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“Disciple Bai Qiuran leaves Qingming's mountain to seek breakthrough and adventure as a Qi cultivator.”
Qi Refining for 3000 Years
炼气练了3000年
6.8
5,773 rank · 5,392 viewers · 14 favorites
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Disciple Bai Qiuran leaves Qingming's mountain to seek breakthrough and adventure as a Qi cultivator.
Bai Qiuran is one of Qingming's disciples, and has a lot of potential to be his successor. Even though he's still a Qi cultivator, he believes he will finally make his breakthrough this time. As such, Bai Qiuran decides to go down the mountain where exciting experiences await him. (Source: INKR, edited)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 6
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Jan 2023 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The story starts strong with a compelling cultivation bottleneck, complemented by a goofy, powerful protagonist and excellent opening and ending songs. While the 2D animation quality is...”
- 6 “The show features likeable characters, decent plotlines, and a fantastic, albeit slightly out-of-place, thumping soundtrack. However, the lack of explanation for complex cultivation terminology and...”
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Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
Watch Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Qi Refining for 3000 Years begins and ends here.
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- Format 16 × 19′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 04m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2022 – Jan 2023
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-21483 catalog
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- bilibili Producer