After the sacred scripts of Tammo are stolen from Shaolin, a young girl is taught 18 forms of Shaolin kung fu to enable her to venture outside the temple and recover all of the volumes.
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general kills the South Shaolin teachers and blames their death on the North Shaolin teachers. The South Shaolin master sends more of his pupils, who are killed accidentally by the North Shaolin teachers. He finally sends two more of his students to train with old masters and trains one student himself with the goal of finally defeating the North Shaolin experts.
After the destruction of the Temple, a Shaolin disciple devotes years to mastering the Tiger style in order to defeat the martial arts master who killed his teacher. His wife, a Crane style specialist, has a feeling one style won't be enough.
Ünlü dövüşçü Tan Tao-liang karşımıza Shalolin öğrencisi olarak karşımıza çıkıyor. Shaolin baş rahibini öldüren Mançuryalı bir katilin peşinde olan Tan'a, erkek kardeşini öldürdükleri için intikam yemini eden Jackie Chan'de bir mızrak ustası olarak yardım ediyor. İntikam ateşiyle yanan iki dövüşçü, katillerden kaçan bir rahibi de korumaları altına alırlar. Görevlerini tamamlamak için önlerinde hiçbir engel kalmayana kadar devam ederler. İnanılmaz dövüş sahneleriyle dolu müthiş bir macera...