The story takes place at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The western powers' foreign guns opened the door of the eastern sleeping lion, which had been locked for a long time. The Empress Dowager Empress Dowager Cixi covered the sky with her hands, and did not care about the country's luck. The land of China was devastated, and the people were struggling to make ends meet. The flames of revolution were brewing vigorously, and it was about to become a raging fire that could overturn the dynasty. Wang Wu (Yang Fan), a broadsword captain born in Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army, has a height of superb martial arts. However, he suffered a tragic defeat in the assassination of the Japanese commander, and his subordinates were killed in battle. He was ashamed of his subordinates and jumped off a cliff to commit suicide. After surviving, he lived in seclusion in the northeast countryside. Under the arrangement of fate, Wang Wu gets to know Tan Sitong (Dilong) and Yuan Shikai (Zhao Changjun). The three of them are congenial and go to Beijing together. Wang Wu, who founded the Strong Martial Arts Society, met the beauty Yan Xi (played by Guan Zhilin), who was actually the beloved consort of Prince Yi (played by Huang Jinjiang).The national situation is turbulent, and Wang Wu, Tan Sitong and Yuan Shikai have also embarked on different life paths