A commander tasked with hunting a demon finds the line between duty and mercy harder to hold than any sword, at the center of this 2020 Chinese animated feature.
What is Legend of Deification about?
Set against a landscape scarred by war, Legend of Deification follows Jiang Ziya, a once-celebrated military commander now sent on a mission to eliminate the Nine-tailed Fox Demon believed to threaten every mortal being. The assignment looks straightforward until Jiang Ziya uncovers something about the demon's existence that unsettles the certainty of his orders and pulls him into a conflict between the higher powers who command him and his own sense of what is right. What follows is a journey across a world built from Chinese mythology, where celestial hierarchies, ancient grudges, and the fate of ordinary people all bend around one soldier's refusal to simply follow through without question. The animation leans into large-scale, sweeping visuals to render its battles and otherworldly settings, giving the mythology a scale that matches its stakes.
About the cast
The Chinese voice cast is led by Zheng Xi in the role of Jiang Ziya, joined by Guangtao Jiang, Ji Guanlin, Sheng Feng, Ning Yang, and Meme Yan, who together bring the film's ensemble of gods, generals, and spirits to life.
Context & significance
Legend of Deification draws on Fengshen Yanyi, one of the classic sources of Chinese mythology that has inspired storytelling for centuries, reworking its cast of deities and demons into a modern animated adventure. Directed by Cheng Teng and Li Wei, the film arrived as part of a wave of ambitious Chinese animation aimed at bringing folklore epics to a wide family audience, pairing traditional cosmology with contemporary action pacing.
Watching Legend of Deification on Ktime
Legend of Deification is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making the film's mythology easy to follow for Farsi-speaking viewers of any age. Watching only requires a K-Time account with login; browsing the film's page needs nothing at all.