Whispers of fate (2025)

Original title

水龙吟

Directed by

Zhoufei Chen

Cast

Meng En, Xu Lan Di, Guo Xin, Liu Xin Qi, Wang Huan, Liu Yu Ze, Fan Jia Qi, Cui Yong Xuan

Genre

wuxia film, Chinese television drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Length

1 season, 40 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A morally ambiguous swordsman named Tang Lici is accused of murder and embarks on a martial arts journey to clear his name. The series follows his adventures through a fantastical ancient Chinese world of martial artists and political intrigue.

sweepingintricateatmosphericmelancholicmorally complexaction-packedvisually stylizedheroic

What happens

Whispers of Fate (Chinese: 水龍吟; pinyin: Shuǐ Lóng Yín) is a 2025 Chinese television series based on the serialized martial arts novel Enduring a Thousand Tribulations by Teng Ping. It stars Luo Yunxi as Tang Lici, a highly skilled yet morally ambiguous swordsman who is accused of murder, and his martial arts adventures. The series premiered on Mango TV and Migu Video on October 24, followed by a broadcast on Hunan Television on October 30. The series received an international release across more than 110 countries, streaming simultaneously on platforms such as Netflix, WeTV, Rakuten Viki, YouTube and featuring localizations in languages including English, Thai, and Vietnamese. Whispers of Fate achieved high broadcast and streaming performance, setting a record for Mango TV with 4.9 billion cumulative plays, being Migu Video's highest-rated content ever and topping international charts in multiple regions. Its concert is the third Chinese television drama concert to reach an audience on a scale of ten thousand. A related Whispers of Fate Theme Park, located in Sichuan Province, is mainland China's first immersive film-tourism complex. The park transforms the series' xuanxia universe into a large-scale live-action role-playing experience, allowing visitors to influence narrative outcomes within a technologically enhanced environment featuring AR and VR integrations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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