Crimson Sabre
Crimson Sabre
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Crimson Sabre

5.3 / 10
2000
1 season
35 episodes
Drama

Crimson Sabre is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel Sword Stained with Royal Blood. The series was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong in 2000.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    20-11-200045m

    The Holy Virgin of the Wu Du Sect HE HONG YAO has been appointed the new leader of the group. One day, an unexpected guest XIA XUE YI suddenly breaks in, trying to seize the Sect’s...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    21-11-200045m

    XIA sneaks into the WENS’ Castle by stratagem, and tricks the five elders into killing their youngest brother. The five elders are condemned for killing XIA’s family of totally ten...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    22-11-200045m

    HUAN has been defending the city of Ji against the Manchurian army. HUAN and his troops, however, are running out of food. HUAN is so preoccupied by this urgent matter that he hard...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    23-11-200045m

    HUAN is sentenced to death. Having witnessed the execution, ZHI is struck dumb with fear. YAO has found XIA eventually. She mistakes ZHI for XIA’s son, and is burning with anger an...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    24-11-200045m

    The Mid-autumn Festival is approaching and XIA has been home to carry out a sacrificial rite for his ancestors. There he sees YI. He finds this girl very kind-hearted and becomes a...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    27-11-200045m

    YI begs XIA not to kill the innocent from the WENS and XIA promises. YI feels sick and soon lapses into unconsciousness. She is found pregnant and XIA gives up taking revenge. The...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    28-11-200045m

    ZANG is hurt by YU, and is robbed of his Iron Sword when he is trying to save ZHI. YU is ZANG’s junior but is taken as a betrayer of the Iron Sword Sect. CHING thinks highly of ZHI...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    29-11-200045m

    As soon as YAO discovers that XIA has been kept imprisoned and in irons, she risks stealing the Golden-snake Sword in order to free XIA’s hands and legs. YI has been trying to resc...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    30-11-200045m

    CHING and ZANG are both very fond of ZHI, an extremely talented lad. They have made a deal and based on their agreement, ZANG will have to teach ZHI some kung fu every time he lose...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    01-12-200045m

    ZHI keeps practising night and day, and when he has finished learning all that recorded in the kung fu book, he gets to look for YI, as instructed by XIA. ZHI encounters DUO ER GUN...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    04-12-200045m

    QIAN’s heart is torn into pieces when she comes to know that XIA is dead already. She then tells ZHI all the sin of the five elders. QING, however, does not believe it, and worse t...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    05-12-200045m

    GUN gives the ransom to Prince CHUANG, hoping this will help win ZHI’s trust and support. Out of his friendship with ZHI, GUN gets to know CHUANG as well. Prince CHUANG does not mi...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    06-12-200045m

    ZHI has been on the road with QING, HAN and NAN. The impulsive, rude QING has made lots of enemies along the way but all that ZHI can do is to put up with her. A senior member of t...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    07-12-200045m

    ZHI is saved by the Ice Toad but the Golden-snake Awl is lost. Everywhere ZHI goes, there are members of the Gangsters who get killed by the Golden-snake Awl. Loads of rumours are...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    08-12-200045m

    JIU is so eager to seek revenge that she pretends to have been kidnapped by a stranger, by which she hopes to seize an opportunity. JIU has got the chance but at last she lets him...

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    11-12-200045m

    QING happens to discover that ZHI is going out with JIU. As she is about to ask ZHI for explanation, she gets hit by the Gangsters. ZHI has no choice but to capture JIU as a hostag...

  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    12-12-200045m

    The Gangsters are recuperating, down the hill. ZHI wants QING back while the four seniors want the treasured objects. Nonetheless, QING is being too unreasonable. ZHI has little ch...

  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    13-12-200045m

    ZHI is afraid that the war between the Sect and the Gangsters would be killing thousands of innocent people and thus decides to alone face a fight with a group of seven people. He...

  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    14-12-200045m

    ZHI and JIU flee away but QING herself is caught. ZHI has saved JIU just in time with the help of the Ice Toad. Their relationship is getting more and more amicable. SHOU attempts...

