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He said it himself: he desired his wife and saw her as some kind of fairy. Only after marrying her did he realize how treacherous his father-in-law was and how narcissistic his wife truly was. But instead of facing the situation honestly, he started plotting in secret.

Is that why ML’s father disappeared for five years after an “attack”? Because his twin tried to murder his infant son, leaving him badly injured and presumed dead somewhere?

He didn't married into her family. That was just a joke between them and her way to keep at bay SML when he tried to ask her.
He only stepped down of his responsabilities when he thought he was dying. In the end it’s clearly stated he returns as the Sect Li's young master. It’s implied he and FL will divide their time between his sect and her valley. The wedding is organized by his people (so she marry under his name) but held in her valley, which makes sense since he no longer has family and it allows members of the Six Sects to attend.

I'm sad that this never happened in the drama. Both him and Uncle Li needed to hear how hypocritical they were. They set the world on fire while already holding the most powerful positions and having the ability to create real change. Instead, their narrow-minded bitterness led them to choose destruction and suffering for everyone else just to fill the emptiness inside them.

I finally finished the drama, and honestly the last two episodes were very disappointing. I really don’t understand how they managed to fumble the ending like that.

Episode 36:
Throughout the drama, the fights and emotional moments usually have real intensity. But the final duel felt strangely fake and underwhelming.

What bothered me most is that no one calls out the villains for the obvious: they were already in power. If they truly wanted to change the world and honor those who died unjustly, they could have done it openly instead of plotting in the shadows and creating chaos. Instead, the characters just beg them to stop while they deliver their usual “misunderstood villain” monologues.

And the amount of blood splatter was excessive. In such a confined space it looked more grotesque than dramatic, and it made the whole scene feel anticlimactic.

Final episode:
They had a full epilogue episode to show the aftermath, how the world rebuilds, the new balance between the sects, the characters’ future roles, and the leads’ marriage symbolically uniting the Six Sects and the Li Sect.
But we barely see any of that.

The editing even tries to make us believe FL buried ML under the tree, and it’s so clumsy that at first it feels like the timeline is continuous. They pushed the “ML might die” tension so much that it ends up hurting the emotional payoff of their future together.

Then the final wedding feels oddly flat. After such a long journey, the cinematography and writing make the moment feel small instead of epic.

Also, I don’t understand why some viewers say ML gives up leading his sect. He only stepped down when he thought he was dying. In the end it’s clearly stated that he returns as their young master. It’s strongly implied that he and FL will divide their time between his sect and her valley. The wedding is organized by his people but held in her valley, which makes sense since he no longer has family and it allows members of the Six Sects to attend.

Overall, I really enjoyed the drama, but such an anticlimactic ending leaves a slightly bitter taste after all the intensity of the earlier episodes.

It was very poorly done, edited, and explained. But basically, she went to isolate herself in the ML's pavilion within the LI sect to watch over him until his death. Her brother therefore didn't know when he would see her again, since the ML could take years to die. But ultimately, he recovered in less than a year.

Yeah, that made me angry. He massacred so many innocent people, including children, and in many ways was even worse than Yin Dai, yet he ends up buried with her aunt?

But I understand what the drama is trying to show us: that instead of letting herself sink into hatred like them, FL decides to follow her aunt's example and see the good. She buries her master there because he was her aunt's sworn brother, and she hopes that the good in him can find peace with her.
Personally, I think her aunt is waiting for him in the afterlife with a stick to beat him with, so that at least he'll have someone to tell him what she really thinks of his actions.

Considering Mu Zhengyang knew someone needed to kill a blood relative in order to fulfill Ziwei's method. Did he intented to kill his twin and becoming the new chef?
What a dark soul...

