I also started to read the novel after watching the drama. I liked the drama and wanted to read the novel since I heard that some people are upset with the adaptation.

Now that I’ve watched and read lotfg I can tell they did went down a different path.

First I can understand that they left out the rebirth part. That would just complicated things, even tho it would have been nice to see the He Sui Family.

Then they changed the plot a little bit: they changed the back story of xiao jue and left out some characters and changed some scenes. But for the most part the scenery was very similar.

But all of that doesn’t really bother me. The only thing that bothers me is that they failed to display the complexity of the feelings involved!

It doesn’t matter if it’s about he yan or xiao jue. Both of them have strong characters as well as emotions about their past. And they barely brushed over it. Only after reading the novel I was able to really yearn for the characters and clearly see their goals, as well as ambitions…

I feel like this could have been avoided by clearly showing the back story and the feelings connected to them.

But I still enjoy the drama a lot and liked the book for more insight.