# Immortality (皓衣行)
**Immortality** (皓衣行, also romanized *Hao Yi Xing*) is an unaired Chinese costume xianxia web drama adapted from the novel *The Husky and His White Cat Shizun* (二哈和他的白猫师尊) by the web novelist Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (肉包不吃肉). It was produced by Penguin Pictures (企鹅影视) and Tata Culture (獭獭文化), directed by He Shupei, Zhou Jiawen, and He Honghui, and stars [Luo Yunxi](https://www.edgepedia.org/luo-yunxi) and Chen Feiyu, with billing given as equal, alongside Chen Yao and [Zhou Qi](https://www.edgepedia.org/zhou-qi).[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) Filming wrapped in September 2020, but the series has never been broadcast: it became the most prominent casualty of the Chinese government's 2021 crackdown on "dangai" dramas, adaptations of danmei (male-male romance) novels, and remains shelved years after completion.[2](https://www.eeo.com.cn/2021/0917/504962.shtml)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| English / Chinese title | Immortality / 皓衣行 (Hao Yi Xing); alternate title 天下谁人配白衣[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Source novel | *The Husky and His White Cat Shizun* (二哈和他的白猫师尊) by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Lead cast | Luo Yunxi as Chu Wanning; Chen Feiyu as Mo Ran; Chen Yao as Shi Mingjing; Zhou Qi[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [3](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/YW4oXGpf) |
| Format | 50 episodes of about 40 minutes each; Mandarin; costume/xianxia genre[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Production dates | Registered January 8, 2020; filmed at Hengdian April 24 to September 24, 2020[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Reported budget | 250 million yuan, described as the largest among the five major pending dangai dramas of 2021[4](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20220107/herald/7222bfb7cd9a2e813891748985effb34_zaker.html) |
| Broadcast status | Never aired; planned for Tencent Video, with a tentative premiere listed as 2027[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
## Spoilers
### Plot and source material
The story is set in an era when the "rift in the heavens" (天裂) threatens the world with recurring disasters. Chu Wanning (楚晚宁), elder of Yuheng at the cultivation sect Sisheng Peak (死生之巅), is a master of profound spiritual power known as the "foremost grandmaster under heaven," who holds to the creed "all living beings first, oneself last." Among his disciples is the young Mo Ran (墨燃), who suffered hardship in childhood but is gifted in cultivation.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [3](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/YW4oXGpf)
An accident gives Mo Ran a fragment of alien memory in which his senior sister Shi Mingjing (师明净) died because Chu Wanning refused to save her. Carrying that resentment, Mo Ran turns against his master, even harming him, while Chu Wanning persists in teaching him the righteous path. As Mo Ran uncovers the secret behind the memory and Chu Wanning learns the true cause of his disciple's rebellion, the two join forces with the cultivation world's heroes against the coming calamity and the hidden hand behind it.[3](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/YW4oXGpf)
The novel is a million-character danmei work, and its adaptation was announced with the two leads' casting confirmed in January 2020, together with concept posters carrying the slogans "众生为首 己为末" (all beings first, oneself last) and "不知渡人 何以渡己" (without saving others, how can one save oneself).[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [5](https://ent.ifeng.com/c/7wHSBP25Bse)
## Production
The drama was registered on January 8, 2020, and began filming at [Hengdian World Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/hengdian-world-studios) on April 24, 2020, wrapping on September 24 of that year. The production imposed unusually strict secrecy: electric fencing and green screens around the sets, confiscation of crew phones, and, according to press reports, guard dogs, all to prevent plot leaks and unauthorized photographs.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [5](https://ent.ifeng.com/c/7wHSBP25Bse)
**Scale and music.** The series runs 50 episodes of roughly 40 minutes each. Trade reporting put its investment at 250 million yuan, the highest among the five major pending dangai dramas of 2021 (compared with 150 million for *Sha Po Lang* and *Zhang Gong An* and 120 million for *Sa Ye*), and classified it as a Tencent S+ tier project.[4](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20220107/herald/7222bfb7cd9a2e813891748985effb34_zaker.html) • [2](https://www.eeo.com.cn/2021/0917/504962.shtml) The score includes the track "Wu Hun" (无魂) by composer Mai Zhenhong.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
## The dangai crackdown and shelving
Dangai dramas, defined as web series adapted from purchased danmei novel rights, had produced major hits in *[Guardian](https://www.edgepedia.org/guardian)* (镇魂), *[The Untamed](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-untamed-tv-series)* (陈情令, 2019), and *Word of Honor* (山河令, 2021), and by 2021 more than 80 such projects were pending, in production, or in development.[4](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20220107/herald/7222bfb7cd9a2e813891748985effb34_zaker.html) In September 2021 the National Radio and Television Administration formally declared resistance to the "dangai trend," a first official public formulation, and in January 2022 the Beijing radio and television authority announced a comprehensive halt to dangai web dramas.[2](https://www.eeo.com.cn/2021/0917/504962.shtml) • [4](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20220107/herald/7222bfb7cd9a2e813891748985effb34_zaker.html)
