Ashes to Crown

Season 1

General's daughter Chu Zhao escapes her fate as a political pawn by taking control of her destiny. She meets Xie Yanlai, helping him rise to Great General. Together they defeat Crown Prince Xiao Xun's schemes and foreign invaders.

Where to Watch Ashes to Crown • Season 1

24 Episodes

Episode 1
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Episode 1Ruthless Emperor Xiao Xun wipes out the Chu clan and strangles his empress. Mysteriously reborn on the eve of their wedding, Chu Zhao vows revenge.
Episode 2
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Episode 2Xiao Xun launches his rebellion early, but Chu Zhao fights her way into the palace to thwart his ascension and reshape the empire's fate.
Episode 3
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Episode 3Now regent, Chu Zhao appoints her trusted ally to lead the Imperial Guard. But as tensions mount, Xiao Xun lays a trap — and she's ready for it.
Episode 4
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Episode 4Xiao Xun accuses Chu Zhao of poisoning the young emperor, but she turns his plot against him — until an assassin strikes at court.
Episode 5
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Episode 5Chu Zhao sets a trap to frame Xiao Xun as a defector, but Deng Yi aids his escape — putting Xie Yanlai in deadly peril along the way.
Episode 6
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Episode 6Xie Yanfang flexes his power by engineering an invasion on the frontier. With her father gravely ill, Chu Zhao defies the court to ride to his aid.
Episode 7
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Episode 7Chu Zhao disguises herself among dispatch riders to evade Xiao Xun's ambush. Meanwhile, Yanlai risks everything to follow her to the frontier.
Episode 8
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Episode 8Chu Zhao and Yanlai take shelter at Cangmu Stronghold, where she reveals her rebirth and past life to him. He vows to defy fate by her side.
Episode 9
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Episode 9Chu Zhao sets up an ambush for Tie Ying at the Cangmu stronghold. Later, Xiao Xun colludes with the Northern Desert to launch an attack.
Episode 10
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Episode 10With Wangcheng under siege, Chu Zhao devises a daring chain of stratagems to break free. Far away, her ailing father receives word of her battle.
Episode 11
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Episode 11Chu Zhao reaches her gravely ill father, but a shocking discovery follows. Elsewhere, Deng Yi falls into Yanfang's devious trap.
Episode 12
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Episode 12Chu Zhao learns a shattering truth about her birth mother from Chu Ling and that Yanlai is partially responsible for her father's chronic illness.
Episode 13
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Episode 13Chu Zhao buries her grief to fight alongside Yanlai against the Northern Desert — but victory demands a staggering price from those she loves most.
Episode 14
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Episode 14Xiao Xun intercepts Chu Zhao's victory dispatches and marches on the capital. As rivals scheme for power, he burns the imperial edict and openly rebels.
Episode 15
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Episode 15Chu Zhao and Yanlai use the Longwei Army to force the Lord of Xiaonan to withdraw. Back in the capital, Deng Yi and Xie Yanfang's rivalry escalates.
Episode 16
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Episode 16Chu Tang devises a plan to capture Xiao Xun, giving Chu Zhao leverage to force a surrender. Deng Yi issues an amnesty to end the conflict.
Episode 17
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Episode 17After exchanging a lifelong vow, Chu Zhao and Yanlai part ways. She returns to the capital to court allies and secure power — but Yanfang is watching.
Episode 18
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Episode 18When Deng Yi blocks Chu Zhao's bid to give Yanlai command of the frontier troops, Yanlai stakes his life on a vow to slay the Northern Desert King.
Episode 19
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Episode 19Yanlai refuses to enshrine his mother in the Xie ancestral hall and opens up to Chu Zhao. At court, Chu Zhao rattles Xiao Xun with a fire oil inquiry.
Episode 20
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Episode 20Chu Zhao cracks down on corruption in Jingzhou as Yanfang feigns illness to mask a deadly move. An ill omen for Yanlai leaves Chu Zhao on edge.
Episode 21
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Episode 21Yanfang lets Northern Desert forces ambush Zhong Changrong, but Yanlai rides to the rescue — then launches a daring assault on the desert royal court.
Episode 22
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Episode 22Deng Yi fakes his death and flees with Xiao Xun, who poisons his father and raises an army. As the war escalates, Chu Zhao rides out to fight — alone.
Episode 23
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Episode 23Chu Zhao storms Xiaonan and uncovers the true mastermind behind the upheaval — but a power grab leaves her imprisoned. Then the impossible happens.
Episode 24
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Episode 24Chu Zhao feigns submission and secretly mentors the young emperor for one last gambit. Everything she's fought for comes down to this.