To achieve his ambition of ruling the world, Xiongba (played by Sonny Chiba), leader of the World Society, asks the Clay Bodhisattva to read his fate. He receives a sixteen-character prophecy: "The golden-scaled one is no pond-dwelling creature; upon meeting wind and cloud, he will become a dragon." To find Wind and Cloud, Xiongba goes on a killing spree, eventually taking the young Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun under his wing. With Wind and Cloud's help, his bid for supremacy advances smoothly. Time passes quickly, and Xiongba's ambition to rule grows ever greater. But then he receives another prophecy from the Clay Bodhisattva: "He will rise by Wind and Cloud, and fall by Wind and Cloud." Xiongba can't help but look askance at Nie Feng (played by Vincent Zhao) and Bu Jingyun (played by Peter Ho), who are at his side...
