After conspiring with a conniving fox demon to kill the emperor and seize power, King Zhou reigns as a tyrant so brutal that he incurs the wrath of Heaven. In a final attempt to save the mortal world from desperate peril, the gods decide to intervene and invest in an unlikely champion brave enoug...

A trio of mercenaries is hired to investigate and hunt down a gang of masked killers terrorizing the countryside. Soon, the leader of the trio begins to suspect one of his men may be a spy for the masked criminals.

During the chaotic period towards the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Prince of Liang usurped power and secretly eliminated the heir to the throne.

Assassins stalk a group of martial-arts students whose fathers risked their lives to save a revolutionary years before.