A Step Into The Past(2001)

YAO, a hitman, is in a fight with his enemies and LUNG has rescued him by chance. LUNG realises he is now in the Chiu Empire and thus asks YAO to lead him back to the Qin Empire. YAO has taken him to the city of Handan instead. This night, LUNG follows YAO to a hut and overhears YIM PING and the people inside discussing how to kill YUEN JUNG. There LUNG also finds out that YAO is in fact a girl. YAO and LUNG see an old man in the street, who is being teased by a gang of knights. LUNG helps to dr

JUNG and PING have had a terrible fight and both of them have got seriously hurt. YAO kills PING in order to get a special award. Before JUNG dies, he has passed a wooden sword and his treasured object on to LUNG. LUNG disapproves of YAO’s greed and selfishness, and thus decides to leave her. LUNG works as a blacksmith but can earn just a little money. Out of the blue, someone has prepared excellent food and accommodation for him and he knows for sure it is all arranged by YAO. By chance LUNG ha

LUNG knows CHUN is going to keep the genuine emerald. He thus exchanges the genuine emerald for the fake one. TAO brings LUNG back to the WOO’s Castle to meet his master WOO YING YUEN. FONG is not happy with LUNG as she thinks he has spoken ill of CHUN. LUNG explains that he swapped the genuine emerald for the fake one just for long-term advantages. YUEN has no choice but to try to believe it. CHUN presents the fake emerald to MUK, which makes MUK thrilled to bits. With his quick wit, LUNG has s

MUK blames CHUN for having not killed LUNG during the fight. He is going to take LUNG’s life in the forthcoming football match. YUEN can see that LUNG is really good at football and thus asks him to help train his guards, which makes FONG and her brother WAI very unhappy. FONG is going to play a trick on LUNG, and for this matter, she orders CHUN to buy some medicine for her. CHUN has bought her some poison instead. LUNG sneaks into JING’s house to have a look. There he meets TAO. LUNG claims th

FONG can finally pass the screening test. She then urges LUNG to jump down the cliff. LUNG does what she says, which scares her half to death. FONG discovers she has been cheated by LUNG and flies into a fury. She even calls him ‘Bastard’. LUNG insists on teaching the modern football skills but both FONG and WAI doubt if it works. The day of the MUK versus WOO football match finally comes. POON and PRINCE KA have a bet on the outcome. POON’s mother ANN appears and everyone out there gets stunned

MUK learns from CHUN that LUNG is quite a randy guy and has thought of a plan to deal with him. LUNG meets ANN in the market. Suddenly ANN’s horse goes crazy and LUNG has stopped it just in time. LUNG thinks there must be some strange goings-on. LUNG gives FONG a jade hairgrip, which makes her thrilled. But as soon as she finds out that ANN has asked him out for a date, she gets outraged and throws the hairgrip at LUNG. LUNG picks up the broken hairgrip and leaves. ANN is trying every possible w

POON appoints a few gangsters to attack LUNG but out of his expectation, LUNG can successfully drive out all of them. MUK tries to bribe LUNG with pretty women and grand mansions but LUNG turns him down without hesitation. MUK gets outraged. ANN asks LUNG to become POON’s master, which surprises LUNG a lot. FONG has mistakenly damaged the orchids that ANN gave LUNG. To make it up to LUNG, she turns to SINN for some new orchids. SINN reveals that she is marrying either the Prince of the Hon Empir

That mysterious man is actually CHO CHOW DAO, who is extremely skilful at sword fighting. DAO asks the whereabouts of JUNG’s treasured object but LUNG has found loads of excuses to distract him. YAO is appointed to steal the treasured object from LUNG. LUNG gives SINN a nickname ‘RABBIT’ and calls himself ‘OX’. SINN is quite fond of him. ANN suggests LUNG leave Handan and explains to him that she does not know where CHU KATE and her son have been. LUNG, on the other hand, advises ANN to leave MU

FONG sees LUNG together with ANN and gets so angry. She means to drink herself into a stupor and CHUN comes to take sexual advantages of her. To protect FONG, LUNG has a fight with CHUN and has hit him severely. LUNG takes FONG to the riverside but FONG is so careless that she has fallen into the water. LUNG tries to restore her life by mouth-to-mouth respiration. CHUN proposes to FONG and asks for YUEN’s permission. He swears that he will leave MUK in the near future. YUEN does not really belie

SINN is now placed in a cottage. FONG knows SINN and LUNG are deeply attracted to each other and feels a bit sad about this. EMPEROR CHIU discovers that SINN has disappeared and CHUN immediately volunteers to look for her. CHUN follows FONG and have eventually found SINN. He claims that it is LUNG who has revealed SINN’s whereabouts. FONG is so angry that she instantly goes to ask LUNG whether he has done so. LUNG comes to know SINN’s true identity. He explains that he just regards SINN as his s

YAO and LUNG have discovered some explanatory notes to the Mozhe Sword Techniques while they are practising sword fighting. MUK compels ANN to poison LUNG. ANN invites LUNG to dinner, during which LUNG says that he is not afraid of death and that he wants to finish all the delicious food there before he dies. ANN feels very regretful. On the day of the duel, MAJOR LEE has returned from the frontier to see how it is going. As far as CHUN can see, LUNG is as agile as before and does not seem to ha

SINN does not show a happy face on her wedding day. ANN much sympathises with her. MUK goes to see ANN off and reminds her to get “Lu’s Memoir”. Though POON is already back to MUK’s house, ANN can still feel tremendous stress. FONG has left home and on her way, she meets CHUN, who looks so down. She gives him encouragement and CHUN suggests she go with him. Inside a post, LUNG discovers that TAK, who has been with him on the way, has put some toxic inside the soup. This night, TAK sneaks into SI

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 l

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 appren

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 h

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 troubl

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

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 expla

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

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 bir

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

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

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 al

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

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. E

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

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 i

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 h

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

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 mor

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 succe

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 a

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

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

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 kee

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 EMPE

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 becom

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 sudd

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 inst