A court justice finds himself in a bad spot when the criminal case that he hears involves members of his own family. He jails his own son for murder and witnesses the break up of his family among other things.

A nefarious duke's plot to kidnap the beautiful daughter of an aged general is foiled by a fighter who spirits the girl away to another kingdom after the general is killed in the melee. When the girl's rescuer dies, the lovestruck duke makes another attempt, but is again defeated, this time by a man who wins the girl's hand in marriage.Unfortunately, madness and death continue to thwart the woman's happiness. Tang Ching, Tin Yau star.