“What sets this series apart is its consistent quality across multiple seasons. Many AI short dramas rely on early novelty but fade quickly. This one keeps improving in both production and storytelling.”
— The Paper · Youxi “Micro-Drama Review” column

“As the show‘s data proves, short dramas can have their own blockbuster-level Chinese animation IP.”
— Sohu.com

“Non-stop action, non-stop leveling up. The quality is nearly on par with professional animation — fast-paced, no filler, perfect fight scenes and effects. An absolute thrill to watch!”
— Douban user

★ The AI animated series adaptation, “The Art of Demon Hunting,” has surpassed 6 billion views, with Season 9 hitting 120 million in heat score on its premiere day—setting a new series record and becoming the first animated short drama to break 100 million in heat score.
★ A modern man‘s soul awakens in the body of a disgraced official’s daughter in Tang Dynasty China. Male mind, female body, system-bound, no romance—just slaying demons and stealing their powers. The protagonist navigates a world of monsters and schemes with ruthless efficiency and zero moral baggage.
★ To slay a demon is to claim its form and power. Each kill feeds the “Demon Tamer‘s Codex” — and the protagonist, known as “the gender-swapped version of A Record of a Mortal‘s Journey to Immortality,” drives the story forward with relentless focus.

As of August 2026, the novel has reached Chapter 928, totaling over 2.08 million Chinese characters. Serialization ongoing.
Volume 1: Desert Demon Blade Arc — 140 chapters (Ch. 1–140)
Volume 2: Cold Pool Golden Scale Arc — 126 chapters (Ch. 141–266)
Volume 3: The Scourge of Ten Thousand Demons Arc — 211 chapters (Ch. 267–477)
Volume 4: Wind Rises in the Eastern Domain Arc — 113 chapters (Ch. 478–590)
Volume 5: Dream of Cloud Village Arc — 194 chapters (Ch. 591–784)
Volume 6: Havoc in the Sky Arc — 144 chapters (Ch. 785–928)

A modern office worker dies suddenly and wakes up in the Tang Dynasty — inside the body of a disgraced official’s daughter, exiled and left for dead.

In this world, gods and Buddhas have vanished, leaving only demons and monsters. As she nears death on the road to exile, the protagonist‘s soul takes over, binding a powerful system called the “Demon Tamer‘s Codex.” Every demon slain becomes a page in the codex — its form and power absorbed for cultivation and breakthrough.

But this is no ordinary “girl in another world” story. Her soul is still male — pragmatic, calculating, and completely free of moral hang-ups. Her first real act? When a demon attacks, she kills a weakened human officer to steal his cultivation and tip the odds in her favor. She joins the Demon Suppression Bureau, pacifies monster outbreaks across Chang’an and Jiangnan, and climbs through conspiracies involving the imperial court, Buddhist temples, and her family‘s wrongful conviction.

To repair her broken codex, she ventures deep into demon territory, uncovers the truth of why the gods abandoned the mortal realm, hunts down renegade Buddhists in the Western Regions, and confronts extra-dimensional demons that threaten to overrun the world. In the final battle, she reaches the highest level of cultivation, slays the Demon Lord, and seals the dimensional rift.

No romance. No hesitation. Just power, progress, and the will to survive. 928 chapters and counting.

Bazhua Chushouguai (Eight-Tentacled Monster) is a contracted author on Fanqie Novel. Their breakout work, “The Art of Demon Hunting: Reborn as a Girl” (formerly known as “That Demon is Lord Jiang”), is a top title in Fanqie‘s fantasy fiction category. The AI animated adaptation “The Art of Demon Hunting” was the first animated short drama on Hongguo Short Drama to break 100 million in heat score, with cumulative views exceeding 6 billion.