The 2013 version of "Swordsman" was jointly produced by Yu Zheng Studio and Huaxia Audiovisual Global Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Linghu Chong (played by Huo Jianhua), the eldest disciple of Huashan School, is open-minded and unrestrained by nature. When he first entered Huashan, his martial arts were ordinary. Later, he met a master who taught him the "Nine Swords of Dugu" and accidentally obtained the essence of the swordsmanship of the Five Mountains. This aroused the suspicion of his master Yue Buqun (played by Huang Wenhao) and he expelled him from the school on the pretext of expelling him. In fact, Yue Buqun was upright on the surface, but treacherous inside. In order to obtain the "Sunflower Treasure Book", a secret book of the world, he designed a plan to make the martial arts schools plot against each other, but in the end, he killed himself. Linghu Chong has been in love with Yue Lingshan (played by Yang Rong), the daughter of Buqun, since childhood. Unexpectedly, the appearance of Lin Pingzhi (played by Chen Xiao) made Yue Lingshan turn to him. Later, Linghu Chong met Ren Yingying (played by Yuan Shanshan), the only daughter of the leader of Heimu Cliff, and the two had similar interests. After several life-and-death misunderstandings, they finally realized that they loved each other, but Yingying had been poisoned and was dying. After experiencing the hegemony disputes in the world, Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying finally found each other and got married, and from then on they were the masters of the world.