Cobbler Wu Di is mad about martial arts movie books and resides with his mommy. One day he can help rescue her in a fight with Tian Baguang that is criminal, even though he has no training and repairs of wandering swordswoman Yuelou the shoe. She informs him if he needs her she owes him a life and can be discovered on Qin Mountain. Yuelou is a princess that was due to wed the emperor but ran away after putting fire to her palace quarters. In love, Wu Di lays out to find her, also fulfilling with with a hermit Buddhist monk that offers to carry him as a pupil, and fighting with his side kick on the way and river pirate Dugu. Yuelou intends to wait a martial arts tournament to ascertain her identify, little knowing that the emperor's chief eunuch Cheng has arranged for her to be secretly protected by Penal Bureau officer Yang Guo also to secure the tournament, hence the emperor will award her the prize and persuade her to accept union.