in the late tang dynasty, when the social turmoil was in turmoil, the wulin rewards and punishments for evil was held every 18 years. the top ten martial arts masters selected the martial arts master yihua to serve as the important task of killing the top ten evil people, but unexpectedly, they were blocked by the sudden arrival of the palace master yan nantian. eee。 the palace master defeated the queen of yannan and his wife in one move and vowed to be given a disciple in 18 years to kill all the evil ones. to thank yan nantian for saving his life, the top ten evil people took on the important task of raising his son xiao yuer (andy lau), and wanted to train him into the most evil person in the world. the palace master adopted hua wuque (britain lin), and taught him martial arts while instilling the idea that men should kill. 18 years have passed, and the top ten evil people and the palace master have respectively ordered xiao yuer and hua wuque to compete for the leader in the new conference on rewarding good and punishing evil, and their life trajectories have begun to cross.