Everlasting Longing aired its final episode (total of 30) on Tencent. This is the first costume drama I was fully invested in watching in 2025 lol! It is because it started out great. I enjoyed the scenery of the grasslands. I loved the theme - tribal conflicts/clan tension- and the two handsome Chinese actors, Song Weilong and Yao Chi, play the main roles. So I was drawn instantly.Â
I am not so much on Angelababy, the first time I watched her in a costume drama was in General and I (2017) and that was one of the worst acting of a female lead I've ever watched so I was tentative with her presence in Everlasting Longing. She's pretty but she seems cannot find a balance of pulling the right of emotion required in a scene.
Okay, before going further with my review, here's the plot summary first:
Everlasting Longing is set in the fictional warring kingdoms of Beixuan (nomadic/tribal kingdom) and Yannan, which is a Han Chinese dynasty. They are always at odds with peace negotiations and nowhere to go. Beixuan has always in mind to attack and invade Yannan due to its military arsenal. So, obviously Xuan Lie (Song Weilong), the leader of the Xuan clan, and Jun Qiluo/Jun Feifan (Angelababy) who is from the merchant family in Yannan, are enemies. She has a hidden identity of Jun Feifan, a formidable merchant and weapon designer, whose designed cross-bow, has killed the parents of Xuan Lie.Â
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Song Weilong as Xuan Lie |
The story begins when Jun Qiluo, accompanied by her bodyguard Shao Qimin (Ren Hao), travels to Xixiang to search for the black crystal iron mountain (black crystal iron will be used by Yannan to produce powerful weapons). However, upon reaching the Uncontrollable post, they were ambushed by bandits. They were rescued by Xuan Lie's group, only to be taken hostage by him.
Xuan Lie heard that the Yannan man he was looking for, Jun Feifan, was traveling with the caravan, so he made Jun Qiluo his hostage. He brought her to Beixuan, closely guarded, and interrogated about the whereabouts of Jun Feifan (not knowing that it's her).Â
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Angelababy as Jun Qiluo/Jun Feifan |
After so many twists and turns, Xuan Lie uncovered Jun Qiluo's identity but by that time, they had already fallen in love. She helped him secure the most coveted position in the Beixuan kingdom, the Wolf Lord. But when Xuan Lie found out that his cousin King wanted him to lead the army to attack Yannan, he backed off because he does not want to hurt Jun Qiluo who was already carrying their child.
The story shifted to Yannan when Jun Qiluo returned and Xuan Lie followed, and that's where the weak points and incoherence of the drama came in.
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Bai Bingke as Princess Qingkou |
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Yao Chi as Luo Zhizhou |
Review:
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Yao Chi as Luo Zhizhou |
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Wang Yiting as Sun Zhaomin |
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Xuan Lie and Luo Zhizhou, in the end they restored their brotherhood |
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Final scene of Sun Zhaomin |
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