from the way described in that video.

Some scripts could have been better, but how much is changed based on censorship and other external pressures? Let's not forget that many of those Youtuber "reviewers" only want to post controversial stuff for the clickbaits.

Do not pay much attention to the ratings. For example, did you watch Eternal Love (8.8), Love Between Fairy and Devil (8.8), The Legend of Shen Li (8.7), Back from the Brink (8.5), and Eternal Love of Dream (8.6)? Do those ratings make sense to you? Fox Spirit Matchmaker should be at least 8.5 if you think those other ratings match what you would rate. Watch some episodes and judge by yourself.

I disagree. It's a very good drama and your points are just based on your personal preferences, the same way as mine. However, we have to compare against other dramas if we will make justice.
For example, there's absolutely no way Love Between Fairy and Devil, despite also a very good drama, can be 8.8, ranked the same as Eternal Love and above The Legend of Shen Li.
Blue Whisper 8.4 and FSM only 7.4, give me a break. The acting in that one wasn't even up to par.
I stopped paying attention to those rankings a while back.

This dram's concept is good. However, the production left a bit to be desired. The story, characters and some of the acting could use a good bit of improvement. Neverthless, a light drama, easy to watch and they apparently planmed for a 2nd season but not sure it will come.

It should be a lot higher. This drama getting a 7.5 is what should make anyone interested in a series or movie to not simply believe on ratings. Check the director, actors, production company, etc. I already saw several excellent dramas getting bad ratings and lame ones getting way too high ratings, which shows we should not believe them. This fantasy drama is not as excellent as Eternal Love or The Legend of Shen Li. However, it's not far.

Just finished it. Great drama, even though it's not as good as Eternal Love or The Legend of Shen Li. but is good enough to deserve a much higher rating.
The production, direction, acting and CGI are very good and the OST adds a lot to it. It's a nice entertaining fantasy story and, as any fantasy drama, the writer's imagination is the limit. Sometimes it is a bit overboard on the "clichés", but that's what happens in most romances.

It's probably a regional thing where they restrict some episodes to some regions and keep rotating. Where are you located?

Entertaining light drama. The story was interesting as well as the acting good enough to keep me watching all episodes until the end. There are some very humorous scenes that made me laugh.

I use a Vero 4K+ that runs Kodi and OSMC. It works for a lot of stuff.

I don't use the phone app. Screen is too small when I can use YouTube on my big screen TV.

They were keeping a similar pace until ep 26.

Their YouTube channel is still stuck on ep26. iQiyi charges the same in the app and on YouTube but usually does a very lousy job there. It's borderline lack of business ethics.

Did iQiyi release the episodes after 26? Their YouTube channel stopped on episode 26 and nothing since then.

Interesting, I just looked and can see only six (1, 2, 3, 44, 45, 46) but they were all there when I posted the link.

Tencent Video - Mini Drama is releasing it in groups of four episodes attached together.

Nothing on iQiyi's YouTube channel today. Big bummer. iQiyi's YouTube channel has been leaving to be desired. Some series skip episodes or even lack subtitles.

You make very good points. However, I felt that for NIF. Difficult to explain. In JOL, FX had the emperor and other powerful people backing him. In NIF, MCS had no one, hence his strategy had to be much more subtle and intelligent. An analogy would be FX using a sledgehammer while MCS had to use a chisel.
I guess that's a very personal choice, hence my 10 for NIF and 9.5 for JOL. I also felt that NIF S2 wasn't as good as S1, hence it also got a lower rating.