Season 1 of Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story premiered on August 11, 2003.

The founder of the famous Taoist Xuan Xin sect predicted that the lord of demons and the demonic empire would one day conquer the entire human race. To do this the demons would somehow need to harness the power of the anger and bitterness of the Star-Crossed Lovers of Seven Lifetimes (Qi Shi Yue Lu) whose origins are shrouded in mystery. Protectors of good, the Xuan Xin sect vow to stop the evil demonic empire. They create the Lovers of Seven Lifetimes in the hopes of using the strength of their true love to counteract the negative energies of the Star-Crossed Lovers and save the world...