What I liked:

1. Main leads recalled their past and thus their love for each other within the first 10 episodes of part 2 because part 1 ended with them in the mortal realm searching for the magical artefacts and it was draggy there. There was a ‘FINALLY’ kind of feeling.
2. Cheng Yi as Xuan Ye, his father. His acting and him using his real voice was impressive. Him being able to act three different characters in the drama and all seemingly acted by different people, said a lot about his acting skills.
3. Misunderstandings cleared and feelings conveyed and confessed between the two main leads.
4. I did not shed a tear in this drama, but I was moved by Ying Yuan (Cheng Yi)’s confessions of his feelings to Yan Dan (Yang Zi) the night before the showdown with the villain in the final episode.

What could have been better:

1. Average storyline
2. Draggy mortal world seemingly going nowhere
3. Ending was not ideal, but it was logical and befitting of the progress of the story, so in a way I could still accept, but just short of feeling happy.

Overall, I preferred part 2 to part 1, but liked the angst typical of xianxia dramas in part 1 in the first 18 or so episodes before the mortal realm.