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the leads interact like 10 times total throughout the whole show, it's not romance heavy at all!

this ass ending i cant believe they made me sit through that

super late reply but my understanding was: one needs to be pure of heart to wield the sword. up till he acknowledged his feelings for yanhui, he was blinded by hatred and resentment. he refused to look within himself and let his true feelings come out and was only looking to pursue revenge. but once he gives yanhui the 9 stars in his mind's eye, not only does he finally become more true to himself and let himself feel love, the sword also realizes that he needs the sword not to hurt other people, but to protect one person.

had such a great start, ending was meh, but honestly im starting to get used to these kinds of ending in c-historicals. wish neo could've done more acting wise in this drama, but outside of that, such a good CP. im going to miss them!

why is he unemployed :(((

you get it omg!!! i haven't been able to enjoy a kdrama in a really long time and these are a lot of the reasons why. i've watched like 200+ shows and it's so rare i find something new and interesting to watch these days! i've since turned to cdramas since they're something different. so many kdramas follow the exact same plot, romcoms turn into serial killer mysteries, all the characters and tropes are the same, and the same actors are in like every show. hope they grow out of this and come back with new worthwhile shows!

ngl i would've watched an entire drama about just their past life. that would've been a really cool historical fantasy

tried and true!! nothing special but it gets the job done! super cute chemistry and great acting. 8.5!

basic ass unoriginal fantasy romcom murder mystery!! literally felt like the writer was following a formula with the way she wrote this.

agreed they both have so much more to offer than this script allows!!

ep15 ending was insane wtaf!!! what do you guys think will happen in the last episode? i have no idea how this is going to end omg!

i promise it's not as bad as the comments are making it out to be! never read mdl comments until you've caught up on the episodes frfr

single handedly restored my faith in kdramas. such an amazing love story, one for the ages. starting s2 immediately

okay can i be so for real for a second? the fucking plotline with the murderous gardener was pulled out for way too long. and hong jo breaking up with sin yu for his own good like 3 separate times just got to be too much. i think we could've avoided this repetitiveness if the episodes were cut down to 12 instead of 16. i also think we could've avoided it if they had continued with the spell plotline properly throughout the show. like steps for sure could've been taken. regardless i somehow still loved this drama so much. the historical timeline got me so bad, like they really did that so well. honestly i was impressed that this drama was this good without it being an adaptation. i feel like every single drama that comes out these days is adapted from a webtoon, so when i started enjoying this, i was like huh i wonder what this is based off of. lowkey proud of this screenwriter for doing their job.

adored this show! 8.5/10!! chemistry between the leads was amazing.

i agree the ending could've been explained more. and yes omg i would've loved a scene where everyone sat down and ate together, drinking and laughing with one another 🥺

i know we already know this but the angst in this show was so good like 🫢🫢 it made my heart ache so much. i love when a show is able to do that. i finished it hours ago and im still thinking about it and getting emotional over it.

ohhh i see! it's much simpler than i assumed. thank you for explaining this!

i need xanxias to stop recycling this same ending episode sequence. i've seen so many shows end like this and it's getting too predictable. wish they could try something new

anyways so excited for ding yuxi's future acting projects. he's proven himself as a phenomenal actor. i can't wait to see him again.