A thousand years ago, Wenwu Xu stumbled upon an alien artifact—the Ten Rings—in an extraterrestrial ruin on Makuan. Besides its immense power, the artifact granted him superhuman physical abilities and eternal life.
With the power of the Ten Rings, Wenwu Xu founded the mighty Ten Rings organization. He waged war across the globe, sweeping through country after country and taking control of underground resources while influencing the affairs of nations.
In 1996, Wenwu Xu began searching for supernatural powers around the world, hoping to gain greater strength and expand his influence.
Fortune favored the powerful. After an extensive search, he discovered a hidden village called Taro, said to be home to all sorts of mythical creatures, with every villager possessing extraordinary abilities.
He found a map to Taro Village and led his trusted men into the bamboo forest on its outskirts. But the group lost their way in the bamboo maze surrounding Taro. Only Wenwu Xu, with the Ten Rings at his side, managed to make it through—and there he met Ying Li, one of Taro's guardians.
The two fought fiercely amid the sea of bamboo. To Wenwu Xu's astonishment, even with the power of the Ten Rings, he was easily defeated at tai chi by a woman who looked so delicate!
Who knew if Wenwu Xu, an old man who'd lived for over a thousand years, had never met a woman before or what—but somehow, he suddenly fell in love with Ying Li.
Because of Wenwu Xu's blood-soaked past, Taro Village's elders refused to let him settle there. With no other choice, Wenwu Xu left Taro Village with Ying Li and went to live in Shanghai.
There, they married and had two children, Shang-Chi Xu and Xialing Xu.
After starting a family, Wenwu Xu gradually gave up killing and