The leads become allies/friends almost immediately, and their romantic feelings grow naturally from there. By episode 9, it’s already etablished to both of them they’re attracted to each other, and by episode 14 they are unofficially together. However, their different allegiances, aspirations, and life choices prevent them from being officially together, which leads to many intense scenes (moments of affection, arguments, and separations). They also have many almost-kisses, mostly because they can’t officially be together and the female lead keeps holding herself back from giving in to her feelings.
Personally, I find their romance even stronger and more intense than in many dramas where the leads get together much earlier.

Sorry, I used voice dictation to type my text, and since I'm not a native English speaker, my question came out wrong. I was asking if it was clearly stated in the drama that he relinquished his position as leader of his cult. He's a good leader, and they could have found a balance where he leads his cult but still takes time to travel and live in his wife's valley for half the year, for example.

Sorry, I used voice dictation to type my text, and since I'm not a native English speaker, my question came out wrong. I was asking if it was clearly stated in the drama that he relinquished his position as leader of his cult. Because I think, as you said, that just opens the door to more problems. Besides, he's a good leader, and they could have found a balance where he leads his cult but still takes time to travel and live in his wife's valley for half the year, for example.

Is it clearly stated that he is renouncing his sect, where the door is open to interpretation?

Thank you for this detailed explanation of the novel. It does seem that the drama took liberties with her parents, all to have them end up in the same place, which feels a bit abrupt and strange.

Thanks for your answer.
I had the feeling all the angst and tension was used in the previous episodes and we'll not get that kind of thing in the finals, with all the fights... But at least they kissed.

While waiting to see the final episodes, can someone spoil for me if the leads will have a mutually consensual passionate kiss before the end?

Episode 33 was good. I just had a hard time with FL's parents' change of heart. I mean, the young leader of the demonic cult shows up at their house after they conspired to kill him and their daughter almost died saving him, and there's no tension. I would have liked a slightly more tense scene before the comic scene of the gift exchange. After all, just for welcoming him, they could be accused of collusion, so it was very strange to see them so relaxed.

1. I'm at episode 32 and they're still not officially together but they clearly in love with each other since early on and acted like a couple who aren't officials so for me it's as if they are together since episode 14.
2. Two real breakups : episode 18 & épisode 28
3. Not really. FL had suitors but she clearly only love ML and everyone know it so...
4. Apparently yes.
5. It's an epic true romance with many intense scenes between leads (affection, arguments, tragedy).
6. Yeah, there are some skinship and tension but only 3 "kisses" in 32 episodes but a lot of hug, holding hands, almost kisses and so on.

I’m having trouble remembering / understanding everything about the Mu & Nie.

The ML’s great-grandfather had one son and adopted two others (Nie Hengcheng, who was killed by the FL’s aunt, and the elder one who died in the snowy mountains).

Nie Hengcheng wanted power and started manipulating things during the grandfather’s time, even trying to separate him from the grandmother. After the grandfather died early, leaving the ML’s father an orphan, Nie took control of the sect as his guardian.

When the father came of age, Nie still kept the power and eventually became the official sect leader, with the father allowing it in order to protect his twin from Nie's anger.

Fifteen years ago Nie Hengcheng died. The ML’s father should have taken over the leader's position, but Nie Hengcheng's nephew, Nie Zhe, became the leader instead, again without opposition from ML's father (I don't know if at this time he was still missing or not since we know he was injured and missing for 5 years).

About a year before the drama starts, the father died. ML then learned more about what the Nie family had done to his family and attacked to take back power, but Nie injured him, thought he had killed him and fully secured his position as sect leader.

Is that correct?

Romance is really good, depending of what you want of course. For me, having the leads caring deeply for each other from very early on, becoming friends, allies and loving each other even if they can't become officials make a very good story.

Personally, I love romance. The leads become attached to each other very quickly, and they have many intense scenes together (affection, arguments, tragedy). It's one of the few dramas where I feel like I'm following a couple from the very beginning, even though they aren't officially together.
The drama has some editing issues (especially in the early episodes); there are a lot of character names and backstories mentioned very quickly, so you sometimes have to pause to catch everything. But just for the main plot and the connection between the leads, I recommend it to everyone.