The Blood Sword
The Blood Sword is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the "wuxia" manhua series "" by Ma Wing-shing. The series was produced by ATV and first aired in June 1990. It was followed by a 1991 prequel, "The Blood Sword 2". Plot. The series is set in the "jianghu" (martial artists' community) of early 20th-century China. A grey-haired Hua Yingxiong travels alone to an island to settle an old feud between the Hua and Chi families. He has been separated from his family for over 20 years after they were ambushed by enemies while  sailing back to China from America. Hua Yingxiong's wife, Jieyu, was killed by the attackers; their daughter, Hua Wenying, was thrown overboard and presumed dead; their son, Hua Jianxiong, was raised by their servant Shengnu. Hua Jianxiong becomes bitter enemies with Situ Mowen after the latter killed Shengnu. He also encounters Taxue by chance, falls in love with her, and marries her. However, they incur the jealousy of Si-ao, the daughter of the Hua family's servant Guipu, because she has a crush on Hua Jianxiong. In the meantime, Hua Yingxiong resolves the feud and becomes an ally  of Chi Lianyingwang, the Chi family patriarch. He also accepts Chi's son, Chi Yan, as his apprentice. He also develops a crush on Ziyi, one of the Chi family's mercenaries, because she resembles Jieyu in appearance. Hua Wenying had actually survived and was renamed Qiongtian. She was raised by Yuanlaowang of the Hell Sect and groomed to become the sect's leader. She developed a cruel and treacherous personality under Yuanlaowang's influence and eventually murdered her foster father to secure her position in the Hell Sect. She pretends to love Situ Mowen and manipulates him to help  her. With support from Situ Mowen and the Japanese Iga Sect's ninjas, Qiongtian leads the Hell Sect to attack other martial arts sects in her ambition to dominate the "jianghu". She also incites conflict between Situ Wuliang (Situ Mowen's "father") and the Iga Sect, after discovering that Situ Mowen is actually the biological son of the Iga Sect's leader. The Huas combine forces with the Chi family and other sects to resist the Hell Sect and its allies. Hua Yingxiong restores peace in the "jianghu" after defeating and reluctantly killing his evil daughter. The Blood Sword The