I'll keep this short (like me!)

I made the mistake of watching the Netflix version first. That vversion was awful: tried to do too much with too little time and inadequate characters & dialogue. Now that I've finished the original Chinese version, I can tell you this:

it's a long 30 episodes but worth it because the characters are allowed time to develop via exeperiences and thus, our understanding of their actions. The result is that the viewer comes away with a better understanding of why people made the choices they make - and in some cases, continue to make during the series.

Are there some holes and a few " hey wait a minute - you owe me more backstory!" moments? Yes. But I wonder how much of that is because of censorhsip and/or editing for time

cinematography is excellent borderlining outstanding

FX are amazing and not cheezy

Sound track is killing it (mostly because it's Chan Xueren)