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Yun Miao 1 (我，修仙多年强亿点怎么了)

Yun Miao 1: I Have Cultivated for Many Years, So What If I'm a Hundred Million Times Stronger (云渺1：我修仙多年强亿点怎么了) is a 2025 Chinese vertical-screen micro short drama (微短剧) starring Wang Xiaoyi (王小亿) as Yun Miao (云渺), a millennia-old cultivator who works as a psychopomp (a guide who escorts souls of the dead) in the mortal world. Produced by Baichuan Chinese (百川中文) and adapted from the Tomato Novel (番茄小说) web novel I, a Cultivation Big Shot, Am a Hundred Million Times Stronger, So What (《我，修仙大佬强亿点怎么了》) by the author Baicai (白菜), it premiered on the Hongguo Short Drama (红果短剧) platform on 22 February 2025 in 77 episodes¹. It became one of 2025's most-watched short dramas, passed 2 billion views on Hongguo, and launched a five-season franchise²^•³.

Key fact	Detail
Original title	云渺1：我修仙多年强亿点怎么了； also released under the alias 摆渡人 (The Ferryman)¹^•⁴
Source material	Tomato Novel web novel 《我，修仙大佬强亿点怎么了》 by Baicai, launched June 2024 and still serializing at 389 chapters and 775,000 characters⁵
Format	77 episodes, total runtime 2 hours 22 minutes, urban fantasy (都市玄幻) genre¹
Premiere	22 February 2025 on Hongguo Short Drama; Sina's entry gives 23 February 2025¹^•⁴
Lead cast	Wang Xiaoyi as Yun Miao; Xue Binhong (薛滨弘) as Zhou Fusheng (周浮生)¹
Performance	Hongguo heat value above 70 million and recharge (paid unlock) revenue above 50 million yuan; Hongguo views passed 2 billion⁶^•²
Franchise	First of five seasons released within one year (Yun Miao 1 through 5), with series-wide plays above 7 billion and more than 13 million collections³

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Premise and plot

The story opens in the city of Jiangcheng (江城), where the dying patriarch of the powerful Zhou family refuses to pass away because he is waiting for someone. A beautiful young woman, Yun Miao, knocks on the Zhou family's door. The household assumes she is a descendant of the old man's first love, but when she enters his room he miraculously rises and reveals a hidden truth: he is her servant, bound by an oath that obliges the Zhou family to serve her for generations¹^•⁷.

Yun Miao herself is a cultivator of a thousand years who, to investigate the mystery of her own origins, has taken on the role of a mortal-world "ferryman" (摆渡人), releasing the grudges of wronged ghosts at the boundary of the underworld⁴. Each episode-length case centers on a family tragedy entangled with supernatural elements. The first season's cases include the buried-mother case, in which children deceived by their father bury their mother alive and bar her from reincarnation, and the painting-demon case, in which a demon that has possessed a husband kills his daughter to preserve its human form and extend its life⁷^•⁸.

Narrative structure. The drama uses a "unit case plus serial main plot" design: each standalone case works as a puzzle piece that gradually assembles the heroine's backstory, with clues pointing toward the overarching mystery of her lost memory and the hidden antagonist⁹. Reviewers noted that the adaptation cut most of the novel's dialogue to accelerate pacing, and that the opening of season 1 was deliberately slower than typical short dramas; the producer kept a long drawing-room conversation between the Zhou sisters-in-law in episode one despite pressure during review to cut it⁶^•¹⁰.

Production and adaptation

The source novel is a head IP on Tomato Novel, where its peak concurrent readership exceeded two million¹¹. It was adapted into four separate live-action short-drama versions by different producers; the Baichuan Chinese version, released as Yun Miao 1, was the most successful of the four⁶. Baichuan's founder Luo Gute (洛古特), formerly editor-in-chief of NetEase Literature, attributed the version's success to three factors: first-mover timing, casting Wang Xiaoyi for her fit with the novel's goddess-like heroine, and adaptation choices that broadened the story's appeal⁶.

The production company is listed as Hangzhou Jinyue Technology (杭州金阅科技有限公司) together with Jinzhong Jixiang Culture Media (晋中市榆次区吉祥文化传媒有限公司)⁴, while the entertainment-trade press credits Chongqing Siyue Lianmeng (重庆四月联盟) as the commissioned production house and Tomato as the platform side⁷. The series' visual identity, Yun Miao's silk qipao and oil-paper umbrella with a cold, detached bearing, became the franchise's signature¹².

Reception

Commercial performance. Within its first weeks the drama reached a Hongguo heat value above 70 million and topped the platform's trending chart for consecutive days, with cumulative recharge value above 50 million yuan⁶^•⁸. Hongguo viewing volume passed 2 billion², and the industry research firm Endata recorded 2 billion plays for the season against 1 billion for the sequel¹³. At the 2025 Hongguo Annual Awards the drama was named a "hit short drama of the year," ranked second in that category, and placed tenth among the top ten audience-favorite short dramas⁴.

Critical framing. Trade commentary credited the drama with opening a new genre lane: a "cold great heroine plus Chinese zhiguai aesthetics" formula that fused cultivation fantasy with supernatural detective work, in contrast to the romance-driven female-lead dramas that dominated the market⁹. The heroine neither reincarnates, seeks revenge, carries a system, nor pursues a romance; her male counterpart is her hereditary servant, a relationship reviewers described as a "bloodline suppression" dynamic rarely seen in short drama⁸. The same commentary noted limits: later seasons repeated family-murder unit plots, and the heroine's invincibility reduced dramatic tension once the reveal-and-kowtow pattern became routine⁸^•¹⁴.

The Yun Miao franchise

The first season's success was converted into a series with unusual speed: development of the sequel began the day after season 1 premiered, with lead actress Wang Xiaoyi's schedule booked in advance and scripts completed before shooting¹⁵. Five seasons followed within one calendar year: Yun Miao 1 (22 February 2025, 77 episodes), Yun Miao 2 (30 April 2025, 86 episodes), Yun Miao 3: Zhenmo Shijia (19 June 2025, 77 episodes), Yun Miao 4: Juesi Fozi (1 August 2025, 67 episodes), and Yun Miao 5: Tiandao Zhongju (30 December 2025, 78 episodes)¹³. Season 2 opened with a single-day heat value of 94.91 million and passed 1 billion views⁸; season 3 drew over 3 million pre-release reservations and peaked at a heat value of 82.57 million¹¹; season 5 opened with a first-day heat value above 93.68 million¹⁴. Across the five seasons the franchise accumulated more than 7 billion plays and 13 million collections, making it a frequently cited case of serialized IP development in the Chinese short-drama industry³.

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Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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