The Legend of Wong Tai Sin (1986)

By order of Emperor Jade in Heaven, Rain God pours-torrential rains on earth, causing heavy flooding and casualties. He privately stops them out of compassion and is punished as a result. With the four Fairies and others begging mercy for him, he is acquitted of expulsion from the Void and is expelled down to earth to taste the suffering of mankind. On earth, the Emperor has a dream which the Grand Master interprets to mean that someone to be born on 23rd August will spring up to seize his throne. Then the monarch decides to have all babies born on this date kil,led. He subsequently offers a reward of 100 teals to anyone bringing babies born on that date to the palace.… ...

Chor-ping is grown. Both he and his own mother are maltreated by wife No. 1, but No. 1's own son Chor-hee gets along well with them. Chor-ping gets acquainted with Ching while herding the sheep. Prince Fei Lung, now grown and excellent in intelligence and martial, arts, wins the favour of the sovereign. Prince No. 3 tries to murder Fei Lung while he's serving incense for his father. Chor-ping perchance unfolds his plot and saves Fei Lung's life. Fei Lung promises to return Chor-pings favor at a later date. Master Tang makes advances to Ching. Chor-ping and Chor-hee come to her rescue, and reprimand him. Furious at heart, Tang sets fire to the Wongs and No. 2 is burnt to death. Chor-ping reports the case to the magistracy, but Tang bribes the magistrate into framing him. Chor-ping is imprisoned and helps an old man Wu Yau in jail to do hard labour. The latter gives him a medical journal out of favor.… ...

The Princess of the Country of Xien Pei, Shuang Shuang, goes to the celebration of the Emperor's birthday. Prince Fei Lung, out of hospitality, goes around sightseeing with her. As time goes by, they both develop a sentiment for one another. Prince No.3, with an aim to harm Fei Lung, conspires with the ambassador of Xien Pei to poison Shuang Shuang into a coma. Fei Lung worries very much and the Grand Doctor recommends the treatment by Chor-ping. Chor-ping is thus released from jail and brought to the Palace by Fei Lung. Chor-ping brings Shuang Shuang back to conscious. Fei Lung asks Chor-ping to stay out of gratitude. Chor-ping worries about Chor-hee who has disappeared after the deluge. On the other, hand, Shuang Shuang is attracted by the charm and humor of Chor-ping and subsequently falls in love with him. As Shuang Shuang's love for Chor-ping grows, it arouses the jealousy of Fei Lung who warns Chor-ping them.… ...

Fei Lung gets the magical sword fortuitously and practices evil deeds. He kills Prince No.3, imprisons Prince No.2 and proclaims-himself Emperor. Prince No.2 is save by General Li and this worries Fei Lung who orders his men: to chase after, them. Chor-ping, practices philanthropy everywhere with his magic and the name Wong Tai Sin spreads rapidly. On the other hand, ching and Chor-hee earn a living by stealing. They are caught by a bad man and Chor-hee is beaten up badly. Ching, in her, attempt to look for, treatment for Chor-hee, meets Chor-ping. Chor-ping cures Chor-hee and the three go to the capital together in search of the magical sword. Prince No.2, being chased after, by soldiers, is saved by Chor-ping on the road. Prince No.2 promises to repay Chor-ping later on. Shuang Shuang, who can no longer tolerate the uncanny temperament of Fei Lung, leaves the palace and meets Chor-ping.… ...

Fei-lung tells Shuang Shuang that he shall build a dam and a reservoir in order to flood the barbarians. He then let Shuang Shuang go deli irately so that she can tell Chor-ping about the conspiracy. Fei Lung's real intention is to meet Chor-ping so that he can kill him. Chor-ping, after hearing the news, feels that he should stop the disaster. Thus, he goes to have a fight with Fei Lung at the dam. Chor-ping cannot fight against the magical sword. Shuang Shuang comes to save him but is killed. However, Chor-ping eventually knocks Fei Lung down a precipice and regains the magical sword. He is then ordered to bring the sword back to Heaven. Chor-ping returns the sword to the Emperor Jade in Heaven who finds that the Sea-Pacifying Pearl is lost. He is afraid that mankind will be harmed then and Chor-ping is willing to return to earth to look for the Pearl.… ...

The Queen advises the Emperor to send Liu Au to assassinate Fei Lung. While Fei Lung and the eldest son of Tien-xin is drinking, Liu Au, his wife and Ru-yien pretends to be villagers begging for antidote. Tien-xin's eldest son tries to rape Ru-yien then and she is saved by Fei Lung Tai Sin meets Fei Lung again and he pretends to confess in front of Tai Sin. Tai Sin trusts him and let him go. On the other hand, Ru-yien offers to have sex with Fei Lung out of gratitude. Fei Lung tells Tai Sin about Ren Tien-xin's deeds in Cheung's village so that he can take advantage of the fight between Tien-xin and Tai Sin. Tai Sin is being discovered while he is investigating the matter at Tien Tien-xin's home. Fei Lung saves Tai Sin and advises him to obtain the antidote from the Master of Seven Stars: Tai Sin makes the Master repent and give him the antidote. The Master then leaves Tien-xin's home.… ...

