The drama was very well written with multiple story/plots inserted that were paid off.

Not particularly interested in Chinese Fantasies & haven't seen Eternal love from 2017 to understand the context of this drama as many characters were carried over, in some cases their personalities do differ slightly.

It does fall into the drama-sque scene, as the heroine over time is able to whittle down the the male lead's cold emotion-less heart over centuries of time and turned him into love sap.

Jumping from one story to another you had to remember certain key points, which they pay off, which was very considerate not to leave the viewer hanging, and gave a sense of closure to the story.

Maybe the only thing missing was going abit more into Bai Feng Jiu's ancestral powers/background and her fox powers, which they basically held off to the very end, given that they basically have access to fate, and all sorts of knowledge, something like this should've been known or documented.

If the author's goal was to make Bai Feng Jiu the key to Dong Hua's unlocking heart, and the key to solving his problems, they accomplished that. Dilraba plays Bai Feng Jiu's role well into the context of the story defined/time/societal role, it does not show case her wide range of talent as her previous work, but she shines as the main character.