An Ning’s best friend Zhou Xiaoya finds a strange ancient painting with a living dancer inside. Despite An Ning’s warning, she learns the drum dance and is slowly possessed by the spirit. An Ning, from a geomancy family, teams up with Taoist Wu Xuan to stop Ji Hengyuan from sacrificing Xiaoya to the painting spirit and saves her friend.
The Painting Wants Her Soul is an English short drama in 64 episodes, originally released on Stardust in August 2026. Each episode runs about 2 minutes, and the whole series takes around 1 hour 55 minutes to watch. It falls under Family Drama. Viewers on Stardust rate it 8.2 out of 10. Every episode is free to watch on DramaDog, with no app or sign-up.
