This should've been called The Longest Sacrifice LOL. I went into this expecting a lot of things and came out with the drama exceeding my expectations. The CGI was superb, probably the best I've ever seen in a xianxia, the acting was beautiful, and the story was heart wrenching, heartfelt, and gorgeous. The visuals of the actors were so beautiful, the settings of the drama OMG, I wish I could go to those locations especially Jiuyi Mountain and Starry Lake. This was my third Xiao Zhan drama and I would probably put this one as my top from what I've seen so far from him. He was a beautiful sight to see in costume, his characterization of Shi Ying was superb and I can't see anyone else playing SY, he did his very best and it's very apparent. Ren Min was amazing in this also. The way she could adapt to be as eccentric as Zhu Yan, to be as matured as Yao Yi was amazing. This is my second project of her's I've watched and I hope she becomes booked and busy after this because she is extremely talented. The OST is so good, making me cry everytime the main song or the other sad one played.

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The reason why I didn't give a 10/10 scoring is because of the last 5 episodes. I felt like it was rushed. They made the backstory long, which is great because I liked the pacing of the first 18 or so episodes. But, I felt like TLP should've had more episodes, because we missed out on seeing them as a couple, before s*** hits the fan, cuz it always does with them SMH. The side couples has more screentime as an official couple than the main. I know there were a lot of sweet moments of ZY and SY's buildup but, I wished they gave us even more than half an episode of them being married before the whole God of Destruction battle, that would've been nice. I hate to complain about an ending because it's the ending the drama decided on but, imo I wish it was executed better. Regardless, I will rewatch this because it is still a great xianxia and deserves so much love and praise.