[5] The second season premiered on January 13, 2020, with Dylan Wang replaced Chen Feiyu as the lead star.

When a family was unjustly massacred by a great general, only a young boy named Ning Que escapes.

He manages to survive in the wilds through his wits and by defending the border of Tang and Yan as a soldier of sorts.

Ning Que joins the frontier military and eventually becomes part of the entourage of Princess Li Yu as she travels back to the capital.

The script for Ever Night was once awarded the Gold Prize at the 网络文学双年奖, and reportedly took two years to complete.

[30] Penning the script is Xu Run, who once wrote the screenplay for notable television series like Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito and Maritime Silk Road.