Chapter 193

At this very moment.

In front of computers, phones, or tablets, countless viewers cried into tears.

Crazy.

Collapse.

Sobbing!

Those twins were really too good at sending out knives; they killed off the protagonist group directly!

Except for one Li Li Xiaoyao, everyone else basically died!

In the end, even the female lead Zhao Zhao Linger died, which is what everyone is most unwilling to accept!

Zhao Zhao Linger, played by You Mingyue, was too spiritual, too beautiful, too delicate and pretty, so much so that many viewers said that this is the highest-valued, best-acted, and most likable female lead in recent years.

Since the show aired, she had long become the dream wife of I don't know how many people.

The sentence "The hatred of Li Li Xiaoyao stealing my wife is irreconcilable" is definitely not just talk; this sentence contains many viewers' love for her.

But it is such a character with super audience appeal and is extremely likable.

As the director + screenwriter + Zhao Zhao Linger's actor, You Mingyue actually killed her off with her own hands!

That is Zhao Zhao Linger!

It can really be this ruthless.

This... is too abusive, too sad, making it hard for people to accept.

It's like you painted a world-class masterpiece, and then, you destroy it.

Therefore.

The internet exploded completely.

Countless viewers rushed to You Mingyue's Weibo and commented.

"You are the screenwriter, the director, the actor of Zhao Zhao Linger, how could you write her to death?"

"Ahhhhhhhhh! I don't understand!"

"Crying to death! Especially with the music, I cried like a dog!"

"The more joyful it was at the beginning, the more abusive it was at the end; this drama is so sad, Li Li Xiaoyao is so miserable!"

"Never expected that this is actually a depressing drama."

"When Lin Yueru was killed, I didn't cry; when the Wine Sword Immortal was killed, I didn't cry; when Zhao Zhao Linger was killed... storm crying!"

"Poison King young lady, blink your eyes and honestly confess if you were threatened by capital to arrange it this way?"

"Woooo woooo, I can't stop crying!"

"So angry, how could Zhao Zhao Linger die? I can't calm down even after killing three dogs!"

"It's outrageous, the first time I've seen a Xianxia drama kill off the female lead!"

"I'm going crazy!"

"Already crazy, my fairy Zhao Linger wife is dead!"

"What a good Zhao Linger, possessing all the beauty in the world, obedient, cute, sensible, kind... and then, Brother Moon killed her!"

"Finally, Zhao Zhao Linger wore a green shirt, just like when I first saw her on Immortal Spirit Island, she was really beautiful. But she was so beautiful that it made people's hearts ache; she was already at the end of her rope, how much pain did she endure to not fall down, heart-aching."

"Used to silly sweet and blackened female leads, this type of Zhao Zhao Linger hits my XP especially hard, sigh..."

"Kneeling for You Mingyue's address, I want to send a blade, I can't help it."

"Do you really want to send a blade? I'm embarrassed to expose you."

"..."

On the other side.

Xingkong Network.

When the finale of *Paladin 1* concluded, the drama's rating on Xingkong Network remained at 9.3.

Each flower enters each eye; a drama absolutely cannot be liked by everyone.

But *Paladin*'s rating of 9.3 already shows that the vast majority of people like this drama.

At the same time, compared to Weibo, the drama reviews here are much calmer.

"Seeing Zhao Zhao Linger die, I am also very sad. But thinking about it carefully, it is within expectations. Director Moon, or Screenwriter Moon (smile), they actually laid the foreshadowing as early as the first episode; remember Qing'er's sacrifice? This is the fate of the Nuwa descendants; they are destined to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the world. This is the theme of this drama, fate. Even if Li Li Xiaoyao returned to ten years ago and sent Zhao Linger to the extreme west, he still couldn't change his fate. And the Sword Saint, he locked Zhao Zhao Linger in the Lock Demon Tower, which was also an attempt to help her avoid fate, unfortunately... divine power is not as good as heaven's number, and ultimately failed to change fate."

"Agree with the floor above, I estimate that Li Li Yiru will also have such a fate in the future, sigh."

The facts are indeed so.

In the subsequent *Paladin* series, Li Li Yiru gave birth to her daughter Xiaoman, but Xiaoman, because of her father's reason, had an incomplete constitution, incomplete true essence, and was influenced by her own "Nuwa bloodline," which would excessively absorb her mother's spiritual power, leading to her being unable to bear the burden, and in the long run, it would be a life-threatening danger.

