Legend of Xianwu is a 3D xianxia animated series jointly produced by Youku and Xiaoming Taiji, adapted from Six Realms, Three Paths' novel Emperor of Immortals and Martial Arts. The story follows Ye Chen, a disciple of the Zhengyang Sect, whose dantian is shattered after he is ambushed. Cruelly expelled by his sect, he happens upon a sentient immortal flame in his hour of despair. It not only repairs his dantian but also grants him ancient secret arts. He then joins the Hengyue Sect and sets out once more on the path of immortality and martial arts. After dying and being resurrected, he subdues the forces of Southern Chu and exposes a conspiracy in the cultivation world. From a disgraced disciple cast out by his sect, he rises step by step to become the Sacred Lord of Yanhuang, defying fate all the way to the summit.
