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Ancient China, the Warring States period. In a remote village near the very border of the state of Tang, a brutal massacre takes place in which the renowned warrior Gai Nie is killed. Learning of his father's tragic death, his son, Gai Dogli, sets out on the path of revenge to punish the killers. But the young man soon learns the true cause of what happened. The one responsible for the tragedy turns out to be the powerful general Yu Wu, who is weaving bloody intrigues against his neighbors. Having planned an attack on the state of Yue, he has brought disaster upon his own homeland. An assassin infiltrated through the border village of Yao with the aim of killing the treacherous commander. Yu Wu then decides to destroy the settlement to cut off the saboteurs' escape route. However, the crown prince of Yue has already been held hostage for three years, and his life is now in unprecedented danger.