The ending of the novel Celestial Bane was considered a bad ending because the main plot turns were not handled properly, causing the readers to be disappointed and dissatisfied. There were many contradictions and unreasonable places at the end of the novel, such as the image of the main character Xiao Yan becoming blurry, the lack of clear explanations for many key plots, and many other problems. Therefore, some readers thought that the ending of the novel was bad and criticized it.