In ancient times the making of a sword took mountains bursting asunder, rivers drying up, and the spirits leaping into action, and also called for a great swordsmith versed in all the secrets of nature. Yet in our own age, when one Taiwanese businessman saw a precious Qing-dynasty sword in mainland China, he decided to replay the role of an ancient swordsmith by trying to recreate it.
古代煉一把寶劍名刀，是要山崩水枯、諸神出動，還要出現一位上通天機的鑄劍師；而今，卻有一位台灣商人，在大陸看到一把乾隆時代的寶刀「扣鳴刀」，而決定重扮古代鑄劍師。