the play tells the story of ling hu chong, a great disciple of huashan school, accidentally met qu yang and liu zhengfeng and obtained the music score of "the smiling, proud wanderer". he also accidentally learned the essence of swordsmanship in each of the five mountains, and was expelled from the master yue buqun's suspicion. aaa。 after being alienated by yue lingshan, whom she loved since childhood, she met and fell in love with the saint of the demon sect ren yingying while traveling around the world. in the end, after yue buqun's ambition was revealed, linghu chong took action to stop the war and with ren yingying, playing "the smiling, proud wanderer" together.