Love in the Clouds | Open Thread

A fallen god(dess) seduces her rival underdog who actually agrees to a fake romance.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Hou Ming Hao: Ji Bo Zai

Lu Yu Xiao: Ming Yi

Director

Zhi Zhu

Screenwriter

Ji Sang Rou, Bai Lu Cheng Shuang (author)

Chinese Title

入青雲

Genres: Xianxia, Romance 

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

The Sun in the Dark | Recap and Review

A(n) knockoff unofficial spinoff of Love Between Fairy and Devil
Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang Zi Yi: Ye Chen Yuan

Qi Yu Chen: Bai Xiao Ying

Director

Hui Yu

Chinese Title
白夜宸緣起三生

Day and Night: A Fated Bond Across Three Lifetimes

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 3/5

When Destiny Brings the Demon | Recap and Review

A corporatp slacker yeeted into a hardcore xianxia-survival-game.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Fei Yu: Sima Jiao

Wang Ying Lu: Liao Ting Yan

Director

Wen De Guang

Screenwriter

Fu Hua

Chinese Title

獻魚

Offering Fish (as tribute)

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025

Episodes: 33

Recap Grade: D

First Impression: N/A

The Immortal Ascension | Review

A whole show where ML is minding his own business, living in a cave, running away from chicks, and running away from a certain man cultivating.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yang Yang: Han Li

Jin Chen: Nangong Wan

Director

Yang Yang

Screenwriter

Wang Yu Ren, Jia Dong Yan

Chinese Title

凡人修仙傳

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Genres: Xianxia, Slight Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30

Love Never Fails | Review

A love that will always fail because they never communicate.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Liu Xue Yi: Jin Xiu

Hu Yi Xuan: Hong Ning

Ao Rui Peng: Kun Lun

Director

Zhao Li Jun, Ying Ying Lu

Chinese Title

落花時節又逢君

Meeting You Again When the Flowers Fall

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

A Moment but Forever | Review

A goddess descends to save the world, but she stays to stand beside one broken man.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Tang Yan: Wu Shuang / Ji Tan Yin

Liu Xue Yi: Yuan Zhong

Director

Guo Hu

Screenwriter

Zhao Na (Author: Shi Si Lang)

Chinese Title

念無雙

Unparalleled Longing

Longing for Wu Shuang

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 36

Love of the Divine Tree | Open Thread

A disciple becomes shifu to his shifu.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Deng Wei: Su Yi Shui

Xiang Han Zhi: Mu Qing Ge / Xue Ran Ran

Director

Yin Tao

Screenwriter

Liu Fang (Author: Kuang Shang Jia Kuang)

Chinese Title

仙台有樹

The Celestial Pavilion Has Trees

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

The Blossoming Love | Review

A seductive demon in love with her target and has nothing to do with blossoming.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Bin Bin: Xie Xue Chen

Sun Zhen Ni: Mu Xuan Ling

Director

He Shu Pei

Chinese Title

千朵桃花一世開

Thousands of Peach Blossoms Bloom Forever

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Moonlight Mystique | Open Thread

A debt-conscious mortal wants to be a god but gets the wrong shifu – a daemon lord.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Bai Lu: Bai Shuo / Xing Yue

Ao Rui Peng: Fan Yue / Jing Yuan

Director

Zhu Rui Bin

Screenwriter

(Author: Xing Ling)

Chinese Title

白月梵星

White Moon and Sacred Star

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy | Details

A bookworm couch queen reincarnates as an evil 2FL in a mediocre story.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yu Shu Xin: Ling Miao Miao

Ding Yu Xi: Mu Sheng

Director

Zhao Yi Long

Screenwriter

Bai Jin Jin

Producer

Wang Yi Xu (Stellar)

Chinese Title

永夜星河

Eternal Night Star River (Galaxy)

Genres: Period, Romcom, Fantasy (Xianxia), Period Romcom

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 32

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy | Recap and Review

A bookworm couch queen reincarnates as an evil 2FL in a mediocre story.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yu Shu Xin: Ling Miao Miao

Ding Yu Xi: Mu Sheng

Director

Zhao Yi Long

Screenwriter

Bai Jin Jin

Producer

Wang Yi Xu (Stellar)

Chinese Title

永夜星河

Eternal Night Star River (Galaxy)

