Taking place in the early days of the Chinese republic, the plot follows a young man who escapes from his village after being cruelly beaten up and witnessing
the rape of his sister by the local Landlord.
He finds refuge in a monastery where he is calmed down and on his being released, he lands the riskiest job of them all – he becomes the Judge Archer, the
arbitrator whose role is to settle down the conflicts between the various Martial Arts Academies, each one of them serving a different war lord.