Using my personal rating system of "loved," "liked," "meh," & "nah," this is a “meh/nah”.

Things I liked:

That I had zero emotional investment in any of the characters. Like literally did not care of they lived or died—especially Dumb (our ML) and Dumber (our FL). Except for Qin Ke who was like the only decent and smart person in the entire show (except for liking Dumber for all those years, but no one’s perfect…) Then why not drop it? I’m not entirely sure except that it was loading faster than “Our Starry Love” and I didn’t really have much else to watch. Plus, it was kind of an interesting train wreck. One that just kept on wrecking, and I was interested enough to see what the next wreck—ahem—episode was all about. I liked that Si Ma Miao Yuan and Ting Xue got what was coming to them. The CGI and world building was decently done. I liked that there was a short epilogue that wrapped things up and the leads got to live happily ever after—even if I didn’t actually care whether they did or not. Jeremy Tsui does look good in this (though they really need to pair him with actresses his own age, thank you) and that was why I started watching it in the first place.

Things I did not like:

Clearly a lot since I can’t decide between “meh” and “nah” for a rating. I didn’t like how tropey this was. It was a trope wrapped within a trope wrapped within a trope. A “trope-ducken” if you will. Stoic ML and stupid but cheerful FL? Check. B@t$*** crazy jealous women? Check. Irrationally prejudiced old dudes? Check. Supposedly wise set of characters who constantly made REALLY stupid decisions? Check. ML who fell head over heals for FL without really having any reason to? Check. The only thing missing was them falling on each other and accidently kissing.

Dumber was so unlikeable during her “second” life (where she was a beggar come disciple) that I was glad when she died. I could not understand why ML fell for someone that dumb and unruly. She promised to work hard as a disciple and proceeded to be as lazy as h*** up until her death. Third-life Dumber was, actually, not quite so bad but Dumb being, well, dumb, did so many stupid things! Like naming her Chong Zi (but oh, no, she’s not the same person! Pffft!), constantly leaving her vulnerable to attack by others (I’ll just leave her alone in a PRISON for three years and not bother to check on her—surely nothing could go wrong!), giving her the same weapon as before…sheesh. He was so dumb that every time there was some ridiculous misunderstanding that kept them apart, I did not even mind. I was like ‘yep, that sounds about right that you would believe that or do that.’

The plot—what there was of one—really fell apart once she became a demon. The Demon King’s motivation was never explained—though they kept hinting he had some sort of meaningful back story. Oh—and while I was glad Councilor Sage died in the end, I really wish he would have gotten a really good @$$-kicking first! From both Dumb and Dumber!

Should you watch it? If you’re going through a dry spell or need something to keep you from sucking down a really good show all in one go, this one is a good option. Just set your brain on the shelf whenever you hit “play”.