The martial artist Su Hua-Jen has risked his life clambering to the summit of one of the five sacred mountains of Wu Lin, only to come across two monstrous beings in battle. His timely intervention turns the tide of the fight, and unbeknownst to him, sets in motion a series of monumentally consequential events. Back in the city, Su has a more mundane problem to face—an enormous debt with the local book lender. To pay this off, he must peddle his remarkable skills as a physician. While Su would prefer to steer clear of the affairs of the martial arts world, a request from the Lord of Globe Castle is financially promising—and might gain him access to the Fantastic Academy, where he can feast his eyes on the Limitless Celestial Book. But treachery is afoot, and Su is soon drawn into a crisis that will rock the foundations of Heaven and Earth.

藏剑山庄庄主之女剑如冰请求素还真帮助自己寻找宝物“磁雷导引”，于是，素还真和好友青阳子踏上了旅途。剑如冰的父亲剑上卿因遭到异种“非善类”的迫害导致家破人亡，自己也容貌尽毁武功全失。剑上卿将痛苦和仇恨投射到了当时未能助她一臂之力的素还真身上，一心想要吃之而后快。 剑上卿利用了傲笑红尘对正义的追求和对剑如冰的感情，傲笑红尘在剑上卿的教唆之下和素还真展开了对决。实际上，剑上卿想要得到拥有神秘力量的天问石，重新夺回称霸武林的地位。为此，剑上卿甚至不惜牺牲了女儿的性命。就在剑上卿的阴谋最终得逞之际，素还真和得知了真相的傲笑红尘赶到，一场大战拉开序幕。