Been trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Jinyiwei are all masters of this 14 Blades. Eight five for killing, for torture, once a mission failed and also the blade booked for suicide. An elite force of confidential agents using a license to kill, and the Jinyiwei devoted deadly art and their lifestyles to this service of the Emperor. When the Imperial Court is bought out by bad eunuch Jia (Law Kar Ying), the best of this Jinyiwei, Qinglong (Donnie Yen) is assigned to steal an inventory identifying those loyal to the Emperor. Unbeknownst to Qinglong, the Jinyiwei have fallen under the control of Jia, also during the mission Qinglong is betrayed and barely escapes with his life. Qinglong must hunt out and muster the loyalists to rise against Jia and reestablish the Emperor to power As the most desirable person in the territory. In his way would be the most deadly assassins his former brethren, in the territory, the Jinyiwei.