I was hesitant to watch this at first since I'm not really into period Chinese dramas, however, my friend highly recommended It to me so I gave it a shot.

At first, it was kinda confusing since you have to remember and take in the characters names and the number of clans that are in the story. And all these characters from different clans are connected to each other. However, I somehow got the hang of the names and the clans as I kept watching.

I wont spoil anything but dang this drama was just amazing and stressful in so many ways lol. The story is just a total gem, it really keeps you hooked and makes you wish it doesn't even end. The story is quite long since the first half of the drama is more like showing what's happened in the past before time skipping to the present. Each episode is very important to watch since a lot of those things you see will come up again in the present day. Omg, you don't know how many times I cried and got in panic mode because of this drama. It had many tear jerking and stressful scenes. What I love also it how there are certain scenes that you do NOT EVER expect would've happened.

The characters are amazing too, they play their roles really well to the point you as an audience actually begin to really really despise them. There's not really any heavy romance since it is mainly an action/suspense kind of drama. There's love interests and all but it doesn't go too into depth on it. HOWEVER, I forgot the actually term for this but there is bromance between the two male leads. Their chemistry is hands down AMAZING. In the beginning when they first met, it was pretty funny since it was more like the main guys trying to pursue a friendship while the other male lead is playing hard to get. As the story goes on, they grown to care for each other. Their friendship is very strong that they would risk their lives for each other despite them both having opposite personalities.

Overall, this Chinese drama is one of the top 3 on my chinese drama list. Highly recommend this!