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you should mark this as a spoiler!

Yeah that's the problem for me, I don't even find her pretty so immediate skip.

Rumors:

Blood River: October 20
Sword and Beloved: October 25
Whispers of Fate: October 28

Haha you're kidding right?! There's quite a few differences between the two. One of the major ones is how much they milked Mo Caihuan in the live action because they were so "desperate" for a "love interest". In donghua all of her story was told through flashbacks and even that was bare minimum. No stupid 5 wifes, no endless scenes at their manor etc.

Let me fix it for you:
Song Yoon Ah & Ji Chang Wook - The K2

Couldn't agree more. Completely ruined K2 for me. To the point I'm avoiding anything with her in significant role like a plague. The only thing she was barely bearable in was Confidential Assignment. People can find her pretty, easy on the eyes, good energy or whatever, but objectively nobody can say she's a great actress. Unless you're a brain rotten fanboy/fangirl then you are part of a problem and outside of: "I love her" your opinion is worth shit.

Can anyone tell me where does this fit in the donghua? I know it's quite different from donghua but how much? And which is the closest episode after the last episode here?

Were you?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure, first day on set the director said to her: I want you to be like a wooden plank and she happily obliged 🤣 🤦‍♂️

Lol you say this about zhou ye but proceed to say you like tian xiwei (facepalm). The pinnacle of her acting is the same dumb "innocent" look on her face that she's trying soo hard to make you like her. Like that is a substitute for good acting.

Haha exactly the same for me! Before I finished the live action I have never watched donghua. And now I'm obsessed.

Another one (worldwide I believe) is this one, by the studio who makes it and it's not split into seasons just episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBakWosU0sfhr6k1-ldCYx05AYZ8HwslC

If you loved this drama I highly recommend watching the donghua. It is absolutely amazing! And we just got served of of the best episodes 156 of the entire series. I can't recommend it highly enough. Especially if you can't wait for season 2 and beyond of live action haha

What are some other better cultivation dramas in your opinion you would recommend?

Haven’t watched the donghua, altho might start now as I can’t wait for second season😁 So this comment was based on the TV series as a standalone piece. The problem or the difference I think is the meddium. Like if you just look at probability of an average drama getting a second season is not that high. Even it it does, most of the time they change the actors/directors so the second season is not really second season but some weird remake. Like duoluo continent, fight breaks sphere even Evernight etc. So the long romance arc from the source material doesn’t really make sense for this medium.

Wow what a season finale! It literally saved the series! The chemistry/bond between Han Li and Wang Chan was undeniably electrifying - that last look in Wang Chan eyes - blew me away 🤯! But they seriously dropped the ball with the whole romance thing. This could have been a perfect 10/10 if they just left the romance out of it. First with over-forcing Miss Mo, then also making Nangong Wan into an emotional equivalent of a 3 year old spoiled brat. Quite disappointing and off-putting. Like we waited 20 eps for this?! Might as well make him and Wang Chan a thing haha. Altho I quite liked Senior Chen, her scenes were also quite useless in the grand scheme of things. If everything else was in order then they would be a nice addition but in the current state they were just taking away from what could have been a more productively utilized screen time. Nonetheless the spirit of the series was really poignant and coupled with an amazing OST it touches deep, and poses/delivers some really profound questions/realizations about life and immortality. Despite all the aforementioned shortcomings this has to be TOP3 pure "non-romance" cultivation wuxia up to this point.

Yeah I went to investigate after and learned this. It makes more sense now. But still I think they could have handled it better. By the looks of it the source material - at least first few chapters is totally non-romance. So no need to crowbar more romance into it.

My thoughts exactly! Less is more here.

Disagree with op haha Don’t get me wrong. I agree with everything you said. To a certain point. It was super potent when they had their first chance encounter after 10 years. And then they have to say goodbye. We can see HL cares for her and we get to share his/their realization that don’t walk the same path. It’s really heartbreaking. Even from just a platonic perspective. But everything after that just diminishes these heartbreaking moments and it’s clearly there because of some ulterior motives not to aid the story.

Running out of ideas.