Would have given this episode a 10 except the creepy, pretentious, obsessed psycho Lige is back, with his fake sad eyes and constant, "woe is me" expression. Still no repercussions for his having kidnapped 4th Princess and starting a war that killed thousands. I really hope he dies off soon, like he keeps promising he is going to do. It's disturbing that the writers keep trying to make him a sympathetic character. But it's impossible to feel sorry for him given his psychopathic nature and crimes. Still, otherwise this was a very good episode, with finally at least some time with both ML & FL on screen and getting a chance to build chemistry, Fans complaining about lack of romance should note that the writers still have not given the two leads any 'quality time' together alone for any stretch of time, unless you consider their time camping after the cliff fall. This whole series their times together without others have been extremely short before being interrupted. Even in this episode, just when they were having a nice 'date' together in the firefly cave, they still got interrupted by ... creepy Lige.
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Su YunLuo really shows her boss credentials as we reach the climax of the tournament. This episode isn't great just because of the action scenes, though. It also includes a very touching close-out to the Ghost Boy story.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 21
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Wow. Huge, pivotal episode. Lots of plot movement by all parties and a satisfying resolution of the despotic Emperor Xiao Yi of Sheng. But Li SuSu makes a critical mistake. Driven by her concern for all the parties in the conflict, she makes an absolutely meaningless and unnecessary visit to Xiao Lin at his camp. This has no effect whatsoever on the conflict outcomes. But Tian Tian Jin learns of the visit and feels betrayed, destroying all the progress they had made in their relationship. It's very frustrating because the visit accomplished nothing and had nothing to do with Li SuSu's mission goals, which are to keep Jin alive and to have him fall in love with her. She should not have inserted herself into the war in any way. because none of that matters.That single mistake, taking her eye off her mission, proves costly. Jin predictably - because, well, he's still an emotionally immature baby, is spitefully hurting XiWu / SuSu by keeping her sister, Bingchang around him instead. Bingchang, coincidentally, has completely jumped to the dark side of pure self-interest in all things, to the point of sacrificing anyone else.The only 'good' side effect of this is that Li SuSu is starting to realize that she herself has true feelings for Jin. She actually breaks down crying, hurt by his coldness.
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So glad that disgusting kidnapped-by-psyho-Lige story arc is over. That was just awful writing and very cringe. Please minimize his screen time. Hated that the writers made the otherwise razor-sharp and willful ZiQing susceptible to his blatant psychotic manipulations. Hate that the writers are even leaning into the '3rd wheel unrequited obsessed other person'' plot trope. It's such a worn-out trope in romance dramas and the best dramas avoid it.The only decent part of this episode was the final ending scenes when she argued with and then made up with ML. The rest before that was cringe.
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This series was doing very well until they got to the Lige-kidnaps-Ziqing sub-story. This is just awful. Totally hack plot-contrivance. First off, the whole 'look' of the Lige character is beyond pretentious and it's a wonder that all the other characters don't burst out laughing when they see him. Bust 2nd of all, and more serious, is that he is a kidnapper, holding her prisoner and forcing her to do something to fulfill his psychopathic obsession. Yes, she has something to gain from this (information and Qin skills), but it was not her choice to be doing.. He robbed her of choice. If he respected her as a human with autonomy, he should have returned her to her people after rescuing her and then asked her if he could teach her. Instead, what he's doing is abuse and degrading. If he was just a villain, that would be one thing. But the writers are clearly going out of their way to try to make Lige a 'sympathetic' character. He has an illness (or poison) so we are supposed to feel sorry for him. He has some relationship with her Mother (which feels creepy in itself). He's also pretty-boy handsome. All that feels like cheap manipulation and personally, makes me very disappointed in the show. Because the kidnapping and abuse scenario is not something to be taken lightly. It makes me feel like the writers might be sick people if they think this is entertainment. Hopefully they will turn this around and make Lige pay for his crimes.
