Their stories in what the Water brother did for his younger brother to protect him from having a horrible fate and the way that he died doing pretty much what the Xie Lain was trying to do but succeeded in where XL failed, was honestly the most badass thing. Qi Rong, growing up with an abusive father, having to face the shame because a mistake his mother made developed such negativity inside him. Book 4 was supposed to be suffering heavy, and I agree that the character development was alright, but it was too brooding and oppressive.

As I've read the whole novel, and not read to halfway and skipped to the last chapter, I think my grasp on the novel's characterisation and plot is fairly solid. This xianxia fantasy tale built around the romanticized love between two men (danmei) has spawned an ongoing multimedia franchise that's beloved across the world. Everything about him not related to Xie Lian is thrown at us in a few paragraphs if at all, and what little motivation and thoughts about him we do get always fall flat. Speaking of Hua Cheng, the male lead (the 'smooth criminal'), I have a mixed feeling about this guy.This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. This seems like an flaw inherent to how the story refuses to leave the protagonist, even though he does the bare minimum in most arcs. Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was a Prince of the Kingdom of Xian Le; a prince who is loved by his people and the whole world. All of this is because the main couple take up so much of the book, and the rest of the side characters and their character growth is sabotaged for the author's ego so that the main couple can look better and get more screen time.

The ghost behind all the kidnappings is revealed and Xie Lian is caught between catching the perpetrator and keeping the villagers safe. Her second novel had a lot of interesting characters (i could read 300 more chapters of the MC and ML just doing nothing) and a complex plot that was deftly handled. You guys are just like those mortal believers who stabbed and stabbed Xie Lian, burnt down his temples after not getting their wish fulfilled. Even though Hua Cheng sticks by him sometimes in the form of disguises, they are really poor disguises if you think about it, so like is he really trying.HC's apathy does not feel like a coherent part of his character, but an excuse for MXTX to drag out plot lines and make things unnecessarily long and winded. If anything I think the story should have started out with the flashback and worked with improving XL's character and making him learn from his mistakes.