My Date with a Vampire III

My Date with a Vampire III
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Genre	Fantasy, jiangshi, supernatural, romance
Written by	Chan Sap-sam Kwok Po-yin Chan Chi-hang Lam Chung-bong Au Yuk-han Mak Yiu-kuen Shum Si-nga Luk Sam-sam Leung Bui-yee Yu Kwong-chi
Directed by	Tam Yau-yip Lau Kwok-fai Cheng Wai-man Wan Wai-kei Tang Wai-yan Shek Ming-cheun Chow Ka-man So Chi-wing Ho Chun-wah
Starring	Eric Wan Joey Meng Kenneth Chan Pinky Cheung Berg Ng Cheung Kwok-kuen Kylie Kwok Mark Cheng Alice Chan
Opening theme	Wing Hang Kwok To (永恆國度; Eternal Country) performed by Kenneth Chan and Fung Ha-yin
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	38
Production
Producer(s)	Tam Yau-yip Ng Gam-yuen Lee Wai-chu Leung Lap-yan
Location(s)	Hong Kong
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	ATV
Release
Original network	ATV
Original release	25 October – 11 December 2004
Chronology
Preceded by	My Date with a Vampire II (2000)

My Date with a Vampire III is a 2004 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV as a sequel to My Date with a Vampire (1998) and My Date with a Vampire II (2000), but with a new story line that is different from the first two seasons. The series starred many cast members from the first two seasons. Like the first two seasons, My Date with a Vampire III also blends aspects of the Chinese "hopping" corpses of jiangshi fiction with those of western vampires, while injecting elements of Chinese mythology, eschatology and time travel, with more focus on Chinese mythology in this season as compared to the first two.

At the end of My Date with a Vampire II, set in early 2001, Fong Tin-yau, Ma Siu-ling, and their allies succeeded in preventing the goddess Nüwa from destroying the world. Three years later, another eschatological event is about to happen.

In ancient times, Fuxi, the King of Humankind, desired to create a paradise called the "Eternal Country" in the human world. However, that brought him into conflict with his lover, the goddess Yaochi Shengmu (Holy Mother of the Shining Lake), because the latter's mission is to bring death and disease upon humankind. Fuxi eventually broke up with Yaochi Shengmu and started a new relationship with the maiden Chang'e. However, he lost Chang'e when she flew to the Moon after consuming a magic pill from Yaochi Shengmu. Fuxi blamed Yaochi Shengmu for separating him and Chang'e, and fought with his ex-lover. The Elders of the Pangu clan intervened by putting Yaochi Shengmu under custody in Heaven while Fuxi remains in the human world.

Fong Tin-yau and Ma Siu-ling are living happily in Heaven after their success in 2001. However, in 2004, Yaochi Shengmu breaks free and introduces a deadly virus to wipe out the entire Pangu clan. Fong is infected by the virus and is on the verge of dying, but he manages to transport Ma back to the human realm. Ma has to find ways to stop an imminent clash between Fuxi and Yaochi Shengmu because that could bring about the end of the world.