The Empress (played by Qu Ying) was deeply disturbed by the legend that "two flowers bloomed, the emperor's star appeared, the world was reversed, and the world was in chaos", so she asked her confidant Wei Liao (played by Daniel Wu) to send the mysterious envoys Lan Ling (played by Zhong Xintong) and Hong Ling (played by Hong Ling) Fan Bingbing (played by Fan Bingbing), fights openly and secretly with the rebel leader (played by Donnie Yen), trying to find the "Emperor Solitary..."