spur their acceptance in Hong Kong and in Chinese communities abroad. Sequels and remakes The popularity of the Wan Fei Yeung character led to a number of sequels and the use of the character to promote other series. The first sequel is the 1979 60-episode RTV series Dragon Strike (天龍訣), a friend of Wen helps the Zhengde Emperor to fight his enemies the White Lotus sect. Afraid of his abilities the emperor kills him. In this series, Wan is killed mid series by Phoenix, his lover and sister, who having survived her attempted suicide has been drugged and brain washed into an implacable assassin. A 1984 Taiwanese (CTS) television series Reincarnated II (天蠶再變), is a rebooted follow-up to the original 1978 Hong Kong series, a friend of Wen fights a man with powerful martial arts and wants to be the emperor, finally he wins. The 1993, 30-episode ATV television series, Reincarnated II (天蠶變之再與天比高) is another rebooted follow-up of the 1978 series, Wan is in fact still alive and has regained his previous looks (his face changed again when he "reincarnated" again). Wan teaches the reincarnating art to a successor and dies standing after a battle. In the beginning of the 1980 60-episode RTV series Hegemony of the Lake Or Known As On the Waterfront (湖海爭霸錄), Wan is killed by the White Lotus sect. The series was remade in 2001 as a 30 episodes 2001 TV series, New Reincarnated (新天蚕变/金蚕丝雨). There are some difference in the ending to the Mainland China and Taiwan versions of the series. Other media Reincarnated was remade in a 1983 Shaw Brothers Studio film as the Bastard Swordsman (天蠶變). A follow on 1984 Shaw Brothers Studio film, Return of the Bastard Swordsman (布衣神相), saw Wan fight a Japanese ninja, it is rewritten from Reincarnated and Face to Fate (布衣神相) written by Woon Swee Oan. Wong wrote a prequel to "Reincarnated" in the Hong Kong magazine Knightly (武侠世界) about the origin of the Wudang level eight martial art. The plot of the films and TV series had some changes with the books. Music Tin tsam bin (天蠶變) is a Cantopop album by Michael Kwan, released in 1979 by Philips Records (Hong Kong). It contains three theme songs from the series. Side one "Reincarnated" (天蠶變 tin tsam bin), composed by Michael Lai Siu-Tin (黎小田), lyrics by Lo Kwok-Jim (盧國沾) Main theme song; awarded as one of top ten