The BEST episodes of Thunderbolt Fantasy
Every episode of Thunderbolt Fantasy ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Thunderbolt Fantasy!
In an Eastern-styled fantasy setting, a brother and sister team of sacred guardians is beset by the Xuan Gui Zong, minions of Miè Tian Hai, who seeks the Tian Xing Jiàn sword that they possess. Hai showing up himself leads to the defeat of the brother, but his sister, Dan Fei, jumps off a cliff to temporary safety. Later, a wandering swordsman comes across a ruined temple where a statue of Buddha is protected by an umbrella against the rain. When he takes the umbrella for himself, a man resting under a tree nearby informs him the he must be compassionate to the next traveler he meets as trade-off for taking the umbrella. But the next traveler is Dan Fei, who is still being pursue by the Xuan Gui Zong minions, and between that and the sorcery of the other man he finds himself unable to avoid getting involved.
#1 - A New Duty
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2016
Xuě Yā duels Tiān Hái, with Xuě Yā crushing Tiān Hái's spirit. Because of this, Tiān Hái destroys the Tiān Xíng Jiàn, releasing Yāo Tú Lí from the binding. Bù Huàn decides to face Yāo Tú Lí. He defeats the demon god by channeling the power of one of the thirty-six swords he collected from his travels, and banishes the demon god to the far reaches of space, ending the threat once and for all. He leaves the sword in the care of Cán Yún and Fěi, and departs, but not before receiving a parting gift from Xuě Yā.
#2 - Seven Comrades
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/12/2016
Bù Huàn is worried that the group cannot work together, as everyone is suspicious of each other. However, he still accompanies them as they ride a boat to the Demon Spine Mountains. Upon arrival to shore, the group encounters the Xuán Guǐ Zōng, led by Liè Mèi and Diāo Mìng. Cán Yún is motivated by Wú Shēng to attack and takes care of the "cannon fodder," while Hài and Yún Xiāo work together to raise the dead created by Cán Yún. Wú Shēng finally attacks after all the soldiers have been taken care of, killing Liè Mèi. Suddenly, Miè Tiān Hái shows up.
#3 - The Essence of a Sword
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/2/2016
Yún Xiāo and Xíng Hài reveal that their letters from Lǐn Xuě Yā asked them to swindle Fěi of her crossguard. Wú Shēng affirms this with the letter he stole from Xuě Yā's teacher, Lián Qí. Cán Yún is shaken up by this turn of events, but still follows the other three as they leave Bù Huàn and Fěi in their cells. Wú Shēng returns to the Tower, though, seeking Xuě Yā's head as promised. Meanwhile, Xuě Yā and Miè Tiān Hái are having a discussion about the Tiān Xíng Jiàn. Wú Shēng interrupts this discussion, though, and before going after Xuě Yā, challenges Tiān Hái to a duel. Tiān Hái slays Wú Shēng, and explains his swordsmanship to Xuě Yā. While this happens, Bù Huàn breaks out of his cell.
#4 - The Whereabouts of the Soul Echo Flute
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/29/2016
Guǐ Niǎo uses fire to draw Hài out of hiding, managing to persuade her to join his party after bringing up the Tiān Xíng Jiàn. Meanwhile, Lián Qí, Guǐ Niǎo's master who possesses the Soul Echo Flute needed to make it through the labyrinth leading to the Demon Spine Mountain, is attacked and killed by the Screaming Phoenix Killer, Shā Wú Shēng. He steals the flute and awaits Guǐ Niǎo's arrival. Wú Shēng tries to provoke Guǐ Niǎo into fighting, but he refuses to do so. Instead, Yún Xiāo and Cán Yún attempt to fight against Wú Shēng but are both easily outmatched, prompting Guǐ Niǎo to call a retreat.
#5 - The Sword Devil, Shā Wú Shēng
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/5/2016
After the group returns to their inn, they talk about confronting the Screaming Phoenix Killer. Cán Yún is determined to fight Wú Shēng in a duel the next morning, because he considers himself expendable and because, if he wins, then he would make a name for himself. Xíng Hài offers her help in the form of spells. Guǐ Niǎo, however, feels that confrontation should only be used as a last resort. Bù Huàn gets tired of the talk and decides to head off on his own. He goes to the Devilwood Flower Garden himself and asks Wú Shēng to hand over the Soul Echo Flute. Wú Shēng refuses and they prepare to battle, but Guǐ Niǎo diffuses the situation and asks Wú Shēng the favor of becoming the performer of the Soul Echo Flute; in exchange, Guǐ Niǎo propositions Wú Shēng his head once they have reached the summit of the Demon Spine Mountains. Wú Shēng agrees. Meanwhile, Miè Tiān Hái suspects that Guǐ Niǎo's group will head to him.