Genres: Period, Romcom, Fantasy (Xianxia), Period Romcom

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 32

Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 3.8/5

Fangs of Fortune | Recap and Review

A BL xianxia that deftly slipped right past censorship.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Hou Ming Hao: Zhao Yuan Zhou

Chen Du Ling: Wen Xiao

Director

Guo Jing Ming

Screenwriter

Guo Jing Ming

Producer

Guo Jing Ming

Chinese Title

大夢歸離

Big Dreams Returns and Leaves

Genres: Xianxia, Romance, Bromance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2024
Episodes: 34 + Extra

Sword and Fairy (1) | Romance Summary

A great hero with great loves and greater amnesias. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

He Yu: Li Xiao Yao

Yang Yu Tong: Zhao Ling'er

Director

Yang Long

Screenwriter

Li Jie

Chinese Title

又見逍遙

Genres: Xianxia, Romance, Team

Network: Tencent Video (iQIYI)

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40

The Legend of ShenLi | Recap and Review

A phoenix warrior domesticated into a frail man's chicken. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Lin Geng Xin: Xing Zhi / Xing Yun

Zhao Li Ying: Shen Li

Director

Deng Ke

Screenwriter

Jiu Lu Fei Xiang (Author)

Chinese Title

與鳳行

Along the Tailwind of the Phoenix

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Tencent Video (MangoTV)

Year: 2024
37isodes: 39

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 2.9/5

Sword and Fairy (6) | Open Thread

An amnesiac girl forgets everything and her shifu's face, but her ge looks awfully like him! 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xu Kai: Yue Jin Zhao

Yu Shu Xin: Yue Qi

Director

Liu Guo Nan

Screenwriter

Wang Hong, Chen Tai Long, Yu Kun

Chinese Title

祈今朝 (仙剑六)

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 36

Sword and Fairy 4 | Review

A legendary sword enmeshes a group of orphans to embark on a journey for their families.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Zhe Yuan: Yun Tian He

Ju Jing Yi: Han Ling Sha

Director

Yang Xuan, Huang Ye

Chinese Title

仙剑四

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2024
Episodes: 36 

The Last Immortal | Open Thread

A weak-weak couple in a xianxia littered with fowls. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wang An Yu: Gu Jin / Yuan Qi

Zhao Lu Si: A Yin / Feng Yin

Director

Chen Jia Lin, Li Cai

Scriptwriter: 

Liu Fang (Author: Xing Ling)

Producer

Yang Xiao Pei

Chinese Title

神隱

The Hidden God

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Tencent Video (MangoTV)

Year: 2023
Episodes: 40

Creation of the God 1: Kingdom of Storms | Movie Open Thread

A tyrant king wants his son dead. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yu Shi: Ji Fa

Chen Mu Chi: Yin Jiao

Ci Sha: Yang Jian

Xia Yu: Shen Gong Bao

Yuan Quan: Empress Jiang

Huang Xi Yan: Jiang Wen Huan

Li Yun Rui: E Shun

Chen Kun: Yuanshi Tianzun

Director: 

Wu Er Shan

Chinese Title

封神第一部

Sealed by Gods 

Genres: Xianxia, Action, Bromance

Network: iQIYI, Tencent Video, Youku

Year: 2023

Love You Seven Times | Open Thread

A God of War and a Cloud fall in love seven times. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ding Yu Xi: Chu Kong 

Yang Chao Yue: Xiang Yun

Director: 

Li Nan, Du Lin

Scriptwriter: 

Miu Wen Jing (Author: Jiu Lu Fei Xiang)

Producer: 

Wang Yi Xu

Chinese Title
七時吉祥

The Auspicious 7th Time/Hour

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2023
Episodes: 38

The Longest Promise | Recap and Review

A prince becomes the shifu of the girl who is his curse.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Xiao Zhan: Shi Ying

Ren Min: Zhu Yan

Fang Yi Lun: Zhi Yuan

Wang Chu Ran: Bai Xue Lu

Wang Zi Qi: Qing Gang

Li Ming De: Chong Ming

Ye Sheng Jia: Shi Yu

Lu Yu Xiao: Bai Xue Ying

Han Dong: Da Si Ming

Zeng Li: Bai Yan

Director: 

Jiang Jia Jun

Chinese Title
玉骨遙

Jade Bone Ballad

Genres: Xianxia, Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2023
Episodes: 40

Recap Grade: C/D

Reviewer: Potato Chip