The story is about friendship and love, deception and betrayal, ambition and lust for power. In the middle of it all is, Ling Hu Chong, an orphan who is the senior student of Yue Bu Qun, leader of Huashan Sect, and the protagonist of the story. The story deals with his journey and development as a swordsman and his witness to the various intrigues which take place in the martial world of the story. ~~ Adapted from the novel "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" (笑傲江湖) by Jin Yong (金庸).