Continuing the search for the Champions, the Knight makes their way to the City of Shen. This quest is the main quest of World 5 - City of Shen.
Disciples are running past the Knight to the 5-1 Introductory Test Site as they are afraid of being late for the test. Thanks to the panicking students, the Knight is crowded tight in between people right before a Martial arts Master arrives onto the stage. The Champion's Sword reacts in the crowd, without being able to tell, who it is reacting to. The master proceeds to thank everyone for coming, but telling the aspiring martial artists that he can only take one disciple under him. A Blonde with an eyepatch in the crowd seems sure that she will be chosen.
The Master continues to tell about the test and its three phases:
- First test is simple obstacle race to test the speed and agility of a student.
- Next tests physical strength against "rock hard" training dummies.
- On on one martial arts test between the students will commence and the winner will become the Master's disciple. Only 10 disciples will pass to this stage and he will choose the best 2 to take in.
The Test[]
The test starts immediately as the Master finishes talking and some disciples block the Knight from leaving as no one can leave the test grounds when the test is in progress. he Knight has no choice but go through the obstacle course to find the person who reacted to the Champion's Sword. Along the path there are lot of aspiring martial artists who have either already given up thanks to the amount of competition. While crossing a bridge, the Blonde from earlier with her friend stops the Knight just to punch them off the bridge.
Cave[]
After thrown from the bridge, the Knight lands in a cave that is full of Viper Clan Fighters who will attack anyone on sight. There is also Tiger Clan prison inside the cave related to the quests Martial Arts Prison Escape and Gourmet Dragon Boy. Going past the Martial artists, the Knight finds Baby White Tiger Kang stuck behind some stones. After freeing the Tiger, it's mother comes from behind the Knight baring it's fangs but the baby tiger stops it. The big Tiger then turns around to offer a ride back onto the bridge where the Blonde is still waiting, but runs away the moment she sees the tiger.
The Knight finishes the test and sees the demonstration of the Master showing a punch that breaks a big stone. Passing the second test is easy enough as the Knight destroys two wooden dummies.
The Master congratulates the 10 aspiring disciples before he commences the start of the third test. The blond martial artist points out that the top three are considerably stronger than the rest of them, so the 7 of them should gang up against the Knight and two of the other top 3, Mei and Fei. The 7 students agree and the Knight gangs up with Fei and Mei to beat the other 7 students. After beating the 7 students, Fei, Mei and the Knight finally look at each other intending to fight to the last, but the Master interrupts the fight and decides that all 3 are worthy disciples and takes in all of them. the Blonde and her friend are left on the arena deciding to get revenge in the name of Viper Clan.
Training[]
Fei an Mei are extremely impressed by the training grounds of the Shen Mountain Fist Dojo in 5-2 First Step of the Training. The Master asks if his disciples are ready to endure harsh training and Fei, Mei and the Knight all exclaim. The Master is pleased and decides to show Shen Mountain Fist ultimate move which is Ultimate Ice Flame Bomb. He collects energy and blasts it off to break a big row of rocks and tells his disciples that they can do it too if they train hard enough.
Physical Training[]
The Master announces that Physical training should be done first in 5-3 First Training. He did not prepare to train three disciples, but he gives the Knight a training outfit anyway with the condition not to ask where he got it from. The training outfit is a heavy turtle shell and he says that one of the disciples can go with the Master while two of them has to catch a rabbits for dinner. At this point the Knight can choose between Mei and Fei on who to catch the rabbit with. This choice will affect if the player will hear Fei or Mei's backstory, so choose the one you want to hear from!
The disciple going with Master leaves, but not before Master sits on top of the turtle shell, making the disciple carry him. The other one will follow the Knight to catch multiple rabbits until they bump into Master Rabbit. Defeating the Rabbit Elite the Master comes to announce the end of the physical training.
Break Time[]
Back at 5-2 First Step of the Training returning from training both Mei and Fei are exhausted. They decide to sit by the bonfire taking camp and sleep under the stars. But before going to sleep, Mei asks what got them to pursue becoming Master's disciple.
