As for comments of being stiff or wooden or no emotion, I think the viewers did not get the memo of his character xingzhi. It is in subtlety and this is how mature older people should act. I love watching the consistency. Editing is terrible, music at times annoying, the effects are sometimes ott and some scenes debatable like freezing Eastern sea which was awesome looking but made zero sense but throughout it all I think the actors did well. Lin gengxin was well cast. He didn’t look godly at first but he feels godly, the way he walks, the way he subtly emotes, the way he stares into her eyes and yes even kiss. Rare to have a passionate kissing scene but there it is. He lived a life full of restraints and she lived a life without restraints and even the kissing scene shows that. Rewatch it or you know, go watch other series. I’m just not pleased with the dubber who mumbles.