Ashes to Crown

Episode 1

Ruthless Emperor Xiao Xun wipes out the Chu clan and strangles his empress. Mysteriously reborn on the eve of their wedd

Episode 2

Xiao Xun launches his rebellion early, but Chu Zhao fights her way into the palace to thwart his ascension and reshape t

Episode 3

Episode 4

Xiao Xun accuses Chu Zhao of poisoning the young emperor, but she turns his plot against him — until an assassin strik

Episode 5

Chu Zhao sets a trap to frame Xiao Xun as a defector, but Deng Yi aids his escape — putting Xie Yanlai in deadly peril

Episode 6

Xie Yanfang flexes his power by engineering an invasion on the frontier. With her father gravely ill, Chu Zhao defies th

Episode 7

Chu Zhao disguises herself among dispatch riders to evade Xiao Xun's ambush. Meanwhile, Yanlai risks everything to follo

Episode 8

Chu Zhao and Yanlai take shelter at Cangmu Stronghold, where she reveals her rebirth and past life to him. He vows to de

Episode 9

Chu Zhao sets up an ambush for Tie Ying at the Cangmu stronghold. Later, Xiao Xun colludes with the Northern Desert to l

Episode 10

With Wangcheng under siege, Chu Zhao devises a daring chain of stratagems to break free. Far away, her ailing father rec

Episode 11

Chu Zhao reaches her gravely ill father, but a shocking discovery follows. Elsewhere, Deng Yi falls into Yanfang's devio

Episode 12

Chu Zhao learns a shattering truth about her birth mother from Chu Ling and that Yanlai is partially responsible for her

Episode 13

Chu Zhao buries her grief to fight alongside Yanlai against the Northern Desert — but victory demands a staggering pri

Episode 14

Xiao Xun intercepts Chu Zhao's victory dispatches and marches on the capital. As rivals scheme for power, he burns the i

Episode 15

Chu Zhao and Yanlai use the Longwei Army to force the Lord of Xiaonan to withdraw. Back in the capital, Deng Yi and Xie

Episode 16

Chu Tang devises a plan to capture Xiao Xun, giving Chu Zhao leverage to force a surrender. Deng Yi issues an amnesty to

Episode 17

After exchanging a lifelong vow, Chu Zhao and Yanlai part ways. She returns to the capital to court allies and secure po

Episode 18

When Deng Yi blocks Chu Zhao's bid to give Yanlai command of the frontier troops, Yanlai stakes his life on a vow to sla

Episode 19

Yanlai refuses to enshrine his mother in the Xie ancestral hall and opens up to Chu Zhao. At court, Chu Zhao rattles Xia

Episode 20

Chu Zhao cracks down on corruption in Jingzhou as Yanfang feigns illness to mask a deadly move. An ill omen for Yanlai l

Episode 21

Yanfang lets Northern Desert forces ambush Zhong Changrong, but Yanlai rides to the rescue — then launches a daring as

Episode 22

Deng Yi fakes his death and flees with Xiao Xun, who poisons his father and raises an army. As the war escalates, Chu Zh

Episode 23

Chu Zhao storms Xiaonan and uncovers the true mastermind behind the upheaval — but a power grab leaves her imprisoned.

Episode 24

Chu Zhao feigns submission and secretly mentors the young emperor for one last gambit. Everything she's fought for comes