Ji Chang is a skilled archer who wants to be the best in the world. He seeks out a man able to hit a leaf from far away and takes him as his master, returning to him now and then over the years to train. Once he has mastered the bow, he sets off into the mountains to find an old man said to have supernatural powers. The film is a supernatural adventure adapted from Atsushi Nakajima's short story "Meijin-den" (The Story of a Master), a tale that draws on Chinese tradition.