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Ok what an absolute waste of a strong cast for a drama!

This was terrible and boring all the way... got sleepy multiple times during episodes, so many typical tropes packed in it, and in each case you know exactly what's gonna happen... they magically find a clue, run and find the one they were looking for to be dead or die in front of them!

And quite frankly I've liked and enjoyed both leads of this drama in other dramas so it's a shock how lackluster they come off here! and I feel they should've just skipped the romance... no chemistry and awkward every time the romance parts would come up.

Oh and the post-credit!!! I mean please tell me there is not gonna be another season of this, especially with the supposed antagonist in the post-credit ^^'

Thanks, this makes more sense! but then again haven't we seen many of such tropes in the historical settings like Story of Kunning Palace?

Yeah that's what I assume the issue is as well, but I'm saying according the drama's logic from what I saw is that they're living an entire life in the novel's world so by the time he's back his consciousness would be that of a middle aged man (or maybe that's the issue since when he get's back she would have the consciousness of a teenage girl irw?)! and if they're gonna be find issue with that they should also find issue with the premise of him transmigrating in as a teenager to begin with as well tbh!

Or maybe this becomes problematic when it's shown in the modern setting for the Chinese censorship... since from what I remember the age issue would somewhat be present in the love like galaxy drama as well, or maybe I'm misremembering things.

Honestly I don't see why not! I understand what you mean but the whole point is that they're living a lifetime in the novel's world so the whole so called issue should be nulled. and I mean if they're gonna find a problem with that then the whole setting of the show would be problematic!

I would've agreed with the current rating if they had given us the novel ending mentioned in the comments for the drama too since that's what I was thinking would be the best ending and was hoping for it from the midpoint of the series without even knowing the novel's ending.

But the series' ending still implies it too so still a good series and an enjoyable watch, a solid 8 for me!

Is it just me or this was 10 episodes too long!

I feel like if it was condensed to 26 eps it would've been "great" instead of just "good".

He was crazy and insane on many levels and you could argue he deserved much worse than what he got but that's why I think he was quite interesting cause despite all that, he gradually made me on some level like him ^^'

Yea he's smarter than he looks and gets a few great serious scenes towards the end, which the actor really made it count imo.

Finally finished it and gotta say somehow that emperor Jingyan turned out to be the most interesting character beside the leads! His character had way more depth than what anyone would've expected from his initial appearances, and gotta say the actor playing him really did him justice.

well ofc it's not flawless but after seeing some of the recent series... this is truly a treat. and I'm quite surprised cause I never thought Li Qin would a suitable actress for a general role ^^'

And I agree! the treatment was of ML in regards to FL has been handled quite well!
Idk if anyone has been critical and saying he's cruel for doing that but quite frankly I think she's had it easy lol I don't think her being a woman is any excuse to spare an enemy general, I mean let's face it she literally shot him and is believed to be responsible for their defeat and death of comrades. And btw still they haven't made the FL lose out even with that bit of torture since she got even with him.

But the thing that was cleverly mentioned and can justify how his subordinates becoming less hostile towards her is the possibility that her shooting him actually saved his men.

And what Xia Jingshi wanted as ending for them I don't think it was any secret to him, he probably wants the same ending for them lol

Idk man! Song Yi is probably my favorite actress and she did a nice job portraying her character but she needed saving all the time... and her storyline it just had sth missing for me.... but then again my main problem with that show was the fantasy setting and the ML with their over the top romantic interactions which got a bit annoying at some point. quite frankly the highlight of the show was when the ML regained his memory and for me that highlight lasted about 2 eps lmao

I really love the tone, seriousness, quality, storyline here much more... and also the acting and this might sound weird but the voices of the main leads here! it just fits their roles much better haha

Finally a female general is done right! at least compared to shadow love and LotFG.

And the tone is serious while maintaining a light and fun atmosphere as well! so far the interactions between leads have been quite natural and easy to watch! in the other two shows I had a lot of moments fast forwarding the corny dumb over the top repetitive interactions between the leads

Ok I have lost all hope for MDL ratings at this point! so many average and boring xianxia dramas have 8.5+ ratings on here and this is only 8.2 till now!

This is without a doubt the best xianxia I've ever seen! I mean this is the first time I actually understand or care about the stages of cultivation lol
The pacing and plot progression is great, believable character development, even the villains have proper personalities, the relationships are not forced, great fight scenes, likable characters are not safe! so many people don't like that ml and fl don't have much scenes together so far, but I actually love it since it's actually better not to force it and make them share scenes at the cost of plotline. The few scenes they've been in together has been quite great in my opinion.

Nah it's not that important to me to follow up with it that seriously!

I appreciate your suggestion tho ^^

No! that user basically just asked "Why is the rating dropped?"
I actually suggested to continue and watch ep 12 for themselves as well.

Idk the logistics of it. tbh I don't like some people who comment here on both sides of issue! some call the ones bashing this drama bots although they have been a user on mdl for years, which I don't like them if they are spamming anyways. but when I look at some of the people defending the show, they come off quite like a bot as well and spam the comments!

Nah they removed my reply to someone in which I just explained the rating went down partly due to a controversy happening in episode 12 which I didn't even notice while watching and that I rated the drama low not because of that but rather because of stupid and boring plotlines at the last episode. my comment was neither defamatory, insulting or spam!

All the while there is a certain user who keeps insulting Muslims and their comments are not removed!

I know, the ending didn't need to be perfect but I mean they could've wrapped everything up by adding 10 min to ep 11. a lot of things happened in episode 12 and it seemed like nothing happened!

And btw I see MDL has deleted my comment which was not problematic at all!

Thanks, this helps a lot!

Someone please answer! if I wanna watch this how necessary is it to watch ALP? and I mean ALP even has a sequel! how connected are they?

I gave it 6.5/10. to be honest the whole of last episode was off putting, and besides the ML even FL's actions were kinda laughable! it felt like the genre of the series had changed and we were not informed.

But ig hearing of the controversy just made it more easy to let go of any of the good parts along the way.