★ Rights Sold: German, Portuguese!

★ On one of China's largest comic platforms, it boasts over 32 billion clicks and has been bookmarked by more than 6.8 million users, making it a true national phenomenon! Over 150,000 users have rated it an impressive 9.8 out of 10!

★ Its animated adaptation is hailed as a landmark "Chinese Animation Masterpiece" for the Chinese animation industry. The first five seasons have amassed over 4 billion total views. On Douban (China's equivalent of Goodreads, a mainstream rating platform), the multiple seasons have collectively received over 400,000 user reviews with an average score above 8 out of 10. Season 6 premiered on January 2, 2026!

★ Its Japanese-dubbed version aired in primetime on Japanese television as early as 2016 and has been featured multiple times in the renowned Japanese anime magazine ANIMAGE, garnering attention and praise from core overseas anime fans.

★ An "Eastern Fantasy" Rooted in Modern Urban Soil: It creates a hidden world of "Supernaturals" beneath contemporary society. Their power system, "Qi," is deeply rooted in Daoist philosophy and Chinese martial arts. Yet, the story's core is universally familiar—a coming-of-age tale about finding one's identity, guarding secrets, and self-awakening.

In the bustling modern cities of China, Zhang Chulan, a seemingly ordinary university student, has his life turned upside down during the Qingming Festival when he returns home to visit his family grave. His grandfather's tomb is mysteriously desecrated, and a disheveled, vacant-eyed girl wielding a kitchen knife named Feng Baobao abruptly crashes into his life.

Feng Baobao knows everything about Zhang Chulan but nothing about her own past. She takes him to the "Where-To-Express" delivery company where she works—which is, in reality, a secret state agency that manages superpowered beings known as "Supernaturals." Thus, Zhang Chulan is forced to acknowledge his own identity as a Supernatural and becomes entangled in the immense mystery left behind by his grandfather.

To help Feng Baobao uncover her lost origins and the secret of her immortality, and to investigate the truth behind his own family's legacy and its connection to a cataclysmic event in the Supernatural world decades ago known as the "Jiashen Rebellion," Zhang Chulan must leave his peaceful campus life behind. Teaming up with Feng Baobao, he steps into the bizarre and wondrous world of Supernaturals: participating in the "Luotian Dajiao" succession rite at the Celestial Master's Mansion on Longhu Mountain, navigating between the order-disrupting Quanzhen Sect, the ostensibly righteous "Ten Greats" with their own hidden agendas, and the vast corporate system.

The story unfolds along two parallel tracks: one follows Zhang Chulan's transformation from a young man who hides his power and endures to survive into a capable individual who actively shapes his destiny with wit and strength; the other is Feng Baobao's poignant journey as she painstakingly pieces together her non-human past from fragmented flashbacks and harsh truths.

Every character they encounter—the lazy yet incredibly powerful Taoist priest Wang Ye, Zhuge Qing burdened by his family's glory, the morally ambiguous Zhang Lingyu—possesses a vivid personality and complex motivations. Together, they weave an expansive "jianghu" (urban martial world) of betrayal, legacy, righteousness and choice.

This journey is not merely one of unraveling mysteries; it is a profound bond between two lonely souls who depend on each other in a cruel world, searching for the meaning of their own existence.

Mi Er, born Gao An in Beijing in 1979, is one of China's most influential and representative manhua artists today.

His career path is quite legendary. Before the age of 30, he worked as a chef. Driven by his passion for comics, he made a resolute career change. Starting as a comic assistant, he quickly rose to prominence thanks to his unique understanding of storytelling and visuals. His representative work, The Outcast, began serialization in 2015. It quickly ignited the market with its solid narrative, profound cultural depth, and highly distinctive art style, cementing his top-tier status in the Chinese manhua industry.

Mi Er's creative signature lies in his skill at seamlessly integrating traditional Chinese cultural elements (such as Daoist philosophy, Qimen Dunjia, and folk legends) into modern story frameworks while endowing his characters with deep and complex humanity. The worlds he depicts are both fantastical and palpably real; his characters wield supernatural powers yet also grapple with ordinary human confusion, desires, and struggles. This is the core reason why The Outcast resonates so powerfully with a vast readership.