During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiguan (played by Jet Li), a lay disciple of Shaolin, was a member of the Red Flower Soci[Expand All]
During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiguan (played by Jet Li), a lay disciple of Shaolin, was a member of the Red Flower Society and endeavored to overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming. Hong Xiguan was betrayed by his senior fellow disciple Ma Ning 'er (played by Ji Chunhua), and his family was killed by traitors. Fortunately, his youngest son Wen Ding (played by Xie Miao) survived the disaster. After Hong Xiguan stabbed Ma Ning 'er to death, he roamed the world with Wen Ding. When Hong Xiguan and his son met Zhu Xiaoqian and the mother and daughter Hongdou who had committed fraud, many incidents occurred. When the Shaolin was in disaster, Master Zhipu tattooed the treasure on the backs of five young lay disciples. To prevent it from being taken away by the imperial court, he secretly informed the official Hongxi that they must be escorted to the Red Flower Society. But after Ma Ning 'er was seriously injured by Hong Xiguan, she did not die. Instead, she turned into a monster that was poisoned all over and invulnerable to weapons. He killed the leader of the Red Flower Society and chased after five children...[Collapse]
