Several years ago, the emperor covertly directed the hero Li Hui to establish a mountain fortress of bandits in order to maintain control over the pugilist world. After Li Hui's death, his daughter, Li Jin Rong, takes command of the citadel and gives birth to Zhou Fei after marrying scholar Zhou Yi Tang. Zhou Fei's attempts to flee have always failed, yet Li Jin Rong permits her daughter to go after her sixteenth birthday and experience the outside world. She re-meets Xie Yun after he saves her from drowning during her initial escape attempt, and the two continue on an adventure through wulin together.