After Houyi shot down nine suns, he enraged the Heavenly Emperor and was banished to the mortal realm along with his wife, Chang'e. In order to break the cycle of life and death, Houyi endured countless hardships to seek the elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, learning the secret that "half a pill grants eternal life, a whole pill ascends to heaven." On the night of the full moon, his disciple Fengmeng launched a sudden attack to seize the elixir, gravely wounding Houyi. In this desperate situation, Chang'e resolutely swallowed the entire pill and soared alone toward the Moon Palace…
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