Director : Yang Tao / Lai Shuiqing

Starring : Su Youpeng / Jia Jingwen / Gao Yuanyuan / Zhang Guoli / Zhang Tielin / Tao Hong / Xu Jinjiang / Wang Gang / Guo Feili / Shi Xiaolong / Liang Tian / Dong Xiaoyan / Chen Zihan / Yan Qingyu / Yan Minqiu / Chen Xiuli / Bao Yilin / Lin Jing / Yuan Yuan / Ji Qilin / Liu Changsheng / Yu Wenzhong / Du Yuming / Han Fu-yi / Liu Hengyu / Wang Gang / Ye Jing / Jin Song / Zhan Xiaonan / Liu Sitong / Li Qingxiang / Hao Bojie / Shen Baoping

First broadcast : 2003-03-12

Plot Summary :

　　At the end of the Yuan dynasty, a rumor swept through the martial world: whoever possessed both the Heaven‑Slaying Sword and the Dragon‑Slaying Saber would be able to command the entire martial community, driving all of them into a frenzy. Zhang Wuji (Su Youpeng)… The parents of Shi, Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, were unwittingly drawn into the martial‑arts conflicts sparked by the Dragon‑Slaying Saber. As a young boy, Zhang Wuji witnessed the deaths of both his parents and was further pursued by the “Two Elders of Xuanming.” ” Wounded, he was fortunately taken by Zhang Sanfeng to the Shaolin Temple, where he obtained the Yijin Jing to neutralize the poison. By chance, he also came into possession of a long-lost martial arts manual, the Nine Yang Divine Skill. Initially intending only to pass the time, he unexpectedly mastered this extraordinary art—cleansing the cold toxins from his body and, with his peerless martial prowess, resolving longstanding conflicts at the Bright Summit of the Ming Sect, ultimately ascending to the position of its leader. Yet even with his unparalleled martial abilities and the backing of the Ming Sect’s powerful forces, Zhang Wuji’s life remained fraught with obstacles. Moreover, the affections of the Mongol princess Zhao Min (played by Jia Jingwen), his childhood sweetheart, the Emei school beauty Zhou Zhiruo (played by Gao Yuanyuan), his cousin Yin Li, and the young girl Xiao Zhao all left him torn, unable to choose among them. ……