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The Immortal Ascension

The Immortal Ascension
★ 7.7/10•2025•45m•15•Drama•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Han Li, an ordinary, poor boy from a mountain village, joins a small martial arts sect by chance. Despite his mediocre talent, he eventually cultivates himself into an immortal through hard work and careful planning.

Yang Yang · Director

Yuren Wang · Screenplay

Jia Dongyan · Screenplay

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageZH
First Air DateJul 27, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - Herb-Gathering BoyE151m

Herb-Gathering Boy

The young Han Li and his childhood friend, Zhang Tie, were taken on as students by the divine healer, Physician Mo. He imparts an incantation to them. He says that those who master the incantation will become immortals.

Jul 27, 2025

Episode 2 - Zhang Tie's PerilE259m

Zhang Tie's Peril

Zhang Tie overhears the secret conversation between Master Mo and Yu Zi Tong. He attempts to warn Han Li, only to expose himself. Master Mo takes ruthless measures against him.

Jul 27, 2025

Episode 3 - TakeoverE361m

Takeover

Han Li reaches level six of the Art of Changchun. However, he still falls into the trap of Physician Mo. Physician Mo's consciousness fights against Han Li's consciousness in his mind. Han Li finds out that Physician Mo is trying to take over his body.

Jul 27, 2025

Episode 4 - A Night Visit to the Mo FamilyE444m

A Night Visit to the Mo Family

To neutralize the poison, Han Li delivered Physician Mo's handwritten letter to the Mo family. He didn't expect Physician Mo to hide a message within the letter. To keep the Mo family safe, the madams of the Mo family decide to take advantage of Han Li.

Jul 27, 2025

Episode 5 - Green Vein SocietyE546m

Green Vein Society

Han Li arrives at Tainan Valley. He encounters Taoist Qing Wen, the leader of Green Vein Society. Nangong Wan, an elder of Moon Concealing Sect, is investigating the random murder of rogue cultivators. She sets her sights on the suspicious Green Vein Society.

Jul 28, 2025

Episode 6 - Ascension TrialsE645m

Ascension Trials

The Ascension Trials commence. Due to his quadruple-attribute spiritual root, Han Li is rejected by all the sects and ultimately fails the selection process.

Jul 28, 2025

Episode 7 - Farewell to His FamilyE745m

Farewell to His Family

Han Li makes up his mind to pursue the path of cultivation. He goes home before departing to Huangfeng Valley to bid his family farewell.

Jul 29, 2025

Episode 8 - The Foundation PillE847m

The Foundation Pill

Lu Ming Yuan tries to get intimate with Chen Qiao Qian, but as she rejects him, he takes it out on Han Li, who happens to pass by. Lu Ming Yuan demands Han Li to hand over the Foundation Pill.

Jul 29, 2025

Episode 9 - The Crimson Forbidden GroundE944m

The Crimson Forbidden Ground

To break through his current level, Han Li decides to enter the Crimson Forbidden Ground to find the ingredients of the Foundation Pill.

Jul 30, 2025

Episode 10 - Entering the Forbidden GroundE1046m

Entering the Forbidden Ground

To cure Yan Ru Yan of her ailment, Nangong Wan decides to suppress her power and head to the forbidden ground personally to harvest the required herbs.

Jul 30, 2025

Episode 11 - Seeking Out the Fiery Sun BlossomE1146m

Seeking Out the Fiery Sun Blossom

Right before entering the center area of the forbidden ground, Han Li encounters Han Yun Shi. She hangs in there to seek out the Fiery Sun Blossom for her brother. Han Li finds out that there are impostors of the Seven Sects' members. He can't bear to leave her alone. He decides to take her with him in search of the Fiery Sun Blossom.

Jul 31, 2025

Episode 12 - Making a NameE1246m

Making a Name

After slaying the Inky Flood Dragon together, Han Li and Nangong Wan race against time as the exit from the Crimson Forbidden Ground begins to close. Han Li acts quickly to get Nangong Wan out.

