Detective Dee is back after many years absence. I had high expectations to how he will solve the mysteries this time.

The story: As expert in the Investigation bureau, Dee has to protect himself this time from accusations of the Empress. This leads him to a sect with origins from India, using sorcery and illusions to harm the empire and the emperor. The story has a lot of surprises, and there is no boring sequences. Lots of action scenes and plots to discover.

The cast: they all did very solid performance. Refreshing to see Juan Ethan here, after I finished "Legend of Fu Yao". William Feng does a great job as Di Renjie's friend Yuchi and head of the Golden guard. I love actions scenes he is in. Carina Lau is good as always as the empress. Mark Chao and Lin Geng Xin are like Sherlock and Dr Watson; they know each other well, and chemistry is excellent. Sandra Ma is a new face to me, but she does it pretty well as a female assassin.

The cgi/effects: Because the story includes a lot of illusions, I am amazed by the effects done in this movie. It looks great, and had their natural space in the movie. Very well animated

Overall, I enjoyed the 2 hours the movie lasted, and I think I will watch it again to make sure I got all the details in it. Highly recommended if you love fantasy, FX and a bit of ancient myths