{ "id": "ep8d0dngkq", "slug": "candle-in-the-tomb-the-wrath-of-time", "title": "Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time (鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-symbols-to-co", "label": "Titles symbols to Co", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-symbols-to-co" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020: East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time (鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西) is a 2019 Tencent Video prequel web series of Ghost Blows Out the Light, 21 episodes, directed by Fei Zhenxiang, starring Pan Yueming, Gao Weiguang, Xin Zhilei; also a separate 2019 web film by Liu Xuandi.", "snippet": "Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time (鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西) is a 2019 Tencent Video prequel web series of Ghost Blows Out the Light, 21 episodes, directed by Fei Zhenxiang, starring Pan Yueming, Gao Weiguang, Xin Zhilei; also a separate 2019 web film by Liu Xuandi.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-symbols-to-co", "markdown": "# Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time (鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西)\n\n**Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time** (鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西) is a 2019 Chinese adventure web series adapted from the seventh volume of Tianxia Bachang's (天下霸唱) *Ghost Blows Out the Light* (鬼吹灯) novel series. Unlike the other adaptations, which follow the modern-day trio of Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Shirley Yang, it is a prequel set in the Republican era and centers on their predecessors: the Unlidding bandit chief Chen Yulou (陈玉楼) and the Mountain-Moving Taoist Partridge Whistle (鹧鸪哨).[1](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2827105.html) [The 21](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-21)-episode series premiered on [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video) on January 21, 2019, directed by Fei Zhenxiang with Guan Hu as producer, and starring Pan Yueming, Gao Weiguang, and Xin Zhilei.[2](https://m.jiemian.com/article/2817637.html) • [3](https://ycpai.ycwb.com/ycppad/content/2018-11/09/content_260322.html)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西 (Guichuideng zhi Nuqing Xiangxi)[3](https://ycpai.ycwb.com/ycppad/content/2018-11/09/content_260322.html) |\n| Premiere | January 21, 2019, Tencent Video exclusive; 21 episodes[2](https://m.jiemian.com/article/2817637.html) • [4](https://linshuhaos.com/tv/guichuidengzhinuqingxiangxi/) |\n| Main cast | Pan Yueming as Chen Yulou, Gao Weiguang as Partridge Whistle, Xin Zhilei as Hong Guniang[3](https://ycpai.ycwb.com/ycppad/content/2018-11/09/content_260322.html) |\n| Source | Seventh volume of Tianxia Bachang's eight-volume *Ghost Blows Out the Light* series[1](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2827105.html) |\n| Douban reception | Opened at 8.5 within hours of release, the series' highest at the time; fell to 7.1 by the finale[2](https://m.jiemian.com/article/2817637.html) • [5](https://m.jiemian.com/article/4247265.html) |\n| Viewership | Over 3 billion total views in 2019, a new high for the franchise[5](https://m.jiemian.com/article/4247265.html) |\n| Production | Penguin Pictures, Wanda Pictures, and 7 Impressions Culture; special effects ran 370 minutes of the 630-minute total[6](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0128/c40606-30592460.html) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nThe story is set in the warlord era of the Republican period. Chen Yulou (陈玉楼), chief of the Unlidding (卸岭) school of tomb raiders, allies with the Xiangxi warlord Luo Laowai (罗老歪) to excavate an untouched [Yuan dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/yuan-dynasty) general's tomb inside Bottle Mountain (瓶山) in western Hunan. There they encounter Partridge Whistle (鹧鸪哨), the last heir of the Mountain-Moving (搬山) Taoist school, who seeks not treasure but the Muchen Bead (雮尘珠), the relic that can lift his people's curse. The two schools form an alliance to enter the mountain together.