Throne of Seal (Season 1)

Throne of Seal (2022) is a Chinese fantasy donghua you can watch online on iFILM. Thousands of years after the Demon God appeared, six temple orders are all that stand between humanity and the dark.

A boy named Long Haochen joins the Knights' Temple — not chasing glory, but trying to save his mother and earn a roof over his head. What follows is years of training, trials and clashes with creatures out of the abyss. He has almost no natural talent, only stubbornness, and climbs from the weakest recruit to a fighter the others rally behind. A thread with a girl from the demon side slowly tangles the tidy "humans versus monsters" line.

It's drawn from a novel by Tang Jia San Shao, one of the biggest names in the genre, and its hand-drawn battles and slow power-up arc are built for fans of long coming-of-age sagas in the classic donghua mold. The first season is a patient, unhurried opening to a much bigger story. Stream Throne of Seal online on iFILM.