I loved, loved loved loved the main couple, Zhou Fei and Xie Yun. They had exactly the dynamic that I enjoy most in het couples: she was the one who punched noses and asked questions later, he was more of the thoughtful type, still able to hold his own in fight very well but glad to leave the butt-kicking to his other half. And they were so very sweet from the get-go. Four eps in and they were already so soft for each other, it was wonderful. Them deserved 10/10, all thumbs up, adored it etc. Also, their whump was ah-mazing!

The rest, though... Trying to go epic on a shoestring budget - it showed, really - just doesn’t pay off. I really didn’t care much about the overall story, the Disha, the war and whatnot. The other couples were cute, certainly, but not really memorable. And the villains were very, well, cartoonish with their Laughter O’ Doom(TM) and so on. Oh well.

But Zhou Fei and Xie Yun, Zhao Liying and Wang Yibo, respectively, made the drama worth it for me, true. Also, I’m glad that the series introduced me to Chen Ruoxuan who played Zhou Fei’s cousin, Li Sheng, I think he’s an actor worth following in the future - and he has a very extensive portfolio of dramas in the can already, so... nice.