Beyond Time's Gaze (2025): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2025, Beyond Time's Gaze is an animation, action & adventure and drama series.

What it’s about. Xu Qing lives in a world where the weak are the prey of the strong, and every day is a fight to survive. The aura of a god has polluted the entire world, including the resources necessary to practice cultivation. As a result, cultivators risk mutation and death when they try to become more powerful. Xu Qing’s goals are simple: he wants to survive, and he wants to find his lost family. He lives in brutal, ruthless, and chaotic circumstances, but he encounters good people that become his close friends. He is not crafty and cowardly like Bai Xiaochun. He is not clever and greedy like Meng Hao. He is his own person.

Who’s in it. Beyond Time's Gaze stars Chen Zhangtaikang as 许青, Ling Zhenhe as 雷队, Chang Wentao as 残牛 and Shuxin Wan as 刀疤女孩儿, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 9.4/10, Beyond Time's Gaze sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Rakuten Viki. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Beyond Time's Gaze page.

If you liked it. Fans of Beyond Time's Gaze tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.