Temperament:

Hong Siu Lung is an elite of the Special Unit in the 21st century. He's very resourceful and has good martial art skills but his natural deposition is quite fickle and leaves his romantic feelings everywhere. Siu Lung is afraid of the responsibility and restraints that come with marriage, so he is unwilling to easily make promises. This causes his long-time girlfriend to feel disappointed and to firmly suggest that they part company. Siu Lung ends up losing a relationship that becomes one of his regrets in life.

Background and Encounters:

Hong Siu Lung participates in an experiment in crossing time, due to a lucky chance. The target place is the city of Ham Yeung in the year that the Chun king Ying Jing had ascended the throne during the Warring States time. Who knew that the time machine made a mistake and Siu Lung was sent to the Jiu state, more than a year before Ying Jing ascends the throne. Siu Lung travels back in time and fortuitously saves the life of an assassin named Sin Yau. He later meets Yuen Jung, who teaches him the Mak Ji Sword Skills and gives him the Mak family treasure - Gam Ji Ling.

Siu Lung continues on his journey and mistakenly helps the thief Fui Wu ambush Tou Fong and Wu Ting Fong, who were on their way back to Hon Dan. He secretly releases Ting Fong in order to prevent her from being humiliated by the thieves. Unfortunately, Ting Fong believes him to be working with them.

Siu Lung accidentally finds out that Tou Fong's trip had another reason : to help the Chun state return the Wo Si Jade to the Jiu state so they would release the hostage Ying Jing. He feels very worried because if Tou Fong is unable to complete his mission and Ying Jing isn't able to return to the Chun state, he will not be able to ascend the throne later on and become Chun Chi Wong. Then history will be changed and Siu Lung will not only be unable to return to the 21st century, he will no longer exist.

The date for the marriage of the Princess is coming up and the Jiu king sends Siu Lung to escort her to the Ngai state. He orders him to take the Lou Gung Mat Luk from the hands of Sun Ling Gwan of the Ngai when he has the chance. While on route to the Ngai state, he finds out that the princess was Jiu Sin. The two experience several hardships and he is finally moved by her deep feelings and promises her that he will keep his word of returning her back to the Jiu state.

With the help of Jiu Nga, he was successful in stealing the Lou Gung Mat Luk and gives it to her to return to the Jiu state while he will return to the palace to save Jiu Sin. Also, he manages to save Ying Jing and his mother but Ying Jing dies in the chaos that followed. Siu Lung was terrified and his face lost it's color but Ju Gei tells him an important secret: this man was a substitute and the real Ying Jing had been exchanged with the imposter while they were imprisoned. Siu Lung follows the directions given by Ju Gei and finds the Ngau family village. He is terrified to discover that Ying Jing had died in the chaos during a war. At this time, Jiu Pun's attempt at killing Jiu Muk in revenge for his mother's death had failed and he escaped to Siu Lung's location to avoid being captured. Ju Gei wanted Siu Lung to bring Ying Jing to her and he decided to create history on his own (as well as saving his own life) by having Jiu Pun impersonate Ying Jing.

Later Jong Seung Wong is poisoned to death by Lui Bat Wai and Jiu Pun formally ascends the throne. Siu Lung thought his mission was completed and could peacefully return back to the 21st century. Who knew that after ascending the throne, Jiu Pun spent his days seeking pleasure. Siu Lung knew that if this continued, Jiu Pun would never become a great leader. But when Siu Lung was worried about this, Sing Giu started a rebellion. Because Siu Lung and Jiu Pun had already known this would happen, the rebellion was quickly subdued. Jiu Pun knew that if Sing Giu didn't die, he will one day cause more trouble. He cruelly sentenced Sing Giu and the other leaders in the rebellion to be executed. Siu Lung was not pleased with Jiu Pun's cruelty.

Jiu Pun knew that although Bat Wai and Lou Oi seemed to be at odds, they were secretly collaborating together. He started to worry that they will try to start a rebellion of their own.

Outer Appearance and Temperament:

Ting Fong is a charming and pretty person, with an innocent and colorful personality. She is daring in terms of loving and hating someone but has a stubbornness when it comes to romantic relationships. After Siu Lung refused to marry her, she gives up everything she has to leave for a faraway place to protect her own dignity.

Background and Encounters:

Ting Fong is from a wealthy family, with a lot of love lavished on her. As a result, she has an exaggerated opinion of her abilities.

During a trip with Tou Fong to return the Wo Si Jade to the Jiu state, she meets Hong Siu Lung. Ting Fong's subjectiveness leads her to think that Siu Lung was in cohoots with the thieves and has a bad impression of him.

