Best Fantasy Chinese Dramas of All Time
Xianxia, wuxia and immortal-realm love stories are a huge part of C-dramas: sword fights, gods and demons, and romances that last lifetimes. This list brings together 10 of the best fantasy Chinese dramas on DramaHog.
How we picked: we started from what viewers rate highest on fan-rating charts and what critics and audiences around the world keep praising, then our editors put the final 10 in order by overall impact, rewatch value and how well each story holds up. Every entry links to its own page with the full story, cast and details, and the list will keep changing as new dramas earn a place.
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1
The Untamed
陈情令
Wei Wu Xian and Lan Wang Ji are gifted disciples from powerful cultivation clans who meet during their training years.
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Joy of Life
庆余年
Fan Xian carries memories of another life and grows up in a remote seaside town, trained in poison and martial arts by teachers his father chose for him.
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Mysterious Lotus Casebook
莲花楼
Li Lianhua is a quiet, weathered healer who lives in a crooked old tower and solves puzzles for a living.
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Eternal Love
三生三世十里桃花
Bai Qian, a fox goddess of the Qingqiu clan, and Ye Hua, the crown prince of Heaven, are bound by a love that stretches across three lifetimes.
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Ashes of Love (2018)
香蜜沉沉烬如霜
Jin Mi is the daughter of the Flower Deity, and before she was born a prophecy warned that she would suffer a great love trial.
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Word of Honor
山河令
Zhou Zishu, a weary former leader of an elite organization that protected the throne, walks away from his old life and drifts into the martial world, only to be pulled into a conspiracy.
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Love Between Fairy and Devil
苍兰诀
Long ago, Dongfang Qing Cang, the feared leader of the Moon Tribe, abandoned all emotion to gain absolute power.
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Till the End of the Moon
长月烬明
In a world where demons rule, cultivators send a young woman, Li Susu, back in time with a mission: find out where the terrifying Demon Lord Tantai Jin came from and prevent his rise.
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A Journey to Love
一念关山
Ren Ruyi and Ning Yuanzhou are top assassins from rival organizations who were never supposed to be on the same side.
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The Unclouded Soul
The Unclouded Soul
For centuries, both the human race and the demon race have been locked in endless conflict over the Jade Wine Divine Spring, a mythical source said to embody all desires.
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Questions about this list
What is the best fantasy Chinese drama?
Opinions differ, but our editors put The Untamed at the top of the list, followed by Joy of Life and Mysterious Lotus Casebook. You can open any entry to read the story, see the cast and check when and where it aired.
Where can I watch these C-dramas?
Streaming rights change from country to country and over time, so each drama page shows the network it originally aired on. Many of these series are available on services such as Netflix, Viki, Disney+, iQIYI or Prime Video depending on where you live.
How is this list ranked?
It is an editors’ list, not a vote. We started from fan-rating charts and long-running critical praise, then ranked the final 10 by overall impact, rewatch value and how well each story holds up. As DramaHog members rate dramas, community ratings will play a bigger part.
Episode, cast and poster data from TVmaze. Descriptions are written by DramaHog.