''Trail of the Everlasting Hero'' is a Chinese ''

wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

''-fantasy television series based on the legend of the deity

Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian () is a Chinese Taoist Deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (; c. 328 ...

. Directed by Kuk Kwok-leung and Zou Jicheng, the series starred

Zhou Jie Zhou may refer to: Chinese history * King Zhou of Shang () (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty * Predynastic Zhou (), 11th-century BC precursor to the Zhou dynasty * Zhou dynasty () (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China ** West ...

as the lead character while Sun Feifei, Xu Yun,

Ti Lung Ti Lung (born 19 August 1946) is a Hong Kong actor, known for his numerous starring roles in a string of Shaw Brothers Studio's films, particularly '' The Blood Brothers'', '' The Avenging Eagle'', ''Clans of Intrigue'', '' The Duel'', ''The Senti ...

Ning Jing Ning Jing (; born April 27, 1972) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Milan in ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994), Danzhu in ''Red River Valley'' (1997), Angel in '' Lover's Grief over the Yellow River'' (1999) and Empr ...

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, Hashimoto Reika and Tan Junyan played supporting roles. The series was first broadcast on Zhejiang TV Cultural Channel in mainland China in October 2005.

Plot

Set in the

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, the story is adapted from

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's ''Shenxian Zhuan'' (神仙傳; ''Biographies of Immortals'') and tells the adventures of Huang Chuming before he attained immortality and became widely known as

Cast

as Huang Chuming (

) * Sun Feifei as Liu Yixi * Xu Yun as Murong Yan *

Wang Xizhi Wang Xizhi (; ; 303 AD361 AD) was a Chinese calligrapher, politician, general and writer during the Jin Dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty. He was best known for his mastery of Chinese calligraphy. Wang is sometimes regarded as the greatest Chinese ...

as Empress Dowager Yu *

as Taoist Chisong * Hashimoto Reika as Su Tong * Tan Junyan as Cao Jun * Li Qingxiang as Marshal Cao *

Ji Chunhua Ji Chunhua (; 20 July 1961 – 11 July 2018), sometimes romanized as Gai Chun Wa, was a Chinese actor and action choreographer. Just like Jet Li and Yu Chenghui, he was a Mainland China-trained wushu athlete who started his acting career in th ...

as Shi Kongchen * Li Fei as Shangguan Jianshi * Zhang Zhilü as

Sima Dan Emperor Mu of Jin (; 343 – July 10, 361According to Sima Dan's biography in ''Book of Jin'', he died aged 19 (by East Asian reckoning) on the ''dingsi'' day of the 5th month of the 5th year of the ''Shengping'' era of his reign. This correspond ...

* Li Xuesong as Shangguan Jue * Sun Wei as Ding Kai * Jin Song as Haotian * Yan Hongzhi as Yitian

Production

Filming for the series started in June 2004 at

Hengdian World Studios Hengdian World Studios () is a film studio located in Hengdian, a Chinese town in the city of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province. It is one of the largest film studios in the world. The movie studio is operated by the privately owned Hengdian Group foun ...

with a budget of 20,000,000 yuan. The principal crew and cast members of ''Xiaying Xianzong'' went to

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on 29 September 2005 to promote the television series, which was first shown on Zhejiang TV Cultural Channel on 5 October. On 2 July 2004,

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, the head of China's Publicity Department, visited Hengdian and interacted with the production team and cast members.中宣部部长视察横店看望《侠影仙踪》剧组(图)
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