Guardians of the Dafeng
Created by Deng Ke
On CCTV-8, Tencent Video
A fantastical costume drama blending swordplay adventure with investigation and romance, following a modern sensibility transplanted into a richly layered supernatural world.
Xu Qi’an, a recent police academy graduate, awakens in a strange world filled with Confucians, Taoists, Buddhists, demons, and warlocks. Facing imminent exile to a remote frontier town, he seizes the chance to change his fate by joining a powerful organization of guardians.
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