Although Siu Lung later saves Tou Fong and retrieves the Wo Si Jade to return to the Jiu state, Ting Fong continued to be biased towards him. She constantly opposes him on everything and the two always bicker. Yet, Ting Fong slowly becomes attracted to Siu Lung's modern ways, personality and gentlemanly manners. Their relationship also changed from bickering rivals to intimate friends, which leads her relationship with her suitor Lin Jun to be more distant.

Later, the Jiu king gives Ting Fong's hand in marriage to Siu Lung. But Siu Lung understood that he will soon return to the present and didn't want to accept the king's good intentions. He had no choice but to turn down the offer. Ting Fong feels that she had been insulted. She tries to commit suicide but fails to. Ting Fong then leaves angrily and from then on her whereabouts were unknown.

After leaving, she meets with Lin Jun, who was wandering from place to place. She feels sympathy for him and aids Lin Jun in searching for his fighting spirit. Yet, Lin Jun used Ting Fong by letting Lou Oi rape her so he could learn the skill of fighting with his left hand.

Outer Appearance and Temperament:

Kam Ching is a talented woman from the Chun state. On the day of her wedding, her husband dies on the battlefield. From that time on, she has a dark shadow in her while she studiously guards her integrity. Kam Ching has a clear and beautiful appearance. She's gifted in many talents and is very cold and proud, but is humorous as well. Although she has many suitors, her heart is like still waters. (She isn't moved by their advances.) Kam Ching follows her godfather Jau Hin on trips to other states to find the new savior who will aid in ending the current political situation of non-stop disasters that comes with war. Kam Ching believes in distant ideals that are very moving.

Background and Encounters:

When Kam Ching first met Hong Siu Lung, she feels a strange closeness to him. But at that time Siu Lung had already decided that he would be with Jiu Sin. That coupled with Kam Ching's dark shadow about losing her husband caused her to bury her feelings deep in her heart.

But when Siu Lung had taken the Lou Gung Mat Luk and taken Jiu Sin, who was to be married, Kam Ching willingly placed herself in danger to help save the two. She also aided the two in escaping from the Ngai state.

Kam Ching and Jau Hin went to the Jiu state and met Dung Hong (Siu Lung). Seeing the shadow of Siu Lung on Dung Hong, she started to become attracted to him. When she was feeling very confused, she discovered that Dung Hong was Siu Lung in disguise. She mistakenly thought that Siu Lung was playing with her feelings and left him angrily.

She returns to the Chun state later on and meets Siu Lung, who was saddened over the death of Jiu Sin. Kam Ching helps him to recover. But Siu Lung now was tired of all the various ways of political scheming and only wished to return to the present. Unfortunately, Ying Jing was useless and if he didn't ascend the throne, Siu Lung wouldn't be able to return to the future.

Temperament:

A swordsman under Jiu Muk, a powerful official in the Jiu state. He is very good in marital arts and is intelligent and brave. Lin Jun truly is a rare and talented person. Unfortunately he also considers himself very highly, craves for greatness and success and has bad intentions. When he encounters any frustrations, he is unwilling to repent and change. Instead, he blames others for his problems. To achieve his goals, he uses all kinds of evil schemes to stand out among everyone else.

Background and Encounters:

Lin Jun started out working under Jiu Muk, a powerful official in the Jiu state. He thought that he would have a bright career when Hong Siu Lung appeared and took away all his glory. Even the woman who he considers as his love interest, Wu Ting Fong, chooses Siu Lung over him. Lin Jun is angry at these turn of events and he tries to provoke Siu Lung on several occasions. In the end, he forces Siu Lung to have a competition on sword fighting. Lin Jun wanted to use this opportunity to injure Siu Lung but instead gets his right hand paralyzed by him.

Lin Jun, with an empty heart, gets kicked out of Jiu Muk's service and leaves the Jiu state in an angry mood. At this time, he meets with Lou Oi, a well known swordsman. He tries to please him so he would become his pupil and be taught the skills for fighting with his left hand. After being subjected to all kinds of humiliation, Lou Oi finally taught him what he wanted to learn. Yet when Lin Jun had his wish granted, he killed Lou Oi in a fit of anger and took over his identity.

Lin Jun later went to work under the prime minister of the Chun state, Lui Bat Wai. At this time, Hong Siu Lung's fame and position were still better than his and Lin Jun felt very resentful of him. In a fit of anger, he raped and killed Siu Lung's fiancee, Jiu Sin.

Outer Appearance and Temperament:

On the outside, Jiu Sin is a beautiful and gentle person. She's pure and very refined, with extraordinary qualities. Jiu Sin has very innocent thoughts and treats others with sincerity. Her gentleness and kindness causes others to sympathize with her.

