He’s always been straightforward in his single-minded pursuit to regain his former power. The new body throws him emotional challenges which I like, but he’s still Yi Fan underneath.
I love his schemes. It's nice to see a character that's intelligent and cunning and can use his abilities so well.
As far as the translations, I'm not a fan of them switching the words for certain things. Stratagem is a really clunky word for what they're trying to say.