Scripted series · Tencent Video
The Age of Fire
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Age of Fire actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Age of Fire 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
Zhu Chaoyang is a foot massage therapist living in 2025 and the son of a former convict. After mysteriously traveling from 2025 to 1997, he awakens in the body of his father, Zhu Yihai. Armed with knowledge of the future, he sets out to rewrite history, help those around him prosper, and alter the fate of his family.
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