- Dislikeable Main Character:

She doesn't earn anything by herself. Every single power-up, treasure or whatever rare item exists on DKCW's universe its easily obtained without Su Luo having to work a sweat or suffer to obtain it. Moreover the plot-armor is ridiculously inconsistent and even though she is supposed to be a former assassin she doesn't act like one. Both her psych and behavior remembers me of a little kid trying to act mature but failing.

- Horrible side characters -

The topic says it all. There's not a single character on the story who isn't archetypal. The bullies are the same as ever with their beloved howls of #inserts obnoxious voice# "Are you seeking death?!" "Die tr*sh"!

Because I'm a xianxia-tr*sh I was not really surprised or had my sensibility offended for the lack of effort the author put in writing the villains:

1. There isn't a single female character who is written on a positive light, besides Su Luo herself. Every single female on this story follows this pattern: 1.1 Loves Nangong Liuyun and hates Su Luo 1.2 Looks down on Su Luo but is interested in getting Nangong Liuyun.

2. Also, if you are a male character than you also fall in this two categories: 2.1 Familiar of the villainess thus an as*hole by association 2.2 Like/admires Su Luo at first sight with no reason or logical explanation.

If you mix the two topics together you will have the tension of this story. Villainess offends Su Luo/ wants to steal love interest; MC or Love interest humilliates villainess; villainess wants revenge; drags family but ends up humilliated or losing life/body part.

3. Nangong Liuyun is an abusive as*hole bordering Gary Stu territory. In the begining his macho-front and the soft side reserved for Su Luo was kind of cute but now... now I want a weapon to shoot him if I ever manage to crossover to his world. He is forceful and doesn't respect Su Luo at all or other people besides himself, which makes him unlikeable to me.

In fact, he and Li Yaoyao had grown up together since they were little, as a man, he was not a vegetable, to say he didn't have even a little feeling for her, how could it be possible?

It was only because she and Luo girl could not coexist at the same time, so he had no choice but to make a selection.

that third wheel Ouyang-something came. I was so frustrated with it that when I caught up in the novel, after binge reading it for a while, I cried in bed, whining how I wished I found this novel a bit more late because the wait was destroying my heart. It was super annoying.

The female lead, Su Luo, is an assassin who reincarnates into another world after being betrayed by the person she loved. Waking up in a weak body, she attracts the attention of the male lead, Nangong Liuyun, due to her calculating manner and alternates between relying on his protection and becoming strong in her own right.

DKC is a long series and the backstory develops quite slowly. The plot is very typical – strong woman reincarnates in a weak body and slowly takes revenge. The genre is a mix of romance and xianxia, with one of the story’s strengths being how fluid the plot and universe are in balancing the two (the other strengths are the female lead and the story's momentum). Compared to the rigid and bureaucratic power levels that usually exist, the initial introduction of 10 ranks is more than sufficient for now and the author avoids dumping mass amounts of information at once. While the romance is somewhat lacking so having fight scenes allows the readers to take a break from the cheesiness - this also works in reverse - without the flirting, it's just SL constantly running or getting beaten up.

The story itself should logically be 2/5 or 3/5 if you analyze it, but it feels like a 4 or 5 when you get caught up in it. There are some glaring weaknesses (i.e. overdoing the descriptions of the male lead, the messed up relationship between the main couple and inconsistencies in the plot and power levels, while the main couple are petty and cruel) but the female lead is interesting to follow and the male lead does get better.

SL currently still weak in terms of power but she is smart and ruthless, and can protect herself when needed. She has the potential to grow but also won’t lose out regardless of her situation... or at least she's good at running. While she has her pride she’s not overly arrogant or easily agitated like wuxia and xianxia leads. She also does a good job of integrating herself into the new world and learning how to survive in it, something that DOP very much lacks. However when she interacts with NL, she seems mostly to rely on him, while her actual strength progresses relatively slowly compared to other xianxia series but it’s expected since its a different world. Her wins as an underdog also feel more intense than dominating weaker opponents.

NL is meant to be equally ruthless, but unrivaled in strength. He’s usually cold and indifferent towards everyone, but is obsessed over SL. The best way to interpret him is as an overgrown child with limited human interaction but has always gotten his way, who's finally found a playmate he enjoys being with. At the start, he’ll treat her like a toy (hence the be mine or be broken attitude) but this approach changes as he realizes things aren’t working out the way he planned and comes to care about her feelings (but also because she starts reciprocating so he doesn’t have that fear of rejection). Despite all his other flaws, the greatest one is that he’s unreliable – when SL’s life is actually in danger he’s always sick or MIA. However it’s usually the times when she grows the most...

The main couple is currently very unbalanced and warped, with SL mostly relying on NL and spending most of her time fending off his affections. While NL coddles and sexually harasses her but looks down on everyone else. It’s one-sided until maybe 400 chapters in, where it starts to improve. Weirdly enough though, after a while they do seem somewhat compatible, simply because SL can only trust someone who’s singlemindedly dedicated to her, while NL happens to fit this. And she needs a break from all the running.