Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. Obeying a request hidden in the manual to give a portion of the treasure to the Golden Snake's old girlfriend, Yuan begins to seek the woman out - on the way solving the riddle of the Golden Snake, and how he came to his end.
Unfortunately the movie The Sword Stained with Royal Blood is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Runme Shaw | Producer |
| Directing | Chang Cheh | Director |
| Writing | Ni Kuang | Writer |
| Editing | Chiang Hsing-Lung | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liu Chi-Yu | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liu Ji-Cheng | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peng Yen-Lien | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wu Hsu-Ching | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Chiang Sheng | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lo Yuen-Ming | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Chiang Sheng | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Lu Feng | Stunt Coordinator |
| Writing | Louis Cha | Novel |
| Editing | Lee Yim-Hoi | Editor |
| Camera | Cho Wai-Kei | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hsu Ping-Kuang | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Johnson Tsao Chuang-Sheng | Art Direction |
| Sound | Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren | Original Music Composer |
