In the past decade, The Legend of Mi Yue has been the only Chinese drama I followed, when it aired locally in Canada. I wasn't able to record it, so every night for six months, I watched it as it aired. I was drawn in by the opening theme song. Every episode maintained the same level of intensity nearly to the end. For a fictional historic epic, it had all the characters were intriguing. While Mandarin is not my mother tongue, I would have given up watching it all together. Despite that, it was not that difficult to keep up with the narrative in the important parts. I have seen enough to understanding it.