Well...i gave this a try because i heard so much about it from other people here and there and well, unfortunately it didn't meet my expectations but it was ok.

the story 6/10:

The story is interesting to begin with and you will immediately get attracted to it. You probably saw its description so you can tell how it is. A naive girl who wants to know about the outside world is the base of the plot. A demon son who is locked in the mountain and will later set free and The Fate which bring them together somehow.
First of all the story looked great at first but it has some major plot hols that you can see from the beginning and these plot holes are some huge minus for the plot like the story of the fml falling in love in the first place. They should have shown us some more past scenes where zhao yao is caring more deeply for mo qing and not skipped the parts where he found himself falling for her slowly. The first 2 3 episodes were good but it started to gi downhill so fast.
Zhao yao turns evil because of a betrayal of someone she loved for the first time. She strongly believed that what she is doing is ok but well i think her beliefs shouldn't have come from that luo ming xuan in the first place. This is where i think the plot lacked severely. Her beliefs should have came from her family or something. Not just because he said that"you should be a good person and be good to good people" or something along those lines. She should have had her own beliefs in the first place. Remember she was a naive child of some kind so she should have learned stuff from her own grandfather. Story goes by and she kills the golden god(was it?) And sealed him off. Now we have mo qing as a simple bodygaurd who loves her and stays like that for a long time. Her character changes to an evil bitch so fast and i didn't like it that much. He character crosses some lines and does some stupid things that i think it was not ok. Anyway she wanted a sword but it was the demon sword and it responded to mo qing only so he gets it and she supposedly dies. The betrayal she felt here wasn't justified thoroughly, she thought he was using her to get to the sword...on what ground base? Screen time was short here and they should have shown more scenes of why and what happened so that she felt betrayed by him and resented him like that. The story goes on...she is alive and in merged with another soul and human called zhi yan. Her character had some major developments at the end but we didn't get to see them. 20 wasteful episodes goes by and mo qing recognize her in the other human form and protects her bluh bluh. 10 more episodes and she finally see that he loved her and didn't betray her and so then she was confused and after some time that she sees how he is willing to throw his life away for her she also starts falling for him greatly. From ep 34 to 43-44 the story becomes great. She regains herself and now they have to fight the villains of the story together but the last 15 16 episodes lacked the hype that i wanted to see and the ending is supposedly a happy ending while he redeemed himself from his inner demon and hopefully goes back to her. Many people die like qin qian xian. He was my favorite character in the entire show and he killed himself to bring peace to the souls who were killed during a long running battle at the end.
Ep 1-2-3 and 34-43/44 were my favorite ones and the rest of the show could have been better in so many aspects such as screen writing.


Acting 8.5/10:

Acting was great. Xu kai and bai lu did an amazing job as individuals but unlike many the couple chemistry was off for me. Bai lu has a mature looking face and personality but xu kai has a handsome teenage face and they looked like siblings to me more than a couple. If you omit the kisses and couple like stuff then you can see what i mean(well maybe not who knows.).
Even though i love them both, i didn't feel the couple chemistry and that bugged me the entire show.(simply said:he is too cute for her and i felt like he was a younger brother of hers whom she takes care off).
Other actors and actresses did an amazing job too and i loved their acting as well.

MY PERSONAL OPINION: they could have chosen a well suited male lead for Bai Lu, she looks so better with more mature looking man.
I know they played in two different settings and even in their other drama i had the same opinion.

Music 7/10:

I liked the music, specially the opening. I listen to the OSTs from time to time.

Rewatch value 5/10:

If you're a fan of the actors or actresses then it has the rewatch value but if not then no. personally i won't be rewatching this even though i like xu kai.

Overall 7/10:
I had a good time watching this drama. It's worth a one time try at least.


And at the end...the plot developments were not like how i expected but it wasn't that bad either. Even though i didn't see the couple chemistry between the leads, they both acted amazing and i liked many of the side chatacters as well