[4](https://linshuhaos.com/tv/guichuidengzhinuqingxiangxi/) • [7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDXbB61-qbw)\n\nThe series draws on the novel's four-school system of tomb raiders, in which the Unlidding school reads mud marks and grass colors while the Mountain-Moving school relies on secret techniques rather than numbers.[3](https://ycpai.ycwb.com/ycppad/content/2018-11/09/content_260322.html) The tomb itself is layered with traps and guarded by creatures drawn from Xiangxi folklore, including the legend of a Yuan general who became a corpse king said to leave the tomb to feed on the living.[8](https://daxian1329.pixnet.net/blog/posts/943227479745843190)\n\nBecause the story is a prequel, its consequences reach the main series. In the novel's chronology, Chen Yulou is later blinded by poison, lives in hiding as a fortune teller, and eventually meets Hu Bayi; Partridge Whistle emigrates to the United States, and his granddaughter is named Shirley Yang, a lead character of the main storyline.[3](https://ycpai.ycwb.com/ycppad/content/2018-11/09/content_260322.html)\n\n### Place in the franchise\n\nBefore 2019, *Ghost Blows Out the Light* adaptations were inconsistent: *Candle in the Tomb* (2016) scored 8.0 on Douban, *The Weasel Grave* (2017) 5.2, and *Candle in the Tomb: The Lost Caverns*-adjacent entries and films scored far lower.[6](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0128/c40606-30592460.html) Commentators describe *The Wrath of Time* as the work that put the franchise's serial adaptation on a stable footing and laid the audience foundation for the later, better-rated *The Lost Caverns* (2020), which was made by the same team.[13](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25558377) From this series onward, Fei Zhenxiang served as the franchise's director, and the production pipeline settled into a yearly release rhythm with a stable cast and crew.[14](https://i.ifeng.com/c/89F8sn3cWHy) • [13](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25558377)\n\n## Production\n\nThe series was the second *Ghost Blows Out the Light* adaptation by the Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang team at 7 Impressions, after the poorly received *[The Weasel Grave](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-weasel-grave)* (2017), which scored 5.2 on Douban.[9](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2870511.html) Director Fei Zhenxiang imposed a rule of respecting the source novel; the writing team led by Liu Anqi reread the book repeatedly and consulted Pan Yueming, himself a fan of the novels, about what fans would and would not accept being changed.[10](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=b7a9e6fb04b5d6bb98f1fe58)\n\nShooting relied heavily on practical sets built outdoors to recreate Bottle Mountain and the wengcheng (瓮城) scenes described in the novel.[3](https://ycpai.ycwb.com/ycppad/content/2018-11/09/content_260322.html) The schedule was punishing: Fei Zhenxiang spent more than a month shooting night scenes, and wrote in the Douban comment section that extras were quitting at a rate of about four fainting per day from exhaustion.[11](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2835067.html) The finished 21 episodes run 630 minutes, of which 370 minutes, more than half, are visual-effects shots.[6](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0128/c40606-30592460.html)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe series opened to the strongest reviews of any *Ghost Blows Out the Light* adaptation to that point. Within roughly ten hours of its January 21 debut its Douban score reached 8.5, and it became the first Chinese web series of 2019 to score above 8.[2](https://m.jiemian.com/article/2817637.html) • [12](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2824832.html) Reviewers credited the film-grade production design, faithful adaptation, casting of veteran actors, and the layered portrayal of Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle.