Genre Gambling Starring Li NanxingZoe Tay Original language(s) Mandarin Number of episodes 30 | Directed by Edmund Tse 谢益文 First episode date November 2002 Language Mandarin Chinese | |
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Similar The Unbeatables, The Unbeatables I, The Unbeatables II, The Vagrant, The Ultimatum | ||
The Unbeatables III (Simplified Chinese: 双天至尊 III) is a 30-episode Singaporean drama serial which was telecast in November 2002 and is a drama serial by MediaCorp. It is the second sequel of The Unbeatables series.
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Synopsis
Ever since he defeated Ye Zhong, Yan Fei had decided to bow out of the gambling scene. However, things were not as peaceful as he had hoped. His wife, Luo Qifang, got embroiled in a mysterious case of casino murder and was innocently sentenced to life imprisonment.
Eight years have passed and Yan Fei has become the most philanthropic gambler king on Coral Island. His generous deeds greatly move the authorities that they decide to release Qifang on a reduced sentence. Just then, illusionary gambler Luo Shenfeng challenges Yan Fei to give up his monopoly of the gambling business. Yan Fei refuses and thus gets into several rounds of tussles with Shenfeng.
Yan Fei’s grown-up son, Yan Xing, is finally back from abroad. The latter dreams of being a reigning gambling king just like his father. To his great disappointment, his father forbids it and refuses to pass on any of his skills to him for fear that he’ll get enmeshed into the whirlpool of the gambling scene.
Instead, Yan Fei chooses to impart his skills to his three disciples, Wu Youkang, Dong Meiyao and Ding Wei, in the hope that one of them can take over his gambling empire. But because of this decision, Yan Fei creates a rift in his relationship with his son. The rebellious junior decides to go against his wish and makes a bid for the coveted throne as well.
Antagonist Huang Yunjiu changes his looks and poses as a professional gambler so he can continually attack Qifang to avenge his wife’s death. He first befriends Luo Shenfeng to join forces against Yan Fei. Later, he schemes to ensnare the gullible Yan Xing into his plot of revenge by baiting him with the promise of the gambling king’s throne.
Yan Xing succumbs to temptations and acknowledges Yunjiu as his mentor. He turns his back on his parents, breaking their hearts. Huang Yunjiu sends assassins after Qifang but a nurse, Jiang Yexue, saves her. Yexue was once forced into an immoral deal with Luo Shenfeng when she tried to pay off her brother’s gambling debts. Luckily for her, Yan Fei appeared and helped her out of it. Since then, she begins to develop feelings for him.
One of Yan Fei’s disciple, Dong Meiyao, turns out to be Yunjiu’s daughter. She is forced by her father to betray Yan Fei, thus causing the latter to lose his memory. Yan Xing makes use of this opportunity to force his mother back to the gambling arena. With no one to turn to, Qifang is at a loss. The discovery of her amnesic husband’s amorous relationship with Jiang Yexue adds to her sorrows.
Yan Fei finally regains his memory. When he finds out his son had forced his mother into a life-and-death gamble, he decides to take his wife’s place, hoping that he can bring back Yan Xing’s conscience.
Yan Fei lost the match and he declared that he will surrender his life in three days' time. During the three days, Yan Fei has been finding the relationship between Dong Meiyao and Huang Yunjiu. The truth was out as a DNA showed that they are related.
During the second day of his remaining three days, he met up with his son and spoke of his desire for him to come to his senses, and told him that about the significance of the casino. Yan Xing refused to listen and instead told Yan Fei and Luo Qifang to flee Coral Island.
The last day before Yan Fei died, he challenged Yunjiu to a life-and-death match. The decisive Ace of Spades landed at Yunjiu hand,and Yan lost the match subsequently. Before his demise, he tells Qifang that he has let her down, and asks her to take care of Yexue.
Times passed since Yan Fei's death, Qifang started to set out to avenge Yan Fei and make her only son back to his sense, she headed to the casino to challenge Yunjiu the life and death: the Dice. As the final round is about to end, Qifang's dice have been ground into powder, make Yunjiu laugh hard to think her dice was set as "zero". But a cloaked figure appeared at the casino, revealed it was Yan Fei, who is still alive. Making Qifang surprised, Yan Fei's "death" is part of his plan and revealed his spy is injecting and extracting Yan Fei's blood and spill the blood to cause the scene. Yan Fei blew the dice ashes and revealed the number is the large one. Qifang wins the challenge but Yunjiu refuses his loss and escapes. Chasing after him, Yan Fei has killed Yunjiu by throwing the card into his forehead. At the island prison, where Qifang is imprisoned, Yan Xing has been imprisoned for helping Yunjiu. Knewing his regrets, his mother forgave him. As for Yan Fei and Qifang, they were reunited as husband and wife again.