A Step Into The Past

CHUN admires LAO and would like to be a follower of his. He then bids farewell to FONG. LUNG and SINN have finally arrived at the City of Daliang. SHUN and his guard MAO come to greet their arrival. Right Honourable LUNG YEUNG is hurry to receive his master CHOW HIN and HIN’s younger apprentice KUM CHANG. Along the way YEUNG has a quarrel with SHUN but LUNG can finally settle the dispute. YEUNG thus has a very good impression of LUNG. LUNG claims that he knows SHUN’s plot and states that he is longing to work for SHUN. SHUN doubts so. CHUN meets LAO again. He asks to become LAO’s apprentice but LAO refuses and just keeps teasing him. FONG goes along with CHUN to see LAO. CHUN is overjoyed. LUNG has come up with an idea as to how to find out “Lu’s Memoir”. Along the riverside, LUNG meets a girl who very much looks like CHING. He cannot help but follow that girl. However, she has suddenly disappeared.… ...

SHUN suspects LUNG is the thief and decides to search the whole place. Inside SINN’s bedroom he finds LUNG who is naked. LUNG pretends that he has an affair with SINN. He begs for SHUN’s forgiveness and promises to take up the job of assassinating EMPEROR NGAI. SHUN therefore lets him off. FONG and CHUN have prepared excellent food and accommodation for LAO so as to please him. LAO is happy about their arrangement. He states that CHUN needs to fulfill a few criteria in order to become his apprentice, namely, jumping off the cliff and leaving his body inside a barrel of urine and faeces for a day. Finally CHUN does what LAO wants. LUNG goes to get back the Memoir. He supposes CHANG is YEUNG’s wife and feels very disappointed. CHUN needs to wash up and FONG just accompanies him to the waterfall nearby. FONG looks stunningly beautiful as she appears beside the waterfall. LAO is madly attracted to her.… ...

YEUNG invites LUNG and ANN to attend the forum which is hosted by CHANG. LUNG is thrilled to bits when he knows that YEUNG and CHANG are not a couple. During the forum, LUNG meets many prominent historical figures such as HON FAY and LEE SZE. He feels just so excited to see them. He even suggests SZE go to serve the Qin Empire. LUNG’s political views are so innovative, which have surprised everyone there. CHANG is therefore very impressed by him. LUNG finds an excuse to leave the forum so that he can get back the Memoir. He passes the Memoir on to ANN straightaway. ANN pretends to be drunk and takes it as an excuse to get away. LUNG and ANN are so surprised to find that SINN has been brought to the Ngai Palace. LUNG recommends ANN to keep the Memoir and leave first. And in a minute, he is going to rescue SINN. The Prince of Ngai does not respect SINN and keeps sexually harassing her.… ...

SINN has got a fever and is really weak. Nobody knows how to help her. LUNG remembers there is some anti-biotic inside his little communication apparatus. CHANG can feel LUNG’s love but finally rejects him only for the sake of SINN. SZE has successfully borrowed food for his armies from YEUNG and is going to bid farewell. He offers to escort LUNG and SINN out of the Ngai Empire. SZE hides them inside a carriage but they are discovered by MAO eventually. LUNG does not want to cause SZE any trouble, so he and SINN leave at once. LUNG is hurt by an arrow. He has no choice but to jump down the cliff with SINN. LUNG and SINN have arrived at the Stone Village. There they meet the TANGs family and unfortunately have caught them in trouble. The TANGs are even killed later on. YIK and JUN, who are members of the TANGs, return home and find their family are all dead. They are extremely sad and cry their eyes out.… ...

MUK discovers that the Memoir is just a fake copy and gets furious. ANN passes the real Memoir on to POON and urges him to give it to LUNG. She then breaks the bridge apart to prevent MUK from getting close. POON goes back home and finds ANN has been tortured almost to death. He is sad and angry. LUNG is so surprised to hear about ANN’s death when he returns to WOO’s house. POON goes to see MUK to seek revenge but is caught. LUNG gives away the Memoir and MUK releases POON. LUNG subdues MUK and makes him reveal the whereabouts of KATE and her son. MUK leads LUNG into the cellar, where KATE and JING have long been kept. JING is in fact a coward and LUNG gets so disappointed in him. MUK hurts JING and has successfully fled away. Before he goes, he sets fire to the cellar in order to kill LUNG, KATE and JING. KATE is not at all scared. The three of them can finally get out of the cellar but JING dies later on.… ...

