So I love C-dramas but the one thing I find is parts of it will be AMAZING but other parts are meh. For example I loved the story between Xuan Ji and Si Feng (except the end, WTF was that wedding night scene??), their love was so sweet and innocent. Meanwhile, from the moment Ling Long was introduced I knew I wouldn't like her as a character, I felt like I learned something from her arc but I would 100% skip her scenes if I watched again. And her and Min Yan? I was relieved when the storyline just sort of dropped out of existence.

I had a bit of a love-hate relationship with the show as well because of Bailing, listening to him gaslight and manipulate everyone made my blood boil. However it did have a satisfying payoff in the end . . . I just wish it hadn't been condoned by everyone but the Jade Emperor. Even though it made me angry to watch, the moral of the story is one I will never forget and for that reason it's one of my favourite watches to date. I've known a lot of people like Bailing, who are supposedly righteous, good people, yet they are the ones projecting so much hate and evil into the world. I can honestly say it changed me because I FELT something was off with these people, that they said one thing and did another, but it wasn't until I saw it in Bailing that I understood.

That's one of my favourite things about C-dramas, they explore a lot of moral and philosophical topics we honestly don't know exist in a culture heavily influenced by Christianity. In particular I found Si Feng's story moving, he's probably my favourite character of all time. I loved watching him go head-to-head with Bailing and others because you could tell he knew what was up, he's smart but he never rubbed it in.

Overall I genuinely think people should give this one a thorough watch, some of the tropes got a bit old but I didn't feel like it ever got boring enough to drop it. Besides, you can just turn Si Feng spitting blood into a drinking game. XD