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From what I can tell, I haven't noticed anything different between them. if there are, it's minor differences. Some of the re-edits that Youku did after the initial broadcast are the same as on the Netflix version. Viki, however still seems to have the original edits.

Perhaps other people have noticed things though.

I don't think it happened in one single moment, but gradually. I think she did develop feelings as far back as when they were at Ye Mansion.( or an attraction at the least). But fell in love during the Jing arc, when TTJ was emperor. By the time of the water festival, when they did the ritualistic dance between The Devil God and The Goddess, she was definitely in love with him, I think.

Considering it looks like Immortality is shelved indefinitely, I would just watch TTEOTM. it's worth it. LYX is amazing in it. Maybe Immortality will be released at a later date (Years from now probably) but not anytime soon if the new censorship laws are anything to go by.

They left it up to interpretation and left it so the audience can decide what it means. But I definitely believe they were implying he could return one day. He believed there was no chance, and so his death was a true self-sacrifice. But part of him did survive regardless. I believe it was the self-sacrifice that lead to the heart-guarding scale preserving part of him. (perhaps Ming Ye knew this would happen. ) Not to mention after reading the screenplay, there was a scene where TTJ used the heart-guarding scale to create a shield that protected everyone from the all-in-distress way. Perhaps this was cut, but it would have explained why/how the scale ended up protecting part of him too. Ming Ye was merely a sliver of consciousness, a voice. 10,000 years and he had been dormant most of that time and had no form. TTJ has cultivated some kind of form in there after 500 years.

Youku also released a video of LYX and Bai Lu writing letters as their characters. In Li Susu's she mentions that he searched the Nether River for her for 500 years and now it's her turn to search for him. That when she finds him, he mustn't lie to her again. And asking him not to make her wait too long. During this they used the footage of Li Susu looking down at the heart-guarding scale and TTJ cultivating inside. So they themselves have linked the idea of him returning to part of him being in the heart-guarding scale. Which kind of validates that as an interpretation I think. The original screenplay actually had Susu and A Mi meet a man in white (Reborn TTJ we can assume) at the banks of the River. They changed this for a more sad/bittersweet open ending but again I think this does validate it somewhat.

So it's up to you how you want to see it.

I love them! They're so cute. I especially love the one of TTJ, Susu and A Mi together. I take this as further proof of their eventual reunion and HE. lol.

In 2021.

In some ways she is one of the best villains I've seen in awhile. Because I truly hated her guts.

I think we're all feeling that way about him. haha!

Ye Qingyu got his powers because Pian Ran gave him her heart/power. Which is also why he was able to live so long. It seems most of his scenes were cut from that final episode
unfortunately. It's so obvious too... because he suddenly has white hair out of nowhere.

We can assume Mo Nv and Jiwu ended up together, I guess. But we don't know for sure.
Scenes were cut out, and that's probably one of them.

The ending is really sad. I think we're all a little traumatised by it....
But at least it's open ended. With implications of a possible future return...or at least that's how a lot of us are looking at it.

If you're interested, the happy ending chapters of the novel's epilogue have been translated and posted on here.

wow you're flying through it. Good luck with the angst-ridden second half. It's intense....but so well-acted.

Exactly! Susu just has to wait for his spirit to cultivate and heal, for him to come back. & she's got plenty of time! She's not given up and neither have I 😂 Enjoy the ride. It's painful, but worth it!

But yeah, it's really fun to imagine their Love is Sweet characters as another version of them. The drama is super healing in general after the angst of TTEOTM. Their chemistry is amazing in that too. It also has some of the best on-screen kisses I've seen in C-Drama.

There are definitely cute/sweet moments in it. But the romance is also very angst-ridden and tumultuous. It's not always a "nice" romance. Which is actually one of the reasons it appeals to me so much.

As someone else said, it's an open ending. It's sad but there is hope too. I feel like it implies that the ML will return one day, as he is not completely gone. (also from things the actors have said and what Youku have released since.) They hint at the novel's epilogue but we don't get to see it unfortunately. But if you take it like that, which I think most of us have, it's easier to swallow.