While Snow Tower maintained its fidelity to its central plotline, some of its sub-plots were weak and could have been dispensed with, without in any way affecting the central storyline of the blood feud between the two warring sects Moon Sect and Snow Tower. Snow Tower is pretty much straightforward acting, with a very strong central core plot and with numerous sub-plots focusing on love, hate, treachery, power, betrayals and revenge. Snow Tower martial arts and fight scenes are lethal and fast, breathtaking and spin-tingling, its execution flawless, like incredibly fast ballet dancers moving their boneless, limber bodies to the beat of some unseen music.Īny lover of Wuxia dramas will surely be taken in by the martial arts scenes of Snow Tower, from the beginning of the storyline, down to its middle, before the scenes seemed to slightly peter off into a more “traditional leaning” drama style that focused on more acting and less skilful, perfectly choreographed fight scenes, before picking up dramatically towards the end, with stunning ferocity.įor its martial arts, Snow Tower is a must-see, for lovers of Wuxia. From the female characters, to the male leads, it is easy to see what makes this series to stand out amongst its fans. The martial art depicted in Snow Tower is extremely reminiscent of the martial arts scenes of the old wuxia martial arts dramas from the eighties to the mid to late nineties hard, brutal, stunningly choreographed, and breathtakingly executed. That being said, I will review Snow Tower along these parameters: martial arts, storyline, plotting, characterization. One episode in, and I knew that I was going to watch Snow Tower from the very first episode down to the bitter end, 55 episodes later. ![]() ![]() The YouTube trailer for Snow Tower showed a lot of martial arts promise, and after seeing it, I decided to try Snow Tower out. ![]() She sets out to reawaken her father’s weapon: Blood Rose Sword, uniting with Xiao Yiqing to fight the wicked and put an end Moon Sect, bringing peace and balance to the world. Under the pressure of the looming Moon Sect and their treacherous plots, Shu Jingrong learns of her accursed fate of afflicting those she loves. Shu Jingrong then goes under the tutelage of Bai Di, earning her a new name Qingming and lives with him and his disciples Qinglan (Han Chengyu) and Qingyu (Zhao Dongze) in Bottomless Sand Valley. Orphaned with nowhere to go, young Shu Jingrong meets young master of Listening Snow Tower, Xiao Yiqing, whom she wholeheartedly remembers for his care and kindness towards her. Hua Lian, however, possesses a formidable weapon allowing her to control the Blood Demon, who ends up killing himself to protect his beloved daughter: Shu Jingrong. Bai Di (He Zhonghua), Xue Gu (Wang Jiusheng) and ‘Blood Demon’ Shu Xuewei (Lu Fangsheng), three powerful martial artist in wulin , join forces with the master of Listening Snow Tower to rid evil and bring back peace. In jianghu , Moon Sect strikes as a terrifying force and its poisonous influence grew under the command of Hua Lian ( Jessica Hsuan), sect leader of Moon Sect. The story follows Xiao Yiqing ( Qin Junjie), the master of the Listening Snow Tower and Shu Jingrong ( Yuan Bingyan), daughter of the Blood Demon. Finally, Xiao and Shu lived and died together, never leaving each other.Title: Snow Tower. Xiao Yiqing and Shu Jingrong joined hands to eradicate the Baiyue Cult and returned the world a peaceful Jianghu. The Baiyue Cult’s Protector, Gu Guang, was turned against and helped Xiao Yiqing unlock the wordless book left by Xiao Shishui.Īfter learning the cause of his parent's death, Xiao Yiqing vowed to avenge for his parents. Shu Jingrong took away his father’s Sword and joined “Listening Snow Tower”, working with the young master Xiao Yiqing to destroy the “Pili Tang” and fight against the evil Moon Cult. Shu Jingrong, the daughter of Xue Mo, was accepted by Bai Di and grew up with her senior brother Qing Lan, Qing Yu, and Xiao Yiqing, the son of Xiao Shishui, the beloved pupil of Xue Gu.Īfter the death of her brother Qing Lan and her master Bai Di, Shu Jingrong discovered the prophecy that she was an unfortunate girl. The master of the Baiyue Cult, Hua Lian and its high priestess joined forces and used the sacred bell to invade the mind of Xue Mo and made him kill his wife. ![]() In Jianghu, Baiyue Cult was bring disasters to all beings, the three masters of martial arts, Bai Di, Xue Gu, Xue Mo and “Listening Snow Tower” master xiao Shishui worked together to fight against it.
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