When Destiny Brings The Demon
献鱼
Completed · Premiered 2025-08-16 · 33 episodes
About this drama
Zou Yan, a modern-day office worker, transmigrates into the body of Liao Tingyan, a low-ranking disciple in a cultivation sect. She is unexpectedly chosen to serve the powerful and volatile ancestor Sima Jiao, who has been imprisoned for five hundred years. While others fear his demonic nature, her unique 'salted fish' attitude and complete lack of ambition surprisingly tame him, sparking an unlikely romance that spans three realms as they face ancient secrets.
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Cast
Directed by Wen Deguang
- Arthur Chen as Sima Jiao
- Wang Yinglu as Liao Tingyan
- Wang Yiting as Ye Ruling / Hongluo
- Gao Han as Hei Nianjiu
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Should I watch?
- Assessed as having no love triangle
- Romance carries the main plot
- Consistently light and funny
Story traits
- Romance
- 9 / 10
- Angst
- 6 / 10
- Comedy
- 7 / 10
- Pacing
- 8 / 10
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Tags
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
- Xianxia
- Enemies to lovers
- Hidden identity
- Revenge
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