Fanren Xiu Xian Chuan

凡人修仙传 / A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality / Fanren Xiu Xian Chuan: Fanren Feng Qi Tian Nan

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical
Themes: Historical
Studios: Original Force, Wonder Cat Animation
Producers: bilibili
Rating: 7.72 / 10
Rank: #1283
Popularity: #7875
Users Listed: 7,336
Users Scored: 2,527
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 02/22/2025
Aired: July 25, 2020 – November 29, 2020 (Summer)
Type: ona
Source: novel
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 17

Synopsis:

Han Li, a young man from a humble village, unexpectedly finds himself drawn into the world of Jiang Hu, joining a lesser-known martial sect. Lacking exceptional talent, he navigates a challenging path of cultivation, striving for progress while remaining unnoticed by powerful factions within the sect and beyond. The narrative follows his struggle to establish himself in a demanding environment, facing perilous trials and encountering both formidable adversaries and enigmatic figures. It's a character-driven story exploring themes of perseverance, self-discovery, and the pursuit of power amidst ancient traditions and hidden dangers. Han Li’s journey is one of quiet determination as he carves out his own destiny within a world populated by immortals, demons, and those vying for control over their fate.

Episodes:

Episode 1: Mortal Wind Rises in the South 1: Han Li Enters Qixuan Sect with Zhang Tie (Aired: 07/25/2020)
Episode 2: Mortal Wind Rises in the South 2: New Life as Doctor Mo's disciple in Shenshou Valley (Aired: 07/25/2020)
Episode 3: Mortal Wind Rises in the South 3: Zhang Tie Disappears, and Mysterious Bottle (Aired: 07/25/2020)
Episode 4: Mortal Wind Rises in the South 4: Wolf Gang Attacks, and Han Li's Life and Death Fight with Dr. Mo (Aired: 07/25/2020)
Episode 5: Mortal Wind Rises in the South 5: Qu Hun, Feral Wolf Gang All Out to Destroy Qixuan Sect (Aired: 08/01/2020)
... and 12 more episodes

Characters:

Han, Li (Main)
Nangong, Wan (Supporting)
Zhang, Tie (Supporting)

Staff:

Wang, Yu (Original Creator)

Reviews:

User xVoretex (Score: 10/10):
10/10, total masterpiece. I've been a donghua fan for quite a while, going around a good bunch of them, be it CGI or not, I enjoy them quite thoroughly. Now, If you've never watched a CGI anime such as this, especially since the dub is Chinese, you might think I'm delusional or something, but trust me, you just need time to get used to It. The story progression is amazing, although there would be a few filters, but It's greatly built. The power progression is also amazing, everyone thinks of others as super-strong, but the truth is, they're barely at the bottom of the path of cultivation.This anime had a great potential and met it, and so will the 2nd season (Coming 2021) I reckon.
User iamKetranLang (Score: 10/10):
Fanren lives up to the Martial Arts genre. It delivers some of the best 3D sword fighting action! Our MC goes forth into a sect and to his enemies he demonstrates he can quickly rise in fighting skills and becoming the next master of elixir. Halfway in the donghua, he sets out higher and goes to a higher sect to cultivate to be an immortal, there are stronger people who fight in magic, Behind him is his shishu (senior) who was there even when others try to snub him. 2nd best character. His path forward, he fights with a burning spirit. Amazing consistent quality throughout, pickup Fanren. You can see it's good from the first episode!
User ST63LTH (Score: 9/10):
TL;DR: This is a wuxia cultivation series that doesn't have BL and has an actually good plot, great animation, detail and sound design as well as consistent character development. Mortal's Journey is a Chinese wuxia donghua that follows Han Li, a child of a poor village family who sacrifices himself to enter the seven mysterious sect in order to improve his family's living situation. Unfortunately he fails the entrance exam but is accepted as a medic's disciple learning medicine and the path of cultivation. He encounters trauma when he finds his medic teacher Mo is not what he seems and his disciple friend who showedno affinity to cultivation suddenly changing his path of cultivation to martial arts. This story is goes very in depth with character establishment in the beginning which almost made me drop it but I'm glad that I stuck along. nnStory: 9/10 nI still consider this to be a somewhat overpowered main character, he has inept affinity to cultivation and has mastered medicine and potential for cultivation based on his Teacher Mo's literature. Han Li's journey is littered with small fry antagonists that get destroyed but the story stays true to development by sticking to a lower scale of characters. nnArt & Sound: 9/10nThe art is literally amazing. I haven't seen CGI this detailed and colorful ever. I think the characters are motion captured because the body movements and facial movement are so realistic even the minute details like wrinkles are shown in the characters faces. The color is well informed, in many scenes we see the animators have implemented 3 point lighting. For example, in Episode 4 (9:33) we see on Teacher Mo there are 2 aspects of 3 point lighting (rim light provided by ambient light from the windows facing away from the sun and fill light provided by active light probably supplied by the sun) this detail in lighting makes the art and animation more enjoyable. nnFurthermore, the action scenes aren't just static fast motion follow focused shots. They are dynamic and unpredictable which also adds into the action. The focus changes in some shots where spears are thrown out of hand or when an opponent lunges forward toward MC or friendly characters. Furthermore, the specific shot types are well informed, I even spotted a dolly zoom in one of the shots where Han Li visits the Mo mansion on a bridge (I think that scene) which was a surprise.nnThe sound is also surprisingly excellent, the music reflects the mood and in cases of action scenes the music is often suspenseful which reminds me of well choreographed action/drama K-dramas. Although they are very suspenseful and reflect the mood well, it isn't a memorable experience because there aren't any theme songs.nnCharacter: 8/10 nCharacter development is the most apparent in the first half of Season 1, we are introduced to the main cast in the first episode which is a thrust into the story. I wished they didn't have a storytelling beginning that shows MC's past…
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