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A Step Into the Past

A Step Into the Past

20181.01 Season40 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A legendary story about a man who inadvertently travels back 2000 years in time to the Warring States Era and gets caught in the center of a power struggle between nations.

NetworksYouku

Top Cast

Sean Chen

Sean Chen

Xiang Shaolong

Guo Xiaoting

Guo Xiaoting

Xing Yun / Qin Qing

Niu Zifan

Niu Zifan

Zhao Pan

Xia Nan

Xia Nan

Wu Tingfang

Zhao Zhenting

Zhao Zhenting

Lian Jin

Li Zhenglin

Li Zhenglin

Hermit Ying

Apollo Yu

Apollo Yu

Zhao Mu

About A Step Into the Past

A Step Into the Past is a sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2018. it stars Sean Chen, Guo Xiaoting, Niu Zifan. A legendary story about a man who inadvertently travels back 2000 years in time to the Warring States Era and gets caught in the center of a power struggle between nations.

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