Scripted series · iQiyi
A Good Day to Ascend
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Signature profile
A Good Day to Ascend reads strongest on Spectacle, Serialized and World Building.
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How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
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What it's about
In the chaotic times, demons and monsters roam freely, and treacherous officials are in power. With the invasion of the Netherworld, both humans and Netherworld beings wreak havoc on the mortal world, and the wild gods who work for the Netherworld bully the common people. Enraged, Xu Ying, a snake-catcher, rebels and commits the sin of killing a god, and also takes out an incompetent court official. Hunted down by the two realms, his fleeing begins...
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