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Word of Honor

★ 8.3 5K votes 2021–2021 1 season · 37 episodes Ended Youku
Central duoOne pair's chemistry carries everything.This show: 9/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 9/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 8/10RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10Queer storiesLGBTQ+ lives and relationships at the center.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Zhehan ZhangJun GongYe ZhouSha Zi XuanYiffan WeiMa Cheng
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Starring
Zhehan ZhangJun GongYe ZhouSha Zi XuanYiffan WeiMa Cheng
Written by
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Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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"Wuxia mystery powered by an unforgettable central duo"

A retired assassin leader, dying and disguised as a wandering healer, crosses paths with a mysterious swordsman hiding secrets of his own. Their chance meeting pulls them into a sprawling wuxia mystery involving rival sects, buried conspiracies, and old blood debts. The show moves through lush period settings and elaborate martial-arts set pieces, but its real engine is the slow-burn chemistry between the two leads, whose banter and loyalty carry even the draggier plot detours. It's melodramatic, stylish, and unabashedly romantic beneath the sword fights.

Watch it for

the magnetic lead chemistry that turns a sprawling wuxia plot into something achingly personal.

Maybe skip if

you need tight pacing, since side-plots and subplots can meander before threads reconnect.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12021
9.23K3715h 40m
A disillusioned leader of assassins sets out for the martial arts world, where he encounters a bosom friend and becomes entangled in a conspiracy.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.18.4
24445 min
▶2Episode #1.28.5
137—
▶3Episode #1.38.5
11644 min
▶4Episode #1.48.6
11346 min
▶5Episode #1.58.3
11044 min
▶6Episode #1.69.3
10145 min
▶7Episode #1.79.4
9244 min
▶8Episode #1.89.5
8847 min
▶9Episode #1.99.6
98—
▶10Episode #1.109.5
9147 min
▶11Episode #1.119.6
9444 min
▶12Episode #1.129.4
8445 min
▶13Episode #1.139.6
8445 min
▶14Episode #1.149.5
8243 min
▶15Episode #1.159.3
8243 min
▶16Episode #1.169.4
8241 min
▶17Episode #1.179.4
9445 min
▶18Episode #1.189.3
79—
▶19Episode #1.199.3
77—
▶20Episode #1.209.3
76—
▶21Episode #1.219.4
74—
▶22Episode #1.229.2
76—
▶23Episode #1.239.2
69—
▶24Episode #1.249.3
7541 min
▶25Episode #1.259.2
7545 min
▶26Episode #1.269.3
7345 min
▶27Episode #1.279.5
73—
▶28Episode #1.289.4
75—
▶29Episode #1.299.5
74—
▶30Episode #1.309.3
76—
▶31Episode #1.319.3
73—
▶32Episode #1.329.3
75—
▶33Episode #1.339.3
77—
▶34Episode #1.348.9
10746 min
▶35Episode #1.359.5
8144 min
▶36Episode #1.369.1
8443 min
▶37Episode #1.379.2
1068 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Zhehan Zhang Zhou Zishu, Zhou Zi Su
Jun Gong Wen Kexing
Ye Zhou Gu Xiang, Guo Xiang
Sha Zi Xuan
Yiffan Wei Han Ying
Ma Cheng Tao Hong Po
Wenyuan Ma Cao Weining, Cao Wei Ning
Daikun Li Scorpion King, Scorpion
Xilun Sun Zhang Chengling
Zihan Chen Xi Sang Gui, Xi SangGui

Crew

Priest

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