Fei's Story[]
Fei starts off by telling that he was born in low class family so Martial Arts schools didn't want to accept him. But then master from Tiger Clan noticed him and started to teach him martial arts to the point that others started to appreciate his skills. Unfortunately when the clan's secret scroll was stolen by Viper Clan's Crimson Wolf, people started accusing him of stealing. He had to leave the clan and came to Shen Mountain Fist instead.
After the story the disciples go to sleep and the Master spots them sleeping on the ground. He retorts that its not good to sleep on the ground, but does not wake anyone up, just lights up the bonfire. This gentleness is gone by the morning as the Master wakes his disciples aggressively yelling about it being the day already. He brings his disciples to a cliff where he throws three rocks off the cliff and says that if the disciples don't bring back the stones, they will not get any dinner today. Fei asks about how are they supposed to go down and the Master helpfully kicks him off the cliff. Mei asks him to wait, but Master throws her off as well and the Knight last.
The Rock[]
Falling into 5-4 Second Training area, the Knight falls on top of Fei an Mei. Fei suggests that the disciples should move together to find all three stones and Mei agrees so the Knight leads the search of the stones. But once the first stone is found, a monkey comes and snatches it which leads to both Fei and Mei to chase after it. After failing to catch the monkey, they realize that there are only two stones left so one of the disciples will be left without dinner no matter what. So both Fei and Mei run off trying to find the stones first. Just as the Knight find the second stone, both Fei and Mei make a charge for it. They start fighting about who found it first and they ask the Knight their opinion. Soon after the Knight finds the last rock and all the disciples return to the Dojo in 5-2 First Step of the Training. The disciple without the rock however returns much later and the Master seems disappointed and will not give dinner without the rock. After Master leaves, both the Knight and the chosen disciple share their dinner with the disciple that came in late. From the side, Master comments that he chose well.
Mei's story[]
Mei tells about her family being renowned but the Viper Clan wanted to take her family down. Viper Clan members asked Mei to deliver a letter without knowing that the letter contained plans for treason. She didn't know any better so she did what was asked, but as a result, her family was broken and she wanted to learn Shen Mountain Fist as means to revenge.
After Mei's story, the disciples go back to sleep and once again the Master comes wake them up with aggressive yelling. He announces that the last part of the training is to spar with himself three against one, disciples versus master. Fei and Mei instantly go into planning mode and asks the Knight to choose one of them for the attacking team with the Knight and the other will act as a distraction for a surprise attack.
Spar with the Master[]
Whoever acts as a bait goes to the Master to talk nonsense about rabbits wreaking havoc in the Dojo, while the Knight does a surprise attack with the other disciple. However, Master dodges last second and scolds the disciples for trying to use tricks, as real strength comes forward when facing fight head on. After this, a boss battle starts against Master Tao. Unfortunately, Master Tao is extremely strong, and once he beats his disciples, he gives them Medicinal herbs and tells them to ready for Round 2. Before the round 2 can start, an official from the village runs up to the Master asking for help. He says something unheard to the Master which leads him to run after the official to the village. It seems like something bad had happened, but Master Tao warns his disciples not to leave Dojo. Mei ignores the warning as the disciples think about what had happened, and both Fei and the Knight follow her.
Village[]
After reaching 5-5 Old Dragon Village the villagers are running past disciples calling for help. Soon, it's revealed that the Viper Clan is attacking the villagers. Fei and Mei act quickly to attack the Viper Clan dojo members as they try and save groups of villagers. More villagers ask the disciples of Tao to save their families. One by one, the villagers are saved by the disciples. And once all the villagers are saved, they tell the disciples that they have no idea why Viper Clan is attacking the village, but that they have been attacking close by villages as well. Then the ground shakes. On the way, the disciples bump into the Blond and her friend who failed the last test to become Tao's disciple. She tells the disciples that they have found real power, and attack them. After defeat, Fei tries to educate them on how to learn Martial arts but Mei stops him as the shaking continues and runs ahead with Fei to find the source. Before the Knight can even follow, Mei is thrown back and she tells the knight that Fei is in danger.