#6 - The Patriot, Once Again
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/19/2021
Jūn Pò informs both soldiers of Xī Yōu and the Order of the Divine Swarm of the truth surrounding the Void Junction, as well as him being a double-agent, and intends to stop Zhào Jūn Lín. Despite the animosity from both sides, the soldiers choose to join Jūn Pò in destroying all the Scrying Mirrors. Jūn Pò sets Xuě Yā free but keeps Bù Huàn imprisoned due to his loyalty to Míng Huáng, and that he intends to fight Zhào Jūn Lín alone using the Sorcerous Sword Index. Jūn Pò then tells Bù Huàn that should the latter free himself somehow, they would have one final battle for possession of the Index.
#7 - A Bizarre, Bloodstained Ballad
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/2018
Bù Huàn, Xuě Yā, and Wū Yáo find a hanged Kuáng Juàn with a note, indicating he was killed by Zhèn Jiè, who challenges Bù Huàn to a duel. Bù Huàn accepts and meets Zhèn Jiè in the Demon Spine Mountains where they begin their battle. To avoid being charmed by the Seven Blasphemous Deaths, Bù Huàn allows himself to be turned into a puppet by the Night of Mourning, with Xuě Yā as its wielder.
#8 - Demonic Swords/Holy Swords
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2018
Bù Huàn meets up with Wū Yáo, who just finished making a grave for Yīng Luò. Bù Huàn is chastised for his compassion for others, which led to everything that is going on so far, before Wū Yáo sets off to face Lóu Zhèn Jiè alone.
#9 - The Path of the Strong
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2018
The Seven Blasphemous Deaths lambasts Yīng Luò for failing to defeat Wū Yáo, and orders her to offer her blood to the sword as punishment. Frustrated, Yīng Luò frees herself from the sword and leaves.
#10 - Hellfire Valley
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2018
With his health recovered, Shāng Bù Huàn takes a stand against the poisonous Xiē Yīngluò and the treacherous Xiào Kuáng Juàn.
#11 - Xiān Zhèn Fortress
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2018
The Sorcerous Sword Index is a collection of 35 magical swords wielding otherworldly powers, many of which have the potential to bring ruin to the human realm. Shāng Bù Huàn has fled his homeland of Xī Yōu with the index in order to keep it from falling into the wrong hands... but trouble has a way of finding him.
#12 - A Blade That Doesn't Cut
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/2016
After escaping, Bù Huàn happens upon Cán Yún and Fěi. He learns Yún Xiāo and Hài stole the crossguard and intend to sell it to Tiān Hái. Suddenly, Diāo Mìng and the Xuán Guǐ Zōng show up and attack the three of them. Bù Huàn shows his true colors and fights with a wooden branch. After killing Diāo Mìng and the Xuán Guǐ Zōng, Bù Huàn explains his philosophy as the three of them head to the Duàn Jiàn Cí. Meanwhile, Yún Xiāo and Hài meet with Tiān Hái at the Duàn Jiàn Cí. After removing the sword from the pedestal, Yāo Tú Lí is revealed, the lost demon god. Hài then kills Yún Xiāo for trying to prevent the awakening of the demon god. Xuě Yā confronts Tiān Hái outside the Duàn Jiàn Cí after Hài leaves.
#13 - A Proud Life
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2016
Bù Huàn, disguised as Xuě Yā, meets with Tiān Hái, who becomes very suspicious, and together with the Xuán Guǐ Zōng, ride their demon birds to the Limitless Temple. As this happens, Xuě Yā discovers that Yún Xiāo and Xíng Hài also met with Tiān Hái. He then goes to unlock the safe containing the hilt of the Tiān Xíng Jiàn, transforming his pipe into chopsticks. Erstwhile, after Bù Huàn receives the gold agreed upon for the crossguard of the Tiān Xíng Jiàn, he is questioned by Tiān Hái and Diāo Mìng, who have already seen through his disguise. Bù Huàn then acts as bait to allow Xuě Yā to finish his part. However, Tiān Hái had kept the hilt on him the entire time. Meanwhile, Cán Yún and Fěi also head to the Limitless Temple by way of a Spirit Tree. There, they find the crossguard before the others arrive. They were followed by Yún Xiāo and Hài, though, and are forced to fight. Yún Xiāo and Hài obtain the crossguard and force Cán Yún and Fěi to retreat. Xuě Yā, alone again, sets up a trap.