Background and Encounters:

Jiu Sin is a princess of the Jiu state but because of politics she is sent to the Ngai state to be married. Under a lucky chance, she meets Hong Siu Lung who thinks she was a common palace maid. Jiu Sin was happy to use the disguise of a palace maid to get to know Siu Lung.

Although she had secretly surrendered her heart to Siu Lung, she feels said that her life was being controlled by others. Siu Lung makes a promise to Jiu Sin that he will try to help gain her freedom so she wouldn't have to live in a 'cage'.

Jiu Sin was starting on her journey to the Ngai state and Siu Lung was the escorting envoy. He discovers her true identity while on the trip and says that he will keep his promise of returning her back to the Jiu state. After stealing the Lou Gung Mat Luk, he did save Jiu Sin and was about to leave with her back to the Jiu when he was injured severely. Luckily they were saved by Kam Ching.

They do return back to the Jiu state safely but while on the way, the two developed feelings during the many hardships they faced. It was within a cold and snowy place that they pledged themselves to each other and became a couple.

Outer Appearance and Temperament:

On the outside, Jiu Nga is a beautiful and charming woman with a lot of gentle feelings. But after the death of her husband, the Jiu king arranged for her to host Sun Ling Gwan. From then on, her temperament undergone a big change. She became very rash, disrespectful, played with men and lived a dissolute lifestyle. She's known throughout the Jiu state as being an "adulteress".

Background and Encounters:

Jiu Nga is the younger sister of the Jiu king and the aunt of Jiu Sin. She was born a princess and married to a general named Jiu Gwat. They were a very loving couple but not long after they were married, her husband was sent to battle by the Jiu king and died on the battlefield.

Jiu Nga resented her older brother for killing her husband. Later, in order to achieve his political goals, the Jiu king arranged for Jiu Nga to host Sun Ling Gwan from Ngai state and half-forced/half-deceived her into doing it. The result was that Jiu Nga was taken advantaged of by Sun Ling Gwan.

She wanted to retaliate and release her anger so she purposely acted like she believed herself to be hopeless, lived a dissolute lifestyle and used her own dirty name to slander the Jiu royal family.

That is, until Hong Siu Lung appeared. His handsome looks and good fighting skills caused her to fall for him. She used persistant tricks to try to seduce him but he was not moved. Siu Lung instead treated her with respect. Jiu Nga had never been respected in such a way from a man before and treated Siu Lung with heartfelt admiration. Later he find out about her pitiful past and expresses deep sympathy. He persuades her to let go of her dissolute lifestyle. Jiu Nga is very moved and promises she will cherish herself. Her lifestyle changes to a more normal one.

Outer Appearance and Temperament:

The son of Jiu Nga. His father Jiu Gwat was once the lead general of the Jiu state. Unfortunately, he only understood the tactics on paper but was unable to actually use them on the battlefield. Not only was he defeated in the battle of Cheung Ping, his army of 40,000 men were buried alive by the Chun troops. This was a blow to the Jiu state's power and they never recovered from it. Born as the son of a sinner, Jiu Pun had to suffer the cold looks of the people around him. His mother, Jiu Nga was unable to live through the blow of losing her husband and became a very dissolute widow. It caused Jiu Pun to have a rebellious personality and to live a villain's lifestyle all day long. He doesn't think of making progress with his life and causes a lot of trouble.

Background and Encounters:

Jiu Nga was unable to keep Jiu Pun in line and asked for Siu Lung's help. He rebelled against this and said that he won't easily let Siu Lung control him. After going through a bout with Siu Lung, Jiu Pun finally began admired him for his kung fu skills.

Alas! The will of the gods seem to like to play jokes on people. Just when Jiu Nga and Jiu Pun were about to reconcile with each other, she was killed by Jiu Muk, an evil Jiu state official. He wanted to kill Jiu Muk in revenge for his mother but unfortunately failed in doing so. On the other hand, Siu Lung had discovered a terrifying secret. The real Ying Jing had died during the chaos of a war. Siu Lung was forced by the circumstances and thought of a daring plan. He decided to have Jiu Pun impersonate Ying Jing as a expedient measure. Jiu Pun agrees to the plan and follows Siu Lung back to the Chun state.

Although Jiu Pun had smoothly ascended to the throne, the lifestyle of a king caused him to feel endless stress. Just when he was tired of the training Siu Lung and Kam Ching was subjecting him to every day, he finds out that Siu Lung was from the future. He misunderstoodly thought that the only reason Siu Lung helped him to become Chun Chi Wong was to protect himself and felt even more isolated and alone.

Jiu Pun angrily left the palace and lived through several hardships that showed the coldness of the world around him. This allowed him to realize the saying about being a king if you succeeded in life and a robber if you failed.