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I envy you for watching it for the first time!

Let the dogs bark! The wolves howl! The lightnings flash and the crows caw! SLY will continue to shine and none can stop it! SLY will always be SLY and will never be QJM! It’s also a karma in a way; the author abandoned Tang Lici and the screenwriter abandoned A Shui. Tang Lici and the drama, both forgot A Shui like she never existed in the first place(⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠)

In my humble opinion, SLY is much better than TTEOTM; don’t get me wrong, both are great and LYX is incredible in both, I like TTEOTM too but it felt like a drag to me, it needed some more scenes to be cut down, I honestly believe the 40 episodes rules saved TTEOTM, its screenplay really so-so... SLY is a masterpiece of its own— NO COMPARISON! There won’t be a villain like Gui Mudan is the near future— his ways of using opera is a mockery of Liu Yan and represents his dominance over him. In the very first exchange between Liu Yan and Gui Mudan, one could clearly tell who is the puppet and who is the puppeteer. Gui Mudan can stand somewhere and I feel chills down my spine.

I am as obsessed with SLY as A Li with Fang Zhou, I am not going to leave this page anytime soon and I probably won’t ever leave this page.

It again all boils down to the fact that useless characters ate up all the screentime, and we lost some really great plotlines and character arcs.

Yes, the insane numbers of comments on TTEOTM page was also circulated on weibo. I didn’t have a MDL acct at that time, I used to scroll down occasionally.

When Fang Zhou died, Tang Lici said he would save him.
When Chi Yun died, Tang Lici said he was sorry.
When Shao Yanping died, Tang Lici said he would avenge his death.
When Liu Yan died, Tang Lici said 'yes, the moon is so beautiful, very beautiful.'

But when Ye Mo died, Tang Lici said "we will meet again"

They should have roped us (you, me and Kwanto) as editors for SLY. We could have enhanced and taken the drama on another level.

Tang Lici will always love and protect this world. Not did he write his own fate but also the fate of the world. There truly is none like him.

I became a complete crybaby in Ep35-40, I even cried when Ye Mo offered tea to Tang Lici. The scenes that left a lasting impact on me were the scenes between TLC and his mother, TLC and LY, ZCJ reading the letter and the entire Ep40, Ep40 is my most fave one in the drama.

Bai Suche shouldn’t exist in this drama either, and Chi Yun should die by sacrificing himself for TLC— that would be more impactful. Chi Yun’s death scene was messed up all because of Bai Suche.

Congratulations to TaraVerde!!🤩 It’s really so great to see TaraVerde’s posts being shared on weibo, just like the mainland, SLY also has an international audience who deeply understands it and value it. SLY will definitely go down in the history, I admire everyone who puts real efforts into appreciating SLY.

Data Queen Kwanto is always here to wreck haters!!

Thank you so much Kwanto, it’s really the most beautiful compliment to me that my words moved you to tears, I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. I wrote it because I had been wanting to write it for a long time, for the MDL audience to have a clearer idea about SLY. I have already fulfilled my wish. As for chinese platforms; c-lsfs are amazing, I greatly admire the mainland fanbase(⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

We have Tang Lici who went against everyone, even painting himself as the villain to protect Liu Yan and *only* said to Ye Mo *we will meet again*

Tang Lici be like; all good people are my friends but all evil people are my loved ones(⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠)

There is some heart-wrenching chemistry between TLC and ZCJ, and this chemistry exploded in the underwater, confession and this scene in Ep37. This drama has no FL but if someone wants to assume one then it should be ZCJ simply because the trust, understanding and importance TLC placed on her.

You seem to be into this new drama starring Wu Jinyan and Aero^^

Likewise, I also look forward to your review! I am glad SLY brought us all together. In my heart, SLY is a timeless classic and wouldn't be replaced by any other wuxia/xuanhuan/xianxia coming from c-ent.

During my watch, I was too focused on the plot and overlooked other aspects of the drama; I plan to do a rewatch in a few days and have my focus on other aspects, I still do have to look at the link you have sent me ;⁠))

Aimi is indeed a gem, and I believe Zhong Chunji is another female character, Tang Lici let his guards down, she is the only character in the drama whom he told about his life in the celestial realm, not even he told this to Fang Zhou, Chi Yun, and Liu Yan. This particular scene between TLC and ZCJ was mesmerizing and oozed intense emotions from both side.

Bai Nanzhu is the true evil character here ^⁠_⁠^ Everything in the drama happened solely because of him and his endless greed. He wanted to be the God, the like ultimate god and true heavens to kneel down before him; one would find Ye Mo pitiful, if compared to him.

The post just has been concluded, try reading it till the end, maybe you will get your answers. The loop didn’t reset by itself— it was overturned by TLC. The post already explained why TLC jumped into YM’s body and not his. In 1st loop, GMD didn’t go back in time with TLC, it was the GMD of original timeline at the bottom of the sea, he is a different GMD from the current timeline. In the 2nd loop, GMD did go back in time with TLC but this loop is not created by YM, GMD in this one tried to betray YM. The time could go back to before TLC’s birth because TLC and GM combined their powers, the post also explained this. If TLC dies then GMD would still had existed. GMD was created before this entire concept of loop came into the drama; T3 would disappear, TLC1-2-3 would disappear but GMD would still have been there in the T1. YM and GMD are different and had never been the same. YM shared consciousness with Xiao Shi only, one can kill GMD and YM would still have been fine on the another side. YM is a high dimensional celestial being, not even the celestial beings from Tianren realm could kill him; I wonder, what made you think mortals would be able to? It was a complete suicide from YM. The time machine is made from his celestial bracelet; which had a limited power and couldn’t hold up much longer, the time machine would break apart and YM1 and YM3 fighting wouldn’t be over. None from YM1 and YM3 could win and they would be fighting forever. YM1 would let seven masters to attack him while YM3 freeze their attack, the battle at Tiandu peak would become a never-ending saga. Also, TLC was needed to live-witness the time-travel to understand the timelines and the muruals at the cave and to finally enter Sea of Reincarnation. It was all a pre-determined path for TLC written by YM, which TLC managed to overturn it in the last episode.

We honestly need a spin off totally focused on Tang Lici and Ye Mo and the Celestial realm.

Indeed SLY deserved to have more episodes, I want 6-8 episodes for the Celestial realm arc for everything to be fleshed out, similar to Prajana floating life in TTEOTM. The actress you saw is the Shaman, Zhong Chunji and Chi Yun visit her to inquire about the Hao mansion case in Ep2, it adds nothing to the drama and well cut out scene. I have also concluded my post, I suggest for you reading all over as I added things here and there. I don’t have reddit either :( maybe we need to find someone else?

Thank you for the compliment ;)) I have just concluded the post, you may have a look if you want.

Of course, Tang Lici will forever be with me. And I am soon going to do a rewatch and keep sharing my thoughts, it’s just that once you write a review, it does seem like a closure, this is why I don’t usually write reviews, however SLY is too precious for me to not write one.