Adapted from Jin Yong's novel of the same name. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song, Liao, and Xixia were in opposition. The leader of the Beggars' Sect, Qiao Feng (played by Hu Jun), was killed by Kang Min, the wife of Ma Dayuan, the deputy leader of the Beggars' Sect. He was despised by the martial arts world. Qiao Feng began his investigation to find out the truth and redress himself, but it caused greater entanglements. During his investigation, he met Duan Yu (played by Lin Zhiying), the suave prince of the Duan family in Dali, and Xu Zhu (played by Gao Hu), a seemingly dull but kind-hearted Shaolin monk. The three of them became brothers with similar spirits. Qiao Feng met the two sisters Azhu (played by Liu Tao) and Azi (played by Chen Hao); Duan Yu was infatuated with Wang Yuyan (played by Liu Yifei) and met many confidantes; Xu Zhu encountered the mysterious Menggu (played by Wang Haizhen). Faced with the turbulent times, the three began an extraordinary life in the martial arts world, and met various masters such as Tianshan Tonglao (played by Shu Chang), Murong Fu (played by Xiu Qing), the Four Evil Men, and so on. Life and death, love and hate, separation, and national justice were played out in the course of fate.