Little Mute can be an orphan traumatized into silence by his father at the hands of a fighting master's passing. Alive in the Shaolin monastery, he befriends a dangerous man who instructs him a secret type of kung fu that is deadly. Seeing his intense determination, other specialists share the wisdom of their Gliding Snake and Drunken Master methods. In one of the very exciting fight scenes ever filmed, Small Mute has to run the gauntlet of their 108 men within an extreme test of endurance and ability. However, if he becomes a master, will he use his own force for salvation or revenge?