Bait from the Nine Heavens, Ascension Is but Anglers (58 episodes)

Jiang Zhao, a disciple of the Xuanwei Sect, witnesses an anomalous phenomenon during the so-called "ascension" of his sect's forebear and discovers an insidious, hidden peril behind immortal cultivation and ascension. Facing the blind conformity of those around him and severe worldly pressure, he refuses to drift along with the tide, resolutely seeking the truth with unyielding will. Enduring immense hardships to uncover clues, facing trials of life and death, he joins forces with his righteous fellow disciple Lu Xingzhou to challenge long-held beliefs and fight back with merely a mortal body.

Bait from the Nine Heavens, Ascension Is but Anglers - Episode 1