I agree with most of the reviews but it's not that bad. I watched the whole thing and its a lot better than many other dramas out there. give it a shot don't judge it by all negative reviews u read here.

This show doesn't have a proper story, all males love FL for absolutely no reason, and all female characters that like those males hate FL for obvious reasons. and I didn't like ML's character in normal times he talks about protecting FL but when she needs him the most he has no clue what's going on with her or who tried to kill/hurt her. and their chemistry was off. In many scenes, it felt like FL deserved the torture, betrayal, etc cuz throughout the show she was sooooo dumb. There was no character development for FL and ML.

Honestly, i didn't understand what made her fall for ML, cuz other male characters did a lot for her in comparition with the actual ML, they were sooo devoted to her even though there was no particular reason for them to fall for her. most of them lost their lives, one lost his family, and one was expelled from his sect, they did what not, ML only took her side in front of his superiors but was not with her when she actually needed him. u will understand when you watch.

I liked Zhuo hao the most, he was always there for her, except when she was in ice prison for years ( no one saved her lol) and i think his character is the only one in which you see some growth throughout the drama, all others are useless. His character is a lot better than ML. he was funny, handsome, brave, truly loved FL, he feared nothing, and even went against his father and everyone for FL when FL showed zero interest in him. That was heartbreaking.

Mu Yu falling in love with FL was out of the blue, I mean i watched it with subtitles and it says 'Uncle Mu Yu' whenever their scenes are shown but turns out even he fell in love with her all this time and he suddenly wants nothing but her happiness. lol.

The demon lord was the hottest male character in this show but he never had any feelings for FL, all other useless characters sacrificed their lives for FL.

They literally killed every character that ever cared for FL or loved FL, except zhuo hao but her was tortured in other ways like he became a demon, lost his father, aunt and ended up being alone thinking about FL even in the very last episode., i felt very bad for him, he deserved a better ending.

I cried a lot in many scenes cuz many side characters die in btw and the ending was also so.. so.. cuz i didn't like the ML so didn't matter if they ended up together in the special episode or not. all i was concerned about was for side characters...lol....i cried buckets when Mu Yu died.