Love and Destiny

Great acting by leads along with a strong supporting cast and a well written storyline makes this drama worthy of its 2020 International Emmy nomination. Yes, it has similarities to other fantasy dramas, namely Eternal Love: Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, but I think the story and lead performances are both better in this drama.

Chang Chen as God of War is exceptional. NiNi is great as usual (check out Rise of the Phoenixes if you haven't already!). The story moves effortlessly from one world and one lifetime to the next, keeping audiences engaged. Highly recommend!

No great performances, just a messy clone. The drama has no central circuit, many improvised development details, unreasonable. If you have watched many dramas, you will see many familiar scenes in this drama. It is unbelievable that the drama received such a high score. By the way, I like Chen Chang's other movies, even though they have much lower scores. Skip this drama.

Great main male and female leads! Acting from those two really made this series so enjoyable. After watching I am a big fan of Ni Ni and Chang Chen. Chang Chen as God of War was perfect. So much charisma. I normally dislike the cliche cute, innocent, kind female leads in Asian dramas but Ni Ni made her character so believable. Can't help caring for her as Jiuchen does. I could not finish very popular ten miles peach blossom (although the male lead is good but not as good as Chang Chen to me in that series. I found the supporting characters annoying and the female lead/character also not as good) but love this one. Better supporting cast and stories as well. Can understand antagonists' motivations more, not just pure evil. If you don't know much about Asian mythology it may be a bit confusing story wise and who's who. Just minus one star since I felt the pacing could be slightly better. A little draggy in the middle then felt a little rushed at the end.

I liked the show very much except I am unable to see the show to the end as the sub titled shows seem to end around episode 50. I was watching it through youtube. However the show itself is very sweet and I enjoyed the acting as it was not meant to be an Action show but a Love story. On that basis it achieved it's goals.

A good drama means that it has to be good. If it imitates another dramas, it will lose a lot of points. The beginning of the drama has a snow scene similar to The Legends. At the end of the drama, the male lead returns home and knows that he has a child, similar to the end of The Pillow Book... The segment of eating peaches lasted several episodes. Many unnecessary details. The conclusion is not convincing. The deposit of a Ghost Boss spirit piece in the female character seems to be a bit copied from Harry Potter. The scene where the fairy temporarily reincarnates as a person is too long and not new. The scriptwriter was so greedy that all styles were brought into the film. Therefore, the film is discrete and has no climax. It's annoying to see 60 episodes where nothing goes on. There is an expression: "Cover your ears and steal the bell". Do you think if you cover your ears, no one knows you stole the bell?