I can't believe I found the perfect drama with all its ingredients working together perfectly

When I started this, I was had a little apprehension because I never really leaned on BL dramas even though this was tagged as censored BL. But damn. It was so so good that I can't believe I swallowed everything that I said before. Yizhan's chemistry is really one for the books. I regret that I shipped late.

Story.
This is a masterpiece. In your first watch (yes because you need to watch this for so many times), you will be fed with the details of the adventure. Why WWX needed to avenge the one who summoned him. Why he needed to hide his identity. Who the mastermind is. But upon second watching, you will be flooded with the feelings. The structure of the story is intentionally created like that for you to feel the pain of the separation. The longingness. The knowledge of who the real characters were pre-and-post timeskip. It is very detailed and has attention to the flow of emotions. You need a lot of mental power and emotions to invest. You will emulate the characters because all of their journeys are very very important. Everyone has a story to tell and I must say that there is no actual villain in the story.

Acting.
Most of the cast are newbies and it is just amazing. This proves that audition actually works. And for Wang Yibo and Xiao Zhan? They are perfect. You will never envision anyone else for the role. Lan Wangji's temperament is really Yibo. And Xiao Zhan's smile will outsell you to take him as Wei Ying. They are perfect. I can't say the are the best actors of this generation, but they understood their character so well that you will feel for them. This we have to commend the director and the people behind the prod who made them understand their characters like it is the back of their hands

Music.
I need to emphasize that every character has their own OST. Wuji is so perfect in every WangXian scenes. You will cry everytime Yi Nan Ping plays in Yan Li's parts. Even Jiang Cheng's arc can tug your soul just by listening at his song and its meaning. My favorite is how WWX's song is meshed with LWJ's individual OST. WWX's lyrics says he's been hearing the guqin in his dreams. While LWJ's says he is playing inquiry to search for his soul. Ugh. They really worked so hard even with the OSTs.

Rewatch Value.
Need I say more? You really need to watch this a few times, not because you will not understand it in first watching. It's just that, you needed to understand more of the other characters after knowing the reveal. You will pay more attention to the subtleties of the other passive characters because actually, they are not all passive. There are layers of stories running under the main arc and it's just nice to see that. Huisang's megamind plan. The truth about Sizhui and how it will tug your heart the first time he meets with WWX without knowing who they are. LWJ's hidden sacrifices. The angst that Wen Ning carries for witnessing every sacrifice that WWX deals with without being able to speak up for it. Ugh. I can go on and on about the easter eggs that you can find.

All in all, this is really perfect.

You will not get over this drama.

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