There was a time where I was so obsessed with this drama, I read the whole novel (finding the translated version was like finding a needle in a haystack but I still managed to find it after searching for days haha) and in addition to that I read manyyyy fan fictions.

Did I also watch the sequel just to see if the main leads had a mini role in it?

Probably.

But yeah, let's not talk about this awkward phase I was going trough. I need to start with the review. And if I'm going to be able to explain the whole story (more or less), then I'm gonna raise a toast to myself. Let's try. But this drama is kinda complicated because it's a xianxia.

So many things happened. But to make it short, I'll only refer to the lives of the main leads. Yeah "lives" because they had more then one. To be exact, they had three. And all of them played a very important role in the drama. Starting with the first life, our main male lead wasn't even born yet. Just for you to know, there is a 90.000 year difference between the female and the male lead. But nobody really cares about it so we just pretend there isn't this big age gap. Funny how the male lead was still the dominant and more responsible figure in the relationship, but more to that later. So the female lead became a disciple of a guy called Mo Yuan, who's also the twin of our male lead, but the male lead was in a lotus flower the whole time. (I know, xianxia dramas are kinda weird.) Because only males were allowed to be one of this disciples, she disguised herself as one. But MY knew this. And he did not kick her out. Till today I'm pretty sure he had feelings for her, I don't care what everyone else says. For me, that wasn't a master-student relationship.

But let me tell you something, the first episodes I really thought MY was the male lead and was really confused, then the second male lead showed up and because of that I thought he was the main lead and was even more confused. They didn't even bother to show us who the main lead was till episode 11 if I don't remember wrong.

Our female lead is actually a deity who then fought with a monster (I don't remember what it exactly was but that's not important.) and because of this fight she 'fell down' to earth and lost all her powers and memories. This is where the second life (my favorite one hehe) starts. BQ (female lead) started to live as a human without a name or anything. The male lead was finally born as the crown prince of the heavenly realm and of course had this cold attitude literally every male lead has. One day, he went to earth and then got injured, that's why he had to stay in his snake form, so he could recover. BQ loved to treat animals and then saw the little snake. And because she's such a kind-hearted and lovely person, she just took that snake to her house, without knowing it it's even poisonous. Yeah, we love our female leads.

While she was starting to treat him, he started to fell in love with her. When he fully recovered, he didn't return but changed into his human form at night so he could sleep next to the female lead. Don't get me wrong, I know that sounds creepy, but he really didn't do anything but just lay down to watch her sleeping. Okay, that sounds even more creepy. Even I can't defend him anymore... I'm really sorry, but he's still one of my favorite male leads haha.

Let's keep going, he then wanted to know her as a 'human' and disguised himself as an injured warrior, who apparently needed her help. Long story short, they fell in love, she got pregnant and our male lead suddenly remembered who he actually was. Leaving her alone for a very long time, he went to the heavenly realm. But he couldn't bare to let her on earth forever, that's why he just took her with him. A human woman. Pregnant with his child. He's the crown prince and there's another woman who tries everything to win his heart. So we all know what happens next, second female lead is just an evil being who tries everything to get rid of BQ. And she actually really get rid of her by making it look like BQ was the reason she lost her eyes. YH (male lead) believed the second female lead and took the eyes from the female lead, so she got blind. Feeling betrayed she first gave birth and then jumped from where the second female lead lost her eyes. Everyone in the heavenly realm thought she was a human, so they assumed that she was dead. But she wasn't of course, as a deity you can't die from there. BQ woke up in her true form and remembered everything, including the betrayal of the male lead. She wanted to forget everything and drank an elixir erasing all her memories. And here's where the third life starts. I'm not gonna summarize this life because it would take me way too long. And it's also my least favorite life from all of them. There's also a second couple who had a lot of scenes, but they even got an own drama, so I'm just focusing on the main leads.

Talking about the characters, they were sometimes really annoying. Especially the female lead in the third life. But one thing got really on my nerves: the mother-son bond.

Oh wait, there wasn't even one.

I'm sorry but I never saw such an awful mother in any drama. These writers really just make it seem like everything was based on romance. THEY HAD A FREAKIN CHILD. Argh, it annoyed me so much. Poor AL, never got the love of his mother which he actually deserved. I'm glad YH was a good father, or I would probably really go crazy.

And then people still be asking why I only liked the second life. First one didn't even show the main lead but made it look like it was a MY-BQ-LJ (second lead) love triangle and last one completely failed for me after making the female lead such an irresponsible person. At least her character was okay, some people would even say she was a 'badass'. Not gonna lie, I loved how she took revenge after regaining her memory.

But like I said before, this drama is one of my favorites. With its flaws. As the most watched drama in China with over 50 billion views, it really is something special. I rewatched it (especially the second life) so many times and never got bored, even when the female lead was such an annoying mother. And don't forget, there's so much more happening in the drama, I only talked about the romantic relationship about the leads and this review is my longest one now.