This is probably one of the worst shows I've ever watched. I love a good costume drama and a good fantasy drama, and this show came highly recommended so I was excited to watch it. Oh boy was I disappointed. There was no plot in this show. It is 44 episodes of waiting for a fight and explaining why there has to be a fight only for the fight to do nothing for the plot. The villains were so ridiculous that they couldn't be taken seriously and the reasons they were villains in the first place were flimsy at best. This is saying a lot because I LOVE a campy show. This was not camp, it was just bad. I had to keep watching until the end thinking "surely the ending must be exciting, right?" Wrong. The fight between brothers was incredibly anti-climatic and the resolution really didn't explain itself well. The random deus ex machina of whatever happened there felt so dumb. The thing that irked me the most about the show was the way it totally negated all of the supposed power of the main female character the moment a man showed up saying he would protect her. They kept saying she was really powerful and skilled and then she proceeded to do NO FIGHTING for the rest of the series, instead showing her shoulder blades as a distraction and fainting a lot???? The love triangle they trapped her in with the main leads PLUS the random introduction of another woman at the end just so the main character didn't "end up alone" was so incredibly contrived. I know Chinese fantasy tends not to be the most kind to female characters, but this all just felt insulting. The only thing I can say for this series is that the actors were giving it their all, I just wish their all would have been spent on a better script. I do not recommend wasting your time on this show. If you want something fun and fantasy, there are tons of other shows to choose from that WON'T make you want to tear your hair out in frustration for lack of progress.