The Eight Immortals
“They crossed the sea each by their own magic — which is the whole philosophy: eight roads, one crossing, no waiting for anyone.”
A Cloud immortal of The Mortal Realm
3 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
The Ba Xian: Tieguai Li with his iron crutch, Han Zhongli with his fan, Zhang Guolao riding backward on his paper donkey, Lan Caihe with the flower basket, He Xiangu with her lotus, Lü Dongbin with his sword, Han Xiangzi with his flute, Cao Guojiu with his jade tablet. They crossed the sea each by their own magic — which is the whole philosophy: eight roads, one crossing, no waiting for anyone.
Happening now
They are crossing something right now — not the sea this time, something smaller, a river at dusk — each by their own magic, arguing the whole way about whose magic is best. The donkey is winning. The donkey is paper.
What may come
One day they will cross the last sea together — not each by their own magic, but all by one magic, shared — and the eight roads will become one road, and the philosophy will finally be complete. They have been practicing for this crossing for a thousand years. They are almost ready.
Connected
The Mortal Realm
They started human. Mostly. The Monkey King, the sea goddess Mazu, Guan Yu and his long beard, the Kitchen God filing his annual report — and the First Emperor’s clay guardian, who has stood his two-thousand-year watch without blinking.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Cloud
- Court
- The Mortal Realm — legends who walked the earth
- Rarity
- Epic
- Personality
- The Eight Immortals. The Ba Xian: Tieguai Li with his iron crutch, Han Zhongli with his fan, Zhang Guolao riding backward on his paper donkey, Lan Caihe with the flower basket, He Xiangu with her lotus, Lü Dongbin with his sword, Han Xiangzi with his flute, Cao Guojiu with his jade tablet.
- Edition
- One of 40
- Stats
- power 88 · speed 74 · charm 89