[3rd POV]
(The Kingdom of Nanzhao)
"We need to act quickly!! Tai Lung and Shen are going to come for us next! It's only a matter of time, don't you see!!" The advisor of the king of Nanazhao screamed in frustration.
There were many people in the courtroom as they discussed about the apparent defeat of Shu and how to deal with this new, aggressive threat that had popped up beside them.
"I think we should wait and see how they react first. Surely they will not go for the next kingdom until they settle down properly." One of them commented much to the annoyance of the advisor.
"Have you all lost your fucking mind!! The Kingdom of Shu waited and look what has become of them." The advisor spat it out in anger.
"Just say that you are afraid of Tai Lung." He yelled, "Cowards. COWARDS!! ALL OF YOU!!!"
The advisor, a bird species called cassowary was a giant bird who was extremely hot-headed even though he was at the later half of his life.
"Calm yourself advisor." The king said in a gentle voice. He was a beautiful golden pheasant with a calm and gentle demeanour.
The advisor bit his own tongue and resisted the urge to lash out even further. He wanted to kick the heads off of all these coward nobles who knew only how to give honey words to their king when times were good but would run away instantly when their life was threatened.
"Bue indeed, you are correct. We need to make our moves as quickly as possible, we can't wait for them to gather their forces again and attack us when they feel comfortable. In this situation, attacking is our greatest defence." He said, displaying his wisdom as king much to the advisor's relief. This was why he had served him all this time.
"But is that wise my lord?" One of the noble spoke up again, "Shouldn't we be aiming to ally with them or something? Can we even defeat them in a war?"
If Lord Shen and Tai Lung with barely a thousand-strong army and the resources of a city could take over Shu in a month, imagine what they would be able to do with all the remaining army of Shu and their new resources.
Could they win? They didn't think so.
The advisor was fuming, considering whether he should go against his king's wishes to teach those nobles how hard he could kick.
But the King raised his wings and he calmed himself down.
"Allying with them is not an option. They have made their intention clear when they declared war against the whole of China." The King said, "And I do not appreciate your attitude in my courtroom."
"You may leave." The King said in a tone of finality. "Guards."
The noble had a sour expression as he was guided out of the courtroom and the advisor huffed at the display, he was pleased.
"Sorry about that. Now, returning to the discussion..." The king drawls and addressed his subjects, "Although the odds might not look favourable to us, we have a good chance of winning this war if we play our cards right."
"Lord Shen is not the only one with an army killing Master as an ally." The King said and a gentle smiled appeared on his face.
"You don't mean..." One of the nobles guessed and gulped.
"Send a messenger to Mighty Eagle." The king said and the advisor let out a hearty laughter.
"B-But Master Eagle is in seclusion training to attain inner peace and he had specifically asked not to be disturb. Should we really force him like that? He also really gets sensitive when he feels his freedom is limited."
"The Kingdom he swore to protect is under threat. He will respect the wish of its king." The golden pheasant said and everyone nodded, arguing no further.
"But that's not all, I also have another plan..." the king said and his gentle smile slowly turned not so gentle.
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The next day, a messenger of the royal court was sent to the Tower of Heaven which was a giant rocky mountain in the Southernmost part of the Kingdom.
The messenger flew up the giant mountain which was so tall that it seemed to pierce through the heavens. Not many birds could achieve such a feat in this world and the fact that Master Eagle made it his home shows just how powerful he truly was.
After a long time of struggling and flying, the messenger finally reached the place and he immediately head inside the cave which Master Eagle used as his home.
"I have been waiting for you." A deep voice which was oddly high-pitched at the same time rang out. His voice sounded so wrong to the ear that it caused anyone to hear it uncomfortable.
if he screeched loudly, a person's ear would surely rupture.
"Master Eagle." The messenger called out in awe and respect. He immediately bowed down to the mighty eagle who was turning his back on him.
"I heard her cry so many times over the year, so I was sure that my presence would be needed eventually." The eagle said and slowly turned around and walked forward to the light.
His body was gigantic and heavy for a bird like him which should be impossible. But such things as defying simple biology was easy with the help of Chi.
"So, who is he?" Mighty eagle asked, his piercing voice tinged with anger.
"I-Its Tai Lung." The messenger said, confused at how he was able to know so much even before he delivered the message.
He also wondered who Master eagle was referring to when he said 'her'.
"Ah...." Master Eagle said as his eyes glazed over with recognition and excitement.
"The old cat is out of prison huh." Master Eagle said.
"Interesting."
