Back From the Brink (Season 1)

Back From the Brink (2023) is a Chinese immortal-fantasy series you can watch online on iFILM. Long ago, the dragon Tian Yao was ready to marry — until his bride betrayed him at the ceremony, drove a sword into his heart and tore away his power.

Years later, his reborn soul crosses paths with Yan Hui, a reckless young woman cast out of an immortal sect for refusing to fall in line. As it happens, part of his lost strength lies sealed inside her. Tian Yao gets close to her with a plan, meaning only to reclaim what's his — but the cold scheme cracks, and something he never saw coming grows between them. Hou Minghao and Zhou Ye take the leads.

This is xianxia at its most classic: floating peaks, warring cultivator clans, old grudges and a love that builds slowly under the weight of the past. It's made for fans of costume fantasy in the vein of The Untamed. Stream every episode of Back From the Brink online on iFILM.