Trail of the Everlasting Hero

Trail of the Everlasting Hero is a Chinese wuxia-fantasy television series based on the legend of the deity Wong Tai Sin. Directed by Kuk Kwok-leung and Zou Jicheng, the series starred Zhou Jie as the lead character while Sun Feifei, Xu Yun, Ti Lung, Ning Jing, Yu Chenghui, 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 Eastern Jin dynasty, the story is adapted from Ge Hong'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 Wong Tai Sin.

Cast

 * Zhou Jie as Huang Chuming (Wong Tai Sin)
 * Sun Feifei as Liu Yixi
 * Xu Yun as Murong Yan
 * Ti Lung as Wang Xizhi
 * Ning Jing as Empress Dowager Yu
 * Yu Chenghui as Taoist Chisong
 * Hashimoto Reika as Su Tong
 * Tan Junyan as Cao Jun
 * Li Qingxiang as Marshal Cao
 * Ji Chunhua as Shi Kongchen
 * Li Fei as Shangguan Jianshi
 * Zhang Zhilü as Sima Dan
 * 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 with a budget of 20,000,000 yuan.

The principal crew and cast members of Xiaying Xianzong went to Hangzhou 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, Liu Yunshan, the head of China's Publicity Department, visited Hengdian and interacted with the production team and cast members.