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(3rd POV)
"Pftttt, I knew you would follow behind me soon enough." Jin Dao heard a voice immediately after he was brutally killed by Tai Lung.
One moment he had the entire half of his body ripped off and then he felt his soul being pulled out and he found himself in this place.
He slowly opened his eyes and he was greeted with an amazing sight. The world was not how he remembered it.
He felt extremely light as if all the burdens on his soul were lifted. That was not just in a physical sense either as he felt all of his worries, regrets an anger dissolving into nothing.
He was in absolute peace.
"Oi, I'm talking to you old monke."
.....maybe not absolute peace.
"Where are we?" Jin Dao asked the Monkey King who was floating in front of him in a lazy sleeping position.
"Well, if you have not already deduced by now then let me say..." The Monkey King drawls shifts in the air and opens his arms.
"Welcome to the spirit realm. The afterlife of all the people with a mutated Chi, otherwise known as Kung Fu masters." the Monkey revealed grandly.
"Why do you look so surprised? Did someone kill you while you sleep?" Monkey King asked Jin Dao whose eyes were wide in shock.
"What? No!" Jin Dao huffed, "I died at the hands of Tai Lung because I fought to the very end." he boasted with puffed chest.
"What I am surprised about was seeing you here. The letter said you disappeared, it never mentioned about you dying."
'Yeah about that.." The monkey king scratched his cheek, "I found out that I couldn't survive the explosion of ten barrels of gunpowder."
"So you were killed by Shen and you died....because of a powder." Jin Dao deadpanned.
The Monkey King looked offended and was about to retort and give the old monke a piece of his mind but his words got stuck on his throat when a green blade with chains connected to it wrapped around Jin Dao.
"What?!"
*Whoosh*
Monkey King quickly dodged the incoming blades and moved away. His body was encased in yellow Chi as he immediealy turned around to look at the new guy that ambushed him.
An explosion of green light enveloped the entire realm, blinding the Monkey King before the looked at the Bull who was holding a jade pendant in his hand.
The pendant was carved in the shape of a Mandrill.
"Haaa, such a fine Chi." The bull commented as his eyes glowed eerie green. "I wonder who is sending me all of these masters from the other side. I have to make sure to thank them when I return." He said with a chuckle.
"Hmm." He hummed and looked at Monkey King, his eyebrow raised in interest.
"Especially you. You have an amazing amount of Chi and the quality is refined." The bull commented, "Maybe I will finally be able to best Oogway after taking your Chi."
The Monkey King did not know what was happening but he got ready to fight. The bull who was yet to be introduced spun his chains and threw his green blades at him.
A fight began, much to the Monkey King's horror who thought he would be able to slack at least in the afterlife. Alas, he was wrong.
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Kai was getting stronger. He was slowly but surely getting even stronger than his canon counterpart because even though he did not get Tai Lung's chi, many other Masters who did not die in canon were all dying.
With the upcoming wars that Tai Lung was about to wage, surely many more Kung Fu masters would be sent into the spirit realm.
It was only a matter of time until Kai became unstoppable.
Although Tai Lung was getting strong, his ultimate enemy was also doing the same.
Tai Lung had broken the first part of the prophecy, will he be able to break free from the second part?
Will his legacy truly die at the hands of Kai?
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The inevitable battle was drawing near.
One that would shake the heavens and shape the universe.
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[Tai Lung's POV]
The fun and easy part - in my opinion - of conquering a new kingdom had come to an end. Now, it was time for the political and boring parts.
Obviously, you can't just defeat the army of s kingdom and wash your hands, thinking you are done with it. But it was for times like these that I formed an alliance with Shen so I left everything in his hands.
He had been in his throne room, writing hundreds of files and scrolls because apparently, you can't just announce the new rules and regulations that the kingdom is going to follow.
Shen also had to change the constitution of the kingdom and shape it to his liking before he passed down the authority to the previous royals again.
My army on the other hand was busy creating new cannons with the available resources of the kingdom so I could not train them yet. That left me no duties on my shoulder.
Which didn't mean that I had nothing to do as I still needed training with my newly acquired ability, which was controlling Chi outside of my body.
"I will be visiting the Jade Palace to get some training in before our next battle," I said to Shen who was sitting in the throne room of the previous king. The place was filled with different scrolls and paper to paint the image of a scholar's den.
"How long will you be gone?" Shen asked immediately, because even though I said that to him, I was not asking for permission and merely notifying him.
"As long as you are still busy with all of...these." I said and referred to all of the scrolls.
