I really do love how this feels like a real world - as it it goes for miles and miles outside the confines of the story.

And yes, I feel awful for brotherly relationships severed. Honestly, Kang Xi, would it kill you to designate a successor and stick to it?

Not reading the Ruolan stuff yet - this is a rare drama where I want to be unspoiled :)

In conclusion, clearly I am doomed to be obsessed with Eight in every version of this story. Though if JPLH Eight was a Domyouji, this one is definitely a Rui ;)