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I honestly found her character was written rather with lack of depth. Almost as if they tried too hard to fit her in with her contribution. Such as she is the only other female companion to WX and so they are close and I liked her role in being the most level headed in the whole group - she has her strengths no doubt. I get why she is part of the squad - being the only pure mortal - she grappled with her inherit weakness as a mortal against demons and she doesn't shy away from a fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ3F1X3jt3E&t=12s

It saddens me to say this, I wish Ryan Ding was NOT dubbed. He has such an amazing voice that I can't feel his greatest potential without it. Especially those emotional scenes. That's why I really liked Love You Seven Times (the one time he was not dubbed in a costume drama). I just saw BTS of the fight scene he had with the water demon early on - the simple two short lines with his own voice told me how much we missed out - his line delivery was excellent. Him being dubbed ruined it for me - among other things - I couldn't like this drama as much as many people would. I also didn't like his other drama (Melody of Age) because he was dubbed. To me, it reduced his performance and no doubt, his acting is amazing.

For anyone who needs a mood lifter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9jDCmTuA5w&t=2127s It's a promo event for the drama aired recently. Yan An...our antagonist Li Lun can sulk like a baby. hehe

If anyone needs a mood lifting drama with Neo Hou- try his recent Youth of Baylon (it's set in the 90s) and was aired a few months ago. Not hugely popular. Dashing Youth was meh for me in terms of the plot. I only watched it for Neo.

Oh no..That one is not a mood lifting drama. I stopped at ep 13 but need to pick up. I was trying Smile Code - which is light hearted. Here is the YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmXAXw-5Fno

A part of me thinks that she wasn't immediately scared of him and also being in that jail with him cuffed (knowing very well the cuffs and the jail wasn't actually confining him) to talk about the terms of their partnership - she knew deep down he was someone she knew (the masked man from the wilderness). There was a sense of familiarity and trust. Like she knew he wouldn't hurt her. There is a scene in the jail where they are bickering and she threatens to slit her throat- ZYZ's entire tone and demeanour changes from being playful to seriousness which further cements to her that he's not a threat to her.

I've been depressed all Sunday. I tried to find some light hearted drama to mend from. Needed a good laugh. I feel better now after seeing Neo's farewell message to his character posted. It's very beautiful.

Did you watch the special episode? I'm been sad all day. Hard to move on.

Is their story not a parallel ZYZ and ZYC? Our heart will break

I'm the same. I will wait for more to air and watch at once. This once a day is too much while trying to work.

I agree with you. Took me some time, and a few dramas to recycle my feelings of her from TTEOTM. She is really good here and the chemistry to Neo is explosive.

It's because he doesn't actually understand how conniving mortals are and he oversimplifies their intentions. It's due to him not really being immersed in the mortal world unlike ZY who has so he was able to see things more clearly.

Now that we got some breathing room with the Baize token restored and ZYZ is back to being his old self again, we can move onto ZYC where I suspect the flashbacks of Lord Bing Yi will come at this time. There seems to be a lot more to explore but now just 10 episodes away. Excited!

It was through the flashbacks early on when the goddess was having a conversation with him - it predates him killing her where he expressed the will to die but he couldn't. At first I thought it was after the massacre but later episodes showed the goddess died the same night as ZYC's father/brother did.

She didn't go back in time but she did go through 300 years worth of time. So as I understand about the sundial, it creates a space where time passes by at a much faster rate than present time. So she was gone for half a day, was 300 years in the sundial. In the time she was in the sundial, the divine wood grew and she left just as it was long enough. Although I don't understand how the divine wood can grow in actual time but she can remain as if she was 24 years old anyways - probably can over look this.

Finally a moment to see XW worthy of ZYZ's love. I thought it was very beautiful

She has one already. Look up Till End of the Moon

I find it a surprising revelation in that many people (including myself) thought the masked man was behind the control over ZY's dark energy. He was surprised to see ZY essentially resist the ejecting of his core. The fact that he still had some control (he didn't even kill that sidekick, just severely injured him) shows a great deal of restraint.

I am mentally prepared that ZYZ will die and there is no real HE for him. My only hope is that he does go out beautifully and meaningfully. The vision he saw of himself with WX is a 'what if' scenario but we know it cannot happen. It was painful because we know it won't happen. It's painful that he has found someone that he's willing to live for and suffer imaginable pain. I continue to watch this knowing that it's the tissue boxes at the end that's waiting for me. This drama is too beautiful and Neo has blown me away. It will be worth it. I promise you.