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Make a cultivation series: sects, realms and a rival who won't stay down

A sect World, a hero who breaks through realm by realm, and rivals, elders and disciples whose designs hold from the first trial to the hundredth Episode.

Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.

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How to make a cultivation donghua with AI

Describe the sect, the realms and the hero in a line. The AI Director builds the World and a Story, and each Character, from the hero to the sect elder, is saved once and keeps the same face arc after arc. Pick Pop 3D or Painted for the look. Watch it free as a picture-only Slideshow; a plan films Episodes.

Updated November 2026 · Free to start · Web and iPhone

What makes a cultivation story

The genre runs on a ladder and a grudge.

  • Realms

    Named stages of power. Every breakthrough is an Episode's payoff.

  • The sect

    Outer disciples, inner disciples, elders who disagree. A World with a mountain in it.

  • The rival

    Talented, proud, defeated, back again. Same face every time.

  • The tribulation

    Lightning, a test, an audience. The big Scene of the arc.

Long arcs need the same faces

Cultivation series run for dozens of Episodes, and a recurring elder who changes face is the fastest way to lose an audience. Each Character is saved once, so the sect master in Episode 40 is the one from Episode 1, and the World keeps its peaks and halls.

The look, honestly

Choose Pop 3D for a clean 3D feel or Painted for ink-and-mist drama. These are Art styles, not a studio CG pipeline, and they hold steady across the series. More 3D: 3D animated drama. More sword-and-magic: fantasy series.

Ideas

5 cultivation donghua ideas to start from

Press one and it lands in the idea box. Change a word or keep it; the Director takes it from there.

  1. 01The Broom RemembersAn outer-sect disciple with no spiritual root finds that his broom remembers every sword it swept past.Use this idea
  2. 02Second Entrance ExamA sect elder fakes her death to take the entrance exam again under a new name.Use this idea
  3. 03Shared MountainTwo rival sects must share one mountain for a hundred days of tribulation weather.Use this idea
  4. 04The Polite RabbitA failed pill turns the hero's rival into a very polite rabbit for a season.Use this idea
  5. 05Wedding BreakthroughThe hero breaks through to the next realm in the middle of his sister's wedding.Use this idea

From one line to Episode 01

  1. 1

    Found the sect

    Describe the hero, the rival and an elder; save each in Pop 3D or Painted.

  2. 2

    Climb the realms

    The AI Director writes the arc in Scenes; watch it free as a picture-only Slideshow.

  3. 3

    Film it with a plan

    Film each Scene as a Clip, a few seconds each, keep the best take, and put the Clips together into an Episode.

What you get

Pictures free. Filming with a plan.

Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan. The free Studio is currently one World build, one Character a day, 4 Lite Images a day.

With a plan, a narrated Slideshow Story is 40 Credits for up to 5 slides, narration and music included, and a 5-second Clip on H3 Turbo is 25 Credits. Every button shows its price before you press.

Creator · $39.99 a month 1,600 Credits, spent any of these ways

  1. 64 HD H3 videos
  2. 266 Nano Banana 2.1 pictures
  3. ~29 Seedance 2.5 videos
  4. 40 Slideshow Stories

Or Characters, Stories and Episodes from the same Credits. Starter ($19.99) makes 32 HD H3 videos; Pro ($99.99) makes 160. Every button shows its price before you press.

Questions, answered

Still curious? The guides go deeper.

What is a donghua?

A Chinese animated series. Cultivation donghua follow a hero climbing realms of power inside a sect, over long arcs.

Can I make a 3D donghua with AI?

You can make one in the Pop 3D or Painted Art styles, with saved Characters and a World that holds across Episodes. It is not a studio CG pipeline.

Can I adapt an existing web novel?

Only your own. Invent your sect, realms and heroes.

How long can an Episode be?

Each Clip is a few seconds; an Episode is Clips put together, as long as the Scenes you film.

What is free, and what needs a plan?

Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan. Clips, narrated Slideshows and Episodes use plan Credits, and every button shows its price before you press.

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Your cultivation donghua starts with one line.

Free: make your Character and its Story as picture-only Slideshows. Real video comes with a plan.

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