Caine only has a few hours to find a rare herb that is needed to save the life of a little girl. Unfortunately, the woods, where the herb grows, have been taken over by a survivalist who has set booby traps to keep people out.
While sitting at the bedside of an injured Peter, Caine reflects upon his early days in Chinatown when he and Peter fought against corrupt cops and would-be crime boss Clarence Choi.
Caine goes undercover to help the DEA find a heroin dealer Chang Lu Ma. After finding him, Chang Lu Ma discovers that Caine is a Shaolin priest. Lu Ma asks Caine to accompany him on his drug deal as a good luck charm.
Tan's daughter has returned to Chinatown and is stalking young men in order to flush out her father's killer, Kwai Chang Caine. It is up to Peter and Caine to stop her.
Peter enlists the help of a young girl, who is psychic, to help find a gun that has been used in the murder of a cop. Caine discovers the girl has a psychic protector --- another Caine!
Caine and Peter return to Braniff, wherein lies the temple were Peter grew up. They meet the widow of one of the priests from the temple. She needs their help since some very familiar townspeople are harassing her and her son.
An industrialist, who holds a grudge against Caine, sponsors a martial arts tournament. When Caine enters the tournament, Peter follows him, on a special undercover assignment.
Peter is wounded in the line of duty, but he cannot be operated on, because his life signs are fluctuating. Caine finds out that Peter's soul is being held in the Bardo, an in-between realm of memories, including those of Caine abandoning Peter.
The Church is trying to exorcise a man who is possessed. However, something goes wrong and the demon possesses other people, instead. Somehow, Caine gets involved and tries to help a troubled man who has been possessed.
Aborigines are angry about a land deal made by a businessman who happens to be the uncle of Peter's girlfriend. Pretty soon, aboriginal assassins appear on the scene.
Three men upset about the decline in their neighborhood are pushed over the edge when they witness a robbery at the mall. When they decide to take the law into their own hands Peter and Caine must catch the criminals before they get hurt.
An ancient enemy of the Shaolin, the Sing Wah, is in Chinatown hunting a archaeologist who has found a Sing Wah document. He attempts to reach Caine for help deciphering it but soon realizes that possessing the document is a death sentence.
When a senator is killed at a Captain Blaisdell's reunion of his former commando team, Peter says he saw the captain kill the senator. Caine helps the captain find answers to this puzzle from an event that occurred in Blaisdell's past.