 Huo Yuan Jia is an arrogant young martial artist who fights with anyone just for the sake of it and to prove how good he is. The events of the turbulent revolution in china begin to change Huo and his ideas, he becomes a national hero standing up for his people against the Japanese invaders both verbally and with his fists. His Martial arts skills leads to him defeating many foreign opponents including a wrestling champion and a boxing champion, both from Russia. When Huo is challenged to a duel by a Japanese sword master, he readily accepts, not knowing that he has been slowly poisoned in the lead up to the fight...