Underdog Rise Short Dramas
2,346 short dramas in Underdog Rise — synopsis, ratings and where to watch.
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JUDGMENT ON THE NILEReturning to Thebes incognito with Pharaoh Isis and their son, Sunai finds her mother still enslaved by the family that stole her dowry. Her father and stepfamily used a forged temple covenant to keep her captive for six years. They treat Sunai as a mere commoner, giving her every reason to expose what they have done.
Think Again! I'm Really NOT the Heiress!Broke but fearless designer Chloe Miller joins Vane House and is mistaken for Chairwoman Vivienne Vane's long-lost heiress. Chloe turns sabotage into triumph, while jealous Rachel plots to expose her. Neither woman knows Chloe's sapphire pendant links them by blood. Just as Vivienne draws Chloe close, old trauma makes her order Chloe's dismissal.
The E-Rank Black Cat is the SSS-Rank LionThe shifters mocking Arthur as a weak Black Cat have no idea he carries the only SSS-Rank Primordial Lion King bloodline. Betrayed in love and concealing his power to save his paralyzed father, he breaks records anonymously before setting his sights on the elite royals at the trials.
Broken Vows, Shattered CrownFor three years, a merchant heiress poured her fortune into helping her poor husband rise in court. On their wedding day, he repays her by forcing her to kneel and serve tea to his concubine. She wakes up, destroys the marriage in public, takes back her dowry, cuts off his career, and tears away the mask of the man who climbed on her sacrifice.
Reborn to Marry the Real TycoonVanessa Hale, living a second life, took Clara Hayes's fiance, the future CEO of Sterling Global. Clara Hayes did not contest it and let him go. Clara Hayes then married Alexander Sterling, a maintenance mechanic. Alexander Sterling was afterward identified as the richest heir in Miami. Vanessa Hale had taken the wrong man and lost what she had.
The Dragon Tyrant's Secret HeirLeia was born with dragon blood. Her father gave her to a sea demon as a sacrifice, and she came out of it alive. Not long after, Prince Kalen was in the middle of a dragon blood crisis and she was the one who happened to save him. They spent a night together. The child she carried was born with blue eyes, and the birth took her dragon blood with it, so she had no powers left. For three years she stayed out of sight and raised the boy on her own. Kalen found her at the end of those three years and worked out that the son was the heir to the throne. He said he would keep her safe from the people hunting her. Some of those people are close to him.
Fallen Duke, Awakening the Trident of the Sea GodOnce-glorious Duke Winston family falls. Arthur, the last heir, scorned by all, is humiliated at the awakening ceremony. On the brink of ruin, he awakens the broken Poseidon Trident—an ancient divine relic. With a three-day bet, he enters the deadly beast forest, fights bloodily, unlocks godly power, crushes mockers, rises from nothing, and restores his family's honor.
Five Feral Aliens and Their Cyber QueenThe scrap planet has nothing left in the ground, and the interstellar corporations that run it grind down the people who live there. Nova works there as a mechanic and gets by day to day. An insectoid swarm attacks the planet, and in the attack she falls into ruins underground and wakes the Astral Hive Queen, a bio-mechanical armor that has been asleep for ten thousand years. When she puts it on she can call lightning, and it gives off a pheromone of dominance that binds five alien beast warlords to her. Among them are a tyrant who turns into a dragon of dark matter and a cybernetic wolf king who fights with aurora power. In an interstellar arena Nova tears apart the insectoid mothership on her own, and all five of the warlords submit to her. She and the five set out against the corporations that run the planet.
Sleeping God Under the BridgeThey stripped Sean Tanner of his power and left him a bum, yet he kills monsters in his sleep. Tina Lynn starts to see the truth as Eli Chandler steals credit and sets him up. When Lord Yann betrays humanity and rewrites time, Sean leaps five years to save them both, but can an “invincible god” who only wants to sleep stop the next reset?
Forbidden SessionsNora is a psychotherapist. Her husband, Daniel, made use of her professional contacts. Through those contacts Adrian, a political rival of Daniel's, was framed. Daniel also directed the course of Nora's own life through the same means. Nora discovered this.
A scandal at a hotel followed. Nora's clinic was closed down and her allies were taken into custody. Nora and Adrian then joined forces. Nora went back into the clinic to recover evidence held there. Daniel was inside and confronted her. Nora and Adrian then began their counterattack against Daniel.
