Wth is with everyone suddenly leaving the super special school all at once? They make a huge deal about how it's amazing the ML could leave after just 2 years, what a genius! Ooh ahh!, but then the protag leaves ahead of him but no one cares, closely followed by everyone else. Yeah sure, makes sense ? And MC breaks all kinds of records, but does anyone care? No, the resources that were originally for the ML, because he broke records in the original story, still go to the ML, not to the person who ACTUALLY breaks the records.

(I'd like to think that's also stemmed from his worry and anxiety about their future; their unsureness reminded me of how I was at their age looool, but I digress.) ML was even ready to kneel for the sake of MC, and he was time and again, tested with the possibility of losing MC due to MC's constitution.

like that other dude who fell for MC, or MC's uncle (tsundere haha) being secretly lovey-dovey with his man, or how MC and ML's dads got past their 'grudges' and become honest with each other. There is no lack of dads/uncles supporting their sons/nephews and it's aaaaaaaaaaaahhhh so good.

Everyone hates "him, " he's been cursed to die before his 20th birthday, and his martial arts are draining his life away. "His" father hated his mother because she accidentally seduced him instead of his gay lover (ML's dad), causing said lover to marry a woman and have a child (ML).

Turns out, the author of the book used to write tragedy novels but one day received a system that tasked her with fixing all of her messed up worlds... and she accidentally brought a domineering female empress back to the real world and is being ruthlessly pursued by the empress. But that's beside the point.

One of these novels is the one that MC transmigrated into, and the author shows up as MC's sect master in the world. Somehow, MC gains a soulmate system that allows him to bring ML along with him every time they die.

First and foremost: He. Hasn't. Read. The. Original. Novel.

Forget being someone from the entertainment industry, even as a normal citizen of a conservative country like China with their renowned stringent censorship rules, he should be able to guess that screen adaptations rarely remain faithful to original work. Fine! he didn't get it at the beginning but how can he persist on following a very altered and very wrong script even when repeated 'unscripted' events make it obvious that the drama's script has been scrapped???‍♂️

He doesn't investigate anything. As a transmigrated person and an actor shouldn't you atleast know the ins and outs of the character you're playing? If you aren't gonna take the amnesia route, shouldn't you atleast do the minimum research and be able to identify the person holding the power/authority (there was only one. And it was even his dad!??‍♂️), your surroundings and your situation? He's one of the most ridiculously "lax about important, insistent about nonsense" MC I have ever seen.

And with how he gets into trouble every single time he steps out, it's obvious that there are spies among them. But of course investigating it will probably go against the script so... he did nothing~

I find the whole "i must get the heroine together with the protagonist" grating. He kept trying to push two people together who quite clearly weren't interested in eachother. Not to consider that they might not even have been a couple in the orgNovel that he was too lazy to read?

And my biggest issue of them all- "I'll get back once I'm dead here!" I still can't figure out how/why transmigrated MCs come up with this ridiculous notion that they'll be able to 'get back to reality' if they follow the "plot" & die. I can understand it if it's a mission issued by a 'system'. But otherwise who in their right mind would take such a risk... unless they're plain suicidal. I mean, Bruh, what if you just stay dead??? (-‸ლ)

especially cause of all the emotional stress and fear of loss he's had to face cause of MC's 'circumstances'. Long story short- ML's and MC's dads were lovers. But MC's mom was a psycho who fell in love with ML's dad. She tried to bind ML's dad to herself using Love Gu (a sort of witchcraft poison insect) but ended up infecting MC's dad instead. She hated it and hated MC's dad so cursed her own son to not live past 20 in a sort of twisted revenge.

The way ML apprehensively held on to and repeatedly ensured that MC is still breathing for the entire night before MC's 20th birthday was heartwarming yet heartbreaking.

like the ML's childhood friend who fell for MC, but got married to a partner arranged by his family cause he didn't have courage to pursue MC and face the opposition (caused by the same-s*x nature and cause they're from opposing faction). I found it very bittersweet yet realistic how he respected his wife at the beginning but slowly learnt to let go of MC and start loving his wife instead.

I also liked the MC's lackey x (supposed) orgFL pair. A cute bickering couple!

Then there's MC's hotheaded medical genius uncle and his ex-royal lover.

MC and ML's dads! I'm happy that got over their past misunderstandings and became honest with each other (it took them nearly 20yrs. But better late than never I guess).

And finally the Author x her character. I had a good laugh reading how our tragedy writer ended up getting doggedly pursued by a domineering villainess Empress. Serves you right LoL~

their life together in modern times. MC got a soulmate system that let him and ML be together. So once they reached the end of their lifespan in novel-world they transmigrated into orgWorld. And both came up with the same idea of showing off their sword skills on screen to let the other find them and ended up meeting at an audition... I wonder if they'd end up acting in a drama as arch-rivals in future ?

I used of seeing overbearing or blackened ML in this kinda story who after realizing their feeling goes straight for forced pursuing MC persistently and so Seeing this ML not force pursuing MC kinda felt refresh and proper. Half of me was happy for ML Proper action but other half of me just wanted ML to push MC on the wall and just f*cking kiss him!!

It was nice that MC also fell for ML on his own (without pursuing needed) or else with ML character after being rejected by MC I am pretty sure he would have repressed himself and put on some distance and then it would have really given me anxiety all over.

It was rollercoaster of emotional journey. First the journey was harsh and sad but then when they met the doctor, it was like hope given to us only to find that MC death was unavoidable as he was cursed. I was controlling myself for a long time but finally broked up when the back cursed was revealed. Even though I knew it's a HE and MC won't die but then the afterwards communication and scene between MC and ML..... I just couldn't stop my tears.

Even like how ML was awake and checking MC pulse and breath on his 20th birthday just made my so weak but also like very heart warming.

I am happy that they also got HE but I still can't get over from the things they both had to go through, especially the Su. And this was also because of that f*cking b*tch. How dare that bit*h dare to do these. She probably knew that Gu love Su that's why she tried to use that 'Love Gu'. f*cking bit*h tried to manipulate Gu and then sh*t happened and Su had to suffer.

Thinking about what Su had to go through because of that f*cking bit*h just break my heart. He had to get seperated from Gu, the person he love and instead f*ck and get intimate with that bit*h and when he finally was able to get out of that bit*h control, his love Gu end up getting married to someone else and he once again had to f*ck up with other people he doesn't love just to survive and protect his own life.

This whole sh*t is so miserable and I wished they (Gu and Su) didn't had to go through all this sh*t but then again, if they didn't we would have gotten our MC and ML so........ Shit!!

I just feel so bad and remorse for their tragic and wastage of 20 years (i guess) of seperation.

Also, I kinda want to know who is Top.... I thought it was Gu but now I am confused as after helping Su, Su asked Gu if his body was alright or not and I am not sure if he asked it because Gu was bottomed or because of the 'Love Gu' side effect on partner or both........ Ahhhhh, I would love to read more story about them.

The mastermind behind the conflict between Righteous sect and Devil sect turn out to be a one dimensional person who's obsessed with his step sister, even till the end.......... sh*t even that bit*h he was obsessed had better character and played better as villain than him.

This Extra is not enough. I want more about their modern world. I want to see how they perform in the program and what would happen after that. Would they reveal their relationship or stay closet? And the author with the Empress...... it just not f*cking enough at all.

This is just me complaining about MC world..... I am surprise to see that the script MC got vs original novel was so much different. The level of censorship just went on whole another level..... The ML was made to pair up with a girl and the other protagonist (MC) was then tossed as side villain character and ended up getting killed by ML plus even MC's dad got killed......... How and Why did author allowed that.... don't usually author prefer its novel adaptation to remain as much as origin to the original?? Plus What about the novel fans?? I bet that drama would have ended up as flop. If I were in that world and had to watch that drama, I would have revolt on internet. Making my ship kill each other.... no matter how toxic it were I wouldn't want that plus even making the Dad get killed..... yeah f*ck.

If people want to make hetero drama, just take them from hetero novels why come after BL one and try to make them hetero. Plus I know chinese censorship problem but to go that far to censorship other Main character as villian and making them kill each other........ That's f*cking destroying the original plot and also the whole purpose of adaptation. Better just write your own drama novel, whoever the script writer is.

His accidental kabedon on his first meeting with the ML was beautiful

They get to know each other when they end up attending the same school/under the same master and live together in the same courtyard. Yay

it's about midway through, honestly not dragged out at all in my opinion

In typical danmei fashion, nearly every major character is gay. The story of the fathers was seriously depressing as hell, and the OG plot... my god hahaha

Spoiler: Like, his motivations aren't really fleshed out at all. Frankly, he's barely mentioned until the end of the novel and then I'm supposed to anticipate this epic battle? And then his random obsession with MCs mom (which came out of left field) just felt totally random.

Around the time the MC and ML headed to the snowy mountain to meet the miracle doctor, their dads had a secret meeting where they planned the destruction of the Evil Sect. During this meeting they did set a date for the attack, so maybe I should have realized that the attack hadn't happened yet during the 10 or so chapters that the MC and ML were on the mountain. However, since it was stated that the MC and ML were sent away to keep them out of the battle, I thought the battle had happened without us. This bothered me a lot. I felt like something cool was happening that we were being cheated out of experiencing. Luckily, this wasn't the case. The battle did still happen and the MC and ML were present for the battle. It was just hard for me to appreciate the miracle doctor story arc because I felt like I was missing something exciting while being offered a substantially less interesting consolation prize. Again, this was my fault, not necessarily the story's fault.

Like how MC held ML 'hostage' because he needed to cure ML's poison, and was determined to save ML. Or how ML was willing to kneel (which symbolized lowering one's dignity), so that MC would be cured from his sickness. (This part made me cry because MC was literally between the line of life and death, but ML was always there by his side no matter :'))

Like MC's father and ML's father having history together (they're past lovers, but became enemies because of some circumstances), OgFL getting together with MC's friend, ML's friend moving on from his love of MC

every time he almost died it has to do with ML what is sweet and bitter.

ML was poisoned and MC manages to save him, but for that he needed to cultivate something that would hurt himself, and he did it. So now the one who is sick is MC. Tell me if he is not romeo and romeo.

glossed over the original Su Yang's death (?) and how our MC Su Yang transmigrated over into the novel.

Additionally, like one of the reviewers have stated, the "script" Su Yang transmigrated to, or novel, had the author (Qingbo) of that script/novel be god.

I was fine with this plot detail but I felt like the story could have been better without this. But it certainly did make my anxiety go down because Qingbo needs to rewrite the ending of her tragedy books into happy ones lmao.

She deserves to get chased by that vicious empress she wrote of in one of her novels. Serves you right for being a tragedy writing author!!!

Reminder that this translation is from mtl and edited based on my understanding but does not stray too far from Google sensei's words :)

Sad Highlight:

Gu Fei hugged Su Yang tightly into his arms before squeezimg his eyes shut tightly to prevent his tears from falling down.

"I know... you don't want to make me sad" he whispered into Su Yang's ear. "... Then, I will laugh with you... everyday."

(Notes: Let me tell you the build up to this really made my nose sore and heart sour. Oh my poor babies, especially ML, he turns into a big crying bag because Su Yang is... (not telling you ^^)