“Retired hero Murong Qiong reluctantly aids idealistic youth Dongfang Sheng against monster-filled martial arts dystopia.”
GoWest: Overworked
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Synopsis
Retired hero Murong Qiong reluctantly aids idealistic youth Dongfang Sheng against monster-filled martial arts dystopia.
Fifty years ago, the martial arts world was suddenly invaded by "chaos." Murong Qiong formed a demon sect to fight against it, but they could not win despite the hard battle. The messenger of God Yi Zhihua came and taught everyone the demonization skills to successfully defeat the chaos. But the messenger of God left, and the demonization skills were introduced into the martial arts world and got out of control. Murong Qiong was disappointed and retired. His subordinate Yu Huabing took the opportunity to take over, improved the demonization skills, and created the punk invigoration era, making the martial arts world prosperous, but the price was that the martial artists all became "superior martial arts monsters." Dongfang Sheng, a young man with a pure heart, found Murong Qiong who had retired to the Xiangxi Hotel, hoping to rely on him to restore the former glory of the martial arts world. Thus this ridiculous story begins... (Source: Bilibili, translated)
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Running avg · Jul 2025 → Jul 2025
- 10 “Holy Crap. This is it. Peak comedy. This series is an absolute meme. The show is a parody making fun of stereotypical "martial arts" Donghua. literally every single scene and minutes is full of...”
- 8 “This show was my first ever comedy donghua, and I loved it. 100% recommend. —————— Story: 8/10 It has a pretty stereotypical premise, basically a “team up to fight the bad guy” show, with funny...”
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- Format 10 × 16′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 40m all episodes
- Aired May 2025 – Jul 2025
- Source Ona media type
- Ref. BS-27773 catalog
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