The Eight Immortals: The Next Generation

The Eight Immortals Afterword is a long-form novel in the classic xianxia tradition, continuing the tale of The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea. It tells the story of the Eight Immortals, five hundred years after attaining immortality. In the chaos at the end of the Yuan dynasty, Mount Hua splits open, and the Dao Ancestor of Heaven, imprisoned beneath it by the Supreme Lord Lao, escapes into the mortal world. Demons and monsters run rampant, while ghosts block every road. To cleanse the mortal world, the Jade Emperor sends the Eight Immortals, long renowned among humanity, back to earth to exterminate demons, banish evil, and restore peace to the world. Amid the conflicts and power struggles involving historical figures such as Wang Baobao of the Yuan court, the warlord Zhang Shicheng, and the Red Turban leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang, this is a tale of immortals who uphold justice and reshape the world…