Finally, Li Li Yiru passed all her spiritual power to Xiaoman in the way of "instant," preserving Xiaoman's life, while she herself had little time left because of the exhaustion of spiritual power.

She only lived for twenty-something years and passed away early.

It can be said that the identity of Nuwa descendant is like a curse in the *Paladin* series.

Zixuan, Qing'er, Zhao Linger, Li Yiru... all died, and even Li Yiru's daughter Xiaoman took on the responsibility of the Nuwa descendant, using the Water Spirit Bead as a medium to use the Heaven-Mending Technique to repair the water veins of the entire Demon World.

Back to the point.

The Xingkong Network drama review area refreshed:

"Although I cried like a dog, I still want to say, *Paladin* is very good-looking."

"Youku + Bilibili, *Paladin*'s total views have already exceeded 10 billion, while *Divine Sword Immortal Fate*, which was in the same period, hasn't even reached 2 billion views so far. The gap is self-evident; undoubtedly, this is a phenomenal blockbuster masterpiece!"

"Where is the success of *Paladin*? I personally think it lies in You Mingyue as a screenwriter and director, shaping characters that are artistic and real. Artistic sense is a certain trait magnified on each character, such as Li Xiaoyao's chivalry, Yueru's infatuation, Zhao Linger's responsibility, Baiyue's obsession. And reality is the helplessness and human kindness that everyone has; everyone is worth learning from, liking, and savoring."

"You Mingyue used *Paladin* to tell the film and television circle, especially those companies that film Xianxia dramas. It's not that Xianxia is a pit, but that you can't film *Paladin* well!"

"Xianxia, the focus is on 'Xia' (chivalry), not 'Xian' (immortal). Other Xianxia, immortals have lived for tens of thousands of years, and they are still destroying the three realms for the sake of love, living like dogs. But in *Paladin*, Li Li Xiaoyao, Zhao Zhao Linger, Lin Yueru, Anu... etc., they are not old, but they make sacrifices for the sake of the world. This is the pattern! In a sense, this is also the gap in the pattern between screenwriters."

"Thank you, You Mingyue, for bringing us such an excellent Xianxia drama, letting us witness what is called Xianxia, instead of wearing the skin of Xianxia while filming idol dramas!"

"You Mingyue taught her peers a good lesson; from now on, when talking about Xianxia, I'm afraid you can't get around *Paladin*."

"..."

Although many viewers commented that You Mingyue killed too ruthlessly, without considering whether the viewers' little hearts could bear it, there were still countless viewers who came to Xingkong Network to rate and comment on this TV drama, and they were not stingy with their praise.

At the same time.

Labels such as "phenomenal masterpiece," "early-year blockbuster," and "Xianxia peak masterpiece" were all placed on *Paladin 1*; obviously, this drama can bear it.

At the same time.

The *Divine Sword Immortal Fate* creative team and Cheng Cheng Xiaoshu saw *Paladin* conclude, and they should have been cheering, but at this moment they couldn't be happy at all.

Although *Divine Sword Immortal Fate* aired earlier than *Paladin*, and the drama had more than ten episodes more than *Paladin*.

However, You Mingyue's *Paladin* pulled the audience's aesthetic and requirements for Xianxia dramas too high.

Even saying.

Once *Paladin* came out, it was directly canonized as a god, becoming the peak!

A peak that peers find difficult to reach was thus set by You Mingyue in the field of Xianxia dramas.

Climbing to the top, looking down at all the mountains!

How can this be surpassed?

If *Divine Sword* can stabilize its current popularity, it's already a fortunate thing, let alone surpassing it.

Perhaps, the only thing that can defeat *Paladin* is the sequel You Mingyue is currently filming, which is *Paladin 3*.

It can be said.

In this collision, *Divine Sword* has already lost completely.

Moreover.

With *Paladin* as a pearl in front, future Xianxia dramas will be difficult to film.

Film a Xianxia, and the audience will compare it with *Paladin*, this peak Xianxia drama; how can this be filmed?

Do you think everyone is You Mingyue, who can write such a script?

"Roll king..." Cheng Cheng Xiaoshu said with a livid face.

"Really a roll king." Not only Cheng Cheng Xiaoshu, but at this very moment, countless practitioners in the film and television circle were saying this, and many people's mouths were twitching.

When *Paladin* was approved, everyone didn't favor You Mingyue filming a Xianxia drama.

Saying Xianxia is a pit.