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* AcidPool: The cavern where the first Holy Flame is kept contains a moat filled with acid, with two unfortunate mooks getting dissolved into skeletons after falling in.


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* GratuitousEnglish: The "Living Corpse" which the Blood Clan's leader is attempting to reanimate speaks entirely in English, in both the original and international dubs. Accordingly the creature hails from the West, and doesn't speak the Oriental tongue.


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* LivingDrawing: The Blood Clan's leader can animate portraits of warriors into becoming his minions (achieved by some nifty camera tricks). Tien-chou sets one on fire when fighting, and the canvas somehow catches alight as a result.


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* StrippedToTheBone: So ''many'' examples... there's the two followers of Tuan who fell into an AcidPool, two of Tsing Yin's handmaidens who ends up on the wrong side when Tsing decides to test her powers ("And pick up those bones!") [[spoiler:and finally Tsing Yin and Monster Yu, who gets reduced to skeletons by the Holy Flames]]. It appears that Shaw Brothers recycled the two or three skeleton props in all those scenes however.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Tan-Feng serves as this since [[spoiler:she's Tien-Chou's sister and the wielder of the yin-variant of the Holy Flame]].

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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Tan-Feng serves as this since [[spoiler:she's [[spoiler:because she's Tien-Chou's sister and the wielder of the yin-variant of the Holy Flame]].
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This is notably one of the last psychedelic-fantasy-{{Xianxia}} epics made by the Shaws at the beginning of the 80s after the success of ''Film/TheBattleWizard'' (from 6 years earlier) released alongside (all in 1983, in fact!) a slew of similar crazy, visual-effects loaded martial arts films including ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', ''Film/DescendantOfTheSun'' and ''Film/DemonOfTheLute''.

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This is notably one of the last psychedelic-fantasy-{{Xianxia}} psychedelic-fantasy epics made by the Shaws at the beginning of the 80s after the success of ''Film/TheBattleWizard'' (from 6 years earlier) released alongside (all in 1983, in fact!) a slew of similar crazy, visual-effects loaded martial arts films including ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', ''Film/DescendantOfTheSun'' and ''Film/DemonOfTheLute''.

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This is notably one of the last psychedelic-fantasy-{{wuxia}} epics made by the Shaws at the beginning of the 80s after the success of ''Film/TheBattleWizard'' (from 6 years earlier) released alongside (all in 1983, in fact!) a slew of similar crazy, visual-effects loaded martial arts films including ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', ''Film/DescendantOfTheSun'' and ''Film/DemonOfTheLute''.

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This is notably one of the last psychedelic-fantasy-{{wuxia}} psychedelic-fantasy-{{Xianxia}} epics made by the Shaws at the beginning of the 80s after the success of ''Film/TheBattleWizard'' (from 6 years earlier) released alongside (all in 1983, in fact!) a slew of similar crazy, visual-effects loaded martial arts films including ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', ''Film/DescendantOfTheSun'' and ''Film/DemonOfTheLute''.



* GenreMashup: ''[[{{Wuxia}} Wuxia]]'' and Fantasy combo.


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* {{Xianxia}}: Naturally, given the overall theme of the movie.
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'''''Holy Flame of the Martial World''''' is a 1983 MartialArtsMovie produced by the Creator/ShawBrothers, directed by Chun-Ku Lu.

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'''''Holy ''Holy Flame of the Martial World''''' World'' is a 1983 MartialArtsMovie produced by the Creator/ShawBrothers, directed by Chun-Ku Lu.



* DubNameChange: Not only is You-ming Elder’s name changed to “Yama Elder” in the American version, but his technique “Ghostly laughs” is changed to deadly echoes.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: A very rare case in Shaw Brothers films; [[spoiler:Despite the hardships Tien-Chou and Tan-Feng went through, they finally reunited as family and through You-Ming Elder’s Guidance, they defeated Tsing Yin and Monster Yu. Although Yun-Hisu took a heavy blow from Chuan-Er by accident, it's guaranteed he's going to survive thanks to You-Ming's treatment and right on time for the feast that the two heroes head off for]].

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* DubNameChange: Not only is You-ming Elder’s Elder's name changed to “Yama Elder” "Yama Elder" in the American version, but his technique “Ghostly laughs” "Ghostly laughs" is changed to deadly echoes.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: A very rare case in Shaw Brothers films; [[spoiler:Despite the hardships Tien-Chou and Tan-Feng went through, they finally reunited as family and through You-Ming Elder’s Elder's Guidance, they defeated Tsing Yin and Monster Yu. Although Yun-Hisu took a heavy blow from Chuan-Er by accident, it's guaranteed he's going to survive thanks to You-Ming's treatment and right on time for the feast that the two heroes head off for]].



* MysteriousProtector: “Kid Golden Snake” appears to be a guide and a mentor to Tan-Feng throughout the movie, essentially guiding her down the path of good at the very end after revealing the truth to her.

