Scripted series
Ascension on a Chosen Day
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How Ascension on a Chosen Day actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ascension on a Chosen Day reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In times of chaos, evil spirits run rampant, and treacherous officials hold sway. Complicated by the invasion of the Ghost Realm, the forces of both the human and ghost realms devastate the mortal world. Xu Ying, a snake catcher who cannot stand the bullying of the common people by the low-ranking deities serving the Ghost Realm, rebels and commits the crime of deicide. He also kills an incompetent court official, drawing relentless pursuits from the forces of both realms and embarking on a life of flight...
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