after a whole show's worth of examples of how Haixingren and Dixingren can learn to get along and work together and love each other -- in the end the worlds are completely separated. To me it's a tragedy presented as a victory, and was unnecessary besides... This. So very much this! The show does have throughlines that build towards a sacrifice, but it also has throughlines that build towards other things: all races can cooperate together, and the theme of revenge being not worth it. For the latter, it would IMO have fit perfectly if (due to interspecies cooperation?) Ye Zun had taken a step back at the precipice and not gone through his revenge, letting eg Zhao Yunlan talk him down.
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This. So very much this! The show does have throughlines that build towards a sacrifice, but it also has throughlines that build towards other things: all races can cooperate together, and the theme of revenge being not worth it. For the latter, it would IMO have fit perfectly if (due to interspecies cooperation?) Ye Zun had taken a step back at the precipice and not gone through his revenge, letting eg Zhao Yunlan talk him down.