been trained in covert combat from youth, the Jinyiwei were pros of those 14 Blades; eight being for torturefive for murdering, and also the previous sword earmarked for suicide once a mission collapsed. An elite force of confidential agents having a permit to kill, the Jinyiwei committed their lifestyles and deadly art into this service of the Emperor alone. As soon as the Imperial Court is absorbed by bad eunuch Jia (Law Kar Ying), the most useful of this Jinyiwei, Qinglong (Donnie Yen) will be delegated to steal an inventory identifying those loyal to the Emperor. Nevertheless unbeknownst into Qinglong, the Jinyiwei have dropped under the hands of Jia, also throughout the assignment Qinglong has been strangled and barely escapes with his own life. As the most desirable person from the property, Qinglong must hunt outside and muster the loyalists to grow against Jia and revive the Emperor to power. In his manner would be the deadliest assassins from the property, his former brethren, the Jinyiwei.