She was his childhood friend—and first heartbreak. She vanished a decade ago. Now she works for a rival faction: The Crimson Moon Society, a matriarchal spy network. Her mission? Steal the lotus.
A peasant boy finds a small, glowing lotus petal washed up on a riverbank. He picks it up. His eyes turn gold.
"Little Jackie," she says. "You still hide your best moves." The Golden Lotus -Jackie Chan 1974- -CHN-
But Iron-Tusk laughs. "Too late. My blood drips into the spring!"
Jackie touches his chest—Lotus Blossom kissed him goodbye, then vanished into the dawn mist, returning to her shadow network. "She said some flowers aren’t meant to be held." She was his childhood friend—and first heartbreak
The Golden Lotus
Back at the temple, Jackie returns the empty rice sack to Abbot Wei. Her mission
Iron-Tusk’s spies see the glow. The inn erupts into chaos.
"Is it done?" the abbot asks.
Jackie looks at the lotus. "So this little flower… is a bomb."
The statue is a fist-sized golden lotus flower, petals etched with micro-script visible only under moonlight. For centuries, it has been passed between emperors, rebels, and thieves—not for its gold, but because its petals form a map to the "Eternal Qi Spring," a legendary hot spring said to grant immortality or raise armies of the dead, depending on the legend.