July 13 Hongguo Short Drama Watchlist: Wanyao still leads, but the Top 10 is thin
Public July 13 sources show 《万妖图录传第八季》 still leading after a steep second-day slide, while live-action presence narrows to a few named holdouts and the complete Top 10 remains only partially visible.
The July 13 board was held up by one AI-fantasy title. The public chart post says 《万妖图录传第八季》 stayed first, but its second-day heat fell by more than 17.5 million from the previous day's 100 million-plus spike into the 80 million band; the No. 2 title was only in the 67 million range, and 57 million-plus was enough to reach the public Top 10. 1
That makes this a coverage-warning issue rather than a clean row-by-row Top 10. The source confirms the market shape and several named entries, but it does not expose every rank, title, and heat value. Treat the table below as a source-backed heat watchlist, with confidence marked in the first column.
July 13 source-backed heat board
| Rank signal | Title | Genre / format | Platform | Public heat signal | Episode count | Why it is moving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed No. 1 | 《万妖图录传第八季》 (Wanyao Tulu Zhuan, season 8) | AI/manhua fantasy, serial cultivation | Hongguo | Still No. 1 on July 13, down from a 100 million-plus opening-day burst into the 80 million band. 1 | Not disclosed in the public source read | The buzz is now about durability, not surprise. Season 8 proved the ceiling was real, then immediately showed how hard it is for even a breakout AI serial to hold a 100 million-level spike. |
| Confirmed No. 2 band, title not publicly recoverable | Unnamed runner-up | Not verifiable from public text | Hongguo | The chart post says the No. 2 title was only in the 67 million-plus range. 1 | Not available | The gap matters more than the missing title: No. 1 was still roughly one full tier above the rest of the board. |
| Confirmed top-five live-action entry | 《野火燎原》 (Yehuo Liaoyuan) | Live-action urban romance / emotional drama | Hongguo | 67.78 million first-24-hour heat, with Hongguo hot-board and new-drama-board Top 2 placements reported separately. 2 | Not disclosed in the public source read | It is the strongest live-action counterweight. The July 13 chart post says live-action had only one title in the top five, and separate reporting identifies 《野火燎原》 as the live-action title carrying the most obvious heat signal. 1 |
| Confirmed top-ten live-action entry | 《勇敢后妈，专治不服》 (Yonggan Houma, Zhuanzhi Bufu) | Live-action family / contract-marriage healing drama | Hongguo | Named in the July 13 chart post as one of only three live-action titles remaining in the Top 10. 1 | Not disclosed in the public source read | The title sits in the family-healing lane, which is useful on weak-market days because the hook is easy to understand from the title alone: a capable stepmother fixes a broken household. |
| Confirmed top-ten live-action entry | 《新婚有瘾》 (Xinhun Youyin) | Live-action sweet romance / replacement-marriage setup | Hongguo | Named in the July 13 chart post as a Top 10 live-action hold; a later same-day account update put it at 57.91 million heat on day 10. 13 | Not disclosed in the public source read | Its role has changed from challenger to floor-setter. It no longer leads the board, but it helps explain why the 57 million range was still enough to define the lower Top 10. |
| New-release heat signal, not confirmed in the July 13 Top 10 text | 《都重生了，谁还装富二代啊》 (Du Chongsheng Le, Shui Hai Zhuang Fu Erdai A) | AI / rebirth comedy-suspense signal | Hongguo | 67.11 million first-day new-drama heat in the July 12 launch batch. 4 | Not disclosed in the public source read | This is the most relevant spillover candidate from the next launch wave: its first-day number sits exactly in the same band that the July 13 chart post describes for the overall runner-up. |
| Retention watch | 《发配边关，罪妻开荒养出战神》 (Fapei Bianguan, Zuiqi Kaihuang Yangchu Zhanshen) | AI/manhua frontier farming and war-fantasy serial | Hongguo | No July 13 exact rank was visible in the public chart text; the same account posted a qualitative viewing note later that day. 5 | Not disclosed in the public source read | Its buzz is still the female-led farming-to-power arc: opening land, growing food, solving medicine shortages, and turning a broken border household into an expanding base. |
| Edge incumbent, not named in the July 13 Top 10 text | 《京雪未央》 (Jingxue Weiyang) | Live-action urban melodrama | Hongguo | 57.48 million heat on day 8 in a July 12 account update. 6 | Not disclosed in the public source read | It was close to the July 13 cutoff band but was not named among the three live-action Top 10 titles in the chart post. That points to either a small slip or a very tight lower board. |
| Negative-buzz watch, not a Top 10 confirmation | 《侦探小姐，警长先生》 (Zhentan Xiaojie, Jingzhang Xiansheng) | Live-action mystery / police setup | Hongguo | The account's July 12 viewing note criticized the first 10 episodes for logic problems. 7 | Not disclosed in the public source read | This is a reminder that visibility is not always good news. Mystery dramas can create discussion quickly, but plot logic complaints can cap retention just as quickly. |
| Industry-side AI signal, not a heat-board entry | 《废柴！我一手银针可救活死人》 (Feichai! Wo Yi Shou Yinzhen Ke Jiuhuo Siren) | AI-produced manhua short drama | Hongguo | Sina's July 13 release says the 60-episode AI-produced drama reached 14.67 million first-day plays. 8 | 60 episodes | It is not a Top 10 substitute. It belongs in the watchlist because the July 13 board is already AI-led, and this release shows more supply moving into full-process AI production. |
What the board is saying
The July 13 data is less about a balanced Top 10 than about a stretched market. One AI fantasy serial carried the headline, but the lower board was soft enough that 57 million-plus heat could still enter the public Top 10. 1
Three structural patterns stand out:
- AI serials now own the ceiling, but not always the second day. 《万妖图录传第八季》 still led after breaking 100 million, yet the immediate drop into the 80 million band shows how much of that first-day surge was launch compression.
- Live action is concentrated, not absent. 《野火燎原》 was strong enough to sit in the top-five conversation, while 《勇敢后妈，专治不服》 and 《新婚有瘾》 kept live action present in the Top 10. The problem is breadth: the chart post names only three live-action titles in the Top 10.
- The next AI wave is already visible. 《都重生了，谁还装富二代啊》 posted 67.11 million first-day new-drama heat, and 《废柴！我一手银针可救活死人》 gives the supply-side version of the same story: more AI-produced titles are arriving, even when they are not yet Top 10 leaders. 48
For producers, the uncomfortable part is the cutoff. A board where the leader is in the 80 million band and the lower Top 10 starts around 57 million is still active, but the middle is thin. The safest read is not "AI has killed live action." It is that live-action hits need a clearer reason to finish, not just a familiar pairing or a high opening reservation count.
References
- 1来杯酸可乐 7.13 Hongguo heat-board post
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- 2《野火燎原》开播即爆,首日热度6778万
baijiahao.baidu.com
- 3《新婚有瘾》上线10日数据
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- 5来杯酸可乐 on 《发配边关，罪妻开荒养出战神》
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- 6《京雪未央》上线8天数据
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- 7来杯酸可乐 on 《侦探小姐，警长先生》
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- 8AI全流程制作短剧《废柴!我一手银针可救活死人》登陆红果首日播放1467万
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