Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, a powerful swordsman banishes himself to the humble life a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his violent past refuses to let him go quietly. The master swordsman must regain the ability to wield his sword and fight those disrupting the peace he so desperately craves.

In the late 1990s, detective Chi Feng navigates a violent turf war between rival trafficking syndicates to dismantle both criminal groups and rescue a group of abducted women.