If you come here looking for an action-packed cultivation series where an overpowered protagonist woos multiple beauties and slaps the faces of anyone trying to stand in their way, then you're out of luck. And you're similarly out of luck if you come here looking for smutty BL in a cultivation setting.    

Instead, you get Jiao Ziyu. Now, who is that?

Jiao Ziyu is one of eight Peak Lords of the Green Jade Peaks, which is the home of the Windward Sect - a supposedly righteous but clearly quite unorthodox cultivation sect. He receives a mission to investigate and possibly solve a certain situation which involves a fellow Peak Lord, Bai Mingyue, the ice-cold yet temperamental beauty that he secretly pines for.    

Said Peak Lord also gives Jiao Ziyu another task, which inevitably puts him in the path of a strange pair: Yue, a young herbalist with memory problems, and Youming Jun, a demon bastard.    

This however is only the start of a lot of drama involving not just worldly powers but otherworldly ones as well.

Drama and more gritty elements aside though, there's a fair bit of humour in this. The comedy also overpowers the romance, which is there but rarely remains the focus for very long. There is a fair bit of love and affection though, and not just in-between characters that are romantically involved. 

I found the original version of this story somewhat lacking in terms of Jiao Ziyu's relationship with Bai Mingyue, because the two of them got together pretty early on and their relationship progressed relatively little from that point onward. The pacing of the original version was also a bit uneven, feeling noticeably rushed in places, and the POV shifts ended up largely sidelining the original protagonist in favour of others. These issues seem to have been addressed though, which is great.

Another thing which seems true both for the original and the rewrite is that certain characters are pretty quick to abandon their dignified demeanour in favour of either frank conversation or hurling insults, which breaks the immersion a bit, even if it is motivated or understandable.

Yet another thing is that the scenery and actions are not quite as meticulously described as they are in some other cultivation stories. There are some descriptions, yes, but the reader views this world primarily through the eyes of the POV character at the time and thus, certain details get picked up or lost accordingly.   

And if you're onboard with all of that, then do give this story a try.

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I'm no expert in this genre, but this seemed a fresh take from others I've read. The writing is great and full of intelligent humor, very funny. I loved it.

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