Cross-media recommendations across film, TV, games, books & music — picked by taste.
Renegade Immortal follows Wang Lin, an ordinary countryside youth with mediocre talent who enters the path of cultivation driven by personal conviction rather than gifted ability. His journey — through hardship, betrayal, and hard-won wisdom — is one of earned progress: a commoner refusing to accept the limits placed on him. The 3D animated series, produced by Build Dream Animation for Tencent Video, adapts Er Gen's xianxia web novel into a story that resonates across cultivation novels, donghua, and mythology games.
Renegade Immortal (仙逆) is a Chinese 3D animated web series (donghua) produced by Build Dream Animation and Tencent Penguin Pictures. Based on the xianxia web novel of the same name by Er Gen, the series premiered on Tencent Video on September 25, 2023.
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Film
Renegade Immortal: Battle of Gods
Returns to Wang Lin's world as demonic forces attack the Yuntian Sect, forcing allies into desperate battle.
Film
Immortal Demon Slayer
A rebel against heaven disguises himself as human to seek retribution, mirroring Wang Lin's defiance of the established order.
Film
Martial Universe: The Immortal Stone of Nirvana
A bullied youth acquires a mysterious ancestral talisman by chance and rises to challenge those who once oppressed him.
Film
Realm of the immortals
An ordinary high school student accidentally enters the immortal world and must cultivate his way upward from weakness.
Film
Descendant of the Sun
After 500 years of cultivation, an immortal descends to confront the demon nemesis who followed him to earth.
Film
The Journey of Flower
An immortal master and his orphan disciple race to reseal a demon, their bond tested against a world crisis.
Game
鬼谷八荒
An open-world cultivation sandbox rooted in Chinese mythology where you shape your own path to immortality.
Game
太吾绘卷
A life-simulation RPG where moral choices and sect relationships define your journey through a martial-arts world.
Game
Everlusting Life
An isekai adventure that pulls players from mundane life into a realm of cultivation and endless discovery.
Game
Black Myth: Wukong
An action RPG steeped in ancient Chinese mythology, where a destined hero ventures through wondrous and dangerous landscapes.
Game
Shu
A survivor flees a devastating storm, gathering stranded companions who lend their abilities to the desperate journey.
Game
Shadow Warrior 3
A fallen warrior and his uneasy ally chase an ancient dragon they unwillingly unleashed — enemies-to-partners under pressure.
Book
Immortal
A paranormal romance set among fallen angels where loyalty and sacrifice determine survival.
Book
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A manga volume delving into Kyo's past, where trust and the bonds of family and friendship face a new test.
Book
The Husky & His White Cat Shizun -- Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun Vol. 3
A reborn protagonist pursues the mastermind behind mysterious incidents while his hatred for his teacher begins to waver.
Book
Rogue
Ember defies her dragon organization to save a human, uncovering secrets that upend her loyalty to both sides.
Book
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A high schooler forced to leave home moves in with the enigmatic Sohma family and uncovers their hidden secret.
Book
The Lotus Palace
Two people from different social worlds are drawn together solving a mystery, quietly dreaming of lives beyond their limits.
Series
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
A poor village boy of mediocre aptitude claws his way upward inside a sect, echoing Wang Lin's underdog arc.
Series
A Mortal's Journey to Immortality
The same low-born commoner's slow grind through a cultivation sect, told across a continuing animated series.
Series
The Immortal Ascension
Ordinary talent, meticulous planning, and relentless hard work carry Han Li from mountain village to immortality.
Series
Immortality
A family slave cracks the mystery of supernatural powers through stubborn refusal to accept his station.
Series
The Last Immortal
Two unlikely companions — one with sealed power, one a hardworking beast — quest together to reclaim a stolen essence.
Series
World of Immortals
A cultivator trapped in a hostile world fights for survival, driven by the desire to return to someone he loves.
If you want more low-born cultivators grinding their way to greatness, A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and The Immortal Ascension follow the same patient, underdog-beats-talent formula. For something that stays in Wang Lin's own world, Renegade Immortal: Battle of Gods continues the story directly.
鬼谷八荒 (Tale of Immortal) is the closest match — an open-world cultivation sandbox rooted in Chinese mythology where you chart your own path to immortality. 太吾绘卷 adds moral depth and sect politics for a more deliberate, choice-driven experience.
Wang Lin starts with genuinely mediocre talent and no backing — he earns every step through hard-won experience and shrewd thinking rather than a cheat ability or hidden bloodline. That earned struggle is what separates it from power-fantasy cultivation stories.