After a long wait we are back again in the LYF world with more heart quenching story-full of tears and misunderstandings and obviously all the blood coughing scenes which are the backbone of all the xianxia dramas but this time with... low budget. The story started slow, pretty much at the same pace as it was in the last season and dragged on for a long time and we were stuck in a loop of obsessive love of Cang xuan, miserable and helpless Jing (pretty much sidelined) and our stubborn nine headed demon (we know he is our favourite) and rotating between them is our FL who somehow turned into a teenager rather than a mature lady after transforming into a female body. I was oscillating between 'lets drop it' to ' oh! that was a good episode'. All the characters still struggled with their dilemmas and the only character with clear mindset was not so important Fenglong guy (he was very clear about everything unlike others and had his priorities straight.) I mean atleast he vocalised his thoughts clearly. This season lacked a lot in many things. First of all they had no budget to show a single battle not even the final one!! some characters were written so badly that I almost felt like I came back to my Nickelodeon era. ( Yes, I am talking about Nian). There were so many good actors yet their potentials were not utilised properly.
And what happened to their costumes I couldn't believe when I saw the wedding episode. It was so simple. The editing was little off in certain scenes, it almost felt choppy. I think the main reason for viewers to not feel so connected with the characters was the long hiatus. The budget wasn't as good as season 1. The whole show only worked because of the acting especially towards the end which redeemed its earlier lack lustre performance. I would still remember the show because of the season 1 and the way I felt connected with each one of them in it.
The show bid farewell with happy ending and I really liked the way they summed it all up. I think the show had many meanings: For Cang Xuan who lost his obsessive love for the greater good forever. For Nine headed demon who lost his first unrequited love for his commitment to his army, forever. And for viewers, who lost our Nine headed demon forever. TT