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* MysteriousProtector: “Kid "Kid Golden Snake” Snake" appears to be a guide and a mentor to Tan-Feng throughout the movie, essentially guiding her down the path of good at the very end after revealing the truth to her.



* NunTooHoly: Gender-inverted; among the many schools working under Monster Yu’s thumb, a shaolin monk is amongst one of the many greedy fighters.

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* NunTooHoly: Gender-inverted; among the many schools working under Monster Yu’s Yu's thumb, a shaolin monk is amongst one of the many greedy fighters.



* ParentalSubstitute: You-ming Elder takes in Tien-Chou as his own, raising him to be good and to become strong enough to avenge his parents. He even takes Tu Chuan-Erh, who’s father was killed by Blood-Sucking Clan ghosts, as another pupil.

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* ParentalSubstitute: You-ming Elder takes in Tien-Chou as his own, raising him to be good and to become strong enough to avenge his parents. He even takes Tu Chuan-Erh, who’s who's father was killed by Blood-Sucking Clan ghosts, as another pupil.



* SupernaturalMartialArts: Many of the abilities and powers of the fighters in this movie are all supernatural, from the Ghostly Laughs of You-Ming Elder to the capabilities behind the twin swords known as the “Holy Flames”.

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* SupernaturalMartialArts: Many of the abilities and powers of the fighters in this movie are all supernatural, from the Ghostly Laughs of You-Ming Elder to the capabilities behind the twin swords known as the “Holy Flames”."Holy Flames".
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This is notably one of the last psychedelic-fantasy-{{wuxia}} epics made by the Shaws at the beginning of the 80s after the success of ''Film/TheBattleWizard'' 6 years earlier, released alongside (all in 1983, in fact!) a slew of similar crazy, visual-effects loaded martial arts films including ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', ''Film/DescendantOfTheSun'' and ''Film/DemonOfTheLute''.

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This is notably one of the last psychedelic-fantasy-{{wuxia}} epics made by the Shaws at the beginning of the 80s after the success of ''Film/TheBattleWizard'' (from 6 years earlier, earlier) released alongside (all in 1983, in fact!) a slew of similar crazy, visual-effects loaded martial arts films including ''Film/BuddhasPalm'', ''Film/DescendantOfTheSun'' and ''Film/DemonOfTheLute''.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: A very rare case in Shaw Brothers films; [[spoiler:Despite the hardships Tien-Chou and Tan-Feng went through, they finally reunited as family and through You-Ming Elder’s Guidance, they defeated Tsing Yin and Monster Yu]].

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: A very rare case in Shaw Brothers films; [[spoiler:Despite the hardships Tien-Chou and Tan-Feng went through, they finally reunited as family and through You-Ming Elder’s Guidance, they defeated Tsing Yin and Monster Yu]].Yu. Although Yun-Hisu took a heavy blow from Chuan-Er by accident, it's guaranteed he's going to survive thanks to You-Ming's treatment and right on time for the feast that the two heroes head off for]].
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* MagicalWeapon: The two swords known as the Holy flames; there's both a yin and a yang variant, which can only be used by a woman and man respectively. Those with qi can tap into the magic power of the weapons, simply launching them at their opponents, shooting lasers, or even using them as a platform to crush their enemies or fly around on if the two wielders are together.
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* LighterAndSofter: Downplayed; it's still as bloody as most Shaw Brothers films, but in terms of tone it's alot more idealistic and upbeat compared to other films.
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** [[FillerVillain The Blood-sucking clan]], whom Yin Tien-Chou and Tuan Yun-Hsiu fight they're trying to rescue Tu Chuan-Erh and acquire the Yang variant of the Holy Flame.

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** [[FillerVillain The Blood-sucking clan]], whom Yin Tien-Chou and Tuan Yun-Hsiu fight they're when trying to rescue Tu Chuan-Erh and acquire the Yang variant of the Holy Flame.Flame from the clan's leader.
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* BackForTheDead: After being absent for most of the movie, the [[spoiler: 7 Grandmasters show up to take the yin variant of the Holy Flame from Tsing Yin only to be killed off in a matter of seconds]].
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* AnomalousArt: Invoked; the Blood-Sucking clan's leader uses paintings to summon demons to fight their enemies.


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* BigBadEnsemble: Where to begin...
** You have [[BigBad Tsing Yin]] of the all-female Er Mei Clan and her associate [[TheDragon Monster Yu]] who want the Holy Flames out of sheer lust for power.
** [[FillerVillain The Blood-sucking clan]], whom Yin Tien-Chou and Tuan Yun-Hsiu fight they're trying to rescue Tu Chuan-Erh and acquire the Yang variant of the Holy Flame.
** The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad 7 Grandmasters]] who are only shown in the beginning and pop up at the very end when they learn of the location of the Yin variant of the Holy Flame.
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* BadassNormal: Subverted; the 7 grandmasters seem like a formidable bunch given their skills, but the Shaolin sect teacher is a coward and the other 6 [[spoiler: are shown to be absolutely useless in the end as they've no qi and are killed by Tsing Yin after trying to fight her]].
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Tsing Yin has this reaction to Tu Chuan-Erh after she accidentally blasts the former with qi that she had no idea she had until that point.

