Note: Nu Wa and Shennong may only have two Immortals at a time in the Archaic age, but this limit increases by two per later age. Fu Xi can train all eight immortals from the start.

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Great feats and extreme acts of devotion, fervor, or piety might be enough to grant mortals the opportunity to ascend to a higher plane of immortal existence.

The Eight immortals of the Taoist pantheon were a diverse group of men and women who achieved immortality through fasting, kindness to the poor, and sometimes divine intervention. Lan Caihe even ascended to heaven while totally drunk after inadvertently climbing onto a celestial swan. Sun Wukong was so amused that he granted La Caihe 500 years of his magical powers.