The Yang's Saga

With royal permission, Pan Hung holds a tournament to decide on a Marshal to lead the Army against Liao, and then hurts the contestants by foul means, hoping to put his third son Pan Pao in command. Meanwhile, he provokes Yang Yeh to stop his sons from taking part in the duel. The curious Yang No. 7 detects Pan Pao's foul play and comes up to confront him, accidentally killing him. Hung pleads the case to Emp. Tai-tsung, who orders to have the Yangs beheaded. But the Yangs are proved innocent when the case is heard by Magistrate Pao.

With Pan Hung in command, Generals Yang badly defeats the Liao troops on the front. But trapped by Hung, the Generals are forced to return to rescue the besieged Tai-tsung. Yang No. 7 leads the Army to return, only to be barred by Hung. He kills the guards to break in. Finally, the Yangs' whole Army is trapped into a complete annihilation. As a result, Yang Yeh, stranded in a valley, is forced to commit suicide. No. 7 escapes to seek reinforcements and is killed by archers. No. 4 is captured, but wins the heart of Princess Ching Lien and marries her. No. 5 is rescued and becomes a monk.

The surviving No. 6 returns to the Capital to lay the case before the liege. Pan Hung is then captured, but aided by Lady Pan, he frames the Yangs for conspiracy. Luckily, an honest judge Kou Chun forces Pan Hung into confession and orders him to be exiled. He is subsequently killed by No. 6. No. 6 is ordered to suppress Liao's rebellion. Meanwhile, Tien-yu and Tien-chu return, to Heaven to bring Lu Tung-pin down to earth as counsellor to help Liao against Sung. They lay a Heavenly Gate array to trap No. 6. On learning of this, Lady Yang personally leads the Army to come to his rescue. Guided by Taoist Han Chung-li, she orders No. 8 to steal a golden sword from Liao's palace and No. 5's wife to seek help from, No. 5 in the Temple.

Learning that his mother is coming to the Liao border, No. 4 solicits an imperial decree from Princess Ching-lien to visit her. His wife is indignant over his marriage with a foreign princess, and Lady Yang stops him from returning to her. Not seeing the return of her husband, Ching-lien is heart-broken. Meanwhile, Queen-Mother Hsiao threatens to execute her for the loss of the medal-decree, but her sister Pi-lien begs mercy for her. The two sisters march to attack the Sung Army. Ching-lien is captured by No. 4's wife to the Sung Camp, and this puts No. 4 in an embarrassing position. Han leads Lady Yang and, others to smash the array and eventually rescues No. 6 out of it, heavily defeating the Liao Army. Queen- Mother Hsiao escapes and is surrounded. Counselor Lu brings in Tien-yu and Tien-chu-to repulse the Yangs by magic. Ching-lien trying to rescue No. 4. Han arrives in time to take Lu away……