Wu Lei Taps to Lead The Path Towards Heaven Chinese Drama

 

It's been almost three years since Chinese actor, Leo Wu (Wu Lei), appeared in a costume drama, so when we heard that he will lead the upcoming xianxia drama, "The Path Towards Heaven" or "The Great Road to Heaven", we're happy to hear the good news. Wu Lei is one of the best C-Drama actors in the costume genre. 

He played almost all types of costume drama heroes since he was a child. But after Love Like the Galaxy in 2022, he did not appear again in the costume drama. He did two successive modern romance series, Nothing But You (2023) and Amidst the Snowstorm of Love (2024), but it's in the costume genre that we want him to see again. Wu Lei in recent years focused on making movies.

Left: Wu Lei in The Long Ballad. Right: The Path Towards Heaven book

"The Path Towards Heaven" is adapted from the novel written by Mao Ni, who also wrote the source novels of "Joy of Life" and "Ever Night". Joy of Life has seasons 1 and 2 top-billed by Zhang Ruoyun, while Ever Night starred Arthur Chen in 2018. The filming will reportedly start this coming May, to be directed by: Yang Huan, and the script will be written by Nie Chengshuai. Genre: Xianxia and Wuxia. Broadcast network: Youku. 

Here's the Plot Summary from Douban:

In Chaotian Continent, after the Qingshan Sect's uncle Jing Yang failed to ascend to heaven, he transformed into a young boy, Jing Jiu (to be played by Wu Lei). He walked the road of life again.

Jing Jiu, who had an extraordinary temperament, took in a natural Taoist named Liu Shisui as a book boy in a mountain village and brought him back to Qingshan Sect.

Jing Jiu and the Qingshan Sect's genius girl, Zhao Layue, have similar personalities and become companions on the road of cultivation. Originally, Jing Jiu just wanted to practice quietly, but he fell into a huge dispute under the arrangement of fate.

With the wisdom of practicing in two lives, Jing Jiu and his partners solved the crisis of the Chaotian Continent, gained precious friendship, and ended the hundreds of years of grievances and entanglements with his previous life brother, Taiping Zhenren.

Based on the plot summary, this drama looks like it will have plenty of fight scenes, magic, adventures, and fantasy elements. The last time Wu Lei played this type of role was in 2018's Fight Breaks Sphere, an adaptation of Battle Through Heavens.

Looks like it is a male-centric drama with no romance arc. We have not heard who he will star with in this drama, so let's look forward to the launching ceremony in May. 

Leo Wu's last four costume series: Fight Breaks Sphere (2018), Guardians of the Ancient Oath (2020), The Long Ballad (2021), and Love Like the Galaxy (2022).