#14 - Bewitching Whispers
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2018
Xiē Yīngluò has been bested, beaten, betrayed, and brutalized, and at this point she has nothing to lose. What will happen when the cornered scorpion is presented with a means of turning her doomed luck around?
#15 - Attack of the Xuán Guǐ Zōng!
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2016
Fěi explains to Bù Huàn and the peculiar man, who calls himself Guǐ Niǎo, that the Xuán Guǐ Zōng need the crossguard she is carrying to draw the Tiān Xíng Jiàn from its sealed pedestal. Not wanting to get involved any further, Bù Huàn takes his leave and goes into a town, where he learns that the Xuán Guǐ Zōng have labelled him as an enemy. He leaves town, passing by a stranger who warns him of an ambush further down the road. Exactly like the man warned him, the Xuán Guǐ Zōng's Liè Mèi confronts Bù Huàn and her lackeys surround him. Just then, Bù Huàn is joined by a warrior named Juǎn Cán Yún, along with the stranger from earlier, Shòu Yún Xiāo, who defeat Mèi's soldiers and force her to retreat.
#16 - The Woman in Night Devil Forest
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/2016
Yún Xiāo and Cán Yún are revealed to be allies summoned by Guǐ Niǎo to join Fěi and a reluctant Bù Huàn as they journey to the Seven Sins Tower in the Demon Spine Mountains where the Xuán Guǐ Zōng dwell. Guǐ Niǎo explains that in order to get past the barrier surrounding the mountains and reach the tower, they must overcome three different obstacles, one of which requires the assistance of a demon necromancer named Xíng Hài, who resides in the Night Devil Forest. The next day, the group heads into the forest to seek out Hài, who believes them to be trespassers and attacks them with an army of zombies, which Fěi and Cán Yún fend off while the other three press forward.
#17 - The Enigmatic Gale
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/26/2016
After Bù Huàn storms off, Fěi admonishes the groups and runs after him. Guǐ Niǎo also follows her. The remaining four comrades decide to pass through the Labyrinth of Darkness using the Soul Echo Flute. Guǐ Niǎo and Fěi find Bù Huàn spying on some Xuán Guǐ Zōng soldiers, who are trying to catch more demon birds. The three of them ambush the Xuán Guǐ Zōng and use a bone-whistle to call the demon birds and ride them to the Seven Sins Tower. Once they arrive, they find Tiān Hái waiting for them. Fěi immediately attacks him, seeking vengeance for her brother and to obtain the hilt of the Tiān Xíng Jiàn. However, Guǐ Niǎo sprays Fěi with smoke, causing her to attack Bù Huàn instead. Diāo Mìng then knocks out Fěi and arrests Bù Huàn. They are then thrown into cages, where they are found by the other four. Yún Xiāo reveals Guǐ Niǎo's other name, Enigmatic Gale (Lüè Fēng Qiè Chén), while Fěi reveals his real name, Lǐn Xuě Yā.
#18 - Code of Umbrellas
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2016
One stormy night, Dān Fěi and her brother Dān Héng, protectors of the Tiān Xíng Jiàn, are pursued by the evil Xuán Guǐ Zōng clan. Although the clan's leader, Miè Tiān Hái, manages to kill Héng and retrieve the sword's hilt, Fěi manages to escape off a cliff. Meanwhile, a travelling swordsman named Shāng Bù Huàn comes across an umbrella covering a Buddha statue, where a peculiar man informs him that taking the umbrella will require him to do a good favor in return. As Bù Huàn returns on his journey, he encounters Fěi as she escapes from Xuán Guǐ Zōng members, prompting him to step in to protect her. After bringing Fěi back to the man he met earlier, Bù Huàn is confronted by the Xuán Guǐ Zōng's Cán Xiōng, who attacks Bù Huàn after the mysterious man sprays him with smoke making him believe he is actually Fěi. After Bù Huàn defeats him in battle, Xiōng severs his own head and sends it to Tiān Hái, who identifies the mysterious man as Lüè Fēng Qiè Chén.
#19 - A Thief's Pride
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2016
After Bù Huàn exits his cell, he sees Wú Shēng fighting through endless streams of Xuán Guǐ Zōng fodder. Bù Huàn picks up a sword from a dead soldier and continues searching the Seven Sins Tower for Lǐn Xuě Yā. He then spots Xuě Yā and Diāo Mìng, and hides. Bù Huàn confronts Xuě Yā after Diāo Mìng leaves. Xuě Yā then explains his plan to Bù Huàn, and explains that both Yún Xiāo and Xíng Hài are villains that would take the Tiān Xíng Jiàn for themselves. All Xuě Yā wants to do is make Miè Tiān Hái despair. Xuě Yā also reveals the hiding place of the crossguard—the Limitless Temple. Bù Huàn then meets with Fěi and tells her the plan and to stay in the cell. Meanwhile, Xuě Yā sets up a deal with Tiān Hái. Afterwards, Xuě Yā meets with Bù Huàn again and gives him a hood that changes his appearance to that of Xuě Yā. They then begin to carry out Xuě Yā's plan. At the same time, Cán Yún breaks Fěi out of her cell.
