# The Journey of Chongzi (重紫)
**The Journey of Chongzi** (重紫) is a 2023 Chinese television series in the xianxia (immortal-hero) genre, adapted from the novel of the same title by Shu Ke (蜀客). It stars Yang Chaoyue as Chong Zi, a girl born with an innate baleful aura and destined to fall to the demonic path, and Xu Zhengxi as Luo Yinfan, the immortal master who takes her as his only disciple; the story follows their master-disciple romance across three lifetimes.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-journey-of-chongzi) The series premiered on [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video) on February 15, 2023.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 重紫 (Chong Zi); international title The Journey of Chongzi[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-journey-of-chongzi) |
| Source material | Novel *Chong Zi* by Shu Ke (蜀客)[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Premiere | February 15, 2023, Tencent Video (China); February 23, 2023 on IPTV Astro in Malaysia[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) |
| Episodes | 40 episodes of about 45 minutes per Baidu Baike; streaming platforms WeTV and Viki list 41 episodes[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [3](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff) |
| Main cast | Yang Chaoyue (Chong Zi), Xu Zhengxi (Luo Yinfan), Ma Wenyuan (Zhuo Hao), Deng Wei (Qin Ke), Lin Siyi (Sima Miaoyuan)[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-journey-of-chongzi) |
| Production | Julang Film (剧浪影视); directors Liu Guohui and Liu Zhenming; screenwriter Tang Qicen; filmed in Hengdian, June 25 to October 21, 2021[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [4](https://baike.sogou.com/m/fullLemma?lid=186042103) |
| Reception | Douban 4.4/10 from 48,540 raters (April 2024); IMDb 7.2/10 from 95 ratings; Tencent Video heat index 21171, topping the platform's March drama chart[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26737828/ratings/) • [6](https://app.bjtitle.com/8816/newshow.php?did=867540036296033&mood=&newsid=6319437&typeid=3&uid=0) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The story opens with a catastrophe across the three realms: the demon lord Ni Lun (逆轮) is destroyed and the evil spirits of Jiuyou scatter into the human world.[3](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff) Chong Zi is pure and kind, but she is Ni Lun's daughter and carries an innate baleful aura (煞气). Rescued by the gentleman Chu Bufu, she seeks to study at the immortal sect Nanhua, but is refused entry because of her aura, and the sect's overseer Min Yunzhong declares that she is destined to turn evil. At the critical moment the venerable Luo Yinfan, the Chonghua Venerable, steps forward and takes her as his only disciple.[3](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff)
Chong Zi comes to depend on Luo Yinfan, who promises to protect her. Unable to withstand the schemes of Jiuyou, he watches her fall into captivity and, for the sake of all living beings, is forced to end her life with his own hands.[3](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff) She reappears above the clouds and again seeks apprenticeship at Nanhua; Luo Yinfan recognizes her, seals her baleful aura to keep her safe, and renews their master-disciple bond. Manipulated by schemers and made a target by all sides, she falls to the evil path in anger, and her origin is revealed: she is the daughter of Ni Lun, former lord of the Jiuyou realm, born with the aura that dooms her to it.[3](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff)
The central relationship is thus framed as fate's trap: one a venerable whose duty is to save the world, the other an evil spirit of Jiuyou by birth. They love helplessly, kill each other reluctantly, stand as master against disciple yet cannot sever their bond, and in the end both sacrifice themselves out of their conviction toward goodness, fulfilling their love and their duty to the world.[3](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff) Supporting characters include Zhuo Hao (Ma Wenyuan), who loves Chong Zi devotedly, and Qin Ke (Deng Wei), her fellow disciple.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-journey-of-chongzi) • [7](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/202302/t20230215_14321766.htm)
## Production and broadcast
The series was produced by Julang Film, directed by Liu Guohui with Liu Zhenming, and written by Tang Qicen, with Yang Chaoyue, Xu Zhengxi, and Ma Wenyuan leading the cast.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [4](https://baike.sogou.com/m/fullLemma?lid=186042103) Filming took place at Hengdian from June 25 to October 21, 2021.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) It was positioned as an "S-level" (top-budget) project for Tencent Video.[7](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/202302/t20230215_14321766.htm)