Running forward, the Knight witnesses someone dangerous-looking, holding Fei, about to kill him. No matter the Knight's choice, Master Tao jumps in to interrupt him with a kick. The man called Red Viper is judging Master Tao's choice and starts fighting him but Tao is stronger. Tao points out that he will never beat his master and a brother by being obsessed with power. Red Viper makes an attack directed at Tao's disciples and Tao blocks it, getting injured in the process. Tao responds by starting to charge energy for the Ultimate Flame Ice Bomb, but the energy dissipates because of his injuries. The disciples rush to his side as Tao collapses on the ground.
The Blonde and her friend rush in calling Red Viper their boss, and Red Viper says that their job here is done as he sees Tao dying. They leave together and Tao starts saying his last words. Last thing he does is hand his disciples Shen Mountain Fist Martial Arts Secret Scroll that contains the Ultimate technique. With his last words he encourages his disciples, who cry over him. Fei and Mei carry his cold dead body to a mountain at Where Legend is Asleep where he ascends to heaven.
At Tao's grave, Fei and Mei brainstorm about how they can take revenge at the Viper Clan, and Fei pulls out the secret scroll, but suddenly Viper Clan attacks, saying that they cannot let any of the Shen Mountain Fist disciples live. The waves of enemies are seemingly endless and the disciples get tired. The executive of the Vipers steals the secret scroll and opens to read it, only to discover it empty. The Viper Executive makes fun of the empty scroll but depending on which of the two the Knight chose more times either Fei or Mei gain enlightenment about the fact that the strength is inside them and they don't need secret ultimate techniques to win. The chosen disciple will proceed to beat everyone and rest of the Vipers run away. The chosen will suggest going to Viper's Dojo to stop their terror and the other disciples join along.
Viper Clan Dojo[]
As the Disciples head over to the Dojo to 5-6 Black Martial Arts, some Viper Clan Ninjas try and stop their passage. Fei or Mei (the disciple that was not chosen) will tell the other disciples to go ahead and that they will handle them. The knight continues forward with only one of the disciples. Inside the dojo, multiple similar crystals can be found to the one of World 3 - Magic School crystal that had been keeping summoning ghosts. There is also a gate with a barrier on it and the disciple that came with the Knight points out that the crystals have similar energy to that of the barrier. They break one of the crystals and the barrier weakens. They tell the Knight to go and break the other crystals while they work on the barrier. Once all the crystals are broken the disciple deals one last hit to the barrier and the gate opens.
The Blonde and her friend is bossing around Viper Clan ninjas as they carry villagers to another crystal. The crystal sucks up the villagers souls but the Blonde comments that it is not enough and they make the crystal suck up the ninja's souls as well. The crystal starts emanating menacing dark aura.
The disciples run in to see the lifeless bodies of the villagers and ninjas, and they have no time to even think about what has happened as the Blonde and her friend walk in surrounded by that very same dark aura, as they attack the disciples again. After defeat the aura disappears from them, and the souls return to their rightful owners. The villagers get up and run away from the dojo and the ninjas run back to the Red Viper. Following them to the Viper Clan Leader, the disciples meet with the Red Viper again, this time surrounded by the same dark aura and surrounded by four crystals.
After breaking the crystals, he is no longer shielded by the soul barrier and can be dealt damage to. When his health gets lower, he claims that he cannot be defeated and starts charging another big attack that killed Tao earlier. But the disciple that was left behind earlier comes in to kick him and interrupts the attack. Both Fei and Mei together with the Knight start charging the Ultimate Ice Flame Bomb attack that finally defeats the Red Viper.
Afterword[]
The disciple that did not get chosen is seen at back at Tao's gravestone talking about teaching the next generation of Shen Mountain Fist disciples. They talk to Tao's gravestone about the other disciple that left together with the Knight to become a Champion.