Awesome story, but sometimes show is too draggy..

Compared to the novel, this story line is more wholesome in a sense that expands on a lot of the side characters whereas the novel is concentrated on two main leads. Especially liked the extra scenes for Wen Qing and Yan Li definitely a bonus.

Acting is pretty on paint for most of the cast, Xiao Zhan pulled off Wei Wu Xian well with such a bright and mouthy character. Wang Yi Bo didn't have many lines as Lan Zhan but acting managed to relay the important emotions.
Rest of cast is good too.

Production and costuming for the drama is really beautiful, lots of aerial shots of mountains and waterfall.

Music for the show grows on you over time, good chinese style music.

Drawback : the production spent too much time on scenes with too many staring and pauses. Felt quite lazy and fighting scenes is minimal compared to novel.

Also, for those new to Xianxia type story, it was very hard to understand the cultivation worlds rules and settings. I think the show doesn't really explain too well on the types of ghouls, spirits and other netherworldly incidents, it leaves the newly initiated with a lot of questions on why cultivators do what they did. Reading the novel aided me in that.

Overall, I enjoyed the drama most of the time (minus the long draggy conversation scenes)

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