At the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the vassal Kings were in a state of separatism, the Kings of Liu, Duan and Li in the northwest Yellow River Basin[Expand All]
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the vassal Kings were in a state of separatism, the Kings of Liu, Duan and Li in the northwest Yellow River Basin all aspired to monopolize the power of the entire country, and wars were frequent. Prince Liu (played by Ji Chunhua) captured Prince Duan's residence. When Prince Duan (played by Jin Demao) fled for his life, he was saved by the Yellow River Hero Ma Yi (played by Yu Chenghui). Subsequently, the village where Ma Yi lived was brutally massacred by Prince Liu and his troops. All of this was witnessed by Prince Li (Zhao Zhigang). Ma Yi met Che Tian (Chunyu Shanshan), a martial artist in the underworld. Seeing his outstanding martial arts skills, the latter encouraged him to set up a stage to perform and amass a considerable amount of money. Prince Li sent someone to persuade Ma Yi, hoping to recruit him under his wing. After failing, he poisoned Ma Yi blind his eyes. Ma Yi mistakenly believed that this was done by Che Tian and wanted to kill him to relieve his anger. After the misunderstanding was cleared up, the two became sworn brothers. Not long after, Prince Duan welcomed Ma Yi into his residence. Seeing that Ma Yi was blind but his swordsmanship was still superb, he treated him as a "benefactor" and used him to eliminate Prince Liu first. When Prince Duan sent a hitman to intercept Prince Li but failed, and then intended to kill his daughter Zhenzhen (Wan Qiong), Zhenzhen was saved by Ma Yi who happened to pass by. When Prince Duan heard this, he devised another trick. At this time, Zhenzhen and Ma Yi had already developed feelings for each other.[Collapse]
