Zhao Jue knew that although "The Magic Lotus Lantern" would vindicate Yang Jian in its later stages, she had always been worried…
Would the audience accept the twist?
Was the plot persuasive enough?
Wouldn't people feel it was an attempt to forcibly whitewash a character?
Not until Zhao Jue had seen the past reflected in the Kunlun Mirror did her worries finally vanish.
This was a trap!
Reflecting on the plot, this drama recalled countless details worth scrutinizing—
Despite being a mythological drama, it portrayed the cruelty of reality so vividly!
A carefully woven benevolent conspiracy, a group of gods with high mana, yet blinded by appearances just like the mortals.
Life's furnace, the dazzling mortal world, who is the pawn, and who is the grandmaster?
It turned out that those foreshadowings had been laid down since the very first episode; Yang Jian had turned himself into a chess piece, and he was the one who sacrificed the most!
At this mont!
Tears stread down Zhao Jue's face!
And at this ti, across the continents, there were countless people staying up late in front of their computers watching "The Magic Lotus Lantern."
Tonight.
Everyone was Zhao Jue!
Compared to them, Zhao Jue was even lucky.
Having a director's godlike perspective, she had known all along that the drama never intended to sar Yang Jian; on the contrary, it was reshaping him in a very special way.
And the real protagonist of "The Magic Lotus Lantern" wasn't Chenxiang.
Chenxiang's existence was rely to provide an external perspective for audiences to view Yang Jian's actions.
The more it was so, the more the twist played out in the Kunlun Mirror was heart-shaking!
This impact was not only conveyed to the characters in the drama but to every viewer!
Therefore.
When the truth was revealed.
Everyone's perceptions of Yang Jian, established over the previous dozen episodes, shattered like a violently broken mirror!
In the clinking sounds!
Glass shards littered the ground!
At this mont, the whole network was stunned!
It turns out Yang Jian was never the villain; persecuting Chenxiang or even killing the dragon princess were just acts of his self-sacrifice!
Is he a good person?
No!
It should be said:
In the world of "The Magic Lotus Lantern," is there anyone better or greater than Yang Jian?
Wrong!
Everyone was wrong!
Recalling the countless curses thrown at "The Magic Lotus Lantern" for allegedly saring Yang Jian, nurous people's hearts trembled!
Sha!
Heartache!
Withdrawal!
From the mont the Kunlun Mirror first unveiled the foreshadowing, related topics exploded online, causing unprecedented shock and a ntal breakdown across the network!
"I'm going crazy!"
"I feel so sorry for Second Master!"
"Do they have to be this torturous in the middle of the night!"
"Why does Yang Jian have to do this? You give so much for friends and family, even for the Three Realms, what do they give you back? After years of ticulous planning, suffering indignities in the Black Waters, only to be hated by even your closest ones. Knowing this path is despised by heaven, you almost died at Chenxiang's hand, was all this worth it? Sorry, I got a bit emotional, this part of the drama really killed !"
"We all misjudged Yi An, the director, and the actors!"
"Just cried like crazy in my room, my mom thought I'd had a breakup. She ca over to comfort in the middle of the night, ended up watching two episodes of 'The Magic Lotus Lantern' with , and then I had to comfort her. Now we're both sitting here crying like fools!"
"Yi An, sorry!"
"Everyone owes Yi An an apology. From the start, he never once sared Second Master. It's our fault for not watching the show closely enough, not noticing the many clues already planted!"
"Instant shutdown!"
"Got treated to a full-on depressive episode in the middle of the night, I've watched countless TV dramas over the years, and 'The Magic Lotus Lantern' is by far the most torturous. It made want to jump through the screen and hug Yang Jian!"
"Just a heads up, you should delete your posts now; we've all been smacked in the face by Yi An!"
"..."
Damn, almost forgot!
This reminder ca just in ti!
Netizens began deleting their posts!
Throughout the broadcast of "The Magic Lotus Lantern," nurous people had vehently criticized the drama for slandering Yang Jian.
Curse the scriptwriter!
Curse the director!
Curse the actors!
Curse Starlight!
Stereotypical internet troll!
Not until this mont did everyone realize that they hadn't sared Yang Jian, but instead had painted a Second Master for whom everyone felt pity!
This mont.
Everyone was stirred into action!
The symtry with which everyone was deleting posts was incredible!
Online, a deletion storm like none ever seen before suddenly occurred!
God knows what the netizens felt when they saw the vitriol they had previously posted about this drama!
There's no better example of public humiliation than this, right?
The aner everyone had sprayed earlier, the louder their faces were slapped now!
At this mont, would you still not delete your posts and keep them for the New Year?
So people were practically crying while they deleted their posts, clearly not yet over the depressive shadow of "The Lotus Lantern."
Likewise.
Soone described this scene as "one of Blue Star's five most epically embarrassing monts."
Each case among Blue Star's five most epically embarrassing monts made onlookers want to curl their toes from cringe, the common feature being the wide swath of people getting slapped in the face. It was truly terrifying!
Previously.
The sa Blue Star's five most epically embarrassing monts also traced back to the Han people reviewing "Farewell Kiss," saying that the song only topped the season charts due to the advantage of being in Mandarin, only to be severely slapped by the quality of the song's English version. That incident pioneered Blue Star's history of epic embarrassing monts (manual prompt, chapter six hundred and twenty-two).
Years later.
Many still couldn't forget that night, when they cried like dogs while frantically deleting posts.
At the sa ti.
In a wealthy household.
In the spacious living room, the scenes reflected from the Kunlun Mirror completely overturned the entire plot of the previous dozens of episodes...
In front of the screen.
Ling Kong was dumbfounded.
He suddenly felt parched and weak all over, with a slight sour sensation in his nose.
His face also felt a bit cool.
Ling Kong instinctively touched his face, only to realize it was his own tears.
He had actually...
Cried?
A strange sense of numbness suddenly covered his face as though soone had furiously slapped him countless tis!
Ling Kong was instantly enveloped in imnse sha!
He had actually cried!
He was actually sympathizing with Yang Jian!
He was actually experiencing such a shaful response to this drama!
"To hell with it!"
Ling Kong cursed, the voice that ca out was a crying tone.
It was as if he thought of sothing.
Ling Kong quickly pulled out his cellphone, his fingers trembling as he logged into his Tribe account, opened an article, and frantically pressed to delete!
"Confirm deletion?"
"Cancel!"
"Confirm deletion!"
"Cancel!"
Ling Kong intended to delete the post.
He had capitalized on the "The Lotus Lantern" timing to write a whole article, and not deleting it now would surely be disastrous, but because he was moving too fast, he almost always inadvertently clicked the cancel button.
"Did the product team grow up eating shit!"
He angrily said, if you're gonna delete, just delete, why even give a chance to cancel?
Even if they had to include a cancel feature, why put "cancel," which is easier to hit than "confirm," in such a spot?
Suppressing his frustration.
He slowed down by a lot, finally managing to delete the post.
And before deleting the post.
He saw a comnt that read:
"Making a prediction: this idiot's gonna delete his post soon. If he doesn't, I'll eat shit standing on my head. If he does, he's the one who will eat."
Suddenly, a wave of nausea.
Ling Kong actually did feel like he had eaten shit.
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ps: Will continue writing, aiming to fix my jet lag tomorrow. It's really hard to update at this ti.
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