Li Xian plays the main character, Ding Ning

The new drama Sword Dynasty ( 剑王朝 ) premiered yesterday in China. It’s an adaptation of the webnovel of the same name by author “Not Guilty” (無罪). I am looking forward to this one, based on the first episode.

Li Yitong plays Zhangsun Qianxue

Li Xian plays the main character, Ding Ning, a man on a mission of revenge. The first episode was all serious, no goofy acting so far.

Nice effects on the fight scenes

It’s set in a fantasy-style Warring States period, as far as the attire and set designs and weapons, etc., goes. The set design is nice, and the cgi for the fight scenes is pretty good, though there are some obvious green screen shots in places. Overall, though, pretty good effects.

Yao Di plays Empress Zheng Xiu

I only watched the first episode so far, so not much to go on, but it looks like a bona fide decent adaptation of a cultivation novel, from a visual standpoint at least. I’m not sure how closely it fits the novel, though some of the dialogue in the fight scenes is verbatim from the novel.

The set design is quite nice.
Peter Ho has a role here. I always still see him as Lü Bu from 2010 Three Kingdoms, lol.
The fight scenes are exciting

I plan to keep watching. The editing and cinematography imo are a step above the average action drama. You’ll definitely want to check this out if you like action, because there is plenty of it.

Cultivating…

Here is an early fight scene: