아들을 잃은 소피아(캐서린 워커)는 흑마술사 조셉(스티브 오램)을 통해 아들의 목소리를 듣고자 한다. 먼저 교외의 집을 빌려 조셉과 함께 흑마술을 준비하는 소피아. 조셉은 그런 그녀에게 흑마술에는 엄청난 인내과 대가가 따를 것임을 경고한다. 험난한 과정 속에서 모두가 지쳐갈 때 즈음, 예상했던 결과가 제대로 나타나지 않고 조셉은 소피아의 목적이 아들의 복수였다는 것을 알게된다. 조셉의 분노, 그리고 위험에 빠지는 소피아. 과연 소피아는 자신이 원하는 바를 얻을 수 있을까?
NIP CHI YUEN (Ma Steven), who works in the anti-smuggling camp, is determined to wipe out the Tau’s Fort, which is the stronghold for salt smugglers. He pretends to be a down-and-out scholar. TAU SING SUET (Yeung Yi), daughter of the chief smuggler, sympathizes with YUEN and puts him up in the village. Later, they even become fond of each other. During an anti-smuggling operation SUET is badly hurt and has since been separated from YUEN and her family. Fortunately she is saved by WU TING HIN (Wong Ho Yin), son of salt merchant WU KIN (Kwok Fung). HIN takes her home. One day, SUET is horrified to see the dead bodies of her parent being hung on the wall of the city tower, and that the official standing on the top of the tower telling the public not to sell smuggled salt is none other than the man she misses day and night. She is heartbroken, and her love for YUEN turns into hatred that moment on...
