Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches

Language: English
42 episodes
Tags: Hidden Identity, Underdog Rise
Added Nov 4, 2026

Episode checklist tick them off as you go

Episodes 1–10 play here for free. The dashed boxes, 11 to 42, open the official app where the rest of the series lives.

✓ Solid box = free preview on this site (10 episodes)
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Episodes: 42 (1–10 free here)
Audio: English
Tags: Hidden Identity · Underdog Rise
Added: Nov 4, 2026
Last checked: Nov 4, 2026

Summary notes spoiler-light, read before episode 1

In short: 42 episodes, in English, original audio — episodes 1–10 play right here.

In the early 2000s, humble breakfast shop owner Li Dashan and his family were pushed to the brink of ruin when a local bully named Zhao Dalong targeted them with exorbitant demands. Ignoring the mockery of onlookers, Dashan pushed an empty millstone through six thousand grueling turns to unlock a hidden ancestral vault filled with gold and antiques. With this newfound fortune, he led his family in a fierce comeback. He bought out a failing food factory, earned the favor of influential benefactors with his ancestral recipes, and brought down the local thugs once and for all.

Once prosperous, the family put a snobbish mother and daughter who had broken off an engagement firmly in their place, rescued their abused eldest daughter, and—when big-city corporate sharks attempted to seize their business—unveiled their hidden riches to launch an audacious counter-buyout against the rival conglomerate. In the end, every villain received their just deserts, and Dashan's children each carved out a bright, successful future of their own.

Study tip: the first 10 episodes set up every conflict that the remaining 32 episodes pay off — watch them back to back before you decide whether to continue.

How to watch three steps, no sign-up here

Start with the free episodesPress “Watch episodes 1–10 free” and play the first 10 episodes on this site, one after another.
Tap episode 11When episode 10 ends, tap the dashed box for episode 11 in the checklist or in the player’s number row.
Continue in the official appYou are taken to the official app, where episodes 11–42 continue under the app’s own terms.

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Quick Q&A

Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches — how many episodes in total?: Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches has 42 episodes in total. Short-drama episodes usually run one to three minutes, so the whole series takes about 1.5 hours from start to finish. Episodes 1–10 can be previewed on this site.
Which language is Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches available in?: Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches is available in English and is filed under our English reading list. We also keep Hindi and Filipino reading lists, but this title is listed in English only.
Which episodes of Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches are free?: Episodes 1 to 10 of Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches can be previewed free on this site — that is 10 of 42 episodes. From episode 11 onward the series continues in the official app.
Where do I continue after episode 10?: Tap episode 11 in the checklist above (or the yellow button under the cover). You will be taken to the official app, where episodes 11–42 are available under the app’s own terms.
What genre is Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches?: Beneath The Millstone: From Ruin To Riches is filed under Hidden Identity, Underdog Rise. The titles in “Also on the reading list” share at least one of these tags, so they are a good next read once you finish the free episodes.