I actually read the manga first but tbh it was a bit confusing at first so i wasn't into it so much, but i still find it good. But the translated chapters are incomplete so I went to watch the drama... and it was amazing.

I was rly captivated and i decided to reread the manga and i was able to appreciate it so much. Then i watched the anime but it wasn't enough. I didn't touch the novel at first cause i thought i dun hv the patience to read 1728 chapters!! But i was wrong, i actually finished it and one word again: AMAZING!!

Now let's go back to the live action. Tbh if i didn't read the novel, I'll give it a perfect score. But after reading it, i was a bit disappointed in some of the changes in character personalities as well as some big changes in later eps. Don't get me wrong tho, i still find it good but it's just a shame they didn't include this and that or why they change that chara's personality. Lemme list the things i like and dislike in the live.

Likes:

- The music was awesome. Every bgm was so good too.
- Ye Xiu as Yang Yang was a good choice (though after reading the novel, i feel like ye xiu's shamelessness personality doesn't fit yang yang lol)
- actually i find it nice and cute that Chen Guo is a total fangirl of ye xiu (even tho in the novel, not so much, she likes su mucheng more)
- The way Glory game was portrayed. Tbh at first i thought the actors are gonna cosplay or something so i was a bit hesitant to watch at first lol if it wasn't for that wonderful game portrayal, it would be hard to imagine what it looks like while just reading the novel.
- The internet cafe!!! It looks so awesome compared to the manga heh
- Chen Yehui actor is actually a very convincing antagonist lol I rly hated him!!!!!
- Overall it's a nice watch!!

Dislikes:

- Qiao Yifan portrayal. When i watched the live first, i actually felt sorry for him most of the time tho not rly strong impression. But after reading the novel, maaan, the way they made yifan in live is so WEAK!!! Such a waste... iirc he always lose in matches in the live or always no confidence but in the novel it wasn't like that at all!!!

- An Wenyi portrayal. This... i actually didnt like him much in the live tbh cause his personality was kinda a turn off. But after reading the novel, hes actually a good chara!! Idk why they made it in the live that an wenyi is bullying yifan (like their first meeting). In the novel, ye xiu scouted him in game (hes a member of Tyrannical Ambition guild) nvr did he had an argument with yifan.

- Wu Chen portrayal. Even tho he only appeared in later eps, that time he cheated was actually very ooc of him if u compare his chara in the novel. Tho i didnt mind it much when i first watched the live. But after reading the novel, i prefer his chara in novel, cause he didn't do that at all!!

- When Myriad Manifestations Umbrella broke. Honestly i was heartbroken when it broke in the live, i couldn't accept it. Even tho it was fixed in later eps... still... but thank god thats just a filler scene. It nvr happened in the novel.

- Happy vs Excellent Era team competition in challenger's league. Tbh when i watched the live, i didn't like it very much!!! It wasn't that exciting cause they're always on the losing side. Iirc they only won the championship there cause of the additional point of damage that ye xiu did (i think?) But im happy that in the novel it wasn't like that at all!!! Sun Xiang actually even forfeited cause he knew he wouldn't be able to defeat ye xiu.

- They didn't explain Heavenly Domain much in the live. In the novel, it was a big deal. Iirc in the live, they rly nvr talk abt levels of their chara right?? Cause level cap was at 70 (later on 75) and an unspecialized chara can only level up to 50 in normal servers and they can only continue leveling up in heavenly domain. Ye xiu entered heavenly domain at level 50!! It was a big deal in glory world that time.

- How they made ye xiu's fake identity such a big deal. In the live he almost couldn't attend his match right?? In the novel, it wasn't a big deal. In fact Tang Hao (boss of Excellent Era) was the one who is worried most cause Excellent Era's 3 championship was under Ye Qiu's name.

Hmm now that i think abt it, i think i still hv a lot of things i wanna list but those are just minor things. These are the major things i dislike in the live after reading the novel.

Anyway!! Im actually glad i watched it first than reading the novel first cause i didnt hv anything to compare it with plus i rly came to love the live. But if i did read the novel first then watched the live, i think ill just end up comparing without appreciating woops.