仙王的日常生活
The Daily Life of the Immortal King
The world's strongest cultivator just wants to get through high school
Synopsis
In a modern world where cultivation is part of everyday life, Wang Ling has broken through to a new realm every two years since he was one. At sixteen, he is so powerful he has to seal his abilities so as not to destroy anything by accident.
Yet his dream is simple: an ordinary school life at Songhai No. 60 High School. Between nosy classmates, malicious cultivators and supernatural threats, he spends his days secretly saving the world without ever giving himself away.
Based on Kuxuan's novel, the donghua has aired on Bilibili since January 2020. It has five seasons, the fifth premiering in December 2025, and a sixth has been announced.
World
The story is set in a contemporary China where cultivation is taught at school, governed by exams and woven into daily life. This familiar backdrop of classrooms, school competitions and shopping malls contrasts with the hero's outrageous power.
Power system
Cultivation follows a series of realms that most people take decades to climb. Wang Ling has passed them effortlessly; the challenge is not to grow stronger but to stay low-key and contain a power that could wipe out the city.
Reception & popularity
Streamed on Netflix from 2021 and later dubbed in English by Crunchyroll, the series was one of the first donghua to reach a wide Western audience. Its humour has often been compared to that of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., a comparison that has also sparked debate.
My take
The Daily Life of the Immortal King turns xianxia on its head: the hero is already at the top, and all the fun comes from his efforts to hide it. Wang Ling, deadpan in the face of chaos, is a very effective comic engine.
The studio changes make the visuals uneven from season to season, and the humour won't suit everyone. But the short episodes are a pleasure to watch, and the relationship with Sun Rong adds genuine warmth.
Who is it for?Watch it if you want a light school comedy, or a break between two cultivation sagas several hundred episodes long.
Main characters
More character profiles are coming.
Adaptations
This franchise also exists in other formats — each with its own pacing and audience.
Trivia
- Kuxuan's novel runs to over 2,200 chapters and is still being published on Qidian.
- In Japan the series is known as Fujimi na Boku no Nichijō and has a Japanese dub.
- Three studios have handled the animation: Haoliners for season 1, Lead Element for seasons 2 and 3, then Liyu Culture.
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