Taishang Laojun Deyu Emperor ordered to find eight candidates who had the potential to become immortals, namely Li Xuan's iron crusade Li who borrowed the corpse to return his soul, Han Zhongli, the old man Zhang Guolao who sold fruits, Lü Dongbin, the reincarnation of Huayang Zhenren, He Xiangu, a flower girl He Xiangu, Lan Caihe who sang with a clapper, Han Xiangzi, a talented son holding a horizontal flute, and Cao Guoun, his uncle. The eight people were originally ordinary people, each with different backgrounds and encounters, but they were enlightened and cultivated by Lao Jun. The eight people went everywhere to help others and do good deeds to accumulate virtue, during which they encountered the murder of the Dragon Prince, the Dragon Cousin, the Heavenly Dao Ancestor and others three and four times, can they overcome all difficulties and achieve positive results?

铁拐李（曾伟权饰）、汉钟离（蔡国庆饰）、张果老（梁汉威饰）、蓝采和（林迪安饰）、吕洞宾（潘志文饰）、韩湘子（唐品昌饰）、何仙姑（阮佩珍饰）和曹国舅（凌文海饰），在成仙入道之前皆为凡人。八人经仙人的点化成仙，遂开始了他们斩妖驱邪，锄恶扬善的救世故事。 本部于1985年播出，由香港亚视推出的三十集电视连续剧《八仙过海》，改编自脍炙人口的民间传说八仙过海。八仙过海是八仙最广为流传的故事之一。在传说中，八仙各有不同的法器，铁拐李有铁杖及葫芦，汉钟离有芭蕉扇，张果老有纸叠驴，蓝采和有花篮，何仙姑有莲花，吕洞宾有长剑，韩湘子有横笛，曹国舅有玉板。他们随身所携带的法器各有妙用，都是为天下苍生请命造福，在世间也留下了许多美丽的传说。

太上老君得玉皇大帝授意物色八名有潛質得道成仙的人選，分別是李玄借屍還魂的鐵拐李、漢朝大將漢鍾離、販賣水果的老翁張果老、華陽真人轉世的呂洞賓、賣花姑娘何仙姑、用拍板賣唱的藍采和、手持橫笛的才子韓湘子，以及國舅爺曹國舅。八人本是凡夫俗子，各有不同背景及遭遇，卻得老君的點化而覺悟修道。八人到處濟困助人、行善積德，期間遇到龍太子、龍表弟、天道祖師等人三番四次的謀害，究竟他們能否排除萬難，修成正果？

太上老君得玉皇大帝授意物色八名有潛質得道成仙的人選，分別是李玄借屍還魂的鐵拐李、漢朝大將漢鍾離、販賣水果的老翁張果老、華陽真人轉世的呂洞賓、賣花姑娘何仙姑、用拍板賣唱的藍采和、手持橫笛的才子韓湘子，以及國舅爺曹國舅。八人本是凡夫俗子，各有不同背景及遭遇，卻得老君的點化而覺悟修道。八人到處濟困助人、行善積德，期間遇到龍太子、龍表弟、天道祖師等人三番四次的謀害，究竟他們能否排除萬難，修成正果？