Scripted series · iQiyi
Cage of Shadows
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Cage of Shadows actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Cage of Shadows reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After her family is massacred, artisan’s daughter Nan Yanzhi becomes the disciple of Zhuang Wujiao, who trains her to survive in a ruthless world. Determined to uncover the truth and avenge her family, she infiltrates the deadly Lingya Tower, where entrants are forced into brutal combat and none are said to return, only to discover that her own master holds power within the very place she came to destroy.
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