Vow of the Phoenix poster out featuring Naran in Xiao Shun Yao’s embrace to celebrate Valentine’s Day
Michelle Topham 
The Naran and Xiao Shun Yao-led Chinese historical drama Vow of the Phoenix has just dropped a new poster featuring the two leads, with Naran in Xiao Shun Yao’s embrace as a lovely illustration of today’s Valentine’s Day.
YOUKU’s Weibo account also commented:
Day after day, night after night, smoke and shadows intertwine; year after year, phoenix hearts remain steadfast. Meeting was destiny, a fortunate companionship in the martial world
The C-drama was one of several upcoming romance dramas YOUKU dropped posters for today as, yep, it’s Valentine’s Day. The day we celebrate couples everywhere.
Even if they are just couples on a TV series.
This one, however, is one of my most-anticipated C-dramas of 2026 as not only am I a big fan of Xiao Shun Yao, but I am fully of the belief that the 37-year-old Chinese actor should have been awarded far more main lead roles than he has been — his Vow of the Phoenix lead role being only his seventh of the last six years.
No word yet on when Vow of the Phoenix will premiere either although, as the drama only wrapped its filming on September 7th, 2025, (and dropped character visuals the day after), it may be a while yet.
We’ll keep you in the loop here at Baozi Buns as more info drops.
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