Based on the seventh book in Tianxia Bachang’s Ghost Blows out the Light novel series, The Wrath of Time 鬼吹灯之怒晴湘西 stars Pan Yueming (Day & Night) as Chen Yulou, a grave robber who decides to explore the Yuan Dynasty tombs in Xiangxi.
The team also includes warlord Luo Laowai (Cao Weiyu), Yulou’s right-hand-woman Miss Hong (Xin Zhilei) and Zhe Gushao (Gao Weiguang), the last descendant of the Banshan Clan who wants to find a magical pearl that can free his clan from a deadly curse.
The Wrath of Time comes from directors Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang (Candle in the Tomb: The Weasel Grave) and will air on Tencent late this year or early 2019.