But Zhou later becomes an outlaw himself after he aids the heroes of the Water Margin and is forced to flee from government forces. Meanwhile, he learns his elderly classmate Jin Tai is close to death and hurries to Shaolin (where the general had become a Buddhist monk after the murder of his family) to pay his last respects.
As Zhou's actions become more notorious, he is forced to flee from government authorities after assisting the heroes of the Water Margin. In this context, he rushes to Shaolin to pay his final respects to his elderly classmate Jin Tai, who is dying, and encounters the general, now a Buddhist monk.