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I thought that I was probably going to fall madly in love with these characters and their relationship. She's the first one to hurt him - to draw blood, they fight each other, he destroys literally everything. It was all set up so well. I loved the way it just went straight into the action. I thought the CGI was also pretty impressive compared to some of the other Xianxia I had watched.

Then she goes back in time and see's the beautiful mortal TTJ kneeling in the snow. I was beyond sold. One of the best first episodes I'd seen in a long time.

I kind of understood the miscommunication and intentional lying to each other. He's often suspicious of her because of the abuse he suffered from the original Ye Xiwu, and Li Susu never trusts him because she can never be certain that he isn't going to be influenced by the evil bone, or become the man who destroys the entire world. The mistrust and lack of communication is a thread throughout the drama. It's intentionally written as a messed up relationship. It was never meant to be healthy. But it’s actually downright sappy in comparison to how it was in the novel (which would never pass censorship)

Li Susu's mission was always to kill him to save the world, she never intended to fall in love with him, and she was kind of in denial of it when she did. She is often prejudiced (understandable I guess) and so does jump to conclusions sometimes. Always fearing the worst. She is conflicted but she still can't let go of that mission, betrayal or not. She helps Xiao Lin escape because he insinuated he'd kill himself and she doesn’t trust TTJ to let Jing Kingdom’s literal enemy go. A questionable decision on her part – not the smartest - but not actually intended to hurt him (at least not in that instance) But actions have consequences (including for her) in that situation.

I don’t know where you stopped watching exactly but the characters are kind of doomed by fate (or the narrative haha) They don’t get too much happiness. It’s an obsessive, hurtful love/hate relationship all throughout. It’s only in the last arc where they try to overcome it, try to learn from mistakes. While there are definitely sweet scenes between them, it’s not a happy relationship kind of drama.

I loved it, (and the characters) but it’s completely fair if it’s not for you. You wouldn’t be the only one.

edit* And while typing this comment, Megumi-H summed it up much better and more succinctly then I did. 😅

If we're all paid bots, where is my money? 😭🤣🤣

In comparison to some other dramas of the same genre which have 50-60 episodes, like Ashes of Love and Love and Redemption, 40 isn't that much. 😂 It could have used more actually.

If it makes you feel better, the pacing in this show is pretty good. It moves fairly quickly and never felt slow to me. So give it a go and see if you like it. If you do really like it, 40 episodes will probably fly by.

This is obviously going to be a matter of personal taste. But for me, it is absolutely worth it. It's become one of my favourite dramas.

Still too far for me. haha

Only You - Shang Sheng.

I'm so looking forward to this, but June seems so far away.

Probably won't be until sometime next year. I think filming will wrap in early May. So it will be a long wait.

You might enjoy Lost You Forever. I thought it was well done.

I also second the recommendation for Back from the Brink if you enjoyed LBFAD

+ Ashes of Love for Luo Yunxi in the sml role 😅

Not the only one!

Thank you for sharing your video. It's so beautiful and I love it! It got me feeling all emotional again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15fBcBjb_4
It's not made by me, but this is one of my favourites. bittergrace makes amazing edits.

I think everyone collectively died with the full silver wig. Cannot wait until we see it again. 😍

It's definitely one of the more beautiful and natural looking silver wigs i've seen.

Well, it's definitely a look. 😂

he looks amazing!

I enjoyed Love between fairy and devil but prefer Till the end of the moon. I felt overall, the story was more engaging to me, the characters more interesting, and the love story more intense. It stayed with me a lot longer. The performances by the leads were incredible.

Love Between Fairy and Devil is a lot more fairy-tale like which is not a bad thing, it's just different. So for me TTEOTM.

haha, each to their own. I just completely disagree. For me it’s one of the best enemies to lovers stories I’ve seen because it is ACTUALLY enemies. It is also enemies WHILE lovers which I also love. The hate and the conflict doesn’t just vanish for no reason because the narrative says so. It is not a one-sided love, especially not by the end. She does fall in love with him but this love doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. Pity and compassion turns to attraction and then to love. But it is always conflicted throughout. She has to keep him alive to keep him from devilizing, so her actions are based on fulfilling her mission. But that doesn’t mean the other stuff isn’t real. Despite her hate, these feelings actually do start early - for example, when she starts the snowball fight with him, there is no ulterior motive there other than simply wanting him to experience a simple joy.

When she wakes to find that he has taken the world-alluring jade she swaps it and takes the curse from him. Yes, in part because she needs to keep him alive – but she vehemently denies Sang Jius claim that he is evil and is deserving of that fate before she does it.

When they return from the dream she plans to manipulate him to get him to fall in love with her as she has been told this is the only way she can complete her mission and she is on a 300 day time limit. This is understandable, as the fate of three entire realms rest on this. The future version of him doesn’t just kill her family, he destroys the entire world! I’m glad she didn’t just throw this mission away. It is an inevitability that the evil bone would corrupt him had the plan not gone the way it did (as set up by Ming Ye and Ji Ze) She also doesn’t have the information we as an audience have. To throw away the mission and for the hate and prejudice she carries to vanish, would have been incredibly unrealistic and would have turned me off. And him developing love threads through this is actually the reason the world is saved in the end.

But even so, the act becomes real. I felt it was clear her feelings became real. Despite being in denial over it. This was also confirmed by the actors so it isn’t just my interpretation. When they are at the water festival, she thinks about telling him the truth, so she can “protect him and be with him forever” That's not an act. It is her own thoughts, in her own head. I don’t think it gets more genuine than that. There are other instances that also confirm this. And definitely by the last arc it has reached a point of being an open love.

Tantai Jin is my favourite character and my heart breaks for him in this drama – but he isn’t always perfect either. There were unhinged actions on his part too (why I love him) While he is undeniably a victim, Li Susu’s fate is also unfair. It’s a burden. She isn’t perfect, and maybe she doesn’t go about things the “right" way but I actually appreciated this and felt her actions were understandable. Toxic relationship for most of it - absolutely. But I loved it.

it's fair enough if this dynamic isn't for you. It's not going to appeal to everyone.

She does love him (this isn't just an interpretation but confirmed by the actors) And she pretty much confirms these feelings herself at certain points. But it's complicated, because of the circumstances. There is some denial there at times too. It's a very love/hate and messy dynamic. But there is also sweetness there as well. & what is conflicted ends up the opposite by the end.

I'd say its an OE. One that has hints towards the novel's HE. An OE that is both sad and optimistic imo. If you get to episode 35 and decide you want to finish it. 🤣

if not thats cool. Enjoy the ride up to 35 anyway and happy watching 😅

(But if you decide to stop at 35 there is a love scene towards the end that you may want to look up.... just because 😜)

Glad you're enjoying so far its by far one of the most addictive dramas ive watched.

Yeah, it would have been really good to see certain concepts explored more. Some things were left very vague in the drama.

I think acknowledging and acceptance of feelings is a main part of achieving balance. I don't think you can control it without acknowledging it first. In the drama at least, I don't think it was ever about ignoring it or pretending that it doesn't exist, which is what she tried to do when trying to forget about TTJ. From what I recall in the novel it was the same, to achieve godhood and forget about TTJ and the sadness of the past. It instead, helped her deal with her experiences.

When she ascends and " abandons her love" She has accepted her love for him, but it is also an acceptance of the situation and letting go. I completely agree that it wasn't explored or explained in depth. Which is a shame!