Sword Quest · review
Xun Jian follows the story of the main protagonist, Xiao Ling, who has been arranged to marry the beautiful Yunjing of the Jiang Family. The overall plot is Xiao Ling is ordered by his master to find ten legendary swords to save the world but there's no progress within the first six episodes which leaves me to believe this will be an extremely long running adaptation that fails to progress at a respectable pace. Although the story may seem original and promising, it consisted of nothing but cliché tropes from other xianxia/xuanhuan titles. 1. Xiao Ling is actually a master who has hidden his true cultivation deeplywhich is the case in most cultivation donghua
2. Xiao Ling is looked down as trash by his in-laws and the antagonists of the story which, again, is like every other cultivation donghua
3. The proof of marriage is by matching the two parts of a ying yang necklace which is similar to The Legend of the Sword Domain's proof of familial ties
4. Xiao Ling has a evil sword spirit/demon heart as a companion which will likely be used to lazily give away plot/worldbuilding details that he otherwise could never know (SUPER LAZY WRITING!!!!) and who also wants to take over the host which is used from dongua like Wan Yu Feng Shen and Peerless Martial Spirit
5. Young Master Shen of the Shen Family is another arrogant, spoiled child who plays the role as the first anatagonist. He does whatever he wants because his family is the strongest in town (ughh). Every cultivation donghua in existence.
6. There's a hot, beautiful woman who uses her sexiness to take over power in the town and manipulate people freely which is another super common trope.
Honestly, there's probably many more stolen ideas but the complete lack of originality is forcing me to drop this earlier than I usually do. If these overused tropes are okay for you, go ahead and give it a watch but if you're looking for something new and original, pass on this one.