Kung Fu System: One Day Equals One YearOwen Hawke was born a lowborn disciple and was treated as one. He awakened the Martial God System, which gave him one year of cultivation for each day of training. He fought his way up from Tianjin, where he took the top place, then went after opponents beyond it. He taught traditional martial arts while he climbed, and other lowborn disciples followed his record. Others moved to stop him.
Missing Him, Mysterious HerVivian Stone comes home, and no one there recognizes her. She has lived abroad for years, and she is calculating. She grew up in this place as Ethan Hale, son of the billionaire Richard Hale. Richard beat Ethan's mother to death, kept Ethan locked in a dark basement for years, and then cut Ethan off and disowned the boy like garbage. Ethan left the country with an aunt. Abroad, Ethan made a decision there was no going back from, and after years of gender reassignment surgery became Vivian Stone.
No Law Binds Her BladeIn a world where women are forbidden to be knights, Celeste inherits her aunt's sword and her unbreakable resolve. Disguised, she enters the arena, defeats every challenger, and slays a dragon before thousands. The world may turn a woman away. Chivalry never will. Can a knight born in secret ever be recognized by the kingdom that outlawed her?
The Stone-Cursed King’s Blood BrideLena is handed over as a sacrifice to Draven, the vampire king held under a petrification curse. What passes between them instead is a blood pact that ties her life to his. Breaking the curse burns through Draven's royal blood and leaves him dying, so Lena goes looking for the source of the Bloodspring, the one thing that can restore him. The search takes seven years and nearly kills her more than once. She brings him back, and the two of them take the throne of a kingdom where humans and vampires live side by side. In the depths of the Bloodspring, an old witch's mark begins to glow red.
Reborn: The Angelic War God with a Barbie FaceJoanne wakes in the body of a fourteen-year-old girl, close to death, in an extremist base in the Middle East. She was a Navy SEAL major general until her ex-boyfriend Brandon set her up and the nuclear blast killed her and her whole team. The girl's face is soft and doll-like, and Joanne fights out of the base with the aim of a career soldier. A warlord takes her in as his favourite, which puts her near the people who move weapons. She crushes Brandon and then goes up against an arms magnate. From the ruins in the Middle East her revenge follows the money back to North America, into the deep government that gave Brandon his orders.
Who hurt herSerena Thorne hides her identity as an underground-empire heiress to marry Ethan Walker. In labor, she discovers his affair and is nearly killed in his hospital. After activating her family's deadly SOS, Serena returns as a Thorne, using legal and corporate warfare to strip Ethan and the Walker empire of everything.
The Exiled Prince's Bloody ComebackYale Cole, ninth prince of Chu, was born with the Sovereign Bone and had cultivated to the highest realm. He beat the Sky-Devouring Beast in battle and sealed it inside the Ancient Tower of Reincarnation. After the win, his third brother and Consort Hudson poisoned him together, dragged him unconscious to the dragon-beheading platform, and produced forged evidence of treason in front of a crowd. His father the emperor ordered the bone extraction. The Sovereign Bone was pulled out, his halo shattered, and he went from heir of heaven's favour to a cripple with nothing, thrown into a storehouse at the Martial King's manor and left to die. The tower inside him wakes and pulls him in. Voragos appears, tells him what his Primordial Physique is, and reforges his halos one after another: Primordial, Reincarnation, Devouring. Yale starts fighting to grow stronger, using the devouring halo to break an opponent's cultivation in public before he leaves the manor for the Cangyun mountains and the Wenchang tower, hunting beasts and eating their power, with the Hellfire Blade in hand.
Too Late He's a Billionaire NowWealthy heir Ethan Miller hides inside Carter Capital to support fiancée Amelia, but she and Justin humiliate and fire the man they think is powerless. Ethan reveals who he is, ends the engagement, and withdraws the support holding her company up. As Carter Capital collapses, he chooses childhood friend Sophie and leaves Amelia with the cost of her contempt.
Locked by the Mafia BossShe lives under the guardianship of a mafia godfather and calls him uncle. He is cold and ruthless. On the night of her twenty-first birthday he drops the disguise he has kept up in front of her. He tells her she is not to call him uncle any more, and that he intends to keep her shut in as his caged bird.
Don’t Provoke Him,He’s the King of L.ADamian tortured Ethan Morgan to death. Ethan's father Kane is a billionaire who stepped out of public view after that and took work driving for a ride-hail service, which let him watch over his younger son Liam quietly.
