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DING continues to try and woo AI YEE but appears to make little headway. Though secretly fond of DING, AI YEE's pride prevents her from forgiving him. In the meantime, TIEN, a good friend of DING, is falsely accused of having stolen the precious Luminous Pearl and is imprisoned. DING, convinced of TIEN's innocence, sets out to find the real thief.

During the investigation, DING discovers that the real thief of the precious Luminous Pearl is the owner of a gambling den, SETO, who is also a member of the Four Bandits. DING accompanied by CHIU LING, attempts to recover the Pearl. A furious fight ensues in the gambling den, during the course of which CIHIU LING is injured. DING attempts to nurse CHIU LING back to health. However, this is mistaken by AI YEE who had been trailing them, with immune’s jealousy, she leaves in a huff.

SETO, seeking revenge, steals the Golden Hawk, a present from the Emperor to the DING's family, on the birthday of DWG's mother. During DING's attempt to recover the Golden Hawk, he discovers that CHIU HUNG's wife, YU IN, is the leader of the Four Bandits. YU IN finds out that SETO is the trouble maker and kills him in order to prevent the incident getting out of control.. AI YEE and her mother calls on the DING's family on Mrs. DING's birthday. DING seizes this opportunity to ask AI YEE's forgiveness as well as her hand in marriage. AI YEE consents after a show of reluctance.

CHIU LING finds out that AI YEE and DING plan to wed and is overcome with jealousy. She fails in her attempt to separate the two and is confronted by DING who makes her realizes that true love cannot be forced. On .the wedding day, Mrs. AI is hurt and AI YEE thinking that CHIU LING is the course of her mother's injuries, fights her. CHIU LING is injured and DING reprimands AI YEE. Angered, AI YEE stalks out of the house.

AI YEE, on reaching her own house, finds it under attack and members of the household killed. AI YEE manages to escape with her mother and some close followers. TIEN, knowing the incident, arranges a hiding place for them. He then sets to inform DING but on the way, he is mortally wounded by FA, one of the four bandits. TIEN manages to reach DING and convey his message before dying. Angered, DING sets out to seek revenge.

AI YEE seeks to revenge for her mother's death. Led by YAM, they head for the Moon Clan headquarter where she intends to learn the Merciless Sword Skill. However, to learn this skill, she must forgo all ties of kinship. She finally decides to give up the sword skill and seeks DING's assistance instead. Meanwhile, WEI sets a trap to kill DING, but GRU LING is injured by the trap instead. While DING is nursing CHIU LING back to health, AI YEE arrives and mistaken that the two are in love. Aroused and hurt, she then resolves to return to the Moon Clan to practice the Merciless Sword Skill.

CHIU HUNG asks DING to join forces with him under the pretext of eliminating society's bad elements. However, his real purpose is to destroy his opponents and strengthen his own position. DING, not suspecting what a-IIU HUNG is a hypocrite, agrees. In order to eradicate the Moon Clan, CHIU HUNG sends his wife YUE IN to kill AI YEE. In the meantime, AI YEE has learned the first series of the Merciless Sword Skill.

When YUE IN and AI YEE are about to begin their duel, YAM cones on the scene. He realizes that YUE IN is his long lost love and manages to stop the due. AI YEE soon finds out from YUE IN that her father was killed by the hypocrite, CHIU HUNG and vows to kill him. In the meantime, CHIU HUNG realizes that WEI has plans contrary to his own and sends DING to kill WEI. WEI then joins force with AI YEE and plans to use her to kill CHIU HUNG.

The combined forces of WEI and AI YEE converge on CHIU HING's headquarters. In the ensuing battle, AI YEE pushes CHIU WING into a deep chasm and is assumed dead. At this moment, WEI leads the heads of the Martial Arts Community and surrounds AI YEE. AI YEE now realizes WEI's plan of using her to eliminate CHIU HUNG and then destroys her. Although badly injured, Al YEE manages to escape. DING is stricken with sorrow upon learning of CHIU HUNG's death since he has always assumed him to be the righteous fellow. He sets out to find AI YEE.

DING catches up with AI YEE but doesn't have the heart to kill her and let her escape instead. To forestall any pursuit, he informs the other searchers that AI YEE had been killed. WEI finds out that DING has lied and together with the other heads of the Martial Arts Community, manages to find AI YEE. Just about when AI YEE is to be killed, DING intervenes and helps her to escape. Unable to remain in the Martial Arts Community anymore, DING returns home. WEI maligns him and turns public opinion against DING and his family.

Meanwhile, WEI and the leaders of the Martial Arts Community keep on searching AI YEE. They soon find hex in a small kingdom embroiled in a civil war. In the ensuing fight, AI YEE's sight is impaired but she manages to reach the Moon Clan headquarter where she had arranged to meet DING.

WEI forces CHIU LING to marry him in order to enable him to become head of the HUNG's headquarter. On the wedding night they have a fight and WEI accidentally kills CHIU LING. In the meantime, CHIU HUNG is actually still alive. He learns of his daughter's death after he escapes from the chasm. He attempts to kill WEI but WEI escapes.

DING attends CHIU LING's funeral and asks CHIU HUNG to release his mother. CHIU HUNG, hoping to eliminate the entire DING family altogether at a later date, agrees. PAK manages to kill WEI in a duel although he is badly wounded. At this stage, DING and AI YEE decide to confront CHIU HUNG together. However, CHIU HUNG has already mastered the Tearless Sword Skill which proves too strong for them. DING and AI YEE are forced to retreat. In order to counter CHIU HUNG's Tearless Sword Skill, AI YEE decides to continue her practice of the Merciless Sword, but DING, fearing the consequences, persuades her to reconsider.

DING learns of a secret manuscript relating to CHIU HUNG's complicity with the Moon Clan. The manuscript is kept at the Shin Lin Temple and DING obtains it after much trial and tribulation. At a gathering of the Martial Arts Community, DING reveals the secret of CHIU HUNG's links with the Moon Clan. CHIU HUNG, unable to deny his involvement, fights his way out and escapes.