The Legend of Dou Fu

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, King Liu An of Huainan advocated the magic of immortality and collected beans to practice the elixir. Before the elixir was refined, the beans transformed into human forms and came to life, becoming the "Bean Clan". The protagonist Dou Fu is as obsessed with immortality as Liu An, but he has been unable to achieve immortality after years of hard training. His childhood sweetheart Dou Xiang and like-minded friends all doubted the magic and persuaded him to give up, but Dou Fu persisted. By chance, Dou Fu met the neurotic Shen Sheng Dou in a mental hospital. Under the guidance of Shen Sheng Dou, Dou Fu's magic skills improved by leaps and bounds, and the conspiracy behind cultivating immortals began to gradually emerge...