*Immortality*, originally slated for April 2021, was repeatedly delayed and never passed review. Reported salvage strategies followed the industry's standard playbook: heavy cuts to the male leads' relationship scenes, possibly re-editing the series as a conventional xianxia drama with a strengthened storyline for the female lead Chen Yao, and a title change. By late 2022 the drama had reportedly been renamed *Bi Cheng Jue* (碧城诀) and re-registered as a web drama in two seasons totaling 64 episodes.[6](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20211101-1209027) • [7](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20220823-1305642) [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video)'s Thai Instagram account listed it among upcoming titles in September 2021, but overseas release also requires a Chinese distribution permit, so that route remained constrained.[6](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20211101-1209027)
The drama remained unaired as of December 2025, when its official account briefly entered a routine review status that fans read as a renewal signal; no official announcement followed, and Baidu Baike lists its premiere as tentatively 2027.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [8](https://m.sohu.com/a/967312994_100158420) Recurring rumors that the series had been renamed or restarted, including claims it became *[Shui Long Yin](https://www.edgepedia.org/whispers-of-fate)* or *Mei Ying Shen Bu*, were checked and found baseless; both are separate Luo Yunxi projects.[9](https://k.sina.com.cn/article_7096020439_1a6f4add706801i93u.html)
## Anticipation and fandom before broadcast
**Pre-broadcast heat.** Even without a single aired episode, *Immortality* was described as one of the hottest dangai properties after *The Untamed*: it had trended on Weibo at least eight times before release, repeatedly topped Datawin's待播剧 (upcoming drama) popularity index, and its Weibo topic approached 1.7 billion reads.[10](https://download.s21i.co99.net/23813463/0/0/ABUIABA9GAAgrKX2gwYoyMCx9AQ.pdf?f=2021CP%E5%9C%88%E5%B1%82%E8%90%A5%E9%94%80%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A-%E8%89%BA%E6%81%A9x%E8%B5%9E%E6%84%8F-202103.pdf&v=1618842284) • [11](https://klqsh.com/news/view/329669) The fan "CP station" ecosystem around the leads' pairing, nicknamed "Fei Yun Xi" (飞云系), grew to more than 60 fan stations during filming, and leaked set photographs became a commodity pursued by professional paparazzi despite the production's countermeasures.[12](https://news.pedaily.cn/202104/469437.shtml) • [13](https://fun.hsw.cn/system/2021/0416/191808.shtml)
The commercial stakes extended beyond the platform: brands signed the two leads as endorsers before the drama aired on the expectation it would make them top stars, and the prolonged shelving reportedly exposed the production side to compensation claims over postponed sponsorships.[14](https://static.nfnews.com/content/202109/17/c5754662.html?enterColumnId=79) • [15](https://inf.news/zh-hant/entertainment/434c66b6d02c4823efa32b8e3e5a3c15.html) Internationally, the unaired series sustained an active fandom on Twitter and other platforms, which an academic study cited as a case of collective identity maintained around a show no one had seen.[16](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376530515_Best_TV_show_you_have_never_seen_Maintaining_collective_identity_among_the_Twitter_fandom_of_Chinese_dangai_drama_Immortality)
## References
1. [皓衣行, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E7%9A%93%E8%A1%A3%E8%A1%8C/24256493?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
2. [广电总局抵制"耽改"之风，行业人士：这是首次正式且公开的提法, 经济观察网 (2021)](https://www.eeo.com.cn/2021/0917/504962.shtml)
3. [皓衣行剧情介绍（1-50全集）大结局, 电视猫](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/YW4oXGpf)
4. [突发！北京广电：全面叫停偶像养成类网综、"耽改"题材网络剧！, 21世纪经济报道 (2022)](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20220107/herald/7222bfb7cd9a2e813891748985effb34_zaker.html)
5. [《皓衣行》想接棒《陈情令》，三个经验得听取, 凤凰网娱乐 (2020)](https://ent.ifeng.com/c/7wHSBP25Bse)
6. [中国官方明文抵制 耽改剧四招觅出路, 联合早报 (2021)](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20211101-1209027)
7. [《碧城诀》《霍去病》分两季 排队接力, 联合早报 (2022)](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20220823-1305642)
8. [《皓衣行》进入审核不代表要播，这是每年的例行操作, 搜狐 (2025)](https://m.sohu.com/a/967312994_100158420)
9. [网传皓衣行重启引热议，多方核查显示无可靠依据, 新浪新闻 (2025)](https://k.sina.com.cn/article_7096020439_1a6f4add706801i93u.html)
10. [2021CP圈层营销报告, 艺恩](https://download.s21i.co99.net/23813463/0/0/ABUIABA9GAAgrKX2gwYoyMCx9AQ.pdf?f=2021CP%E5%9C%88%E5%B1%82%E8%90%A5%E9%94%80%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A-%E8%89%BA%E6%81%A9x%E8%B5%9E%E6%84%8F-202103.pdf&v=1618842284)
11. [优爱腾芒Q2热剧比拼 (2025)](https://klqsh.com/news/view/329669)
12. [从《皓衣行》到《左肩有你》，失控的路透, 投资界 (2021)](https://news.pedaily.cn/202104/469437.shtml)
13. [她们靠偷拍明星暴富, 华商网 (2021)](https://fun.hsw.cn/system/2021/0416/191808.shtml)
14. [广电总局严控"耽改"，文艺创作不应有急功近利的捷径, 南方+ (2021)](https://static.nfnews.com/content/202109/17/c5754662.html?enterColumnId=79)
15. [羅雲熙遭品牌解約？《皓衣行》延播需商務賠付, 資訊咖 (2026)](https://inf.news/zh-hant/entertainment/434c66b6d02c4823efa32b8e3e5a3c15.html)
16. [Best TV show you have never seen: Maintaining collective identity among the Twitter fandom of Chinese dangai drama Immortality](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376530515_Best_TV_show_you_have_never_seen_Maintaining_collective_identity_among_the_Twitter_fandom_of_Chinese_dangai_drama_Immortality)
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