Aug 1, 2025

Episode 13 - Foundation StageE1345m

Foundation Stage

Han Li creates 14 Foundation Pills with the herbs he found in the Crimson Forbidden Ground. He decides to use them as the foundation of his cultivation. He prepares for his seclusion in the Alchemy Chamber. He goes into an 11-month seclusion. He finally reaches the Foundation Stage together with Chen Qiao Qian.

Aug 1, 2025

Episode 14 - Defense FormationE1444m

Defense Formation

When Han Li is working on his dwelling, a bunny sneaks into his dwelling. He's disappointed with the current defense formation he has. With the Twin-Eyed Mouse's guidance, he travels to Yuanwu to search for a proper defense formation. In the auction, everyone is wearing a robe with a mask. Han Li puts his 1,000-year-old herb up for auction. A young man, Qi Yun Xiao, wishes to exchange it with his formation but fails. Han Li notices that someone is tailing the young man.

Aug 2, 2025

Episode 15 - More to It Than Meets the EyeE1545m

More to It Than Meets the Eye

Yan Clan Stronghold is in upheaval. Once a century-old clan devoted to eradicating evil and upholding the righteous path, how can they now turn to the demonic way? However, every voice of dissent is suppressed by the clan leader, and in the end, Yan Clan Stronghold's defection to the Ghastly Spirit Sect became a foregone conclusion. They send wedding invitations of Yan Ru Yan and Wang Chan to the Seven Sects. Nangong Wan senses that something is amiss.

Aug 2, 2025

Episode 16 - The WeddingE1645m

The Wedding

Han Li encounters Mo Cai Huan being harassed in the city streets. He swiftly knocks out the lecherous medicine dealer. The reunion leaves Mo Cai Huan overwhelmed with conflicting emotions, as she never thought they would meet again.

Aug 3, 2025

Episode 17 - Blood Spirit ArrayE1746m

Blood Spirit Array

Wang Chan activates the Blood Spirit Array. Luckily, Han Li has a hunch. He escapes with Dong Xuan'er. They use an underground path thanks to Mo Cai Huan's help. Wang Chan prepares to capture them. At the same time, Nangong Wan receives Xuan Yue's report. She confirms that Yan Clan Stronghold has surrendered to the Demon Sects.

Aug 4, 2025

Episode 18 - The Attack of the Demon ArmyE1844m

The Attack of the Demon Army

While escaping, Dong Xuan Er runs into Xuan Wu and others who are looking for her. At Xuan Yue and Lv Tian Meng's suggestion, Xuan Wu takes Dong Xuan Er back to Huangfeng Valley first. But Xuan Yue and Lv Tian Meng change their course using an excuse that their sects have asked them to check on a mine. Chen Qiao Qian doesn't suspect them. Halfway there, they run into Han Li, who wakes up from being unconscious. Xuan Yue and Lv Tian Meng, who have an ulterior motive, refuse to let him go back. They create an excuse to make him travel with them. They forcefully bring him to the mine.

Aug 5, 2025

Episode 19 - The MineE1948m

The Mine

Xuan Yue and Lv Tian Meng didn't show up in the mine. Chen Qiao Qian and the rest evacuate toward the cave. They try to make it to the cave before the destruction of the protective array. Outside the cave, Wang Chan, who took his sweet time, realizes that the cave is inaccessible after the collapse. He uses the Earthquake Talisman out of spite. The shaky mine entrance collapses instantly.

Aug 5, 2025

Episode 20 - A Narrow EscapeE2047m

A Narrow Escape

On his way out, Han Li rescues the injured Chen Qiao Qian. He carries her to safety. The intimate connection reminds Chen Qiao Qian of the time Han Li rescued her in the cave. Han Li returns to the Seven Sects Coalition Forces camp to exchange his spirit gems with Elder Chen. He runs into Chen Qiao Qian again. The other Chen disciples traveling with her mock him. When Elder Chen reveals his achievements to them, they stop mocking him.

Aug 6, 2025

Episode 21 - Qi Yun XiaoE2146m

Qi Yun Xiao

Qi Yun Xiao introduces his senior, Xin Ru Yin, to Han Li. Han Li can tell that she's the formation master. So, he takes out the teleportation array he found in the mine to show them so that they can take a look at it.

