For instance, some netizens felt Tang Ruoxuan was too weak and didn't quite match the powerful and charming Cult Leader, so they paired Xiao Ting with Jiang Yuyan in videos.
Xiao Ting annihilated an entire family, and Jiang Yuyan was left with no survivors. Both were cunning masterminds, a powerful duo, and a perfect match.
Coincidentally, both Tang Ruoxuan and Jiang Yuyan were played by Jiang Ling, so editing them together, with the same face, felt seamless.
As the boycott intensified, Jiang Ling, as the lead actress, couldn't possibly be unaware.
In fact, even before this drama began filming, she had already guessed that after its broadcast, parents would likely report and complain.
Yet, when it all happened, Jiang Ling still felt rather speechless and found it quite laughable.
Was it simply because the male lead was a major villain that the drama could be arbitrarily deemed to have an incorrect moral compass?
Those who watched the drama attentively should realize that from beginning to end, it was a martial arts drama with an impeccably correct moral compass.
Good and evil are ultimately rewarded; the ways of heaven are like a cycle. Look up, and heaven will show no mercy.
This drama featured two evil forces, the Blood Moon Divine Cult and the Immortal Water Palace. Both sects committed heinous acts, killing innocent people, and therefore faced retribution.
Even the Cult Leader Ao Bairuo Wang Xiao Ting, with his protagonist halo and wielding the divine artifact Sky Sword, could not escape retribution in the end, dying at the hands of the woman he loved and cherished most.
The drama's intention was to tell the audience that harming others leads to no good end; even if you are the protagonist, you must pay a heavy price for your misdeeds.
Understood from this perspective, the drama's moral compass absolutely outshone a large number of domestic television dramas currently airing.
It was laughable that these parents, claiming to be acting for their children's well-being, hadn't even finished watching the drama before taking things out of context and making hasty judgments. Upon seeing the male lead was a villain, and that the female lead killed the male lead's entire family in the finale, they jumped to the conclusion that the drama had a flawed moral compass, was mentally twisted, and should not be seen by their children, lest the consequences be unimaginable.
Seeing parents unite in their boycott, Jiang Ling should have been angry, but now she felt nothing at all.
Perhaps having experienced too much in her past life, seeing many classic Chinese animations like "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit: Seven Heroes" and "Black Cat Detective" being taken down, leaving only the most vulgar, brain-dead, and idiotic melodramas on screen, she was rendered speechless.
She could only lament how pitiful children were nowadays; while material conditions were abundant, their spiritual world was barren.
Unlike her era, where life wasn't particularly easy, she had at least seen and understood much, and looking back now, it was still filled with happiness.
The parents' boycott and reports ignited the anger and rebellious spirit of many young netizens.
They took practical actions to counter the parents' unreasonable behavior.
The parents, upon seeing this, became even more enraged.
For the sake of a single drama, these unfortunate children dared to resist them, as if they were staging a rebellion.
A boycott was imperative!
If this "evil influence" were not suppressed this time, how could the parents maintain their dignity, and how would they discipline their children in the future?
The two sides clashed fiercely, each determined to overwhelm the other.
Eventually, the State Administration had to step in to resolve the matter.
The statement released by the State Administration was very official, summarized in one sentence: it treated both sides equally, allowing "Sky Sword Heroes" to remain available but stating that similar themes would not be approved in the future.