Michelle Topham 
Just three days before The Immortal Ascension premieres on YOUKU, and the Chinese drama has already exceeded more than 4 million reservations on the streaming platform.
YOUKU announced that milestone late yesterday along with a new poster featuring actor Yang Yang as the drama’s protagonist Han Li (above), and a message commenting:
Congratulations to #The Immortal Ascension for having exceeded 4 million reservations#!
Be wise and cautious in your pursuit of the truth!
Watch Han Li (@杨洋 – actor Yang Yang’s Weibo account) as a mortal on his thorny immortal journey!
#The Immortal Ascension will be exclusively available on Youku, so stay tuned!
That 4 million reservations is also an additional 1 million beyond the 3 million the Chinese drama had earned only four days ago.
Then again, all signs point to The Immortal Ascension likely becoming one of this year’s most popular C-dramas.
Not only due to its excellent cast, but especially as it is based on the long-running, and incredibly successful donghua A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality.
A donghua that is currently earning over 100 million views a month, and showing no signs of slowing down in its massive popularity.
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