The Legend of the Eight Immortals: Crossing the East Sea

Plot Synopsis

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, along the East China Sea, the plague was rampant and the people were living in misery. Two immortals, Han Zhongli and Tieguai Li, happened to meet by chance while trying to save the common people. So they decided to go to the Medicine Island east of the East China Sea to gather herbs. However, they got into a fierce fight with the Crown Prince Hualong. In a moment of desperation, Tieguai Li seriously injured Hualong. The Dragon King of the East China Sea then reported the matter to the Heavenly Court. But he was dissatisfied with the judgment of the Jade Emperor and vowed to blockade the East China Sea, so that no one, whether immortal or mortal, could reach the Medicine Island east of the East China Sea. Taibai Jinxing said that only when all the Eight Immortals were gathered together could they cross the sea safely. The Jade Emperor then sent the two immortals, Han Zhongli and Tieguai Li, down to the mortal world to look for the other s