It's an ambitious, all-encompassing story that made me feel excitement like I felt when I first watched The Lord of The Rings (which has stood the test of time as my all-time favorite over 20 years since it first aired). The world-building and the scale of storytelling, history, lore, and brotherhood are engrossing to such an extent I couldn't think much of anything else during the duration I spent with this drama (until maybe the last 15 or so episodes when I got impatient). Also, the eye candy in this is no joke. I was gobsmacked by how beautiful Shawn Dou's Muru Han Jiang and Huang Xuan's Muyun Sheng were. Both actors were meant to play these roles. My goodness. Extra kudos to the incredible child actors who played their younger counterparts. Not only did they look almost identical, but they played the characters perfectly (I also really enjoyed their acting in Love In Between, in which they both starred).

To the naysayers - ignore them. If you're into long-scale epic fantasy stories like The Lord of The Rings or Game of Thrones, stories that take patience with their development, world-building, and story-telling, then you'll be riveted by this. Frustrating caveat: (SPOILER) All of the suspense building to the ultimate prophecy ends up leaving us on major cliffhangers and it doesnt seem like we'll ever get a sequel.