One of the worst series ever! I wish I could blame my boyfriend for making me sit through this, but it was my mistake for letting him choose. Yu Hewei was the only redemption I got from this terrible series. No wonder the last 10 episodes did not get airtime in China, it is really a terrible TV series and absolutely nothing like the original. Investiture of the Gods is not my favourite, but this version is exceptionally horrible. I implore you to spend your time elsewhere.

Daji's portrayal is terrible and a miscast. Firstly, how are we to believe she is the most beautiful enchantress when the concubine is prettier than her? The actress does not come close to what you would imagine the most beautiful person to look like. It would have been more believable had she actually been possessed by a fox spirit and used magic, but no, they decided the fox spirit would function as a permanent fixture in Daji's residence. To make things worse they bring him back to life when he died, which lessens any emotional impact of the death. She also gets portrayed as a "smart" character but there are so many flaws in everything she does, you can think of numerous arguments to counter her statements. The dialogue was also not exceptional. If anything, it made her seem dumber.

Also, how did the King get bewitched? She has no powers! Yes, he is just a complete idiot, a total retard. Even so, at many points throughout the show, my boyfriend and I cheered the King on. We were sincerely hoping he would just behead Daji and Yang Jian so that the series would end.

Let's move on to discuss how useless Yang Jian was. Ironically, that's my boyfriend's name, so throughout the drama, I just cursed at how worthless he was. His obsession with Daji is completely unfounded since they grew up as siblings. Furthermore, how are we supposed to believe a strong love connection between the two when there are literally no instances of them doing anything together. Trying to tie them together with a stupid butterfly or handkerchief is simply lazy. The storyline is also so slow, it felt like forever between the back and forth obsessive "love". He never really grows out of this either, the character is stupid, boring and unlikable.

The first few episodes looked promising when Yang Jian was prophesied as the saviour. That quickly disappears very soon and never gets realised at all. Yang Jian does not come across as a hero, but a selfish cunt who just happens to have superpowers. Imagine him as a dick version of Superman, none of the personality just brute force. One would equate him to a high school jock, definitely not hero material.

To make things worse, he was given a single task to complete, to recruit 5 generals, none of which he actually completed on his own. The timeline is also all over the place, the recruitment was supposed to have lasted years, yet we just quickly get through it all in a few episodes. A majority of which, we see Yang Jian flying off to be a peeping tom at Daji's residence.

The ending was so abrupt, almost like they wasted time for 40 episodes and had to put together a semi-coherent ending in the last 10 episodes so that it wouldn't last forever.

The reviews here were so unreliable as that was where my boyfriend went to get information before deciding to watch this piece of crap they call a TV series. I'd rather spend my time on something useful like polishing pebbles. 😑