# The Immortal Ascension (2025)

> A poor village boy with mediocre talent joins a small martial sect and claws his way toward immortality through patience and careful planning.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/159268

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 30
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: fantasy, drama
- Created by: Ding Lingtao
- Network: Youku
- Cast: Yang Yang, Jin Chen, Wang Duo, Zhao Xiaotang, Zhao Qing, Jin Jiayue, Rong Zixi, Zhang Waner
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28512830/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: earnest, patient, immersive, underdog

## Synopsis

The Immortal Ascension (2025) is a Chinese xianxia fantasy drama adapted from a web novel and created by Ding Lingtao for Youku. Yang Yang plays Han Li, an ordinary, poor boy from a mountain village who joins a small martial arts sect by chance and must overcome his mediocre talent. Supporting roles are played by Jin Chen as Nangong Wan, Wang Duo as Wang Chan and Zhao Xiaotang as Chen Qiaoqian. Across a single thirty-episode season of roughly forty-five-minute installments, the drama follows Han Li's slow climb through sect life, trials and cultivation practice, driven by hard work and careful planning rather than innate gifts. Viewers drawn to this series often praise its focus on the mechanics of cultivation and its deliberate pacing, with no romantic subplot pulling attention away from the practice itself. The tone is earnest and patient, with a grounded, underdog emotional core. Fans of Soul Land, Battle Through the Heavens and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms will find much of the same appeal in this immersive Chinese cultivation world.

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