Guardians of the Dafeng (Season 1)

Guardians of the Dafeng (2024) is a Chinese fantasy-detective series you can watch online on iFILM. A modern office worker dozes off at his desk and wakes up as Xu Qi'an, a night watchman in the made-up empire of Dafeng — a place crowded with Confucians, Taoists, monks, demons and warlocks.

Branded a lowly "copper gong" and one step from exile to a frontier outpost, Xu Qi'an talks his way into a guild of guardians instead. His edge is plain reason: he cracks cursed, supposedly unsolvable cases with cold logic while everyone else blames spirits. Allies gather, court schemers push back, and the line between law and conspiracy keeps blurring. Dylan Wang leads, with Tian Xiwei and Liu Yijun beside him.

Directed by Deng Ke and adapted from Xiao Langjun's hit novel, the show folds palace mystery into wuxia action and a dry sense of humor — a costume drama where the detective work outshines the sorcery. Stream Guardians of the Dafeng online on iFILM.