At a welcome party Damian humiliates Liam, and Liam finds out that his dead brother's fiancée has been sleeping with Damian. Liam is then kidnapped, and while he is held he learns how Ethan died. Damian is setting up a game to draw the torment out when Kane breaks the door down. Victor, who used to work under Kane, arrives and bows to him, and the kidnappers work out that the taxi driver is a major figure in finance.
Kane says he is taking revenge. He goes back to Vertex Capital and opens a full attack on the O'Hara empire.
Buried Alive, Reborn RichBetrayed by her husband David, best friend Amy and sister-in-law Rosa, Julie is beaten and buried alive. She survives, finds her billionaire father, and reinvents herself as Selene Sterling, a glamorous heiress. She returns to ruin her enemies’ wedding. Reunited with childhood friend Lucas, a business tycoon, she exposes all their crimes one by one. Villains get their punishment, and Selene finds justice and true love.
The Queen Returns, All Kneel!After disappearing for twenty years, Elena Bennett finally returns to her family—but hides her true identity as the CEO of Oris Global. Her family is drowning in debt and humiliated by the powerful Whitmore family. When her fiancé publicly tears up their engagement and her father is forced to kneel, Elena stops hiding. The mysterious queen is finally ready to strike back.
The Green Witch Stops PretendingAfter seven years of sacrificing her own power to protect her husband and son, Jocelyn is treated as a useless Green Witch. When her husband repeatedly favors another woman and their son rejects her, Jocelyn finally breaks their blood-bound marriage pact and walks away. But no one knows she is Vein, the legendary Chief Vein Guardian who has protected the entire continent for seven years.
My Four Beast Mates Won’t Let Me GoReborn after being killed by his four contracted beast mates, cruel Prince Lorian vows to change—stop the coup, save his parents, and set them free. But the wolf, snake, lion, and deer who once hated him now refuse to let go. As they uncover a conspiracy that fractured four clans, freedom and love replace the chains of ownership.
The Myriad Arts of Card SharpingLucas, the secret protégé of a reclusive gambling legend, lays low under a false identity as a lowly handyman at Celestial Casino, driven only to repay a life-saving debt from a bitter snowy night. With nothing but his own two skilled hands, he single-handedly turns the tide when all hope seems lost.
Hunter's PreyThe Vampire High Table wiped out the Witcher clan. Silas, the one heir of the bloodline left alive, went after them by himself. He killed one of the Elders and got away badly wounded, and in the escape he took a hostage without meaning to: Aion, a half-blood noble.
Aion wanted the Elder Council's rule brought down. With Silas close to death, he forced the Embrace on him and turned him, which tied Silas to him as a piece in his revenge. Neither trusted the other at first. Fighting through situations where either could have died changed that, and something unspoken grew between them that neither was permitted to have. Silas began to fail again, and Aion went as far as a forbidden ritual to share his own life force with him, which bound the two of them together for good.
The night is only gentle toward herSofia's father is in debt, and the debt is settled by marrying her to Adrian, who runs a mafia organization. Sofia is a forensic accountant. On the wedding night she learns that her mother's death is tied to a fight for power between her father's family and Adrian's, and that it goes back to a case from eight years earlier. She does not trust her husband, and she wants to know what happened to her mother. She begins working through the secrets herself. Adrian watches her coldly and keeps her protected while she does it. The trail leads to her father and to her uncle Damian.
The Empire Falls Without MeMars, the invincible God of War who guarded the Abyss and secured the realm, was brutally stabbed in the back by the crown after a monumental victory. His heroic deeds were stolen by Lester, who leveraged the stolen glory to ascend to the kingdom's apex and claim the adoration of the entire city. Abandoning past favors, Queen Isola stripped Mars of his duty to protect the realm. Every trace of former loyalty between monarch and subject was declared void, and the loyal war hero was ruthlessly banished. Yet, as the nation bathes in illusory peace, no one realizes that a catastrophic Abyssal calamity, one capable of devouring the entire kingdom, has only just begun.
The Poor Dad With Golden EyesLin Haisheng, a poor middle-aged dad who collects trash to pay for his daughter's education, is betrayed by his ex-wife and bullied by a ruthless thug trying to take his daughter away. At rock bottom, he awakens a magical Golden Eye that sees the true value of everything. He strikes gold in scrap, uncovers priceless jade, wins a CEO's heart, crushes his enemies, humiliates his ex-wife in court, and takes his daughter back.
Ember Rebirth Final BunkerLeo spends his second chance before the 2789 apocalypse converting property into a climate-controlled bunker and taking supplies from an enemy's logistics port. After dismissing his money-driven fiancée, he prepares to face both the coming disaster and the people he intends to avenge himself on.
