Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.

Hu Te-Ti

Tsai Te-Chung

Ma Chao-Hsing

Li Shih-Kai

Fang Ta-Hung

Chien San

Chang Chin-Chiu

Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe

Ma Fu-Yi

General Chen Wen-Yao

Chang Yun (cameo)

Ma Chin-Yung

Patriot Killed by Chang Chin Chiu

Patriot Messenger

Manchu soldier

Iron Face's Underboss #2

Iron Face's Underboss #1
December 25, 1974

Hu Te-Ti

Tsai Te-Chung

Ma Chao-Hsing

Li Shih-Kai

Fang Ta-Hung

Chien San

Chang Chin-Chiu

Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe

Ma Fu-Yi

General Chen Wen-Yao

Chang Yun (cameo)

Ma Chin-Yung

Patriot Killed by Chang Chin Chiu

Patriot Messenger

Manchu soldier

Iron Face's Underboss #2

Iron Face's Underboss #1