Aug 6, 2025

Episode 22 - Episode 22E2248m

Episode 22

Nangong Wan suspects there's more to Elder Han's supposed defection than it appears. Wang Chan introduces Dong Xuan Er to Patriarch Yun Lu, from whom she learns she is the daughter of Yun Lu and Hong Fu. Han Li discovers the corpses of cultivators who met a gruesome end in the palace. Steward Wang sets a trap, sending the Four Mengs to watch Han Li.

Aug 7, 2025

Episode 23 - Planting The MarkE2348m

Planting The Mark

The Bloon Cocoon under the Sky Concealing Bell ruptures. Tie Luo turns into a half-bull, half-humanoid demon. After the battle, Han Li discovers the Blood-Condensing Five Element Pill and a broken arm. Tie Luo, who's seriously wounded, escapes by burrowing a tunnel. However, Han Li has planted a tracking mark on him. Han Li intends to use it to locate their den.

Aug 8, 2025

Episode 24 - The Great BattleE2445m

The Great Battle

The guard of the Black Fiend Cult risked his life to fire a warning. Tie Luo transforms into a demon and joins the fight. In the battle, Han Li holds Tie Luo back while Song Meng and Liu Jing stop the ice demon from completing his demonization.

Aug 9, 2025

Episode 25 - Sea of FireE2548m

Sea of Fire

Liu Jing detonates the Explosive Talisman, intending to bring down the man clad in blue and the cult leader together with him. The man clad in blue saves the emperor of Yue in the nick of time. Han Li destroys the roof of the library, helping everyone to escape the sea of fire.

Aug 10, 2025

Episode 26 - Return of Zhang TieE2647m

Return of Zhang Tie

Han Li suspects that Melodious has been possessed by another cultivator. He manages to tricks him into revealing that he is from Spirit Taming Sect of Tiandu. Han Li stops concealing his strength and presses him for answers, but they are interrupted by the man's wife and daughter, to whom the cultivator introduces Han Li as a friend.

Aug 11, 2025

Episode 27 - Colluding With the EnemiesE2748m

Colluding With the Enemies

Han Li's jade slip arrives at Jingu Plain. Elder Han intercepts it right after that. He even issues an order to inspect and deliver any messages that they received as those at the front are busy with the war. It seems that he has colluded with the enemies...

Aug 12, 2025

Episode 28 - Abandoned PawnsE2848m

Abandoned Pawns

Han Li is exhausted from the constant battles. When he is about to give up, Li Hua Yuan shows up and eliminates the Art of Qianji on his body. Then, Han Li is asked to leave. Only then does he realize that they are not the seeded disciples. They are just abandoned pawns.

Aug 12, 2025

Episode 29 - Inner DemonE2945m

Inner Demon

Nangong Wan brings reinforcements to Huangfeng Valley, but she's too late. She encounters Hong Fu, who's alone. She's paying her respects to Li Hua Yuan's grave. She tries to inquire about Han Li's whereabouts, but Hong Fu has no idea either.

Aug 12, 2025

Episode 30 - Simple DaysE3046m

Simple Days

Han Li discovers his cultivation has regressed to the Qi Refining stage. As he and Nangong Wan recover from their injuries, they spend a period of quiet days together, living simply like ordinary mortals.

Aug 12, 2025

Actors

Yang Yang

Yang Yang

Han Li

Jin Chen

Jin Chen

Nangong Wan

Wang Duo

Wang Duo

Wang Chan

Zhao Xiaotang

Zhao Xiaotang

Chen Qiaoqian

Zhao Qing

Zhao Qing

Mo Caihuan

Jin Jiayue

Jin Jiayue

Dong Xuan’er

Rong Zixi

Rong Zixi

Xin Ruyin

Zhang Waner

Zhang Waner

Xiao Cui’er

Hu Yuxuan

Zhang Tie

Zhang Xiang

Zhang Xiang

Liu Jing

Na Yi

Na Yi

Zhong Weiniang

Marco Chen

Marco Chen

Qing Wen

Shi Yufei

Shi Yufei

Hong Fen

Li Shengjia

Li Shengjia

Wu Xuan

Liang Yongni

Liang Yongni

Han Yunzhi

Liu Kejun

Liu Kejun

Yan Ruyan

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