The Ingenious One: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The drama is adapted from Fang Baiyu's novel "A Thousand Doors," which focuses on the story of Yun Xiang, a young man who enters the Jianghu with a mission from his family and accidentally befriends several friends, including Shu Yanan, a heroine with a strong valor, Su Mingyu, and Jin Biao, a nimble swordsman. Yun Xiang, a disciple of Yuntai, enters the jungle after 10 years of practice. In the process of wandering the world, Yun Xiang makes friends with several people and start to experience the warmth of friendship. The quirky, intelligent and smart woman, Shu Yanan, makes Yun Xiang fall in love with her. Yunxiang and his friends have a happy time together. But good times don't last. As he investigates the tragic case of his former clan's extermination, Yun Xiang unearths more horrifying secrets and things start to take a turn for the worse. After experiencing deceit, betrayal and separation, life and death, he realizes that Wantai, whose mission was to benefit the people, has long since fallen from grace, and decides to stand up for what is right in his heart, even if it means sacrificing himself.

Series details

• Title: The Ingenious One
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2023-05-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 66951
• TVDB ID: 428988

Cast and credited roles

• Chen Xiao — Yun Xiang
• Mao Xiao Tong — Shu Yanan
• Xiao Tian Tang — Su Mingyu
• Amelie Xu — Ke Menglan
• Liu Guan Lin — Jin Biao
• Wang Jin Song — Qi Tianfeng
• Huang Xin — Qi Tianfeng (young)

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-05-01; final listed air date 2023-05-21; episode order: 36.
• Season 2: episode order: 36.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Ingenious One on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.