Is A Life for a Life coming back?

A Life for a Life ended on April 23, 2025, after its first season aired on iQIYI. The show concluded its story within that timeframe and is no longer ongoing.

This drama series, which premiered on April 18, 2025, is a crime and drama series set in the 1980s. It followed the story of Du Xiang Dong, a top police academy student, who was assigned to a detention center and faced a critical incident involving two escaped suspects. The series depicted his emotional and strategic battles over the following twenty years with one of the suspects, Xu Wen Geng, as they navigated their respective lives amidst the changing times.

The cast included Qin Hao as Du Xiang Dong, Han Geng as Xu Wen Guo, and Elaine Zhong as Liu Fen Fang. The show had a runtime of 43 minutes per episode and consisted of 13 episodes in its only season.