After the An-Shi Rebellion, the glory of the majestic Tang Dynasty ended, and the court’s majesty and centripetal force were further weakened. At this time, the Li empire could barely maintain its unbearable peace and prestige under the chaos of fragmentation, with many clans and factions. In Wei Bo, one of the three towns in Hebei, the headstrong and tyrannical festival ambassador Tian Ji’an (Zhang Zhen) is ambitious and moves with a view. The court sends its divine strategy soldiers to crush Wang Chengzong, but Wei Bo’s masters and subordinates are at odds with each other. At the same time, Tian Ji’an’s cousin Nie Yinniang (Shu Qi), who was taken to the mountain by the princess Daoist nun to practice swordplay in childhood, returns from her master. She follows the teachings of her master and pursues the concept of killing one person to save ten thousand people, and has killed a number of big bureaucrats one after another, and this time she returns to target Tian Ji’an.

The film is based on the legendary novel Nie Yinniang by Tang Dynasty’s Pei Yin and won the Best Director Award in Competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.