Ba Xian is an animated retelling of the Eight Immortals myth

Eight ordinary people pose as immortals to break into a vault only immortals may enter.

Hosted on YouTube, which is not reachable from mainland China.

Published by CMC Pictures · Open on YouTube

International trailer, published by CMC Pictures. Hosted on YouTube.

The film opened in Chinese cinemas on 18 July 2026. Mou Zhengyang wrote and directed it.

The same report describes the premise as eight people of humble origin who outwit powerful immortals through folk wisdom and are later honoured as the Eight Immortals.