Three feuding groups of people in a race to obtain a highly-valued object in the frigid snow-covered mountains in North-East China find themselves intercepted by a strange foul-mouthed monk, who invite them to a manor at the top of a vertical peak. There, snowed in by an unexpected blizzard, a tale of deception and intrigue starts to emerge as the feuding parties point fingers at one another. At the heart of everything, is an enigmatic figure known as the "Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain", whose appearance is awaited with baited breath.