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The final plot resolution is good, but it is very subtle and hard for a lot of viewers to understand exactly what happened with Yanhui. Things could have been clearer if she had followed up her "I'm no longer the Lady of Dark Aura" with something like "I'm now the Lady of Dragon Fire" (or golden light or whatever). Because that is what she became with her final use of the Ghost Elegy. I had to explain to others that she had the 'good' version of Dark Phantom's powers. She scattered herself across the world to save everyone and then re-incorporate eventually. All the clues were given in what she said to Tianyao, but it was a bit too subtle for a lot of viewers I talked to. I know it's a balancing act between explaining what is happening versus having a 'pleasant surprise reveal' at the end. I think the idea was sound, but the delivery was a bit awkward.Otherwise, a good wrap up to a good series.
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Another great episode with lots of plot advancement. Love how Yanhui stays true to her nature from the beginning by NEVER GIVING UP. Spoilers: The Heart Protecting Scale keeps her alive at the bottom of the Dark River. So she uses this time of solitude to finally master the Ghostly Eulogy. This transitions her to a new, 'Dark Yanui' form! And she means business!The return arc for the leads is under way!
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Wow. Spoiler: This episode ends with both ML & FL apparently 'dead'. That's pretty much the lowest point the series could get, right? Of course, with 9 more episodes to go, it obviously isn't that simple. Aside from whatever this leads to, this was a very emotionally intense episode and I gotta give major props to Zhou Ye (the FL) for delivering a helluva performance in this episode. She displayed intense pain, despair and defiance - heck, even kindness and compassion -- all while mostly chained to one spot. Such a great actor.
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This was a good, event-filled episode, but tough to watch as the good guys took a lot of painful hits. One giant question looms. It's been there all along in this series but is really magnified in this episode: The question is: Just how on earth do the Taoist clans consider themselves, "good"? Their elders seem to be objectively evil or duped by evil at every turn. And all the young disciples foolishly just (a) act astonished when an elder does something horrific and evil and then (b) act like everything is normal. If there are 'good' aspects to the Taoists, this series has not shown it. By everything presented, they are just awful, awful people.
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Great episode. Lots of backstory about multiple characters is revealed and the relationship between Yanhui and Tianyao is completely clarified and solidified as a truly married couple. They have a long road ahead still to overcome obstacles but hopefully can do it working together all the way, like when they were doing so in the early episodes.
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Good episode. Aside from the wedding, the plot really finally kicks into high gear as the heroes make a move but the villains make a counter move that puts the heroes on their heals. Also, most of the players are finally revealed. No time wasted with 'time filler' crap in this episode.
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This episode as pretty good, as the ML & FL start to take rough, awkward steps towards reconciliation within the formalities required for their marriage, as required by the Ghostly Eulogy. The only negative part of this episode was having to endure a long 6-minutes-that-felt-like-30-minutes shameless appeal for sympathy/proxy guilt by Bai Xiao Sheng, thrown at Yun Hui as he once again confesses. In this, he plays the 'woe is me I was abandoned by my mother' card, trying to guilt her into accepting him. Listening to this crap seemed to go on forever and was only saved by her polite but firm rejection. At this point, I really wish the writers would stop with all the screen time devoted to BXS trying to control and manipulate Yan Hui. Especially with trying to make it 'funny'. He's a serial liar and multiple-time murderer. It isn't funny.
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Oh thank god they finally moved past all the bad, awkward humor of trying to fake a relationship between FL and a lying murderer.The series is by far more interesting when both ML & FL are on screen and so this episode got better as it progressed.
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God, just skip this horrible episode. It is just a filler episode that tries to humorously show that Bai Xiao Sheng and Yan Hui are NOT a real couple and have zero chemistry. But the humor is forced and if anything really uncomfortable to watch, given that BXS is a continuously deceitful lying manipulator and a murderer of a huge number of people - including his mother. Nothing much otherwise really happens in this episode.I really hope the show doesn't try to paper over the fact that BXS is a murderer and make him seem like an sympathetic character. That would be disgusting.
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Yeah, as I surmised at the end of last episode, the writers made Tianyao act like a complete idiot in order to create a cliche sub-story arc where the ML & FL will be separated and she will seemingly reject him and they will seemingly be irreconcilable. And they are even adding BXS as a potential competing love interest. There will be some trials and growth for both ML & FL now on separate tracks that eventually lead back together at the end. I'm very sad that the writers are not being original.
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