TV series
Legend of Zang Hai
Overview
"Legend of Zang Hai" follows the son of Imperial Astronomer Kuai Duo. Consumed by vengeance, he spends a decade honing his skills. Assuming the name Zang Hai, he ventures into the capital to uncover the truth, avenge his family, and restore justice.
Details
- First air date
- 2025-05-18
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 40 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- CCTV-8, Youku
- Production
- Quantum Entertainment, Youku, NP Entertainment 南派泛娱, CHUNYU PICTURES
- Country
- CN
- Original language
- ZH
Cast
- Xiao Zhan as Zang Hai
- Zhang Jingyi as Xiang Antu
- Zhou Qi as Zhuang Zhixing
- Huang Jue as Zhuang Luyin
- Yu Nan as Mingyu Suti
- Michelle Chen Yan-Hsi as Zhao Shangxian
- Zhang Guoqiang as The Emperor
- Qiao Zhenyu as Prince Yongrong
- Tian Xiaojie as Zhao Bingwen
- Sha Baoliang as Chu Huaiming
- Zhang Duo as Master Xingdou
- Michelle Bai as Liu Chu
Creators and crew
- Kennedy Xu - Creator
- Xiaolong Zheng - Producer
- Xiaolong Zheng - Director
- Cao Yiwen - Director
- Zhao Liuyi - Writer
Episodes
Episode 1: Massacred
Episode 2: A New Name
Episode 3: Return to the Capital
Episode 4: Becoming an Aide
Episode 5: Breakthrough
Episode 6: The Burial Trap
Episode 7: Narrow Escape
Episode 8: The Chief Aide
Episode 9: Rumors
Episode 10: The Tomb of Liu Xian
Episode 11: Identity Exposed
Episode 12: The Truth about Death
Episode 13: Background Mystery
Episode 14: Posing as Marquis Pingjin
Zang Hai seeks Xiang An Tu's help to get rid of Lu Jin. Xiang An Tu arranges assassins along Lu Jin's route back to the capital.
Episode 15: Hungry Ghost Festival
Zang Hai resolves the crisis successfully and crafts a camellia hairpin to thank Xiang An Tu. Xiang An Tu invites Zang Hai to watch the lights and have a chat during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
Episode 16: The Other Man
Zhongzhou is flooded. Chu Huai Ming tries to set a fire to murder Zang Hai before trouble arises. Zhuang Zhi Xing, who has received instructions from Zang Hai beforehand, apprehends him.
Episode 17: Treasure of Dongxia
Zang Hai learns about Zhuang Lu Yin and Shen Wan's past from Gao Ming. He helps Zhuang Lu Yin deal with his guilt and advises him to nurture Zhuang Zhi Xing while gaining more of his trust at the same time.
Episode 18: Resolve for Vengeance
After assuming office, Zang Hai finds out that officials of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau have been arranging posthumous marriage, sometimes even at the cost of innocent lives. He drafts a decree overnight and swiftly begins cracking down on corruption to purge the bureau of its rot.
Episode 19: Mastermind
Zhuang Zhi Xing heeds Zang Hai's suggestion. He joins the military but is put on the spot on multiple occasions. He intends to become a deserter.
Episode 20: Approaching Yong Rong
Zang Hai receives an invite to Yong Rong's banquet at Zhen Tower. Someone mentions Kuai Duo at the banquet. Zang Hai quietly probes Yong Rong.
Episode 21: Investigation at the Zhao Residence
At the banquet, several officials talk about Minister of Revenue Zhao Bing Wen. Their words spark Zang Hai's suspicion. He decides to visit the Zhao Residence and search the place in secret.
Episode 22: Owning up to One's Wrongdoing
Cao Jing Xian forces Zang Hai to complete the general's burial mound before the Double Ninth Festival. Zang Hai has no choice but to use Zhuang Zhi Fu to resolve his issue. When Zhuang Lu Yin finds out, he questions him. Unexpectedly, Zang Hai owns up to his wrongdoings.
Episode 23: A Trap to Sow Discord
Zang Hai sets up a trap to sow discord between Zhuang Lu Yin and Cao Jing Xian. He follows Cao Jing Xian and finds out that he is secretly meeting the hostage of Dongxia. Zang Hai is sure that the third person will appear soon.
Episode 24: Chaos at the Marquis' Residence
Zhuang Lu Yin covertly plans to impeach Cao Jing Xian but ends up being framed instead. Just as he falls into peril, Zhuang Zhi Xing, acting on Zang Hai's prior instructions, leads reinforcements and arrives in time to save the day.
Episode 25: Doubts
Zang Hai suspects that Xiang An Tu is his enemy upon finding out that she's the nation's hostage. Xiang An Tu denies his claim, yet she finds it difficult to explain the relationship between Dongxia and Cao Jing Xian.
Episode 26: Truth of the Annihilation
Zhuang Luyin tells Zhuang Zhixing the truth of the Kuai family's annihilation. Zhuang Zhixing gives Zang Hai the bronze fish piece he obtained from his father and tells Zang Hai the identity of the third person.
Episode 27: Prison Break
Zhuang Luyin attempts to seek a truce with Cao Jingxian, but the blood-written letter he sends is swapped by Zang Hai. Deceived by its contents, Cao Jingxian tricks Zhuang Luyin's former subordinates into launching a prison break.
Episode 28: Father and Son Duel
Zhuang Zhixing advises his father to give up on capturing the city and both of them begin a duel.
Episode 29: Empress of Dongxia
The Empress of Dongxia offers a wooden palace to the capital as tribute. Zang Hai thinks the wooden palace is made with his father's technique.
Episode 30: The Empress and Kuai Duo
Zang Hai lures the Empress into an empty tomb, while Xiang Antu escapes from the Zang Residence, determined to stop him from killing her mother.
Episode 31: Choice
The Empress tells Zang Hai about the history of the Gui Seal. She forces him to make a choice between the Gui Seal and her daughter.
Episode 32: Gui Seal
Zang Hai finally finds the Gui Seal. While he is focusing on carving the patterns on the forged Gui Seal, the Gui Seal is taken away by Cao Jingxian's foster son.
Episode 33: The Buried Past
Suspecting that Xiang Antu has stolen the Gui Seal, the Emperor orders the Hostage's Mansion to be surrounded.
Episode 34: Mysterious Figure
Zang Hai finds out that the third culprit has resurfaced. The Emperor orders him to investigate the third culprit and the location of the Gui Seal.
Episode 35: The Revenge Plan
Zang Hai obtains a new clue thanks to a mysterious person's help. Zang Hai finds the Gui Seal in the Shi Residence and hands it over to the Emperor.
Episode 36: Intersecting Leads
Zang Hai finds out that Cao Jingxian's original name was Lu Min before he joined the palace. All the leads intersect with each other. Zang Hai finds out the true identity of the third culprit.
Episode 37: The Third Person Appears
Zang Hai is captured by the Imperial Guards. When the Emperor questions him, he reminds the Emperor to be wary of the third person...
Episode 38: Execution
The third perpetrator agrees to grant Zang Hai a dignified death. The executioner layers sheets of wet paper over Zang Hai's face, until his pulse fades completely.
Episode 39: Escape from Prison
Xiang Antu asks to meet Zang Hai one last time. Both of them use a code to set up a trap and plan for the escape.
Episode 40: Last Clash
The third perpetrator barges into the sacred ground of Dongxia. He forces Zang Hai to consume the Gui Seal poison, coercing him into teaching him how to control the undead soldiers.
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