adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

LOVED the conclusion of the main plot. i can always count on ximang to irreparable rip my heart to shreds and only barely patch it up. even so, their ultimate conclusion was so beautiful and i loved how
murong lian was also integrated into their happily ever after!
also,
that princess mengze was actually a man reveal was crazy (negative)? she's a transwoman to me idgaf.
the extras were a bit longwinded for my taste bt it was fun to see ximang's origin story in another life
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

2.5 i think i felt every emotion possible reading this series, meatbun i could never even hope to understand your sick twisted mind
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

General series review:  5/5 would recommend.
Meatbun never misses when it comes to making her characters go through so much pain and angst and making me love it. 

Taking -0.75 from this volume specifically because of the princess mengze storyline.
After going through all that effort to show how women even those with proximity to power are considered second class citizens in this universe, making a man didn't make any sense. Undoing all that work to make the prophecy plotline make sense wasn't a worthy trade off to me.


I also would have also loved to see where Yue chenqing ended up
after giving away his uncle's scrolls. Did that mean that he abandoned his dream to continue Murong Chuyi's legacy?
Felt odd how they ended his story. 

I also thought it odd that Gu Mang (and Mo Xi) loved his soldiers enough to die for them but were okay just letting everyone think they're dead? 


I will admit that I thought nothing would make me like murong lian but I was wrong. He grew on me and I'm happy that we got a happy ending for Mo Xi and Gu Mang, they deserved it. 

Anyway, the series could've have been perfect with just a few tweaks but overall it was a really great read. 
dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

WHAT A JOURNEY OMGGG WAR IS OVER A HAPPY ENDING THANK GODDDDD 

I was SO satisfied with this ending 😭
MURONG LIAN WITH THE BOYS OMG


Also really had WILD plot twists right until the end… 

A great journey, and the extra was cute as well! So glad I picked this series up, it was a special one 💕