Chu Zhao, the young master of the Chu family—the top cultivation sect—was born an imbecile, unable even to write his own name. The clan pushed him into the Burning Heaven Array as a "useless sacrifice" to suppress the demon catastrophe. But when the flames licked his skin, a black light burst from the cinnabar mole on his forehead—the fool who only knew to grab sugar-coated haws with drool was actually Mo Yuan, the "Demon Ancestor" who slaughtered the demonic path and made thousands of demons kneel three hundred years ago! He sealed his memories with his soul to lock away an ancient demon emperor, only to become a chess piece for the Chu family. Now the seal is loose, old enemies are closing in, and the Chu family wants to use him again. Only Su Ruan, the little maid who secretly took care of him, remains his "human bond." When the foolish young master awakens the ancestor's power, will he flatten the hypocritical cultivation world, or stay for that ray of warmth?
College student Su Xiaonuan makes a shocking discovery - her ordinary father is actually the legendary Dragon King! Thrust into the heart of dragon clan politics, she must navigate campus life while dodging deadly schemes. Complicating matters, the cold-hearted dragon prince turns out to be her longtime campus crush. As ancient bloodlines collide with modern romance, Su Xiaonuan must balance her extraordinary heritage with the ordinary life she cherishes.
Chen Mo, a street con artist, has secretly loved Su Wan, the cold and elegant financial white-collar worker next door, for years but dared not approach her due to their status gap. Until Su Wan is surrounded by an underground casino for repaying her father's gambling debts, Chen Mo saves her with his con skills—only to be mistaken for a "vulture preying on the weak." To prove his sincerity, Chen Mo promises to help Su Wan recover the huge sum of money defrauded. During the process, they go from clashing to gradually revealing their wounds: Chen Mo lost his mother because of his con artistry, while Su Wan closed her heart due to her father's gambling addiction. When they get close to the truth, they find the mastermind behind it is related to Chen Mo's "dark past" years ago. Is this "conquest" a trap of fate, or the mutual redemption of two broken souls?
Shen Qingci, the wife of the renowned General of Towning the Nation, hides the secret of being a Knife Creditor from a multi-generational inheritance. Ten years ago, she used the unique Knife Creditor technique to predict border chaos and helped her husband defend the frontier steadily, yet deliberately distanced herself due to her special identity. Now, mysterious murders frequently happen in the army, and the general is suspected. She has to expose her identity to solve the mystery in the way of a Knife Creditor. She needs to not only crack the murder case but also face the accumulated emotional misunderstandings with the general, making tough choices between identity dislocation and responsibility, and continuing the legend of the Knife Creditors.
Underwater photographer Su Nian discovers a ring engraved with her ex-boyfriend's name in the deep sea, triggering memories buried for seven years. Meanwhile, marine biologist Lu Chen is investigating abnormal phenomena in the same waters. Two wounded souls confront each other in the blue abyss—he obsessed with uncovering the truth, she desperate to forget. As oxygen runs low, the deep reveals not just the lost ring, but the shipwrecked truth they've both been avoiding.
Lin Shen, former leader of the serious crime unit, died protecting a witness and was reborn as a stray dog in the suburbs, rescued by Su Xiao, a newly recruited female police officer. With his past criminal investigation experience and a dog's keen sense of smell, he solved cases like child abductions and antique thefts—marking suspects' trails in bushes, pawing open cardboard boxes hiding corpses, and even biting open a gangster's knife sheath to save Su Xiao, getting injured in the process. Su Xiao gradually noticed the dog's “unusualness,” and videos of the “divine dog solving cases” went viral online. Yet no one knew that behind the dog's eyes lay a police officer's unfulfilled obsession.
In the fifth installment of the "Minghe" series, *The Orchid Scroll* follows Shen Yan, a reclusive book guardian protecting *The Orchid Scroll*—a record of centuries-old secrets of Mingyue Mountain Villa. Mysterious woman Su Qing arrives, demanding the scroll by threatening to expose the villa's old case, unearthing the secret of a master and apprentice who vanished in a decades-ago fire. Shen Yan wants to keep his peaceful life, but Su Qing pressures him step by step. As they chase the truth, they find their obsessions tie to that old case. Dusty love and hate unfold with every page of *The Orchid Scroll*, leading to an unexpected twist.
Lin Xiaoman, a planner who burns the midnight oil to finish proposals, returns home under the moonlight every night. Her only comfort is the warm lamp left by Lao Zhou, the owner of the alley newspaper stand. When the stand is set to be demolished, Lao Zhou gives her a yellowed star chart—the keepsake of his granddaughter Xiaotang, who went missing ten years ago. To Xiaoman’s shock, the star trails she’s been photographing from her balcony match the marks on the star chart exactly. Following the star chart to a suburban observatory, she discovers Xiaotang’s diary: "When I catch that 'running star,' I’ll come back to light the lamp for Grandpa." It turns out Xiaotang disappeared while pursuing a rare comet, and Xiaoman’s presence is the sign of the comet’s return—that lamp is Grandpa’s unwavering wait for his granddaughter and the stars’ call to their "lost one."
Ice-cold lawyer Li Chenzhou enters a contractual marriage with a seemingly helpless girl to escape family pressure. On their wedding night, golden runes ignite on her fingertips, unleashing ancient powers dormant for millennia. As shadowy conglomerates launch deadly schemes, Li discovers his demure bride is the primordial Dark Sovereign who controls life and death. Their 'chance encounter' was an elaborate vengeance plot spanning centuries. With the contract expiration looming, three prophecies begin to unfold – and the fate of worlds hangs on whether he can ignite her long-dead human heart.
Lin Shen, a thousand-year-old spirit chef, was sealed for altering mortals' fates with spirit meals. When he awakened, the world had become a concrete jungle. He opened "Guixu Bistro" in an old alley, cooking with ancient spirit ingredients—sweet osmanthus lotus root awakens past-life obsessions, truffle stewed chicken heals soul wounds. Just as business boomed, Su Wan, in a white dress, arrived with hatred: "You owe me 300 years of Mengpo Soup." Lin Shen realized she was his past-life lover, punished by heaven because of him. Meanwhile, the heavenly envoy who sealed him stood outside, ready to destroy the bistro and take back his power. How will he protect his last obsession?
Shen Wanning, an investment bank elite, ventures into the deep mountains to meet a client but gets lost in a rainstorm. She's rescued by Lin Ye, a "wild guy" in worn work clothes who runs a homestay—he doesn't even use WeChat. He takes her to climb trees for wild fruits at dawn and watches forest fire embers with her at night, totally upending her well-ordered life. But when she learns Lin Ye is a forestry doctor missing for three years, who once fought capital to protect the primeval forest, and her client is the real estate developer planning to destroy the forest, she must choose between career and heart, rules and wildness. This time, will she risk everything to grant him a私奔 (elopement) that's wild to the core?
