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WoF suffered 2x malicious downrating, the first week, it has hundreds of acc rating it down from 8.3 to 7.9 just in 1 hr, I happened to see it live. The same haters moved to IMDB downrated it more than 2.0, slowly it both came back to 8.3 but later it suffered another downrating from also hundreds of acc from 8.3-7.9 again, both IMDB and MDL on the same day. So yeah, what should it be without these Haters: at least 8.6.

I saw someone bellow mentioned. Cya liu had to go before filming finished and also the director. Yes, It would have been better they could show her at the end.

Just finished it and I’m pretty impressed— this is def a Netflix style CSI: tight, suspenseful, and no wasted screen time. No cheesy romance, just solid plotting and steady pacing from start to finish.
The 3 actors really carried it. LYX was, as always, on another level, and Cya Liu is a big surprise— easily the best FL LYX’s had by a HUGE repeat HUGE margin. The 2nd ML has really good acting too and most of cast delivered.

Although LYX had less screentime than 2nd ML, but he made his screen time count, especially playing his younger self; I just wish they’d given him a little more screen time see the full weight of his trauma and complexity, I know he will nailed it.

Overall it’s a strong first Chinese suspense crime drama for me — polished, well-acted, and worth watching (I’m not a fan of suspense drama)

Now waiting for Season 2

You should try to see just the cut for the Ancient Demon God in TTOETM, most of Ancient demon god scenes is with Tan Tai Jin alone. You can see the difference between 2 demon god on one frame.

you mean 20Mil, yes we did......and as far as I know, A Li pay offers another skin and there is still some jewelry new merchandise coming even months after airing....

It should be fans of other actor, the 2nd one actress fan. I think C industry is afraid of good actor in general, competition is too fierce. There is only a few good roles and everyone fighting to get it. Lyx is known as an easy target anyway. he is not from Huanrui or Huanyu, when the agency will protect their artist. His agency is too small, and looks like he is leaving soon, so now use for his agency to "protect" him

🤣, it is just a wish list, as a vampire he’d be terrifyingly beautiful and I hope to see a more layered depths in his acting. I just finish TTW today, I also really like his take both as a young modern student and well developed Forensic Doctor, it is very refreshing.

I also want him to play Vampire, he subtle micro‑expressions and talent for portraying evil, paired with a deep, icy stare, give him the perfect presence for a Vampire. I think bcs both of us saw him in TTOETM we know how menacing he could be. The ancient demon god is literally a vampire, only missing the fang. 🤣

No 1 and 2 sounds good

👍. Yes, please, I hope he does not take any drama before his contact expired. There are still music festival, CNY gala etc, SP dubbing, then he should take a rest for a few months.

I doubt he will take it though, bcs he always said, he let his character infects his real self, he learned and grew together with each one of his character, they becomes part of his life journey. So taking this type of character does not align with himself, but I still hope one day he wants to try these extreme characters.

see my answer above for Nepeta 22

His last drama Whispers of Fate suffers from 2x downrating.
hundreds of accounts dropped its score from 8.3 to 7.9 within an hour, then immediately move to IMDb from 9.3 to 7.6 overnight. It slowly climbed back to 8.3 and 8.6, but in the final week before finale trolls struck again, dragging both MDL and IMDb to 7.9 before slow recovery.
His other drama on Douban was hit too — from 7.9 down to below 6. Both Till the End of the Moon and Whispers of Fate are not the kind of dramas that deserve 5.6–5.7 ratings compared to others with higher rating, both are chosen by C Gov as China TOP overseas IP for 2023-2026 (ttl only 3 dramas for 4 yrs)
Now, my expectation for this drama on Douban is bellow 6 right now mostly ratings are 1.0 — largely body shaming the ML. Same story for more than 5 yrs.

😂😂😂to be fair, cya liu and Qi lin both are not traffic actor they might not have permanent stylish, lyx's? on vacation?

More excellent news — this is unbelievably good! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Thailand’s Monomax has issued a celebratory poster: WoF/SLY has officially hit 1,000,000,000 views 🎉. Yes, you got it right — that’s 1 BILLION VIEWS 🔥. I actually had to check a couple of times to make sure it wasn’t 100M but truly 1 Billion, 1 B is Huge in Thailand.

It’s the highest in the history of the platform 🏆, even surpassing TTOETM (both Lyx dramas) .

Something interesting about Monomax: its viewership is quite similar to Migu — mostly men and sports watchers. I can’t imagine how popular LYX is in Thailand after both CYJM and SLY.

And how good is SLY performing overseas, Taiwan platform actually invested in a dozen big billboard across Taiwan for SLY airing in early January. 🔥

Even 2 months after airing, good news still coming in…. 💪

MDL rating: Romance drama high rating, good cp higher rating, tons of kisses the highest rating.
You can basically look around, all drama that requires full attention when watching drama, more complex the drama, no romance, low rating.

But since this year, don't expect Luo yunxi drama to have high rating on MDL starting this year and especially on douban, regardless of good drama or not so good rama.

Thanks, 😂
Si Zhe went to work exactly like Si Zhe
Qing Yue turned into some corporate girl but
Hang Feng ...art dealer ??🫣😆

Rating WoF 1.0 and accusing the creators of “disrespecting viewers” bcs not HE is absurd. There’s no romance tag—so what exactly do they owe anyone? This drama costs at most a few $ watch less than a cup of coffee, some even rely on pirated sites.
Unlike many recent dramas I’ve dropped because nothing comes to 50% of WoF from story, cgi and mostly acting, WoF captivates me with its intricate storytelling, layered foreshadowing, and profound depth. It’s a true classic steeped in Daoist and Buddhist philosophy—though not everyone will grasp its richness.
Yes, it’s polarizing. Fans fixated on CP, romance, or female-centric tropes may not appreciate it. But dragging it down to a 1.0 rating is unjust. WoF deserves recognition as the masterpiece it is—even if not every brain can comprehend it. There is really no need for me to sugarcoat it.

I'm waiting for LYX as villain as he recently said in interviews: Want to try villain character.

My wish list:

- A savy handsome well dress but ruthless drug dealer boss
- A Vampire
- A super intelligent serial killer dressed immaculately.
- A Psycho of any kind….🤣 🤣 🤣

He would nail this type of character, he is intense, he is really good..........

But first: Let him be free from his current agency.......soon....

Only the producer asked scriptwriter to start writing S2 a few days before this aired. It depends on whether Youku satisfied or not with this drama result. Word of mouth is good, but suspense drama unless it is touching a big social issue doesn't explode, let alone one without proper marketing.

Oh, I like the cases, but just feel something is lacking here. I can't feel any character depth in the 3 leads.