  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    15-12-200045m

    ZHI convinces XIA to explain everything to the public. XIA’s sudden appearance has eventually patched up all the disputes between the Wu Du Sect and the Gangsters. QING points out...

  • Ep 21

    21.Episode 21

    18-12-200045m

    YAO is going to be executed and ZHI tries to intercede for her. YAO is finally spared but expelled. ZHI not only promises to teach SHOU kung fu but also gives her another ‘TI SHOU’...

  • Ep 22

    22.Episode 22

    19-12-200045m

    JIU says she would like to go home, and ZHI suggests they may travel around together before she sets off. JIU is thrilled to bits. CHUANG has to leave Jiangnam for an urgent matter...

  • Ep 23

    23.Episode 23

    20-12-200045m

    After that, ZHI goes to meet up HUI and her father, the dumb servant. The three of them are glad to have such a gathering. ZHI leaves Mt. Huashan together with HUI. XIA has become...

  • Ep 24

    24.Episode 24

    21-12-200045m

    CHENG is actually the Commander-in-chief of the Ming Empire. He reminds JIU that safeguarding their own country takes priority over everything. JIU is strongly determined to kill Z...

  • Ep 25

    25.Episode 25

    22-12-200045m

    ZHI does not trust QING. This makes QING so angry that she decides to go away. CHENG has put the map inside QING’s baggage. QING has no more excuse. JIU and CHENG have re-drawn the...

  • Ep 26

    26.Episode 26

    25-12-200045m

    QING and the real JIU have been discovered by CHUANG PING. PING has killed the real JIU. QING tells ZHI everything but he does not believe her. HAN and NAN even think that QING is...

  • Ep 27

    27.Episode 27

    26-12-200045m

    JIU cannot forget about ZHI but CHENG urges her to give up on him. CHUN keeps driving a wedge between JIU and CHONG ZHEN. JIU, in order to win his father’s trust, has decided to br...

  • Ep 28

    28.Episode 28

    27-12-200045m

    CHENG presumes ZHI will be coming and so has planned to trap him. QING notices the trap and reminds ZHI immediately. ZHI is safe but QING gets hurt instead. ZHI believes the trap i...

  • Ep 29

    29.Episode 29

    28-12-200045m

    QING knows that YAO is just lying. XIA and YAO have in fact returned to Linjiang, XIA’s hometown, to avoid YAO. XIA teaches QIAN kung fu and he is very pleased to see that QIAN has...

  • Ep 30

    30.Episode 30

    29-12-200046m

    JIU asks ZHI to assassinate the chief of the Manchurians, HUANG TAI JI. Along the way, HAN and NAN meet a eunuch sent from CHUN, LIU. They come to know that CHUN has been in league...

  • Ep 31

    31.Episode 31

    01-01-200145m

    CHUN again persuades CHONG ZHEN to draw military support from GUN while JIU insists that they will be able to find a way to stop CHUANG’s invasion. JIU supposes that CHUANG’s troop...

  • Ep 32

    32.Episode 32

    02-01-200145m

    JIU and ZHI are both safe. QING has been caught by the Gangsters, and is surrounded by explosives. Though she is rescued by ZHI in time, she gets seriously hurt. On the one hand, a...

  • Ep 33

    33.Episode 33

    03-01-200145m

    JIU fears that the five elders will be doing harm to his father, and wants to get into the Imperial Stack Room to see what is going on. She is not admitted and in the meantime, ZHI...

  • Ep 34

    34.Episode 34

    04-01-200145m

    ZHI has not told JIU about his father’s death. He sneaks into the Palace, finds JIU’s flute and gives it back to her. QING knows ZHI has never really forgotten about JIU. She decid...

  • Ep 35

    35.Episode 35

    05-01-200145m

    It appears to ZHI that CHUANG is not going to change. Major LI YAN is nearly dismissed from his title. He feels desperate and kills himself eventually. YU goes to Mt. Huashan causi...

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