
Tencent’s fantasy series Sword and Fairy 仙剑六祈今朝 recently announced its casting lineup after filming for the project officially wrapped in November 2022. Character posters accompanying the announcement also gave us a sneak peek at the drama’s two main leads Xu Kai and Esther Yu Shu Xin as Yue Jin Zhao and Yue Qi respectively. Xu Kai is pretty much a mainstay in the costume historical genre since getting his big break in Story of Yanxi Palace four years ago. Likewise, Esther’s recent drama Love Between Fairy and Devil turned out to be a summer hit thereby showing off her potential to star in a xianxia series.

Aside from these two, we also get a look at the rest of the crew whom Yue Jin Zhao and Yue Qi meet along the way in the search for their lost memories and eventually to bring down a cult. There’s Fu Xin Bo’s wolf demon Xian Qing, Wan Peng’s Luo Zhao Yan who is leading the charge against the cult, Bai Bing Ke’s Ming Xiu and Zhou Li Jie’s Ju Shi Fang.

Sword and Fairy is adapted from the role playing game Chinese Paladin 6 aka The Legend of Sword and Fairy 仙剑奇侠传六. Although the show kept the game’s English title, the Chinese title Qi Jin Zhao is actually the two main character’s names combined. Sword and Fairy is among three upcoming drama adaptations from the popular gaming franchise. Prior to this, there were Chinese Paladin, Chinese Paladin 3 and Chinese Paladin 5 from 2016 being the most “recent” one.




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Seriously
Those are extremely unfortunate pics of the female lead. Makeup is horrendous, does she have pinkeye? C-dramas REALLY REALLY need to look beyond these xianxi series.
Coralie
is that Wen Pang I spy? *fansqueal*
my two favs (wen pang and Esther) are in the same drama – must watch!
Yooi
Wan Peng as the 2nd fl? i thought she always play 1st fl. but yeah, comparing to esther who had many popular dramas under her belt.
aiyooo, will esther play the same character as in her previous dramas? she needs to step up to another level of acting. it’s not like she cant act but her repetitive role is boring.
probably a crime thriller drama next rime.
xukai is being xu kai. i have no expectations, sorry.