Scripted series · iQiyi
Qingqiu Apothecary
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Qingqiu Apothecary actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Qingqiu Apothecary reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
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 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.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The story
What it's about
Qing Xuan, a divine guardian who oversees the ascension of cultivators, has spent ages severing worldly attachments in the name of the Heavenly Dao. But when a plum blossom demon refuses to give up love for immortality, he begins to question everything he believes. Choosing to descend into the mortal realm, Qing Xuan embarks on a centuries-long journey of cultivation, redemption, and self-discovery.
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