“Xiao Yan trains for three years to prove himself after a broken engagement, facing trials and mastering alchemy and strange fire.”
Battle Through the Heavens: Three Year Agreement
斗破苍穹 三年之约
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Synopsis
Xiao Yan trains for three years to prove himself after a broken engagement, facing trials and mastering alchemy and strange fire.
Three years ago, Nalan Yanran, the young sect leader of the Yunlan Sect, rashly broke off her engagement. Feeling deeply humiliated, Xiao Yan made a three-year pact with Nalan Yanran. For this pact, Xiao Yan cultivated tirelessly, enduring trials from the Magical Beast Mountain Range to the Tagor Desert, from alchemy to the excruciating pain of absorbing a strange fire—all to prove the saying: "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; never underestimate a young man's potential." Now, the men of the Xiao family will rise to the challenge, never retreating. Xiao Yan's path of growth continues… (Source: Tencent, translated)
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σ 0.77 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.64
Running avg · Dec 2021 → Jun 2025
- 8 “[I'm here trying not to spoil the story, so for those who ask what the conflict is, please watch it first] Everything is good starting from the story, graphics, characters, romance, and drama. The...”
- 10 “omg its best donghua better than disney pixar movies. i didnt like 3d anime but after watching this i knew two this first its not anime its donghua 2nd its awesome. outstanding romantic sad...”
- 10 “This is my first review of MAL. Doupo Cangqiong series improves steadily as we go along the first to fifth season and we can clearly see it through the MAL score. The fight scenes were on a whole...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2021 – Jan 2022
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-21050 catalog
Produced by
- Tencent Video Producer
- China Literature Limited Producer
- Wanda Media Producer