During the chaos and confusion at the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zixu and Sun Zi leave their native land of Chu for the land of Wu after their parents are killed. They take an oath of allegiance to fight for King Helü of Wu. The story portrays the life of Sun Zi and the superior art of war that he develops during the two year conflict between Wu and Chu.
In the year AD 1127, the Mongols sacked Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and took the Emperor and his brother prisoner. The incident became known as the Humiliation of Jingkang. The Song imperial court was forced to flee south to Lingan. Our story begins 17 years later, in the Niujia Village of Lingan Prefecture, where two sworn-brothers, Guo and Yang, reside… (Source: Books.com.tw, translated)
Based on the series of novels by acclaimed wuxia author, Jin Yong, the comic's initial part of the story revolves around a highly coveted manual containing a powerful martial arts technique known as the "Evil Exorcising Swordplay". The manual is an heirloom of the Lin family, who run the Fuwei Agency, a private security service in Fuzhou. Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, leads his followers to massacre the Lins and attempts to seize the manual for himself, but does not find it. Lin Pingzhi, the sole survivor from the Lin family, is saved by Yue Buqun, the head of the Mount Hua Sect, which is a member of the Five Mountains Sword Sects Alliance. Yue Buqun accepts Lin Pingzhi as an apprentice and trains him in swordplay. Meanwhile, Yue Buqun's most senior student, Linghu Chong, an orphaned, happy-go-lucky and honourable swordsman who has a penchant for alcohol finds himself befriending the notorious bandit Tian Boguang and saves Yilin, a nun from the (North) Mount Heng Sect, from Tian's lecherous advances.
The sequel (or more likely alternative story) of Sanguozhi, written about Three Kingdoms Era after Zhuge Liang's death.
Battle of Chi Bi is a spin-off which Mr. Lee drew to describe the mighty battle of Chi Bi of Chinese militiary history. This manhua can be considered as the collection of main tenor "Three Kingdoms period", which not only Mr. Lee but also many other artists use to create their stories.
