On his way to Chinchow, Liaotung, Chu is pursued by Chung-hsien,s man Wang Chu,

But rescued by a handsome young man Chou Ting-feng. Wang is beaten and killed, but Ting-feng goes away without leaving his name.

On arrival, King Chu discovers Chung-huan to have a large Army and persuades im to rise up and lead troops to the Capital to suppress Chung-hsien. But Chung-huan advises him against any such movement, claiming that this might provoke the Chins stationed no less than 100 Ii away into invading the border.

Chung-hsien takes the death of Wang at Chinchow to mean that Chung-huan has been covering up WeiTzu-chin against him, and therefore, send killer Yang Wan to capture the culprit. Fortunately, Chung-huan outwits him and craftily has the killer eliminated.

With the death of his father as a martyr, Tzu-Chin loath to live alone overseas, vows to kill Chung-hsien to offer him to his shrine.… ...