I had been craving for some xian xia drama and I came across one of the reviewers pick of LBFD - I have never been a fan of dylan wang's acting (more miss then hit for me ) and esther yu's earlier works were okay-ish .

But *magic happened * ;)
I admit Dylan wang was the highlight of this show but it would not have been possible without the rest of the factors
1- esther yu's perfect embodiment of her character as fairy orchid
2- zhang ling ke's role as an endearing second male lead
3- the amazing array of supporting cast
4- a very well written script - kudos to the writers (though it did wobble towards the end of the series but thankfully it pulled back in the last couple of episodes)
5- brilliant OST - for me this is another highlight of the show
6- and of course the entire VFX / CGI team for this series - what a visual feast !! the conceptualisation , the design , the actualisation on the screen (considering that we have marvel fatigue nowadays, this really was breath of fresh air for me ) and I thoroughly enjoyed it .

Good thing this drama took a different route then the original novel cause believe me dongfang cingcang from the novel is not a likeable character ... lol .

Overall this was one was a very fortunate lucky strike for this whole team that came together - word of honor days ;) .... anyone remembers ...lol

Hope I get to see such masterpiece again in the future especially in xian xia genre