The Mechanical Dragon City: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Two thousand years ago, the Mohist school split into two factions: Chu Mo and Qin Mo. Qin Chen, the leader of Qin Mo, instigated a great war to seize the treasure, the Heavenly Mirror. After their defeat, Chu Mo hid in the world and spent a hundred years building the Mechanical Dragon City to protect the treasure. Two thousand years later, Shen Tuo, a descendant of Chu Mo, ventures into the perilous Mechanical Dragon City with his friends to save his cursed daughter, Shen Ning, and find his missing girlfriend Jiang Mingyue. Along the way, he uncovers Qin Mo's puppets and traitors, ultimately confronting Qin Chen, the mastermind who has lived for over a thousand years. In the final battle, Shen Tuo discovers the thousand-year conspiracy behind the Heavenly Mirror and sacrifices himself to activate the ultimate Mohist mechanism, sealing the enemy within himself. Through the bond with his daughter and the secret technique of the Mystic Sky Instrument, he breaks the time loop and ushers in a dawn of rebirth.

Series details

• Title: The Mechanical Dragon City
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2026-09-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-09-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 8 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 93913

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-09-04; final listed air date 2026-09-04; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Mechanical Dragon City 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.