44 minSeason 2 • Episode 50
LatestZhang Tian-shi's 18th generation disciple, Mao Xiao-fang, heads south to Hong Kong to track down the zombie king. Along the way, he meets Yang Fei-yun, a master of numerology and fortune-telling. Mao gains recognition for his exceptional Taoist abilities, which attracts jealousy from the head of the Seven Sisters Hall, Chung Kwan. Chung is bitter enemies with Mao, but her younger brother Chung Pong, a prodigious student, takes Mao as his teacher. Mao is unaware that Yang is a cunning and treacherous scoundrel. Yang tricks him into a trap, and eventually becomes the Great Demon King. Chung Pong sacrifices his relationship with his lover, Yuh Pak-sum, to become a great Taoist and help Mao defeat Yang.
Acting
Lam Ching-Ying IS the Taoist master archetype
Practical Effects
Gloriously janky 90s zombie makeup and wirework
Writing
80 episodes of soap-opera-meets-exorcism plotting
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lam Ching-Ying was already terminally ill during filming Season 2, making his final performance as the unshakeable master eerily poetic. He died months after the series ended.
The 'jiangshi' hopping vampire myth spawned an entire Hong Kong horror-comedy genre, and this series helped cement Lam Ching-Ying as its definitive on-screen Taoist priest — a role he played until his death.
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