The series was produced by Tsui Hark and starred Vincent Zhao, Maggie Shiu, Max Mok, Lau Shun, Kent Cheng, Hung Yan-yan, Power Chan and Cheung Chun-hung in the leading roles.
In anger, Prince Cheng secretly gathers a group of eight notorious assassins – the "Eight Great Heavenly Kings", led by Monk Geng-fa – to deal with Wong.
While Wong is seeing 13th Aunt off at the dock, the eight assassins attack his clinic, Po-chi-lam, and injure his students and rob his ancestral tablets.
Just before the final fight takes place, Wong rings the temple's bells and reminds Monk Geng-fa of his past.
Wong succeeds in persuading Mo-gan and his followers to give up on their radical plan and convey their ideas to the abbot through peaceful dialogue.
However, Shaolin's discipline master, Ho-gam, refuses to let them see the abbot and has them arrested and sent to perform hard labour.
Wong Fei-hung sees that now things are back in order, so he bids his father farewell and returns to Foshan.
With assistance from Nip Siu-sin, a mysterious lady, Wong tricks Lau into revealing himself to be the murderer, and that the mastermind is actually General Hon.
After his lies are exposed, the furious General Hon attacks the city but his plan is foiled and Wong saves the day.
Wong Fei-hung travels to Canton with 13th Aunt and students Leung Foon, Clubfoot, Kai and "Bucktooth" So.
The revolutionaries' missions are undermined by counter-espionage activities by secret agents working for the Qing government.
Wong is initially reluctant to join the Tongmenghui, but has no choice because his companions are already part of the revolutionary movement.
At one point, Wong feigns death to put the governor off guard, and then disguises himself and infiltrates the secret agents' base.
Wong goes to the coast to distract the soldiers and buy time for Beggar So and the revolutionaries to escape by sea.
Along the way, Wong meets a reporter, Ng Mung-ching, who was a fellow student of 13th Aunt, and starts a romance with her.
Ng introduces Wong to help Chai Kei, a close associate of Yuan Shikai, with printing banknotes.
In the meantime, Wong learns that Ng has been lying to them: she is using the banknotes from Po-chi-lam to purchase firearms instead of food and medical supplies.