The DramaNext guide
What The Retort System Superstar is about
Chen Xuan, a poor young man, transmigrated unexpectedly and was forced onto a blind-date variety show. Cornered, he awakened a god-level retort system. Roasting bizarre guests earned him cash rewards and top-tier skills. He exposed fake personas live and went viral online. Later, Chen Xuan stepped into showbiz, ruthlessly unmasking industry chaos and hypocritical celebrities.
The Retort System Superstar is a 80-episode vertical short drama from HappyShort, built around CEO romance and second chance.
Is it worth watching?
If you came for CEO romance, the payoff is the power gap between the leads and who ends up holding the cards. On top of that: a lead who knows how it went wrong last time and plays it differently.
Plan on roughly 2–3 hours from the first episode to the finale.
How to watch it
Start from episode 1 below; autoplay takes you to the next episode when one ends, and nothing needs a sign-up. It was added to DramaNext on Oct 17, 2026.