**Broadcast schedule.** The drama premiered on Tencent Video on February 15, 2023 at 18:00, with ten consecutive days of double-episode updates for members in the first week, then two episodes each Monday through Wednesday from February 27. It began airing on Malaysia's IPTV Astro on February 23, 2023.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) Internationally it streams on WeTV and Rakuten Viki with subtitles in English and other languages.[3](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff) • [8](https://www.viki.com/tv/39254c-the-journey-of-chongzi)
## Reception
**Viewership.** During its run the drama generated strong traffic: it drew more than 1,000 hot searches across the internet, reached a Tencent Video in-platform heat index above 25,600, and topped Maoyan's February heat ranking for costume web dramas.[9](https://feeds-drcn.cloud.huawei.com.cn/landingpage/latest?channel=HW_TRENDING&cpid=666&ctype=news&docid=1051110c69fe48918dcb716f5c25c838dfafe6f&dy_scenario=relate&ifl=zh_CN&r=CN&tn=0783fe6c422139bcbe5f3b9190465cdadf997494e77cf3a9d12ff6138ce6c557&to_app=hwbrowser) At its member finale it recorded a Tencent heat index of 21171, holding first place among March dramas on the platform.[6](https://app.bjtitle.com/8816/newshow.php?did=867540036296033&mood=&newsid=6319437&typeid=3&uid=0) Total plays approached 800 million, and the series held the top position on Guduo's web-drama heat ranking for multiple consecutive days.[10](https://yule.360.com/detail/3332847)
**Critical response was divided.** The China Women's News praised the character of Chong Zi as a woman who refuses to bow to fate, growing through adversity and fighting her destiny despite misunderstanding, reading the role as an echo of rising women's strength.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) Director Liu Zhenming, in an interview with the Beijing Youth Daily, said the drama expresses a distinctly Chinese "Eastern romance": Luo Yinfan's restrained love, bound by his position as master, moving from knowing he loves but cannot love, to the idea that protecting all beings also requires loving one person.[6](https://app.bjtitle.com/8816/newshow.php?did=867540036296033&mood=&newsid=6319437&typeid=3&uid=0)
Criticism concentrated on craft and pacing. Some viewers found the plot rhythm too fast and stiff, and felt Yang Chaoyue and Xu Zhengxi played the relationship as flirtatious fellow disciples rather than a forbidden master-disciple tragedy; *BAZAAR* magazine noted that most scenes were shot against green screens and that the visual effects were not refined enough, so characters and backgrounds did not blend well, leaving the production short of its S-level billing.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) Wenhui Daily summarized the split as a situation in which playback figures were good but reviews were not, with criticism of the acting, costumes, and conventional plot producing a divide in which fans of the novel liked it while general viewers complained.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) On rating aggregators the split is visible in numbers: Douban users gave 4.4/10 from 48,540 ratings as of April 2024, while IMDb users gave 7.2/10 from a much smaller base of 95 ratings.[1](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26737828/ratings/)
## Place in the xianxia genre
Commentary at the time of release placed *Chong Zi* in a familiar lineage. Entertainment coverage described its premise, a pure and kind girl with innate baleful aura who loves her master, a savior of the world, across three lifetimes of master-disciple romance, as essentially the setup of *The Journey of Flower* (花千骨), calling it a new version of that drama.[11](https://www.dianyingjie.com.cn/2023/0216/358899.shtml) The source novel is described as pure Eastern xianxia, involving immortal-mountain cultivation, sword flight, the Jiuyou demon realm, and the Land of Ten Thousand Tribulations.[9](https://feeds-drcn.cloud.huawei.com.cn/landingpage/latest?channel=HW_TRENDING&cpid=666&ctype=news&docid=1051110c69fe48918dcb716f5c25c838dfafe6f&dy_scenario=relate&ifl=zh_CN&r=CN&tn=0783fe6c422139bcbe5f3b9190465cdadf997494e77cf3a9d12ff6138ce6c557&to_app=hwbrowser) It was also noted as one of the few xianxia dramas of its cycle to launch outside the summer and winter holiday seasons, which commentary read as a sign of the producers' confidence.[9](https://feeds-drcn.cloud.huawei.com.cn/landingpage/latest?channel=HW_TRENDING&cpid=666&ctype=news&docid=1051110c69fe48918dcb716f5c25c838dfafe6f&dy_scenario=relate&ifl=zh_CN&r=CN&tn=0783fe6c422139bcbe5f3b9190465cdadf997494e77cf3a9d12ff6138ce6c557&to_app=hwbrowser)
## References
1. [重紫（2023年刘国辉执导的电视剧）, Baidu Baike](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8D%E7%B4%AB/18814284?fromModule=lemma_inlink)
2. [The Journey of Chongzi (2023), JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-journey-of-chongzi)
3. [重紫 Episode 01, WeTV](https://wetv.vip/zh-cn/play/4etdc3jau4xdrpr/o0045ch2zff)
4. [重紫, Sogou Baike](https://baike.sogou.com/m/fullLemma?lid=186042103)
5. [The Journey of Chongzi (TV Series 2023) - Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26737828/ratings/)
6. [专访《重紫》导演：用东方浪漫的表达诠释侠义大爱, 北京青年报](https://app.bjtitle.com/8816/newshow.php?did=867540036296033&mood=&newsid=6319437&typeid=3&uid=0)
7. [古装仙侠剧《重紫》开播 马闻远痴情守护杨超越, 中国青年网](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/202302/t20230215_14321766.htm)
8. [The Journey of Chong Zi, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/39254c-the-journey-of-chongzi)
9. [《重紫》热度登顶，我们期待什么样的仙侠剧？](https://feeds-drcn.cloud.huawei.com.cn/landingpage/latest?channel=HW_TRENDING&cpid=666&ctype=news&docid=1051110c69fe48918dcb716f5c25c838dfafe6f&dy_scenario=relate&ifl=zh_CN&r=CN&tn=0783fe6c422139bcbe5f3b9190465cdadf997494e77cf3a9d12ff6138ce6c557&to_app=hwbrowser)
10. [独家专访总编剧汤祈岑：《重紫》究竟靠什么抓住观众，尤其是女观众, 360娱乐](https://yule.360.com/detail/3332847)
11. [两部仙侠剧定档，《重紫》遇上《星落凝成糖》, 电影界](https://www.dianyingjie.com.cn/2023/0216/358899.shtml)
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