The entire manhua is basically a feast for the eyes and is drawn by STARember, who had already drawn several drop-dead gorgeous fanart of the novel.
The donghua shows that Haoliners is using a simplistic approach in terms of animation. Nevertheless, the animation proves that it perfectly captures the setting of the novel and the looks of the characters.
Base-Breaking Character: Shi Wudu. Either you sympathize with him for cursing He Xuan to save Shi Qingxuan from a life of misfortune, or you don't.
Broken Base: The announcement that the Live-Action Adaptation will be directed by the same person who worked on The Untamed has caused a massive divide in the fandom. Half of the fanbase believes that the adaptation will turn out well, censorship or not, and the other half thinks that the adaptation will become a mess in every way because they dislike how The Untamed made several tweaks with the novel's setting, plot, and characterization of the cast. There's a small third party that's cautious as much as they are curious about how the series will turn out, but believe that it's still too soon to make any judgments without any further information.
The Chew Toy: Poor, poor Guzi. Despite being a small child, the times he appears and doesn't end up injured, sick, or crying can be counted on one hand. On top of that, his dad has been possessed by a ghost that even other ghosts hate, so not only does Guzi have to witness "his dad" suddenly hanging out with monsters and eating human flesh, he also has to watch as a bunch of strangers tie up, beat up, and mistreat his only living relative. Then you find out Qi Rong actually treated him better than his actual dad. And then Qi Rong "dies". Good thing he's too young to actually process how crappy his life is.
Ensemble Dark Horse: The unnamed man that gifted Xie Lian his now iconic bamboo hat in Volume 4. Despite appearing in only one scene, he made as much of an impact on Xie Lian as he did on the readers.
Fanon: While Yin Yu is canonically described as having an incredibly plain-looking face, fanworks seem to like depicting him with a Beauty Mark, specifically under his left eye.
Foe Yay Shipping: Ninety percent of Feng Xin and Mu Qing's interactions involve them arguing with each other or yelling insults at each other. It makes it really is easy for the fans to portray them as a couple with Belligerent Sexual Tension, and emphasis on the belligerent.
In Book 3, upon being questioned by Shi Qingxuan, Hua Cheng reveals that his greatest fear is being unable to do anything but watch the one he loves suffer. Then comes Book 4, which will make the reader know exactly how Hua Cheng feels.
Xie Lian's awful cooking that only Hua Cheng can eat without having terrible consequences is something Played for Laughs throughout the novel. We later find out that Xie Lian's mother due to being royalty was also lousy at cooking and that Xie Lian's cooking wasn't always inedible, implying it likely that his current terrible cooking was subconsciously influenced by remembering his mother's style.
The circumstances of Ruoye's birth. Pei Ming in-universe comments on how useful the spiritual device is and wants to forge one for himself, to which Xie Lian privately thinks he wouldn't if he knew how Ruoye was born. Ruoye is the silk used to bind Xie Lian to the altar while he was stabbed 100 times as well as hanging Xie Lian's parents and Xie Lian when he tried to commit suicide.
Idiosyncratic Ship Naming: ShuangXuan for Shi Qingxuan and He Xuan. That ship has also been dubbed "Beefleaf". It started as an emoji-related mistake. A fan picked a meat emoji to represent He Xuan disguised asMing Yi and a leaf emoji to represent Shi Qingxuan. Other fans read it as "beef" and "leaf", and the name stuck.
The Woobie: To summarize, it's hard to find anyone you don't feel sorry for due to their painful situations, but Xie Lian definitely takes the cake for the tragic events that plagued him over the many hundreds of years.