LUNG and POON go to the Cow village to find JING. There they discover JING is dead already. LUNG feels extremely upset about the news. KATE notices POON’s jade ring and mistakes him for JING. LUNG suggests POON disguise himself as JING. He analyses all the advantages and disadvantages of his plan. Others can do nothing but agree with him. YAO has saved a girl from the hands of CHOW PING. This girl is in fact FONG. FONG is going to commit suicide but luckily YAO has stopped her in time. YAO explains that LUNG refuses to marry FONG not because he does not love her but because of some other reasons. FONG misses LUNG so much. YAO and FONG have already reached the Qin territory. There they see LUNG who is escorting KATE and JING back to their country. FONG spots LUNG amongst the crowd and instantly all sorts of feelings well up in her heart. She leaves sadly at the end.… ...

EMPEROR QIN gives KATE a distinguished title ‘LADY ELEGANT’ and appoints LUNG to a significant post. YUEN asks for retirement and EMPEROR QIN agrees. EMPEROR QIN’s second son PRINCE SING and Right Honourable YEUNG TSUEN are afraid that LUNG will grow bigger and bigger. LUI invites LUNG and JING to dinner, during which they meet CHUN again, who calls himself LAO. CHUN has even become one of LUI’s guests now. LUNG has a meeting with CHUN and CHUN reveals how he has killed the real LAO. He promises LUNG that he will help JING to secure the throne. LUNG does not really believe him. TAK comes to the Qin Empire as a representative from the Chiu Empire to greet JING’s return. TAK points out that is not the real JING. EMPEROR QIN knew right from the beginning that the real JING was brought up in a cottage. He does not believe TAK and urges TAK to leave. TAK meets JING (POON) inside the Qin Palace and has immediately come up with an idea.… ...

EMPEROR QIN suddenly collapses. All ministers are worried about his health and they believe it is due to the fact that EMPEROR QIN has had too many sexual activities recently. LUNG gets aware that EMPEROR QIN has lumbago during rainy seasons. LUNG then offers to massage his feet so as to relieve his pain. EMPEROR QIN finds it works and thus thinks highly of LUNG. LUI knows that SINN has eloped with LUNG and he fears this will affect JING. He suggests LUNG should marry SINN. It is SINN’s 18th birthday. LUNG has given her a big birthday cake and tells her to make a wish. LUNG feels a little upset when he hears about SINN’s birthday wish. KATE disguises herself as a maid and goes to see LUI. She states she wants to stay with LUI but is rejected. LUI gives her a slap and warns her this is going to destroy JING’s future. KATE comes to realise she is just a tool of LUI’s and feels heartbroken. KATE is going to commit suicide.… ...

LUNG is much worried about how to catch MUK. LAO reveals that MUK is in fact an illegitimate son of Right Honourable TSUN SUN who is from the Chor Empire. LUNG doubts it. TAO suggests that LUNG may disguise himself as TUNG HONG, a horse-lover and a citizen of the Chor Empire and that through selling and buying of horses, LUNG can approach MUK. LUNG meets SZE again in LUI’s house. He promises he will seek a chance to recommend SZE to JING. SZE feels so grateful. SINN gives LUNG a lucky charm. Her eyes are full of love for him. LUNG is touched but dare not promise her anything. FONG wants to kill LAO and has decided to hire YAO as the hitman. In order to get more money, FONG has become a hired killer as well. It is the first time FONG has ever been involved in a murder. She is so nervous and clumsy that she nearly kills YAO. KATE has cooked a meal for LUI but LUI has not turned up at last.… ...

MUK invites HONG (LUNG) to dinner, during which he suddenly points out that is not the real HONG. LUNG is scared to death and quickly shows MUK a confidential letter. As soon as MUK has read the letter, he puts all his doubts aside. CHANG and LUNG meet again in the garden. LUNG releases all the fireflies he has caught. Now that thousands of fireflies are dancing around CHANG, CHANG gets stunned and amazed. HIN suggests CHANG should give up on LUNG and stay with HONG. MUK secretly goes to present the sacrificial offerings to the ghosts and evil spirits around the hill area. LUNG has come up with a plan at last. CHANG asks LUNG out for a date and LUNG promises at once. LUNG has added some colour to CHANG’s painting, which greatly amazes CHANG. On their way home, CHANG has hurt her leg and cannot move. LUNG just takes her in his arms and the two of them begin to head back home.… ...

