I haven't completed the anime yet, but I don't recommend watching/ reading novel prior to this watching this drama if u haven't already, cuz they its not the same, or at least its better to think of it as its own story cuz they've changed a lot. Although the anime is noticeably better, they can't incorporate a lot of it into the drama, so its unfair to compare the two. The only thing I wish they had done is make tang san more brave and powerful as they did in the anime. He was already somewut strong in the anime but had lots of room for improvement, but in the drama, he kinda started off as weak. But im not too mad at it, he definitely grows his power.

At first I admit the story was very slow, it took like close to ep 20 for tang san to actually start getting some soul rings and slowly build up his power, and also he didn't seem to showcase as much of his power as he could. They made him too weak in the beginning, but after completing it, I was still happy with how the story went. The battle scene gave me goosebumps and left me speechless. I was a little disappointed xiao wu and tang san's relationship didn't prorgress to more than siblings. But after the ending, I'm assuming S2 will def showcase their love more. I can see tang building his power to the extreme in S2 , even without his soul power. From wut I've seen so far, got high expectations for the sequel. I've never kept up with a drama each time new eps r released, but this drama is the type that after watching one ep, u wanna kno wut happens next. Tang san for sure is more powerful than he seems.

You def won't b disappointed with the CGI in this drama either, it was beyond amazing. I loved the pace of the character development, nobody was the most powerful from the start, but they all built their power and strength one by one. Tan san has a lot of power, but unfortunately I feel like it wasn't shown to its extend, and his character was quite underdeveloped ngl. But considering there is supposed to b a S2, I think it was done purposely.

I was actually pretty satisfied with the ending, I can definitely say a lot of things made sense after the ending, but at the same time lots of room to build on the story. I rlly recommend this drama, especially if ur a xiao zhan fan, even if ur not, if u like action, fantasy and steady character development, you'll likely enjoy this.

I also LOVED xiao zhan's ost in the drama, anytime they'd play his song, I couldn't even focus on the scene lol, i was just paying attention to the song, it's so catchy. I need a live version of it, cuz it sounded amazing.