Pursuit of Jade officially a huge success with 10,604 on iQIYI’s heat index and 31,000 on Tencent
Michelle Topham 
The iQIYI drama Pursuit of Jade ended its 40-episode run on March 26th, but it was today before the streaming service confirmed the C-drama has been a smash hit on the platform. (Well, it was pretty obvious before today’s announcement, but…)
That confirmation came in the form of yet another gorgeous visual featuring leads Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei, this time fighting in battle side-by-side, along with the news the Chinese fantasy drama had officially exceeded 10,000 on iQIYI’s heat index.
Or, to be exact, Pursuit of Jade had climbed to 10,604 on the heat index.
Considering a score of 10,000 on iQIYI means any drama that hits it is one of the most successful the platform has released, to climb even beyond that means Pursuit of Jade is easily one of the most successful series on iQIYI in 2026 so far.
After climbing to 30,000 on Tencent Video early in its run as well, the C-drama even hit 31,000 soon after — meaning it was also an enormous success on Tencent Video too. (See celebratory visual below)
Pursuit of Jade on Netflix
The Chinese drama is also streaming internationally on Netflix where it has received an exceptionally good reception. (Chinese dramas don’t perform as well on Netflix as do K-dramas, for instance. They just don’t. So, when one does, it has received exceptional attention for the genre).
It climbed to #6 on last week’s Top 10 Most-Watched Non-English TV Shows chart last week, and is still sitting in the #8 spot this week.
The C-drama is currently in the Top 10 in nine countries, and earned 1.8M views this week alone.
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