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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Downplayed; Tsing Yin has this reaction to Tu Chuan-Erh after she accidentally blasts the former with qi that she had no idea she had until that point.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Justified; the Holy Flames are magical in nature and smaller in nature compared to other swords, and thus are meant to be launched at their opponent using qi when trying to strike their opponents with it physically.
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* TechnicolorBlade: The Yin and Yang variants of the Holy Flame are [[TrueBlueFemininity blue]] and [[RedIsHeroic red]] respectively.
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* NamesToRunAwayfromReallyFast: You probably don't want to mess someone who is ''literally'' named ''Monster'' Yu.
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Tien-Chou (Creator/MaxMok) and his sister (Ching-Ching Yeung) are separated at birth due to their parents being killed by [[BigBad Tsing Yin]] (Leanne Lau), the leader of the Er Mei Clan, and her associate [[TheDragon Monster Yu]] (Jason Pai) for trying to hide the location of the two blades known as the "Holy flames". Tien-Chou is rescued by someone known as [[BigGood You-ming]] [[CoolOldGuy Elder]] (Phillip Kwok), the sworn enemy of the two, who trains him to avenge his parents and find the first sword, both which were specifically made for a male and female, while Tsing Yin took the sister and trained her to be her disciple and pawn.

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Yin Tien-Chou (Creator/MaxMok) and his sister (Ching-Ching Yeung) are separated at birth due to their parents being killed by [[BigBad Tsing Yin]] (Leanne Lau), the leader of the Er Mei Clan, and her associate [[TheDragon Monster Yu]] (Jason Pai) for trying to hide the location of the two blades known as the "Holy flames". Tien-Chou is rescued by someone known as [[BigGood You-ming]] [[CoolOldGuy Elder]] (Phillip Kwok), the sworn enemy of the two, who trains him to avenge his parents and find the first sword, both which were specifically made for a male and female, while Tsing Yin took the sister and trained her to be her disciple and pawn.
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Tien-Chou (Creator/MaxMok) and his sister (Ching-Ching Yeung) are separated at birth due to their parents being killed by [[BigBad Tsing Yin]] (Leanne Lau), the leader of the Er Mei Clan, and her associate [[TheDragon Monster Yu]] (Jason Pai) for trying to hide the location of the two blades known as the "Holy flames". Tien-Chou is rescued by someone known as [[BigGood You-ming]] [[CoolOldGuy Elder]] (Phillip Kwok), the sworn enemy of the two, who trains him to avenge his parents and find the first sword, both which were specifically made for a male and female, while Tsing Yan took the sister and trained her to be her disciple and pawn.

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Tien-Chou (Creator/MaxMok) and his sister (Ching-Ching Yeung) are separated at birth due to their parents being killed by [[BigBad Tsing Yin]] (Leanne Lau), the leader of the Er Mei Clan, and her associate [[TheDragon Monster Yu]] (Jason Pai) for trying to hide the location of the two blades known as the "Holy flames". Tien-Chou is rescued by someone known as [[BigGood You-ming]] [[CoolOldGuy Elder]] (Phillip Kwok), the sworn enemy of the two, who trains him to avenge his parents and find the first sword, both which were specifically made for a male and female, while Tsing Yan Yin took the sister and trained her to be her disciple and pawn.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Tsing Yin has this reaction to Tu Chuan-Erh after she accidentally blasts the former with qi that she had no idea she had until that point.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Later on in the film, Tu Chuan-Erh learns how to concentrate her qi through her finger thanks to You-Ming Elder, allowing her to use qi blasts against her opponents.
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* BullyingADragon: Evidently the 7 grandmasters thought it a good idea to try and harass Tsing Yin into giving the yin-variant of the Holy Flame to them, knowing full well she's far more skilled than them; justified since this ''is'' the holy flame we're talking about, which the grandmasters have all spent 18 years searching for, and they are hell bent on getting the swords for profit.

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* BullyingADragon: Evidently After the 7 grandmasters thought it a good idea to try and harass catch wind of the fact that Tsing Yin into giving had the yin-variant of the Holy Flame to them, knowing full well she's far more skilled than them; the entire time, they charge against her despite the fact they know how powerful she is; justified since this ''is'' the holy flame we're they're talking about, which the grandmasters have all spent 18 years searching for, and they are hell bent on getting the swords for profit.



* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:The 7 grandmasters severely overestimate their skill greatly thinking that they can overpower Tsing Yin through strength in numbers, even though they know she has greater qi than them and all get themselves killed...]]

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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:Evidently the 7 grandmasters thought it a good idea to try and harass Tsing Yin, a martial artist of great skill and powerful qi, into giving the yin-variant of the Holy Flame to them knowing full well she's far more skilled than them...they severely overestimate their skill greatly thinking that they can overpower Tsing Yin through strength in numbers, even though they know she has greater qi than them numbers and all get themselves killed...killed.]]

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