CHANG comes to know that she has been used by LUNG to trap MUK. She leaves angrily. SINN wants the same piece of red cloth that YUNG has just found. YUNG is not happy with JUN for his sharp tongue and decides to purchase all the red cloth there. YUNG learns of LUNG’s identity from LUI. She goes to visit SINN with some red cloth and offers to design a wedding gown for SINN. She says she very much appreciates SINN’s determination to find her true love. LAO persuades KATE to discriminate against all those who hold different views from her own. KATE decides to recommend LAO to EMPEROR QIN for a significant post. JING, on the other hand, recommends LUNG and LUI just agrees with him. LUI realises LAO’s burning ambition and reminds him that he should play his own part. SINN discovers a confidential letter, from which she learns that someone is going to kill LUNG. LAO guesses SINN has already discovered his plot and is going to take her life.… ...

LUNG is totally furious at LUI’s house and has left the place a mess. YIK sees LUNG has lost his control. To prevent him from going ever madder, YIK gives him a hit to knock him out. LUNG vows to find out the murderer of SINN and requests EMPEROR QIN’s permission to search LUI’s house. Inside the garden, LUNG finds some oddments of SINN’s dress and the little rabbit that YUNG gave her. He suspects 8 people including LAO and YUNG are involved in the murder of SINN as they fail to prove they were not on the scene. LAO discovers SINN’s hairgrip and has come up with an idea. LAO points out that the carriage driver is rather suspicious. Shortly afterwards, LUNG finds SINN’s hairgrip inside the carriage. He flies into a fury and wants to kill the driver at once. LUNG refuses to accept a significant post and KATE again recommends LAO to EMPEROR QIN. KATE asks EMPEROR QIN to have a trip with her to Mt.… ...

A crazy man has got in when KATE is having a bath. To ensure KATE’s security, EMPEROR QIN agrees to appoint LAO to the post of Guard-in-chief. LUNG fears that JING will sooner or later become a tyrant. He hopes the doctrines of Confucius and Mencius can help exert a favourable influence on JING’s character and therefore invites CHANG to be JING’s teacher. CHANG promises later on. LUNG tells CHANG that she very much looks like his ex-girlfriend. CHANG feels a bit down when she hears about that. EMPEROR QIN has claimed JING to be the heir to the throne. SING and TSUEN think it is compulsory for JING to prove that he is the offspring of QIN. KATE tells JING that QIN is really his father and that there is nothing to worry about. JING just acts relaxed. LUNG suggests having a blood test. They do it and finally prove that JING is the son of QIN. LUI is of course furious with the result.… ...

LUNG can see that LAO is getting more and more ambitious. To play it safe, he suggests weakening LAO’s power. LAO tells KATE that JING is going to weaken his power. KATE then tries to find a way to cope with it. KATE persuades EMPEROR QIN to give CHANG an honour for her chastity, which is strongly opposed by LUNG. CHANG asks LUNG why he dislikes KATE’s idea but LUNG does not say a word. HIN suggests LUNG should reveal his love to CHANG if he is really fond of her. LUNG discloses to CHANG that he comes from the modern world but CHANG does not believe what he says. She thinks LUNG is just looking for an excuse to turn her down. HIN somewhat believes LUNG and decides to do a test to see if it is true. EMPEROR QIN suspects KATE and LUI are still carrying on an affair. LAO therefore is going to make LUI a scapegoat. KATE asks LUI to meet her at her bedroom. While LUI is giving KATE a hug, EMPEROR QIN just comes in.… ...

LUNG sees that EMPEROR QIN’s lips and fingertips have both turned black and can tell immediately that he has been poisoned. He even knows for sure it is done by LUI. LUI holds KATE closely in his arms in front of EMPEROR QIN. QIN is finally outraged to death and JING has become the new king. LUNG has got his communication device in his hands and is ready to fly back to the modern world. However, the device is running out of battery power, which means he cannot return to where he comes from. He is so upset and keeps yelling on the summit of the mountain. LUNG urges YIK to have a look at the Memoir and see whether there is any item mentioning things related to electricity or even sulphuric acid. However, they find nothing at the end of the day. LUI has already worked out a new staff list, according to which, all his followers will get promoted. JING is not happy with this.… ...

LUNG and CHANG are doing two experiments respectively – LUNG is making a copper wire to see if it is possible to generate electricity from lightning flashes while CHANG is looking into the likelihood of turning sulphur into sulphuric acid. JING is encouraged by SZE and is getting more and more eager to introduce political reforms. LUI does not support him, nevertheless, making him very upset. JING and a eunuch get out of the Palace to chill out, during which they have a quibble with YUNG. YUNG has put some clothes on sale in a shop but she finds that the clothes pattern has been amended without her permission. She is very angry and goes to argue with the shop owner. She cannot get back what she wants after all. JING is willing to from a business partnership with YUNG and the two of them are planning to run a shop, which makes JUN so jealous. LUNG is astonished when he finds that YUNG’s partner is JING.… ...