[13](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25558377)\n\nThe score did not hold. Critics attributed the decline in the later episodes to script changes from the novel and weakening pacing, and Douban settled at 7.1 by the end of the run.[5](https://m.jiemian.com/article/4247265.html) Commercially it still set a franchise record, with total 2019 views above 3 billion, ranking 89th among all 2019 series and 49th among web series.[5](https://m.jiemian.com/article/4247265.html)\n\n## The 2019 web film of the same title\n\nA separate, unrelated adaptation shares the title. *Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time* (鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西) is also a 91-minute Chinese adventure fantasy action web film directed by Liu Xuandi, written by Cui Zouzhao, and starring Li Shengrong, Zheng Dong, Lin Fengye, Fu He'anqi, and Meng Zhanyi, released in mainland China on November 17, 2019 and streamed on Tencent Video.[15](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%AC%BC%E5%90%B9%E7%81%AF%E4%B9%8B%E6%80%92%E6%99%B4%E6%B9%98%E8%A5%BF/22907414?fromModule=lemma_inlink) It covers the same novel material, with Chen Yulou, Partridge Whistle, and the warlord Luo Laowai seeking a thousand-year elixir and the Muchen Bead in the Yuan general's tomb; the treasures they carry out end up in a museum, their ornamentation still undeciphered.[15](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%AC%BC%E5%90%B9%E7%81%AF%E4%B9%8B%E6%80%92%E6%99%B4%E6%B9%98%E8%A5%BF/22907414?fromModule=lemma_inlink) It was produced by New Film Field Pictures, Wanda Film and Television Media, and Shengshi Huyu, shot in Xianju beginning October 2018, and rated 3.8 on Douban in a Forbes China roundup of franchise adaptations.[15](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%AC%BC%E5%90%B9%E7%81%AF%E4%B9%8B%E6%80%92%E6%99%B4%E6%B9%98%E8%A5%BF/22907414?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [16](https://www.forbeschina.com/city/48404)\n\n## References\n\n1. [豆瓣8.4，潘粤明《怒晴湘西》意外成盗墓题材口碑黑马？娱乐独角兽 via 界面新闻](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2827105.html)\n2. [七印象再启鬼吹灯IP《怒晴湘西》，北京商报 via 界面新闻](https://m.jiemian.com/article/2817637.html)\n3. [鹧鸪哨来啦！《鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西》发布先导预告，新华网/羊城晚报](https://ycpai.ycwb.com/ycppad/content/2018-11/09/content_260322.html)\n4. [鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西剧情介绍，林书豪剧情网](https://linshuhaos.com/tv/guichuidengzhinuqingxiangxi/)\n5. [四年4部，口碑不一，《鬼吹灯》系列的得失在哪儿？界面新闻](https://m.jiemian.com/article/4247265.html)\n6. [《怒晴湘西》获高分 中年不油腻潘粤明变\"潘粤萌\"，羊城晚报 via 人民网](https://media.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0128/c40606-30592460.html)\n7. [《鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西》官方剧情简介，Tencent Video (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDXbB61-qbw)\n8. [《鬼吹燈之怒晴湘西》劇情大綱｜分集劇情，痞客邦](https://daxian1329.pixnet.net/blog/posts/943227479745843190)\n9. [从演员到创业者，梁静，界面新闻](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2870511.html)\n10. [《怒晴湘西》：在鬼吹灯宇宙中不断前行，百科TA说](https://wapbaike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=b7a9e6fb04b5d6bb98f1fe58)\n11. [《怒晴湘西》：「鬼吹灯」IP影视化的阶段性胜利，三声 via 界面新闻](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2835067.html)\n12. [喜提\"盗墓宇宙\"系列最佳，鬼吹灯新作是过誉还是名副其实？深壹 via 界面新闻](https://www.jiemian.com/article/2824832.html)\n13. [《鬼吹灯》系列的\"冰与火之歌\"，澎湃新闻·湃客](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25558377)\n14. [《云南虫谷》之后，《鬼吹灯》系列网剧的IP终于立住了，凤凰网](https://i.ifeng.com/c/89F8sn3cWHy)\n15. [鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西（2019年刘轩狄执导电影），百度百科](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%AC%BC%E5%90%B9%E7%81%AF%E4%B9%8B%E6%80%92%E6%99%B4%E6%B9%98%E8%A5%BF/22907414?fromModule=lemma_inlink)\n16. [《龙岭迷窟》再掀\"盗墓潮\"，盘点那些鬼吹灯IP改编，福布斯中国](https://www.forbeschina.com/city/48404)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › East Asian web and streaming serials › Titles symbols to Co*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/candle-in-the-tomb-the-wrath-of-time", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/candle-in-the-tomb-the-wrath-of-time.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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