Chor-hee arrives at Fung Loi Town. He is still earning a living by stealing and his life is a mess. Tai Sin and Jin-shan both arrives at the town and they stay at an inn downtown. One day .Tin-shan meets Chor-hee. They pick one another's pocket and they have a quarrel. After that, they collaborate to steal the money of two government officials. As they are escaping, they meet Fei Lung and Yue Fung who have arrived at Fung Loi Town. Jin-shan discovers that Fei Lung has the treasure map. She then co-operate witty Chor-hee to steal the map. Chor-hee notices that Jin-shan is very serious about the map and thinks that it must be something of importance. He thus keeps half of the map despite Jin-shan's many attempts to have it back. Jin-shan brings Chor-hee back to the inn and there he meets Tai Sin again. Jin-shan realizes that Chor-hee and Tai Sin are brothers and so she has to tell Chor-hee the truth.… ...

Tai Sin cures Ruo-ru. Ruo-ru tells him that the life span of the people in Away-From-Earth Village is no longer than 40 years. He begs Tai Sin to save his father. Fei Lung and Yue-fung arrive at Away-From-Earth village. They order the Chief, Li, to imprison Tai Sin and his two companions by the command of Tien-xin. They regain the possession of the map then. Fei Lung and Yue-fung enter, the Fairy Valley according to the direction of the map. They are attacked by Tu Ku. Yue-fung is badly wounded while trying to protect Fei Lung. He remains in the Fairy Valley then. Jin-shun think of a way to escape and the three run away in diversified routes. Tai Sin and Jin-shan meet Ruo-ru who brings them to hide at the home of the Doctor of Poisons. When Jin-shan wakes up the other morning, she is horrified to find that all her hair has turned white.… ...

Being stopped by Tu Ku, the Doctor of Poisons tries to kill her. However, the Doctor is stopped by Tai Sin and the three are fought back. Ruo-ru saves Chor-hee from the prison. He brings him to Tai Sin but they are followed after by Fei Lung. Fei Lung thus learns that Seven-colored Begonia is the antidote. Fei Lung publicizes the fact in front of the villagers. The villagers rush to the Fairy Valley despite the opposition of their Chief. They are stopped by Tu Ku. Fei Lung, seeing that Tu Ku is distracted by the villagers, tries to enter the cave. He falls into the trap by mistake but he is able to escape. Tu Ku, Tu Ku Su-su and Yue-fung arrive but Fei Lung has left already. However, the assassin sent by Prince No.2, Liu Cien-shui, has arrived. Cien-shui fights with the Tu Kus' and Tu Ku dies while saving Su-su.… ...

Fei Lung, Jin-shan and Chor-hee find the treasure. Fei Lung tries to kill the other two so that he can have all of the treasure. Meanwhile, Tai Sin loses the fight against Cien-shui and runs away. He then co-operates with Fei Lung to fight against Cien-shui. Cien-shui fights back desperately. When he is about to kill Jin-shan, the Doctor of Poisons saves her but dies himself. Before he dies, he passes his secret manual to Jin-shan. Fei Lung grabs half of it and flees away with Yue-fung and Su-su. They touch the trap and the cave is closed. Tai Sin and his companions are just able to get out in time. The four gods appear, to tell Tai Sin that there will be trouble at the capital and ask him to save the situation. Jin-shan also learns that her father is seriously ill. So they all set forth for the capital. Tai Sin and his companions arrive at the capital.… ...

Tai Sin refuses Prince No.2's request to enter the Palace and co-operate to kill Fei Lung. He urges Prince No.2 to rule kindly in order, to act against Fei Lung. The three gambling rascals of Shuang Xi stir. up trouble at the Zhau's casino for the revenge against their defeat by Tai Sin. Old Zhau loses the game with the three gambling rascals of Shuang Xi. Tai Sin comes to Jin-shan's help and wins back the game. The three gambling rascals become the servants of the Zhau family. The Grand Master. tries to purge the Zhau family. He advises Prince No.2 to order the Zhau family to make a lot of woollen clothes for the soldiers in a short period of time. He thinks that the Zhau family will not be able to have so much wool in so short a time. Fortunately, Old Zhau has a large amount of wool in store.… ...

