Many people in China have been waiting for this series since its live television premiere celebration back in February of last year.
This is one of the Four Large-Scale Epic Mythology Series (大型神话电视连续剧),which also consist of the Bao Lian Deng Trilogy, Journey to the West (Zhejiang and Zhang Ji Zhong versions), and Feng Shen Yan Yi (new 80-episode version). Unless, of course, you also count the four Liao Zhai Zhi Yi series and the two Chinese Paladin series as well, for a grand total of six large-scale mythology series ... even though Liao Zhai Zhi Yi is technically an anthology and Chinese Paladin is not exactly authentic folklore (the story is completely original).
In terms of sheer anticipation and potential, I would put this series behind Bao Lian Deng Qian Zhuan and pretty much above everything else on the list.
The series just finished its first broadcast run on CCTV-1 in the 10:30pm timeslot and is now re-airing in the 7:30pm timeslot on CCTV-8 currently.
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HUA SHEN
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FU XI
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N WA
I'm trying to watch this series VERY slowly, but something that I can comment on is that Mo Di is the primary antagonist of the series, with Chi You coming in second.
click to show/hide spoilersMo Di gets pissed that N Wa designated Yu Di as the ruler of the heavens and the three realms ... and Huang Di as the leader of the mortal humans (the Hua Xia people of China), leaving Mo Di with nothing. So he assembles an army of demons, immortals, and other creatures to take the position of power by force. This is one of the LAST storylines in this 42-episode series.
(click above for spoilers)