During the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court is plagued by corruption and the reigning emperor is incompetent. The Jinyiwei are the government's secret police, trained in clandestine combat since childhood, they are in charge of conducting missions to ensure peace and stability within the empire. They have the authority to prosecute anyone deemed as an enemy of the state and they devote their lives and lethal prowess to serving the emperor only. The Jinyiwei chief, Jia Jingzhong, is plotting to rebel with the emperor's uncle, Prince Qing, who was exiled and had his legs cut off for an unsuccessful rebellion many years ago. Jia Jingzhong orders Qinglong, a Jinyiwei commander, to retrieve a safe box in the possession of the imperial councillor Zhao Shenyan, who is supposedly planning to revolt. Qinglong is told that the box contains proof of the councillor's treason.
However, Qinglong discovers later that he had been used, as the safebox contains the Imperial Seal, a symbol of the emperor's authority, and Jia Jingzhong wants to use it to legitimise Prince Qing's actions when the rebellion begins. Qinglong is betrayed by his fellow Jinyiwei and becomes a fugitive when Jia Jingzhong denounces him as a traitor and orders his arrest. Qinglong escapes and joins the Justice Escort Agency, where he strikes up a romantic relationship with Qiao Hua, the daughter of the agency's leader. Qinglong is determined to fulfil his loyalty to the emperor and he continues to search for evidence of Prince Qing's plot while undermining the prince's plans concurrently. He is joined by the Heaven Eagles Gang, a group of bandits led by the Judge of the Desert. Standing in Qinglong's way are Jia Jingzhong's henchmen and his former Jinyiwei fellows, as well as Prince Qing's adoptive daughter Tuotuo, a highly skilled female warrior.
The Judge of the Desert fights Tuotuo, but is killed while saving Qiao Hua. After defeating the Jinyiwei and their allies, Qinglong gives the Imperial Seal to Qiao Hua and instructs her to bring it to the authorities to alert them of Prince Qing's conspiracy. Qinglong then challenges Tuotuo to a fight to the death, in which both of them die after being pierced through by a golden sword intended for a Jinyiwei to use to commit suicide if he fails his mission.
Prince Qing kills himself before being brought to trial for his conspiracy while Qiao Hua becomes the new leader of the Justice Escort Agency.
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