Li Fugui was a blacksmith in a remote, impoverished village. During the busy double-cropping season, he was hard at work too, spending every day before the scorching forge hammering out farm tools. One blazing-hot afternoon, a man in black asked him to forge a sword. Though he had always made his living as a blacksmith, Li Fugui refused. To his surprise, the man in black pressed a long sword to his throat. The newly forged sword set off a life-and-death duel between two top martial artists. At the critical moment, another master came to the rescue.