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I'll definitely rewatch it. Now I am looking for the two original soundtrack qigun performances that FL and her sister played in that competition.
I found a few songs, which are also very nice. Also found a couple qigun performances on YouTube but they are extracted from the video; therefore, they have the background sounds. Those masterpieces are two big highlights.

Thanks much! You helped a lot. I logged to Germany and managed to access the videos in the link you provided. However, for some reason, YouTube's subtitles were only available in the auto-translate mode to German but not for all videos. The Chinese subtitles were imprinted into the videos. However, I cannot read Chinese. :-(
The series' number of episodes is also different (72 instead of 60 for season 1). Maybe they are shorter?

Thanks! Where are you located? I'm in the US and getting a "video unavailable in your region" message.

Great closing for the story. The story, direction, acting, soundtrack, special effects were great. Very well done.

Thanks for the detailed explanation! I thought that the magic tree and the associated magical stuff around it would be enough to classify it as a Xianxia.
Nevertheless, my main objective is enjoying the drama (story, direction, acting, overall production, soundtrack, etc.). I usually do not pay attention to all the "dramas" behind them (gossips, etc.). I definitely enjoyed this one very much. ;-)

Thanks! I'll watch it. It's funny that the producers want their audience to be sure of the intended ending. It's a first for me.
I also saved the URL. I subscribe to Viki, Netflix, Amazon and a couple channels on YouTube (iQiyi, Youku, etc.) but something could always go through the mesh, like this special episode. :-)

I heard that there's a name for a genre that combines xianxia and wuxia? And then there's the xuanhuan genre that's a subset of xianxia? Too confusing to me. 😂

Good series. Could have been shorter. Direction, acting and story were good, but still felt dragging a bit sometimes. 20, or the typical 16-episodes lenght Koreans typically adopt would have made it better.

The end eludes me. I see it two ways. ML died in that battle and FL imagined him returning. ML survived the battle and really came back.
I saw a few comments about a short post-series episode that hints ML survived.
Where to find it?

This is an excellent series. Story, production, acting, and the soundtrack is superb. It's hard to watch everything balanced just right like in this series.
Despite not a 10 like Nirvana in Fire, it's very close.
Now I am looking for the two ququin musics played in the competition. That was definitely a high point in the series.
I just have one question (below under the spoiler).

Is there a place where we can get the two ququin music played by Fang Fei and Ruo Yao in the competition? I found a couple fan-based interpretations on YouTube but I am looking for the ones in the drama. They are magnific.

Interesting series that, above all, shows how the Chinese movie industry evolved and is among the top worldwide.
The production, story and acting in this series feel like something made by students with a very low budget. However, if we look through the eyes of the year it was made, it's a fun series to watch. It also shows how many actors improved a lot since it was released.

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Impressive how bad it was. Story had the opportunity to do something a lot better. However, the bad screenplay, direction and acting messed it up.

Great article, thanks!
I would include:
My Journey to You - Yu Shu Shin (Yun Wei Shan)
The Legends - Bai Lu (Lu Zhao Yao)
Hard to Find - Shen Yu Jie (Feng Yuan)
Royal Rumours - Meng Zi Yi (Hua Liu Li)
A Journey to Love - Liu Shi Shi (Ren Ru Yi)
Legend of Fu Yao - Yang Mi (Meng Fu Yao)

Still watching, but promising to be great: The Double - Wu Jin Yan (Jiang Li)

There are several others, but those came to mind as I read the article.

I saw YoYo just started streaming it.

Very good drama on an interesting story. It is a great production that did not spare bringing it very good actors to play cameos, some in very funny roles. I don't remember seeing so many in a single drama. Even though the story had a few typical cheesy moments (it's a romance afterall), it was a great watch that I binge watched from beginning to end without skipping or fast forwarding. The director, screenwriter and actors did a great job keeping the drama very entertaining and pleasant.

LOL! The monkey analogy also came to mind. It hurts my head each time that character appears.

Just started watching this series. Cool story and good production. Only problem so far is that ML's friend. It's really hard to watch so much stupidity. Couldn't they have made the sidekick not act like the chimpanzes in those Tarzan movies? I'm on episode 10 and have to fast forward everytime that character shows up in order to keep watching this series. I like the History and Archaeology topic, so will try to put up with the fast forwarding.

Editing to add comments after completing this series.
It was a great concept that was poorly implemented. Bad script with too much drag, flashbacks and bad acting that made some episodes umbearable. I probably skipped close to twenty episodes and fast forwarded some more. It's a pity, because it's a good story that could have been told much better.
Based on other ratings, 7.7 is way too much for this series.

I'd not discard them coming back also. That tree had some Avatar-like stuff going on, also like that tree in the Fox Spirit Matchmaker story. It's a Xianxia story, so anything goes. 😉