From the year 198 BC, Cao Cao (Chow Yun Fat), Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, ventured into the east and defeated China's greatest warrior Lu Bu, terrifying every ambitious warlord across the country. After taking the Han Emperor Cao crowns himself King of Wei. He assembled a magnificent Bronze Sparrow Island to symbolize his ability and rumors spread that he'd replace with the Emperor. Meanwhile, young lovers Mu Shun (Hiroshi Tamaki) and also Ling Ju (Liu Yi-Fei) are obtained by the prison camp into a hidden tombwhere they spend five barbarous years together, training as assassins to get a covert mission. From the year 220 BC astronomical signs predict shift. Consequently, Cao's son Cao Pi (Yau Sam-Chi) and Cao's followers advocate Cao to eventually become the new Emperor - but not known opposing forces plot .