LUNG and LAO go to find JING respectively. LUNG and CHANG have discovered JING when he is helping a poor girl bury her dead father. But just a minute later, JING vanishes again without a trace. JING is robbed of his wallet and thus has lost all his money. He feels so cold and hungry that he has finally stolen a bun. He is caught and sent to a government office for trial. There he is beaten up and later on is even sent to do coolie work. JING is dumped at the unmarked graveyard after he has been beaten unconscious. The late EMPEROR QIN’s birthday is coming soon – just in three days’ time – and LUI fears that JING cannot come back in time to attend the memorial service. JING has been tortured severely and comes to understand how much authority and power would mean to him. Everyone at the memorial service is waiting for JING but he has not turned up.… ...

LUNG has planned for long to go back to the modern world. He knows that he is going to leave one day and that he should not have given CHANG any false hope. YIK has misunderstood LUNG, however. CHANG learns from books that sulphuric acid is a particular chemical substance and decides to go uphill to look for some. HIN does not know why she has to do this. LUNG gets deeply touched by CHANG’s thoughtfulness but feels so sorry about all the trouble he has caused. JING is considering assigning a more important post to SZE and is afraid that LUI will show strong opposition to this. LUNG says they can ask for LAO’s support. JING suggests to LAO that KATE should participate in the administration of state affairs. JING and KATE collaborate with each other and have implemented a number of plans, including SZE’s promotion and tax reduction. They have also declined LUI’s proposal to repair the old sewers.… ...

YAO gets astonished as she knows that her master needs her to kill LUNG. LAO informs LUNG that SING has gone to the city of Xianyang to meet LUI and that LUI has already found out JING is not his son. LUNG reckons LUI must be plotting a rebellion. FONG follows YAO all the way to a jungle and has obstructed YAO’s action. As a result, YAO gets seriously injured. SING and a huge crowd of bodyguards and soldiers have arrived to kill JING. LAO and his bodyguards come along just in time and have successfully caught SING. Meanwhile, 3 hitmen jump out of the coffins to stab LUNG. LAO claims he needs to protect JING and takes it as an excuse to leave the vault. The hitmen have stabbed LUNG in the stomach. LUNG is bleeding profusely. YAO and FONG are so worried about LUNG and have tried their very best to kill the hitmen. LUNG has lost consciousness. YAO and FONG feel so helpless. YIK finds the dying LUNG by the door.… ...

SING is made a scapegoat. He faces the criminal charge of treason and is going to bear all the responsibility, only for the sake of his family. LUI soon feels relieved. YAO’s master has sent a hitman to kill YAO but luckily she has managed to escape. CHANG has been overseeing LUNG. She swears that she would give the world if LUNG could recover. LUNG suddenly wakes up. CHANG is overjoyed and bursts into tears. YIK persuades YUNG to leave JUN, which irks JUN. JING has decided to execute SING and all his relatives. LUNG, though still recuperating, goes to meet JING and asks for a pardon on SING’s behalf. JING refuses, nevertheless. LUNG reckons that JING has become increasingly tyrannical. YIK needs LUNG to go uphill with him. He then asks LUNG to take out his communication device to charge the battery. YIK has been using goldfish to conduct experiments on electricity.… ...

LUNG remembers what DR. WU has said and begins to work out the reason why JING’s reflection could not be seen in the mirror. He feels an urgent need to find a solution. A meteorite has fallen from the sky, causing panic among the government officials. But LUNG points out that it is a good omen. LUI cannot achieve what he sets out to do. The Chiu Empire starts to invade the Qin Empire. Both LUI and LAO ask for the chance to go out to battle. JING has no choice but to let WONG, LAO and LUNG have a competition and the champion will be leading the armies. CHANG’s former husband died in the war and she is afraid that LUNG would follow in his footsteps. LAO has spent all his time practising and improving his sword fighting skills. KATE dare not let him know that she is pregnant. On the day of the competition, LAO has lost much of his energy after he has taken the medicine provided by KATE. He is extremely angry with KATE.… ...

LUNG proposes to CHANG as he finds that she is leaving the Qin Empire. CHANG gets touched. LUNG has been appointed the General-in-chief and is heading for the City of Zui to fight against the armies from the Chiu Empire. YAO and FONG plan to go to the Chai Empire. They then pretend to be a couple and ask FUNG, the person in charge of a troupe, to give them a lift. The lead actress of the troupe FAYE has gone to get married without informing FUNG. FUNG finds that FONG and FAYE look very alike and thus asks FONG to substitute for FAYE. LUI reports that a riot has broken out in an eastern city and suggests WONG go there to put down the rebellion first and head for the City of Zui afterwards. JING does not have a better idea and therefore agrees. MOOK invites LUNG to have a drink. They have had a great time but it also marks the end of the their friendship. LUNG is afraid that WONG’s armies may not arrive in time.… ...

