Shou Lung(or Receiver of the Dragon)
——Oriental Adventures
The immortals represent the nine cardinal virtues of the Path. As immortals, they may take any form they wish, but are commonly seen in two aspects - that of humans, of great beauty and power, and of nine great dragons which hold up the world and move all things by their thoughts. As the Celestial One sent these Nine Immortals into the lands of men, this is why the lands they went into are known as Shou Lung, or Receiver of the Dragon.
——Kara-Tur The Eastern Realms