"A shame." He said with a sad sigh, "I rather enjoyed your presence. It is not often for me to do so as I barely have friends in my life. "
"As far as I know, you are the only one." He said with an earnest smile.
"Cut the bullshit. I know the real reason you want me to stay is to ensure safety in case the other kings decide to attack before things settle down." I said.
"Perhaps. But who said there has to be only one reason I want you to stay?"
"You don't have to worry about it. We respect the Codes of War and so will they." I said in a firm tone.
"That is quite naive, coming from you."
"it's not naive. It's called having an honour." I said, "And even if they decided they no longer want to respect the Codes of War, they will quickly change their mind on the matter after I drop into their capital city and turn it into hell."
"I see." Shen smiled, "That assures me a little."
I grunted in reply, as he should. They will be the ones who suffer if the Codes of War are discarded.
"So, what is the main problem that you are having that it made even your mind stagnant," I asked curiously when I saw the dark circles under his eyes. I knew he was working hard but was it to the point that he didn't even sleep?
He sighed, "It's everything. I have to make sure everything is perfect so that our empire will not crumble in the future. I need to force order to the kingdom and give the previous ruler his power back while making sure that they wouldn't rebel in the future."
"The king might want his revenge, the nobles have their own agenda for the sake of profit and the citizens are in chaos, opinions clashed." Shen said with a shake of his head.
"Sounds rough."
"it is." Shen said but he smiled at the end. "I like the trouble though, its a constant reminder of our success, the first step to the impossible."
"I just need to implement a new system of government first before anything else." he said with a thoughtful hum.
"Why don't you let the citizens choose their ruler?" I blurted out when I heard he needed a system of government.
Shen paused, "What?"
"Nah, forget about it." I said with a shrug. The idea of democracy or something similar would be too foreign for them. It was a bad idea.
I just named the most popular government of the modern world when he said he needed a government system.
"No." Shen said and his eyes went wide and focused. I could literally see his mind working faster than most would even thought possible.
"yes.." He drawls and nodded. "Yes, it could work."
"Why don't I let the people choose thier ruler?" He repeated, "That will shift their focus and they would be busy debating on who should rule them rather than if it was a good idea to be under us. It will give them a new thing to chew on. "
"And why not let the noble houses be eligible to be the rulers? Sow conflicts between them and the king so that revenge against us will be a distant dream. Those nobles will never let go of a chance to rule, of course, they will still be ultimately under us but our presence won't matter much if we are constantly expanding our empire."
i did not think that far but sure.
"Anyways, if that's done I will be leaving," I said.
"Oh- of course," Shen said with a smile. "Although the idea of you training when you are already this strong is quite a horrifying idea, I wish you luck."
I gave a final nod before I went out of the room and leapt out of the balcony. I leapt into the air and propelled myself upwards and shot across the sky.
It didn't take me long to reach the Jade Palace.
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*VHOOOM!!*
*BOOOM!*
The ground shook as I did a superhero landing on the training ground. I stood up just in time for the furious five and Po to run out of the training hall to see me.
"Well, yellow there juniors."
"Master Tai Lung!!" Po was the first one to run up to me followed by the others.
"Oh my gosh! We've heard the news! You are soo fucking awesome!!" Po said and raised his arm. "Tell me, tell me. What was it like? Did you have to go all out, or were the 50 thousand soldiers just a warm-up for you?"
"Is it true that the Monkey King is dead?" Monkey asked me as he came up from behind.
"How are the citizens of Shu? Are there any problems with the new administration?" Crane asked thoughtfully.
"Welcome home." Tigress was the only one without question as she folded her arm and looked at me with a smile.
I raised my hand to stop all the chattering and questions. They went silent and I stared at them with my intense eyes.
"You guys are talking a lot. Let's see if you can do more than that." I said and stomped on the ground as a gust of wind erupted from me, blowing them away.
I came back to the Jade Palace to train and what better way to do so than spar with these six? it will not only help me but help them as well, it's a win-win situation.
Besides, I wanted to see how much they improved, especially Tigress and Po.
"Instead of telling, let me show you how I took down an army by myself." I chuckled and cracked my neck before I blurred from my position and grabbed Crane's neck.
He was the only one that could fly and the main brain of the team so he should be taken out first.
"Why always me?~" Crane choked out as I slammed him on the ground.
The spar/training started.
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Author : Recommend moves that Tai Lung can replicate now that he can move and shape his Chi outside his body. I was thinking of elemental manipulation from Avatar, Kamehameha, rasengan and other moves.
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