Shadow Instinct: The AwakeningMonsters have begun attacking the elite boarding school where Eva Miller is a student, and the rest of the school has decided that Eva is the cause. The prom is getting closer and she has until then to clear her name.
Eva is American and has spent her time at the school shut out by her classmates. In the school's underground laboratory she was accidentally bound to an alien symbiote named Knox, which gave her the power to change shape for short stretches at a time. She had been using it to guard the campus when the attacks started, and the suspicion landed on her.
To get the accusation lifted she has to find the secret experiment being run from inside the school's leadership, and whoever is behind it, and bring it into the open before the dance.
Bride of the Frost DragonNoah's restaurant, Red Moon, is going under. He gets down on his knees in front of his cousin Lucas and asks him to save it, with half the profits promised in return. Lucas runs the kitchen for a year and brings in a million dollars. Then Lucas's daughter falls seriously ill and the treatment needs money at once. Noah has forgotten the promise by then. He keeps all the profit and laughs at the request. Lucas quits Red Moon and opens a restaurant called Maple across the street. Maple takes three Michelin stars. A raid shuts Red Moon down and it goes bankrupt. Noah gets one more shot at Lucas at the final of a cooking contest and wrecks his ingredients. Lucas cooks anyway, with a soup made from the scraps he has left.
The Martial Doctor: Back on TopExiled to Great Void Isle after a rescue, Wesley mastered medicine and martial arts. Returning to his ruined family and disabled father, he cured diseases, foiled Lyu, Bai, and Waizu plots, met Lynn and Tiffany, and broke sorcery crises. Finally, he summoned divine power to slay a Waizu evil god, thwarting foreign schemes to drain Drakon's vitality, protecting his loved ones.
Desperate ChefLucas begs cousin Noah to save his dying daughter, but is mocked. He quits Red Moon, opens Maple across the street, wins 3 Michelin stars while a raid shuts Noah down. Noah sabotages Lucas at the finale, but Lucas turns scraps into a legendary soup to win. Noah begs for mercy--Lucas walks away because some monsters never deserve a second chance.
Hate NotesThe blog is anonymous, which is why it can say what it says about Jesse Ellison, and for a while nobody at the school knows who is writing it. Then it gets leaked and the whole school reads it at once.
Iris Davis wrote it. Jesse is her brother's best friend, and most of the posts are about how pleased with himself he is. He asks her to help him find the author, and she agrees, since refusing would look odd.
The two of them work at it for weeks, going down lists of people it was never going to be. The longer it goes on the more she likes him, and she keeps the search pointed away from herself.
The Western Godfather: Rise of the MoonbloodThe Falcone family is under siege from rival clans, and Eric steps in for the sake of his mother and younger sister. He is the family's second son, born without werewolf blood, which is why they abandoned him as an infant. He grew up to run the New York underworld, and when he came back from the West looking for his family, his father and the clan turned him away a second time. Saving them pulls him into a werewolf upheaval that goes back more than twenty years. On a full moon he awakens the Wolf-God bloodline and goes up against Mike, who practices forbidden black magic.
Zombies for XP, Immortals for Payback!Bullied in Supreme Clarity Sect, Penn Chen—born powerless—triggers the Mysterious Runestone and starts jumping to the zombie-filled Bay City Ruins, where every kill earns Merit to fuel his rise. Back in the Sect, Parker Wang and Cole Wang try to crush him at the Outer Sect Assessment Arena and the Disciplinary Hall, until the Saintess Luna Ling steps in. Then Penn Chen unleashes the Merit Great Emperor's Golden Body—so why does the Wang brothers’ trap still feel far from over?
The Captain Sailed Back to GloryLi Mingwei gave everything to his son, only to be humiliated and cast aside after retirement. He cuts ties and returns to the sea, where a chance rescue earns him a fleet of fishing boats. Reuniting his old crew, the veteran captain turns his legendary skills into a booming business and makes everyone who looked down on him regret it. At sixty, his best years are just beginning.
JUSTICE UNBOUGHTAlexander Hale raised his daughter Clara on his own after his wife died. Twenty years ago he had won the release of an innocent man, and the mob came after him for it.
Hale takes criminal defense work and has never lost a case, and other lawyers call him the Grim Reaper of the Legal World. His clients are wealthy and well connected. What they pay him goes to the Hale Justice Foundation, which over fifteen years has covered legal costs for more than three thousand victims who could not afford a lawyer.
