I loved Wuji and Fu Yao. I loved them so much I squealed out loud when they were on screen, because their chemistry was explosive. However, their scenes were the only parts of the story I truly enjoyed after the second arc. I found myself skipping almost all of the scenes with the other characters, even to the point of skipping main plot points, because I just didn't care anymore. Some of the plotlines felt recycled and dull, and the boring secondary characters took up so much screentime later in the drama. In some places, you could maybe find 5 minutes of Wuji/Fu Yao scenes in a 45-minute episode. You could cut out 3/4 of the drama's plot and still have a good story about a man and a woman fighting for a love that no one wants them to have, and I totally would've watched it over and over again.

My main point of contention with this drama is that they leave the "big bad" for the very very last episode. Which sucks. Because I was really interested in the idea that the demon lord was going to use Fu Yao to cause chaos in the world. But...like...all that chaos happened without him doing anything, because the world was in such a volatile state anyway? All he ended up being was a rock that shook with black smoke coming out of it. And then both Wuji and Fu Yao die? But not just die, Fu Yao stabs Wuji to death while she is possessed by the demon, and then she frees herself from his control long enough to kill herself. I know they technically get a happy ending together in Nirvana, but WTF? What the Actual F***? I hated the ending passionately, because in the end they didn't really get to defeat their fates, despite what people might say about it.

The only reason I'm giving this drama a score of 6 is because of Wuji and Fu Yao. Their love story was beautiful. Otherwise, I'd be giving this drama a score of 1. Without those two, it was a dull and frustrating drama that I just couldn't bother myself to care about.