Love and Redemption

Plot

A 1000 years ago, a bitter battle ensues between the Celestials and the Asuras in a struggle for power. The general of the Asura Clan, the Star of Mosha, is defeated by the God of War. He disappears, and his soul is sealed in a crystal lamp, which is then sent to the mortal realm to be hidden. However, the God of War too mysteriously vanishes along with him. A 1000 years later, both of their souls are sent to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations, and the demonic realm begins to prepare for the revival the Star of Mosha.

In the mortal realm, Chu Xuanji (Yuan Bingyan) is born to the Shaoyang Sect Leader without the power of perception through all six senses. She meets Yu Sifeng (Cheng Yi), a skilled disciple of the mysterious Lize Palace, during the Flower Banquet held at Shaoyang.

Sifeng falls for her, despite being forbidden to do so.

A turn of events leads to Xuanji being injured during the banquet, and she leaves to cultivate and train herself for four years. Sifeng returns to Lize Palace, where he is punished for breaking the sect rules with the Lover's Curse.

They encounter each other years later and set off for their own adventures, but their journey is riddled with mysterious encounters, and they start to realize that there is more to their past than they thought, as a millennium-old conspiracy slowly comes to light.

Cast

Main cast

Yuan Bingyan as Chu Xuanji (褚璇玑) / Goddess of War

The youngest daughter of the Shaoyang Sect leader, Chu Lei who is actually the reincarnation of the Goddess of War. Born as Xuanji, she has none of her six senses which makes her a weak cultivator compared to her sister, Linglong as well as the other disciples of Shaoyang Sect.

Cheng Yi as Yu Sifeng (禹司凤) / Xi Xuan (熙轩)

The young head disciple of Lize Palace. Sifeng is rational, calm, resourceful and extremely skilled and powerful. Meeting Xuanji, Mingyan and Linglong introduces him to the concept of love, friendship and identity which he is deprived of as a disciple of Lize Palace. Also the only son of the Jade Emperor and the Demon Princess.

Supporting cast

Zhang Yuxi as Chu Linglong (褚玲珑)

The eldest daughter of the Shaoyang Sect Leader Chu Lei and Chu Xuanji's twin sister. She has a bright personality but can be hot-tempted and is extremely protective of Xuanji. She is good friends with Minyan, whom she also has romantic feelings for. Later, she is kidnapped by Wu Tong, who extracts her primordial spirit and creates a new version of her from a flower demon. As Linglong's spirit is out of her body, her body is unconscious.

Liu Xueyi as Hao Chen (昊辰) / White Emperor (白帝; Báidì)

A powerful senior disciple of the Shaoyang Sect. His actual identity is the Heavenly White Emperor of the East.

Li Junyi as Zhong Minyan (钟敏言)

The sixth senior disciple of Shaoyang Sect and is good friends with Xuanji and Linglong. He has mutual feelings for Linglong. He also the first person to witness Xuanji's true power when she unconsciously defeats Gu Diao (the Eagle Demon).

Huang Peng as Du Mingxing, eldest disciple.

Wang Xudong as Chen Minjue, second disciple.

Zhou Yidan as Duan Qing (端清)

A disciple who admires Hao Chen

Gu Zhishen as Feng Minsheng, fourth disciple.

Ma Li as Ouyang Minlin, fifth disciple.

Zhou Yutong as a disciple who likes telling stories.

He Zhonghua as Chu Lei (褚磊)

The leader of Shaoyang Sect, Linglong and Xuanji's father. Although he is strict and stern in the rules of his sect and the cultivation of immortality, he cares a lot for his daughters.