forced prostitution, s*avery, graphic torture, coercion, emotional manipulation, mind breaks/emotional breakdowns.... there are plenty

As for whether this is HE or BE. As much as the story re-iterates that the ML's future is ruined/set in stone, I have a suspicion that it will be remedied somehow and end with HE. It just seems like one of the angst stories that will end it that way. BUT, I am going off MTL and obviously don't know for certain.

I couldn’t bring myself to like Murong Lian. To me, his tragic story did not redeem him. And the stray glimpses of kindness he showed towards the end weren’t enough.

I couldn’t bring myself to like the emperor. His two-chaptered monologue didn’t convince me in the slightest. It became extremely difficult to read the story after that point because Mo Xi and Gu Mang’s continued trust in him seemed evidently misplaced.

I liked Murong Mengze but as expected of the author, Mengze is changed into a bad character at the very last moment.

I didn’t care about the Yue family so the long-winded and unnecessarily tragic backstories involving Murong Chuyi, Jiang Yexue, and Yue Chenqing were exhausting to read.

Given that Gu Mang’s motivation since the very beginning is the upliftment of the s*ave class in Chongua, it felt extremely disappointing that the author chose to alter his background and give him a noble lineage. It felt like a letdown. Why couldn’t he have stayed a s*ave with extraordinary talent who rises from the bottom of the barrel? Turning him into an illegitimate noble child just undid everything for me.

Finally, I hated the way Mo Xi was treated in this book. Although Gu Mang went through unimaginable levels of deep pain, they were all his choices. Mo Xi, on the other hand, was played by everyone. He was left with no explanation, no answers, and no closure for eight years while losing ten years of his life. Everyone around him chose to make decisions for him, Gu Mang included.

×The story, if it was written neatly will turn out really good bc Meatbun seems to have the best ideas. However, the plot execution of Yuwu cannot be considered neat, in my opinion. There are a lot of suddenly popping random stuff. Even a lot of revelations are revealed poorly by merely using other characters to narrate it all.

×I HONESTLY LOVE YUWU, but when it started revolving around Hua Poan & Chen Tang / that Guoshi&Jiang Fuli, I started to forget liking it, bc the plot execution isn't neat x2...... I wish there are better foreshadowings rather than only using Su Yurou and Gu Mang being compared to Hua Poan

×Objects which reverses death is something I do not really like in a novel, especially when the reversal stone was introduced in a surprising way once again. I wish its existence hinted on the earlier parts of the novel.

×The biggest part of the plot is Su Yurou, Jiang Fuli, Hua Poan, Chen Tang and the stolen reversal stone which was a huge surprise near the end of the story that it seemed too random

×These sudden revelations at the near end of the story without good foreshadowing, just like MWY being a butterfly boned beauty are too random

×Murong Mengze... I wish there are better but still barely decipherable foreshadowings abt him bc having Murong Mengze as a part of the ending made the novel seem more rushed.

×Some characters from yuwu & 2ha resembles each other so much. I understand— ancestors and descendants — however, I was hoping to see more uniqueness

×Apart from Mo Xi and Murong Lian, the other characters aren't that interesting for me, I can't empathize well with them

×It's just that there are flaws in terms of the plot execution, but I'll admit it, it's indeed painful and I cried a lot.

I could see Mo Xi obviously loves Gu Mang, he tries to protect him, he fights for their relationship, but what did he get in return? Endless lies, manipulations, hurt body and soul. And what about Gu Mang? The author clearly wants me to believe he also loves Mo Xi, he thinks he does, and says he does. But at the end of the day he always sacrificed Mo Xi, his health and his feelings. Gu Mang sacrificed Mo Xi for his ideals, for his country, for his comrades, for his friends, for his “brother”. They confess finally in chapter 132 but for 132 chapters Gu Mang never fought for their relationship and Mo Xi never was his top priority, he ALWAYS chose something and someone else instead of him, so how exactly am I supposed to believe he really loves him? Actions show more than words. And just like that at the very end he STILL didn't choose Mo Xi and he didn't even tell him the truth. So much for love and trust.

Mo Xi's final sacrifice and that he couldn’t be reborn anymore so Gu Mang could feel regret about his life choices and maybe reconsider some of his previous actions.

what's with the sudden Mengze gender change at the very end? What was the point of it? It completely nullified all the previous discourses it the book on how hard it was for women to be successful and how she was so smart and amazing even as a woman general and politician. But no, he's suddenly a man as if to confirm that indeed no woman can achieve anything. What's with this plot twist?!

In the end, even if he had his problems, as a noble, he still had money and power to his name and at the very least helping where he could would have gone a long way. Even saying he’d pay for some burials or help find a plot of land that was nice to call home for those soldiers was doing more than standing there as your “beloved” through himself at the emperors feet BEGGING.

Not to mention, every flash back that’s happened is him going looking at all the pain and heartache and f*cking ab*se his “Beloved” went through and going “but he betrayed me. He left Me. What about me?” like ?? Selfish. He’s f*cking selfish and it took every bit of willpower not to throw my phone as I read.

I’d be in the midst of tears reading the ML story and about how badly he was treated only for the MC to go feel betrayed about how he was stabbed or betrayed.

In a world where possession, soul snatching and other such ways of losing your feelings or empathy is possible, my first question after finding out that he lost souls would be to wonder if how long ago they were lost?

Could he have lost them when he stabbed me? Is there more to this betrayal. Like I’m sure it gets there in the end but to be so “in love” that you only focus on your own pain while looking back is such bullshit.

I’m really just ranting now because 43 chapters of that selfish bullsh*t has really hurt my soul, but that’s just how I’m feeling. I’m probably going to drop this for now— may come back later. Idk.