Some find the ending rushed, but to me, it was perfect. I don't want it dragged out, and a good rom-com ending should be short and sweet. The main conflict is solved, the CP finally get together, the end.

Then we have the extras to explore how the CP develop and start to navigate their actual relationship. And the extras are soo good.

The smut: The infamous s*x scene in the main story isn't supposed to be steamy. It's supposed to be horrifying and uncomfortable to read - that's the whole point. It's a weird kind of dubcon - the MC is willing and takes initiative, but for entirely practical reasons and suffers a lot during it, while the ML would likely not want it if he was fully conscious, but he's the active part and isn't forced to do it, and for plot reasons it's what he needs at the time. But it's not meant to be sexy.

As for the smut in the extras, it's mainly written for comedic effect. Also MXTX isn't the best smut writer out there. Anyone who's read MDZS should know this.

*cough* Also his extra with the succubus made me a LiuShen shipper and I love him so much *cough*

First off, Luo Binghe assaults him when they first reunite and forces him to drink his demon blood. Very romantic. Second, Binghe is very possessive of Shen Qingqiu. His anger at Liu Qingge taking back his corpse is one example of this. Thirdly, he is very needy and cries to Shen Qingqiu to get his way. This may seem somewhat cute at first, but it's ultimately not healthy.

The plot-twist of his connection with Shen Jiu was interesting, but didn't elicit any emotions in me. Honestly, I didn't care much about Yue Qingyuan since he was never properly characterized. And my poor boy Gongyi Xiao was just killed off-screen.

The whole end papapa scene is essentially r*pe. Not cool. It left a sour-taste in my mouth to end the novel with non-consensual s*x between the main pair. Yes, I acknowledge Luo Binghe was out-of-control and wouldn't have done it if he were fully conscious, but seeing the two get together after that occurring is... not great.

The whole arc dealing with Tianlang-Jun feels forced. I do like his character, but his arc concluding the story is underwhelming.

Luo Binghe was extremely yandere and it felt like SQQ stayed with him out of a sense of guilt rather than love. He keeps saying stuff like he can't live without his Shizun, and I get it, but SQQ shouldn't feel like if he leaves you, you will screw up the whole cultivating world because of your anger. It really felt like SQQ gave up and decided to stay with him. Also the whole thing where LBH slept beside SQQ's dead body for five years? What was up with that? Don't even get me started on the miscommunication and the r*pe. Also, LBH has the personality of a literal manchild and a rock simultaneously. What an uninteresting character.

the male lead had fallen down the abyss and came back as an a**hole. A kinda justified as*hole but still, an as*hole who whipped MC in the dungeon and inadvertently killed MC.

him not defending MC during the case abt MC BEING ACCUSED OF ABUSING ML (which literally happened before the transmigration, after the transmigration, the MC had literally blocked the ML from getting a deadly poison that still affected the MC til his death. Had treated him well. And welp. Ml: forgets everything that the MC had done for him and throws him into the dungeon without trying to defend this dude. Like wtf bro.

the MC is just thinking of lbh as his own son, but lbh thinks of him as his master that he really loves and doesn't want anyone near. Aka freaky yandere. Like im ok w yandere fics but JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL.

YOU ALSO CANT BLAME ONLY LUO BINGHE FOR THIS SHIT. The MC (sqq) has f*cking done so much sh*t to emotionally scar this dude. U broke the ooc function, it is not a major plot point. COMMUNICATE PLEASE!

tldr: they suck at communicating and the MC suddenly falls in love w the male lead after getting r*ped by him. Side characters also have this problem, which annoys me to the bone!

please don't compare luo binghe to lan wangji from mdzs, lwj is so pure I cannot.

Liu Qingge x Shen Qinqqiu. That man (lqg) fought everyday for five years (and went back home filled w injuries, he never won, poor baby ʕ ´• ᴥ•̥`ʔ) just to get back sqq's body from lbh to bury it properly while lbh was committing necrophilia in his palace on his shizun (word for master aka sqq) jesus christ I love that man. No one deserves his pureness ffs.

also it's much more stable than 'i r*ped my teacher and he feels bad for me, decided to be w me because I was hurt and upset and he felt guilty despite me inadvertently killing him and hurting him a lot'

if y'all want to read a fic that will make u understand the PAIN I had gone through when thinking abt this ship, read

https://archiveofourown. Org/works/27305608

cry with me.

shen jius back story had made me feel for him. He was just a product of the horrible things he had had to encounter when he grew up, poor dude

also shang qinghua is a f*cking s*umbag. Yup said it. Hes annoying as f*ck

I wish Shen Qingqiu just had to kiss Binghe or maybe even just hug him to help him with Xin Mo at the end. The r*pe, yes it was r*pe, at the end seemed really unnecessary and out of nowhere. The entire novel makes it a point to call the original plot of Proud Immortal Demonic Ways s*upid specifically because of all the s*x in it and then suddenly the grand solution to saving the world is sex???

I wasn't convinced & was confused at what point it turned into "love." Luo Binghe went from pure teen who felt a lot of respect & reverence for the newly transmigrated Shizun to angry post-Endless Abyss Binghe. After Shen Qianqiu "died, " Binghe then turned into creepy dude sleeping with a corpse & then manipulated Qianqiu into revealing his return with his new body.

Even after the demon mausoleum incident & Binghe realizes just how much his Shizun did for him his every action is always violent, irrational & manipulative. And of course I do realize that some of his anger is valid - after all, his Shizun basically kicked his ass into a ditch called the Endless Abyss with zero explanation & repeatedly avoids Binghe or even attempts to have a proper discussion with him. I know, I know. It wouldn't make for a very fun story without the angst & misunderstandings.

But through all of this, how does Shen Qianqiu come to love Binghe? Even when they are getting along it seems like Qianqiu's feelings towards Binghe is more guilt & pity. Guilt from what he put Binghe through & pity that Binghe had such a tragic childhood.

Then there's the non-consent issues which were sprinkled throughout the story. Binghe forces himself onto Qianqiu a number of times. Not cool & trust me, I am usually very put off by the non-consent in BL novels. However, I don't believe the s*x in chapter 80 was completely non-consensual... Qianqiu initiates the kiss with Binghe before Qianqiu gets pressed down. While it does appear that Binghe was the one who initiated the act of taking off Qianqiu's clothes, Qianqiu was described as having removed the rest of his clothes himself. He also quite literally turns his body around so that Binghe could enter him from behind instead. While it was a very graphic & painful experience for Qianqiu, he also admits that this was his plan - to absorb Binghe's demonic energy into himself.

I am having mixed feelings about it because Shen QingQui turned around pretty much let him thrust it into him.

The r*pe! Yaaay!!! It was uncomfortable, it was unnecessary, it was not as dramatic as it tried to be. Why, just why.

child ab*se, mu*der, extreme torture, emotional torture, implied csa (debatable) and one sided dubcon, that turned out to be talked about, wasn't swept under the rug and discussed properly.