No drama series has ever made me want to delve deeper into its actual history until this one sent me down a rabbit hole of overwhelming information and from what I gathered, the series (as bloody and deadly as it was) pales in comparison to the evils that plagued parts of the Tang Dynasty. Although this is a fictionalization of the reigns of three Tang emperors, it still retained a lot of accurate details that really is not for the faint of hearts.

Unfortunately, there’re only 17 english subbed episodes, however, a kind YouTuber provided a comprehensive English summary up to the 60th episode and so despite the missing translations, I was able to anxiously follow the drama to its inevitable, tragic end.

Watch only if you have nerves of steel and don’t mind that the evil people win over and over again.

ps: I hope we’ll someday get English subs for the entire series. Please and thank you.