The public is discontented with the imprisonment of the Zhau family by Prince No.2. They protest outside the rear palace and Prince No.2 orders to kill them all. Tai Sin cannot bear the massacre any longer and asks to see Prince No.2. Prince No.2 tries to kill Tai Sin. Tai Sin forces Tien-fung to take in some poison and force Prince No.2 to release the Zhau family in exchange for the antidote. When Tai Sin leaves, Fei Lung arrives and kills Prince No.2. He then forces Tien-fung to proclaim him the Emperor before killing her. Fei Lung orders the execution of the Zhau family. Tai Sin, Jin-shan and Chor-hee escape in time. After a series of fight, the three save Old Zhau and his father from being executed. The two return to their hometown to spend the rest of their, lives there.… ...

Fei Lung holds a banquet to kill King Happy when he learns of his ambition to gain the throne. Tai Sin uncovers the plot of Fei Lung and arranges to save King Happy from the danger. Fei Lung condemns Tai Sin immediately. King Happy gives Tai Sin the Knife of Lung Yang and forgives his sin of poisoning Tien Fung. In order to consolidate his power, King Happy holds a banquet for the officials and stirs up their emotion against Fei Lung. The officials decide to overthrow Fei Lung and make King Happy the Emperor. Most of the officals excuse themselves from the morning session in the Palace. Fei Lung is very much furious and orders to investigate into the matter. Fei Lung realises that his officials have become King Happy's men. In the midst of fury, he orders his men to stop the supply of soldiers to King Happy.… ...

Protests break out as the people accuse Fei Lung of killing King Happy. All the ministers have decided to overthrow Fei Lung and make King Happy's son, Cun-er to be the Emperor. The political power will then actually be in the hand of the Princess. Tai Sin feels suspicious about the murder of King Happy and he investigates into the matter. Princess Happy leads the attack against Fei Lung. She also sends the Black and White Swordsmen to assassinate Fei Lung in the Palace. Meanwhile Su-su is in child labour. However, Yue-fang leaves her alone and goes to the protection of Fei Lung. The Black and White Swordsmen slip into the Palace. While Fei Lung is defeated by them, Yue-fung arrives and brings Fei Lung home. Yue-fung realizes that his home has been burnt down and Su-su is dead. While he is desperately sad, the Black and White Swordsmen arrive and kill him.… ...

Tai Sin gives the position of Prime Minister, to Chor-hee. He decides to leave the palace and looks for a place to practise his tab Jin-shan insists to follow Tai Sin. Jin-shan and Tai Sin arrive at a village and learn that there is a fairy, Chu Ku Jo-lan, up in the Che Chung Hill. They go there together, out of curiosity. Tai Sin and Jin-shan find that Jo-lan is really an outstanding fortune-teller .However. Jo-lan thinks that Tai Sin has come to occupy her place. She has a fight with Tai Sin but is defeated. She then asks Tai Sin to save a dying person. Should he succeed, she shall give the place to him. Tai Sin is determined to revive the dying one .He tries every means to stop the soul-taking ambassador. His plan is interrupted by Jin-shan’s yearning for sleep. Tai Sin saves the dying person eventually.… ...

FeiLung makes a sudden attack to chor-hee and utilizes his body to complete the combination of his main soul and the body. He makes Chor-hee pretend, to be very ill and asks Tai Sin rush back to the Palace. As the body of Chor-hee is occupied by Fei Lung, his temperament changes drastically. He expels Jo-lan. Siu-lai feels suspicious and he discusses the matter with Jo-lan. Jo-lan finds out that Siu-lai is the reincarnation of Tien-cien Star. Tai Sin receives the letter from Chor-hee and rushes back to the Palace. Siu-lai tells Tai Sin about the bizarre behaviour of Chor-hee. Chor-hee asks Tai Sin to help him to arrange peace talk with the Princes of Five Countries. He then kills the Princes and trumps the charge on Tai Sin. The ambassadors of Five Countries believe that Tai Sin has killed the Princes. They ask the Emperor to kill Tai Sin but the Emperor refuses.… ...

The Five Countries join together. to attack the Emperor forcing him to hand over. Tai Sin in ten days. The Emperor thus collects food everywhere to prepare for the fight. The people then begin to lead a hard life. Tai Sin finds that Jo-lan is pregnant. He decides to slip into the Palace with Jo-lan, Jin-span and Siu-lai to question Chor-bee about all the weird things that have happened. Tai Sin discovers that Fei Lung uses Chor-hee's body to do wicked deeds. They attack Fei Lung and defeat him. Fei Lung, being defeated, hides back into Chor-hee's body. As Jo-lan does not want to kill Chor-hee, so she let him go. Chor-hee poisons the Emperor into a coma. He then forges a Royal Command ordering Tai Sin to surrender or, he shall let the troops of the Five Countries to massacre the city.… ...