LUNG sneaks into Ngai’s barracks but is discovered by some of the Ngai soldiers. He has to flee away at once and at last he is rescued by YEUNG. Meanwhile, SHUN and a group of soldiers have come and ask to search the place. SHUN claims it is EMPEROR NGAI’s order, so YEUNG cannot turn him down. FONG and YAO see a man floating in the sea. They go to save him and find that it is LUNG. FONG claims that she is FAYE and that she does not know LUNG. She actually means to hide her true identity. LUI keeps mocking JING saying that he is going to have an illegitimate baby brother. JING is angry and orders the imperial physician to carry out a medical check-up for KATE. The imperial physician certifies that KATE is pregnant. JING asks LAO to escort LUI to the Great Wall and needs him to seek a chance to kill LUI. JING forces KATE to abort her baby. JING feels so shocked when he is informed that LAO has failed to assassinate LUI.… ...

KATE tells LAO that she is pregnant, which makes him believe that he still has to hold on, just for the sake of their baby. LAO knows JING’s true identity and has made a threat to disclose the secret in order to ensure his family’s safety. FONG cannot concentrate and has made lots of mistakes when practising dancing. LUNG teaches FONG some basic techniques of Spanish dancing and their relationship has improved a lot since then. A hitman suddenly appears while FONG is giving a performance to EMPEROR CHAI. The hitman targets EMPEROR CHAI but has hurt FONG accidentally. FONG is dying and can no longer hide her affection for LUNG. She finally confesses her love to him. LUNG promises he will marry her after her recovery. LUNG guesses that TIN DAN, an official working for the Chai Empire, is the real plotter of the assassination. He decides to sneak into DAN’s house to have a look.… ...

JING is getting increasingly ambitious. He plans to defeat the other 6 empires and unify them into one whole nation. JING has taken away KATE’s new-born baby and kills it in the first instant. KATE is heartbroken while LAO gets furious. LAO has caught JING and the two of them are now heading back to the Palace. LAO wants to kill JING along the way but does not succeed. JING and KO have jumped off the cliff. LUNG does not feel at ease. He looks at the mirror and finds that his reflection is becoming blurred. He feels so scared. KATE’s baby is still alive and when LAO shows her the child, KATE is thrilled to bits. She then finds that the baby killed by JING is not her child. LUI notices that the relationship between JING and KATE has improved a lot and he knows there must be some goings-on. LAO has found the bodies of JING and KO and feels relieved. CHANG learns that LUNG is still alive and that he is returning.… ...

The fake JING blames LUNG for the fall of the City Zui. LUI, together with a troop of soldiers, has arrived to catch LUNG. LUNG is accused of ganging up with MOOK against the emperor. LUNG has a plan in his head and does not say a word defending himself. LUNG reveals to LUI that the existing EMPEROR QIN is just a fake one and promises to help him wipe the fake JING out. LUI doubts it. During the night, LUI visits the fake JING and meets YUNG on the way. He has then come up with a plan. LUNG suddenly appears in LAO’s house and tells LAO that LUI is going to kill the emperor during the coronation. He promises LAO that he will protect JING and can ensure his safety if CHANG is released. LUI has successfully killed the fake JING. When LUNG has just handed the real JING over to LAO, FONG suddenly appears and she is actually coming to kill LAO. LAO comes to realise it is just a plot and immediately caught FONG.… ...

WONG changes sides and turns against LUI. LUI is so shocked. JING has taken control over everything now and has lots of plans in his head. LUI is kept in the prison. JING means to disclose his true identity, which totally infuriates LUI. JING forces LUI to drink a glass of poisonous wine and LUI dies straightaway. JING would like to give LUNG an award but LUNG dare not accept it. JING hangs KATE’s baby up in the square and hopes this would help to lure LAO back. LAO finally appears and JING instantly kills the baby in front of KATE and LAO. LUNG much sympathises with them but cannot help it anyway. FONG thinks that she does not deserve LUNG’s love as she has already lost her virginity. She has written LUNG a letter before she goes. LUNG goes to stop her after reading the letter. He reveals his love to her but FONG is not moved. LUNG does not want to lose FONG and says to her that he loves her in English.… ...