Clara marries Daniel Miller. Victor Blackwood, son of the billionaire Charles Blackwood, holds the two of them and tortures them. Hale leaves the defense side of the room and comes into court for the plaintiff, against Ethan Reynolds, the student he trained, who is now acting for the Blackwoods. Charles and Ethan set up evidence against Hale and the FBI opens an investigation into him. Ninety-nine lawyers offer to represent him for nothing.
Ashes and ThornsAfter their fates are reset, two sisters embark on entirely different life journeys. Letting go of past pain, the younger sister stands by a misunderstood duke’s side. With courage and wisdom, she uncovers manipulated truths and breaks invisible shackles. Can they rewrite destined endings and embrace true free will?
Panda Guardian: Campus AwakeningA frail, bullied boy finds an adorable red panda whose bite activates senses a thousand times stronger than normal, making every fight appear in slow motion. He rises from campus loser to guardian, only to learn that an evil organization has cloned his powers — and that he must confront another version of himself.
Law of the JungleTen years ago, Officer Elias was framed by his partner Hank and Chief Waters, landing him in prison while his pregnant wife was murdered. Now a vengeful "Ghost" leading convicts, he returns to Pingle Town to tear down the corrupt "Zoo" run by criminals and dirty cops. Hank seeks redemption as Detective Ella fights for justice. Elias enforces brutal law, dragging the rotten system to destruction.
Trapped In Enemy Capital, I Fight BackA defeated monarch is imprisoned and brutally pressured by powerful enemies in their capital. Stripped of all dignity and facing mortal danger, he awakens ruthless imperial tactics. Leveraging hidden intelligence networks, he fights relentless political battles to defend his homeland’s territory and plot a desperate escape.
Reborn as Grass on My Own GraveMurdered by his brother and girlfriend, a man is reborn as the strange grass growing on his own grave. A grieving woman's tears awaken him and a system grants power for revenge, while his father quietly investigates the killing. Transported to the Black Mist Mountains, the living plant faces a final sacrifice that will determine the form of his next rebirth.
Wasteland Wolf KingIn a brutal wasteland dominated by cruel wolf clans, a pureblood healer saint is raised as a living sacrifice. Saved by a cursed renegade wolf heir from a tyrannical wedding, they flee endless pursuits. She calms his fatal curse, while he shields her from exploitation. Can the two fugitives overthrow the corrupt regime and forge a new future?
At 50, I Returned as the Stone KingTo help his son get married, Shen Yi gave up his stone-gambling business, sold his shop, spent his savings, and retired early to care for his grandchild. But at fifty, he was scorned by his son, daughter-in-law, and in-laws, eventually kicked out of his own home. Determined to start over, Shen returned to the stone-gambling world, quickly rebuilt his fortune, won the heart of a beautiful billionaire, and became a true winner in life.
Son of Chaos: Return to the Mortal RealmFramed by his family and imprisoned for three years, noble heir Adrian awakens as the Son of Chaos. When his childhood sweetheart Corinne is forced into marriage, he returns to crush his enemies, clear his mother’s name, and defend the kingdom from a devastating giant invasion.
Married by MidnightAfter being betrayed by her ex, hotel event coordinator Nora unexpectedly saves wealthy heir Ethan from a forced engagement. To escape family control and protect his voting rights, Ethan proposes a marriage before midnight. Their contract begins with strict boundaries, but as they face family pressure, public humiliation, and inheritance battles together, the relationship becomes real. Nora proves her worth through her own ability, while Ethan learns to support rather than control her. What starts as a practical deal slowly becomes a genuine partnership built on choice and trust.
My Son's Cure, My Forever LoveAfter serving three years in prison to cover for her father's hit-and-run crime, Adeline struggles desperately to afford her mother's life-saving hospital bills. Desperate for work, she applies as a wet nurse for cold, ruthless billionaire Jenson’s infant son Noah, who suffers from an ultra-rare fatal gene disorder that only her breast milk can treat. Jenson marries her solely to harvest her antibodies to save the baby, hiding a cruel secret: only one of them can survive. As she slowly warms to the lonely little boy, Jenson unexpectedly falls for her quiet tenderness. Vicious rivals plot to kidnap and kill her, while a hidden medical conspiracy threatens all three. Torn between a deadly bargain, hard-won family love, and a cruel marriage built on sacrifice, Adeline must fight for her life, her sick mother, and the child she's grown to love. Will she break free from this doomed deal, or find a way to rewrite their tragic fate?