Where to begin!!!! This is one of the most amazing , well-told and produced story. The CGI is top notch. The fighting scenes, costumes, characters, and how each episodes leaves you wanting more. This was a stellar production. Kudos to the production team, the actors omg!!! Each character displayed and portrayed his/her to the fullest!!! You can understand their pain,turmoil, feel and live through their joy while watching them. Yang mi and william chan has always been one of favorite actors, Xu kai cheng's character as the complex Emperor endeared him to me and at the same time there were scenes that had me cringing.

Now to what i dislike: physical and emotional abuse never grows into love as depicted by the Emperor and consort shurong. But somehow the writer flipped and abusive and down right cruel emperor and transformed him into an i will died for you lover. Not something i appreciate. He should be one or the other.
The push and pull love game between jiaming and haishi was exhausting and overly used for me. One minute he seems to draw her close and the next minute he is pushing her away and constantly hurting her feelings. Yet everytime he seems to look her way she comes running like nothing ever happened..like really???!!! Come on!!! The villians were just!!!!top notch!!!
But all in all i strongly recommend this drama!!