After the first five members – Tieguai Li, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Lan Caihe and He Xiangu – have joined, Donghua chooses to undergo reincarnation to help the remaining two members – Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu – achieve immortality faster.

However, he has to overcome his romantic entanglements with Peony Fairy because romance between immortals is forbidden by Heaven's laws.

At one point, Tongtian Jiaozhu implants a "blood curse" in Lü Dongbin which causes the latter to lose control of his senses and go rogue.

Pangolin, who has a crush on He Xiangu, cleverly manipulates the Eight Immortals and causes them to turn against each other and sow discord between them and other deities.

The Eight Immortals combine their strengths to defeat Pangolin and the evil forces and bring peace to the Universe.