It's based on the Jiuzhou series written by a group of popular writers in the era a little bit before webnovel grew big. The book this drama is based off is written by Jin He Zai, whose most famous novel is Wukong Zhuan, considered by many to be one of the best Chinese webnovels ever. It started airing today on iqiyi, youku and tencent and I just finished the first two episodes. So far it looks absolutely amazing. I sense a masterpiece. I am going to pay for it so I can watch 12 episodes instead of 2...However people say that youku and tencent have much better video quality than iqiyi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribes_and_Empires:_Storm_of_Prophecy My Drama List I don't know if there will be English subtitles or not(weirdly, it seems none of the best/most highly rated Chinese tv dramas this year are subbed(White Deer Plain, In the Name of People, Day and Night, the Advisors Alliance) except for the First Half of My Life which is more in the 2-tier). If you can understand Mandarin or read Chinese please give it a try! Trailer：
I can understand chinese but I can't read/write it. Im still probably gonna wait for subtitles before I watch it.
Drama Fever has licensed it..........and I can't watch it on tencent anymore wtffffffffffffffffff I have paid!!!!!!! Why!!!!!!!