This drama is something that I cannot make sense out of. I didn’t like the storyline because there are many pieces that a viewer cannot emphasize. With so much of the production cost, it could have been more intellectual and gripping. The series seems to drag itself too long with meaningless love and separation stories. Also, the characters themselves seem to be prescribed and confined to their destined roles and I don’t see much of dynamic, evolving characterization over time. Overall, it didn’t grip me that much and none of the characters themselves were very charming. I do like some of the acting like Sean Sun even though he became evil, he portrayed the emotions and the character very well in the drama. CBJ as main lead is supposed to be charming, but I didn’t find him much charming but the fact that the drama made him so invincible like a god of war in any battle made it so unrealistic. BPT’s character is also hard to understand in a sense she fell for the enemy’s general so quickly right after she witnessed the massacre of HX’s family and was sworn to his parents’ grave that she would avenge. Her make-up made her look so pale and frail all the time, which didn’t fit well with her characterization as a brilliant strategist. All in all, there is many flawed storyline but music and some of the scenes were shot very nicely, but more attention could have been paid to storyline, plot, and characterization. I would not watch it again.