#20 - Demon Spine Mountains
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2016
After Miè Tiān Hái shows up, he mocks the group then immediately leaves, along with the rest of the Xuán Guǐ Zōng. The group then arrives at the Demon Spine Mountains, and rest a night before heading in. Dān Fěi is up practicing, when Cán Yún shows up and gives her a few pointers, though angering her in the process. She storms off and the group enters the mountains the next day, encountering the Valley of the Dead, the first trial. Xíng Hài is called upon to put the dead to sleep, but fails a few times; Fěi protects the group with her Hù Yìn Shī skills, except for Bù Huàn who has to fight the dead. Hài finally succeeds in singing the correct tune and the group moves on, arriving at the second trial, the Valley of the Doll. A golem guardian stands there motionless, and Bù Huàn activates it, allowing Yún Xiāo to fire at its weak point. Yún Xiāo misses twice, though, so Bù Huàn takes matters into his own hands and climbs the golem, stabbing the charm himself and deactivating the golem. He then falls off, but is saved by Yún Xiāo's arrow, which pierces through his clothing and nails him to the arm of the now-deactivated golem. The group then moves onto the final trial, the Labyrinth of Darkness. Bù Huàn, however, declares his departure before they can continue
#21 - Sorcerous Sojourn
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2021
Lóu Zhèn Jiè, having survived his battle with Bù Huàn, wanders within the Void Junction and is separated from the Seven Blasphemous Deaths when he touched a Scrying Mirror. He is then teleported to a world occupied by Guǐ Duó Tiān Gōng, a wizard from Xī Yōu. Upon learning the circumstances of Zhèn Jiè's arrival, the wizard proposes building a prosthetic arm for Zhèn Jiè in exchange of helping him re-open the portal back to Zhèn Jiè's point of origin.
#22 - Zhào Jūn Lín
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2021
Dān Fěi, Wū Yáo, and Cán Yún assist Jūn Pò's troops to drive off the invading demons, while Jūn Pò himself battles against Zhào Jūn Lín. He pulls several swords from the Sorcerous Sword Index, but are ineffective against Zhào Jūn Lín due to his association with the dark arts. Jūn Pò ultimately settles on a flaming sword that burns away at his body. Xíng Hài interrogates Bù Huàn until Xuě Yā arrives carrying still intact Scrying Mirrors, which he offers in exchange for Bù Huàn's release.
#23 - The Princess of Cruelty
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2018
Shāng Bù Huàn is stricken by the Princess of Cruelty's poison, leaving him and Làng Wū Yáo on the run. Between the toxic temptress' attack and the and the ruthless pursuit of magistrate Xiào Kuáng Juàn, their quest to protect the Sorcerous Sword Index might be impossible... without some help.
#24 - Distant Song
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/12/2021
Xuě Yā kills Cán Yún using the Seven Blasphemous Deaths while Xíng Hài subdues Bù Huàn. Piāomiǎo snatches up the Index and bargains with Xíng Hài for Bù Huàn's survival in exchange for some of the swords. The two are unable to come to an agreement and Piāomiǎo hands Jūn Pò the Index while he contacts his master. He unsuccessfully attempts to usurp Jūn Pò, and Huò Shì Míng Huáng orders him to watch the general in case he does plan a betrayal.
#25 - Counts of Hell
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/2021
Xuě Yā overhears Xíng Hài's plan to use the Void Junction to travel back in time to restore Zhào Jūn Lín's demonic form and informs Bù Huàn, whose party just arrived into the Void Juncton. Seeing no surprise reaction, Xuě Yā deduces Bù Huàn has used the Scrying Mirror to travel through time before. Wū Yáo rebukes Bù Huàn for not sharing this knowledge and use it to go back to the past and save Tiān Mìng. Xuě Yā uses a Scrying Mirror to forcibly teleport Bù Huàn and Wū Yáo away just as Yì Piāomiǎo arrives, while Cán Yún goes into hiding. Xuě Yā convinces Piāomiǎo that his conversation with Bù Huàn is part of a deceitful plot against him.